Contest Of Marvels Discussion Thread

[JewishHobbit]

Hello to all of you who are contestants in the Contest of Marvels. Do to the changing of prizes and thus, misleading title of the previous Discussion thread I am asking that you let that thread die away and only post in this one. This is the "Official" Discussion thread about the Contest Of Marvels. Thanks one and all, Subscribe now so you dont' get lost in the conversation!

[POWdER-man]

Yep I am subscribed....I noticed in a previous email you told a person who is not involved that they could vote. Is this a possibility for anyone, because I am not sure if I like the idea. Someone could contact all of their friends and get them to vote for their characters....

[JewishHobbit]

I'm okay with voting from outside of the game but be warned that if I get even the slightest hint of someone bringing in friends to vote for them then I will not only ban the voter but the person who got them to come in and vote for them as well. I'm sure there will be warnings but I'm not a very forgiving when it comes to cheaters or bullies. Getting your friends in to vote in general is fine as long as I can see that they aren't being biased toward you. I'm friends with just about every one of you but I don't want you to vote for me based on that. This is a gentlemen's game and I want it to remain like so.

[POWdER-man]

When does the voting end in 24 hours?

[Phaedrus45]

When does the voting end in 24 hours?

It says at the beginning of each voting thread. Last voting day is Wednesday, I believe.

Phaed

[wiegeabo]

What time Wednesday, and what time zone?

[Nightwolf]

What if there's a tie?

[Midnight Ice]

Have the people with match ups been PMed or anything? They might be like me and not even realized the matches have started untill they stumble upon them like i did today. :xmen:

[POWdER-man]

Yeah that's how I found out about it, as well as it was mentioned in the old thread "Would you like to win Spiderman..."

[Midnight Ice]

so did you get a pm or email? or did you just find them? :xmen:

[Johnny Blaze]

I just came on a few days back and saw them up.

[POWdER-man]

PM the three matches that I had.....but if you didn't have any matches then you wouldn't have gotten a pm.

[JewishHobbit]

I posted it over in the "Win Spidey Comics" thread and Phaed was supose to PM everyone who had matches to make sure they show up. Sorry but I ran out of time lately and couldn't get around to PMing eveyrone like I wanted.

[Phaedrus45]

I posted it over in the "Win Spidey Comics" thread and Phaed was supose to PM everyone who had matches to make sure they show up. Sorry but I ran out of time lately and couldn't get around to PMing eveyrone like I wanted.

Yeah, I PMed everyone who had matches this week on Friday night, same time I set up the matches. (In fact, I now notice that hardly any of the pictures I posted showed up. That hopefully won't happen, as Nightwing was really nice to help me out and sent me pics and bios.)

[JewishHobbit]

Well the voting will end on Wednesday night (my time here in Ohio currently 11:55pm as I type this). I don't know exactly what time but it'll be late, probably around 11:00 PM (after "Lost" goes off :))

[JewishHobbit]

Hmm. that smiley is kinda annoying when you try to type time doesn't it?

[POWdER-man]

you just have to disable the smilies at the bottom....

Off Topic: Are you a Lost-aholic too JH? Do you go to the ABC forum?

[JewishHobbit]

Well.... I wanted to watch it when it first came out but because it came on when I was at church and I don't have a VCR I just couldn't. Then when summer started it started to come on an hour later so I could catch it. So now I'm about 6 or so episodes into it and my wife and I are both 100% hooked. I doubt it'll run full before season 2 starts so I plan on buying the DVD as soon as it comes out to get caught up. It's the only thing on tv that I watch. I hate tv and only watch 1 hour of it a week.... and that's Lost!

But yeah.. I'm a Lost Junkie now! (Don't ruin anything for me. I already got the death ruined,... NO MORE!)

[POWdER-man]

Trust me you don't find out much...I watched it religiously and watched the repeats in between the new shows. There is a couple of answers solved but a whole lot more unresolved. After you finish watching last year's shows go visit www.spoilerfix.com there is a lot of neat information there, as well as other shows.

