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> On the
basis that I did indeed met with Captain Serf-Edly at the agreed-upon
> place and time I am puzzled by your recent correspondence. As the young > Captain would attest if he had not been suddenly called away from Paris, we > waited your arrival for at least an hour. It was by mutual consent that the > duel took place with the only weopons available to us and I admire his > courage for making the suggestion. Actually, I'm not sure it's fair to say that, as
HSE certainly *wouldn't* have agreed to the duel with sabres, having only
submitted duelling instructions for rapiers. You're probably putting words in
another character's mouth here.
> (OOC: Does
anyone actually know what went wrong with the orders. Here's an
> excerpt from my orders last time around. If we are trying to fight with > non-regimental weopons again, it would be nice to get it right this time. > "JBD WC 1 > week 1 if need to be at same place as HSE to dual JBD WT 1 JM Y N N, > otherwise JBD WCM 1 Laurel 240. Dual HSE with rapier, anyone else with > sabre") As someone else has made the issue of the duelling orders public, I'll disclose what's happened re my enquiries about the matter. As mentioned in an earlier post, I haven't been
able to participate fully in the game recently, and didn't really want to make a
fuss over the duel, despite my frustration at the outcome. Nevertheless,
since it became an issue with JdL, JBD and SdS, I wrote to Greg, who had kindly
offered to let me "coast" in the game, until my RL circumstances allow me to
participate more fully in the game:
> Thanks
Greg
> I think I'll take the "coasting" option, and see how things turn out. While > I'm writing, and since it has become an issue for JdL, JBD and SdS, can you > please explain to me why HSE's duel went the way it did? My instructions > were to duel legally, with rapiers, (as agreed with JBD previously in the > postings), with JdL as my second, and my duelling routine had no closing or > kicking. My orders were: >> Duel legally v. JBD (HSE's second is JdL) >> Rapier v. Rapier >> Surrender: at Half-Endurance >> Accept opponent's surrender: Immediately >> Routine: [omitted here, in case I use it again!] >> Will decline duels if under Half-Endurance > This is *so* different from the turn resolution: >> Both parties wish to fight the duel illegally. >> Duel between HSE and JBD (enemies). JBD has cause. >> HSE is using a Sabre and is seconded by nobody. >> JBD is using a Sabre and is seconded by SdS. >> HSE gets an SP for fighting an illegal duel. >> 16 >> HSE: CL-K-Surrender >> JBD: X -S-X >> 46 >> HSE (Sabre) loses a duel against his regimental enemy JBD (Sabre) for -2 >> SPs >> Endurance falls from 110 to 64. Inflicts 16 damage. > I really don't understand how things turned out the way they did, and would > like to know what went wrong (for HSE, anyway!). Thanks. > Peter Unfortunately, until now, all I have received
is the following reply:
> There is no such thing as a legal duel.
As I mentioned in a previous
> post, all duels are illegal - it's part of the game to take the chance. > Not sure about the weapons - I most likely picked the wrong ones. > > Greg I know the duel can't be re-fought, but hopefully
something can be learnt from this case, as I could imagine some more experienced
Banana players, who have invested so much more in their characters than I
presently have with HSE, wouldn't be too pleased if they found themselves in
similar circumstances.
Peter
P.S. At the risk of sounding defensive, I'm
definitely *not* coasting because any personal disgruntlement at the way
this duel has been handled, and I'm grateful to Greg for giving me the
opportunity to "coast". Several of you may have noticed I'm now also "coasting"
in another EG game, and have (reluctantly) decided
it's wisest to withdraw from another couple of games (including
one where my character had reached the giddy heights of SL12 !!!). I hope to
back in Banana within a few weeks/months, by which time I hope HSE will have
learnt how to duel with a sabre :-) !
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