Blitz Program

[Bob]

I decided to make a new thread so the other one wasn't horribly long for ya'll. But I have it DONE! Well, as soon as I get some numbers from Countie and test them to make sure they work. But here it is, sample output from a game of blitzball! Keep in mind, as of right now, all characters have the same stats, so this isn't how the game will go. Without further ado... the output:

EDIT: LOOK BELOW FOR THE TRUE SAMPLE OUTPUT. I HAD TO FIX AN ERROR STILL AND THIS INFO WAS PURE CRAP.

Note: I think some of the data got lost because my dang computer only keeps so many words in the terminal. I think I might have to put in more frequent breaks to copy/paste it all... But anyway, there ya'll go! I tried to stay relatively true to the text in the lower left corner when playing blitzball... Ya'll like it?

[Bob]

.....uh oh. haha, wrong team won... doh, glitchez... back to work for me...

[Bob]

Okay, the REAL sample output now:

1. The Dark Knights
2. Team MCU
3. The Defenders of Gaia
4. The Warriors of Chaos
5. The Besaid Aurochs
6. The Fairies
7.
8.

What is team 1? 3
What is team 2? 6

Welcome to today's game!
Tonight we have the Defenders of Gaia against the Fairies!

The ball is released!
Blank catches the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Rinoa gets a hand on it!
Laguna grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!

Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Amarant gets a hand on it!
Freya can't catch it! Goal!

Score:
Defenders of Gaia: 0
Fairies: 1

The ball is released!
Blank catches the ball!


Raine on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank shoots!
Laguna gets a hand on it!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Blank on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Ellone gets a hand on it!
Steiner catches the pass!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!


Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine throws a pass!
Amarant grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine throws a pass!
Amarant gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa throws a pass!
Blank gets a hand on it!
Ellone catches the pass!


Beatrix on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!
Ellone throws a pass!
Amarant grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Amarant gets hit hard!
Amarant throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Ellone on defense.
Ellone hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!
Beatrix throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Ellone on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!
Beatrix throws a pass!
Raine grabs the ball!


Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Amarant grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Amarant gets hit hard!
Amarant shoots!
Ellone gets a hand on it!
Ward catches the ball.
Ward throws it back in!
Rinoa catches the ball!


Amarant on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa throws a pass!
Blank gets a hand on it!
Raine catches the pass!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna shoots!
Zidane gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna shoots!
Zidane gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna throws a pass!
Zidane gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna throws a pass!
Beatrix gets a hand on it!
Zidane grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Beatrix grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!
Beatrix shoots!
Ellone gets a hand on it!
Ward catches the ball.
Ward throws it back in!
Rinoa catches the ball!


Zidane on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa shoots!
Amarant gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Blank on defense.
Blank hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa shoots!
Blank grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank shoots!
Rinoa grabs the ball!

Zidane on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa throws a pass!
Blank grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank shoots!
Laguna gets a hand on it!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Zidane on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!
Ellone shoots!
Blank grabs the ball!

And that ends the first half!

Welcome back to the second half!
The ball is released!
Ellone catches the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna throws a pass!
Zidane gets a hand on it!
Blank grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank shoots!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Ellone on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!
Beatrix throws a pass!
Raine grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Amarant grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Amarant gets hit hard!
Amarant throws a pass!
Ellone gets a hand on it!
Steiner catches the pass!

Ellone on defense.
Ellone hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Ellone on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!
Ellone throws a pass!
Zidane grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Laguna hits hard and grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!
Laguna shoots!
Zidane grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Zidane gets hit hard!
Zidane shoots!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner shoots!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner shoots!
Ellone gets a hand on it!
Ward catches the ball.
Ward throws it back in!
Rinoa catches the ball!


Amarant on defense.
Amarant hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Amarant hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Amarant gets hit hard!
Amarant throws a pass!
Raine grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Blank gets a hand on it!
Freya can't catch it! Goal!

