Re: ARENA: betting discussion

From: dagibbs@qnx.com (David Gibbs)

Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 18:23:44 +0000

In article <3cioga$kqv@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,
Dave Bushnell  <bushnell@cmgm.stanford.edu> wrote:

>I would like to see a command to get a list of the top 10 or
>20 gladitors, and a way to get a list of the gladiators in your
>arena.

The "Roster" command will allow you to do this.  Either
Roster <arena id> or Roster ALL.  (Well, roster all will
list all the fighters, but I think it lists them in rank
order, so you only need to look at the first 10 or 20. :-)

> Speaking of arenas, has anyone else had trouble getting fights.

It is also partially based on the pairing algorithm: if the
arena can set up three equal fights, it will do that rather
than setting three uneven matches.

eg if you have an arena with fighters with the following records:
A (14-1-0), B (5-0-0], C (5-0-0), D (2-0-1), E (2-1-0), F (0-0-0),
G (0-0-1);
You will get the pairings:
B vs C
D vs E
F vs G
leaving A unpaired.  If this happens a couple of times -- the
top ranked fighter can go unpaired a couple of times.

More interesting, if you add a fighter H (0-0-0) to the above
listing, A will probably be matched with H, not one of B or C.

Anyway, Tazz should have an interesting fight tonight.

-David, coach of Tom Collins, Jack Daniels, and Johnny Walker II.

References

Re: ARENA: betting discussion
sean@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu (Sean P Larscheidt)
Fri, 09 Dec 1994 07:51:32 +0000
Re: ARENA: betting discussion
Dave Bushnell <bushnell@cmgm.stanford.edu>
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 00:05:30 +0000