But anyways...So there is still one full day of voting...you got anxious to start the voting, didn't you JH?

[Phaedrus45]

Haha...I just started watching the reruns of Lost, too. I missed the first episode, and decided way back when to wait for the reruns. Plus, my other shows were interfering with it. I'm really enjoying it, though.


Phaed

[POWdER-man]

I noticed that by continuing to the next 2 matches of every bracket (I am assuming that is how it's done) that I will not have any characters to fight in the next round...oh well I could use the rest after this week.....

[JewishHobbit]

Trust me you don't find out much...I watched it religiously and watched the repeats in between the new shows. There is a couple of answers solved but a whole lot more unresolved. After you finish watching last year's shows go visit www.spoilerfix.com there is a lot of neat information there, as well as other shows.

But anyways...So there is still one full day of voting...you got anxious to start the voting, didn't you JH?

Thanks for that, I'll look into it. And I didn't really want to vote so early but I had gotten a few questions on how to vote so I just went ahead and did it so everyone could see. For now on I plan on waiting until just before I close the voting late Wednesday night.

[POWdER-man]

By the way do you think we should continue with more matches per thread? It seems (at least this first round) there is a lot of ownerless characters.

[POWdER-man]

Thanks for that, I'll look into it. And I didn't really want to vote so early but I had gotten a few questions on how to vote so I just went ahead and did it so everyone could see. For now on I plan on waiting until just before I close the voting late Wednesday night.

It's definitely got some good information for next season. AND don't worry they don't go full blow out spoil any information. It simply states vague information like "Michelle Rodriguez" will be in season 2 as more of a main character.

Actually what I meant about the early voting was that I thought it wasn't going to start until midnight on Tuesday evening.

[POWdER-man]

Battlefield Question:

I was wondering what is the battlefield? Is it simply NY city, is it a stadium, is it a room, etc....

I think if we leave a vagueness to it all that it makes it confusing for both the opponents and people reading. If we simply set a location then we can work with that and be able to more clearly describe situations.

As well, I think we should have multiple possible locations and it will be picked radomnly for each match that week.

i.e. Wharehouse, Boat Docks, Park, Building Top, Street corner, bridge, Stadium, graveyard, simple room, bank, etc....

[JewishHobbit]

Some locations will be vague and others detailed. I figured I'd leave it open this week and let people fight anywhere in NYC so they could let their imaginations run free. Don't worry, not all weeks are going to be so vague.

[Phaedrus45]

By the way do you think we should continue with more matches per thread? It seems (at least this first round) there is a lot of ownerless characters.

The problem would be that some people have numerous characters in a given week. For example, Sparta had six characters this week. I think to add more matches might even make that situation potentially worse.

What people can do though is take the ownerless characters and try to find ways in which they might win to advance them. Especially if you notice a character who is ownerless might advance and face one of your characters in the next round. Now, that would be a strategy! "I don't want to face Thanos in the second round; so, I'm going to find a way to make Beak advance.")

Hmmm, JH, if you want to argue an ownerless character, do they have to be battling another ownerless character?

[JewishHobbit]

For now I'll say ownerless characters are free for debating,... but if it seems that everyone is debating for this character and teaming up against an owner I may put a stop to it or limit that match for that week. But for now if you see an ownerless character, yes you can debate.

[Nightwolf]

From Thread 1.

It has come t my attention that once we vote we possibly wont be able to edit or change our votes. If thats the rule then ill stick by it but if nothing is decided then i would like to vote against that. First i think that this is a tournament on who we want to win. If a person has posted but then decides that the other character would in fact win then i think its fair that they should be able to change it. Its not for the person being able to convince me to change my vote but for the voter who should be able to vote for who they would actually want to win.

Also a question about debating. Do we only have until Monday to debate or until voting has finished. Again i think that it should be until voting has finished. For example if a person has a lot of matches in a given week and decides one isnt as important as the others as he thinks they're bound to win but then sees that the votes are actually against him, he should be able to take more time to argue his point. I think people should given the chance to convince others of there character and it could lead to a more exciting and fun tournament.

