K`Hare totlh
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A fine Klingon attitude.
Basically, the system is to allow for some variation in the outcomes so it isn't totally predicitable, while at the same time, making it more 'realistic'.
In the first tourney it was totally random (a few modifiers based on character). The first night, the speculation was that K'Hare or Q'olavraH would win, because in character, they should, but both lost in the first round. K'Hare lost to a fed ensign who wasn't really a combat character.
The second year we introduced the skill system. We think it worked out well. This year its been modified slightly, but is essentially the same. The main change was that enlisted were short changed last year. Now, high enlisted ranks give the same kind of bonus as high officer ranks.
Last year, K'rahl would have been the favorite. In character, he was the best betleH fighter in BF. K'Hare was surprisingly close (he didn't compete since he is a judge) but he grew into a more combat ready character. Ta'pez was up there too, but K'rahl had the advantage. That they are rated so high shouldn't be surprising. They are all Klingon (in their own way) and are the three highest ranking Klingons in BF.
The difference in Ta'pez and K'rahl has gotten smaller and Q'ol is getting up there. Tauvits is also getting up there. Next year I except that gap to be even smaller and I expect some non-Klingons to start getting in that same grouping. If for no other reason then the tourney itself is experience which up's character skills.
In the end someone has to win in character and everyone else has to lose... the trophy. Winning is a bragging point but the point is to have a dramatic tourney. You all have to have faith that the judges are doing their best to make things fair.
At this point, based on the combat system, K'Hare rates higher than everyone else. (I think Bremer would beat him but he hasn't signed up. Wolfe isn't quite that high because he doesn't have the same Klingon focus as Bremer.) That shouldn't be surprising because the core of the system was my idea and K'Hare, being my character, corresponds to my idea of what a good betleH fighter would be. Klingons certainly have an advantage here because it is a Klingon weapon. But in the end, the system is designed to allow for a dramatic and believeable story. Each year we will review it and try to improve things.
If you have a specific complaint or flaw you see in the system PM me and I will talk to you about. The likely answer will be either we thought about that and thought that would cause a worse problem, or you are right, we will try to correct that next year.
We are trying to make the tourney enjoyable and dramatic. Therefore, chance is an element. In any simm, the CO must make decisions about the flow of the story. Because there is no fair way to decide if Ta'pez, the TGCO in TF44 is better or worse than K'rahl, a TGCO in TF58, we do our best with this system. If its Ta'pez vs. a Vulcan pacifist ensign who has never picked up a betleH... well, the system heavily favors Ta'pez. The random roll we use may not be 'right', but I am not sure what that means. We have a system that trys to assess the Character's strength... it may be wrong.
As I said, K'Hare ranks higher in this system then K'rahl, but in character, we both would agree that K'rahl was better. The slight difference between the two is only enough to make ties go to K'Hare. In character, they wouldn't expect it to be that close. But dramatically, if the two ever duel, the outcome would be decided by the players for the best story. Here, if two players agreed beforehand and told the judges who won, I am sure we'd go along. I'd want to hear the argument why, but I'd let you do it. This system just gives us a way to decide who will win as objective viewers of the character bios and history.
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