Plunging his fists into the molten heart of Shou-Lao the Undying gave Rand the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to focus his chi and enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. His strength, speed, reflexes and senses can all be intensified, making his already formidable martial arts skills even more so
The strength of his chi was enhanced, granted, but that doesn't change the fact that he's utilizing a natural source of energy present in all humans to perform extraordinary feats.
GG was able to summon ghost in the past, right? Just exactly where, did these spirits come from? If they were just chilling in GG's mansion or whatever, it isn't relevant to this fight, but if GG called those dudes from hell, he could literally have "spiritual support" in this fight.
More importantly, isn't Doom's Mother in hell? If ghost could get to her before Doom, he could use her as a hostage/barganing chip.
As for TM vs. Nimrod, TM has a fairly sensable way of winning:
Step one: Run the hell away from Nimrod.
Step two: Find nuclear warhear/missle/some other thing that makes a cataclysmic explosion.
Step three: lure Nimrod to location of aforementioned
Plunging his fists into the molten heart of Shou-Lao the Undying gave Rand the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to focus his chi and enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. His strength, speed, reflexes and senses can all be intensified, making his already formidable martial arts skills even more so
The strength of his chi was enhanced, granted, but that doesn't change the fact that he's utilizing a natural source of energy present in all humans to perform extraordinary feats.
right
which taskmaster can't do
because he's not iron fist
But he can copy a wide range of other martial arts masters who, thanks to being in a fictional universe, can use their chi in similar ways. He references Hindu ascetics at one point, suggesting that he can copy metaphysical abilities along with those that appear to be purely phyiscal.
In any case, my point was that "normal guy" doesn't apply to Taskmaster and that the things a normal guy may achieve in the Marvel universe far exceed what we can do.
Nimrod is a mutant-hunting android Sentinel from an alternate future
Nimrod is the most highly advanced form of Sentinel robot possible for the technology of his native time period and reality to create.
Nimrod contains highly advanced computer systems as well as scanning devices that make it possible for him to determine whether a human being is a superhuman or not, and if he or she is, to determine the nature of his or her superhuman abilities.
So lets see, he´s a) from the future, b) is the most advanced sentinel possible c)highly advanced computer and d)is able to determine the nature ofsuperhuman abilities.
Oh, and the best part of the article? In the present, he fought and single-handedly defeated the Juggernaut.
At that time, Juggernaut was not considered a mutant (only post-quesada did Juggy have some "mutant explanation" slapped-on, so it seems Nimrod has no qualms to beating up a hostile superhuman.
Nimrod blows Taskmaster up and goes off hunting muties.
Doctor Doom wins too.
also, the whole point of chi is that you can't just focus it at will
it's not a physical motion that tm can imitate.
it's an internal training thing
He can speak Japanese after watching a movie marathon. He can copy a person's voice accurately enough to fool voice verification systems.
You couldn't do either of those things purely by copying the physical motions involved in them, of which only a small part are visible.
And like I said, the implication was that he could copy the metaphysical abilities of a Hindu ascetic.
those are pretty broad applications of his ability to instantly imitate any movement he sees
and are you inferring the japanese thing from that page that keeps getting posted where he kills those japanese dudes in a car? because if you're inferring that he learned japanese from a chow yun fat marathon, i've got bad news for you- chow yun fat movies are in chinese. he learned japanese somewhere else.
and i actually disagree about the vocal thing. a skilled mimic could easily pick up someone's vocal pattern just by listening to it and there is no more skilled mimic than taskmaster.
the chi thing is still a matter of training and there is absolutely no implication that he could just learn that by watching it
and i actually disagree about the vocal thing. a skilled mimic could easily pick up someone's vocal pattern just by listening to it and there is no more skilled mimic than taskmaster.
[quote]Gentleman Ghost is apparently unable to hurt or be hurt by virgins. This is confirmed by his inability to do harm to both Stargirl and Jakeem Thunder.[/quote]
??????
And Dr Doom is a noble right?
