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Title: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 04:00:16 pm
WELCOME  to the colleseum.  Pull up a piece of stone, and watch midgets battle it out against Green Midgets, till only one of them survive!!!

This 150 dwarf strong fortress has been founded with the sheer purpose of constructing a Giant Colleseum for dwarven kind to use for their entertainment.   Gladiators go in,and fight to the death, for fame and glory (and shiney pieces of artifact level armor!!)


Our Colleseum has been completed!!! Gladiators now sit training their hardest, fine tuning their abilities for the next match!!!

Here's a picture of our GRAND Colleseum!!!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (still under construct
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 04:01:11 pm
Current Standings:


Akhier:  Weapon: spear.  Skill: dabbling.   Very Strong, Unbelievably Agile, Extremely Tough.    Matches: 1.   Kills:0
Sgt. Jackrum:  Weapon Crossbow  Skill:Novice.  Strong, Perfectly Agile, Superdwarvenly Tough.  Matches 1.  Kills:2
Emmanovi: Weapon: spear. Skill:none.   Very Strong, Extreamly Agile, Superdwarvenly Tough.  Matches 1.  Kills:1
Neo:  Weapon None.  Skill: Dabbling.  Strong, Perfectly Agile, Extremely tough. Matches 1.  Kills:0  <INJURED>
Helmed Griffon: Weapon:none. Skill Dabbling.  Very Strong, Unbelievably Agile, Superdwarvenly tough.  Matches 1.  Kills:0
Carrot: Weapons: axe.  Skill:None.  Extreamly Strong, Agile, Superdwarvenly Tough.  Matches 1.  Kills:0
Egill:  Weapons: axe.  Skill: Dabbling.  Ultra-mighty, Extreamly Agile, Superdwarvenly Tough.  Matches 1. Kills:3


Okay, because I like keeping things organized, the first place is eventually going to be replaced with awesome flavorful text, and this is going to be where I keep track of who has what dwarves, and what their current stats are.

How it works:

I have a list of the dwarves not currently being used in my fortress (there are about 60 of them.  There's probably more, but those 60 where the only ones I bothered pulling the names for.)

You can pick any one of them (I have a fairly wide range, no miners, no metalworkers.  None of them have been put through any kind of dwarven training regiment, although a lot of them have managed to level up their attributes through Socilazation.  so "I want a fast dwarf"  Is good, as is "I want a soapmaker"  But try to limit the "I want a fast soapmaker!"  (I only have 1 soapmaker anyway))   (I'm thinking about putting up my Spreadsheet with them listed, maybe later)

You can pick any form of Training Regiment I can provide (Pumping, Siege operating, swimming, whatever)  Except sparring.   Dwarves that have been selected will never be off duty when in the military, and will only gain levels in their selected weapons in the arena.

Equipment will be provided.  Leather armor for any dwarf under Skilled, Chain for any between skilled and adept, and Plate for adept and up.

Artifact weapons/armor (I have a copper shield/plate, and a bone hammer) will only be awarded to those who manage to preform exceptionally well in the colleseum (like taking down that hammerlord, or a couple bowgoblins)


Matches will be arranged.   A list of what kinds of goblins Prisoners I have will be posted (somewhere) And you may chose from any of them to battle.   Special events will be held, and participation may or may not be manditory.  Multiple participants can battle at the same time, but in such circumstances, enemy selection is forfeit.


Matches are now OPEN!   If you'd like to fight, select an enemy (or enemies) From the list below.  At the next avilable opportunity, I shall arrange the combat.   A list of the current Standings will be made available on the first post, and the results from the match will go there, as well as a "Play by play" (To the best of my ability)  Post.   Don't expect epic battle reports here.

There will be 2 other arena combat types, coming soon.

(Note:  Thieves are reserved for... things.)


Current list of Enemies Available:
Guards:7
Goblin Hammerers:15
Human Hammerers:1
Goblin Spearmen: 6
Goblin Crossbowmen (Some of them still have bows): 15
Human Crossbowmen: 2
Goblin Wrestlers:110
Goblin Axemen: 19
Goblin Swordsmen:17
Human Swordsmen:1
Goblin Macemen: 5
Human Macemen: 1
Goblin Pikemen: 9
Goblin Bowmen (Bows and arrows included) 21
Human Bowmen: 1
Goblin Lashers:4

Goblin Master Theives:3
Goblin Thieves:28

Asno Snamoztongmul, Goblin Swordmaster
Statost Bonzolak, Goblin Spearmaster
Snang Uxnuaslot, Goblin Macelord (Leader of a goblin Civ)
Tode Uzetolngo, Goblin Elite Bowman


Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Mad Larks on November 18, 2008, 04:49:48 pm
I'd like to go with an agile dwarf put through swimming training, because I feel like making a dwarf go for a swim. Spear and chain mail is preferrable when it comes to equipment. What he was beforehand doesn't really matter.

Call him Fury.

In case I am breaking any of your rules, throw a brick in my direction. *puts on +steel helmet+*
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Boksi on November 18, 2008, 04:52:42 pm
I want a male dwarf. A strong and tough one at that. He can wield a battleaxe and train by pumping.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 18, 2008, 04:55:56 pm

 1 Soapmaker.
 Swimming only.
 Wrestling only.
 Final destination Dwarf.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: ungood on November 18, 2008, 05:04:45 pm
I would like a Peasant, named "Sam Vimes."  Trained with bookkeeping and pumping.  Wields a sword.

