Anthem - Day Three

[aya]

The clouds part in the sky as the boastful melody of the Anthem blares throughout the Arena. Tonight, the haughty tune sounds more arrogant and taunting than usual, as if the Capitol means to personally remind you that they are in control, that they stuck you here.

As the song finishes, the faces of the dead from the previous day appear in the sky, in order by district:
Iris Brookside - District 5
Ruby Georges - District 7
Evangeline Karbajal - District 11

Only three more tributes dead. The Gamemakers will have to add a bit of excitement to the Games. The Capitol's residents must be getting bored.

You do the math. There are still thirteen other tributes competing with you for their lives, leaving fourteen total. Thirteen more that have to die.

The Capitol seal flashes once, and the sky fades back to black.

Congratulations on surviving Day 2, Tributes! Here is your weather forecast for tomorrow, by area. Make sure you keep this in mind as you RP.


The Cornucopia
Temperature: High: 3°F (-16°C); Low: -13F (-25°C)
Wind Speed: 22 mph (35 kph)
Precipitation: Snow (1 foot/0.3m)
Visibility: Slightly Reduced

The Mountain
Temperature: High: -12°F (-24°C); Low: -30°F (-34°C)
Wind Speed: 24 mph (39 kph)
Precipitation: Light Snow (less than 4in/10cm)
Visibility: Slightly Reduced

The Cliff
Temperature: High: -22°F (-30°C); Low:-37°F (-39°C)
Wind Speed: 25 mph (40 kph)
Precipitation: Snow (1 foot/0.3m)
Visibility: Reduced

The Fissure
Temperature: High: -21°F (-30°C); Low: -34°F (-37°C)
Wind Speed: 19 mph (31 kph)
Precipitation: Snow (1 foot/0.3m)
Visibility: Slightly Reduced

The Lake
Temperature: High: 11°F (-12°C); Low: -6°F (-22°C)
Wind Speed: 12 mph (19 kph)
Precipitation: Light Snow (less than 4in/10cm)
Visibility: Slightly Reduced
Other:

The Forest
Temperature: High: -19°F (-28°C); Low:-46°F (-43°C)
Wind Speed: 44 mph (71 kph)
Precipitation: Heavy Snow (4ft/1.2m)
Visibility: Very Low - 330ft (100m)
Other: The fringes of the massive blizzard that torments the Clearing sweep the Forest, as well,

The Clearing
Temperature: High: -36°F (-38°C); Low:-54°F (-48°C)
Wind Speed: 67 mph (108 kph)
Precipitation: Heavy Snow (4ft/1.2m)
Visibility: Very Low - 330ft (100m)
Other: A severe blizzard wracks the area, making it next-to-impossible to see, difficult to hear, and excruciatingly difficult to keep warm and dry.

The Tundra
Temperature: High: 3°F (-17°C); Low:-15°F (-27°C)
Wind Speed: 12 mph (19 kph)
Precipitation: Snow (1 foot/0.3m)
Visibility: Slightly Reduced

The Crater Wasteland
Temperature: High: 45°F (7°C); Low: 32°F (0°C)
Wind Speed: 2 mph (3 kph)
Precipitation: Light Rain (less than 4in/10cm)
Visibility: Reduced
Other: A thick, choking black smoke continues to pour from several of the middle craters. It is carried by the wind, making it more difficult to see and breathe.


Mandatory Fights:
(The selected tributes below must fight by the end of the Games day. Any tributes allied in the fight may participate, if desired. It is required that each fight results in at least one death, though it is acceptable if more tributes die. If your fight consists of multiple people on each side, please specify who you are attacking immediately before you insert the combat block. As always, please notify staff to judge the winner of the fights.)

[The alliances of...]
Alia Goodnite, Zinnia Yaren, etc vs. Colton Brax (see this thread.)
Jared Strahan vs. Jestina Lelborne, [Blue Kilio (if allied^(?))]
Ismene Clement, Rocco Hopkins, Anastasia Estrange vs. two Mountain Hounds (see Mutt Directory at bottom of post)

Victor of Strahan vs. Lelborne, [Kilio] fight to be swarmed by Alarm Owls (see Mutt Directory)

Muttation Directory
These muttations will be making their debut today. You do not necessarily have to have the Mutts mandated to interact with you for you to encounter them, as with fighting. Muttations fighting with/interacting with Tributes will be RPed by an impartial staff member. Please notify a staff member if you need them to post.

>Alarm Owls: (these are found in wooded areas, namely the Forest and the Clearing.)[/size] A blend of different owl species that, once it sees someone, it will give a mournful, haunting hoot. Every five seconds. It follows the person around and hoots, while more alarm owls flock to the area, and all begin to hoot. They don't actually attack... but they can lead other predators to the area. These were initially developed to find rebel spies, soldiers, and the like and trail them until the owls made enough racket for them to be found.

