<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384372#msg10384372">Quote from: King Serperior on 16-08-2014, 00:19:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Oh, okay, cool!I think you have the idea wrong:  One group wouldn't pay two Merc groups to kill each other.  Instead, they'd pay off one group and make it their "Team" in this "Sport."  They'd follow the merc group until it dies then move on to the next one.  From time to time, one of the groups may pit their Mercs against another's mercs to settle a score instead of all out war between Clans, States, or something along those lines.<br/><br/>As for the waste of money, remember that the groups would be putting bets on whether the Merc Group will succeed or fail in this scenario, possibly giving them much more money than they spent on paying the mercs.  Besides, if the mercs lose, they're dead and won't receive payment. <br/><br/>That said, it's No big deal.  Just trying to throw ideas around and contribute here while I wait for the planetside portion of the game to begin. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>No, I got the idea right. It just doesn't make any sense. At best, you might have a small group of top people in one of the big governments putting side bets with each other regarding mercenaries their particular faction has already hired for a job. You're proposing something along the lines of the US, China, and Russia each hiring a 3rd-world militia to fight in the middle of the Australian outback while placing bets on who wins. That's just not something governments<em>do</em>, and no one short of governments would have the capital to start up the 'sport' in the first place.