Gladiator X: There will be blood

[DrSpike]

Agreed.

[Theben]

100 for them, either 100 or 120 for us... I'll agree to whichever Spaced prefers.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by General Ludd


Incidentally, my orders for the first round where random.

Truly random???? That would be ... interesting.

With 0/20 and a relatively high negative modifier (say, any combination where A1-W2 > 10), there's a strong incentive to try

(A2-W1)/2+n / X / (A2-W1)+p
x3
where n = some small number you think is higher than the opp will put in defense in a low-defense scenario (say, 1, or 6); p = addon to power, again small, like 2 or 3 or 5; and X = whatever is left, for 1/3.

For example, in our situation (-6/-12):
7/13/13
7/14/13
7/13/13

which would allow you to hit three times for one damage, and block anything up to 19/20 on the offense.

The obvious other stratagy is
0/X/0 for two, and N/X/P where N/P are large numbers:
0/25/0
0/25/0
17/20/13
where you successfully block anything up to 30 on the attack (you won't get much over 30 coming at you in the first round i'd think), and then the 17/20/13 hits small defenses for one point (any defense up to 10). Then 0/33/0 for the second round, and you win 100 to 99 against most attacks...

I think 0/20 is very effective in the prelim rounds (where you just have to get one point ahead and then stay there), but not very effective in the later rounds (where you cannot afford to just stand pat). But I suppose we'll see

[Spaced Cowboy]

120 is okay with me, lets roll!

[EPW]

1/4

[EPW]

Originally posted by snoopy369


Truly random???? That would be ... interesting.

With 0/20 and a relatively high negative modifier (say, any combination where A1-W2 > 10), there's a strong incentive to try

(A2-W1)/2+n / X / (A2-W1)+p
x3
where n = some small number you think is higher than the opp will put in defense in a low-defense scenario (say, 1, or 6); p = addon to power, again small, like 2 or 3 or 5; and X = whatever is left, for 1/3.

For example, in our situation (-6/-12):
7/13/13
7/14/13
7/13/13

which would allow you to hit three times for one damage, and block anything up to 19/20 on the offense.

This didn't seem to work very well for you Maybe I should post my strategy guide

[Spaced Cowboy]

sent

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by EPW


This didn't seem to work very well for you Maybe I should post my strategy guide

Maybe I've only played this game twice, so there's definitely a lot I haven't seen about strategies yet... and the worst thing about strategy is when your opp does something unexpected and theoretically inefficient, but it happens to beat your strategy

[DrSpike]

Like I did to you in the last round.

This game isn't really about the probabilities, because unless your opponent is a complete idiot (which only Felch was) good orders can easily be countered if you are unlucky. More important is to play the man not the ball - I just somehow knew you would be too afraid of the KO to do two high attacks.

Likewise I've countered SC's orders for about the last 15 consecutive rounds.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Like I did to you in the last round.

This game isn't really about the probabilities, because unless your opponent is a complete idiot (which only Felch was) good orders can easily be countered if you are unlucky. More important is to play the man not the ball - I just somehow knew you would be too afraid of the KO to do two high attacks.

Likewise I've countered SC's orders for about the last 15 consecutive rounds.

Your mum would be so proud that you owned a drunk olde guy.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Like I did to you in the last round.

This game isn't really about the probabilities, because unless your opponent is a complete idiot (which only Felch was) good orders can easily be countered if you are unlucky. More important is to play the man not the ball - I just somehow knew you would be too afraid of the KO to do two high attacks.

Likewise I've countered SC's orders for about the last 15 consecutive rounds.

See, that's quite interesting. I actually was going to go for the KO (and at minimum double KO) but decided you would think I was going to do that, so changed my orders based on that

[Theben]

Yeah, there's been a few times where I've 2nd-guessed my opponent and failed. I've noticed that what you'd normally expect from someone is what they'll do more than 1/2 the time.

After that you start to figure in the hit/power bonus, and look back to see what your opponent actually did in previous rounds. I noticed that Gramps attacked in every segment but not with much power, so I felt pretty safe going for a 2 hit 2nd segment KO.

Last you do the number crunching. Again in the last round Darkcloud could have won had he realized that with the hit/power penalty he could've just barely beat me if he went all to hit with just enough power to put him over the top, assuming I went 0/33-34/0 on all 3 segments. I figured DC was too green to realize that, and in any event I sent -30- -35- -35- just to be safe.

[EPW]

Please try to get your orders in within two days of the request: we may have upwards of 5 rounds each for the semis and we may even have to repeat the match in case of a tie, so lets try to be fast about getting the orders in.

[DarkCloud]

Last you do the number crunching. Again in the last round Darkcloud could have won had he realized that with the hit/power penalty he could've just barely beat me if he went all to hit with just enough power to put him over the top, assuming I went 0/33-34/0 on all 3 segments. I figured DC was too green to realize that, and in any event I sent -30- -35- -35- just to be safe.

Ah, you had that pegged right. I didn't realize Felch had a bonus to his defense from the start.

[Theben]

He didn't have a bonus to defense per se. But his weapon 4, armor 16 compared to my weapon 9, armor 11 leaves a difference between us of -3.5 to hit, -7 power (W4-A11, or W9-A16). Against Gramps it was +/- 0, and against Spaced or the Doc there's a +.