For those of you who don't know me, or haven't played on a server with our tribe before, I am "Builder". We breed, trade, engage in a little friendly pvp, but most of all, enjoy building public areas on the server for the fun or utility of all. One such feature are the Arenas. The first of the arenas has just been finished, the "Dodo Pit". I will be posting events for the arenas here on this thread, as well as in Global chat on the Centre map server. Other players are of course welcome to host their own events at any time however I do ask that damages to the arena are reported to me or my tribe members and materials supplied for repair if needed (just don't use c4/rockets etc. and you should be fine).
If you would like to watch or even compete in an event, but don't play on the Centre map, you are welcome to log on during the event times and see if anyone can give you a lift to the arena as a spectator. Arena map coords are roughly 48 50 (gps doesn't seem to match up lately with map coords atm, I will, or someone else will, no doubt later post more up to date coords if these aren't correct).
First event: Friday January 27 at 7pm Melb/Syd time. "Dodo fights". We can negotiate the rules on the night or here, but essentially there are two main ways this can be done: each tribe or player pits their best dodo fighter one on one against another tribe's fighter in the pit, and they fight to the death (I hear some tribes on the Centre map have already started breeding prized dodo fighters
) The winner is then healed up, and sent to fight against the next challenger until no challengers remain or the agreed upon rounds is concluded. Or.... two tribes can choose to pit multiple dodos against one another in the pit and see which is the last one standing. *This can also later be done with other small dinos such as compys, troodons, dilos, etc. The dodo pit is only 3x3 so consider that.
Examples of other events:
1) "Taming champions": players from opposing tribes have a set time (such as two hours) to tame what ever they can and bring it to the arena. Once the time limit is up, only freshly tamed dinos in the arena are allowed to compete and it's basically last dino standing determines the winning tribe (so if you have one dino still down but almost tamed, you can't use it if the timer is up and it isn't ready and in the arena). Obviously there is an element of trust here, as not all spectators will be able to follow the competitors while they tame, and it is expected that they do not help them.
2) "Gladiators": Can be players or dinos. If players, can be *almost* any set weapons or unarmed rules discussed. If dinos, be aware that if you enter a dino that is fighting to the death, it of course has a chance at dying. That is what you agree to when entering it into the arena so don't put your prized breeder in there for instance and cry when it's killed. Some players may want to have a 'mercy' rule, whereby if they say or they type 'mercy' in global chat, the other player can choose to whistle passive to spare the other player's dino and win. But be aware that there is the chance the other player may not hear/read the plea, or choose not to do this, or whistle too late. I hope people will be good sports in this regard.
2) "Capture the dodo" (Anyone who's played flags should know the rules): Two or more teams enter the pit with the objective of 'capturing' the enemy's dodo and throwing it in their 'base'. Once they achieve that, they win. This can be played with either tranqs, or live ammo however if using live ammo there has to be an agreed upon number of sleeping bags brought so that certain players don't get more 'chances' than another, and I do ask that c4 and rockets are obviously not used as my metal arenas can only take so much punishment. This can also be played with a mixed tribe team, and be something other than a dodo that needs to be put in your 'base' to win. If using live ammo and KOS rules for players, an advised rule would be each player has 3 sleeping bags in the arena to spawn back to if killed (plus a box with spare ammo/armour) and a fourth sleeping bag up with the spectators so that when they die the fourth time, they are 'out' and must watch as a spectator.
*For a lot of these events, it is also expected that players don't 'cheat' by using anything other than prim. level gear. Looting the downed players is also something I personally am ok with but that can be discussed by the players on the days the events are held.
Obviously if there is an event on, more detail of rules for that event will be made clear. Also remember that the purpose of this is fun. If you see another player at the arena you have a grievance with, don't choose that time to engage in pvp and distract from the event. I'm not Munki, and don't intend to be putting energy into policing people too much in adhering to this, but consider the events a non-pvp time for spectators so that the event can continue. If you have a grievance with that player, wait until the event is over then engage in pvp if you so desire.
If you have any suggestions, I am happy to hear them here below. Enjoy!
Hoping to do a game of "Flags" nextweek