Re: ARENA: betting discussion

From: dagibbs@qnx.com (David Gibbs)

Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1994 19:31:11 +0000

In article <3boheb$pce@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Shelley Louie <slouie@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:

>The only problem is that I have an 0-2-0 fighter that can't bet or
>even find a cheap place to fight. For me, a solution might be to have
>a "pit" where the entrance fee is cheap (zero), the reward is rotten
>(a flat 25), and it is to the death. Sorta like the slime hole of
>the Arena district. I'd rather go to something like this than retire.
>More fun.

I'd also been thinking that a last ditch arena would be an interesting
idea -- though I was thinking of something a bit more elaborate, that
would also give the survivor a bit more of a boost.

I was thinking something like:
  -- no entry fee
  -- no fights until at least 4 fighters in the arena
  -- once there are at least 4 fighters there, take the largest
     possible power of 2 fighters available (4, 8, 16...)
  -- with these fighters, run a single elimination death match
     tournament
  -- each night do one fight, and the next night's pairings
     (this allows one day of healing per fighter)
  -- pay the eventual winner some amount of gold, based on the
     size of the field -- maybe #entrants/2 * $25

>"The best thing after a fray is...another fray!"

Exactly. :-)

-David Gibbs
(dagibbs@qnx.com)

References

Re: ARENA: betting discussion
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Fri, 02 Dec 1994 16:13:52 +0000
Re: ARENA: betting discussion
slouie@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Shelley Louie)
Sat, 03 Dec 1994 01:25:31 +0000