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[Headless]

I'm 0 for 3 with 12 coins left.  Bad luck I say bad luck.
Who wants to pay me not to bet on your fighter?

[kesperan]

Logem winced as the necromancer/surgeons reattached his mangled ear, still dripping with leech drool. He clenched his jaw involuntarily as the last suture went in, puffing a cloud of cigar smoke in the necromancer's face.

He thumbed the leech man's dented adamatium helm in his calloused hands. The bugger had put up quite a fight.

This next fella was a minotaur. Big dude, naked, only wields a copper shield. Logem shrugged. They all die the same way.

367 gold on Logem Branchsyrup, hero of The Northern Confederacy.

[Stimraug]

Funny fight vs. Beast with how the armadillo man was able to showcase his shell.

Also again just laughable to see a level 2 kicker (time and time again) get through vastly higher skill levels in defense and score critical hits. I'm beginning to wonder if the default semimegabeast skill levels are just added on top of the testing arena skill settings.

On top of this the admins have given the beast extra points every round, which have compounded into further increases as apparently one doesn't even need skill upgrades to land singular match-ending hits.

But atleast the fights had character and the writing is top notch, really excited for logem finishing off the leech man, another unbalanced creature with missing body parts and self-healing attacks. Can't wait to see the rest, good luck to the fighters.

[Stimraug]

Could someone with the knowhow actually use dwarf therapist in the testing arena and see if creatures with default skills in the raws preserve those skills on top of skill boosts given in the testing grounds creature menu? Thanks.

[kesperan]

I don’t think the extra 5 points per round gave the Beast a significant advantage, but I’d understand why you’d be annoyed. The size advantage is what made the difference there. One punch or kick to the head will tear your spinal cord.

The Minotaur had all his natural skills removed in the edited RAWs which is easy to do if you want to test some builds in arena mode.

And in the end the leech man had a weakness. He couldn’t drink blood through armour. Everyone has a weakness…

[Rumrusher]

Spoiler: "Bogey Commentary Booth Quarter-Finals-show " (click to show/hide)

 

Hello, this is Bone and Betou your friendly Bogeymen at the side-commentary booth for this years DFGT. back again from the pre-show that ended a bit too over schedule, so besides that how was the tournament for you Betou.

Oh, great. The Archer showdown was a major highlight! Though I heard there's a gonna be BIG upset at the leech man merch sales after that last match.

Sweettooth vs Logem match? I end up missing all of it waiting for the Ine vs Sharpfist Fight to start, was it that bad?

yeah... These lil leech figurines were going out in style during the past 3 rounds, I had plans on trading this for some valuable goods as 'figurine of the VIII tournament winner.' well top 8 placer would do.

speaking of top 8 here's the folks who made it out of round 4.

Out of the matches we seen in round 4, two of these matches share a common trait Bone.

the contestants fought a Minotaur?

No..._ish Ok that one is true, I'm talking about swift strikes to your spine will take you out no matter what defenses you got on. one good hit to the spine will paralyze your lungs your limbs your weapon holding bits and it just a matter of time before you past away...

good news your body is well preserved for the local tourney docs to revive you from such blows. Thank the Necrotic Advancement of Death Correction Agencies working hard to try to bring back your Fan Favorites_{(well some of them.)}

_{The Dwarf Fortress Gladiator Tournament Committee isn't currently sponsored by Necrotic Advancement Correction Agency and don't take what this commentator said as endorsement and or Ad space.} 

On subject of Fan favorites. I ponder who's the next Fan fav?

...well while I was wandering through Artist Alley for this event I spotted this cute "Knifin' Around" Doll that I kept around after the pre-show. it has a mechanism connected to the knife arm that swings when you squeeze the rib cage!  The artist who made this seem to be getting a lot more customers after the contestant cleared Round 4.

and with that venture into commission work that wraps up the Quarter-Finals Commentary this is Betou

And Bone Signing off!

I'm the KNIFE!

oh and The Doll talks..

[Salmeuk]

wow what a cute concept :3 I'd pay to listen to a live commentary of a hosted tourney haha

[memmet]

The spreadsheet has Horof Dreadhoof with 130 points and Beast of Spearimpale with 135 points - which one is correct?

Per Mkhos, the Beast of Spearimpale's points have now been corrected to 130!

Beast of Spearimpale had 135 because of the 5 unused points from Round 4, isn't that right? Horof used all points before Round 4.

[kesperan]

The spreadsheet has Horof Dreadhoof with 130 points and Beast of Spearimpale with 135 points - which one is correct?

Per Mkhos, the Beast of Spearimpale's points have now been corrected to 130!

Beast of Spearimpale had 135 because of the 5 unused points from Round 4, isn't that right? Horof used all points before Round 4.

It isn't your fault, but you were given too many points, every single round. Minotaurs should have 130, and you were given 135 by mistake. That has a compound effect and meant that you had significantly more points for the last round than you should have. (You might not have won that fight at all had the points been accurate.)

Round 1      130 points, spent 127, 3 remaining
Round 2      Should have 134.5, actually given 139.5, spent 104, remaining 35.5 (should have been 30.5)
Round 3      Should have 176, actually given 188, spent 144, remaining 44 (should have been 32)
Round 4      Should have 178, actually given 201, spent 196, remaining 5 (should be -18)
Round 5      Should have 130 (or 112), actually given 142.5

The management have decided not to redo the last round and instead have reset your points to 130. Does that make sense?

[memmet]

Does that make sense?

Yes, I understand now. Thank you for the explanation, Kesperan!

