From: thalerj@cps.msu.edu (Jay C Thaler)
Newsgroups: rec.games.mud
Subject: Blood Bath Report II  [BatMUD]
Date: 21 Aug 92 05:33:42 GMT
Reply-To: thalerj@cps.msu.edu (Jay C Thaler)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: thalerj@indian.cps.msu.edu

For those of you who don't know, BatMUD [130.234.0.3 2001] has a
Blood Bath every so often, to curb the player-killing tendencies
in players and also to accomodate those suicide-prone players.
In a Blood Bath, the object is to kill everyone else.  The deaths
do not hurt the player in any way.  It only forces them to sit out
for the remainder of the BB.  The last player alive is declared
winner.  Or, if at the end of the 60 minute time allotment there is
more than one player alive, the one with more points (earned by
killing others) is the winner.  

Another interesting thing that will help you follow the BBR:
Players can purchase their own castles, in which they can set the
description of the rooms, set the exits, buy doors and guards
and a number of other things.  The main purpose is to buy chests
that save your items over reboots, and to keep them safe.


----------------------- Blood Bath Report II -----------------------

Saturday morning at around 10 or 11 am, Eastern time, Mowgli 
entered BatMUD.  After seeing several high level players logged on, 
there was a shout, "Blood Bath!", for that is Mowgli's way of saying 
hello.  To no one's suprise, Lurk instantly responded with a 
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. . .OOOOOOOOOOOOOO".  However, to 
Mowgli's surprise, five others responded and agreed to a BB.  Anipa 
obliged them and the game was to begin.  The main contenders: Slimer 
"The Slimeball" Cyclops with about 1300 hp, awesome armor including 
enchanted (10) half platemail; Mowgli "Mr. Ego" Giant (affectionately 
dubbed by Anipa) with about 1200 hp and decent armor, wielding two 
Reaver mauls; and Whizz "Deathwish" Vampire, who, although of lesser 
level, could do some serious damage if he tried to.  It was 
determined later that shortly before the BB, Slimer's "unbreakable" 
Viking Axe..broke, so he was reduced to using a maul or two.  To 
make things a bit more interesting, Anipa happily offered 20 task 
points for anyone successfully casting 'disintegrate' at Mowgli in 
the Blood Bath.  That made the second time a task was against him.
 
The game began, and Mowgli teleported to a lowbie, only to see a 
room full of them.  Four guys were hacking and slashing each other 
and Mowgli picked up the scraps.  One of them killed his opponent, 
and Mowgli killed two.  Kudos to Ramor for doing the honorable 
thing for a fighter and not fleeing the battle.  It was impressive.

Very quickly, the game was reduced to four players: Slimer, Mowgli, 
Whizz, and Hwhnn.  There was still about 50 minutes left in the 
game.  The score: Mowgli had 70-80.. Slimer approximately 30.  
Mowgli was resting in his castle, regaining the 200 hp he lost in 
the lowbie fights.  <*Poof*>  Slimer coalesced next to him and 
started beating on him.  "Argh!! Not yet!" was Mowgli's reaction, 
"Run! Flee!!"  And he did.  He hopped next to his figurine, which is 
not aggressive.  Of course Slimer followed.  Mowgli fled again, this 
time past his figurine.  "That should give me some time," he 
thought.  "Argh, you little yellow-bellied rat!" Slimer called after 
him.  You see, Mowgli's figurine barred the way and wouldn't let 
Slimer chase after him.  It's a low-level figurine and Slimer 
quickly dismantled it.  During the distraction, Mowgli decided to 
take care of the disintegration threat to him, and teleported to 
Whizz.  Fortunately, he caught him idling and easily reduced him to 
minced meat.  Whizz died. R.I.P.  This put Mowgli over 100 points. 
 
