I kind of feel like I'm trapped in terms of RPer interaction-I just don't think I'm in a position wherein I can have my character just talk to someone. I was hoping to catch Athena Pallas as I entered the city to talk with her but she had already hit up the arena, which I pre-stated that Nora wasn't going to compete in on day 1. Everyone nearby me is in the Blood Pit while I am not, except for two of DS's characters, and I'm having a really hard time justifying why Nora might drag in either of them for a chat right now.

Err, any advice, or is this just me waiting for the second day for my turn in the Blood Pit?

@Morzone @LKWayvern: My two cents on this is that, as Neo said it was a last team standing kind of thing, that it miiiiiiiiiiiight be that anyone who lives can compete in the finals... BUT, as the Black Lotus wouldn't want everyone fleeing in the qualifiers immediately to secure their spot in the finals (which would make it utter hell for the Black Lotus to work against, booby traps or not), there is either some extra stipulation that must be done before you're allowed to flee (most likely actual bodycount) AND bonus prizes/benefits for being the last team alive, OR that the premsie of that is totally wrong and it's whoever the last team standing is, with any 'cowardly kakos' fleeing disqualified from the finals on the spot as if they died. And given the setting, I would almost certainly say that the latter is what Neo meant, thus true-which is why he added the stipulation on needing to flee as if it would be a loss to flee.

I would almost say that only two teams in the finals would be boring but I think that just means that you really *would* have to directly fight against Neo or someone else, should two non-NPC teams make it to the finals, and given that people have gotten excited over less, I'd say that in-and-out of universe that it's perfectly acceptable to have only some 'classic' team deathmatch. That's worked for CoD and Halo, after all.