Contest Of Marvels Discussion Thread

[Sparta*]

I don't think Shaman counts haha he's not Sha-man, its just Shaman :p

[POWdER-man]

yeah I know I was stretching but it was worth a shot....:rolleyes:

[JewishHobbit]

Dang Phaed,.. good job on all that you've done today. I have to say, I am very much interested in the teams of two idea. That'd put an interesting twist on the typical tournaments while cutting the time of the tournament down by half. Definately interested in that one!

[Sparta*]

Yea, the teams of two idea is definatley sweet. I like how, if they both happen to be x-men or avengers or whatever, they will be more powerful because they know how to work together :up:

[POWdER-man]

Hmm Tag team matches....that sounds cool....

As long as I can bring in the chairs, ladders and tables...:o

Wow this next round is going to go by quick in 8 weeks...I was looking at my matches per week and I have matches every week, with only one week with one match, and most are 2 and 3 and one at 4. That's probably the case with a lot of contestants....

[JewishHobbit]

Man, after looking at all my matches this round, I'm thinking most of my 2nd stringers (as in the characters who aren't Uber powerful) are gonna go bye bye. I was all excited about Doppleganger, but he's freakin going against the Tri-Sentinel,.. so little chance there. There's a lot of even matches I think that I may be able to pull off, but it'll be tough. The one match where it looks like I'll get killed, but I think I can pull it off is my Nico Minoru Vs Thunderstrike. I have some ideas for that one.

All in all, round 2 is gonna be really tough!

[Phaedrus45]

Man, after looking at all my matches this round, I'm thinking most of my 2nd stringers (as in the characters who aren't Uber powerful) are gonna go bye bye. I was all excited about Doppleganger, but he's freakin going against the Tri-Sentinel,.. so little chance there. There's a lot of even matches I think that I may be able to pull off, but it'll be tough. The one match where it looks like I'll get killed, but I think I can pull it off is my Nico Minoru Vs Thunderstrike. I have some ideas for that one.

All in all, round 2 is gonna be really tough!

Yeah, what a difference from Round 1. There are a few that I'm already saying goodbye to.

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I am going to have some tough matches this round...mostly versus Blaze

I figured it out at home but I have...

8 Blaze
2 Sparta*
2 Phaedrus
2 Victor
1 Death's Head
1 Harlekin
1 Nightwing
1 JH
1 Midnight Ice
2 against each other

[Johnny Blaze]

Dragon Man Vs Wonder Man should be a close one. :up:

[POWdER-man]

Terrax vs Iron Man should be another....:up:

Plus there is a handful of interesting matches...Doc Ock vs Goblin Queen, Carnage vs Drax, Lady Deathsrike vs Kang, Gilgamesh vs Thunderbird, etc...

I think I will have trouble with Nathaniel Richards vs Kulan Gath

[Nightwing.]

well ive been given some crap i can tell you.i dont have any cosmics or any powerful big hitters.im lucky i still have the juggernaut otherwise id be out by the end of this round.

man what a sucky team line up

how was i chosen again?

[Phaedrus45]

well ive been given some crap i can tell you.i dont have any cosmics or any powerful big hitters.im lucky i still have the juggernaut otherwise id be out by the end of this round.

man what a sucky team line up

how was i chosen again?

Hmmm...you have Stepford Cuckoos, Multiple Man, Heimdall, Rhino, and Juggernaut...oh, and Bullseye if in the right location can take out some heavy hitters.

Stepford Cuckoos vs. Enchantress
Avalanche vs. Bloodwraith
Ezekial vs. Whirlwind
Dust vs. Omega Red
Rockslide vs. Blob
Multiple Man vs. Mach IV
Fantomex vs. Monet
Sunfire-Exiles vs. Valkyrie
Silver Sable vs. Durok
Heimdall vs. Richochet
Shola Inkose vs. Union Jack
Blastaar vs. Firestar
Rhino vs. Gauntlet
Cannonball vs. Bullseye
Diamond Lil vs. Juggernaut
Mastermold vs. Gambit

Hmmm...I see 10 wins that I give you an advantage with your matches...and only about 4 that are going to be really difficult for you. But, you might be able to give convincing arguments to pretty much every match. Heck, I would bet the majority would have thought that Hulk had Jack Of Hearts number; but, sometimes if you research, you can find an instance where the other doesn't stand a chance. Plus, let's not forget that Stiltman had a contest won until the location was decided upon...and Dark Beast won his match due to a location too.

[Nightwing.]

i aint convinced in all honesty.it still looks pretty grim prospects

[WOLVERINE25TH]

YOU got it bad? Dude, look at my freakin' line-up. I'm th' freakin' B & C list king!

[JewishHobbit]

I have some real good characters, but a lot of tough matches I think:

Jean Grey (JH) vs. Ghost Rider-Danny (WOLVERINE)
Hyperion-Exiles (JH) vs. Llyron-Fathom 5 (BRODIE)
Nico Minoru (JH) vs. Thunderstrike (HARLEKIN)
Doppleganger (JH) vs. Tri-Sentinel (WOLVERINE)
New Son (JH) vs. Polaris (NIGHTWOLF)
Thunderbird - Exiles (JH) vs. Shanna The She-Devil (POWDERMAN) (haha)
Blink - Exiles (JH) vs. Jack Of Hearts (PHAED)
Cameron Hodge (PHAED) vs. Supreme Intelligence (JH)
Murmur (JH) vs. Banshee (NIGHTWOLF)
Nova (JH) vs. Mimic - Exiles (HARLEKIN)
Demogoblin (JH) vs. Taskmaster (VICTOR)
Invisible Woman (JH) vs. Zaladane (HARLEKIN)
Abyss (JH) vs. Guardian (SPARTA)
Ricochet (JH) vs. Heimdall (NIGHTWING)
Spidercide (JH) vs. Bloodaxe (SPARTA)
Washout - Weapon X (JH) vs. Gateway (WOLVERINE)
Shadow King (JH) vs. Thing (SPARTA)
Sphinx (JH) vs. Bishop (NIGHTWOLF)
Hydroman (JH) vs. Kristoff (NIGHTWOLF)
Karnak (JH) vs. Thena (BLAZE)
Gorgon (JH) vs. Malice (SPARTA)

[Phaedrus45]

I have some real good characters, but a lot of tough matches I think:

Jean Grey (JH) vs. Ghost Rider-Danny (WOLVERINE)
Hyperion-Exiles (JH) vs. Llyron-Fathom 5 (BRODIE)
Nico Minoru (JH) vs. Thunderstrike (HARLEKIN)
Doppleganger (JH) vs. Tri-Sentinel (WOLVERINE)
New Son (JH) vs. Polaris (NIGHTWOLF)
Thunderbird - Exiles (JH) vs. Shanna The She-Devil (POWDERMAN) (haha)
Blink - Exiles (JH) vs. Jack Of Hearts (PHAED)
Cameron Hodge (PHAED) vs. Supreme Intelligence (JH)
Murmur (JH) vs. Banshee (NIGHTWOLF)
Nova (JH) vs. Mimic - Exiles (HARLEKIN)
Demogoblin (JH) vs. Taskmaster (VICTOR)
Invisible Woman (JH) vs. Zaladane (HARLEKIN)
Abyss (JH) vs. Guardian (SPARTA)
Ricochet (JH) vs. Heimdall (NIGHTWING)
Spidercide (JH) vs. Bloodaxe (SPARTA)
Washout - Weapon X (JH) vs. Gateway (WOLVERINE)
Shadow King (JH) vs. Thing (SPARTA)
Sphinx (JH) vs. Bishop (NIGHTWOLF)
Hydroman (JH) vs. Kristoff (NIGHTWOLF)
Karnak (JH) vs. Thena (BLAZE)
Gorgon (JH) vs. Malice (SPARTA)

Oh, man....those are some tough matches. You're going to have your hands full. i see only about 3 or 4 definite wins...the rest is going to take the best of your debating skills.

[POWdER-man]

I have some real good characters, but a lot of tough matches I think:

Jean Grey (JH) vs. Ghost Rider-Danny (WOLVERINE)
Hyperion-Exiles (JH) vs. Llyron-Fathom 5 (BRODIE)
Nico Minoru (JH) vs. Thunderstrike (HARLEKIN)
Doppleganger (JH) vs. Tri-Sentinel (WOLVERINE)
New Son (JH) vs. Polaris (NIGHTWOLF)
Thunderbird - Exiles (JH) vs. Shanna The She-Devil (POWDERMAN) (haha)
Blink - Exiles (JH) vs. Jack Of Hearts (PHAED)
Cameron Hodge (PHAED) vs. Supreme Intelligence (JH)
Murmur (JH) vs. Banshee (NIGHTWOLF)
Nova (JH) vs. Mimic - Exiles (HARLEKIN)
Demogoblin (JH) vs. Taskmaster (VICTOR)
Invisible Woman (JH) vs. Zaladane (HARLEKIN)
Abyss (JH) vs. Guardian (SPARTA)
Ricochet (JH) vs. Heimdall (NIGHTWING)
Spidercide (JH) vs. Bloodaxe (SPARTA)
Washout - Weapon X (JH) vs. Gateway (WOLVERINE)
Shadow King (JH) vs. Thing (SPARTA)
Sphinx (JH) vs. Bishop (NIGHTWOLF)
Hydroman (JH) vs. Kristoff (NIGHTWOLF)
Karnak (JH) vs. Thena (BLAZE)
Gorgon (JH) vs. Malice (SPARTA)

Oh I see, you HAD to put a haha against my character.... :o

Well she IS a woman, she could seduce him and bring him back to her bed. Then all she has to do is go Basic Instinct on his ass and shove an ice pick down his throat...

Haha, So the laugh is on you...:o

[POWdER-man]

ATTENTION

I only have 5 lists so far for the awards. It started off strong but has sputtered to a halt. If you could get those votes into me that would be greatly appreciated. The more involvement in the voting I have, the better the results will be. Right now I might have multiple ties in different categories so if I can get a few more lists I will be happy.

