Throw everybody in a open arena FFA. Everyone gets the same loadout. They must pay their way into it. Similar to the idea above. There are power weapons scattered around the map. The map is huge and everyone is spawned around the rim of it, with a single HAV in the middle.

Could make for interesting hunger games style gameplay.

Also, a LAV death race.

Next, perhaps dropship wrestling? Knock the other dropship out of the sky without any weapons.

Uhhh... Maybe a mode where there is a large team versus a snall cloaked team of ninjas with sniper rifles, OP ninjas are balanced by size of opposite team. The opposin team must defend a flag from getting captured and returned to the enemy MCC. No respawns, ninjas attempt to get in without dying and picking off as many as possible enemies.

Deathmatch - 1x1, 3v3, etc.. with a specific set clone reserve for each player rather than a shared reserve.

Trial By Ordeal - 3v9 hold the line match. Win condition for the 3 will be to hack or destroy a specific objective. Win condition for the 9 is to exhaust the enemy team's clone reserve.

Capture the Flag - Hack an objective in enemy territory to receive a data file that must be delivered back to your base while keeping the enemy team from doing the same. Death destroys the data file unless revived with a nanite injector.

"Mors Certa, Hora Incerta" (Death is certain, its hour is uncertain) -- Deathmatch Survival mode with 3 teams (6 vs 6 vs 6). Every time one of the teams are eliminated the remaining 2 teams get a boost to their clone reserves & a new team is able to drop into the fray.

LAV Tag - Free for all, weapons off. One player is "it" and spawns in an LAV. Everyone else is running away while the driver tries to run them over.

Dropship Tag - Prove your dropship wrangling skills by ramming your dropship into other player's dropships when you're "it" and avoiding the player who's "it" while you aren't.

Melee fights against players or NPC Alien Creatures with no respawns and only melee weapons

KNIFE FIGHT!!!

KNIFE FIGHT!!!

Deathmatch wouldn't work cause this will be a team base massive multiplayer online first person shooter game "mmofps"



EDIT:::: but other than that everything else is good ,

+1 for gladiator arena gambling

I just hope Gladiator arenas are in the game at the main launch, I feel it will help attack and keep casuals which the community will need in order for the game to survive long term , in my opinion.

Love the earlier idea of hoverbike races. Maybe add in some simple weapons or traps with large racer count and you got yourself.a cool spectator sport.

Another cool idea when MTACS are fully fleshed out with various sizes and variants. I want there to be a sort MTAC league.

All weapons, dropsuits, and other gear in gladiator arena must be of the same tier. No militia users against prototype users. It must be a true contest of skill, not decided by ISK.

This isn't really how gladiator battles work.

I vote for bring as much ISK to the fight as you're willing to risk.

Isk for glory.

IMPORTANT: All weapons, dropsuits, and other gear in gladiator arena must be of the same tier. No militia users against prototype users, everyone must get the same quality gear. It must be a true contest of skill, not decided by ISK. While in Gladiator Arena, all skills must be equalized as well so that everyone will have the same exact skills and skill levels while in the arena

Come one come all to post ideas for the amazing galactic spectacle that is Gladiator Arena!
As you might know, CCP will be bringing E-Sport to Dust 514, and they are calling it Gladiator Arena, and EVE and Dust players will be able to spectate and gamble on the outcomes of those matches; its all suppose to come in 2013 I think. The purpose of this thread is for us to post the kind of modes and features we would like to see in Gladiator Arena.

What I want to see:

Standard FPS modes like Deathmatch and Capture The Flag.

Fun unconventional modes, for example: A mode where each player is assigned 1 specific other player to hunt down as a target.

LAV, and dropship racing (and jets when they come).

Fighting genetically modified fauna, like a giant bug. There is life in New Eden besides human, and its perfectly conceivable that some life would get genetically modified if they will be used as entertainment tools against gladiators.

MTAC battles (MTACs are mechs that are planned to come in 2013).

