<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111594.msg5464400#msg5464400">Quote from: Red Doctor on 12-11-2011, 22:33:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So just to clarify. Should I be thinking of the gladiators more like the knights Melee, where squires, peasants and knights who fight on foot prefer to do battler. Or as a big pit where they throw all the criminals to be killed? Cause I'm a little confused atm<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Closer to the later. It's similar to Melee contests, except<em>no rules</em>. If the brackets don't fill up, I might throw a bear into the mix. It's popular with the pesants because pesants like watching people get killed. Also, it's one of the few categories that the common born can compete in (even if they're not criminal).<br/><br/>If there's a desire for it, I could add a swordplay/fencing category to cover for the swordspeople who want to compete but have more to lose. Use dull weapons and compete through forms, scoring points as opposed to cutting someone down until they can't go on. Less "Ring of Fire", more Olympic Fencing.<br/><br/>Thoughts?