I don't exactly surf the boards other then the war mage section.

When is the next tourny for us magic users. Seems kinda interesting.

I agree Maulem. I was there that night, and I was kind of ashamed at how it was going with just the 12 fighters. I had been there for the bows when there was about 3 times as many people, and it went smoother that night, then mage night. I specifically remember telling Drex that I felt bad for you both, and I apologized for mages in general for how huge of a headache that night was. When Drex first told me that you two probably weren't gonna do a mage night ever again, I actually told her that was probably the smartest and easiest option for the continuation of the Trials Series.

I hope that next time you do it, all the other trials go as well as, or better than, they did this year. I also think you should just go ahead and skip mage night, since it was such a problem. Problems for you (if the host gets a headache, what fun is it? If its not fun, why torture yourself?), problems for the contestants, and problems from people watching. Overall, it was rediculous in my opinion.

Once again, I felt obliged to apologize to Drex that night, just because I was a mage (even though Im more of a barb!), and therefor lumped into the same category as all the other mentally inept people that attended that night.

No matter what you decide to do Maulem, I really appreciate the effort you put into it. For the fun of the people, as well as the cause that you do it for. May it continue to get smoother and smoother each year that you continue. Thanks again for all the hard work and dedication.

-Master Ndin

Thank you Ndin and I do want to say that you, Solvar and Wyndz three made that night much better than it could have been. The problems facing us that night went beyond what was on the surface. Being barbarians, neither of us knew that the mana for war mages was fair to middling in the arena, and by such tilted the scales to the moonmages. We learned, rather quickly I might add. ;)

I really want to thank the war mages that stuck it out without complaint and had a good time in spite of chaos and general negativity. Your efforts to get challenges going and just have fun with it really meant a lot to us both.

Maulem and I both have our separate event projects that we work on and we always support and help each other out, but these fight nights are really Maulem. I personally think he's nuts for all the time and effort he puts in, with he excel sheets he designs and all that but then again he thinks I'm nuts for the time I put into mine so it's all good. We both highly enjoy it and honestly when we hear someone say thanks, that was fun, it makes every little headache worth it. So thank you!

Well I was there Trop. :P But then again there was a wonderful announcement made that fighting me wouldn't earn you jack squat which made me feel all special, warm, and tingly inside. Oh well, Lady Shantelle kept egging me on to fight whether it was discouraged or not, and she really made it fun for alot of us. By the way Maulem, going up and handing a person back his coins without a word while he's trying to get a fight set up and taking off the way you did could have been taken as a "Here's your money back so don't bother and get going" gesture. Just let folks have fun next time without trying to shun certain folks.

Player of Pormithius

I told Porm a few times why the coin was given back and it was to be fair since he couldn't get points. He just chose not to listen to me I guess.

And by all means, anyone that has a better way to do these events, do them. I'm sure Maulem and I would love a chance to compete rather than host.

I brought my empath to two of the events and watched sports while healing. Was relaxing and good for the wallet of my main character, who's still very young. So thanks, I had fun.

Maulem what are you thoughts on some of the suggestions I made before you hosted the first contest? I remember you saying the rules were in place and that it was too late to amend them but have you considered implementing some of them?


Executioner Catullus

Cat,
Repost some of your ideas for me? It's been a month or two, and tons of stuff has gone on since then.


Gladiator Maulem~

Read the Barbarian Seven!
http://tinyurl.com/gksan

Grin! I just follow the rules as laid out! My frustration was there were so few at my level to compete against.

_____
Magdar Bluefletch, Legendary Barbarian of M'Riss

Oh I have no problem on going all out no rules at all but a great deal of the realms doesn't feel the same way.


Executioner Catullus

The "common weapon" issue is going to be a no go. It's hard enough to run these things, let alone running around god knows where to get however many of each kind of weapon for everyone.

Complaints voiced during the fights were either addressed if possible or summarily ignored if they were "whiney" type complaints like "How is this fair?" or "I can't find anyone to fight". I go over the rules before each tourney in depth, and give a few moments for folks to voice questions on the gweth prior to starting. I also post the rules several times in various folders here on the boards. If I see an issue that needs to be changed, I'll change it on the fly and let everyone know as best I can. I didn't log any of these, nor did I catalog any complaints that were addressed on the fly as described above.

As far as defense, there was an issue with this in one and possibly two competitors that I saw, and both of them were in the ranged competition. Generally, I think folks got the idea that the point is not to declare a weapon you have 10 ranks in if you're an 80th level barb, but to use what you're best at and try it out. I may institute a new part to the registration process next year that will attempt to deal with the issue of someone declaring a weapon drastically lower than their evident circle. I'll work on that in the "off season".

Magic fights-won't ever happen again on my watch. It is still amazing to me that I can throw 30 people into the pit with a given set of rules and tell them to smash each other to bits, but 10 magic users using the same set of rules want to do nothing but moan about how they can't use their buff spells. It's not a contest of buff spells, it's a contest of offensive magic.

The "season"-Due to the complexity of this fight series, I'll only be doing it once per RL year, and likely in the weeks between thanksgiving and xmas, assuming that if the arena finally gets the rebuild, it allows for such things. In the meantime, and when I get time, I'll likely be throwing some much smaller one night fight tournies with varying rules as to equipment.

Thanks again for the comments, concerns and questions. I'll continue to address them as I'm able.

Gladiator Maulem~

Read the Barbarian Seven!
http://tinyurl.com/gksan