[deathshead2]

Man, after looking at all my matches this round, I'm thinking most of my 2nd stringers (as in the characters who aren't Uber powerful) are gonna go bye bye. I was all excited about Doppleganger, but he's freakin going against the Tri-Sentinel,.. so little chance there. There's a lot of even matches I think that I may be able to pull off, but it'll be tough. The one match where it looks like I'll get killed, but I think I can pull it off is my Nico Minoru Vs Thunderstrike. I have some ideas for that one.

All in all, round 2 is gonna be really tough!Its been awhile and I can't remember but do I own the tri-sentinal? Also can someone give a list of who I have left i'v been tring to keep up with the list but everytime I make one it get thrown away. Also can someone give me a list of mty matches.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Um, no.

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[deathshead2]

Oh you own him it been a while can't keep up with who I own.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

If ya check page 19, Phead made a whole list of th' matches with th' owner names.

[deathshead2]

I looked I only saw how many matchs I won and lost?

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Look again, dude. Start at the top of th' page an' scroll down, Phaed listed all th' upcomin' matches.

[POWdER-man]

Here you go...

Death's Head: (Bracket 1) Human Torch-Tara, Victor Mancha, Death's Head II (Bracket 2) Scarlet Spider, Beta Ray Bill (Bracket 3) Brother Vodoo (Bracket 4) Kane-Weapon X (Bracket 5) Living Lightning, Deathlok (Bracket 6) Cloak (Bracket 7) Lord Templar, Mastermold (Bracket 8) Sleepwalker, Justice
9.Charles Xavier(POWDERMAN)

vs.

10.Human Torch-Tara(DEATH'S HEAD)


17.Victor Mancha(DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

18.Iron Clad - U-Foes(BRODIE)

31.Rogue(NIGHTWOLF)

vs.

32.Death's Head II(DEATH'S HEAD)

7.High Evolutionary (PHAED)

vs.

8.Scarlet Spider (DEATH'S HEAD)


11.Beta Ray Bill (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

12.Selene (PHAED)

11.Brother Vodoo (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

12.Unus The Untouchable (PHAED)

11.Kane - Weapon X (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

12.Vargas (NIGHTWOLF)

3.Maverick (WOLVERINE)

vs.

4.Living Lightning (DEATH'S HEAD)


29.Deathlok (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

30.Apocalypse (WIEGEABO)

13.Cloak (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

14.Super Adaptoid (WIEGEABO)

21.Lord Templar (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

22.Pulsar (BRODIE)


27.Mastermold (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

28.Gambit (NIGHTWING)

15.Moses Magnum (MIDNIGHT ICE)

vs.

16.Sleepwalker (DEATH'S HEAD)
23.Justice (DEATH'S HEAD)

vs.

24.Mr. Fantastic (VICTOR)

[deathshead2]

thanks thers some hard fights in there and some hard debates but I think I can win some.

[POWdER-man]

Well guys, here are the results of the voting. Some interesting results with one tie between me and Phaedrus for best debater. Thank you for those of you who voted. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your votes.

Unfortunately, I was a little dissapointed that I didn't get more votes in with only 6 lists including mine. But anyways here are the results.

1. The best match -

Absorbing Man vs. Joseph

2.The best debater:

TIE Phaedrus and Powderman

3. The most sportsmanlike:

Sparta

4. The best strategy:

Silver Sable vs. Gargoyle

5. The biggest upset:

Count Nefaria vs. War Machine

6.The most one-sided match:

Thanos vs. Hebzibah

7. The Best character who....got screwed:

Spider-man vs. Mimic

8. The best location:

Dessert Ruins

9. The Worst location

NY City

10.The toughest decision:

Kurse vs. Malice

11. The funniest remark or strategy:

Cyber vs. Dormammu

[WOLVERINE25TH]

What?! No love fer Cardiac?! He was frigged up so bad I didn't even vote fer him!

Yeesh, I tell ya.

At least my Cyber strategy was appreciated. :P

[wiegeabo]

I didn't get the chance to vote. Just never had the time to put my list together. But I'm pretty happy with the results anyhow.

And I'm glad the Kurse/Malice battle made it. For a bit I though we might tie a second time.

[Phaedrus45]

Let Round Two Begin!!!

Brackets for the first match-ups to follow soon.

[Phaedrus45]

OK, brackets are up, but no bios or photos yet. Normally, I can get the bios up, but the computer at work is acting wacky, and I'm not getting my usual edit features with The Hype. It will come up later tonight when I'm babysitting my daughter while the rest of the family sees Harry Potter. (Side note: I love to say babysitting when it comes to my own kids. I learned long ago that it peeves the women off, because they all yell at me, "It's not babysitting when it's your own kids! It's parenting!!!" Also, since I wanted my mom to go to the Harry movie...she's always having to take care of the kids...I went to the midnight show by myself last night. What can I say? Best Harry Potter movie yet!!!)

[JewishHobbit]

heh,.. I need to start using that term in reguards to my own kids :) I know it'll drive my wife nuts :)

[Phaedrus45]

heh,.. I need to start using that term in reguards to my own kids :) I know it'll drive my wife nuts :)

There are just certain ways to drive a woman crazy.

You know, I was thinking the other day...the women at my second job (which is about a 80-20% split in their favor, easily) always seem to have something negative about men. But, that is so very normal. Men are like this, husbands are like that. I've heard so much men bashing in my 20 years of retail; but, it's normal like I said. NOW, I've learned that one place you generally don't want to go is say a woman or wife is a certain way. A man can get accussed of sexism real quick for that. I will see a movie, like North County with Charlize Theron, and I understand and sympathize with the way women have been treated. But, today is really a scary time to be a man. Men and women want to be equal, but it's not equal.

I have gone through moments these past few years that have made me realize that you have to prove yourself as a man being innocent. When my ex became manic/depressive and attacked me in front of our two kids, I had to prove that it wasn't me who was at fault...because, my ex wasn't anyone I knew at that time. It was as if she had been possessed by someone else. She would tell the doctors, paramedics, and police these crazy stories, and if it wasn't for professionals that knew what I was going through, they were ready to release her and not believe anything that truely happened. They actually said to me, "We hear you are cheating on your wife and also have a child with another woman. We hear that you are giving this woman thousands of dollars a month." And, then when I finally convince them of the truth, they tell me, "Your wife is very believable." I remember after she attacked me, hitting me in the head at least 10 times, they made me go into her hospital room to try to see if she'd attack me or lash out at me again. Of course, I saw the anger in her eyes when I walked in; but, then, she saw them and her demeanor changed. I thought to myself, if I was female, would they do this to me?

Man, don't know how I got off on that rant.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I blame feminazis. Although, when me an' my wife first talked about movin' in together, she said she was gonna do all th' household chores an' left me none. Talkin' laundy, cookin', cleanin'...th' works. Of course I split th' jobs down th' middle (takin' th' ones I like least). I don't wanna maid, I want a wife.

[POWdER-man]

Location is coming up...

This week the matches will be held at the city of Attilan

Attilan is the ancestral home of the Inhumans, a highly advanced offshoot of the human race. This small island is in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, located about two hundred miles southweet of Iceland.

You are free to fight anywhere in the city, air or water. This city comes complete with roads,buildings, parks, and fortresses. So feel free to use them in your strategy.

[JewishHobbit]

There are just certain ways to drive a woman crazy.

You know, I was thinking the other day...the women at my second job (which is about a 80-20% split in their favor, easily) always seem to have something negative about men. But, that is so very normal. Men are like this, husbands are like that. I've heard so much men bashing in my 20 years of retail; but, it's normal like I said. NOW, I've learned that one place you generally don't want to go is say a woman or wife is a certain way. A man can get accussed of sexism real quick for that. I will see a movie, like North County with Charlize Theron, and I understand and sympathize with the way women have been treated. But, today is really a scary time to be a man. Men and women want to be equal, but it's not equal.

I have gone through moments these past few years that have made me realize that you have to prove yourself as a man being innocent. When my ex became manic/depressive and attacked me in front of our two kids, I had to prove that it wasn't me who was at fault...because, my ex wasn't anyone I knew at that time. It was as if she had been possessed by someone else. She would tell the doctors, paramedics, and police these crazy stories, and if it wasn't for professionals that knew what I was going through, they were ready to release her and not believe anything that truely happened. They actually said to me, "We hear you are cheating on your wife and also have a child with another woman. We hear that you are giving this woman thousands of dollars a month." And, then when I finally convince them of the truth, they tell me, "Your wife is very believable." I remember after she attacked me, hitting me in the head at least 10 times, they made me go into her hospital room to try to see if she'd attack me or lash out at me again. Of course, I saw the anger in her eyes when I walked in; but, then, she saw them and her demeanor changed. I thought to myself, if I was female, would they do this to me?

Man, don't know how I got off on that rant.


Eh, it never hurts to express a dislike, as long as it's fairly tasteful, and you were, so it's cool. But yeah, I've noticed this stuff myself. One of my best friends dated this girl for about 6 years, and though everything thought they were going to be married, a few of us wondered. She was extremely controling, and jealous, etc. Well, they would break up and get back together again on a whim, and finally one day he had enough of it and when they broke up next he told her it was final. She wouldn't buy it and kept just saying that it was a time out. He went on and found a great girl that he fell in love with, and then suddenly the girl goes nuts on him. Suddenly everyone believes that he raped her, got him to the point where he felt that he could no longer return to our church, turned 3/4ths of their mutual friends against him, etc. To this day if I mention his name in the presence of many of our old friends, they give this annoying eye roll like he was such a horrible person. Dude's a youth minister and currently a devoted husband and father, and still to this day people think of him as some slimeball, when he was just tired of her being jealous and controlling. And why do people not believe us who actually saw it all and know the truth between them? Because we're his close friends, so we're biased and playing sides. grrrr.

your rants are contagious,.. who's next!

[Nightwolf]

Phaedrus, when you press edit there should be a button that says advanced features, if you press that then it should give you the normal options.

[Phaedrus45]

Phaedrus, when you press edit there should be a button that says advanced features, if you press that then it should give you the normal options.

Yeah, I tried that, but it didn't work for me. I'm just going to do what I did with thread 3 later today.

Right now, it's almost 5:30, and I'm heading off to job #2. Man, I'm not a morning person.