>Mountain Hounds: (these are found in mountainous areas, namely the Mountain and the Cliff.)[/size] A hybrid of cougar and bloodhound ‘ancestors’ that was originally used to track and kill rebels over mountainous areas (remember that the Capitol is just over the Rockies from the districts). These are enhanced with a powerful sense of smell and are quite ferocious. Hunting solo or in pairs, Mountain Hounds will track prey for hours upon hours after catching scent.


Notes:
>You are still allowed--and encouraged--to fight, even if your alliance/tribute is not listed above.
>Remember that your tribute can only be in one thread at a time during the Games, and any finished threads should say that they are finished in the title.
>Posting IS mandatory for this particular Games Day. If your tribute does not have a single In Character post in the Arena during this time period, they WILL find their name scratched out on the Tribute Directory.
>Please respond to this thread with the specific Area your character is by the end of this Games Day. It makes it infinitely easier on the staff, and will lead to fewer characters feeling as though they were treated unfairly when mandated fights are selected.
>Day 3 will end on the 5th of March.
>Tributes are minded to refer to the new time-space relation version of the Arena map, located here: i49.tinypic.com/vs11kp.png Keep in mind that these areas mean time from the center of the map, and it would take double the amount of time to cross from one edge of a time-circle to the other.
>The Gamemakers wish to apologize for the time lapse between the end of Day Two and the start of Day Three. This, however, was necessary as we debated the repeal of the infamous Team 13 versus Team EXP fight.

[aya]

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the deaths between Day 2 and Day 3 have changed, as per the continuing debate surrounding the EXP vs 13 fight, and also that the fights mandated have been adjusted accordingly.

I would also like to take this time to explain the new scoring rubric.

I feel like I should elaborate on the Turn Delay Bonus and the Damage Multiplier Table:

TDB:
Say you get a Deep Gash Left Leg on your first turn. That gives you a score of 8. on your next three turns, you receive a block, a Tripped, and a Bruised Right Arm, bringing your total up to 10.5. You would add an extra 1 point for the Deep Gash on Left Leg, as it would still be stinging like no other and bleeding all over the place. This would give you an 11.5 after the four hits, rather than a 10.5. If the Severity is A, however, the little cuts and such don't start to slow you down until the 7th turn after you get them (which, if you're still standing after 7 turns, kudos) and even then it's just a .5 every two turns until you hit your 12th turn (which is really lucky.)

DMT:
Suppose you get a shallow cut on your left arm. Then a deep gash on your left arm. Then a bruise on your left arm, and then your left arm breaks. For every time a body part is doubled up on like this, it would be more painful and cause more damage, which the DMT is around to compensate for.

So let's look at the above scenario:
SCLA: 2.5
DGLA: 7.5 (+7.5) (Row 2, Table B)
BruLA: 1.5 (+.75[rounds to 1]) (Row 2, Table A)
BrkLA: 6.5 (+13) (Row 3, Table B)

= 39.5 and not 18

So as you see, the two DM Tables add independent of each other (it doesn't make sense for a scratch, a scratch, a scratch, and a break to multiply the break's damage by three)

[Gigi]

Is Colton fighting Zinnia, Ailia, Arbor, Archer, and Jeremy, or just Zinnia and Ailia?

[aya]

I believe that would be for that alliance to ultimately decide.

[Gigi]

Alright. Yikes, Colton's dead. *sigh* I had so many plans for him...whatever. But he was going to break his arm, run into muttations, and nearly fall into the fissure. But I guess an epic battle is good too.

[aya]

Things that are epic tend to be fun.

Oh, I forgot to mention the concept of the Daily Score Decay Factor (SDF)! This is the rate at which the injuries heal from one given day to the next, or the rate at which the injury score goes down between each day of fighting. (this rate is 1/2, by the way)

This deals with preexisting injuries from one fight on one day to the next fight at a later date.

Take, for example, the tribute Jestina Lelborne, who according to the Scoring Rubric, ended the fight she was in yesterday with a score of 28.5. Since the SDF Rate for everyone is 1/2*(score), her Preexisting Score for the fight she has to participate in today is 14 (these numbers are rounded) and when her final Score for today is calculated, 14 will be added to it.


***Death from wounds occurs automatically at 40, whether or not the tribute's alliance has been declared to lose***

[Innocent]

Wow, that accualy makes sence. I was expecting it to be overly complecated so Cudos to you.

[inFamousL]

Is Ismene still lives then eh?

[Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy]]

Day Three is being extended until Monday, March 8th.

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[Lulu]

Cuz the Games day ends tomorrow, I'm posting where Jared is now. He's about ten feet up the mountain, but the forest isn't far away at all...does that count as mountain...or forest? Mountain right?

[Tori]

Lulu it counts as moutain I believe.
Team AIR 9(minus Ismene) Is in the Tundra.

[aya]

EXP {Members Pending} is at the Lake still.

[Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy]]

Is it the Lake, or the Tundra?

[sbeeg]

Um Windy is in the Cornucopia, still lol, just in case you lost her

[aya]

Mar 7, 2010 19:19:31 GMT -5 Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy] said:

Is it the Lake, or the Tundra?

Um, not sure... it's pretty much the same area... it's the same board, so I don't think it matters all that much...