[Johnny Blaze]

Personally, I think you shouldn't be able to change your vote at all, once it's cast.
All one has to do is show a little self control and not vote immediately when voting is opened. Just relax and do a little research on the characters before you vote, and think things over. It's as simple as that.

[Nightwolf]

Yeah, you could do that, but why should you have to?

[Johnny Blaze]

Because you should know the facts before you vote. That way you know who would actually win and won't just be voting by name only. And, if you can't demonstrate a little self control, it's nobody's fault but your own if you rush and cast your vote immediately once voting begins.

[Nightwolf]

The fact that you want to change your vote proves that you have put thought into it. If i'm not mistaken you have to vote for every match in the thread. Well I personally dont know even the basics about some characters let alone their histories, past battles, changes in powers. If there hasnt been a lot of debating I may be forced to vote for name only. If something comes to my attention that might change that I would at least like the option of being able to change my vote. Voting for who we think would win is what this tournament is about isnt it and if i or anybody had made a rash decision I still dont know understand why we have to be punished for it?

[Phaedrus45]

From Thread 1.

It has come t my attention that once we vote we possibly wont be able to edit or change our votes. If thats the rule then ill stick by it but if nothing is decided then i would like to vote against that. First i think that this is a tournament on who we want to win. If a person has posted but then decides that the other character would in fact win then i think its fair that they should be able to change it. Its not for the person being able to convince me to change my vote but for the voter who should be able to vote for who they would actually want to win.

Also a question about debating. Do we only have until Monday to debate or until voting has finished. Again i think that it should be until voting has finished. For example if a person has a lot of matches in a given week and decides one isnt as important as the others as he thinks they're bound to win but then sees that the votes are actually against him, he should be able to take more time to argue his point. I think people should given the chance to convince others of there character and it could lead to a more exciting and fun tournament.

This is definitely a JH decision. But, the problem with changing votes is that it could lead to possible errors. Right now, it's very simple to go through the posts and tally up who got votes. If people started changing votes, though, there would be quite a bit of having to go back and forth, seeing who really voted for whom. And, as some races are very tight, we could create more animosity between participants. (For example, even though I thought Elektra faired an excellent chance of beating Cap, if people started changing their vote, the owner of Cap might get a bit upset seeing his former victory turned into defeat. It's not too hard to see your character lose when people think he/she would in a normal fight, but it wouldn't be as easy if you felt like it was stolen from you.

As for debating, once Saturday and Sunday are over, I believe the debates are open for everyone, right? This is your chance to put in your two cents and be heard. (Yet, the problem is that even if you are debating, most people have already made up their mind and voted.)

Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Ok Here are my thoughts

1. I don't think votes should be changed. You have the opportunity to vote anytime until the end of voting to make your decision. You can do research if you feel unsure of the debate process (if any). I take into effect the debating STRONGLY. But if I am not convinced, than it's not enough. I also feel that names are pulling a strong sway towards the voting, but it's difficult to tell with some of the matches having no debating.

2. As well, I think we should have a set debating period. ie. Saturday 12:01 am - Sunday 11:59 or even Monday at 11:59. Do we really need almost 3 full days for voting? This will leave more time to argue your points. As well I think once the voting has started there should not be any mention about points that could sway votes because there is a debating period set for that. As well we should not mention anything in owner matches this could again sway votes and might leave it open for people to gain up on someone. Person 1: We forgot about "___________", Person 2: Yes that's right because ____________". Person 3: I see what you mean because "______________". So as we said previously the debating should be between the owners. If they are both ownerless maybe leave a bit of flexibility to that.

3. If we allow debating after the voting process has started than someone can put all their points at the end, and possibly get the advantage because some people might only read the last couple of posts.

4. I agree with Phaedrus, I would hate to be happyone day because my guy is winning 8-4 then the next day 3 people change their mind and it's 7-5 for my opponent.