[Phaedrus45]

Ok, guys. Everything is up. Thanks to Powderman for the help on the thread that had requests. As I mentioned, when I get this migraine, having to look at a computer screen is really painful. But, I knew I better get on and get it done.

[POWdER-man]

Sorry, if I realized there was another I would have done it too. If you ever need a hand let me know....

[POWdER-man]

You know, this second round has not a bad start. There is some good debating going on.

Surprising I haven't seen anything from Wiegeabo (especially with that Deadpool vs Silver Surfer match) and our new competitor Brodiebruce....

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, I have to say that I'm very pleased with this round thus far. I'm gonna be a little annoyed if Brodie doesn't participate though. But yeah, good first round thus far!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I think W's confident that no matter how cleverly I write a DP strategy nobody's gonna vote for him.

[POWdER-man]

Actually I just check and as unlikely as it is this second round, he doesn't have a match this week...

W's probably forgot...

[Sparta*]

Well guys, here are the results of the voting. Some interesting results with one tie between me and Phaedrus for best debater. Thank you for those of you who voted. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your votes.

Unfortunately, I was a little dissapointed that I didn't get more votes in with only 6 lists including mine. But anyways here are the results.

1. The best match -

Absorbing Man vs. Joseph

2.The best debater:

TIE Phaedrus and Powderman

3. The most sportsmanlike:

Sparta

4. The best strategy:

Silver Sable vs. Gargoyle

5. The biggest upset:

Count Nefaria vs. War Machine

6.The most one-sided match:

Thanos vs. Hebzibah

7. The Best character who....got screwed:

Spider-man vs. Mimic

8. The best location:

Dessert Ruins

9. The Worst location

NY City

10.The toughest decision:

Kurse vs. Malice

11. The funniest remark or strategy:

Cyber vs. Dormammu

DAMNIT! I forgot to vote! Sorry Powder-man, I totally spaced!

Thanks for the props on the most sportsmanlike guys :up:

I agree with Nefaria vs War Machine as the biggest upset...hell, War Machine was my character, and I was still perturbed.

Malice vs Kurse was definatley a tough match for some people to decide on.....but hey, try DEBATING it punks! :p

[POWdER-man]

No problem Sparta*, and yeah we know that you are trying your best....:up:

Kid Omega vs Thor was second......or was that for the best character that got screwed...

[Sparta*]

Yeah, Thor and Spider-man's losses both shocked me

[Phaedrus45]

We are having some excellent debating this round. The matches really have heated up, and many of them I haven't decided upon. As some are still being debated, I just wanted to let those participants know I will give about 2 more hours to get in some final comments; then, I'm going to open up the voting around 1-2 pm Pacific Time. Remember, take in what people have debated and don't rush your votes if you are not ready. Once a vote has been cast, you cannot change your vote...even if it is a few minutes after originally posting it. Once you push "submit reply," that is it.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Don't vote on Speedy vs. NH yet, folks! I got images comin'.

[Phaedrus45]

Voting May Begin!

[Phaedrus45]

Definitely the best round of debating evah!

Well, both of my two kids have gotten their top gifts for Christmas bought. I was able to get a X-Box 360 for Kevin yesterday (had to settle for the core unit, but since he already has the original X-Box, the harddrive shouldn't matter that much) and Wendy got the humongous Dora The Explorer house they were selling at Costco with all the additional parts and figures. I don't think I've ever bought Christmas gifts so early...even have gotten a few things for the ex...I'm usually shopping the day before Christmas.

[Johnny Blaze]

When does voting end again?

[Phaedrus45]

When does voting end again?

Voting will end tomorrow morning...or late morning for some of you since I'm Pacific Time. So, we still have about 22 hours to go.

[JewishHobbit]

Definitely the best round of debating evah!

Well, both of my two kids have gotten their top gifts for Christmas bought. I was able to get a X-Box 360 for Kevin yesterday (had to settle for the core unit, but since he already has the original X-Box, the harddrive shouldn't matter that much) and Wendy got the humongous Dora The Explorer house they were selling at Costco with all the additional parts and figures. I don't think I've ever bought Christmas gifts so early...even have gotten a few things for the ex...I'm usually shopping the day before Christmas.

I just finished shopping for my daughter myself, way early for me too! Except she's only 2 (in Jan.) so she's easy to please. We did all our shopping for her at Big Lots :)

[JewishHobbit]

You can close the voting tomorrow Phaed, I have a heck of a lot of running around to do for the holiday and I don't know when I'll be online.

[Phaedrus45]

Voting Is Over!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Well, I just got up about 45 minutes ago. Went to see Fiona Apple last night with my gal friend who absolutely adores her. (She even named her own daughter Fiona.) Since we have to take a ferry home, we didn't catch it until 12:50 at night. (There is always two ferries leaving for our destination, 10:30 and 12:50...if you go to a concert, you can never get lucky enough to make that first one.) We sat in this excellent bar that had the best and cheapest food. For example, the 1/2 pound Cheeseburger and fries only cost $1.95...plus, I ordered a large plate of Catfish bites for the same price. The only catch is you have to order a $3.00 dollar drink with your order. Anyway, it was a wonderful night.

Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Happy Thanksgiving to you Yankees....:up:

Being a Canuck we celebrated ours last month.

[POWdER-man]

Ugh I just found out I have Flatman this week...:(:down:

[Nightwing.]

happy thanksgiving to all you americans and others who celebrate it across the pond.

we dont have stuff like that.

and i went shopping for my eldest the other day went to a disney store and bought him a buzz lightyear and a slinky dog.me and the wife are going again sometime to get a woody and jesse.he LOVES toy story.

my youngest is hardest to buy for as he has everything from his older brother so its difficult to get something new.

anyways have fun celebrations and all that and try not to go too crazy.we still need some good debates

[Phaedrus45]

happy thanksgiving to all you americans and others who celebrate it across the pond.

we dont have stuff like that.

and i went shopping for my eldest the other day went to a disney store and bought him a buzz lightyear and a slinky dog.me and the wife are going again sometime to get a woody and jesse.he LOVES toy story.

my youngest is hardest to buy for as he has everything from his older brother so its difficult to get something new.

anyways have fun celebrations and all that and try not to go too crazy.we still need some good debates

Yeah, with each new kid, Toy Story gifts always seem to be in fashion. My girl, Wendy, is almost at the Toy Story faze. I'm seeing having to buy those toys in the near future from the Disney store.

[JewishHobbit]

I'm expecting that soon myself.

On a side note, I just finished watching The Santa Clause 2 for the first time,.. and it was really cute!

[Sparta*]

Happy Thanksgiving Yanks

[POWdER-man]

Well I will post the standings so far....WOW Nightwing and Wolves took a pounding this week. Blaze, Victor and Sparta have a good week...well things are looking up for you Sparta...:eek:

Me, Nightwolf, and Phaedrus have had better weeks...:rolleyes:

Blaze 3-0
Sparta 2-0
Victor 2-0
Wiegeabo 2-0
Harlekin 2-1
JH 2-1
Nightwolf 1-2
POWdER-man 1-2
Wolves 1-4
Death's Head 0-1
Phaedrus 0-2
Nightwing 0-3

[Sparta*]

Yeah this week wasn't to shabby for me :up: :D

Just wanted to say good job to JH, Powderman, and Phaedrus. You guys are doing a great job of keeping everything running smoothly around here:up: :up:

[POWdER-man]

Awww man, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I just saw something in the Lost thread that made me check to see if something happened to him and it did...

Our new competitor Brodiebruce has been banned from the hype....I know JH knows him so maybe he can fill in some details and I think Nightwing might have an idea what happened but there it is...:(:down:

[wiegeabo]

Looks like we'll just have some unowned characters this round. Might be helpful to those who didn't think they'd get some characters through.

[JewishHobbit]

Well enough of this crap!!!! I'm tired of these spare characters not being used,.. so I'll make sure they're used! I just now put all the characters into a cup and all the players names in a separate cup. There's 12 characters and 13 of us players so I'll sit out of this quickie draft. Congradulations, you all just picked up a new character! I'll post the picks here in a few minutes!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Or we could just divide up his characters.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

HA! Great minds...

[Sparta*]

ohhhh I wanna know who I got!!

[POWdER-man]

Well enough of this crap!!!! I'm tired of these spare characters not being used,.. so I'll make sure they're used! I just now put all the characters into a cup and all the players names in a separate cup. There's 12 characters and 13 of us players so I'll sit out of this quickie draft. Congradulations, you all just picked up a new character! I'll post the picks here in a few minutes!

Sorry JH, like I said I didn't want to mention it but I just happened to notice something in the Lost forum which I frequently go to....so don't shoot the messenger...

[JewishHobbit]

No prob Powder, I'm glad you mentioned it now before he had any matches. Just one more minute here (when I said I had the names in a cup earlier, what I really ment was that I hadn't even written the names down yet, but now they are in the cup, so I'll draft them now)

[POWdER-man]

Here are the names guys...I would be happy with at least half the names there....but the big three for me would be Loki, Maestro, and Pagan

Brodie: (Bracket 1) Llyron, Iron Clad, Bloodwraith (Bracket 3) Loki (Bracket 4) Maestro, Riptide, Pagan, Attuma (Bracket 5) Aurora (Bracket 6) Kylun (Bracket 7) Pulsar (Bracket 8) X-Ray

[POWdER-man]

No prob Powder, I'm glad you mentioned it now before he had any matches. Just one more minute here (when I said I had the names in a cup earlier, what I really ment was that I hadn't even written the names down yet, but now they are in the cup, so I'll draft them now)

Don't worry about it, it's too bad it didn't work out I would have liked to see a new fresh face..

[Johnny Blaze]

Here are the names guys...I would be happy with at least half the names there....but the big three for me would be Loki, Maestro, and Pagan

Brodie: (Bracket 1) Llyron, Iron Clad, Bloodwraith (Bracket 3) Loki (Bracket 4) Maestro, Riptide, Pagan, Attuma (Bracket 5) Aurora (Bracket 6) Kylun (Bracket 7) Pulsar (Bracket 8) X-Ray
Bloodwraith would be awesome too. That Ebony Blade is one helluva weapon that can do some major damage to top tier characters. :up:

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I was also thinking he would be good one to pick up, and a couple of others....

