Deathmatch & Gladiator fights...

[idNut]

We should start up bloodsports again. Take everyone who is on death row and put them in a stadium with swords and just totally reinvent the gladiator fights. I guarantee it'd make money and we can turn nothing into something. It's proven that the human psyche enjoys the spill of blood hence movie violence. I think this would be awesome. Deathmatch would be hard to do since we can't rocket jump, respawn or teleport but I'm sure rocket launchers and lightning guns would be all the same as fun. We'd have to create jump pads and some sort of medical genius could maybe come up with a megahealth but it's doable I believe. I know this is probably the stupidest post I've ever made but I've been thinking about it for a long time now.

 

[Azraele]

Video game much?

 

[idNut]

<------ id Nut

 

[ThePresence]

Dont run for public office.

 

[StageLeft]

I would hope to think that human morality has grown since the time of the gladiator matches in Rome. I know I sure as hell wouldn't watch it.

 

[idNut]

So no one is with me on this one? You wouldn't want to see Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Insane go at it? I dunno, too much caffeine lately.

 

[BigJohnKC]

And the winner of the deathmatch gets a bullet in the head as a prize. The corporate sponsors would buy it, and thus the American public would watch it. Fox would air it on Wednesdays or something. Or maybe HBO. Yeah, they'd go for it since they stopped showing movies.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I'd watch it.

It would clear up the prisons nicely, the reward for winning will be that they get to live another day. Simple.

Take an insane serial killer to start with, and put him up against a child rapist. Everyone will cheer on the serial killer, everyone wants to see the child rapist get rocked, and boom, hitshow. Can't be worse than Big Brother or Survivor anyway.

 

[StageLeft]

I hope you guys are kidding. You really want to see two total strangers who've done nothing to you fight mercilessly to the death until one dies blood everywhere just for your own barbaric entertainment? I mean honestly you think you'd enjoy this?

I know it's fun to say let's pitt osama and bin laden together but there is a reason why the developed world doesn't have shows like this - because it's f**king sick and offensive to all but the most brutal of people.

 

[neomits]

LOL Fox would SOOO eat that up

 

[Lithium381]

I may watch one or two, but as with all things on fox, it doesn't really hold my attention...well, xfiles did, that was genious till they killed of Fox.....
as mentioned it would help clear up prisons....

 

[sandorski]

Hmm, once the prisons are emptied of murderers, then what, thieves? Talk about your slippery slope, anyone watched Running Man?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

2 words: Unreal Tournament

 

[idNut]

Yeah, you're right, UT. But I think this could maybe end crime. I dunno, I'd love to see two people fight to the death. Why not?

 

[Novgrod]

The reason that you could have gladiatorial combat in Rome is that the life expectancy at birth there was 25. There was a 33% chance you'd die before you hit age one. You were dirt poor, and life was awful. In a society where life expectancies are so low and you're seeing people die of TB and malaria (and a host of other diseases) daily, death doesn't affect you quite as much.

Thankfully this isn't the case now

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I would hope to think that human morality has grown since the time of the gladiator matches in Rome. I know I sure as hell wouldn't watch it.

I so would