PBEM game: The first step (Running)

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Ironhawk said:

The deathmatch is generally considered worthless because whoever wins it MUST FIGHT in all subsequent deathmatch battles. Since your enemies then know exactly what you will be sending to the deathmatch, they can customize thier response and kill your (probably valuable?) unit. This is particularly the case if you send your Pretender into the ring (!!!!)

Nonetheless I still find it useful, partularly since in most multiplayer games everyone ignores it. It is usually well worth sending some cheap worthless commander since it often does not need to fight anything unless an AI is in the game. In some cases I might send mages or even my pretender. Having someone counter them is not to huge a worry for a couple of reasons. First, since it is ignored so much there is often no battle so they don't know what you sent. Second, they have to have the counter on hand on the off chance there is another death match and something else has not killed the unit meantime, that is more trouble than most players are willing to go to.

and, btw, nice to see you back to dominions