[Johnny Blaze]

The fact that you want to change your vote proves that you have put thought into it. If i'm not mistaken you have to vote for every match in the thread. Well I personally dont know even the basics about some characters let alone their histories, past battles, changes in powers. If there hasnt been a lot of debating I may be forced to vote for name only. If something comes to my attention that might change that I would at least like the option of being able to change my vote. Voting for who we think would win is what this tournament is about isnt it and if i or anybody had made a rash decision I still dont know understand why we have to be punished for it?
Wanting to change one's votes does not prove that someone put thought into it. It proves the person was impetuous and couldn't wait another day or so until all the facts are in, or could not take five minutes of their time to actually research the characters a bit for themselves. There's tons of sites out there with info on all kinds of comic characters, it's not that hard to take a few minutes and compare the combatant's experience and/or abilities. Especially since there are links to a bio for each character already.

Even still, here's a list of sites in which you can find bios for the characters in this thing:

Marvel Appendix (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/appchar.htm)
Marvel Villains (http://www.geocities.com/marvel_villains/)
Marvel Directory (http://www.marveldirectory.com/xoops/modules/news/)
Dr. Strange Site (http://www.drstrange.nl/)
Comixfan Board (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=188)
Spider-Bob (Marvel Index) (http://spider-bob.com/comicspage/marvel/marvel_index.htm)
Thor Site (http://immortalthor.net/)
Classic MU RPG Site (http://classicmarvel.com/)
Silver Surfer Site (http://marvelite.prohosting.com/surfer/)
X-Men Site (http://uncannyxmen.net/db/characters/)

Between all those sites, anyone should be able to glean info on pretty much every character in this thing. :up:


Not to mention that, as Phaedrus touched on, changing votes can lead to a lot of bitterness between posters as well as arguments.

[Nightwolf]

Ok, well after this post I think I'll wait for JH decision but i will say that I thought this tournament was more about the characters than the people behind them. If you have changed your mind on which character you think should win then I think that you should be allowed to show that in your vote.

[Johnny Blaze]

Yes, it is more about the characters than the posters. As such, people should take time and think things through to make sure they do the character's justice and make the right decision instead of voting impulsively.

[JewishHobbit]

Okay... here's my opinion. There is to be NO changing of votes... once the vote is placed it is final. If I learn of anyone going back and editing their vote there will be punishment for the action. This doesn't make it more about the posters than the characters at all because all votes should be thought through, not quickly thrown out there. If you think there may still be some arguments to read then don't vote until you feel your mind is made up. If this means waiting until the last minute to vote then wait until the last minute.

Now since some people do not want to wait before voting,.. and because I can see the point in the 3 day voting period being too long I will rearange the schedual. I will post this in the first post of each thread so if you have any questions beyond this point refur to it there. But it will be as followed:

All matches will begin late Friday night (when Phaed is able to get them up). From this moment on debating will ensue. It will continue through until the end of the match on Wednesday.

Voting will be pushed back to Tuesday at 6:00pm my time and will end on Wednesday night between 10:00 and 11:00 pm. (I'd put a more detailed time but my availability varies). Any votes posted at this point are final,.. DO NOT CHANGE THEM! If you wish to read all arguments before voting,.. do so. Even if it means you vote last minute. Be patient, otherwise I don't want to hear complaining.

I hope this clears up this mess and if not then ask away and I'll try to help further.

[POWdER-man]

Everything sounds about right where I would expect them JH.

Lol you seem a bit agitated. These questions aren't getting you too wounded up, are they?

Just go get your LOTR mug and put some 5 star whiskey and mix in some Sussex Gingerale and all your worries should vannish...that or at least you have a good drink...

[Nightwolf]

Ok, that seems fair enough and no hard fellings. I look forward to debating with you guys for real :).

[JewishHobbit]

Nah,.. questions don't bother me. Got some other stuff off-line that's got me a little annoyed. The questioning was actually reasonable and I do apologize if it sounded rude or negative, I didn't mean to make it like so.

