User blog:El Alamein/Day Three: Hunger Games Tournament Redux



What a thrilling continuation to our Hunger Games, ladies and gentlemen! Even with sponsor assistance, five more of our tributes fell in the Arena, and it's only going to get bloodier as we march forward! Well, let's get straight to it! The four remaining tributes have proven themselves to be very deadly and tricky, so they a very busy day ahead of them. Let's see what lies in store for the unlucky combatants who've made it this far!

Tributes
Here I present the list of tributes and their weapons/backpack loadouts and X-Factor ratings. For more information on their biographies, please see this link.


 * -| Finn Müller (WanderingSkull)=

Official Training Score (Averaged):
8.04

Weapons and Equipment
 Weapons:   Backpack: 
 * Close Range: Katar
 * Mid Range: Kilij
 * Long Range: Throwing Knives
 * Special: Spear: Think Oberyn Martell style, perfect for thursts and cutting.
 * Armor: Spider Silk Cloak: Now I know what you're thinking, why a cloak/poncho? Why not some real armor? Well, its spider silk, incredibly light weight and stronger than steel. The cloak is meant to conceal weapons, your typical cloak and dagger. He incorporates the cloak into his fighting style, using it to blind enemies or as a sort of shield. Plus it provides protection against the elements, is warm (mmmm spider silk) and doesn't even look like armor allowing for surprise attacks or even shocking a foe when the their attack simply bounces off.
 * Water Tablets: Use to purify water as expected
 * Sharpening Tools: When the vast majority of your tools are blades, sharpening and maintence are going to be needed.
 * Fire starters: He's already got the cloak to sleep in, but he's going to need a warm to keep himself having some light or to cook food.
 * Canteen: Used for easy access to maintain and save your water.
 * Rations: About 2-3 days worth of food.
 * Rope: Perfect to climb trees, make some traps of if you want to get creative then used to strangle someone or create a noose.
 * Basic first aid supplies: Bandage, disinfectant, painkillers.
 * -| Garrett McKinley (Wassboss)=

Official Training Score (Averaged):
6.74

Weapons and Equipment
 Weapons:   Backpack:  Apparently empty, but things can be placed inside it during the Games.
 * Close Range: Shark Toothed Club- A small sturdy club about 12 inches long, it has tiger shark teeth carefully melded into it. Garrett also carries around a small pouch of spare teeth in case any become dislodged.
 * Mid Range: Trident- A long steel trident about five feet long.
 * Long Range: Atlatl and Spear- While the Atlatl is pretty standard the spear has a tip made from sharpened stone so that it can easily be replaced if it snaps.
 * Special: Multi Functional Fishing Hook- This tool consists of a large metal fishing hook about the size of a human hand, with four nasty barbed spikes. The hook has a nyon rope attached to it which can be stored within the metal rod holding the hooks together which can be used as a makeshift fishing rod, grappling hook or to trip or strangle and opponent.
 * Armor: Turtle Shell Shield- Garrett has constructed a circular turtle shell shield which is roughly a metre wide across. Garrett keeps it fastened to his back when not in combat.
 * -| Isaac Darkstone (BeastMan14)=

Official Training Score (Averaged):
8.42

Weapons and Equipment
Weapons:  Backpack:  Canteen, rations, medical kit, space blanket, and matches.
 * Close Range: Katar
 * Mid Range: Glaive
 * Long Range: Crossbow
 * Special: Black Eggs. (Yes, the ones from Deadliest Warrior. Not just eggs painted black.)
 * Armor: Polymer-laced clothing. (Like the Kingpin's suit in Daredevil. Except more casual. Think long-sleeved shirt, hoodie, and pants.)
 * -| Shiloh Zao (Leolab)=

Official Training Score (Averaged):
8.36

Weapons and Equipment
Weapons:  Backpack: 
 * Close Range: Rampuri
 * Mid Range: Slotted Bowie Knife
 * Long Range: Throwing knives
 * Special: Knifebow: A specialized crossbow designed to shoot small, kifeblade-like quarrels. Each quarrel has a diamond cross-section and is sharp on both ends, with a round, feathered tang. Total length of each quarrel is 12.7 cm length, and is fired at an average muzzle velocity of 106.68 m/s. (Note: pay attention to units)
 * Armor: Spider Silk camo-patterned lab coat
 * Several small chunks of sapphire, chisel, and hammer to make new knives
 * Wood and twine to make handle
 * Three days' worth of military rations

Teams
Tributes, if any of you seek to renew old alliances or establish new ones this round, please declare your intent below in comment form. Any allies will have to indicate acceptance through confirmation for an alliance to be considered valid. Otherwise, ''all tributes will be assumed to be fighting solo. ''

Battle
Since we have 4 contestants, this round 2 tributes will die! The aim of voting, therefore, is quite simple. Since there are considerably less contestants to factor in this round, please give either a detailed, comphrehensive, and intelligent analysis where you cast a vote for the 2 unlucky tributes, or else a comparison of all four warriors with edges for each category and two winners listed as the survivors for this round.

It is important to keep the following in mind when casting your vote:

1) The geography of the arena has been altered considerably since the last arena event. The fire will have removed large portions of the forested areas, and thick blankets of smoke will still be hanging over the battlefield, obscuring vision and making it hard to breathe.

2) There will be a second arena event on Day Three, although it will be a much smaller-scale event (nothing so large as to alter the geography of the arena or threaten all surviving tributes at the same time). Still, it will present a threat.

Post-Battle Commentary
To be written.