Bring them on!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Boksi on November 18, 2008, 05:05:56 pm
Sam Vimes was a human, you dolt!

Carrot now, he was a dwarf.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: ungood on November 18, 2008, 05:07:44 pm
Sam Vimes was a human, you dolt!

Carrot now, he was a dwarf.

Who says this isn't just a dwarf that really wants to imitate his literary hero?!

Someone needs to lay claim to Carrot though.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 05:09:45 pm
Lol!  Carrot... hehehe...

Boksi, You have a Tanner named Alath Onulilir
Duke, you have a Soapmaker named Deler Stinobok.
ungood, you got a peasant, name of Adil Urrithurist.   Renaming soon.

Staring their training regiments now.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 05:13:50 pm
Mad, I missed your post, sorry.  You have Ushat, (soon to be named fury)  the agile butcher.   He'll be gettin' his spear and his swimsuit soon.  ^__^
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Boksi on November 18, 2008, 05:14:31 pm
Oh, and can I request that my dorf be renamed "Egill"? And if you can allow yourself to use DC, have the last name of Baldnessmask?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 05:19:03 pm
done, and done.   Everyones off training (except the screw pumpers... turns out I didn't have any corkscrews handy.  We'll remedy that)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 18, 2008, 05:22:46 pm

 The competitors will find it difficult to compete when the arena is flooded. With the screws out of the way, there will be no way to pump out the water.

 Master plan: Halfway complete. Now to smuggle water slowly into the arena...
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 05:24:26 pm

 The competitors will find it difficult to compete when the arena is flooded. With the screws out of the way, there will be no way to pump out the water.

 Master plan: Halfway complete. Now to smuggle water slowly into the arena...

The finished arena will have plumbing for sea battles.   ^__^   It worked in Rome.....
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Mad Larks on November 18, 2008, 06:03:37 pm

 The competitors will find it difficult to compete when the arena is flooded. With the screws out of the way, there will be no way to pump out the water.

 Master plan: Halfway complete. Now to smuggle water slowly into the arena...

The finished arena will have plumbing for sea battles.   ^__^   It worked in Rome.....

I predict Fury managing to skewer a fish on his spear somehow. Worst comes to worst, he WILL kill with a fish!

"Did...did he just kill a goblin by smacking its skull in with a raw fish?" "Now you know why they call him Fury."

...Dualwielding carps...oh, that would be awesome to see...
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Strife26 on November 18, 2008, 06:11:53 pm
I do not aprove of this thread.

Needless bloodshed?!
Disgusting.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 18, 2008, 06:16:33 pm
I do not aprove of this thread.

Needless bloodshed?!
Disgusting.

 Blood for the blood god my friend. Blood for the blood god.

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 06:17:24 pm
I do not aprove of this thread.

Needless bloodshed?!
Disgusting.

Do I smell an Elven Sympathizer!?  Grab your duel-wielded Carp-chucks!!!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Boksi on November 18, 2008, 06:19:28 pm
Fun fact:

The trident and net combination you often see in conjuction with roman gladiators was actually fishing equipment. The net was, well, a net, and the trident was a type of fishing spear.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 18, 2008, 06:28:02 pm
gimme a dwarf! name him mebzuth rushlances and give him an axe to fight with.
as for training put him on swimming.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 18, 2008, 06:31:35 pm
gimme a dwarf! name him mebzuth rushlances and give him an axe to fight with.
as for training put him on swimming.

Done.   He's down in the waterpit with the rest of the crew now.

Swimming trains FAST.   and I don't even have to do anything.   *grins*
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Impending Doom on November 18, 2008, 06:37:04 pm
Aye, I'll sponsor a dwarf.

Name him Francene McFleshrender.

Train him well with swimming, pumping, and siege operating.

Equipment... spear, shield, hammer as a secondary if that's allowed.

Oh, can we get a list of all the training regiments you can provide?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 18, 2008, 06:44:47 pm

 I would like to request hostile fish in the arena, if possible.

 Damn, everybody is swimming. There goes my plan to dig a tunnel to the arena and flood the place with a well-placed wall smash.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Martian on November 18, 2008, 06:53:01 pm
EDIT: Must learn to read properly.

Can I have a cook please? (Named Helmed Griffon) Train him in pump operating and swimming. Thanks.

EDIT 2: Let him fight with an axe please.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: LegoLord on November 18, 2008, 08:01:07 pm
I do not aprove of this thread.

Needless bloodshed?!
Disgusting.
You're playing the wrong game, friend.

I want one.  Train him with swimming, pump operating, and siege operating.
If he can only have one, siege operating.
He use a spear.  Steel, of course, once available.
If you have any carp leather, try to get him to wear armor made outta that.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Paulus Fahlstrom on November 18, 2008, 08:04:29 pm
This sounds amusing. I'm totally in.

Name: Kibeth

Miner background preferred
Agile also preferred
Train him in swimming and pump once possible.

I'd also like to be a swordsdwarf.

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 18, 2008, 08:22:03 pm
I'm in on this. I think.