[POWdER-man]

No problem I knew you didn't sound the same.....I hope whatever it is, works itself out ;)

[Nightwing]

so are the final scores in and when does the next round start?

also is there gonna be a little table drawn up showing who got through to the next round?then people outside of the tournament can follow the progress of the matches.

[Phaedrus45]

Here are some of the stats:

Stepford Cuckoos 13-1 over Shard
Doc. Octopus 8-6 over Diablo
Cassandra Nova 11-2 over Blade
Drax 12-1 over Quicksilver
Enchantress 14-0 over Ikaris
Goblin Queen 14-0 over Radius
Reaper 7-6 over Fenris
Carnage 9-4 over Sage
Sunfire 9-4 over Penance
Speedball 7-6 over Mondo
Callisto 12-1 over Jubilee
Kristoff 9-4 over Dagger
Valkyrie 11-2 over U.S. Agent
Nighthawk 8-5 over Medusa
Cap. America 10-3 over Elektra
Hydro-Man 12-1 over Tigra

So, when round 2 comes in 32 weeks, these character will be facing off:

Stepford Cuckoos vs. Enchantress
Doc. Octopus vs. Goblin Queen
Cassandra Nova vs. Reaper
Drax vs. Carnage
Sunfire vs. Valkyrie
Speedball vs. Nighthawk
Callisto vs. Cap. America
Kristoff vs. Hydro-Man

In the win column, these people had characters who moved on:

Powderman - 3 characters
Sparta - 2 characters
Blaze - 2 characters
JH - 2 characters
Harlekin - 1 character
Victor - 1 character
Wolverine - 1 character
Nightwolf - 1 character
Spiderman - 1 character

In the loss column, these people had characters who got eliminated:

Sparta - 4 characters
Victor - 1 character
Blaze - 1 character
Harlekin - 1 character
Wolverine - 1 character


OK, start thinking about Saturday for debating. And, in order for those people involved to prepare, I am going to PM on Thursday, giving everyone a chance to start to think of their strategies.
Phaed

[POWdER-man]

:( I don't have anyone. Oh well, I guess I will debate the ownerless matches.

[JewishHobbit]

Ouch poor Sparta!

And to answer your question Nightwing. I do plan on eventually making a bracket for the tournament,.. I just haven't had time lately. I'll post it here probably in the first thread when I do. I'll let you guys know.

[Nightwing]

wicked nice my friend

[JewishHobbit]

"wicked nice".... you british people are so funny with your little language :D

[Nightwing]

hey thats not british.you will notice i stole that from the ever so funny Adam Sandler from the film 'Mr.Deeds'

[JewishHobbit]

Eh,.. never saw Mr. Deeds. Just don't find Mr. Sandler that funny myself. But then I lack a sense of humor so take it as you will.

[Nightwing]

Adam Sandler is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious

[Phaedrus45]

There are times I like Sandler, but more often than not, not. I thought he was the worst thing in The Longest Yard (come on, him a football quarterback?) and also terribly miscast in Spanglish. His acting is really just awful...he just plays the same person lately, and when I watch him, I don't see the same excitement and freshness from his earlier movies. You know, he just doesn't seem that fun to be around. You see interviews, and he seems ... above it all.


Phaed

[Phaedrus45]

I'm trying to use Photobucket, but everytime I try to copy and paste a picture to my computer from a website, nothing comes up. I mean, it makes a file, but when I try to preview it, it says there isn't anything to preview. Any helpful advice???

[POWdER-man]

You need a photoshop program that can display pictures....hmm try downloading it from download.com

here is a link:
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=photoshop&tg=dl-20&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=+Go%21

but even then you don't need to open it from you computer, you simply open your album from Photo bucket and click browse, look through your files to find the pictures and transfer them. Then once you have them in the album you can view them there anytime and when you want to add the pictures to the thread you simply copy the tag line for the image. ie. mypicture and paste them in your post.

