THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS (RULES, BITCHING)

Munkus Beaver

I'm pulling for the underdog.

Taskmaster to win it in 06!

Scooter

Fight 5:

A:
Captain Nazi: 17
Lady Shiva: 27

B:
Green Goblin: 43
Hobgoblin: 1

C:
Mastermind: 31
Purple Man: 13


Gentleman Ghost: 37
Absorbing Man: 6


Fight 6:

A:
Bullseye: 40
Blob: 4

B:
Grodd: 32
Tombstone: 12

C:
Solomon Grundy: 22
Omega Red: 22


Deathstroke: 13
Taskmaster: 31


Taskmaster ain't exactly the underdog in this one. I'm almost tempted to give Goblin 44 and pretend no one would vote for Hobgoblin.

P.S. Better Red than dead!

Servo

Scooter wrote:

P.S. Better Red than dead!

boo

booooooooooooo

Munkus Beaver

My God Grundy and Red.



(I meant for the whole tourney, Scooter)

awesome_andy

Yes, go Red and TaskMaster!
Are the recaps coming after this whole bracket?

Scooter

Is Doom even doing recaps?

If not, someone should.

Munkus Beaver

If Doom does not, I will.

Doctor Doom

Beaver, you may chronicle the events. Doom needs a tiebreaker vote.

Abracadaniel

Grundy on a Monday.

Such a Funday.

Doctor Doom

Very well, Grundy wins.

deadonthestreet

I like your style, Doom.

Taskmaster

Doctor Doom wrote:

Beaver, you may chronicle the events. Doom needs a tiebreaker vote.

Fuck that and fuck him. I'm the one with the photographic memory, I'll be telling the recounts.

Sharp101

Man Fuck you guys.

Purple man dammit.


I warned you.

Bad Karma

Shit..I just realized that Black Adam didn't make it into the final list. Sad am I.

Captain Canuck

hey you know what I just realized
if somebody had said something about the shade's vulnerability to fire during the last tournament then he wouldn't have made it past the third round

Scooter

his what to what


why did nobody mention this

deadonthestreet

What what?

Damnit people.

Captain Canuck

it totally just occurred to me today
in one of his journals that's in the fourth trade he mentions a big theater fire
an actress he likes is stuck in it but he can't get to her

Yet fire is not my friend, nor that of the creatures I create from the shadows, so I was powerless to do anything but sit there and await the bad news.

Captain Canuck

if I'd've re-read the trades two months ago we wouldn't be in this mess!

SageinaRage

Know what would be a great matchup, totally not in the rules of this match (since it's between a hero and villain) ?

Hulk vs. Bizarro. Televized debate. No physical contact allowed.

Subject would be...who would win in an actual fight.

Would this be a great contest to behold, or am I just crazy?

robosagogo

Captain Canuck wrote:

hey you know what I just realized
if somebody had said something about the shade's vulnerability to fire during the last tournament then he wouldn't have made it past the third round

I don't remember that part.

Given that, I'm guessing it's not meant to be a weakness on par with Martian Manhunter's?

Keep in mind that Jonn ultimately didn't even lose to someone who could produce fire.

Scooter

Super early results:

Fight 7:

A:
Doctor Doom: 6
Bizarro: 0

B:
Poison Ivy: 3
Doctor Octopus: 3

C:
Mystique: 6
Ragdoll: 0


Electro: 6
Sportsmaster: 0


Fight 8:

A:
Spot: 2
MODOK: 4

B:
Nimrod: 5
Zoom: 1

C:
Mysterio: 6
Two-Face: 0


Abomination: 5
Metallo: 1


Man, did Bizarro ever get himself into the wrong fight. But then, it had to be somebody.

BIZARRO AM CHAMPION

deadonthestreet

Captain Canuck wrote:

hey you know what I just realized
if somebody had said something about the shade's vulnerability to fire during the last tournament then he wouldn't have made it past the third round

Actually, spectre-x would have just refused such a weakness existed and called everyone who thought it did stupid.

Septus

Gogo Nimrod!

Spectre-x

deadonthestreet wrote:

Captain Canuck wrote:

hey you know what I just realized
if somebody had said something about the shade's vulnerability to fire during the last tournament then he wouldn't have made it past the third round

Actually, spectre-x would have just refused such a weakness existed and called everyone who thought it did stupid.