Score:
Defenders of Gaia: 0
Fairies: 2

The ball is released!
Blank catches the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!
Rinoa throws a pass!
Blank grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank shoots!
Raine grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Amarant hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Amarant hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Amarant gets hit hard!
Amarant shoots!
Raine gets a hand on it!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!
Ellone throws a pass!
Blank gets a hand on it!
Laguna catches the pass!

Zidane on defense.
Laguna gets hit hard!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Steiner gets hit hard!
Steiner throws a pass!
Laguna grabs the ball!

Zidane on defense.
Zidane hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Zidane gets hit hard!
Zidane shoots!
Laguna gets a hand on it!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Zidane on defense.
Zidane hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!

Beatrix on defense.
Raine gets hit hard!
Raine shoots!
Amarant gets a hand on it!
Freya can't catch it! Goal!

Score:
Defenders of Gaia: 0
Fairies: 3

The ball is released!
Blank catches the ball!

Laguna on defense.
Blank gets hit hard!
Blank throws a pass!
Ellone grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Ellone gets hit hard!
Ellone shoots!
Zidane grabs the ball!

Ellone on defense.
Zidane gets hit hard!

Raine on defense.
Zidane gets hit hard!
Zidane shoots!
Laguna grabs the ball!

Zidane on defense.
Zidane hits hard and grabs the ball!

Raine on defense.
Raine hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Amarant hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Rinoa hits hard and grabs the ball!

Amarant on defense.
Rinoa gets hit hard!

Beatrix on defense.
Beatrix hits hard and grabs the ball!

Rinoa on defense.
Beatrix gets hit hard!
Beatrix throws a pass!
Raine grabs the ball!

Steiner on defense.
Steiner hits hard and grabs the ball!

And that buzzer means the game is over!
And with a final score of
0 to 3, the Fairies win!

[nobodyspecial]

Nice job Bob! Very impressive, this Blitz Tournament ought to turn out well.

[countlieberkuhn]

For those interested, I have allocated a basic total of 500 stat points to spend between each teams 6 members in various stats (passing, shooting, endurance, tackle, etc). Each stat has its own limit (which is rarely reached by any character), so as not to allow one character to have 100 points in shooting for example, and winning everytime despite the rest of their team. I am personally allocating the stats to each member on each team carefully, to try and keep things fair and varied. Some teams will be all-rounders (dark knights), some will play to their strengths and neglect their weaknesses (defenders of gaia), and some will have a mix of strong and weak players (Fairies). Hopefully it should make for interesting results.

I have also added +10 bonus stats to each team's pool for every player-character on the team (Z+T count as one, since they only use one journal, and Jaffacake's old characters do not count). Finally, I have added +10 points to Noctis ans Sephiroth's teams, as they have both often talked about having blitz practice in their journals. The Besaid Aurochs also get +5 points, since they are an experienced blitz team, and therefore get a 'practice bonus'.

The point allocations for each team are as follows:

The Dark Knights - 530
Team MCU - 510
Defenders of Gaia - 520
Warriors of Chaos - 520
Besaid Aurochs - 515
The Fairies - 520
The Guild - 510
The Jesters - 530

The Dark Knights and The Jesters therefore have the immediate advantage entering the tournament, with MCU and The Guild being most disadvantaged.

Finally, when it comes to the winner to play against Guardian Force (Jecht's team), GF will have a base stat allocation of 550, since Jecht is a very talented blitz player and coach. This will make defeating jecht unlikely, but by all means not impossible. Consider it a bonus 'boss battle' tacked onto the end if you happen to win.

[wyvernxk7]

A simple question - Thorn and Zorn always post separately and essentially act as two lj accounts in one for simplicity's sake, so why should they not get 10 points each, as they are both player-characters? Having 530 is fine, but not with that justification, that's all I'm saying.

Let me know my team's stats - I'll be interested in hearing them... I think Zorn and Thorn's stats should be directly complementary... They work fantastically together...

[bloodfestbutterfly]

I'd like to know my team's stats as well, actually! It will help me to know how to build it better next time.

[nobodyspecial]

Yeah I'll be curious to see my teams' stats as well. Heck you might as well put them all down.