[Phaedrus45]

Well, I said I'm a computer idiot. I just can't figure out this posting of pictures thing. I've downloaded Adobe...but, try as I might to get something onto the computer, it won't show. Now, if I do this:



http://www.mutanthigh.com/phoenixIV.jpg (http://www.mutanthigh.com/phoenixIV.html)

The picture shows. Does it show for you guys?

But, I'm now stealing bandwidth. AAAARRRGGGG!!!!! When I do the same copy and paste, it shows a file, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the file.

Phaed

[Phaedrus45]

Well, I have both jobs today, and I won't get home until 10:30 tonight. I'm going to post the matches and bios, but pictures won't be available until I figure it out. If anyone else is able to post the pictures, it would be appreciated.



Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Hey phaedrus did you read my explanation post? It's quite easy, just right click the image and click "save as", save it on your computer, then access it through your album on photobucket.

[Phaedrus45]

Hey phaedrus did you read my explanation post? It's quite easy, just right click the image and click "save as", save it on your computer, then access it through your album on photobucket.

I know, I did that. But, for some reason, it wouldn't work. I'm going to try it on this computer now, though.

[Phaedrus45]

YES!! YES!!! It was the work computer that was a dork...not me this time!!! Photobucket worked like it was suppose to on my home computer. Now, I'll try to do the pics, and if there is any problems with anything, please let me know.


Phaed

Just wanted to add a big THANK YOU to everyone who have helped me this past week. This sure looks a lot better than the crap I did the first week. I can't believe how once you learn it, it's so darn easy!

[Phaedrus45]

The location of this weeks fights will be The Savage Land.

[JewishHobbit]

Hah,.. If you didn't choose one I was going to say it was at the Savage Land also.

Great Minds think alike and feeble minds wobble together!

[Nightwing]

Savage Land????Pre Sentinel attack or post?are theyre dinosaurs and stuff?????????

[Phaedrus45]

Savage Land????Pre Sentinel attack or post?are theyre dinosaurs and stuff?????????

I was thinking classic Savage Land....Dinosaurs and stuff. But, it's your imagination; so, you basically tell us.

Phaed

[JewishHobbit]

Um,.. I don't recall a Sentinel attack in the Savage Land. Maybe you're thinking of Genosha.

[Nightwing]

im thinking of ultimate xmen.in that there is a mother computer which calls sentinels to attack leaving scott and wolverine to fight their way out.i think it was sentinels anyway but it was this computer ordering strikes on the U.S

[JewishHobbit]

Okay,.. more specifics toward locations. Take them how either Phaed or I say them and they will always be in the 616 universe unless otherwise noted.

Example: If we just said New York.... it's the basic New York. But if we say New York with Asguard floating over it,... then it's NY with Asguard floating over it. If you can use Asguard in your defense go for it. Otherwise if there is no stipulations given to each location it's the normal location.

[Johnny Blaze]

Okay,.. more specifics toward locations. Take them how either Phaed or I say them and they will always be in the 616 universe unless otherwise noted.

Example: If we just said New York.... it's the basic New York. But if we say New York with Asguard floating over it,... then it's NY with Asguard floating over it. If you can use Asguard in your defense go for it. Otherwise if there is no stipulations given to each location it's the normal location.
Asgard, without the "U". :)

[Nightwing]

I regret to say that i am dropping from this tournament. there is too much going on in my life at present. sorry folks

[Phaedrus45]

I regret to say that i am dropping from this tournament. there is too much going on in my life at present. sorry folks

Sorry to see you leave, Nightwing. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know. If the debating part is too much, but you'd still like to vote and see your characters move on...I don't think it's too much of a problem. Speaking for myself, I would like to see you stay on in any way that would be possible.

Phaed

[Nightwing]

i dont have time.sorry

[JewishHobbit]

Sorry to see you go man. But I can understand a busy life more than most. Good luck.

