User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 15 of 75: Redkite (Markus) v Swg66 (Cadwalader)/@comment-5465602-20130620053053

BeastMan14's "Did this before it became mandatory. If we didnt have crap votes, our lives would be easier" edges

Attacker Conditions:

Overrun: Possible, but it would be heavy losses. Markus and his trebuchets could wear down the walls (possibly destroy them if given enough power and time), but Cadwalder and his cannons and archers mean he could also wear down Markus forces, who arent nearly as protected.

Force Surrender: Not likely. Cadwalder's army is extremely loyal to him, and it would require his death to force his men to surrender.

Single Combat: I'll get to that in a sec.

Defender Conditons:

Force Attacker to surrender: Not likely. Two highly loyal armies will make for a long siege.

Annihliate Attacker:Strong Maybe. Cadwalder could eventually wear down Markus army if they keep them out of the castle long enough, but it requires Markus not be pounding on the walls nonstop with trebuchets.

Survive for 4 months: Unlikely. Cadwalder can sure as hell make it it a pyrhic victory by dealing heavy casulties to Markus, but Markus can continue building his main siege weapon, eventually wearing down Cadwalder's defenses and forcing a glorious final battle.

Win SIngle Combat: In a sec, okay?

Tie

One side meets conditions but loses leader: Likely. I could see Markus powering through long enough to destroy Cadwalder, but dying in the process.

Both sides lose leader: See above.

Single Combat:

Single combat is important here, with a narrow score of 1-.5 as Cadwalder could pull himself a narrow win if he gets it here.

Main: Longsword wins because of its range advantage over the shortsword. Edge: Cadwalder

Range: The Longbow is the faster to load weapon, giving it one of two advantages over the bow and arrow. The other is poison. If Cadwalder connects, he'll poison Markus and simply make it so that all he has to do is outlast Markus. Edge: Cadwalder

Polearm: The Poleaaxe is a far deadlier and more versatile weapon than the Pike. Edge: Cadwalder

Off-hand: Wut. All Markus has is a wooden shield, against several options that will absolutely demolish shielding and armor? Edge: Cadwalder

Single Combat winner: Its pretty obvious who wins. Cadwalder nabs single combat.

Winner: This is a devestatingly close match. Red and his forces will do quite a number on Cadwalder before it is through, but they will fall after both sides are reduced to the mere triple digits when Cadwalder prevails over Markus in single combat.