I don't like the "loser chooses" system any more. IMO the nasty high-damage heavies that showed up last night won their battles more because they could trap lighter opponents in a coffin for half their battles... even though Silent Line added only wide-open stages to the mix. Even Limestone Cave is huge (especially on the vertical).

So I think we'll just switch the stage selector to random and run with whatever God gives us... maybe with do-overs to avoid repeat arenas. Ranged fighters need a boost and I'm hoping that messing up the heavies' arena control is enough to do the trick.

Here's something to look forward to for later: FIGHT CLUB TOURNAMENT 1!

Once we've got eight regular battle winners, Space Pirat and I will run an elimination-style tourney with all of them and use those stats to further update their standings. Each advancement in the tournament will give one "win", and one point will be awarded for each round won.

We're doing a ladder rather than a round robin to keep match-ups fresh for later on. Round robin tournaments really wear the "new core smell" out of an AC.