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Instead of answering for me I'm going to answer for average internet warrior (AIW for short). AIW represents what a typical 2p2 posting in the thread might approximately be. Here's the profile:
- adult male in early 20's
- 5'9 165lb, on the skinny-fat side (certainly >20% BF)
- little to no experience in fighting or mixed martial arts, likely does not know how to throw a proper punch, much less any other strike
- goes to school or works an office/computer type job, certainly not manual labor. trolls 2p2 and watches porn in his free time.
- weak and out of shape by any athletic standpoint but there's nothing about his physique or endurance that would stand out in general society.
- AIW, as per the rules, has a cup which helps significantly, although it doesn't make the area invulnerable.
here's the profile for ANT, of which there will be many:
- ANT is between 5 years, 0 days and 5 years, 364 days old.
- is or is what appears to be in the top 50% of fighters among a random selection (excluding cripples) for his/her age group. i'd expect this group to mostly be boys, even at the prepubescent age.
- has received one day of specialty training. this shouldn't be completely written off. surely they will receive specialty ways to attack one adult which may include biting, scratching, clawing, going for the legs, etc.
- the kids are motivated regardless of the bloodshed. i take this to mean that they are fighting to the death as well as a group of 5 year olds could understand it.
the arena is the size of a basketball court and in the thread as i understand it, the combatants are scattered randomly at the start of the fight. this, coupled with our inability to touch any walls, effectively means that we WILL be swarmed and there's not a lot we can do about it.
earlier i made the comment that essentially said that 30 ANTs would take down 1 AIW. I stand by that. Here are a couple observations/predictions/comments that I want to make:
- as wufwugy correctly pointed out, AIW's endurance is going to be a huge factor. As a former wrestler, I can say that most people have no idea how long a 2 minute round is for an untrained person. AIW might literally be exhausted after a minute fighting with dozens of ANTs. I'll admit that I don't know enough about the adrenaline system, but it isn't going to last us through the fight.
- a common theme i have seen is something like, 1 hit, 1 kill, or something to that effect. I don't buy it. Our average internet warrior likely has little skill or experience in this department, ANTs skulls are extremely hard, and they are motivated enough to keep fighting despite pain and bloodshed. i doubt AIW scores many 1 hit knockous, except perhaps at the beginning when fresh and not swarmed.
- ANTs' strategy is probably something to the effect of, swarm AIW, kick scratch, claw, and BITE at the lower body, bring AIW to the ground. Once AIW is to the ground ANTs are the heavy favorite. ANTs win at a lower number than expected because they have the will and energy and endurance.
- if I'm AIW, I would go the power route and wear my heaviest, hardest steeled toed boots. however, i assume something like this is outlawed and we'll say AIW is wearing normal tennis shoes. I really think AIW gets his legs wrapped easier than we realize and AIW is going to have a hard time throwing consistently debilitating punches. the strong-side elbow might be the ace in the hole. (it will be such close quarters that it should typically preferable to a punch).
I'm going to set the line at 25 for AIW. Honestly I'm only going that high because it seems that I'm at the extreme low end of estimates that I'm probably overestimating how strong ANTs are (and believe me, I'm not giving them much credit. They are freaking 5).
edit: bolded the profiles since someone will inevitably miss something important about one of my assumptions
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Originally Posted by boost
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