Gladiator -poly- 2 "The Competition"

[Skanky Burns]

Help, help, I'm being repressed!!

[Jamski]

Well, I was right - here I am the next morning still standing in the corridor leading to the Arena.

The crowd left about 2am when they realised that they wouldn't see any action.



-Jam

[Drogue]

Is Spaced ok? I hope he isn't ill or has a problem that means he can't get to a computer

[DrSpike]

Damn RL, getting in the way of our virtual bloodletting extravaganza!

[Adagio]

Yeah... some day RL is going to be banned

[Spaced Cowboy]

Sorry folks, I got buttslammed at work. Had one of those 3 hour marathon meetings in the VP's office.

Also, takes a long time to do the calcs. I'll have to work up a spreadsheet and set a specific format for order entry so I can just cut and paste.

Here are the results (I think I got all the bouts here, but if I missed one, let me know):

Round 1 results

1 versus 2
miss - hit(15)
hit(33) - hit(20)
hit(22) - miss
1(65 left) 2(45 left)

1 versus 3
hit(10) - hit(30)
miss - miss
miss - miss
1 (70 left) 3(90 left)

1 versus 4
miss - miss
hit(10) - hit(10)
miss - miss
1 (90 left) 4(90 left)

1 versus 5
hit(20) - hit(21)
hit(20) - hit(15)
hit(25) - hit(13)
1 (51 left) 5(35 left)

2 versus 3
miss - miss
miss - miss
half-hit(Armor absorbed the blow) - hit(14)
2 (86 left) 3(100 left)

2 versus 4
miss - miss
hit(15) - hit(Armor absorbed the blow)
miss - miss
2 (100 left) 4 (85 left)

2 versus 6
hit(14) - miss
hit(14) - miss
half- hit(Armor absorbed the blow) - hit(20)
2 (80 left) 6(72 left)

3 versus 4
6 misses
3 (100 left) 4(100 left)

3 versus 7
hit(17) - hit(Armor absorbed the blow)
miss - miss
miss - miss
3 (100 left) 7(83 left)

4 versus 8
6 misses
4 (100 left) 8(100 left)

5 versus 6
hit(15) - hit(15)
miss - miss
miss - miss
5 (85 left) 6 (85 left)

5 versus 7
hit(14) - hit(22)
miss - miss
miss - miss
5 (78 left) 7 (86 left)

5 versus 8
hit(3) - hit(23)
miss - miss
miss - miss
5 (77 left) 8 (97 left)

6 versus 7
hit(12) - hit(32)
hit(12) - miss
miss - miss
6 (68 left) 7 (76 left)

6 versus 8
miss - miss
hit(14) - miss
miss - miss
6 (100 left) 8 (86 left)

7 versus 8
miss - hit(1)
miss - miss
hit(1) - miss
7 (99 left) 8 (99 left)

[Snowflake]

Here we go

P W T L
1 2 1 1
2 2 0 2
3 3 1 0
4 0 3 1
5 0 1 3
6 1 1 2
7 2 1 1
8 1 2 1

[Drogue]

Oooh, 2 draws, 1 win, 1 loss. Not too bad.

Do we have another round against those people, or just play the other 3 now?

[DrSpike]

Ph3ar my rapier wit!

[Spaced Cowboy]

No I agreed that you will have another round against these opponents, so feel free to start pm'ing your orders now.

HH, thanks for the stat work, LK I need help.

[DrSpike]

I presume for the second round we can only allocate points totalling our hitpoints remaining after the first set of 3 rounds?

[Spaced Cowboy]

No for catch up opportunities, you get the 100 points again.

Also please use the following format

1. Vovanus Scipio Ursacius W 20 A 00
Versus

2. Jamski-San W 10 A 10
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX

3. The_Doctor W 00 A 20
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX

4. Sparky_Meridius W 00 A 20
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX

5. ADG_the_Mysterious W 05 A 15
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX

Thank_you!

[Snowflake]

What we have to fight again?

* The Princess wipes out sweats from her temple.

[Adagio]

Would this be all vs all again, or just the winners from last round against the winners from last round?

[DrSpike]

Princesses don't sweat..........they perspire, or merely 'glow'.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by ADG
Would this be all vs all again, or just the winners from last round against the winners from last round?

It's exactly the same as last time.

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Princesses don't sweat..........they perspire, or merely 'glow'.

That's because they normally don't do hard work like this. And again.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by DrSpike
It's exactly the same as last time.

Nice... payback time

/me ducks to void all the flying swords

Sending in the orders in a few minutes...

[vovan]

Wait. I'm confused. We get to fight the exact same people as we did last round? And we still have 100 points to spare for each person? What about the wounds? I mean, I gave Jamski and ADG a pretty decent whopping. (And received some from the good doctor...) Are we to lose all that advantage now or what?

[Drogue]

No, that's counted as "wins" and "loses". We are all going to the infirmary to be patched up, and then in a few days, once recovered, we will all fight each other again.

[Drogue]

Nice try ADG, I'll get you again next time

Orders sent

BTW: looking at HongHu's table, who would go through if it were to the semi-finals now? Obviously the Doctor, Princess and Vovan, but would Jamski (2-0-2) or myself (1-2-1) take the 4th spot? Or would we, as it seems, tie for 4th, and have a rematch?

[Spaced Cowboy]

No Vovan, you will have to outwit your opponent again. The wounds are all minor and do not affect the distribution of points (see Doc I told you this would be trouble).

Doc wanted a chance to change the stat against a given opponent, and I did not want the person that was ahead in point to have an advantage in the second round.

Games tend to be a little more exciting if you think that you can catch up if you are behind, and think that you can lose if you are ahead.

[vovan]

Okay, I reread the thread now, and I got it. Thanks I'll ponder the opponents' strengths and weaknesses and will PM the orders... some time soon. When are they due, by the way?

[Drogue]

Who cares when they're due, send them now, and then we can fight again soon

[DrSpike]

Hehe it's fine this way, just hitpoints are distinct from the points you allocate to A/D/P.

However I did think that with the second set of 3 round combat added it was only the winner of the 2 sets together that scored a win.

i.e if Vovan whacks me for 20, and I whack him for 5, leaving him on 65, and me on 70, does that count as 1 win apiece or just 1 win to me?

That latter is the way I envisaged it, but people are talking about wins and losses already.

[vovan]

Alright, alright. Sent. Prepare to die by my sword, .... Whoever it is I'm fighting.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Only one win, loss, or tie and the end of the second round. HH's table is just showing us who is ahead at the moment. The question of the winner still remains.

As far as getting the orders in. ASAP (but my target is still Fri 8AM CST). [if I don't set a date then no one will send them in )

[Drogue]

Spaced: I know it's only showing us who's ahead at the moment, but I was wondering about ties.

Suppose I end on 2-4-2 (win-tie-lose) and Jamski ends on 3-2-3. Who would go through to the semis, or would we have a match between the two of us to decide?

[DrSpike]

I asked that earlier, and the answer was count wins first, then ties if necessary. So Jamski beats you in your set up.

[Spaced Cowboy]

True!