As a supernatural being, Gentleman Ghost cannot be killed and is very hard to hurt. Those with royal blood can physically harm him and it's assumed that people who wield magic could harm him as well.
Since we aready know that Nimrod beats Juggy and Tasskmaster lost to Deadpool and the obvious conclusion, can anyone answer me this?
Why the hell is Superman fighting Gentleman Ghost? Does the flintlock pistol do any harm at all to Sues or something?
Powers: Spectral ability to turn invisible and incorporeal. Renders any body part who touches him deathly cold.
I can picture it now
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Benjamin Franklin used foil covered window glass to create a capacitor. He then attempted to kill a turkey with the stored charge. Instead, he knocked himself out. Franklin later wrote, "I tried to kill a turkey but nearly succeeded in killing a goose."
As a supernatural being, Gentleman Ghost cannot be killed and is very hard to hurt. Those with royal blood can physically harm him and it's assumed that people who wield magic could harm him as well.
oh god he's going to wear ghost's face as a mask in triumph but nobody will ever be able to tell
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Taskmaster wins because I say so.
And he nukes the town.
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Was Deadpool in a hero tournament? I'd vote for him constantly with the raging boner i've had for him...since..forever.
Also, seeing GG paired up against Doom gave me a hearty laugh. Greatly appreciated. Doom advances without contest. Tasky...might be dead. Intelligent debate to come in a moment.
Was Deadpool in a hero tournament? I'd vote for him constantly with the raging boner i've had for him...since..forever.
Also, seeing GG paired up against Doom gave me a hearty laugh. Greatly appreciated. Doom advances without contest. Tasky...might be dead. Intelligent debate to come in a moment.
Yeah, he was in the tournament up until the Rogue v. Supes v. Constantine v. Deadpool match.
As to the fight...I don't think Nimrod's going down just on Taskmaster's persuasiveness. And we all know that's a pretty lame way to win a fight anyway. Even with the increased speed of TM, pink boy can still just teleport about him, right?
Was Deadpool in a hero tournament? I'd vote for him constantly with the raging boner i've had for him...since..forever.
Also, seeing GG paired up against Doom gave me a hearty laugh. Greatly appreciated. Doom advances without contest. Tasky...might be dead. Intelligent debate to come in a moment.
Yeah, he was in the tournament up until the Rogue v. Supes v. Constantine v. Deadpool match.
As to the fight...I don't think Nimrod's going down just on Taskmaster's persuasiveness. And we all know that's a pretty lame way to win a fight anyway. Even with the increased speed of TM, pink boy can still just teleport about him, right?
Taskmaster is so boned. He has no chance against Nimrod. Taskmaster may have the moves of every fighter and super being in the Marvel U. But that is just the moves, he doesn't gain super strength or anything like that so he has no way to physically attack Nimrod.
Detonating a nuke would not work either. Nimrod can interface with computers, if Tasky tried to blow him up with one Nimrod could just tap into the computer terminal and cancel the launch. Even if he was somehow lured away he could just teleport where he needed to be in an instant and stop the launch.
Taskmaster isn't super-Jesus. Don't let him be like the Shade from the heroes. Nimrod will shoot him. With lasers.
Doom and Nimrod move on, and I still stick by my round one prediction of loki v. doom in the finals, with loki moving on to fight thor in the super-finals.
I'm going to have to say Nimrod, I mean really. Nimrod should know by NOW that he's a a massive villain battle tournament. He shouldn't be tricked into doing something as stupid as stand next to a nuke while TM hides in this bunker.
I know Nimrod has this in he bag but I dont want to vote for him because I fucking hate Nimrod
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edited January 2007
I was thinking how absurd it is that nobody thinks to beat a super-robot with a logical paradox until it's rampaged for quite some time, until I realized that I hadn't thought of it until now.
Given TM's photographic memory, that he watches a ton of TV, and there are countless shows (including futurama) where a robot gets his head exploded by a logical paradox.
So yeah, screw nukes. Logical paradox wins.
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I love Tasky as much as the next raving fanboy, btu the truth is he just doesn't have a chance against Nimrod. The chance to copy physical movements =/= the ability to copy strategict tact, physical strength or invulnerability.