[Stimraug]

I don’t think the extra 5 points per round gave the Beast a significant advantage, but I’d understand why you’d be annoyed. The size advantage is what made the difference there. One punch or kick to the head will tear your spinal cord.

The Minotaur had all his natural skills removed in the edited RAWs which is easy to do if you want to test some builds in arena mode.

And in the end the leech man had a weakness. He couldn’t drink blood through armour. Everyone has a weakness…

5 extra unspent points per round for 4 rounds compounding equates to many extra points for the latest round, that's several skill levels, definitely significant.

Indeed, critical hits can happen and we all sign up for RNG it's just that the beast has consistently almost or actually one-shot his opponents with lvl 2 skill, which is almost untrained.

Yeah, the RAWs were altered which made me so puzzled about the lvl 2 attacks bypassing lvl 7-9 dodging and shielding in the first place for several fights. Not to mention the pain penalties of having his arm cut off etc. other wounds.

Indeed, not being able to damage an enemy is a weakness which everyone may have.

My salt here originates from several admin errors, and the fact that if the Beast wins, I can't be 100% happy for him, knowing that a semimegabeast-sized enemy was also given extra help by admins to do so. But oh well, there's a lot of positive to focus on too, I guess.

[Rumrusher]

Went back and checked the tapes logs.... the few things that could stop dodging from working is if the dodger gets tired, so the beast held out the longest from bleeding out to stack on a bunch of whiff attacks that force Stimraug to dodge a bunch which probably led to a moment where the body grown too exhausted to keep it going thus the dodge skill dropped a bit(if I remember half?) until the grabs started happening which also prevents dodging so beast with like upgrade to 4 wrestler and some dodging could probably keep up the assault on someone who got the skill debuff from being exhausted.
Or this one faint practitioner of kisat dur opinions on how this fight went down. like whole bunch of dodging did happen at the start of the round but it doesn't last forever.

[memmet]

Woe! Scandal! The release of an article in a certain dwarven newspaper has led to the sudden disappearance of the Beast's dwarven manager. His beard, though long, could not save him from the evidence of treachery. Few have asked where he has gone.

To the shock and horror of many a sheltered mountain dwarf, the Beast itself emerges today from the gladiators' quarters, gold in hand, and bets everything - on itself, of course! One wonders if the game has not been rigged all along.

[kesperan]

Good luck, you're gonna need it, bub! - Logem.

[Rendentare]

The semi-finals.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

“Traps are so clever. A person could step on a seemingly normal section of floor, and next thing they know they are run through by a giant corkscrew. Or a giant boulder drops on them from seemingly nowhere. Of all the traps we make, my favorite is the cage trap.”  said the Dwarf Sheriff.

“Why is that?” Asked Ren from above him. She clung to the bars as her cage swayed from side to side.

“The trigger of the trap is similar to a pressure plate: weight hits the trigger and the trap is sprung. The interesting thing is the weight of the captive determines the size of the cage. The same system that would harmlessly trap a hydra can also capture something as small as a marmot.”

“What happens if the weight is wrong?” asked Ren, “If someone doesn’t put their full weight on the plate, or it isn’t calibrated correctly?”

“Then we call it a weapon trap!” laughed Sheriff Mokez. The cage shifted as he redoubled his grip.

Relief replaced Ren’s nausea as they entered a familiar hallway.
 
“Aye. Most people have no way of detecting our traps. That’s why shops displaying them are
 sure to mark where they are, so one accidentally steps on one,” Said the Sheriff as he stopped in front of an ornate door, and set down the cage, “Like you did.”
 
“Please, let me say thank you for granting the reprieve on our sentences” Said Ren.

Sheriff Mokez unlocked the cage door, “No reprieve. The remainder of your sentences are stayed until your champion dies or the tournament ends. Whichever comes first.”

“Oh,” said Ren, her hand on the door to her chambers, “How much do we have left to do?”

“One strike for the champion. Two strikes for you,” said the Sheriff neatly.

Ren eyed the Sheriff’s gnarled hands and corded arms, “Is that open handed or closed fist?”

The Sheriff chuckled, “Hammer strikes. One for each charge of attempted murder.”

Ren’s legs buckled as she sat on the smoothed floor with a jolt, “What? Everyone was fine! No one was hurt!”

“That’s why it’s attempted murder,” the Sheriff said as if speaking to a child, “The champion for attacking Inod Iggalkon, an unarmed dwarf. You, firstly, for framing Inod Iggalkon for the theft of a champion’s weapon, causing the champion to try to recover the weapon by means of violence. Which would have resulted in one death. Then you, secondly, for stealing a weapon from a champion before the match. Which would have resulted in two deaths.”

“Is there an appeal process?” Ren asked weakly.

The Sheriff tilted his head, “When I took Inod Iggakon’s statement, he was in the temple of the Luck Goddess. He told me he was going to be an ardent worshiper of her from now on, because the only way he survived your little stunt was by being very very lucky.”

“Is there any way we could serve a different sentence? Pay restitution?”

“You are asking me to reduce your sentence on attempted murder to restitution?” Asked the Sheriff incredulously, “Sure. Bring me two hundred gold per charge.”

“We need 600 gold?!” Ren gasped, “Where could I possibly get that kind of money?”

“I couldn’t answer that. Maybe you’ll be very very lucky?” The Sheriff looked at her sharply, “Do not bother to run from the arena. I’ll find you when it is time.”

"Double 91 is 182," the human woman mutters to herself, "Double that and that's only one hammer strike. Better than two. 91 Gold on Knifin' Around!"