Re: ARENA: More ideas

From: cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood)

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 21:54:00 +0000

In article <CDIoBE.A42@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jacobus@rock-opera.cc.purdue.edu (Bryan J. Maloney) writes:
>In article <cinnibarCDIE4D.LG2@netcom.com> cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood) writes:
>>Personally, I'm against 'rewarding' the loser in any case.  For any given set
>>of stats, there *is* a strategy that suits it..if someone compiles a
>>(0-17) record, then I doubt they have learned anything yet...or at least,
>>nothing they can prove.  When they finally, through trial-n-error, find
>>a strategy that works, they'll start winning, *then* you have proof they
>>are better.  They have learned from their mistakes and *are* better
>>fighters now.  *That's* when you give them points, as their strategy makes
>>their battles automatic, so they can start concentrating on improving areas
>>of their combat (i.e, improved stats) and then they have to adjust their
>>strategy to fit their new style, and so on.
>
>
>
>Okay, then, so you are saying that the arena PLAYER is EXACTLY the SAME
>person as the arena WARRIOR?  I thought that the designer has recently
>made pains (in attempting to justify the virtually unlimited fights policy)
>to state that the two are COMPLETELY separate.  In other words, although
>the PLAYER may compile a better overall win record, that "really isn't
>important" compared to the individual fighter.  All I say is to make it
>so for other attributes as well.
>
>Or is it actually true that the ONLY way to get stronger is to successfully
>beat people up?

No, but your fighter's intelligence and widom has to come from *somewhere*,
and that's *you*.  And *that*'s what the reward is for, for using your
noggin and adjusting to varying tactics by your opponents.

Jeff "Rostonovo" Wood

P.S.  What gives?  Barbara-Ann and others fight 90 fights in one hour? Sounds
   like a CHALLENGE + bug...

References

Re: ARENA: More ideas
gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)
Fri, 17 Sep 1993 15:49:18 +0000
Re: ARENA: More ideas
cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood)
Fri, 17 Sep 1993 17:33:48 +0000
Re: ARENA: More ideas
jacobus@rock-opera.cc.purdue.edu (Bryan J. Maloney)
Fri, 17 Sep 1993 21:14:01 +0000