Gladiator Round 1, Match 4: tooge vs. austinchief

[Rain Man]

tooge:

high-powered squirtgun filled with ammonia

No backup knife.

Prep time: 31 seconds


austinchief:

A batman-esque Penguin umbrella that shoots out sleep gas, If you can get within three feet.

Backup bowie knife

Prep time: 97 seconds


Venue:

Classic downtown big-city street

Starting distance: 1,931 feet

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by SNR

Definitely. People might forget that these are gladiator fights-- meaning you have to fight to the death. If you have a long-range weapon that can cause damage but not kill, you better be damn crafty. The knife is key, just to have it as a second option.

perhaps in round 2, the knife can be replaced with some other less-deadly backup, like brass knuckles?

[KurtCobain]

I want everybody to know I'm massaging my calves right now in anticipation for my fight with dartgod tomorrow.

[Hammock Parties]

Tooge has the range advantage in this. A few squirts and Austin will drop his gasbrella screaming. Tooge beats him to death.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by alnorth

perhaps in round 2, the knife can be replaced with some other less-deadly backup, like brass knuckles?

We can certainly change it up if people think the bowie knife is too strong. However, the reason I included it was a concern that there were some pairs of weapons where a fatal blow would be hard to administer, so I wanted to add an increased probability that there'd at least be a fatal weapon on the field.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

We can certainly change it up if people think the bowie knife is too strong. However, the reason I included it was a concern that there were some pairs of weapons where a fatal blow would be hard to administer, so I wanted to add an increased probability that there'd at least be a fatal weapon on the field.

where the knife probably helps is when one guy draws a powerful weapon and the other guy has a comedy weapon.

However, if both fighters draw a non-lethal comedy weapon, I imagine people would start theorycrafting different ways one guy or the other would prevail with their silly weapon. Unless one guy has a backup knife, then we'd probably just go with that.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by alnorth

where the knife probably helps is when one guy draws a powerful weapon and the other guy has a comedy weapon.

However, if both fighters draw a non-lethal comedy weapon, I imagine people would start theorycrafting different ways one guy or the other would prevail with their silly weapon. Unless one guy has a backup knife, then we'd probably just go with that.

I'll stick with the bowie knife in Round 1 to be consistent, but maybe in the next round we can have a group of backup weapons from the Bowie knife down.

[Rain Man]

Calling the fight in favor of austinchief, despite tooge's best chemical warfare attempts.

[tooge]

Hey dammit, I just saw this. I'm gonna rip off your head and piss down your neck Austin Chief. I'm a terrible insomniac. you are screwed.

[tooge]

oops, too late, I'm dead. Dammit rain man. If there is a losers bracket, I need something better than a squirter pull of piss. C mon.

[Steron]

austinchief. The knife carries the day.