From when he somehow beat Zoom? Without any possibility being there of that happening?
Wha-pow, it comes right back at him so hard he ceases to exist.
Trust me, it's science.
Science.
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I love Tasky as much as the next raving fanboy, btu the truth is he just doesn't have a chance against Nimrod. The chance to copy physical movements =/= the ability to copy strategict tact, physical strength or invulnerability.
Oh, and Doom for the win.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Too bad there are multiple futures that continue to exist even if the present stops leading to them. Otherwise, Taskmaster create a nucleaur holocaust and circumvents Nimrod's own existence. Also, too bad Taskmaster never met Magnus, Robot Fighter.
Taskmaster could, however, convince Nimrod to spare his life in exchange for promising to be his agent in the past by furthering the anti-mutant agenda and ensuring that the Days of the Future Past do come to pass. With his skills at mimicry and complete body control, he could fake sincerity enough to pass the lie detector test.
Nimrod, meanwhile, would know that someone as talented as Taskmaster who can call upon the most successful and charismatic leaders of the past can change the world far more than the average killer robot.
Well, Taskmaster managed to stalemate Iron Man (pre-Extremis), so it's not like he's just going to get steamrolled by Nimrod. Still, Nimrod has the obvious edge in pure power. I really, really don't want to fucking vote for him though.
The nuke scenario is pretty unlikely. Los Alamos isn't a nuclear lanuch facility, it's more of a nuclear repair and R&D facillity. They don't have nukes lying around armed ready to go off. Besides Doom never said the place was cleared, I'm pretty sure the security forces aren't just gonna let either contestant waltz into a lab and set off a nuke (assuming they even knew how to make it go).
I think TM's only chance is his grim logic attack.
ps. Does anyone but me see that Doom has set up the bracket to virtually garuntee himself a final two slot? Now that's what I call genius-level intellect.
From when he somehow beat Zoom? Without any possibility being there of that happening?
Wha-pow, it comes right back at him so hard he ceases to exist.
Trust me, it's science.
Science.
It's good to know you're not bitter. It would be a bit sad to carry a grudge like that for the better part of two months. Im proud to see your above that sort of childish behavior.
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The nuke scenario is pretty unlikely. Los Alamos isn't a nuclear lanuch facility, it's more of a nuclear repair and R&D facillity. They don't have nukes lying around armed ready to go off. Besides Doom never said the place was cleared, I'm pretty sure the security forces aren't just gonna let either contestant waltz into a lab and set off a nuke (assuming they even knew how to make it go).
I think TM's only chance is his grim logic attack.
ps. Does anyone but me see that Doom has set up the bracket to virtually garuntee himself a final two slot? Now that's what I call genius-level intellect.
That's what I was thinking too. If it's staffed, they'll sooner go after Nimrod than Taskmaster, especially since he has an image inducer. Eventually everyone who is deployable would go after Nimrod.
Nimrod would himself have to self-destruct because decimating the security forces of the US government would leave it weakened against a mutant uprising and being attacked by a Sentinel (even if the Sentinel was only defending itself against security forces) would probably ensure that the Sentinel program as a whole gets scrapped. Both circumvent the Days of the Future Past, at least for that particular timeline.
Remember that Nimrod will always do whatever is most likely to destroy all mutants, even if it means losing the tourney.
The nuke scenario is pretty unlikely. Los Alamos isn't a nuclear lanuch facility, it's more of a nuclear repair and R&D facillity. They don't have nukes lying around armed ready to go off. Besides Doom never said the place was cleared, I'm pretty sure the security forces aren't just gonna let either contestant waltz into a lab and set off a nuke (assuming they even knew how to make it go).
I think TM's only chance is his grim logic attack.
ps. Does anyone but me see that Doom has set up the bracket to virtually garuntee himself a final two slot? Now that's what I call genius-level intellect.
That's what I was thinking too. If it's staffed, they'll sooner go after Nimrod than Taskmaster, especially since he has an image inducer. Eventually everyone who is deployable would go after Nimrod.
