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==The Arena==
 
==The Arena==
'''The Mud Pit''' is approximately 100 meters deep with a diameter of roughly 200 meters. The mire of mud and water along the lower sides and bottom of the arena dramatically hinder the movement of [[BattleMechs]], making jumping impossible and doubling the cost of any movement. Several [[vibrabomb]]s are hidden in '''The Mud Pit'''. Deactivated while fighters descend to the Pit, once they reach the thirty meters fire mark that informs the two [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] that they can open fire without endangering the spectators along the Pit's rim. The thick mud forces the pilots to concentrate as much in keeping the 'Mech upright than in shooting. It is not that strange that both fighters try to reach the bottom trying also to seize a position in one of the few pools of standing water, using that to vent heat faster to be able to fire its weapons more frequently.<ref name=STR-44/>
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'''The Mud Pit''' is approximately 100 meters deep with a diameter of roughly 200 meters. The mire of mud and water along the lower sides and bottom of the arena dramatically hinder the movement of [[BattleMechs]], making jumping impossible and doubling the cost of any movement. Several [[vibrabomb]]s are hidden in the '''The Mud Pit'''. Deactivated while fighters descend to the Pit, once they reach the thirty meters fire mark that informs the two [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] that they can open fire without endangering the spectators along the Pit's rim. The thick mud forces the pilots to concentrate as much in keeping the 'Mech upright than in shooting. It is not that strange that both fighters try to reach the bottom trying also to seize a position in one of the few pools of standing water, using that to vent heat faster to be able to fire its weapons more frequently.<ref name=STR-44/>
  
 
The Mud Pit was not actually damaged by the [[Jihad]], but the combination of the region’s chronically wet weather, a period of lapsed maintenance from the mid [[3070]]s through the [[3080]]s, and the ongoing erosion caused by the underwater stream that originally transformed it into a venue worthy of its name, have taken their toll. By the [[3090]]s, especially in the local spring season, it became common to see Mud Pit matches where water had pooled up as deep as 15 meters above the arena’s floor. While the Mud Pit’s operators can and do periodically use pumps to drain the venue for traditional fights, some event organizers feel that the unpredictable presence of a small lake in the
 
The Mud Pit was not actually damaged by the [[Jihad]], but the combination of the region’s chronically wet weather, a period of lapsed maintenance from the mid [[3070]]s through the [[3080]]s, and the ongoing erosion caused by the underwater stream that originally transformed it into a venue worthy of its name, have taken their toll. By the [[3090]]s, especially in the local spring season, it became common to see Mud Pit matches where water had pooled up as deep as 15 meters above the arena’s floor. While the Mud Pit’s operators can and do periodically use pumps to drain the venue for traditional fights, some event organizers feel that the unpredictable presence of a small lake in the

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