- Agile
- Mace (edit: Hammer is also acceptable)
- Swimming (does swimming train strength?)
- Named "Inaluct"
- Fish-hide leather armor to start with, please (if possible or convenient)

I tried to keep that legible at a glance. I think it would be easier for kurisukun if everyone tried to be concise.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 18, 2008, 08:27:58 pm
i think that no skill raises a specific stat, at least thats what i have observed in adventure mode. sometimes swimming has increased my agility and other times it has increased my toughness.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 18, 2008, 08:32:23 pm
Not strength? Uh oh. Anyway, I'm trying to get a macedwarf that can punt enemies off of platforms and ships (will there be battles over an abyss? It seems like a good idea), swim, and wear cool fish leather armor.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 18, 2008, 08:35:03 pm
it could increase strength. the point i was trying to make was no skill increases one specific stat. also, is it too late to ask for a tough dwarf? i want to be able to take an arrow to the face and survive  ;D.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 18, 2008, 08:50:20 pm
By the way, kurisukun, this is awesome. I think I'll make my own coliseum after this one ends.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Snuffs on November 18, 2008, 10:19:54 pm
Ooh, sounds like fun!  Sign me up:

Snuffs, prior partydwarf (you know, one of those useless layabouts that has mostly conversational skills and is always throwing parties), who should train as a speardwarf (without a shield) by either more intense conversation, if possible, or by record keeping.  I know someone else is record keeping already, so as a last resort, he can operate pumps.

Let's see how fast he can die...
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: thunderclan on November 18, 2008, 10:27:38 pm
This could be interesting

Name: Fireheart

Give him a sword and leather armor and train him on swimming, Drowning would be a sad way to end a fight
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 18, 2008, 10:28:50 pm
I want in!

Richter. Please set him to training with swimming. And I'd like for him to be a Swordsdwarf (Shield). Lets see if this thread breaks my case of character immortality syndrome.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 18, 2008, 10:55:52 pm
This could be interesting

Name: Fireheart

Give him a sword and leather armor and train him on swimming, Drowning would be a sad way to end a fight

This could be interesting

could

No. It will.

Unless kurisukun gets hit by a bus and abandons the project.

By the way, will there be any kobold archers?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Flintus10 on November 19, 2008, 04:12:28 am
This idea sounds great  :D
Name:Flint
Hammerdwarf with shield and chain armour if possible if not leather is fine
and Pumping as a training method
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: neo1096 on November 19, 2008, 04:21:17 am
I'll take a dwarf named Neo, No preferences on anything save wanting mace and shield
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 19, 2008, 09:14:44 am
Everyone up to this point has dwarves now.

I am not micromanaging types of leather armor.
Everyone starts with a buckler, unless you specify you don't want one at all.  Shields accompany the upgrade to Chain armor.
I'll re-iterate that everyone starts with Leather Armor.
There is no steal.   Everything is made from Copper.   The small amounts of steel we do possess will only be given to truely worthy champions.


You get 1 training method, I'm tkaing the first one mentioned in each persons post.

I am not doing Record Keeping.   My current record keeper has everything all taken care of, so there isn't any work left to be done there.   He spends most of his time hanging out in the meeting area now.

Still comming along on construction.   we'll start once the arena proper is finished.  A hold has been put into place, as there is a siege sitting right outside my entrance, and I'd prefer my masons not get shot.    And your gladiators are the only military we have.



Of course... if everyone WANTS to go out there in flimsy leather armor and take on a hoard of 10 or so human crossbowmen...   With mounted wrestlers to back them up....
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Dwarmin on November 19, 2008, 09:32:06 am
If your still accepting Dwarves

Name: Dwarmin the Twin Moons
Weapons: dual wielded Maces, no shield
Training: Pumping
And I know dual wielding is mostly pointless lol But if I lose a hand, I can still fight.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Martian on November 19, 2008, 11:47:51 am
If were only allowed one kind of training I'd prefer just swimming. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Os Q on November 19, 2008, 01:32:14 pm
I'd take a wrestler with no shield, nicknamed "Trollbiter", I'd like to see how long he lasts, train him in whatever way you find least time consuming. Thanks

( Wrestlers are the Redshirts of Dwarf Fortress ;D )

Ps. If you dont want a wrestler, give him a spear please
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 19, 2008, 04:15:58 pm
KILL IT WITH FIRE! uh. i mean use traps. to get rid of the siege.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 19, 2008, 05:54:30 pm
KILL IT WITH FIRE! uh. i mean use traps. to get rid of the siege.

I a SHITTON of cage traps.   If they take TEN steps in my direction, the seige will be over, and ya'll will have some nice humans to play with.

But NO!  It's apparently coffee break time.  They're just sittin' around the campfire hangin' out.   And the instant I tell my dwarves they can go outside, they'll all go rushing out to grab that one piece of wood or something that I forgot to forbid, and then get slaughtered.

Oh, and all dwarves have been added.    Dwarmin, I shortened the name, cause I didn't wanna have to look at something that long.   Sorry.  ^__^

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 19, 2008, 06:33:02 pm
TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES!!!!

The humans have shown competence!   They stalked, silently, ignoring all traps I had laid out before them.   I could not catch them in my cages!   And my final resort, 10 masterwork Crossbows filled with masterwork Wooden Bolts, failed to kill a single one!!

The entire fortress was mobilized!  2 legendary dwarves where slain, as well as countless others.  But the humans where driven back!

Unfourtunatly, amongst the chaos, Trollbiter and Flint fell to the hail of crossbow bolts.


I know not how this happened.  I know not WHY this happened.  But Trust me, the Humans shall PAY!!!

*is now actually training a military cell.*   Why I thought I could deal without marksdwarves at least I shall never know...
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: ungood on November 19, 2008, 06:43:25 pm
So did any of the dwarves training for the Colosseum get any kills?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 19, 2008, 07:06:41 pm
So did any of the dwarves training for the Colosseum get any kills?

Nope.  Most of the war-dogs actually got the kills.

