Gladiator X: There will be blood

[DrSpike]

Sent.

[EPW]

[Theben]

Worked like a charm.

[Theben]

so sleepy...

[EPW]

Final: Round 2


The Doctor was pissed. That is all.

[b]Theben vs. The Doctor[/b]

The moment Theben entered the ring The Doctor stormed up to him and slashed at his head. Theben managed to move down and inch just before the blade struck: so instead of cutting off his head it hit the bottom edge of his helmet, ricocheted downward and penetrate deeply right above his scapula(shoulder) bones.([b]1:Hit!(37)[/b]) Before he had time to fell the pain, Theben jabbed his sword into The Doctor's unprotected left leg penetrating to the femur. ([b]1:Hit!(23)[/b]) The Doctor pounded Theben in the head with the hilt of his rapier until Theben removed it. ([b]2:Hit!(9)[/b]) But Theben did an uppercut with his sword when he removed it, and cut off a the skin on the right side of The Doctor's face!([b]2:Hit!(22)[/b]) The flap of skin that was removed was carried off by the winds and never to be seen again. The Doctor was enraged and entered a military trance. Theben saw the fire in the Doctor's eyes and was afraid. He stepped back and began to tremble. Suddenly the Doctor pounced and stabbed Theben through the abdomen, penetrating all the way through.([b]3:Hit!(37)[/b]) Amazingly, no vital organs were hit. Theben managed to twirl around with the sword still in him, and slashed The Doctor across his own abdomen with the tip of The Doctor's rapier as he spun!([b]3:Hit!(9)[/b]) The round ended with no clear leader.

[b]Theben:42 HP The Doctor: 44 HP[/b]

[EPW]

Your inbox is full Theben.

And the results are correct

[DrSpike]

Game on.

[EPW]

There is a high probability of a double knockout: I know DrSpike would call for a rematch, but there is precedent to not have a winner in such a case. What does teh Theben think?

[DrSpike]

There was only one such incident as precedent, from people that had odd views on role playing versus sensible gaming philosophy.

Every other time we've replayed semis and finals.

In any case Theben isn't going to KO me.

[snoopy369]

I'm all for double KO being a draw... but what do I matter I suppose.

[Theben]

Leave it at a draw.

Something needs to be done to speed this game up some more, or garner more interest.

I'll send orders later today.

[EPW]

The only way to speed it up, without changing the fundamentals, is to have default orders that are used when the time limit is violated. And it would have to be strictly enforced; if the orders are late and the GM has not updated, the default orders should be used out of fairness. As for interest, I hope the betting system might attract more players for next game. And I'll post my strat guide after this tournament is over.

[EPW]

I propose the following rule change for next game:

Concerning Time limits, late orders, and default orders.

(i)Players must send in their orders for the next round(s) within 48 hours after the posting of the previous round results. The GM may extend the time limit at his discretion depending on external circumstances.

(2)If the GM does not receive the gladiator's orders within the allotted time, his default orders are used for that round.

(3) Default orders are submitted by every gladiator before the start of the first round. Default orders may be changed at any time during the tournament.

[EPW]

I do not think the time issue is relevant to the double KO issue. The main argument is realism: these are fights to the death, 0 HP means you are dead! Well, by that logic, a double KO in the semis would mean no final! I think a better solution is to have a rematch, and halve the starting HP, rounded down to the nearest 5th. From a realism perspective, you could describe that the fighters were injured in the previous matches, hence the lower starting HPs.

Hopefully this will not be an issue this game.

[Theben]

Death orders sent to El Dopetor.