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I've just been thinking over the last few days and I wonder.

Would you risk your life to be rich for life?

For the chance (however small) to never go hungry and provide everything you your spouse and/or children could ever dream of?

Like roman colliseum style?(two or more contenders in a set match)

Or

like battle royale/hunger games?(all combatants ditched in an arena and told only one comes out alive)

would you be able to kill for this?


I personally wouldn't for many reasons in either style.

however Solely on the chances of winning.I'm not fast, strong nor (despite being told i have genius potential (yay me!)) am i particuarlly smart or cunning.My odds would be like 1000:1 lol

And unless someone i cared immensely about was in danger i couldn't take lives.

Anyway

Like I say, It's just been bouncing around in my head for the last few days. lol

So what about you guys?

Nom

Edit:

Training would be provided beforehand, else where's the sport?

In the first type of arena it's your weapon of choice(no guns, no live animals and definatley no poles to stand on) in the second what ever you can grab.

Nom

I dont think I would be able to do this. I do plan to join the military after I graduate school. If I kill someone during a tour or something I dont think I would feel to bad about it. At least I would have a justification for it. Either them or me.

But killing just for money? That sounds like commercialized murder to me. xP

It depends on two things: How desperate am I? And how desperate are they?

If I don't need to be rich for life, then why would I risk my life? 'Sorry kids, your father got murdered trying to become rich, so now we can't afford to pay any of the bills since we don't have his income, and we're going to go hungry.'

If it's just me on my own, or there's no chance in hell that we can get by regardless of wether or not I die, then what do I have to lose?

There's also the fact that people more desperate than I would fight more recklessly and also more zealously; if two people of similarly low levels of combat or even any training fight each other, but one has nothing to lose, who is more likely to come up trumps?

Jumpin Jesus wrote:
But killing just for money? That sounds like commercialized murder to me. xP

It would be.

Go get Mattyrm. He'd adore this thread.

My answer is also yes.

Avatar 720 wrote:It depends on two things: How desperate am I? And how desperate are they?

THey might just be plain greedy or pyscotic.

If I don't need to be rich for life, then why would I risk my life? 'Sorry kids, your father got murdered trying to become rich, so now we can't afford to pay any of the bills since we don't have his income, and we're going to go hungry.'

If it's just me on my own, or there's no chance in hell that we can get by regardless of wether or not I die, then what do I have to lose?

There's also the fact that people more desperate than I would fight more recklessly and also more zealously; if two people of similarly low levels of combat or even any training fight each other, but one has nothing to lose, who is more likely to come up trumps?

I hadn't put this but if it's commercialized like this would be. all combatants would be trained to a degree, else where's the sport?

Nom


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Chowderhead wrote:Go get Mattyrm. He'd adore this thread.

My answer is also yes.

So which style of arena?

Nom

If such a contest existed I would already be doing it.

Oh the sweet tangy scent of freshly spilt blood, and the delicible crunch of broken bones and cartilage. Are there weapons in our hunger games because I am always up for new, strange, and wonderful ways to bludgeon, stab, slash, shoot, and stomp someone or something to death.

Mmm...bacon.

AustonT wrote:If such a contest existed I would already be doing it.

Oh the sweet tangy scent of freshly spilt blood, and the delicible crunch of broken bones and cartilage. Are there weapons in our hunger games because I am always up for new, strange, and wonderful ways to bludgeon, stab, slash, shoot, and stomp someone or something to death.

Mmm...bacon.

Gratz on being the first or possibly second troll to this thread.


Yes weapons would be there, in the colliseum. you're wepon of choice. No guns.

In the battle royale. whatever you can get.

Nom

I want a lion and a tall pole to stand on.

I automatically win.

Chowderhead wrote:I want a lion and a tall pole to stand on.

I automatically win.

Unless they can shoot something at you.

Nom

nomsheep wrote:

AustonT wrote:If such a contest existed I would already be doing it.

Oh the sweet tangy scent of freshly spilt blood, and the delicible crunch of broken bones and cartilage. Are there weapons in our hunger games because I am always up for new, strange, and wonderful ways to bludgeon, stab, slash, shoot, and stomp someone or something to death.

Mmm...bacon.

Gratz on being the first or possibly second troll to this thread.


Yes weapons would be there, in the colliseum. you're wepon of choice. No guns.

In the battle royale. whatever you can get.

Nom

You ask a question and when you get an answer you call it trolling.
Sod off.

In a gladatorial arena? Absolutely. The whole 'hunger games' scenario just looks like a load of hassle, though.

AustonT wrote:

nomsheep wrote:

AustonT wrote:If such a contest existed I would already be doing it.

Oh the sweet tangy scent of freshly spilt blood, and the delicible crunch of broken bones and cartilage. Are there weapons in our hunger games because I am always up for new, strange, and wonderful ways to bludgeon, stab, slash, shoot, and stomp someone or something to death.

Mmm...bacon.

Gratz on being the first or possibly second troll to this thread.


Yes weapons would be there, in the colliseum. you're wepon of choice. No guns.

In the battle royale. whatever you can get.

Nom

You ask a question and when you get an answer you call it trolling.
Sod off.

Meant to put a winky face. to signify ajoke, but forgot to.

ANd bacon has what to do with this?

Nom

Chowderhead wrote:I want a lion and a tall pole to stand on.

I automatically win.

Well If I had an axe chances are I could subdue the lion then chop down the pole. So ha.

http://mondaynightcombat.wikia.com/wiki/Bacon

AustonT wrote:http://mondaynightcombat.wikia.com/wiki/Bacon

Makes more sense now.

Nom

Jumpin Jesus wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:I want a lion and a tall pole to stand on.

I automatically win.

Well If I had an axe chances are I could subdue the lion then chop down the pole. So ha.

Oh yes, because an axe is super effective against a lion!

It could still kill it though.

Nom

Yes. A neckbeard with an axe could kill a lion.

Just like a well placed pistol shot could hit the sun and blow it up.

I'm sure the neckbeard would have a little more chance.

Still no lions allowed anyway.

wheres the sport?

Chowderhead wrote:Yes. A neckbeard with an axe could kill a lion.

Of course he could; the lion, overly cocky in this match-up after watching the neckbeared try and fail to even lift the axe, slips on a pool of necksweat cascading from the chin jungle of its prey and lands awkwardly on the axe, breaking its neck.

All Neckbears, trolls, and lions aside...

Where do I sign up? For either?
Feel bad about killing others who have volunteered the same as me.... not hardly.
.... For those forced into the competition.... marginally.

Not particularly no...

Chowderhead wrote:Yes. A neckbeard with an axe could kill a lion.

Just like a well placed pistol shot could hit the sun and blow it up.

And Joey can strangle a cougar with his bare hands in the nude.

AustonT wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:Yes. A neckbeard with an axe could kill a lion.

Just like a well placed pistol shot could hit the sun and blow it up.

And Joey can strangle a cougar with his bare hands in the nude.

I don't know if he can or not but i have the curious urge to find out...

Yeah, I'm kind of hoping that one grows to fruition too.

AustonT wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:Yes. A neckbeard with an axe could kill a lion.

Just like a well placed pistol shot could hit the sun and blow it up.

And Joey can strangle a cougar with his bare hands in the nude.

Is there any other way to fight a cougar?

no guns, huh?

alright. how about a flamethrower?

I would. As long as the other guy signed up as well. I would have an issue with murdering an innocent family man for money.

I assumed that it was implied that everyone signed up-

hmmm...

what if it was only the dakka users who signed up?

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