[JewishHobbit]

Okay, two things:

First thing is that 1) I am making the drawn out brackets slowly. The first bracket is done and posted in thread one on the first post. Click the link and you'll see the first bracket layed out. I'll be taking a break from the book I'm writing over the next few days to work on the rest of them.

and 2) Reguard the event of a tie:

This week we have a tie going between Mesmero and Omega Red. My thinking is that in the event of a tie we will repost the match the following week (with the new matches). This will be a second shot for the owners to debate their characters but I will also now open it up to everyone else,.. open floor discussion on this match only. Then we will vote again, hopefully do a differant outcome.

Sound good to everyone else?

[Phaedrus45]

Okay, two things:

First thing is that 1) I am making the drawn out brackets slowly. The first bracket is done and posted in thread one on the first post. Click the link and you'll see the first bracket layed out. I'll be taking a break from the book I'm writing over the next few days to work on the rest of them.

and 2) Reguard the event of a tie:

This week we have a tie going between Mesmero and Omega Red. My thinking is that in the event of a tie we will repost the match the following week (with the new matches). This will be a second shot for the owners to debate their characters but I will also now open it up to everyone else,.. open floor discussion on this match only. Then we will vote again, hopefully do a differant outcome.

Sound good to everyone else?

#2 sounds good. I also thought of a possible solution...especially if it's a tie again. Since Sparta is also in our little contest, we could always beg him to post the tie match in his thread, and since he get's about 18 votes per match, we would get a good result.

I know some of you guys are watching Lost, like I am. Did I miss an episode...because, they skipped over from the one I watched last Wednesday.

Phaed

[Nightwing]

it starts on wednesday in britain.cant wait.it looks really good

[JewishHobbit]

#2 sounds good. I also thought of a possible solution...especially if it's a tie again. Since Sparta is also in our little contest, we could always beg him to post the tie match in his thread, and since he get's about 18 votes per match, we would get a good result.

I know some of you guys are watching Lost, like I am. Did I miss an episode...because, they skipped over from the one I watched last Wednesday.

Phaed

Yeah I'm kinda bad about that (lost that is). I'm loving them now that I"m catching them on rerun and then suddenly it jumps ahead. I think they skipped only 1 episode because the Iraq guy had just got back from being kidnapped. I'm guessing that it's gonna start skipping a lot to cover the important things to simply refresh people's minds before season 2 starts. If it does it too much then I'm going to stop watching and wait for the dvd. If it comes out after season 2 starts I'll have my mother tape them all for me as she watches the show and I'll watch them after I watch the rest of the season. (I added spoilers because I think Nightwing is saying it's just starting over there so I don't want to spoil anything)


And reguarding Sparta's thread. I like the idea if we get a tie two weeks in a row. If he agrees with it I'm okay with it.

[JewishHobbit]

it starts on wednesday in britain.cant wait.it looks really good

AH so Lost hasn't aired in Europe yet? We have it on reruns right now and I've only seen about 8 episodes into it and it's just amazing! Watch it!

[Nightwing]

yeah well its got Merry from Lord of the rings in it which is cool and it looks good.my wife heard something about something hunting the survivors.dont tell me what but im kinda looking forward to that

[Phaedrus45]

yeah well its got Merry from Lord of the rings in it which is cool and it looks good.my wife heard something about something hunting the survivors.dont tell me what but im kinda looking forward to that

Yeah, it's nice the the guy from LOTR has such a nice role in the show. And, it's just so different. There is so much mystery about what the island is, what's on it, and all; but, it's also such an uplifting show. You think you kind of know the characters, and they give you a little bit each week from their pasts to realize how great or misunderstood they are.

My only gripe is that seeing previews for shows starting up next season, there are a lot that look like a lost rip-off. Not stranded on a island kind of show, but a "look, we've got this real mystery" type of show.

Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Yeah it has that older brother from Party of Five (Jack). Between him, Locke, Hurley, Kate, and Sayid It's an amazing show.

AS for the hunting for survivors...??? I am not sure what you mean by that, but I have seen every episode at least twice. As well, I know some valuable information for next season. I can't wait, I have been in withdrawal since the........ending.