I DID catch 4 of the humans.   Not really sure why those 4 got caught and the others got away....  According to the wiki, cause the human caravan came through from the same civ (I think?)  They where immune to traps.

Go figure.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: LegoLord on November 19, 2008, 07:14:24 pm
So did any of the dwarves training for the Colosseum get any kills?

Nope.  Most of the war-dogs actually got the kills.

I DID catch 4 of the humans.   Not really sure why those 4 got caught and the others got away....  According to the wiki, cause the human caravan came through from the same civ (I think?)  They where immune to traps.

Go figure.
I believe that the captured humans may have fallen unconscious.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: StrayCat on November 20, 2008, 12:34:45 am
So did any of the dwarves training for the Colosseum get any kills?

Nope.  Most of the war-dogs actually got the kills.

I DID catch 4 of the humans.   Not really sure why those 4 got caught and the others got away....  According to the wiki, cause the human caravan came through from the same civ (I think?)  They where immune to traps.

Go figure.
I believe that the captured humans may have fallen unconscious.

Any human caravan that waltzes into your Stronghold will remember EVERY trap within their sight. And they'll tell other humans about that when they come to siege you. They're smart like that.

I'd like to be put down... as Sgt. Jackrum, to continue to tradition of Discworld referencing. Ahem. Let's hope he does a good job of things. Ahem. Ahem ahem. Pardon, something in my throat. So!

Sgt. Jackrum
Starting as a dwarf already, either beginning as a hunter (ranger who has hunted for you with hunting experience) or a dwarf with a bonus to toughness. I'd prefer hunter.
Swimming Training(For now. After their first battle, can we have them trained in another discipline, so, for instance, I could try Jackrum's hand at Pump Operating next, then siege engineering perhaps?)
Cheap crossbow made of wood, and either crap metal or wooden bolts if you're feeling cruel (to the victim and to Jackrum!)

May I propose we have a group match with Vimes "The Butcher", Carrot Ironfoundersson, and Sgt. Jackrum fighting simultaneously? The only thing more awesome that that would be the ability to somehow mod in a creature, tame it, make it a war creature, name the race Detritus, and give it a ranged attack as if it was carrying a ballista. Woo imagination!

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Os Q on November 20, 2008, 11:28:23 am
Out of respect for the other dead, I'll restrain from laughing at poor Trollbiter's premature demise. If you have any layabouts left please make a similiar gladiator named "Trollbane," let him have a buckler though.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 20, 2008, 04:38:10 pm
Out of respect for the other dead, I'll restrain from laughing at poor Trollbiter's premature demise. If you have any layabouts left please make a similiar gladiator named "Trollbane," let him have a buckler though.

I laughed.  He was the first one I checked for to see if he was dead.

I'll get these folks added later.   And re-do all our traps.   Thankfully my mechanics survived (although my legendary bowyer did not.) ><
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 20, 2008, 04:41:03 pm
so when will you start? as in what is the point at which you will put dwarves in the coliseum in regards to their skills?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: LegoLord on November 20, 2008, 04:59:52 pm
May I propose we have a group match with Vimes "The Butcher", Carrot Ironfoundersson, and Sgt. Jackrum fighting simultaneously? The only thing more awesome that that would be the ability to somehow mod in a creature, tame it, make it a war creature, name the race Detritus, and give it a ranged attack as if it was carrying a ballista. Woo imagination!


WOOT!

Or better yet, mod in a civ of rock trolls with. Detritus's crossbow, and make an adventurer named Detritus.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 20, 2008, 05:27:50 pm
so when will you start? as in what is the point at which you will put dwarves in the coliseum in regards to their skills?

As soon as the main arenas construction is complete.  I want to put in rock flooring too, but that may not happen till after the blood has been spilled.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 20, 2008, 05:32:03 pm
You should probably make it have a ceiling around 6 z-levels high; that way you can have battles over a huge drop, or something.

A huge drop into 6/7 water and constantly retracting and extending wooden spikes.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 20, 2008, 06:27:38 pm
I like that idea.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 20, 2008, 07:33:32 pm
Thanks. I think we should all help(?) kurisukun by writing out our insane ideas for arena battles.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 20, 2008, 07:46:26 pm
Well first of all, we of the Arena Combatants mandate that you place man eating lions that appear from trap doors across the arena floor.

We also mandate that you flood the arena in levels of lethality with magma, for every minute we are not engaged in combat.

And finally, we mandate that you point your thumb up or down, and in the case of up, reward the indicated combatant with his equipment upgrade, or 'randomly' select a punnishment for no pointed out reason, and dump the combatant in fiery magma.

So it has been declared, so it will not likely be.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: LegoLord on November 20, 2008, 08:08:00 pm
So it has been declared, so it will not likely be.
Hehe  ;D
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 20, 2008, 08:10:59 pm
if goblins kill the dwarves, open the secret doors and have your elite xbowdwarves behind fortifications kill them all!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 20, 2008, 10:04:06 pm
Idea: tunnel out a cube of up/down staircases underground. Combatants can move in three dimensions now. I bet you've never had a swarm of goblins literally descend on a dwarf and massacre it.

Descend.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 21, 2008, 02:29:01 am
Into insanity.

And arena issues. Not sure about that one Inaluct.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Kate Wissen on November 21, 2008, 03:19:58 pm
Id like a fast dwarf, train in swimming, and uses a hammer.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Magua on November 21, 2008, 03:46:18 pm
Well, I'll go in on this.  Why not?