Fuck you, shitfucker, that's not what I do. What I do is this: I look at each contestant and their powers and personalities and weaknesses, and I pick the winner accordingly. If I'd known about the Shade's weakness to fire, I would have adjusted my picks accordingly.

So fuck you, asshole.

Sharp101

Oh shit.


Burn.

Mai-Kero

Yeah, I'm reading through Starman now.

[spoiler:80fdd418fb]At one point a guy from the family shade pissed off knocks him out and leaves him in front of a fireplace, and then goes on a tirade about how great it's going to be to kill him. Shade's response is "That only works when I'm surrounded by fire you imbecile." and then he kills him.[/spoiler:80fdd418fb]

werehippy

Current results by my count:

Doom: 16
Bizarro: 4

Ivy: 14
Doc Ock: 6

Mystique: 20
Ragdoll: 0

Electro: 19
Sportsman: 1

MODOK: 14
Spot: 6

Nimrod: 12
Zoom: 8

Mysterio: 17
Two-Face: 3

Abomination: 17
Metallo: 3

Scooter

Dinnertime results:

Fight 7:

A:
Doctor Doom: 26
Bizarro: 4

B:
Poison Ivy: 24
Doctor Octopus: 6

C:
Mystique: 30
Ragdoll: 0


Electro: 28
Sportsmaster: 2


Fight 8:

A:
Spot: 9
MODOK: 21

B:
Nimrod: 17
Zoom: 13

C:
Mysterio: 26
Two-Face: 4


Abomination: 27
Metallo: 3


Looks like the Nimrod/Zoom fight will continue to be the contested one. Glad at least one of my noms gets to kick ass in one fight.

The Muffin Man

SageinaRage wrote:

Know what would be a great matchup, totally not in the rules of this match (since it's between a hero and villain) ?

Hulk vs. Bizarro. Televized debate. No physical contact allowed.

Subject would be...who would win in an actual fight.

Would this be a great contest to behold, or am I just crazy?

That would be amazing.

Actually, spectre-x would have just refused such a weakness existed and called everyone who thought it did stupid.

Well I don't think it'd be Spectre-X. Jordyn is the one who insisted that "NO GUYS, DESPITE SEEING HIM REACT FEARFULLY TO EVEN A SMALL FLAME, MM IS NOT THAT WEAK TO FIRE THAT HE FREAKS OUT OVER IT."

Munch

The Muffin Man wrote:

Well I don't think it'd be Spectre-X. Jordyn is the one who insisted that "NO GUYS, DESPITE SEEING HIM REACT FEARFULLY TO EVEN A SMALL FLAME, MM IS NOT THAT WEAK TO FIRE THAT HE FREAKS OUT OVER IT."

To be fair, sometimes a small flame significantly weakens martians (like when Batman made a ring of fire to beat up three white martians) and sometimes a martian can be completely engulfed in flame and still not be hurt (like when J'onn got lit up by nanobots). Then there's the whole thing about it having never been firmly established as to whether J'onn's fire weakness is a physical thing inherent to his race, or a mental thing gained from seeing the millions of funeral pyres burning across the surface of Mars. J'onn's powers and weaknesses seem to fluctuate pretty erratically.

Doctor Doom

The voting thread is up.

Doom apologizes for the delay. Richards tried to steal Doom's time machine again.

RICHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDS!!!

The Muffin Man

Doctor Doom wrote:

The voting thread is up.

Doom apologizes for the delay. Richards tried to steal Doom's time machine again.

RICHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDS!!!

This is officially the best post ever.

Mai-Kero

I've found Doom's one weakness.

Doctor Doom

Doom does not wear purple.

Whippy

that's more of a lavender

DarkPrimus

Besides, if it were Doom, he would be saying "Help, Doom is drowning!"

The Muffin Man

DarkPrimus wrote:

Besides, if it were Doom, he would be saying "Help, Doom is drowning!"

No, it'd be more along the line sof "Insolent fools! Doom cannot breathe underwater!"

werehippy

Rough counts of the current standings:

Apocalypse - 10
Ultron - 17

Mist - 20
Swarm - 7

Xorn - 23
Sabertooth - 4

Despero - 25
Spiral - 2

Servo

The Muffin Man wrote:

DarkPrimus wrote:

Besides, if it were Doom, he would be saying "Help, Doom is drowning!"

No, it'd be more along the line sof "Insolent fools! Doom cannot breathe underwater!"

i think you mean 'doom cannot breathe underwater yet!'