Ruby Phoenix Tournament

[Sumotori]

As a big fan of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat (and the movie "Bloodsport", I love this adventure. However, I still haven' t figured out why some of the opponents in the tournament enter the contest alone. It makes sense in a way that the creators wanted to make for varied encounters, but from a story-driven point of view I still don't get it. Why would I enter a competition when I know that most of my opponents will be whole GROUPS of experienced warriors and spellcasters?

[Mathmuse]

When I ran the tournament, I pretended that it had a point system. A single contestant could be the winner if he or she earned the most points.

I also made all the contestants use replica weapons that dealt nonlethal damage and wear amulets that converted energy damage to nonlethal, so that everyone survived to earn more points after a defeat.