Re: Arena: Newbie Q's

From: jf7840@ehibm7.cen.uiuc.edu (Jason E Friedlund)

Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 20:27:48 +0000

matthews@utdallas.edu writes:

>Greetings and Salutations,

>I know the Arena server was down over the weekend, which is unfortunate,
>as I had just started playing friday.

>(1) I entered the Arena friday night, and evidently was scheduled for 2
>battles (one for each gladiator).  What happened during the battle?  Do
>you normally get some sort of report of what happened in the battle?  I
>know that I had a battle with Johnny Walker (and lost) and with Jimmy Bean
>(and tied), but I have no idea what happened.  The only way I know this is
>'cause I sent in a "report" request for both my gladiators.  Can anyone
>provide more specifics?

Well, you picked a bad day to start.  Normally, a report of the battle is
sent out so that you can see what happened and a report is sent out of who
is set to fight at the next update.  Basically, the next update should answer
your question.

>(2) I trained to use my weapon (thrust, bash, etc.) and with a shield
>(parry), is there anything else I need to do before trying to fight
>again?  I equipped my vest, shield, weapon, etc, so I think I'm fully
>prepared to do battle, but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.
>I only have about 100 - 150 gp (dollars?  I can't remember) left for each
>gladiator...

You sound like you know what you are doing.  I would think about getting
some additional armor (cloth vest, leg armor, helmet).  Then you just have
to try your chances in the Arena like everyone else.

>(3) How do I find out who is doing battle and bet money on them?

Again, normally there is a "forecast" of who is going to be fighting whom in
the next update and you can place bets on them with the BET command.  You will
see a listing of records after each gladiator also so that you can use that
to help your betting.

>-ben

(Various .sig stuff deleted)

Jason

References

Arena: Newbie Q's
matthews@utdallas.edu
Mon, 14 Nov 1994 17:28:47 +0000