Gladiator 5: When 4 is just not enough: Sign-up

[Spaced Cowboy]

Okay here's the change proposal.

Instead of choosing just weapons and armor (which is still 20 points) you can now trade those points for extra hitpoints (from the base of 100) in a five to one ratio. Or trade hitpoints for better weapons armor stats in the same ratio. For example:

Skanky Bones
W15 A3 HP110

Defendo the Magnificant.
W5 A20 HP75

Maximum would be 50 points either way. For the semis, instead of the one with the highest hipoints remaining, it would be the one with the greatest ratio remaining. From the previous example if Skanky had 80 points remaining after the 2 rr turns and Defendo had 65 then the winner would be:

Skanky (80/110)% = 72.7%
Defendo (65/75)% = 86.6%

Hence Defendo would win. However in the finals...it is to the death; your hitpoints are all that you have.

I'm trying to add a little spice to this game. What do you think?

[Theben]

I think you're trying to make it harder for me to figure out the round-robin and confuse skanky even more than he is. It'll be Gladiator VII before he figures out want you're trying to do.

[Theben]

The only change I was considering was to give Gladiator champions a 1 point bonus to add to weapons or armor. This would be a 1 time deal, so say if Drogue or DrSpike won again they wouldn't get additional points.
It could even be ablative if others don't like it. It's meant to be more akin to a medal than anything.

[Theben]

I'd also like to know the current line of thought re: the KO bonus. Are people in favor of keeping it or ditching it?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Theben
I think you're trying to make it harder for me to figure out the round-robin and confuse skanky even more than he is. It'll be Gladiator VII before he figures out want you're trying to do.

Hehe, Skanky will have to sit this one out as well.

I'm not sure about this change........I need to muse.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Theben
The only change I was considering was to give Gladiator champions a 1 point bonus to add to weapons or armor. This would be a 1 time deal, so say if Drogue or DrSpike won again they wouldn't get additional points.
It could even be ablative if others don't like it. It's meant to be more akin to a medal than anything.

Vetoed. Giving the more successful players a bonus, however small, hardly seems fair.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Theben
I'd also like to know the current line of thought re: the KO bonus. Are people in favor of keeping it or ditching it?

Probably edging towards ditching.

[J Bytheway]

Originally posted by Theben
The only change I was considering was to give Gladiator champions a 1 point bonus to add to weapons or armor. This would be a 1 time deal, so say if Drogue or DrSpike won again they wouldn't get additional points.
It could even be ablative if others don't like it. It's meant to be more akin to a medal than anything.

You should be penalising them, not rewarding them, to level the playing field .

[Skanky Burns]

I say keep things as they have been for a while.
You people know me too well.

[Ljube]

Don't change anything.

One point bonus is an unnecessary advantage and knockouts promote taking risks and which makes the game more interesting so keep them.

[Drogue]

Personally I'd ditch the KO bonus, though I can live with it. But keep everything else the same, IMHO. We know the rules, continuity is good

[Spaced Cowboy]

KO bonus always F'd me, so I'd like to see it gone. NP on the new rules, just a suggestion (That I knew would not be Skanky Approved).

[Theben]

So nix both new suggestions. No problem for me.

So now the only thing is do we keep the KO bonus. It seems to be somewhat evenly divided.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Actually it is Doc, Drogue, and myself in favor of losing the bonus and Lj want to keep it. Skanky prolly doesn't understand the concept so 3-1 with one vote remaining.

[Theben]

I'm still somewhat in favor of keeping it for the reasons LJ mentioned, and Spike said, "leaning toward ditching." That's more like a 1 1/2 vs. 2 1/2.