<*Poof*>  Slimer began massacring Mowgli to small fragments.  
"Argh!!  Run!! Flee!!"  And he did.  Mowgli popped over to Hwhnn to 
say hello with his large hammer.  Hwhnn, being his usual slippery 
self managed to dodge numerous attempts on his life, both by Mowgli 
and by Slimer.  Mowgli was unconcerned about him, however.  He knew 
the real threat was Slimer, and had an idea how to deal with him.

Mowgli dashed back to his castle and sat in a room, closed off all 
exits and healed, knowing Slimer would soon arrive.  And sure 
enough, <*Poof*>.  Mowgli smiled.  Zap! Zap! Zap! Zap! Zap!  He was 
now fully resisting.  Mowgli yawned and twiddled his thumbs as 
Slimer continued beating on him and realized he wasn't getting very 
far.  Slimer sniffed.  Mowgli snickered.  Slimer sniffed.  "Looks 
like I die," he said.  "I hope so," Mowgli answered as he struck 
Slimer with repeated devestating blows (which were mostly absorbed 
by his godlike armor).  <*Poof*>.  "Hey! Where'd he go?"  Mowgli 
thought he heard Slimer screaming "Argh!! Run! Flee!!", but he 
wasn't sure.  "You cheap little bastard, put those wands away."  
Mowgli attempted to follow Slimer and finish him off, but he kept 
running and fleeing and hiding.  Mowgli was sure to buy out the 
rest of the resistance wands from the shop, so Slimer couldn't get 
a hold of him.
 
Finally, chasing him around, Mowgli caught up with Slimer.  Ah ha!  
Pound! Smack!  Stab!  <*Zap*>  "Ow!"  Slimer had a wand of fire.
"Well this makes things interesting," thought Mowgli, as he 
realized his fire resistant cloak did absolutely nothing for him.  
But, Slimer was very hurt and Mowgli was still in good shape, so he 
kept dodging in and out and fighting Slimer.  Finally caught up to 
him again.  Whack! Slash! <*Zap*>  Mmph!  Mmph!  "Hey, I can't 
swing my weapon!"  Slimer had a wand of freeze.  "Aargh!  Run!! 
Flee!"  was Mowgli's reaction.  And he did.

When the effect wore off, Mowgli resumed the hunt.  This time he 
did catch up to Slimer.. he was in a fight with Hwhnn.. and 
conveniently frenzied.  "Good deal!"  Mowgli started beating on him 
and Slimer beat back.  Mowgli seemed puzzled that Slimer kept 
looking at Hwhnn, perhaps not realizing that he was beating on 
Mowgli and not doing any damage to Hwhnn.  Ah well.. Mowgli zapped 
himself resisting and fought next to Hwhnn.  Slimer came down off 
frenzy.  Mowgli heard him say "Aargh!! Run!! Flee!!"  But he 
didn't.  Two swings later and Slimer died.  R.I.P.
 
Mowgli scampered out of the room.  Was it because he wanted to give 
Hwhnn a fighting chance?  Or because he was running in fear?  It's 
hard to tell, but he quickly came back and started fighting Hwhnn.  
Mowgli frenzied, and instantly dropped his maul, which shattered 
into a zillion pieces.  "Oh no!" he thought.  Hwhnn, meanwhile, was 
doing his darnedest to draw the fight out.  He was healing himself, 
but eventually ran out of power.  Soon enough, Hwhnn died.  R.I.P.
 
Mowgli was declared winner.  Both by points, and by survival.  He 
is the champion.  He had this to say, "That was an interesting 
Blood Bath.  It was fun to match wits with Slimer, who is bigger 
than me hp-wise and who has better armor.  I knew I had to pull a 
few tricks.  However, I still have to reclaim my throne from 
Firedrake.  I'm waiting for it... eagerly.  I think Blood Baths are 
going to become increasingly more competitive and harder for me to 
live through, though.  Especially if those dang Gods keep offering 
rewards for my head!"
 
Congratulations, Mowgli.  Kudos, Ramor.  Good fight, Slimer.


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   -Jay Thaler
     "Mowgli"
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