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Ang should get Maestro, just sos he could re-use his voided Hulk strategy from last round.

[JewishHobbit]

Here's Everyone's Extra Character!!! After their names, I give a small bit of info to help you figure out who the character is in case you don't know.

Wolverine25th - Riptide (member of the Marauders that spins like a tornado and throws Shurikens)

Nightwolf - Pulsar (female version, Former Captain Marvel, Monica isn't it?)

Death's Head - Attuma (Atlantean I think, um,.. fish guy)

Victor - Bloodwraith (Avengers enemy, specifically of the Black Knight)

Johnny Blaze - X-Ray (of the UFOES)

Midnight Ice - Pagan (Avengers villain, um, don't know much about him)

Wiegeabo - Iron Clad (of the UFOES)

Phaedrus45 - Lyron (Atlantean guy, member of the Fearful Five I think recently in the new Thunderbolts series)

Sparta - Aurora (Alpha Flight and Weapon X, Northstar's sister)

Nightwing - Kylun (Old Excalibur member, Cat looking guy with swords)

powderman - Loki (ain't no flatman)

Harlekin - Maestro (Evil Hulk, Future Imperfect)

[JewishHobbit]

HA! Great minds...


Or Feeble

(Great minds think alike, Feeble minds wobble together)

:)

[Sparta*]

Aurora? Dat's cool

[POWdER-man]

Midnight Ice - Pagan (Avengers villain, um, don't know much about him)

The guy is a beast...I would not be exagerating in saying that he was probably the best character not chosen....

powderman - Loki (ain't no flatman)

WOOHOO...friggin A!!!!!!

[Sparta*]

Yeah man, you got Loki! Thats power

and you don't gotta worry about going up against Thor...cause unfortunatley hes out :down

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, Powderpuff, after flatman I was glad that I ended up picking Loki for you.... good job, go kick some butt (unless you're up against one of my characters next).

And I've never read a thing with Pagan in it before. The only thing I know of him is in one issue of Avengers I have where Beast guest stared, it stated with Pagan and then the "writers" interupted the comic and said that they'd get back to him and brought out the Beast's reunion with Wonderman,.. they never got back to Pagan though.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yay, another C-Lister I have no clue about.

[POWdER-man]

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/pagan.htm

Haha I don't care about the powderpuff I got's me Loki....

I was dissapointed with my draw picks last time....not only Flatman, I just take it out on him...:D

[JewishHobbit]

Yay, another C-Lister I have no clue about.

Basically he spins like a tornado (his lower half) and as he does this, tons of Shurikens just spit out everywhere. Pretty tough physical fighter. He was with the Marauders during the Morlock Massacre and was killed by Colossus when he broke his neck. He's later appeared after being cloned by Sinister. He doesn't mind killing people, so that gives him an extra edge.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I knew all that. I actually have a few of th' comics he appeared in. But I don't know him as well as say Wolverine.

[JewishHobbit]

Heh,.. and Riptide's going against Pagan this round,.... my apologies :(

[POWdER-man]

Heh,.. and Riptide's going against Pagan this round,.... my apologies :(

Ouch....

[JewishHobbit]

Hey, a shuriken in the eye can hurt just about anybody,.. maybe if Riptide can get one to the groin,..he'd have a chance!!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Oh fer cryin'...

[JewishHobbit]

Heh,.. better luck next season :)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I don't think I could stand th' excitement.

My own damn fault fer havin' such a strong start. No place to go but down.

[Sparta*]

Don't underestimate Riptide......he can do some serious damage

Pagan is hella tough though....best of luck :up:

[Harlekin]

I got the friggin' Maestro!?

I'm so going on an ass-kicking spree.

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, if I was actually in the draw, he would have been who I wanted!

[POWdER-man]

Maestro is a good pickup but I am DEFINITELY happier with Loki.....:D

Especially after this week from losing 2 of my favorite characters...:(

[Harlekin]

I could see the Loki, yeah.

Hey, I lost the Zemo. :(

[Nightwing.]

Kylun - wohoo!?!?!?!?

who the hell is this guy?im gonna lose another this round i know it

[JewishHobbit]

Actually, Kylun's up against Sabretooth this round, so you have a chance. I think it'd be a great match. Research your character and debate it and you may have a chance.

[Nightwing.]

got any links for him then?if you could post a few and then i have more than just the one that gets posted in the threads to go off

[Harlekin]

Dude... Google?

http://www.mutanthigh.com/kylun.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylun

[Sparta*]

Kylun might be able to take Sabretooth...it'll all come down to how you debate Nightwing. Doesn't Kylun have a healing factor or something too?

[Phaedrus45]

I'll have some information about the last round a bit later today, but I'm getting the rounds ready now for the next matches. Since I'm doing bios and photos all together, I'm asking for everyone to wait saying anything in the threads until it's all been posted. With me seperating the two brackets between each thread, it will be better not having posts between the two.

Thanks,

Phaed

[Sparta*]

Alex Powers VS Loki?!! Oh man, that is going to be a massacre

[Sparta*]

I only have one match-up this week, but i'm going to have to work as hard as if I had 5 match-ups because its my Scarlet Witch vs Harlekin's Maestro...and Harlekin is a damn good debater!

[Phaedrus45]

I only have one match-up this week, but i'm going to have to work as hard as if I had 5 match-ups because its my Scarlet Witch vs Harlekin's Maestro...and Harlekin is a damn good debater!

If you do pull an upset, you'll have to send Bendis a dozen roses.

[Harlekin]

Thanks Sparta. The same to you and I wish you the best of luck.

[Sparta*]

You as well :up:

[JewishHobbit]

Remember though, this Wanda isn't the uber God powerful from Disassembled/House of M,.. this is the plain ol' Wanda as people's known her for years. I stated that last round and it sticks for this one.

[Sparta*]

oh.........weak...... :down:(

[Harlekin]

That certainly makes my job a tad easier. A tad.

[POWdER-man]

Alex Powers VS Loki?!! Oh man, that is going to be a massacre


Haha, seems like my matchups are one extreme to the next Reaper vs Cassandra Nova, Loki vs Alex Powers...then I have Doc Ock vs Goblin Queen and freakin Drax vs Carnage.....

[wiegeabo]

So where are the battle this week?

Or did I just miss the post?

[wiegeabo]

Ah, Man-Thing's swamp. Excellent. Might be able to use that in a battle or two.

[Johnny Blaze]

oh.........weak...... :down:(She's still damn dangerous with her hex powers and chaos magic. With the resources of the Avengers at her disposal, and 24 hours of preptime, she could, in theory, give the Maestro a surprisingly good fight.
All depends on how smart she plays it though. :D ;)

[POWdER-man]

OH MY GOD....LOCATION

This week is dedicated to the best Marvel character left out of this competition.....Man-Thing...somehow we had Howard the Duck but Man-Thing was left out...

So this week the matchups are held in Man-Thing's Swamp.

There are many places to go in this area which includes a cemetary, an abandoned Insane Asylum, a river, the swamp of course and Swamp City, to name a few.

[Phaedrus45]

MAN! What a game today!!! Seahawks are 9-2, and after the Giants missed three field goals in a row, two in overtime, Seahawks pull off a victory that might just be the best EVAH! I am jacked, and now I finally get to read some of this weeks comics. It's been so busy this week, but this is a perfect ending.

Hope everyone else is doing so good,

Phaed

[JewishHobbit]

I'm doing good. Got to relax some and have made some wonderful progress on my book that I'm writing. I'm moving later this week and I'm stoked about that, though I'm sad about having to lose my cat. I can't find a home for him and will have to take him to an adoption shelter,.. but the sad thing is that cats never get adopted. So that sucks,.. but everything else has been peachy.

And we're having some good debating for the second week in a row... so weekend's grand :up:

[Phaedrus45]

Voting May Begin!

[Phaedrus45]

It's hard to believe, but debating this week might have been better than last week! I've been so busy with both jobs, I feel like a turd for not debating better or sooner. But, it seems like it's going to be crazy at both jobs the rest of the holiday season.

We even had some snow here last night, but it was raining by morning. I do have the pleasure of getting to listen to two new cds...I FINALLY found a copy of Robbie Williams' "Intensive Care." It's too bad most of America doesn't realize how great this guy is. It took me going to 4 record stores before I found the only copy that's in all of Silverdale. I really wish I could find a DVD of one of his concerts. I have watched his Live 8 portion of the show, and he really goes all out and interacts with the crowd. This guy is a performer in the truest sense of the word.

I also picked up Billy Joel's new box set, "My Lives." If you are a fan, then it's pretty nice to hear demos and unreleased stuff. But, as a casual listener, you're better off with his greatest hits package. There are a lot of stuff that I'll probably remove from my ipod, as a lot of his hits aren't included in this. It's more like "bells and whistles" type of stuff you'd find on a DVD.

Anyway, I'm still doing good with not opening my kid's Christmas present. I want to try out the new X-Box 360 so bad...but, keep telling myself that Christmas is right around the corner, and having previously played merchandise would really be crappy for my son.

[Sparta*]

so is the 360 a present for you...or your son? haha or is it like buying your mom a video game and saying..."oh...you dont like it? Ill take it" haha

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Hey, I got my ma a Gamecube an' some games, but I'll be playin' them now an' again too. ;-) Th' gift that keeps on givin'.

[Phaedrus45]

so is the 360 a present for you...or your son? haha or is it like buying your mom a video game and saying..."oh...you dont like it? Ill take it" haha

My boy has every game system. I play them from time to time, but I really don't do that much of it anymore. I'll buy a game, but it's rare for me to actually finish one. So, at first, I'll probably be all into it; but, I'm generally too tired by the time I'm home alone to want to pick up a controller.

[JewishHobbit]

Heh,... the last game system I owned was the Sega Genesis :) I'm so lame.

[POWdER-man]

Haha..that takes me back....I remember my old SEGA....just SEGA (no Genesis)....not many people had it compared to the Nintendo...

[JewishHobbit]

The original Nintendo NES is still to this day my favorate game system. I still play mine quite often. I just beat Mario 3 the other day :) Also played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game.

