User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 23 of 63: Beastman14 (Ryan) v Cfp3157 (Shengway)/@comment-422690-20130807224043

So...

Attacker

Overrun Castle: Pfft. Not happening. At all. Numerical disadvantage, no armor... yeah. Not happening.

Force Surrender: BAHAHAHA. Not going to happen. At all. Ryan's abysmal loyalty score of 45 isn't going to help him. Cfp's score is also low - only 55 - but he's got a nice, easy win ahead of him, so no one's going to desert or surrender.

Win single combat: Possible. See below.

Defender

Force Surrender: Likely. Ryan's men have no armor and a loyalty score of 45. This is very, very likely to happen.

Annihilate Attackers: Very, very likely. This'll happen in the first wave alone, due to Ryan's men having no armor whatsoever.

Survive: Likely. Kenway can just sit tight, get drunk off his ass, higher than a kite, and not worry about a thing. Beast's not going to get in, since the only siege weapons he has are his cannons. And since his cannoneers have no armor, well... they're going to die. Fast.

Single Combat: Loss. See below.

Tie:

Die and win: Possible, but not likely. There's always a chance Fernando may backstab Shengway again.

Both die: Possible, but not likely. See above.

Single Combat:

Long Range: English Longbow wins. For one, it's a bow, meaning there's a far better fire rate. For two, you don't fire arrows out of a crossbow. It just doesn't work. Edge: Shengway.

Polearm: Xyston wins. Most will think "they're both stabby things", but the Xyston has that nice leaf point which allows it to be slashy, as well. Edge: Shengway.

Main/Off-hand melee: Cutlass and Knife win. The Aspis, long a favourite of those looking to make a "ZOMG UNBEATABLE WARRIAH!!!" is going to weigh Shengway down. The gladius is f-ckin tiny - a terrible choice with that kind of shield. Shengway's going to need to move and reposition every time he wants to use it. On top of that, he has extremely heavy armour. That's going to slow him down big time. Edge: Ryan the Dreaded.

Overall: Ryan the Dreaded wins single combat. He can just dance around Shengway singing pub songs until Shengway tires, then he can just move in and stab him.

Overall:

Attacker: 1

Defender: 3

Tie: 2

Shengway wins this one.