Re: DM Tournament Info- Help!

From: dao@deadhead.mitre.org (David A. Ondzes)

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1993 12:33:39 +0000

>>    4)  Other than expense, is there any earthly reason not to go?
>
> Your warriors stand a decent chance of dying.  Yeah, it says that dying is
> halved, but that doesnt matter much.  Youre still fighting an average of 5
> or  so fights with each warrior, which leaves a 2.5x greater chance of dying
> than 1 normal arena fight.  Also, in the arena you can try to set you fights
> so that you wont fight killers.  In a tourney you have no such option.
> Also, Ive met people who usually run with low KDs who always go 10KD in
> touneies cuz they dont care about the people they fight as much as they do
> those in their own arena.  I personally lower my KDs in tournies and pump it
> to 10 in normal arenas, but thats just me!  :)  Ive lost many of my best
> warriors in tournies.  The good ones ALWAYS seem to die there!
>

Lets no forget that your are only figthing the best warriors at tournies.
People, generally, do not send sucky warriors to tournies. So you have a
better chance of losing and thus dying.

Wizard of Oz

References

DM Tournament Info- Help!
gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)
Sun, 04 Jul 1993 18:58:02 +0000
Re: DM Tournament Info- Help!
ewalents@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Erich Walentschak)
Mon, 05 Jul 1993 00:56:54 +0000