If no one's taken "Carrot", I will.  If someone has and I missed it, "Cheery Littlebottom" will do just fine.

Find me the most optimistic, happy, impossible to annoy dwarf.  They shall train by socializing!  Or, if that's not allowed, by doing whatever needs to be done! 

The axe is a weapon of the true dwarf.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: A_Fey_Dwarf on November 21, 2008, 03:46:47 pm
I'd also like a fast dwarf, no armour(if possible give me a dwarf with no clothes at all), no shield, just a spear. Name him Fey and train him in seige operating.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Dragooble on November 21, 2008, 04:47:46 pm
he'll probably be slaughtered with no armor lol ;D
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: LegoLord on November 21, 2008, 06:47:53 pm
I think I want to change my guy's name to Nobby, Corporal.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: A_Fey_Dwarf on November 21, 2008, 07:11:51 pm
he'll probably be slaughtered with no armor lol ;D

But he'll be able to run faster... I'm not here to win, I'm here to have fun.  :P
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 21, 2008, 07:14:25 pm
Of course.

http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fun (http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fun)

Fun.

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 21, 2008, 07:17:12 pm

 Thats why I chose a wrestler when everybody else choose pointy metal things of death-men.

 Fun.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: rickvoid on November 21, 2008, 07:55:06 pm
This is too awesome not to join!

Name: Kragus
Weapon Choice: Axe
Training Regimen: Swimming before the first match, then pump operating.

A true dwarf needs only his axe. (And therefore will not use a shield. Because losing is fun.  ;D)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: WorkerDrone on November 21, 2008, 08:00:55 pm
I think he said he would only accept one form of training. Hope you wanted swimming more.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 22, 2008, 01:00:50 pm
All dwarves have been assigned, and, with the exception of the siege operators, are in training.

I'll have those up soon, fixing my cage-traps are currently more important.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Foa on November 22, 2008, 02:28:04 pm
Is there any chance for a Colosseum Games section?

Because I'd like to be Head Techie of that branch!
I just hope it isn't just a monopoly business, we need more entertainment.

Come on, I know you want to see the 1000x Cat Dash, a dash that takes at lowest 1000 tiles to traverse, but bridges, moving mazes, and such complications, cause them to fight towards the exit.Look at the 1000x Cat Dash for more

Spoiler: 1000x Cat Dash Rules (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 22, 2008, 03:01:26 pm
Hmmm...

I was thinking putting a cage full of cats into the middle of a maze, with a pressure plate over the exit, which seals the maze and starts filling it with water/magma.

1 cat lives, the others... drown.   ^__^
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Foa on November 22, 2008, 03:09:18 pm
Hmmm...

I was thinking putting a cage full of cats into the middle of a maze, with a pressure plate over the exit, which seals the maze and starts filling it with water/magma.

1 cat lives, the others... drown.   ^__^
Survival of the DUR!

What I mean is, the beasts, dash to the cats!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 22, 2008, 03:34:54 pm
Oh yes, I knew what you meant.   I was just offering my own evil ploys.  ^__^

The problem is, the floor of my Arena will be mostly constructions, so constructing another maze on top of that will require far more work than I would prefer.   It's taking long enough just to get the place built.


Oh, and in response to someone's earlier post, there had been planned to have some ramps, with hatches on top of them, and chained lions in those.   Unfortunatly, the elves have yet to bring me lions....
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 22, 2008, 04:09:04 pm
They'll be tame if the elves bring them. Tame lions run away from goblins and don't attack dwarves. Just letting you know.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 22, 2008, 04:35:01 pm
They'll be tame if the elves bring them. Tame lions run away from goblins and don't attack dwarves. Just letting you know.

Not if I chain them in the way of the goblins...  ^_~

And yes, I know.  Wild lions are not an option.  Currently, the most dangerous thing as far as animals go is a rhesuse maque and a Horse.  ><  (I had some wolves... but I accidentally tamed them early on... ><)

It will mostly be goblins... and humans since they've decided to start seiging.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: inaluct on November 22, 2008, 04:36:59 pm
Well, goblins are good enough already. If you wanted more variety, you could try some berserk traders and caravan guards.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: ACardboardRobot on November 22, 2008, 04:42:20 pm
Could I be a part of this?

name: Ealeran
Weapon: sword
Training: pumps or swimming
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Emmanovi on November 23, 2008, 06:39:12 am
If it's not too late to request an entrant...

Name: Emmanovi
Previous Profession: Hunter/Trapper/Animal Trainer (anything of that kind you have)
Weapon: Spear
Training Method: Good ol' swimming.

Blood for Armok, God of Blood!  ;)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Mad Larks on November 26, 2008, 07:38:29 pm
Sooo....whats the status on this? Dead? Arena still not finished?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 28, 2008, 12:17:36 am
Sooo....whats the status on this? Dead? Arena still not finished?

Well.. I had planned on finishing over vacation.

Funnily enough, I have LESS time over vacation to work on this than I did during school.

As such, when school starts back on Monday, I'll probably be able to get back to my 1-2 hours a night like normal.

I refuse to let this die (although I will admit my updates will be sluggish till we get this damned thing finished.   I lost some of my masons earlier.  Damned cave-in dust, rising 6 Z-levels from where it killed my nobles, to push my masons off the 6 level high wall!  ><)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: StrayCat on November 28, 2008, 05:44:05 pm
Sooo....whats the status on this? Dead? Arena still not finished?

Well.. I had planned on finishing over vacation.

Funnily enough, I have LESS time over vacation to work on this than I did during school.

