Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
Physical sanctuaries are important. It is much easier to stay alive when there is someplace to run to where the people hunting you can't physically go.
Not really much easier, just less stressful.. The flip side is time and effort lost moving from operating area to 'sanctuary' plus the increased logistic burden and the potential for attack while moving to and fro-- and one must always wonder how long the opponent will allow it to remain a sanctuary.
That seems self evident.
A large number of things that may seem self evident at first glance are not -- once some thought is given them...
The trigger pullers are important and they can stay alive longer if they have access to a physical sanctuary.
They aren't that important and generally are easily replaceable. Plus, if such a sanctuary exists, the nominal leaders tend to operate almost exclusively from that safe haven -- which creates trigger puller morale problems. Then there's the problem of the lad who gets to that safe haven after a few fights and elects not to return to the arena...

It's a set of trade offs. Like everything else.