FG: Gladiator VI - The Unbearable Lightness of Fighting

[Kassiopeia]

Missing Ljube's.

[Sparrowhawk]

and mine, will be in today though.

/me

[DrSpike]

Sent.

[Theben]

OMG!! Spikie isn't last!?!

/me considers becoming a theist.

[Sparrowhawk]

and Sent!

/me

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Theben
OMG!! Spikie isn't last!?!

* Theben considers becoming a theist.

You have a lot of posts in this thread for someone too scared to play.

[Theben]

Now, now ... let's not fib shall we? You and I both know that I went on vacation and the game started before I got back. I fact I found this little tidbit in the signup:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Hurry up and start the game, Kass. I don't want Theben to have a chance to sign up because he'll beat me again.

[Kassiopeia]

I think I've all orders. Results are forthcoming in a few hours. And then it's the semis!

[Kassiopeia]

ARGH! Missing Jamski's orders. And DOY's too.

Ljube sent me orders for a battle against Spikie, I'm going to jot that down under "Disasterous error of thought", like my killing of Snowflake in Mafia 27.

[DrSpike]

I found this:

Originally posted by Theben
Now, now it is no crime to fear you, since you are the strongest player. I was merely trying to hold on to the fact I beat you for a little while longer.

[Theben]

Just thought I'd update the points; in parentheses is the total should the winnings stay the same:

Emperor Commodus 12 points (15)
Jack the Knife 9 points (16)
The Doctor 9 points (11)
Lord Drogue 7 points (11)
Spacius Maximus 5 points (9)
Jamski-san 3 points (9)
Captain Flint 1 point (4)
Sparrow 0 points (3)

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
ARGH! Missing Jamski's orders. And DOY's too.

Ljube sent me orders for a battle against Spikie, I'm going to jot that down under "Disasterous error of thought", like my killing of Snowflake in Mafia 27.

Surely just because they've agreed a draw, doesn't mean he can't come out all guns blazing and surprise the Doctor? Maybe that was his strategy?

[Kassiopeia]

Heavens no. I'm sure it was just a little mishap on his part. And even if it weren't, I would under no circumstances accept it. A draw is a draw.

[Drogue]

So if someone proffered a draw, they can't go back on it. I think the ability to be 'done-over' makes it less likely for people to agree draws, which is better for the crowd, more interesting in terms of what happens, and more realistic. Strategically breaking a treaty is used in many games, so rejecting someone's orders if they are correct (ie. under 100 and all lines under 50) would seem to be going a little far. Both gladiators would have to step out, a draw would simply be putting 0 0 0 in all lines, not trying anything. If the other one decides to suddenly surprise and attack, what would be stopping them? There is a rule against attacking your opponent?

I think Ljube managed to play Spikie well, if the orders are intended. I've never seen a GM be able to enforce a private agreement between competitors in that way.

[Kassiopeia]

We'll have to discuss that further. Had Ljube put in that he intended to break the draw, I would have thought otherwise. If the players agree with each other that they go with 00 00 00 or agree on numbers that cause no damage to either one, of course I won't interfere with that. But this was more of the kind of draw where the gladiators don't even step out to the arena in the first place, at least that is how I understood it. I also took into account that it's been many days so Ljube may not even remember that he agreed to a draw - also, his orders, looking at them, suggested to me that he was prepared for a battle, not a backstab butchering.