Sparta [Fighters step up - the rest place their bets]

[General Clash Warmaker]

Sparta

Welcome to Sparta, a bustling modern but secluded city that has been run down into the ground many times, but is still standing today. One can find an assortment of characters and items here.

But more importantly, welcome to the Spartan Fighting Arena. Not unlike the arena the gladiators once entered in ancient Rome, when one enters, dust settles under feet, and all is still on the sands...however, the crowd surrounding the area is loud and wild, and men place their bets on those sparring, dubbed Spartans.

The regulations are as follows:
1.) Two men set up and agree to fight.
2.) Bets are placed by watchers in Gaia Gold, on one Spartan or the other.
3.) The highest person to bid on a fighter must be matched by the other bidders until a set bet is established.
4.) The set bet is multiplied by the number of people bidding, naturally, which establishes the pot.
5.) Two Spartans enter.
6.) Battle is fought until either submission, KO if dragging on, or death.
7.) One Spartan leaves.
8.) The pot is divided by the number of people who bet on the winning fighter, so that Gaia Gold is distributed evenly to each winning bidder.
9.) All who took place in the bidding pay up to the collector, who refs the fight and monitors, and the collector distributes the Gaia Gold to the winning bidders.
10.) End, repeat.

[General Clash Warmaker]

Fighter Rules

~ Stick to hand-to-hand combat and melee weapons initially.
~ Magic, long-range weapons, guns, technology, mechs, etc., must be agreed on either before the fight or must be approved by both fighters/ref during.
~ Follow set roleplaying guidelines, refer to Anti-Munch Project, take fight seriously, etc., but set goal to be to entertain. The outcome of the fight rests not on your shoulders, but on that of spectators and high bidders.
~ The referee reserves the right to stop any fight and declare a winner by decision.

[General Clash Warmaker]

Spectator Rules

~ No spamming. This includes having discussions that don't pertain to Sparta, the fight at hand, past or upcoming fights, etc. No way off-topic discussion. Organization is the key to the entire event anyway, so disrupting or hindering this only further sets back the fighting, bidding, and ultimately, the getting of Gaia Gold.
~ No flaming. It is understood that we all want to be Spartans and have a thirst for battle, but don't interrupt the fight or what's going on by going off on a tangent or rave with someone you're disputing with. Let the monitor handle disputes or arguments about anything.
~ All bets must be matched. This means that if John Doe places a bet of 1000 Gaia Gold on one of the Spartans and everyone else's bets have been lower than this, they must all agree to raise their bets to 1000 GG and pay up at the end of the fight. Or, John Doe must agree to lower his bet so that everyone can match the bet and pay up at the end.
~ Pay up. If you refuse to pay up, you will be blacklisted, never to return to bet or fight in the Spartan Fighting Arena again.
~ Stick around. If you bet on a fighter and the fight ends without you present, you may simply be overlooked and not receive your rightful Gaia Gold if the fighter you bet on wins.
~ The monitor reserves the right to throw any spectators out that are not abiding by the rules, denying them their gold or stopping them from participating in any Spartan events again.

[General Clash Warmaker]

Fighterlist

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Blacklist

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Notes

-- The referee/monitor/collector will contact a moderator on anyone majorly hindering the organization or progression of things, and on anyone who has been placed on the blacklist but continues to return until his ban is up.
-- Work with me here...this was just an idea I came up with that sounds pretty fun. It's not supposed to be an a**l retentive ordeal, but rather a place for people's favorite Gaians to match up and fight one another while spectators gamble and place their bets. cool
-- Since this is competely new, I'll probably continually modify the regulations and rules until a good system for fighting and bidding and for the whole thing/event is worked out. All help and suggestions are more than welcome and participation would be awesome.

[General Clash Warmaker]

garagekid walked to the center of the arena, the hot sand swishing with each footfall. He raised his hands and received an applause from the slowly gathering attendance...he seemed to be growing ever more popular with each passing day. He gave the signal to his operator to switch on the mics. This place was rigged with all kinds of gadgets and do-hickeys so that everything ran smoothly. This was the opening event, the first time they'd done anything here, and dammit, they planned to make it good.
Hushing the crowd, he spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the first ever Spartan Fighting Arena event! Spartans and spectators, fighters and bidders, now that you've all been briefed, let's cut to the chase and get on to the fun part!"

*Cheers.*

"Following any pre-fight questions...
Do we have any first contenders!?"

It was on.

[Justus The Deepthroat]

*places blade onto his shoulder*could use some more training...

[rain_angel_of_the_skies]

*walks in (sorta)* I could use some training also.

[General Clash Warmaker]

"Well, it's look like we have two fighters ready to go at it! Can we find at least two people to place some bets!?

In the meantime, how do you two want to do this? Hand-to-hand, melee weapons, long-range, magic, anything goes?"