Nimrod would himself have to self-destruct because decimating the security forces of the US government would leave it weakened against a mutant uprising and being attacked by a Sentinel (even if the Sentinel was only defending itself against security forces) would probably ensure that the Sentinel program as a whole gets scrapped. Both circumvent the Days of the Future Past, at least for that particular timeline.
Remember that Nimrod will always do whatever is most likely to destroy all mutants, even if it means losing the tourney.
From when he somehow beat Zoom? Without any possibility being there of that happening?
Wha-pow, it comes right back at him so hard he ceases to exist.
Trust me, it's science.
Science.
It's good to know you're not bitter. It would be a bit sad to carry a grudge like that for the better part of two months. Im proud to see your above that sort of childish behavior.
You've been sniping at him nearly every time he posts, so that's a little bit of the pot calling the kettle black, isn't it?
The nuke scenario is pretty unlikely. Los Alamos isn't a nuclear lanuch facility, it's more of a nuclear repair and R&D facillity. They don't have nukes lying around armed ready to go off. Besides Doom never said the place was cleared, I'm pretty sure the security forces aren't just gonna let either contestant waltz into a lab and set off a nuke (assuming they even knew how to make it go).
I think TM's only chance is his grim logic attack.
ps. Does anyone but me see that Doom has set up the bracket to virtually garuntee himself a final two slot? Now that's what I call genius-level intellect.
That's what I was thinking too. If it's staffed, they'll sooner go after Nimrod than Taskmaster, especially since he has an image inducer. Eventually everyone who is deployable would go after Nimrod.
Nimrod would himself have to self-destruct because decimating the security forces of the US government would leave it weakened against a mutant uprising and being attacked by a Sentinel (even if the Sentinel was only defending itself against security forces) would probably ensure that the Sentinel program as a whole gets scrapped. Both circumvent the Days of the Future Past, at least for that particular timeline.
Remember that Nimrod will always do whatever is most likely to destroy all mutants, even if it means losing the tourney.
I doubt that small arms fire can hurt nimrod.
It's the comic book version of one of the most fiercely protected areas in the United States. They probably have more than guns. Even if they don't, someone with a rocket launcher and EMP weaponry is bound to helicopter in immediately.
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which taskmaster can't do
because he's not iron fist
1. no, she's not there anymore
2. where does tm go after step 3?
But he can copy a wide range of other martial arts masters who, thanks to being in a fictional universe, can use their chi in similar ways. He references Hindu ascetics at one point, suggesting that he can copy metaphysical abilities along with those that appear to be purely phyiscal.
In any case, my point was that "normal guy" doesn't apply to Taskmaster and that the things a normal guy may achieve in the Marvel universe far exceed what we can do.
it's not a physical motion that tm can imitate.
it's an internal training thing
He can speak Japanese after watching a movie marathon. He can copy a person's voice accurately enough to fool voice verification systems.
You couldn't do either of those things purely by copying the physical motions involved in them, of which only a small part are visible.
And like I said, the implication was that he could copy the metaphysical abilities of a Hindu ascetic.
Good point, because according to wiki-
Nimrod is a mutant-hunting android Sentinel from an alternate future
Nimrod is the most highly advanced form of Sentinel robot possible for the technology of his native time period and reality to create.
Nimrod contains highly advanced computer systems as well as scanning devices that make it possible for him to determine whether a human being is a superhuman or not, and if he or she is, to determine the nature of his or her superhuman abilities.
So lets see, he´s a) from the future, b) is the most advanced sentinel possible c)highly advanced computer and d)is able to determine the nature ofsuperhuman abilities.
Oh, and the best part of the article?
In the present, he fought and single-handedly defeated the Juggernaut.
At that time, Juggernaut was not considered a mutant (only post-quesada did Juggy have some "mutant explanation" slapped-on, so it seems Nimrod has no qualms to beating up a hostile superhuman.
Nimrod blows Taskmaster up and goes off hunting muties.
Doctor Doom wins too.
