<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384426#msg10384426">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 16-08-2014, 00:34:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">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.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>True, true on all points.  Though, considering how much larger this is than one planet, there's lots of profit to be made.  Also, the focus wouldn't be specifically combat between each merc group, but more of  tasks that could be useful, like attacking and capturing a base, or capturing a mine, or even acquiring some experimental weapon or tech.<br/><br/>Not arguing any of your points though as you do make a lot of sense and it's all in the likelyhood that this idea will not work anyway.  Also, what I was thinking was that each 'group of top people' place bets with other 'groups of top people' and communicate through private transmissions.  But I do understand your points.<br/><br/>Thanks for the constructive criticism though.  If the majority thinks this is a major flop, I'll just store this idea for another day in another place.<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384487#msg10384487">Quote from: orderNchaos on 16-08-2014, 00:55:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Isn't that what Solaris is for?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Solaris?  Might have missed something there.