Special rules and limitations for each of the above modes (like knives and pistols only, weapon pickups, or no respawn)

Extreme, and spectacular visually captivating combat areas. Imagine fighting in an Amaar stadium full of ornate architecture, gold, and glorious shining statues.

Post your ideas.

EDIT: Thought of a very defined specific idea.
Ghost jump mode: Inspired by the "transfer of consciousness" respawn system of Dust 514.

Many computer-piloted clones are all over the battlefield.

Players can highjack any of those computer-piloted clones by transferring their consciousness to it. Players can ditch a clone for a new one as soon as they want. No respawn times.

Kills give you points, and deaths make you lose points. Kills of computer-controlled clones give very few points, while killing player-possessed clones gives more points. The more points your victim had when you killed him, the more points you get.

This can be free-for all, or team vs team.

Whoever has the most points by the end of the battle wins.

The battle arena will be set up to make all of this possible, and would be quite a fun sport. I think there was another shooter with something similar to this, but can't think of what.

Then it won't be no different from a regular battle, and so there would be no point. The whole point of E-sports, or Sports in general is to test skills and talent, not to have battles decided by other advantages.

In real life gladiators were slaves, so it wasn't about who had the most money to get better hear. The gear was provided to them, and they had to make due with what they had.

Bounty battles.

1 life per person. 2 teams.

To enter, you must pay an absurd amount. Say, 1 million ISK. If you die, you lose it all. For every kill, you gather that person's bounty. Thus, you are forced to work together OR you can be the lone wolf to walk away with millions.

Corp that funds the project obviously gets a cut.
EVE can place bets on battles!

^not my original idea. Somebody else came up with it first. Sorry, i forgot your name, but i know this is your idea. Just spreading it!

IMPORTANT: All weapons, dropsuits, and other gear in gladiator arena must be of the same tier. No militia users against prototype users, everyone must get the same quality gear. It must be a true contest of skill, not decided by ISK. While in Gladiator Arena, all skills must be equalized as well so that everyone will have the same exact skills and skill levels while in the arena

Come one come all to post ideas for the amazing galactic spectacle that is Gladiator Arena!
As you might know, CCP will be bringing E-Sport to Dust 514, and they are calling it Gladiator Arena, and EVE and Dust players will be able to spectate and gamble on the outcomes of those matches; its all suppose to come in 2013 I think. The purpose of this thread is for us to post the kind of modes and features we would like to see in Gladiator Arena.

What I want to see:

Standard FPS modes like Deathmatch and Capture The Flag.

Fun unconventional modes, for example: A mode where each player is assigned 1 specific other player to hunt down as a target.

LAV, and dropship racing (and jets when they come).

Fighting genetically modified fauna, like a giant bug. There is life in New Eden besides human, and its perfectly conceivable that some life would get genetically modified if they will be used as entertainment tools against gladiators.

MTAC battles (MTACs are mechs that are planned to come in 2013).

Special rules and limitations for each of the above modes (like knives and pistols only, weapon pickups, or no respawn)

Extreme, and spectacular visually captivating combat areas. Imagine fighting in an Amaar stadium full of ornate architecture, gold, and glorious shining statues.

Post your ideas.

EDIT: Thought of a very defined specific idea.
Ghost jump mode: Inspired by the "transfer of consciousness" respawn system of Dust 514.

Many computer-piloted clones are all over the battlefield.

Players can highjack any of those computer-piloted clones by transferring their consciousness to it. Players can ditch a clone for a new one as soon as they want. No respawn times.

Kills give you points, and deaths make you lose points. Kills of computer-controlled clones give very few points, while killing player-possessed clones gives more points. The more points your victim had when you killed him, the more points you get.

This can be free-for all, or team vs team.

Whoever has the most points by the end of the battle wins.

The battle arena will be set up to make all of this possible, and would be quite a fun sport. I think there was another shooter with something similar to this, but can't think of what.

as soon as you mentioned sports i stopped reading....we have enough of that crap...now you want it in dust? the last thing this game needs is a freaking crappy fairplay sports mode....dust is about war.....and as we all know when you are in war..there are no freaking limitations.