1) I would tend to agree that infinite lives is not the right thing for the job, but on the other hand you do have limited amount of turns. I think 10-15 should prove to be a good amount of lives for your 7000 turns. If I can remember correctly you have 30 back in the day. Times have changed hopefully people can actually play without dieing as much. :o) 2)Yes I think Newbie's should be exempt from the rule of lives. When your new to a game you tend to die alot. I know I did and still do. 3)Arena battles should have a set amount of lives. If you can't stay alive then why bring your team down with you? They should be seprate from non-arena play. I think 5-10 lives would be an good amount to set them at, because 5-10 times of dieing is just going to kill your sub-game score. Lets just think about that! My Free 5 Cents Allstar _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx