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Welcome one and all, welcome to the arena!
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What is this?
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A Fight to the death! Dwarf, Human, Elf, and countless other creatures locked in Mortal Kombat!
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Arrows Flying! Swords Slashing! Blood and Guts Spread Across the Arena Floor!
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Many will enter, most will perish, and only one will succed in earning the title
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CHAMPION OF THE ARENA
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Songs will be sung! Ballads will be penned! Fan art will be drawn! History will be made!
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Still scratching your head?
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The /r/dwarffortress Gladiator Tournament is a fun contest that uses the Dwarf Fortress Object Testing Arena to create a subreddit wide gladiator contest. Redditors will assume the role of managers, and will use the information &
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rules supplied in this document to create their own gladiators. These gladiators will then be seeded into a standard single elimination tournament, fighting in progressive rounds until one undefeated gladiator triumphs. The results
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of the tournament will be posted by round, with each matchup being documented in detail, including videos and combat logs. Between rounds managers will have the chance to upgrade their gladiators' skills and equipment
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(providing their gladiator survived), forming persistent characters who get stronger with each victory. Spectators can go over the gory details of each fight and discuss future matchups. Losers will have a chance to redeem
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themselves in a losers' battle royale held at the end of the tourney.
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From whip-wielding animal men to gremlins with daggers and yetis with hammers, much blood will be shed and stories made before a victor is crowned! So what are you waiting for? Get yourself signed up!
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Use the sheet tabs below to navigate this google doc, may the odds be ever in your favour!
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Credit for the original idea goes to Vox Nihili of the SomethingAwful Forums, u/Britishbean based the structure of this tournament of his from many years ago. Additional thanks to Unraveller and Mavell_Duceau from the Bay12 forums for further inspiration.
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Further thanks to /u/crayolaclock, /u/Julesy_, /u/thriggle, and many more who made the first and second subreddit tournaments such a success and helped with the planning of the third.
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And of course thanks to the mods of /r/dwarffortress for letting this happen and to the subreddit for taking part. This google document was created by /u/BritishBean to consolidate and update the rules and structure of the DF tournament.
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1st Edition5/5/2016/u/BritishBean
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2nd Edition09/07/2017/u/BritishBeanDF 0.43.05
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3rd Edition06/07/2018/u/BritishBeanDF 0.44.12
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4th Edition10/07/2019
/u/Morpheus_Darkwater
DF 0.44.12
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5th Edition6/29/2020
/u/Morpheus_Darkwater
DF 0.44.12
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6th Edition6/26/2021
/u/black_griffin23
DF 0.47.04
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7th Edition6/26/2022
/u/black_griffin23
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