Gladiator 2018 - Round 1, Match 28 - colt459 versus kysirsoze
 

Vote for the person that you think would win this match in a battle to death or submission. As background, assume that prior to the tournament you received 10 minutes of training on every weapon. The time listed is the amount of time before the match where you learn what the weaponry and venue is. All participants are handed their weapons at t=0 unless stated otherwise.

Venue - Classic large yard with occasional trees
Starting Distance - 28 feet

colt459

Main Weapon - Pirate cutlass
Backup Weapon - None

Prep Time - 17 seconds
Special Factors - You start out with a cloth bag over your entire head that will take you 60 seconds to remove from time t=0.

kysirsoze

Main Weapon - Police baton
Backup Weapon - The thigh bone of a large ape

Prep Time - 5 Minutes
Special Factors - None

Four left, and I've not gone yet. The suspense is killing me!

Oh, and sorry for the dude with the bag over his head.

BONE OF A LARGE APE!

I posted the schedule somewhere a few matches ago, and you're in the last match of Round 1. It's your responsibility to end Round 1 with a flourish.

You're killing me, Smalls!

Assuming the average human can run 10 mph, that is 14.6667 feet per second. More than enough time to close that distance and bash his head with ape bone or the baton.

Baton. Club the cloth bag. Ballgame.

The question in my mind was whether colt459 could withstand about 58 seconds of a police beating. It seems like it's possible. Just curl up and hang onto your cutlass for dear life. Once you get the bag off, you've got a big advantage.

I wonder if the proper strategy would be to curl up, or to swing wildly with the cutlass. But I presume that you stand a better chance of losing the cutlass if you're swinging it blindly.

swing wildly with the cutlass, sword beats club.
http://www.strongblade.com/prod/prod...cutlass1_m.jpg

I'd probably try and listen the best I could to kysirsoze's approach, then start swinging wildly.

I'm not sure how thigh bone of a large ape made it into the weapons pool, but it really gives me a chuckle. LMAO

But the person with the club can see him swinging, dodge him, hit the sword out of his hands and beat him in the head. Or her could not waste time and just get a good first blow to the head.

If he's running at 10mph he's going to be making a lot of noise. I think that's a big factor here.

I hope in my draw my primary weapon is thigh bone from a large ape and my secondary weapon is thigh bone from a small ape.

Can't he cut the cloth bag off?

That's a bit of a leap. He would have to get very close to do this in 60 sec.