[countlieberkuhn]

Blimey. I'm still working on them, had a busy couple of days, but i'll give you a sample team. I started off with defenders of gaia since they seemed simple, so here it is!

Zidane

Tackle - 7
Endurance - 23
Passing - 15
Blocking - 10
Shot Power - 29

84

Amarant

Tackle - 11
Endurance - 31
Passing - 10
Blocking - 8
Shot Power - 35

95



Blank

Tackle - 20
Endurance - 22
Passing - 27
Blocking - 24
Shot Power - 10

103

Steiner

Tackle - 30
Endurance - 50
Passing - 12
Blocking - 16
Shot Power - 4

112


Beatrix

Tackle - 23
Endurance - 26
Passing - 16
Blocking - 24
Shot Power - 5

94

Freya

Goal - 32

Total 520

Next will be dark knights. I'm free after work tomorrow, so i'll get them sorted out then. Pretty sure those all add up right, I get a bit edit happy, and think its all up to date, but correct me if they're not.

With regards to zorn and thorn, I never realised they counted as two characters. Sorry about that. I'll give them a combined total of +15 then, bringing them to a 535 stat total. It seems fair I think, you'll have the advantage by a margin!

[wyvernxk7]

Cool! Sounds fair to me. Thank you!

[wyvernxk7]

Also, it all adds up just fine! Quite impressive, oh Countly One!

[wyvernxk7]

So, for when you set up stats for The Jesters, what I was getting at for Zorn and Thorn is that, for instance, if they both have (just for example's sake) 115 points, their stats would average 23 each. In that vein, if Zorn had 15 on Passing, Thorn would have 31... essentially, the two of them would average 23 for any given stat. However, A) they probably both have equal shot power because of their strategy and B) this is all hypothetical anyway. I guess my point was just to explain what I meant earlier about them being complementary.

Now that I think about it, if all of their other stats were an average of 20 in this example, that would give their shot power an extra 12 points, giving them 35 each... Hm...

Enough meddling... It's your call.

[Bob]

Count, one thing about the stats you've got so far is that Freya's goal scores are kinda high compared to the shooting scores the rest her team. It works like real blitzball where depending where you shoot from, the ball loses speed (though I have it Golden Arm style where it loses 10% instead of 20% per square it travels through). So basically, people that shoot and are either blocked ("gets a hand on it!") or are shooting from a distance (which they will most likely do since they kinda shoot at random...) will almost always be blocked. I think the only one on that team that even COULD make a point is Amarant...

[countlieberkuhn]

Oh right, i didn't realise you'd coded distance reduction in. I thought after blocking, there would be no loss of power in the shot, and based my stats on that assumption. Maybe i'll revise them.

Also, I've had an idea, that will both save me time and make the whole thing a little bit more involving for everyone. The idea being that I don't write up all the stats for all teams myself - the dominant player in each team decides what the stats will be. For example, The Jesters is a wyvern-centric team, so he'd write up the stats for them to his liking, although he would be constrained to his 535 point total, as previously discussed. So the team builders would be

Jesters - Wyvern
Team MCU/Dark Knights - NS
Warriors of Chaos - Amy
Aurochs/Fairies - Bob
Defenders/Guild/Guardian Force - Me

Let me know if you'd rather I work out the stats for your team, but I think it would be more interesting if everyone had an input, so that they'd have a bit of control over how their team(s) plays.

The maximum for each stat is:

Tackle: Maximum = 30
Endurance: Maximum = 50
Passing: Maximum = 40
Blocking: Maximum = 30
Shot: Maximum = 50
Goal: Maximum = 40

The defenders can be your canary-down-the-well team to see what a fairly balanced (imo) team build is like, although I may make changes based on bob's new info regarding how shooting works (more realistically ^^). Stick to your stat limits though people, and send me the stats in personal messages, so no-one else can see what you've done. Once i've got all 9 teams' stats sorted out (hopefully by sunday), we can enjoy a blitzball tournament as of monday! Yay!

[Bob]

Doing our own teams works for me. I like the point cap idea. I'll program them in when I get them and maybe we can get to some blitzing later this week even! I've got stuff going on today, but perhaps tonight I'll have my teams ready.