[Sparta*]

That game rules!

I'm also fond of SNES though, because Donkey Kong 2 is great :up:

[JewishHobbit]

I've actually never had the Super NES. I had Sega, and the Sega Channel (remember that? probably not),... and it was enough for me!

[Phaedrus45]

I still have my SNES. Some of those games are still great. It's a must have item; because you just can't get games like it anymore.

[Sparta*]

yeah...they are all simplistic...but downright fun

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, I think the only game that I've thoroughly enjoyed since Sega was Final Fantasy 8. Final Fantasy 7 and X-Men Legends were alright. But that's it. But I can still get myself to play hours of any of the original Mario games, or Sonic. Mike Tyson's Punchout will always warm my heart, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 will always make me scream "HOW DO YOU BEAT THE STUPID DAM!!!!"

[JewishHobbit]

By the way guys. I'll be moving this week and weekend, and at the new house I won't be getting the internet until the 10th. So if I'm not around much, that's why. I plan on going to my mom's house some through that time, so I'll try to get on and debate and vote while there, but I'm just letting you guys know. So starting probably Saturday until I'm back up and running, Phaed has all decision making powers. I'll also put POWderman as 2nd in command for that small time too,... in case Phaed isn't available to solve a problem.

Do me proud!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I got th' Sonic Mega Collection fer PS2. Great fun, especially since I never had Sega. I also never had NES, but I got Mario All Stars second it came out fer SNES. Heh I went from Atari to SNES...jumped a lotta systems. Wonder if there's a Mario collection fer Gamecube...

[POWdER-man]

By the way guys. I'll be moving this week and weekend, and at the new house I won't be getting the internet until the 10th. So if I'm not around much, that's why. I plan on going to my mom's house some through that time, so I'll try to get on and debate and vote while there, but I'm just letting you guys know. So starting probably Saturday until I'm back up and running, Phaed has all decision making powers. I'll also put POWderman as 2nd in command for that small time too,... in case Phaed isn't available to solve a problem.

Do me proud!

Cool...I hope I don't fail miserably....:(

and that's Mister POWdER-man....

:p

[Phaedrus45]

PAAARRRRTTTYYYYY!!!!!

Ummm...what kind of party would it be with all of us comic book geeks sitting around drinking Kool-Aid and reading comics??? In fact, scratch the Kool-Aid...wouldn't dare let a drink near my precious copy of Walking Dead!

[wiegeabo]

I got th' Sonic Mega Collection fer PS2. Great fun, especially since I never had Sega. I also never had NES, but I got Mario All Stars second it came out fer SNES. Heh I went from Atari to SNES...jumped a lotta systems. Wonder if there's a Mario collection fer Gamecube...


There's actually a possibility that the new Nintendo revolution will emulate the older Nintendo systems so we can play all our old games on it. Not sure exactly how that would work, but it would be so sool if it's true.















And NES rules!

[Nightwing.]

yeah its true weig....

the revolution will have internet capabilities and once you have logged on you go to a default nintendo home page.there you can download ANY game ever made by nintendo onto the harddrive of the console.

and to add to this amazing console there is a at the back of the console a slot for gamecube games and four ports for the game cube joypads including memory card ports.

this sounds like such a cool console.

the new joypads i havent seen but im aware that they are blue tooth so you can be anywhere in the room and not have to worry about wires or lost conection like the infra red joypads of yesteryear

very very cool.

im investing in one of these and a ps3 when they are finally released in the Uk dec 06 roughly ive been told

[wiegeabo]

I wasn't too thrilled with the Revolution controller, until I saw the demo. The way the people were using the wand movement to create actions rather than button...awesome. Just the though of being able to have a "real" sword fight, were your sword swinging movements are translated into the same movements on screen... :up:

[Phaedrus45]

The following participants have matches next week:

Death's Head, Midnight Ice = 4
Powderman, Nightwolf, JH, Phaed, Victor = 3
Blaze, Wiegeabo, Harlekin, Nightwing = 2
Wolverine = 1

WINS:

JH, Wolverine, Blaze, Wiegeabo, Harlekin = 4
Sparta, Powderman = 3
Victor = 2
Nightwing, Phaed, Midnight Ice, Nightwolf = 1
Death's Head = 0

Loses:

Wolverine, Nightwing = 5
Phaed = 4
JH, Powderman, Wiegeabo, Harlekin, Nighwolf = 3
Death's Head = 2
Midnight Ice = 1
Sparta, Blaze, Victor = 0

The following characters have advanced to face each other in Round 3:

BRACKET 1: Hyperion(JH) vs. Seina Blaze(WOLVERINE)
BRACKET 2: Nico Minoru(JH) vs. High Evolutionary(PHAED)
BRACKET 3: Magnus-Exiles(MIDNIGHT ICE) vs. Loki(POWDERMAN)
BRACKET 4: ????(WOLVERINE) vs. Scarlet Witch(SPARTA)
BRACKET 5: Durok(WIEGEABO) vs. Douglock(HARLEKIN)
BRACKET 6: Ikaris(BLAZE) vs. Heimdall(NIGHTWING)
BRACKET 7: Gauntlet(POWDERMAN) vs. Gateway(WOLVERINE)
BRACKET 8: Hellstrom(HARLEKIN) vs. Super Skrull(WIEGEABO)

[Phaedrus45]

Powder, when you are doing your tallying, could you make sure I have everyone's wins and loses correct. Sometimes I mess up, and with every character having a participant, my chances probably doubled this time around.

We do have a tie with Wolverine's two characters. This match-up will go into next week to get a definitive winner. Everyone who is able is allowed to say why they think Venom or Carrion should be the one to advance.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Um, don't I just get to pick?

[Phaedrus45]

Um, don't I just get to pick?

You do...but, all ties, whether or not both characters are owned by the same person, must have a deciding victory. This is beneficial for you in you might see how people will vote come round three where your character has to face someone who just beat an odds on favorite in Maestro.

[POWdER-man]

Looks good Phaed....:up:

Here are the current records, with Blaze, Sparta, and Victor still undefeated. Me and Midnight Ice break even, especially after bad first week for me. Phaedrus, Nightwing and Nightwolf are having bad starts. Wolves has already gone through 9 matches...and there is some juggling for position between Harlekin, JH and Wiegeabo...with Death's Head looking for his first win.

Blaze 4-0
Sparta 3-0
Victor 2-0
Harlekin 4-3
JH 4-3
Wiegeabo 4-3
POWdER-man 3-3
Midnight Ice 1-1
Wolves 4-5
Nightwolf 1-3
Phaedrus 1-4
Nightwing 1-5
Death's Head 0-2

[Phaedrus45]

Yeah...I had some great characters; then, when the handing out happened, I knew I was going to get some bad losses that would effect my average.

[POWdER-man]

I could say the same thing about Flatman...but I lost two of my stars in Carnage and Doc Ock...:(...and the only thing that kept me afloat were Loki and Gauntlet this week...

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I know this is a week late, but I just thought of it; to th' smartass who said I could make DP vs. SS work...WHY DIDN'T YA VOTE DP, HUH?! HUH?! Hypocrite.

Okay, I'm done. :P

[POWdER-man]

Hey I didn't say it could work....actually there was a chance, just like I thought Doc Ock and Carnage had a chance....but that didn't work out that way now did it....:rolleyes:

BTW I gave you a 1-1 between your carrion and venom because it will end up that way no matter what...

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Figgered.

[Sparta*]

are you picking Carrion or Venom?!

Venom Venom Venom Venom Venom!!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I dunno, tough call. Scarlet took out Maestro which brings points against Venom...but would Carrion fare better?

[Sparta*]

your choice between Venom and Carrion is fighting my Scarlet Witch??

[Phaedrus45]

your choice between Venom and Carrion is fighting my Scarlet Witch??

It has to be that choice if you are smart and look ahead. Normally, I would totally pick Venom over Carrion...BUT, I think Carrion would have the better chance against Scarlet Witch. Depending on that weeks location, that might also make all the difference. (Plus, I take it this is Eddie Brock Venom??? Or, do we consider that in winning a match, you have to defeat the symbiote or either host and/or symbiote?)

[POWdER-man]

Venom is 1/2 Eddie 1/2 Symbiote...it wouldn't technically be the "original" Venom if the symbiote left Eddie...same as Carnage....

[WOLVERINE25TH]

You betcha, Sparta.

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, by Venom it's Brock joined with the symbiote,.. typical Venom. (and are they ever going to do something with Gorgan/Venom? That has potential to be neat).

And in reguards to the Carrion/Venom matchup. It's best to wait and let the rematch take place, that way you can see possibly two rounds in advance before choosing which charcter you want to advance. That's a bonus that doesn't come everyday. And I don't know much on Scarlet Witch (she's confused me for years) but while Carrion is a quicker win, Venom is more versatile,.. both being underdogs in the match. It'll be tough either way, but not impossible.

[Phaedrus45]

Brackets are about to be put up. Again, please wait in responding to any matches until both brackets are up in each thread. Also, feel free to add an bios that speak better for your character. I generally pick from the Marvel Directory first...and sometimes they are not as up to date as another you might find.

[Phaedrus45]

Man, there are some good matches this week that will be totally decided by the debates. The only blow out I can predict is Thanos vs. Songbird. And, even though many might think Xavier vs. Human Torch-Tara might be one...Human Torch actually has a pretty good chance if she gets a good argument supporting her.

[Sparta*]

What a jip! I don't have any matches this week :( :down

[Phaedrus45]

What a jip! I don't have any matches this week :( :down

OOps! Thanks to you I remembered I have to put up the rematch between Venom and Carrion. There...you have a match to debate!

[Sparta*]

Venom and Carrion aren't my dudes...and the winner is fighting my Scarlet Witch so I hope they destroy eachother :up:

[POWdER-man]

Location where art thou...

Oh here you are...

This week's matches will be held in Genosha, inside the capital city of Hammer Bay. But these matches will take place just "after" the massive mutant genocide caused by the Sentinels. So the city will be laying in ruins with dead mutants everywhere.....:(

[wiegeabo]

Man, if Magneto had gotten that location, nothing could have stopped him.