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those are pretty broad applications of his ability to instantly imitate any movement he sees
and are you inferring the japanese thing from that page that keeps getting posted where he kills those japanese dudes in a car? because if you're inferring that he learned japanese from a chow yun fat marathon, i've got bad news for you- chow yun fat movies are in chinese. he learned japanese somewhere else.
and i actually disagree about the vocal thing. a skilled mimic could easily pick up someone's vocal pattern just by listening to it and there is no more skilled mimic than taskmaster.
the chi thing is still a matter of training and there is absolutely no implication that he could just learn that by watching it
i mean, kevin spacey can do it
tm is better than kevin spacey
Why the hell is Superman fighting Gentleman Ghost? Does the flintlock pistol do any harm at all to Sues or something?
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[quote]Gentleman Ghost is apparently unable to hurt or be hurt by virgins. This is confirmed by his inability to do harm to both Stargirl and Jakeem Thunder.[/quote]
??????
And Dr Doom is a noble right?
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And he nukes the town.
And blew Tokyo up.
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With a nuke.
Also, seeing GG paired up against Doom gave me a hearty laugh. Greatly appreciated. Doom advances without contest. Tasky...might be dead. Intelligent debate to come in a moment.
Yeah, he was in the tournament up until the Rogue v. Supes v. Constantine v. Deadpool match.
As to the fight...I don't think Nimrod's going down just on Taskmaster's persuasiveness. And we all know that's a pretty lame way to win a fight anyway. Even with the increased speed of TM, pink boy can still just teleport about him, right?
Contastine won right?
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Detonating a nuke would not work either. Nimrod can interface with computers, if Tasky tried to blow him up with one Nimrod could just tap into the computer terminal and cancel the launch. Even if he was somehow lured away he could just teleport where he needed to be in an instant and stop the launch.
Doom and Nimrod move on, and I still stick by my round one prediction of loki v. doom in the finals, with loki moving on to fight thor in the super-finals.
Given TM's photographic memory, that he watches a ton of TV, and there are countless shows (including futurama) where a robot gets his head exploded by a logical paradox.
So yeah, screw nukes. Logical paradox wins.
Oh, and Doom for the win.
Because of Karma.
From when he somehow beat Zoom? Without any possibility being there of that happening?
Wha-pow, it comes right back at him so hard he ceases to exist.
Trust me, it's science.
Science.
Taskmaster could, however, convince Nimrod to spare his life in exchange for promising to be his agent in the past by furthering the anti-mutant agenda and ensuring that the Days of the Future Past do come to pass. With his skills at mimicry and complete body control, he could fake sincerity enough to pass the lie detector test.
Nimrod, meanwhile, would know that someone as talented as Taskmaster who can call upon the most successful and charismatic leaders of the past can change the world far more than the average killer robot.
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I think TM's only chance is his grim logic attack.
ps. Does anyone but me see that Doom has set up the bracket to virtually garuntee himself a final two slot? Now that's what I call genius-level intellect.
It's good to know you're not bitter. It would be a bit sad to carry a grudge like that for the better part of two months. Im proud to see your above that sort of childish behavior.
You're the bitchiest man in existence. I hope your vag bleeds for 2 weeks.
That's what I was thinking too. If it's staffed, they'll sooner go after Nimrod than Taskmaster, especially since he has an image inducer. Eventually everyone who is deployable would go after Nimrod.
Nimrod would himself have to self-destruct because decimating the security forces of the US government would leave it weakened against a mutant uprising and being attacked by a Sentinel (even if the Sentinel was only defending itself against security forces) would probably ensure that the Sentinel program as a whole gets scrapped. Both circumvent the Days of the Future Past, at least for that particular timeline.
Remember that Nimrod will always do whatever is most likely to destroy all mutants, even if it means losing the tourney.
Karma's now science, huh?
I doubt that small arms fire can hurt nimrod.
You've been sniping at him nearly every time he posts, so that's a little bit of the pot calling the kettle black, isn't it?
And eventually, they'll call in the Avengers.