<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111594.msg5462790#msg5462790">Quote from: Joslyn on 12-11-2011, 12:05:59</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Wow, the Gladiator competition sounds a bit brutal--much more than I would expect from Theiri. Still, I like the idea because the Aserit will maybe realize that the Theiri are not (to quote Groundskeeper Willy) a bunch of "cheese-eating surrender monkeys."  &gt;:)<br/><br/>If Nikkie accepts these events then I'd like for Juliette to be in the Sharp Shot competition.  :-)<br/><br/>Also wondering if anything else important supposed to happen at the banquet? Because I figure Juli and Olivia should move on to some privacy so as to not delay us getting to the tournament longer then needed. (I'd be fine posting both tomorrow at the tourney in the public thread and Juli/Olivia in the private thread for this current evening concurrently if it would expedite things and Marissa is okay with the idea).<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>That eager to get me all on my lonesome? ;)<br/><br/>And I'm okay with managing concurrent posts. Whatever gets the ball rolling faster for people. After all, after Olivia finishes her late night rendezvous with Juliette she still has to go visit Henrik so people shouldn't have to wait for me before moving on.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111594.msg5462802#msg5462802">Quote from: DomShark on 12-11-2011, 12:23:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The worse poverty levels were in roughly similar times to these, the more popular bloodsports became. They brought in more money than taxes and made the impoverished lower class less likely to riot against the government which would cost valuable gold and manpower. I'm too lazy to find factual historical research to back this up, but it's my story and I'm sticking to it.<br/><br/>Personally, I prefer reading about war to reading about politics; but that's just my opinion.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Yeah, this is definitely an economically viable argument.