[Midnight Ice]

Yeah, his emotions from just being there would have sent him way over the edge. :xmen:

[JewishHobbit]

Hey guys,... just letting you know that the move went well, but that I will not be having internet again until this coming Saturday. I happened to be at my Mom's house so I wrote real quick arguments for my matches, and I'll probably be here again on Wednesday (watching Lost) but I'll try to get my votes in then too. But other than that, I don't know if I'll be on before next Saturday sometime. Keep up the good work :up:

[POWdER-man]

I thought I would mention, the fact that the X-men 3 Teaser Trailer looks AWESOME....:D:up::up:

It's definitely now the movie I am most looking forward to in 2006...

[Phaedrus45]

I just bought Fantastic Four DVD, which is suppose to have the trailer also. I did read USA Today yesterday, and they said this would probably be the last X-Men movie. (Although, I know they are planning on doing a Wolverine movie.) I can't believe if it's a big hit, that they won't do another. Maybe without saying it, they mean it will be the last of it's type with the entire cast.

Also, what about those Seahawks? We still don't get any respect, though. Announcers were more trying to say the Eagles are more bad than the Seahawks are that good.

[Phaedrus45]

Voting May Begin!

[POWdER-man]

I just bought Fantastic Four DVD, which is suppose to have the trailer also. I did read USA Today yesterday, and they said this would probably be the last X-Men movie. (Although, I know they are planning on doing a Wolverine movie.) I can't believe if it's a big hit, that they won't do another. Maybe without saying it, they mean it will be the last of it's type with the entire cast.

Also, what about those Seahawks? We still don't get any respect, though. Announcers were more trying to say the Eagles are more bad than the Seahawks are that good.

Well actually I have been a fan of the Eagles since I was a small boy. This year is the worst they have played for the past decade. No disrespect towards the Seahawks who are having a great year, but the Eagles are not a complete team....:( They need to trade McNabb, get some better pass defence, and while they're at it, some bigger guys up front wouldn't hurt, they definetely need a new Wide Receiver since "the name we dare not speak" was kicked off, and probably some better tight ends....Dear Santa.... :rolleyes:

PS I seriously doubt they will end the X-men with this movie. If it's a big success and makes a big profit I will GUARANTEE that they will have another. Money rules all for the movie studios. However the chances they will have the same crew will be slim to none.

[Phaedrus45]

Yeah, sadly after the score was 14-0, you could tell that the Eagles just gave up. I don't think they should have benched McMahon, either. But, it was almost as if Andy Reid was letting the fans dictate the game at one point. (I'm almost surprised they didn't call down Randall Cunningham from the luxury box to help out.) What was very obvious was probably how good Owens is compared to all of your wideouts (except for the one, I can't think of his name right now). Many passes were right where they needed to be, but they just dropped it. Also, many long bombs overthrown. Sadly, Owens killed your team. I was listening on the radio, and many members of the Eagles were asking the former Eagle players who were in attendance about what Reggie would have done with Terrell. That just shows that even though they want to say they are past it, they really aren't.

As for X-Men, you have to figure each new movie is having to beat the previous in number of X-Men and what they are doing with the script. X-2 really raised the bar dramatically from the first movie. Plus, I'm tired of Halle Berry griping about how she doesn't get enough movie time. She should be happy she's in a good movie...it's better than getting so much time in Catwoman, that's for sure.

[Phaedrus45]

So far, we have quite a few blowouts...but, some really good matches going on. Of course, Carrion and Venom are tied again (we might have to beg Sparta to display this match-up to find out a winner), Snowbird and Gideon is surprising me by also being tied, and Shola vs. Union Jack is still too close to see where it's going.

While I'm surprised my Unus is getting almost blown away by Brother Vodoo who I pretty much made powerless in my debate, I think the biggest surprise is Vargas loosing 4-2 to Kane. After all, just looking at how Vargas killed Psylocke and almost killed Beast, I find him a much bigger threat than his opponent.

Anyway, the magic number seems to be 7. Seven votes will usually get a person the win, and Mr. Sinister, Cable, and Xavier only need one more vote to reach the magic number. Tri-Sentinel and Thanos already have that. (But, for some reason, Thread 1 is the only one with seven votes tallied so far. Thread 2 & 4 have 6, while Thread 3 has 5.)

[POWdER-man]

Are you thinking of Westbrook? Yeah they need some MAJOR changes which I am hoping they will get figured out by the start of next season. The Owens issue damaged that team more than anything could. If he didn't mouth off as much they probably could have pulled out a 9-7 record (maybe), and maybe even get into playoffs again. But Owens was only a piece of a larger problem with the team and they need to make some changes. Hopefully sooner than later. Speaking of Reggie(which they retired his number), I almost cried they day they lost him to the Green Bay Packers. He was my favorite player and back then big players didn't change teams very often (sometimes never) through their career.

I also have a Cunningham jersey in my closet, which I normally wear when I am playing football. :D

Regarding X-men, all and all through everything, they have endured (as for SM3 I am not as confident). I hope Halle gets less screen this time, which I doubt, because based on the teaser it looks like she is everywhere...:rolleyes:.

[POWdER-man]

I haven't voted in 2 and 3 because I find that they have the most difficult matches, and I am still having trouble deciding.

[Phaedrus45]

I heard Reggie's widow say yesterday that they want Reggie in his Green Bay uniform when he gets inducted into the Hall Of Fame. Plus, I got the feeling that she had more love for Green Bay than Phili. Did that bother you at all?

[POWdER-man]

*sigh* I actually didn't hear that yet. It's a tough call since he spent the first half of his career with Philly, and the other half with GB. I would be surprised if Reggie felt the same way, but of course most people know him for playing in GB so I am not totally shocked.

Reggie is still Reggie, and you don't find that type of class in football anymore, I am just glad he got to play for the Eagles.

[Sparta*]

Of course, Carrion and Venom are tied again (we might have to beg Sparta to display this match-up to find out a winner)

haha no begging would be required. If it came down to another tie, I would be more then happy to let my tournament decide the outcome :up:

As for X3, that trailer made me uber uber excited. I don't care how much screen time Halle has...if shes there, shes there....its stilll X3 people!

[Phaedrus45]

Man, what a lousy beginning of a day. First, a terrible nightmare wakes me at 2:15 am; then, I'm expecting the State Patrol to come by for an inspection of the office. And, now I find my Selene character is loosing in a fight where the competition didn't even bother to debate the match. Really, I wonder why I bother debating sometimes.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I hope Selene wins. Perfect foe fer my Sentinel. ;-)

[POWdER-man]

I am really surprised that Selene is losing. BRB was losing 5-0 at one point and 7 straight votes went the other way.

It's like a double edge sword. I have debated fiercely in a few matches and gave good points to why that character would win and I still lost. But of course you have to lose sometimes, I am still dissapointed I lost Hercules.

He wasn't even close when he lost, he got beat all the hell. Which was a shame since he had history, ability and strategy on his side. The other ones I anticipated or knew it was close.

[POWdER-man]

BTW what's up with the state patrol coming by your office?

[Phaedrus45]

BTW what's up with the state patrol coming by your office?

Since we're an impound lot, my brother wants to get on the State Patrol rotation. That means, before we're approved, we have to show that we've been doing everything exactly right. Depending on who comes, you can get a really nice cop who will understand if you're new to this and might forgive if you don't realize something is missing...or, you might get a ball-breaker. I think I'm doing everything exactly as they require...but, I'm a pessimist at heart when it comes to these types of inspections.

[Phaedrus45]

Now, someone might stand a chance of beating Thanos, right?

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210826

[Sparta*]

I am really surprised that Selene is losing. BRB was losing 5-0 at one point and 7 straight votes went the other way.

It's like a double edge sword. I have debated fiercely in a few matches and gave good points to why that character would win and I still lost. But of course you have to lose sometimes, I am still dissapointed I lost Hercules.

He wasn't even close when he lost, he got beat all the hell. Which was a shame since he had history, ability and strategy on his side. The other ones I anticipated or knew it was close.

I regret not voting for Hercules.....I realized I made a mistake but it was too late to change my vote :down

[POWdER-man]

Now, someone might stand a chance of beating Thanos, right?

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210826


Damn, I was going to use that as a last resort in my strategy next round. :p

I regret not voting for Hercules.....I realized I made a mistake but it was too late to change my vote

No problem, out of all the matches his was the only one I really got confused about.

I thought that match was good for me, until the voting started coming in and I was like...wow.

[Phaedrus45]

Voting will end in a couple hours. I want to give a last little bit of time in hopes that JH can get in and give his votes. But, I'm thinking he'll probably be at work with his hectic schedule this week and lack of internet.

[Phaedrus45]

Well, I think JH would tell us to "get 'er done." So, as I think each match is pretty well decided,

Voting Has Ended!

[Phaedrus45]

The following participants have matches next week:

Sparta, *Nightwolf = 4
Wiegeabo, JH, #Phaed, *Death's Head, Wolverine, Midnight Ice = 3
Blaze, Powderman, Harlekin = 2
Victor, Nightwing = 1

("*" indicates rematch, "#" indicates two participants characters going head-to-head)

WINS:

Blaze = 6
Wolverine, JH, Wiegeabo, Powderman = 5
Victor, Harlekin = 4
Sparta, Midnight Ice = 3
Phaed, Nightwolf, Death's Head = 2
Nightwing = 1

Loses:

Nightwing = 7
Phaed = 6
Wolverine, JH, Harlekin = 5
Powderman, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 4
Death's Head, Midnight Ice = 3
Victor = 1
Sparta, Blaze = 0

The following characters have advanced to face each other in Round 3:

BRACKET 1: Professor X(POWDERMAN) vs. Thanos(BLAZE)
BRACKET 2: Tri-Sentinel(WOLVERINE) vs. Beta Ray Bill(DEATH'S HEAD)
BRACKET 3: Cameron Hodge(PHAED) vs. Brother Vodoo(DEATH'S HEAD)
BRACKET 4: Warlock-New Mutants(VICTOR) vs. ????
BRACKET 5: Firelord(VICTOR) vs. Invisible Woman(JH)
BRACKET 6: Shola Inkose(MIDNIGHT ICE) vs. Sabretooth(MIDNIGHT ICE)
BRACKET 7: Mr. Sinister(POWDERMAN) vs. Gideon(BLAZE)
BRACKET 8: Mimic(WIEGEABO) vs. Cable(NIGHTWOLF)

[POWdER-man]

WOW Blaze is off to a good start. Although 3 of those wins are at the expense of me....:down: Sparta is still undefeated...good job. Only six out of thirteen have winning records. I am hoping to get a couple of wins this week but I will have to check to see who I have. Phaedrus and Nightwolf are still having some major losses. Hopefully most of them are the characters they got from the last draft. Nightwing is having all kind of problems, with a a good chance of getting the booby prize...:D

Blaze 6-0
Sparta 3-0
Victor 4-1
POWdER-man 5-4
Wiegeabo 5-4
JH 5-5
Wolves 5-5
Midnight Ice 3-3
Harlekin 4-5
Death's Head 2-3
Nightwolf 2-4
Phaedrus 2-6
Nightwing 1-7

[POWdER-man]

crud on a stick, I have two more matches with Blaze this week. Gilgamesh vs Thunderbird and Lady Deathstrike vs Kang...

