This has been a great year for forum battling. This year we saw only three no-shows, which is the lowest in recorded history.
This year we have seen live and animated videos, games, songs, comics, writings, baked goods, puppets, websites, flash devices, internet spanning mysteries, endless spoiler tags, edits and crwths.
This was the year that Zonugal appeared. It was the year of high-score chasing, ultra-violence and SPIDER-MAN. This was the year that a writer made it to the quarter-finals. Most importantly, this was the year that Raneados finally won it all. The tradition of there being a new winner every year has been upheld. After so much pain and struggle, Raneados finally gets to experience the incredible power of the Prize.
Congratulations to Raneados and congratulations to all participants.
Thank you to Larlar for putting this all together.
Special thanks to Campion for the bracket arting.
And a super-special thanks to Asimperson for being the Forum Battle Historian.
Raneadospolice apologistyou shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
yeah seriously
thanks to everyone who participated, voted, and to larlar, because he hates everyone and everything when this is all finished
and yeah, Asimperson gets super kudos for archiving all the battles
Raneados on
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
edited July 2010
Every time I read that quote from ChicoBlue and the sentence on me it just makes me feel like I entered from another plane. That I am composed of a mystical magic beyond the realms of thought.
Since the thread is now on its last legs, I'd figure I'd do a rundown of my favorite battles from this year. Don't, uh, watch some of these at work.
ROUND ONE
This choas all got started back on May 27, with a strong entry from the reigning champion, DE?AD, introducing us to DE!AD:
Unfortunately, his opponent, Zombies Tossed My Salad! no-showed because he was hanging out with HIS GIRLFRIEND so DE?AD advanced unopposed.
A couple days later, GSM showed up in full force, not giving Platypus Beirut much of a chance:
I waited until this point to mention him. Despite the what turned out to be temporary loss in Round 1, he made a pretty spectacular run to the quarters based on the power of the written word. You can read the whole collection here.
Our first semifinal was Ten versus Raneados. Ten showed us the power of addictive flash games once again, however, Rane's four part epic hurtled him into the finals for the first time. Would this be the year?
Congratulations to everyone involved in this thing! Please don't take offense if I didn't include your entry! Also, thanks to Larlar for running this shindig.
if I fought blake I would probably...remake parts of crocodile dundee with myself as the lady in that sexy one piece taking pictures of the crocodile and damn what an ass
I would forget about the rest of the entry while drawing my fake lady ass
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PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
Aw thanks you two! :^:
thanks to everyone who participated, voted, and to larlar, because he hates everyone and everything when this is all finished
and yeah, Asimperson gets super kudos for archiving all the battles
I just appeared and thus was.
You really earned it this year, stickly man.
The movie is okay if you haven't read the book, largely because of Will Smith.
The ending is lame, though.
i know you got this in the other fred but for the record and in case anyone else is interested it's here
Fred huh
And to think of all the times you mocked me for similar transgressions
If you weren't such a great writer I'd have to call attention to this
if you were to mock me you'd just prove yourself even more out of the loop
the loop of cool catz
I HAVE SPOKEN
I HAVE SPOKEN
that i named my cats after his suggestions
that's how cool a cat he is
thats straight up sub-zero cat
that cat is at absolute zero and being exposed to our atmsphere would cause an explosion of cold cat that would doom half the planet
we are all so damn cool
Sorry guys.
Oh man, I just saw that you posted the first chapter. Exciting!
A couple days later, GSM showed up in full force, not giving Platypus Beirut much of a chance:
Zonugal introduced himself, his mustache, and his crotch, to the world with perhaps one of the best, yet most terrifying, entries of the round:
Yet, thanks to Cowardly, it wasn't the creepiest entry of round 1: http://rateofinjury.com/cowudley/kusu.html
Fletcher's battle against Dr. Funkenstein is probably one of my favorites of the entire tournament:
We wrap up with Berk and ChicoBlue, because, well, just watch: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=120390
Honorable mentions:
"Does that make me racist?"
You'll make it out of the first round some day, Natek... some day...
The first ever team battle, and my first ever cameo!
[vidurl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kI9t4SWbv8]YOU'LL WISH CINEMA HAD NEVER BEEN INVENTED[/vidurl]
We kicked off with Ten vs. DE?AD. This was the round where Ten decided just go all-out, crafting addictive flash video games with groovy soundtracks. Personally, I greatly enjoyed the entry of the former champ as well:
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GSM and Marshmallow put in what I am pretty sure was the first game vs. game battle ever: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=120777
I'm pretty sure that by the time he was done Nogs actually became J. Jonah Jameson:
Spectre-X brought the pretty arts as usual, but Edcrab went with a radical and multiple-choice change-of-plan: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=15234194#post15234194
While Qorzm brought the rhymes, Zonugal brought the date rape: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=121030
We can thank Zonugal once again for providing the creepiest video of the round, saving ChicoBlue from that honor: http://www.vimeo.com/12517473
We start with another well-animated classic from Grandmaster Flash GSM:
You too can earn a high score for watching Ten's video! Also, check out the epilogue of [vidurl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxhSuctiVpY]Larlar eating a raw poultry embryo[/vidurl].
[vidURL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_e-2FP9IeA]ROOOOOOOXXXXXXX(R)AAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/vidurl]
Have I really not mentioned Marcus and His Mysterious Band of Disco Ravens's live action craziness yet? What the hell is wrong with me?
ChicoBlue reminds us that he is, in fact, a space man (with his space suit on):
THE QUARTERFINALS
Nogs did good. Real good. But this was shaping up to be Rane's year. Entries like this didn't hurt:
bsjezz went down this round, but not without a fight. Sort of:
And finally, we had our first and only tie of the tournament, between SabreMau and ChicoBlue. You can check out their entries here: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=15483182#post15483182
Our first semifinal was Ten versus Raneados. Ten showed us the power of addictive flash games once again, however, Rane's four part epic hurtled him into the finals for the first time. Would this be the year?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcDs_u5ysY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nxymWkq8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6yrPbb--M
Marcus brings us the psychologically thrilling conclusion to his adventure in his battle against ChicoBlue:
Yet somehow Chico made something even more disturbing...
Raneados versus ChicoBlue. Just watch:
Congratulations to everyone involved in this thing! Please don't take offense if I didn't include your entry! Also, thanks to Larlar for running this shindig.
P.S.:
i already miss it
PARKER, YOU'RE FIRED! <-- My comic book podcast! Satan look here!
but YOU FORGOT ONE THING!
"The first ever team battle, and my first ever cameo!"
1minute 7 seconds in
YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE
never gonna happen
and i will crush him
personal favorites? sure
Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
I'm tempted to, but my self esteem is like AHAHAHAHAHA no
I will push his choking abilities to their absolute limit
I'll go to the beach and record myself bashing the shit out of jellyfish I find there with a cricket bat.
Satans..... hints.....
Is that a thing?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I would forget about the rest of the entry while drawing my fake lady ass
Bone it.
Satans..... hints.....