Space Creature Arenas

Arenas are an extremely popular form of entertainment for Space creatures. Space creatures are notoriously violent, and the vast majority of them enjoy dueling and fighting. Additionally, thanks to their reviving ability, they can die multiple times and simply get back up, which makes arenas even more appealing to them.

### Tickets

Most arenas allow Space creatures and other people to both spectate and take part in arena battles. Every kingdom requires that participants be an adult of their species, so underage people can only spectate. Generally, tickets to *enter* the battle are pricier than the tickets to *spectate* the battles.

People who participate in battles will get a share of the money earned from tickets sold *if and only if* they win the battle they participated in. Some people make a living this way, buying tickets to enter the battle, winning the battle and profiting from their (small, yet still formidable) share of the arena's money.

### Gladiators

People who buy tickets to enter the battle are placed in waiting rooms and, depending on the type of battles planned for the day and how big the arena is, the participants will be separated into groups of varying sizes. Most of the time, the group participants are placed in is the group of gladiators they will be fighting, although of course there are different types of battles where this is not the case, such as beast battles, where the group works together to kill arena-beasts. Generally, people are only placed in groups of their species, since it is no fun to watch a Space creature beat a human to a pulp effortlessly.

If Space creatures are involved in the battle, when they die and revive, they are not allowed to go back into the battle. Instead they must leave the arena, and if they want to join more battles or spectate, they must buy new tickets.

### Types of Battles

The Space creature arenas usually have several different types of battles, the most common of which are listed below. Note that for non-Space creature participants who are incapable of reviving after death, they are not allowed to die and are instead disqualified whenever they are too wounded to continue fighting. These types of people are always given medical care after the battle.

* **Free for All:** this is the most common type of battle. In this type of battle, a large group of gladiators (the size of the group depends on the size of the arena and how many gladiators it can hold) fight each other. There are no alliances and only one can win.
* **One on One:** this is usually reserved for two extremely powerful Space creatures, so that the spectators can see the true might of the gladiators involved *and* to allow for a fair match to decide who is stronger, since in battles with more gladiators the weaker participants will naturally gang up on the strongest ones.
* **Team Match:** this type of battle is somewhat similar to the free for all. Here, gladiators in the group are sub-divided into even smaller groups (typically a pair of two gladiators). These sub-groups are the teams, who work together to defeat the other teams. The last team standing wins, even if some of their members died.
* **Beast Battle:** all gladiators in the group work together to kill certain beasts which are released into the arena. In this type of battle, Space creatures are generally given enchanted items which weaken their powers, so that they cannot simply breathe fire and toast the beasts to cinders. Additionally, in most cases, the beasts are genetically engineered to feel no pain and to be uncommonly strong. However, this type of battle is becoming less common as more and more people complain about the inherent animal cruelty in this type of battle.
* **Survival Match:** this type of battle is somewhat similar to the team match. The main difference is that the teams are always larger than in a team match (usually five or six gladiators per team) and if a *single* member of a team dies, the entire team is disqualified. The last team standing with all their members wins.
* **War Match:** this type of battle is similar to the team match, except there are usually only two or three *very* large teams. The teams "go to war" and try to kill every member of the other team. The last team with at least one member left wins.
* **Game Match:** this type of battle usually involves sports, except the people involved are allowed to kill each other. The most popular sports in a game match are soccer, football, and other human-made sports.
* **Species Survival:** this type of battle, unlike most other battles, involve several members of different species. In a species survival arena battle, there are at least three teams, each of which is a different species (the most common configuration is one Space creature team, one human team, and one woodpeople team). The Space creature team is always given enchanted items which *severely* weaken the Space creatures' powers. Whichever team is left standing wins.
* **Environment Battle:** this type of battle does not involve climate change or pollution or environmental justice. Instead it involves the gladiators fighting in an artificial environment, such as a forest, village, or desert. Only the largest arenas are able to do this type of battle, since it requires a large area for the artificial environment to be built.