As such, when school starts back on Monday, I'll probably be able to get back to my 1-2 hours a night like normal.

I refuse to let this die (although I will admit my updates will be sluggish till we get this damned thing finished.   I lost some of my masons earlier.  Damned cave-in dust, rising 6 Z-levels from where it killed my nobles, to push my masons off the 6 level high wall!  ><)

Even in death, those damned nobles still conspire to bring ruin upon our fortresses. Let us pray to Armok for salvation.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: Kate Wissen on November 29, 2008, 01:45:48 am
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the mason as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the mason had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: chaoticag on November 29, 2008, 09:29:55 am
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Underground at its finest.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on November 30, 2008, 02:34:59 pm
Still building.

Had to stall things momentarily, call all the dwarves inside.  Had to.


Didn't want the dragon to hurt anyone......   ^_~
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on November 30, 2008, 02:39:21 pm

 You mean nobody hurt the dragon, right?

 It would be a tragedy if the dragon was not used in the arena.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: inaluct on December 01, 2008, 12:34:11 am
Idea: Whoever kills the dragon in the arena gets some DAMN FINE dragon leather armor and dragon bone greaves, gauntlets, and a helmet.

Same with other megabeasts, I guess. I mean, that's pretty awesome. Titan leather armor! ;D
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves today!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 01, 2008, 09:16:40 pm
let me in on this

name: akhier
want: toughness
training: swimming
weapon: spear

idea: make one side have fortification and then balistas behind that with fire at will on. this will previde extra toughness with the whole friendly fire thing going on.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Pick your dwarves tod
Post by: kurisukun on December 01, 2008, 10:41:01 pm
Alrighty then, you've been added, and I think I'm done adding new people.  Will edit the title to reflect that.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Dragooble on December 01, 2008, 10:44:52 pm
well im glad i finally got in on a game like this instead of discovering it too late to sign up for once!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 01, 2008, 11:04:15 pm
woh that was close just made it in! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: kurisukun on December 03, 2008, 01:16:45 pm
So close, I can taste it!!!  The Arena proper is almost finished, all we have to do is lay down the flooring and cover up the service stairways, and hook up the levers and such....

And we've run out of stone.


How in the HELL did I run out of stone?

><

(I still have a bunch of microline lying around, but I REFUSE to stare at a cyan Colleseum.)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Dragooble on December 03, 2008, 04:24:00 pm
ah microline.
i dont get why people hate the color so much as i am one of the few who like it.
guess im a mutant then. ;D
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Plank of Wood on December 03, 2008, 04:52:03 pm
Bright cyan + Dark background = Eye Torture
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Mad Larks on December 03, 2008, 05:28:16 pm
ah microline.
i dont get why people hate the color so much as i am one of the few who like it.
guess im a mutant then. ;D

Hooray, someone else who doesn't despise microcline! Okay, so I prefer Olivine, personally, but I don't mind microcline. Atleast a break in the monotonous grey that seems predominant.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: inaluct on December 03, 2008, 09:28:04 pm
Hey, I like microcline too! Hurrah!

Maybe microcline would be okay for the floor or something. I mean, it'll get covered with blood soon, anyway.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: LegoLord on December 03, 2008, 09:42:59 pm
I don't mind microline as long as the room I dig out of it is entirely microline.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: StrayCat on December 04, 2008, 03:26:43 pm
For some reason loads of people dislike certain colored walls... If we had, I don't know... neon pink/orange floors, then maybe I'd get irked every now and then (negative thought!), but blue? Not so much.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 04, 2008, 05:04:35 pm
i love the stuff. had a fort where all there was for the first 6 or so z levels was white sand and microline. now that look awsome.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 08:36:25 am
The problem is that it's BRIGHT blue.

I wouldn't mind building the thing out of Cobaltine.   But the bright colors... just..  slowly drive me insane.

I had to dig out in... what's the yellow one?  Orthoclase?   Yea...   It hurts everytime I go to that level.   Luckily, I don't very often.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on December 05, 2008, 01:47:46 pm

 Considering how long the arena has taken, more than likely we are all legendary swimmers and pump operators by now.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 04:43:02 pm

 Considering how long the arena has taken, more than likely we are all legendary swimmers and pump operators by now.

Yup!  But that was kind of the entire point.

Speaking of which...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'll have the list of goblins up for you to pick from here shortly.   It's time to get down to buisness!!!!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: Emmanovi on December 05, 2008, 04:52:26 pm
It's time to get down to buisness!!!!

I am trembling with anticipation. The arena is goodly large and ready to be covered in the blood of thousands!

Well, maybe a hundred or two.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Sign-ups closed.)
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 04:57:03 pm
It's time to get down to buisness!!!!

I am trembling with anticipation. The arena is goodly large and ready to be covered in the blood of thousands!

Well, maybe a hundred or two.

I went ahead and christened it with the blood of my Nobles.    It doesn't get much more dwarvenly than that.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 05:26:10 pm
First and Second posts updated!!!!


The opening Ceremonies have started!!!   Time to cake the Colleseum in the blood of dwarves, goblins, humans, and anything else I can drag in there to be slaughtered!

A special event for the opening has been planned!!  The first 5 people who ask, will have their dwarves entered in the very first battle!!!  (which may... or may not.... be a good thing.  ^__^)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Martian on December 05, 2008, 05:29:34 pm
I'd like my dwarf in the first battle please.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 05:32:51 pm
I'd like my dwarf in the first battle please.

