User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 5 of 91: Utter Noob (Celina) v Redkite (Markus)/@comment-5495321-20130328015811

This is a fairly easy win for Markus here. Now here's why: He's got the X-Factors. Celina's troops are very un-loyal making them prone to fleeing or surrendering if they are caught in a tough situation. Celina is also very mentally unstable, this won't help her in her leadership. She may make mistakes or fail altogether. Now, in terms of weapons, the main infantry and generals themselves aren't all that different. The main advantage is the steel material of Markus's shortsword over Celina's bronze age material. Their shields and polearms aren't different enough to really make a difference in the fight. However, an Arcuballista is very awkward in shorter ranged combat. I don't see her defending at the castle walls or anything of that nature, so the Arcuballista is virtually useless. Also, it seems as though Celina's men have weapons that are a patchwork of different cultures. This won't always work. She's Roman...right? But judging by the wapons her men carry, I couldn't tell if she was Roman, Scottish or Polish. Her men won't be used to carrying and using these weapons. This isn't a big factor, just thought I'd point that out. Lastly, the trebutchets will cripple the towers and force the castle to collapse on itself. This will mean a brutal defeat for Celina lasting maybe a couple hours.

EDGE: Markus