[Phaedrus45]

Those two people are minus a win or loss because their characters are involved in a rematch next week.

[POWdER-man]

No I mean that Midnight and Death's Head are nowhere under the loss column.
By last week Death's Head had 2 losses and he had one more with Tara and Midnight Ice had one loss last week. SO I will see if they lost anymore this week.

Losses:

Nightwing = 7
Phaed = 6
Wolverine, JH, Harlekin = 5
Powderman, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 4
Victor = 1
Sparta, Blaze = 0

[Phaedrus45]

Oh, I see. Death's Head this week won 2 and lost 1. Midnight won 2 and lost 2.

Ok, I think I fixed it. My sheet of paper shows I made the change, but somehow it must have deleted by the time I pushed send.

[Da Docta]

Invisible Woman vs Firelord will be interesting...

[POWdER-man]

Ok it's been updated...:up:

Thanks!

[Harlekin]

Well, I'm back after a long spot of internet trouble.

[Phaedrus45]

Location:

High up in the snow covered mountain tops of the Himalayas where Doctor Strange originally sought The Ancient One.

[JewishHobbit]

Okay guys, my internet is up and running finally so I'm back!! I wished I could have voted last week but I had to work over last Wednesday and LOST was a rerun so we didn't end up going over my mother's house,... thus I had no computer to vote on. I haven't looked over the matches yet, I'll do that soon, but I'm thinking I took some hits this week.

And Phaed, I read you PM's you sent me earlier but need to look back over them. They were good questions and I'll answer them soon enough when I have time to think on them. I'm actually about to get to bed and I may be busy all tomorrow, so it may be a day or two.

But anyhow,.. good job to you all, thanks for not breaking the internet in my absense or anything :)

[JewishHobbit]

Good news guys,.. for me anyhow. I just went to my wife's work's christmas party,... and they had a drawing and I won a prize....


A 52INCH BIG SCREAN TV!!!!!!

They deliver it tomorrow while I'm at work. It'll be here when I get home and all I'll have to do is plug it in :)

[wiegeabo]

That's awesome JH! (until you have to pay the taxes on it :()

Hey, maybe you should sell it and get a slightly smaller screen, then pocket the cash. Or just pocket all that nice cash.

Or just watch a big freaking screen!

[Sparta*]

My parents bought a 52 inch widescreen DLP a little while back...JH, it is one of the best creations in human existance. Just wait until you play video games on there...sweet lord...or watch widescreen movies.

[Midnight Ice]

Congrats JH! :xmen:

[Phaedrus45]

Dang, that's too cool, JH! Anyway, even better, it's great to have you back. Speaking for myself, you were missed last week. I've been just working like crazy; so, hopefully, I can look at my two matches and get a bit of debate in tomorrow. I did get lucky in not having to go to work until after the Seahawk game was finished. Another butt whooping given by my team for the second week in a row. Plus, got lucky with Chicago and Carolina both loosing..that means the Seahawks have a two game lead over everyone else in the NFC.

[POWdER-man]

You probably didn't notice but I disconnected my computer at home on Saturday and I haven't hooked it back on yet. We had to move all the furniture for the x-mas tree, which was a bit of work, and I have been sick so I wasn't feeling up to going back on.

I will try to debate my two matches later, one seems like no point since it's a longshot and I feel I have less of a chance than Carnage vs Drax.

Good job JH...looks like luck has finally turned around for you...:up:

[JewishHobbit]

Yeah, I'm excited. I asked my grandmother about paying taxes on it (she's a tax person (whatever they're called) and knows all of that). She says that if the TV was paid for by the place then most probably we won't have to pay taxes, but if it was donated then we will. I'm 99% certain they paid for it in full, so I'll find out today when my wife asks her work if they paid for it or not, or will be turning it in the the IRS. So with luck we won't even have to pay the taxes on it :)


And Phaed, I accidently deleted all my PM's last night and I don't remember the two points you asked about while I was gone. Could you ask me again so I can decide on them please. Thanks!

[JewishHobbit]

My parents bought a 52 inch widescreen DLP a little while back...JH, it is one of the best creations in human existance. Just wait until you play video games on there...sweet lord...or watch widescreen movies.

Yeah, I'm a little behind on the game systems as we discussed a while ago. I was smiling in the shower last night though when I thought about playing Mario 3 on a big screan, and Mike Tyson's Punch Out, That'll be fun! Also, I'm excited about whating LotR on it. And we use to go to my mom's house to watch LOST every week, and now she's asked if she can start coming over here. Now I should REALLY be able to find all those little hints and clues :)

[JewishHobbit]

ATTENTION

Okay guys, I need to clarify a little on the rule of teammates during preptime. It's caused a few questions recently, and that's my fault for not detailing the rule earlier, so I'll go ahead and do so now. BUT NOTE: This takes affect starting next week, as I don't want to interfere with this week's matches. So those of you who may be team members may try to stretch the rules this last week at no consequence. So keep this in mind when voting, this starts NEXT week.

1) From Prep-Time Through the end of the match,... there is to be no people used as a resource. No team members may show up at any time,... this is a one on one battle from beginning to end.

2) You cannot use the resourse of a team member if it is not common to your character. I'll use this week's match as an example: The Thing is facing the Shadow King. Thing is a physical bruiser, but S.K. is a mental villain. The idea was to have Reed whip up something to resist telepathy, rendering S.K. powerless. With Reed now out of the picture, Thing must use what's around the Four Freedoms Plaza. But starting next week, if this thingamijigy (in Grimm speach) is not something that Thing's used before and would commonly have access to himself, even if it is in the plaza, then it's not allowed because it's not his resource, it's Reed's. Other examples are that X-Characters who are telepaths do not all have access to Cerebro, unless they commonly use it, like Xavier, Jean, or Emma. People like Psylocke and M who are telepaths, wouldn't be able to use it because it is not a common resource of theirs. X-Men may get away with a handheld cerebro unit of lesser power, as pretty much every X-character in existance has used one some time or another, but that's a stretch depending on the character.

Does this make sense? If you need me to clarify any better, or have any questions or other team situations you'd need clarification on,... let me know. I'm not always the best at describing what I'm thinking, so let's discuss the rule if we need to. I'm open to criticism.

[POWdER-man]

Thanks Phaedrus for posting a location...:up:

[JewishHobbit]

ATTENTION

Okay,.. below is a question that was asked of me:


So, can another participant ask a question regarding someone's character in order to have a better understanding of the match-up? And, does someone making a statement in their debate about a question you might have about their character make a difference in asking the question?

Here's my opinion of what is acceptable in an outside player's concerns:

1) If someone states something about a character that you KNOW is wrong, and that you feel could negatively influence the match, you may mention it, but only if you KNOW it is wrong. If the owner of the character debates this, then bring it to me. I'll decide what to do at that point, whether to open the question to those who may know better, finding proof online, etc.

2) If you have a simple question in reguards to clarification of powers, or past, etc, you may ask it. The owner of the character may answer you directly, or choose to open the question up to others who may know the answer better than they. However, all questions and answers by outside sources CANNOT be done in a way that shows favortism toward a certain character in the match. Keep them all objective (I think that's the word). Simply ask your question and get your answer. Do not debate with the owner. If someone disagrees with something that happens in this step, bring it to me.

Those are the only two situations that I can think of where I'll allow conversation outside of the match. If you have any questions let me know.

[Phaedrus45]

Voting May Begin!

[Sparta*]

Man, i've never debated so hard in my life...

sad thing is, I doubt most people will take the time to read the massive debates :down

[POWdER-man]

pfft I have been having that struggle from the beginning....

Don't worry, I will read it because I know how long it takes to put in your time and come up with a good strategy, than have hardly anyone read it...:down:

[wiegeabo]

I always read the debates.

Always...most always...

ok, 60% of the time, all the time. :p

[POWdER-man]

That doesn't make any sense.....

I am going to be honest, that smells like pure gasoline....;)

[Phaedrus45]

Yeah, I always read the debates before deciding. A few times they generally will not work, no matter how hard you try...i.e. Thanos vs. Songbird. Sometimes, the debates are almost a stalemate; so, I have to decide on my own. Sometimes, in a close match-up, if someone debates and another person doesn't, I will always give my vote to the person who debated...or to the person who debated more than a sentence or two. And, occassionally, a debate does totally change my mind on a match-up.

[Midnight Ice]

I take the debates into account always. :xmen:

[Phaedrus45]

I always read the debates, unless it's Blaze versus Powderman. With Powder's luck, you know just vote for Blaze.

[POWdER-man]

:p:o;)








:(

Yeah well I am definitely 0-4 with Thunderbird so far...hard to say with Deathstrike yet....Plus I have two more matches with Blaze already next round with Xavier vs Thanos and Mr Sinister vs Gideon...

BTW here are my matches for next week versus Blaze...I can already tell I will lose one match right away, unless I can find out anything useful from my research on Nathaniel Richards.........Use his time machine and travel back in time when she was a baby and kill her...:confused:.....
The other match will be an even match between Dragon Man and Wonderman....