Helmed Griffon is in!   (Can you refer to your dwarves by their names please?  There are a lot of them and I have trouble remembering them, even with my handy Excell cheat-sheet)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: Martian on December 05, 2008, 05:33:57 pm
Helmed Griffon is in!   (Can you refer to your dwarves by their names please?  There are a lot of them and I have trouble remembering them, even with my handy Excell cheat-sheet)
Sorry, will do so in the future.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Emmanovi on December 05, 2008, 05:35:39 pm
Send Emmanovi in if possible. I'm feeling in the killin' mood.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: Magua on December 05, 2008, 06:01:42 pm
Cheery Littlebottom (or Carrot, if Carrot wasn't already taken) is always willing to be a good sport, and is a real go-getter, so is a shoo-in for this inaugural battle, which cannot possible in any way end badly.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 05, 2008, 06:10:02 pm
Cheery Littlebottom (or Carrot, if Carrot wasn't already taken) is always willing to be a good sport, and is a real go-getter, so is a shoo-in for this inaugural battle, which cannot possible in any way end badly.

It's Carrot, actually.   2 more... and then as soon as the mechanics are done, the fun can begin.  ^__^
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: Boksi on December 05, 2008, 06:44:38 pm
Egill is eager for battle!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: neo1096 on December 05, 2008, 07:10:28 pm
I'm in! Name is Neo.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: CJ1145 on December 05, 2008, 07:33:28 pm
OH GOD THE SUSPENSE KILLS!!

I can't wait for this to start, it sounds awesome.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Flintus10 on December 05, 2008, 07:53:00 pm
Flint is ready to kill (God this is gona be awsome)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on December 05, 2008, 09:44:49 pm

 I don't think mine was named. It was the soapmaker of the group, and he trained in swimming and was designated to wrassle.

 Not like it would matter. Seems all slots were taken.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: StrayCat on December 05, 2008, 10:03:06 pm
Jack Jackrum, if there's still room for that crossbow wielding maniac. Not so if there's just five allowed. Ah well. Group brawl? Oh do lets!

Also: Jesus christ man, what are the specs on that unbelievable arena there? It's downright majestic!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 06, 2008, 06:43:55 pm
any spot open will gladly be taken by Akhier who would like to test the waters against some wrestlers
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 06, 2008, 10:15:57 pm
In increased the number of goblins, and added everyone into the intial brawl.

Should be fun.    I'll post the results here shortly.

We have:

Emmanov
Helmed Griffon
Neo
Carrot
Sgt Jackrum
Akhir
Egill



Flint died in the rush earlier last year.   Sorry.  I'd put him in otherwise.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on December 06, 2008, 11:00:58 pm

 Whatever happened to the cheesemaker who did the first swimming?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 06, 2008, 11:20:30 pm
Not a clue.  I'll go look for him here in a bit.

The first battle is over!!! 7 dwarves swarmed 9 goblins of assorted type, destroying them handilly!  Neo suffered an arm injury that looks nasty, but he should be good in a season or two.  (right lower arm)

I believe that there where some marksdwarves from my military in the crowd.... who saw the goblins and took a few shots at them.   The military is no longer allowed to watch matches in the colleseum.   There should have been 9 kills between the dwarves in the match.   and there isn't.  But oh well...


It as a slaughter...  2 goblins tried to run away from the advancing dwarves(a swordsgoblin and a macegoblin)  To no avail.   Jackrum got one, while the other was chased down by the pack (not sure who got the kill on that one)

Unfourtunatly...  the long hours of training have left our gladiators, not slick with blood, but with vomit instead.   About 90% of the arena seating, and 50% of the battlefloor, have now been colored green.

This should have been forseen.  It was not.   Curse you cave adaption!!!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: Dragooble on December 06, 2008, 11:23:57 pm
*sigh*
looks like you'll have to put a roof over your colliseum.
more work... this will delay this thing even further!
im tired of waitingaohfa fvnafb agdfbhanbchadh g GAHHHHHHHHHHHan fakLhme
EDIT: at first i was like:...
but then i: affajsgb njbvkshbach
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 06, 2008, 11:25:50 pm
get it out of their system with a grueling hike around the perimiter of the map while bringing stones from stockpiles in each corner to another corner
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: kurisukun on December 06, 2008, 11:37:02 pm
*sigh*
looks like you'll have to put a roof over your colliseum.
more work... this will delay this thing even further!
im tired of waitingaohfa fvnafb agdfbhanbchadh g GAHHHHHHHHHHHan fakLhme
EDIT: at first i was like:...
but then i: affajsgb njbvkshbach

A roof won't help.   It's still counted as outside.   I think...  could be wrong.

I plan on just having the gladators puke all over everything.   Since all the idlers are idling in the colleseum seats now, they'll eventually get over it.  Or it'll permanantly be green, one of the two.


Oh, and regular matches start now.   Pick your enemies and, as soon as I can wire their cages to levers and get your dwarf into the arena, I'll get things started.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: Dragooble on December 06, 2008, 11:40:49 pm
i request a match against 3 thieves. im starting slow so as to not get killed :P
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 06, 2008, 11:41:49 pm
Akhier against a couple wrastlers. also can you please change the name of his profession to
ChAoS LoRd?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: kurisukun on December 06, 2008, 11:43:47 pm
Thieves are reserved for something.... special.

