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Re:60 knights paused a war to fight a battle royale by troutwine on Friday September 23, 2022 @05:19PM (#32957207)
> Yep, and it requries computers.

Does it? Wrasslin' has had Battle Royals as long as I've been alive and conscious and I'm sure -- although I can't find the reference now -- that English bare-knuckle boxers used to have Battle Royals in the mercantile period for non-trivial money.

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Re:60 knights paused a war to fight a battle royale by Archelaos on Friday September 23, 2022 @05:44PM (#32957473)
This is not essential for my main point. I did not want to be exhaustive. I only wanted to stress the avount la lettre aspect. As long as we have no medieval source for the term, you may choose whatever more or less contemporary meaning that seems fit as the modern scopus of the word play.
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Re:60 knights paused a war to fight a battle royale by troutwine on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:17PM (#32958199)
Fair enough.
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