17.Kulan Gath (BLAZE) vs.18.Nathaniel Richards (POWDERMAN)
17.Wonderman (POWDERMAN) vs.8.Dragon Man (BLAZE)

Then I have...

23.Terrax (BLAZE)vs.24.Iron Man (POWDERMAN)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

So, lemme get this straight; Half of you thought Black Panther would have NO CHANCE against Kang, an' yet some of you think Deathstrike would? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

[POWdER-man]

Man Wolves, the voting hasn't even ended yet and you have to put all these comments everywhere....

You might as well say, don't vote for Deathstrike you are an IDIOT if you do...or Don't be a DUMBASS and vote for Kang...:down:

[Johnny Blaze]

:p:o;)








:(

Yeah well I am definitely 0-4 with Thunderbird so far...hard to say with Deathstrike yet....Plus I have two more matches with Blaze already next round with Xavier vs Thanos and Mr Sinister vs Gideon...

BTW here are my matches for next week versus Blaze...I can already tell I will lose one match right away, unless I can find out anything useful from my research on Nathaniel Richards.........Use his time machine and travel back in time when she was a baby and kill her...:confused:.....
The other match will be an even match between Dragon Man and Wonderman....

17.Kulan Gath (BLAZE) vs.18.Nathaniel Richards (POWDERMAN)
17.Wonderman (POWDERMAN) vs.8.Dragon Man (BLAZE)

Then I have...

23.Terrax (BLAZE)vs.24.Iron Man (POWDERMAN) Yeah, we really do have an assload of matches against each other, don't we.
Part of me likes it since you're a good debater and are pretty on the ball in this thing, but the other part really wishes it was mixed up a bit more so we'd have a more variety of opponents instead of facing each other week in and week out. :o

[WOLVERINE25TH]

:p Just goofin' around. Figgered you'd all be sick o' hearin' about Cardiac by now. ;)

[POWdER-man]

I enjoy the matches...I just wished they didn't have my semi powerful characters against your uber powerful characters...it seems like I am playing catch up the whole time to try and beat your characters.....I wished they were a bit more even....

Other opponents would be nice since we are already halfway through this second round...

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Well, I'd give ya a fight 'cept most of my decent characters've already been taken down. A couple fer very stupid reasons but thems th' breaks.

[POWdER-man]

Hey you still have Wolverine in this thing you should be EXCITED...

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I would be, but it seems my debatin' skills've suffered between rounds so we'll see.

[POWdER-man]

meh everyone is taking some hits (myself included)...that's of course if you are not Blaze.....who will probably gain a couple more wins this week and is still undefeated...

Phaedrus is having troubles, Nightwing is getting massacred....JH, Wiegeabo, and harlekin are all hovering 500....everyone is going to lose a lot of characters this round and everyone's records are only going to get worse.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yeah, but there were a couple wins I shoulda had. Well, as ya said I got Wolvie an' after writin' his adventures fer 3 years nobody's gonna beat 'im.

[Nightwing.]

Nightwing is getting massacred....

cheers man.im still losing sleep over that you dont nned to remind me.

stop looking at me stop it just get out of my head.....
why is everyone staring at me????????:eek: :eek:


:p

[POWdER-man]

sorry bro didn't mean to point it out but you have been taking some heavy losses this round. Everyone was bringing it up last round for Sparta but you are outshining him this round...:(:down:

BTW I never heard what was the prizes for Nightwolf....and whoever got the booby prize....

[Nightwing.]

nah dont worry about it i was only joking.but seriously i only seem to be mainly losing the characters i was given this round.im sure ill do better with mine in time

Vote Nightwing.

also what are the prizes plus are we getting a DC one set up after this round?

[POWdER-man]

I hope not, I am still liking the tag team concept...that would be "sweet"

[Phaedrus45]

sorry bro didn't mean to point it out but you have been taking some heavy losses this round. Everyone was bringing it up last round for Sparta but you are outshining him this round...:(:down:

BTW I never heard what was the prizes for Nightwolf....and whoever got the booby prize....

The person who won still has to get me his address. He's kind of in between places right now. Once I get it, I'll be grabbing the stuff from my boxes. The biggest loser was Ang...but, he never really played. So, I am going to double the boobie prize for the biggest loser of this round. I want to make sure that people who participate are the ones who get rewarded.

The good news is that the main prize is ready to go out. I made sure that it would always be ready and not stowed away when the time came to send it out.

[Nightwing.]

cool.well im getting my arse kicked so it looks like im gonna be getting that booby prize.and ive been participating too so i should be worthy of such a prize.

hey is it an actual booby? that would be a funny thing to open in the post.

me - "Hey wife look i got me a boob"
wife - "Wow its a big a tit as you are"

i love my wife

[Sparta*]

sorry bro didn't mean to point it out but you have been taking some heavy losses this round. Everyone was bringing it up last round for Sparta but you are outshining him this round...:(:down:

BTW I never heard what was the prizes for Nightwolf....and whoever got the booby prize....

Rub salt in my wounds why don't ya?! :p

[JewishHobbit]

Well guys, not great news. I just got a PM from Dr. Victor Lehnsherr, who's quitting the tournament. He's apologetic and explained that he's very busy and no longer has the time for the tournament. The departure is on good terms, so it's cool. I've opened an invite to him for next season.

Nonetheless, being mid season, I'm not sure what to do with his characters. I'm thinking that being that it is exactly mid-round 2,.. we could quickly divy them up before starting next week's matches. If not then, then I'd rather they just remain ownerless. What do you guys think?

Phaed, could you give us a list of his characters (and note the ones who's survived to round 3 thus far)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Sure, yeah, let's divvy them up. More cannon fodder. BTW, these ****ing Circut City ads are really startin' to GET ON MY NERVES!!!!!!!!!

[Nightwolf]

Why not give them to AnnoyingSilence whos being voting every week?

[JewishHobbit]

Not a bad idea, I'll talk to him about it. He was asking about it a while ago, but it was too late and round 2 had already started.

Note though, he is my brother-in-law for those of you who don't know. Anyone in the DTL knows that we play and vote in these things fairly, so we don't do the favortism thing. If I decide to offer him the team, I want you guys to know before hand. I'll debate that one though. I don't know if I want to add a new player to the mix this late in the game (cause our last addition went OH so well).

[wiegeabo]

I say hand out the survivors in round 3 if there are enough to go around, and keep the rest ownerless this round, since they've pretty much been ownerless this round anyway.

It there's not enough to go around, then give one each to the owners with the worst records to help keep them in, or those with the best records as a reward.

[JewishHobbit]

Hmm, possibly. Everyone give me your opinions.

[POWdER-man]

Hmm this is tough.....I say let round two finish. The players left in round 3 get divided, putting priority to those who have worse records. ie. if there are 10 characters and 13 players, the three people who have the best records don't get a new character.

We all know that each of us participates and I am sure that AS would participate but it's coming into round 3 in a few weeks....we are pretty advanced in this tournament already, so I don't know if we should add anyone else at this point...besides, these rounds will take less and less time each time so season 2 will be coming up in a couple months.

I hope for season 2 that we do some recruiting and get some new players in the mix.

[Phaedrus45]

Yeah...Either give them straight up to Annoying Silence (he has shown that he will vote each week) or wait until Round 3 is my opinion. Him being your Bro-in-law really effect me in any way. (Unless, you to have to go up against each other, and years down the road you point to a battle between two characters being the rift in your relationship. "He killed my New Son! I'll never forgive him!!!!" ha ha)

Of course, any characters that are facing Blaze in this round, go ahead and give them to Powder. I think he feels like he doesn't get to debate him enough.

[POWdER-man]

Hardy har har...

That's ALL I need...to get my ass served to me some more....:rolleyes:

Woohoo 0-5 baby...........:(

[Nightwing.]

id say leave em ownerless for now.and then divvy them or give em to AS.dont divvy them just yet.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Next time I join one of these things I'm gonna make sure I get some big bads on my list.

[Phaedrus45]

Wolverine...I take it you are going to have Venom advance from the previous round? Or, if you want Carrion, just let me know to adjust the bracket.

I am going to allow Holocaust to advance. I think he'll have a better chance of taking out Aurora, anyway.

Also, as I did for Round 1 with Ang and others, I'm going to keep Victor's characters listed under his name unless a different decision is decided upon by JH for giving away his characters.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I haven't decided yet. Actually forgot about it. I'll get back to ya.

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I am going to have to decide between Electro and Sandman.....I still don't know who would be better in the tournament....

[Phaedrus45]

The following participants have matches next week:

*Harlekin, *Blaze = 6
*Powderman = 5
Victor = 3
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, Wolverine = 2
Death's Head, Phaed, JH, Nightwing, Midnight Ice, Sparta = 1

("*" indicates two owned characters going head-to-head)
WINS:

Blaze = 8
Wiegeabo, JH = 7
Midnight Ice = 6
Wolverine, Nightwolf, Powderman, Victor, Harlekin, Sparta = 5
Phaed = 3
Death's Head = 2
Nightwing = 1

Loses:

Nightwing, Phaed, Wolverine = 8
Powderman, JH, Harlekin, Death's Head = 6
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 5
Midnight Ice, Sparta = 3
Victor = 1
Blaze = 0

The following characters have advanced to face each other in Round 3:

BRACKET 1: Kang(BLAZE) vs. Captain Britain-Braddock(SPARTA)
BRACKET 2: Proctor(WIEGEABO) vs. New Son(JH)
BRACKET 3: Banshee(NIGHTWOLF) vs. Gilgamesh(BLAZE)
BRACKET 4: Quasar(VICTOR) vs. Pagan(MIDNIGHT ICE)
BRACKET 5: Holocaust(PHAED) vs. Aurora(SPARTA)
BRACKET 6: Super Adaptoid(WIEGEABO) vs. Nimrod(HARLEKIN)
BRACKET 7: Shadow King(JH) vs. Cannonball(MIDNIGHT ICE)
BRACKET 8: Gladiator(NIGHTWOLF) vs. Moses Magnum(MIDNIGHT ICE)

[Nightwing.]

well id say sandman would win cos sand isnt a conductor of electricity so sandman wouldnt get harmed.so theres your answer.go for the realistic here man