2 wreslters for  Akhier, commin' right up!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Dragooble on December 07, 2008, 12:05:13 am
fine. wrastlers for me too.
so then thieves are for some top secret classified super awesome-sauce absolutely no peeking project?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 12:11:03 am
if i had thieves i would make a room of cage traps and have people fight them. the first to knock out the other wins! this would allow for many fights if you let the thieves heal up after.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Duke 2.0 on December 07, 2008, 12:22:13 am
 Three spearmen! Somebody must free my gladiator from his mortal coil.

 I wonder how my "Kill my guy already!" stretegy will work.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 12:41:05 am
if you want to die in blaze of glory have him set it so you fight and every few moments another enemy is realesed till there is no more. you either die in glory or turn into the immortal fighter of the arena.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: neo1096 on December 07, 2008, 12:42:05 am
I'll take 2 lashers when I heal.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: kurisukun on December 07, 2008, 12:49:36 am
I'll take 2 lashers when I heal.

I haven't even set up the next match yet, and there was a season change.  Neo's back at 100%  (And being in my way.)

Also, our colleseum is now sparkling clean again!!! woot!!!

It won't last long.   (Also, I'm going to bed soon, so the matches will have to wait till the next time I get a chance to play)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: thunderclan on December 07, 2008, 12:51:44 am
Send Fireheart against a couple Goblin Wrestlers. My blade is ready to strike fear into the Goblins!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Flintus10 on December 07, 2008, 03:57:04 am
ROFL I just read about my guys very anti climactic death and found it hilarious. Will I be recompensated with a dwarf or is it full ;D?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Martian on December 07, 2008, 04:19:01 am
I'd take three goblin wrestlers please. It is time for Helmed Griffon to get some weapon experience.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on December 07, 2008, 04:55:06 am
whats with all the wrastler request? but hey i asked first so you know if he runs out whatever i got mine set.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Martian on December 07, 2008, 07:29:57 am
whats with all the wrastler request? but hey i asked first so you know if he runs out whatever i got mine set.
Well, two things. Wrestlers and lashers are the easiest with large stats and low weapon skills. Lashers' pain attacks are useless against tough dwarves. Wrestlers would find mighty dwarves tough to lock and throw about [I think]. Later as the dwarves gain skill they'd be able to take those with weapons.

Also:
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Goblin Wrestlers:110

EDIT: After reading a bit on the wiki it seems lashers aren't that easy. They have a tendency to target eyes or throats which can't be good. Losing an eye at this point would be very bad as well as getting a throat torn out.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (Openening Ceremonies!
Post by: OneMoreNameless on December 07, 2008, 08:02:54 am
Curse you cave adaption!!!

Are you kidding. How does the audience vomiting every two seconds not make the battles seem even MORE AWESOME?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Boksi on December 07, 2008, 11:27:07 am
Egill wants to take on the human swordsman!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Snuffs on December 07, 2008, 11:52:15 am
I think I'll up the ante by requesting to fight 5 goblin wrestlers in the first match.

It may or may not be my goal here to be the second casualty to the arena (after poor Flint).
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Emmanovi on December 07, 2008, 12:49:44 pm
Human Hammerer?

Bring him on!

(That's Emmanovi, same as the forum name ^.^)

(If someone else needs him, I'll take two goblin ones instead. I'm feeling daring.)
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Magua on December 07, 2008, 02:05:21 pm
Carrot isn't afraid of showing these goblins who's boss!

Three wrestlers!

Or three lashers!

Or two...of...um...whatever! 

Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: A_Fey_Dwarf on December 07, 2008, 03:07:51 pm
Fey can go up against 2 crossbow goblins. I wonder if his added speed will allow him to cross the gap between the crossbow goblins and where he starts faster...
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Mad Larks on December 07, 2008, 06:01:25 pm
Send Mad Larks up against....3 GOBBOS!
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: StrayCat on December 07, 2008, 06:17:57 pm
A simple request, since you're so inundated by requests from gladiators for battles. May we see the [g]eneral stats on all the people who fight after the battles, their wounds if any are gained, and kills? A sort of updating, you know.

And you mentioned rewards earlier: Who gets what for what sort of performance?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: LegoLord on December 08, 2008, 09:07:23 pm
Send Nobby against two Human Wrestlers.  Once he's locked in the arena, undraft him so he flees, just like he would in the Discworld books.  Well, only if he doesn't drop his equipment the moment he becomes a civilian.  If that problem comes up, make him a fortress guard member for the match.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: inaluct on December 08, 2008, 09:19:17 pm
Sign me up for two goblin wrestlers, too, please.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Impending Doom on December 08, 2008, 10:21:26 pm
Two gobbo wrestlers and a swordsman for Francene, would you kindly?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: kurisukun on December 10, 2008, 06:42:54 pm
Finals week...

15 FPS...

no time to get ANYTHING done.

Willwork more on this next week. Promise.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: LegoLord on December 10, 2008, 07:17:42 pm
Finals week...
You're lucky.  I have exams AFTER Christmas break.

I hate it.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: StrayCat on December 11, 2008, 08:16:41 pm
Just noticed the update: So awesome. Hooray!


Er... Finals week be done?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: StrayCat on December 29, 2008, 05:30:37 pm
... Knock knock? Would this happen to still be going?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: CJ1145 on January 02, 2009, 10:59:07 pm
Ok? Finals week is over... so is most of Christmas break... you there?
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Boksi on January 03, 2009, 11:54:37 am
I think he's dead or something.
Title: Re: The Colleseum "Mirrorshowered" Community Bloodbath. (The games Begin!!!)
Post by: Emmanovi on January 03, 2009, 01:36:36 pm
Finals week claims many lives.