Ahhh, I only have one match this next round...:(. Against JH, hmmm another spidey villain vs a mutant.

Oh well, I know I am going to be hit with like 10 in one round soon enough.

[Harlekin]

AH so Lost hasn't aired in Europe yet? We have it on reruns right now and I've only seen about 8 episodes into it and it's just amazing! Watch it!
It's aired in Holland, but I'm not sure if its still on at the moment.

[Phaedrus45]

Yeah it has that older brother from Party of Five (Jack). Between him, Locke, Hurley, Kate, and Sayid It's an amazing show.

AS for the hunting for survivors...??? I am not sure what you mean by that, but I have seen every episode at least twice. As well, I know some valuable information for next season. I can't wait, I have been in withdrawal since the........ending.

Ahhh, I only have one match this next round...:(. Against JH, hmmm another spidey villain vs a mutant.

Oh well, I know I am going to be hit with like 10 in one round soon enough.

Oh, crap! I'm glad you said something, because I looked at this weeks match-ups, and we seem to have a character who battled last week. Starfox is Eros, right? So, JH, I need a character who can replace Eros in the Tigershark vs. Eros match-up in Bracket #8, Match #5.

[Johnny Blaze]

Yeah it has that older brother from Party of Five (Jack). Between him, Locke, Hurley, Kate, and Sayid It's an amazing show.

AS for the hunting for survivors...??? I am not sure what you mean by that, but I have seen every episode at least twice. As well, I know some valuable information for next season. I can't wait, I have been in withdrawal since the........ending. I think he means the island's defense system; the one that almost dragged Locke under in the final ep. Either that, or he means The Others. Course, they only seem to be interested in the children.
Can't wait for season 2 to start either; find out what happened with Sawyer and the others on the raft that got blown to ****, and just what the hell is down that damn hatch. :o

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Wolverine = 3
JH, Iceman, Harlekin = 2
Powderman, Dwarflord, Ang, Spiderman, Sparta, Blaze, Wiegeabo = 1

Plus, Wiegeabo and Harlekin will go again with Omega Red vs. Mesmero.

(There are 5 match-ups without anyone participating in them. So, feel free to debate those .... I'll try to do that to.)

Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine = 5
JH, Blaze, Powderman = 3
Nightwolf, Sparta, Harlekin, Victor = 2
Spiderman, Phaed, Wiegeabo = 1

Losses:

Sparta = 4
Ang = 3
Wiegeabo, Wolverine, Dwarflord, JH, Harlekin, Spiderman, Blaze, Victor = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 14 weeks:

Bracket #1: Jean Grey(JH) vs. Ghost Rider - Danny(Wolverine)
Bracket #2: Dust vs. ???? (to be determined)
Bracket #3: Deadpool(Wolverine) vs. Silver Surfer(Wiegeabo)
Bracket #4: X-51(Wolverine) vs. Morg(Victor)
Bracket #5: Maverick(Wolverine) vs. Living Lightning
Bracket #6: Carol Danvers(Nightwolf) vs. Baron Zemo II
Bracket #7: Starfox(Phaed) vs. Sersi(Harlekin)
Bracket #8: Thena(Blaze) vs. Karnak(JH)

It's a good thing we are having the easier round now, because by the time we get to round two, it's really gonna heat up. (Personally, I don't look forward to going up against Sersi....especially with the way Harlekin can debate a match!)

[Nightwing]

hey phaedrus when you gonna give yourself an avatar?

[Phaedrus45]

hey phaedrus when you gonna give yourself an avatar?

Truth be told...I don't know how.

Phaed <hangs head in shame>

[Nightwing]

speak to any of the names that are in my signature CConn hunter rider or Joseph_Freefall. Theyll sort you one out

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Aw man, those match-ups suck. You got me goin' against guys WAY outta my guys' power classes. Deadpool vs. Surfer? C'mon! I'm a good writer but even I dunno how th' hell he'd beat him.

Th' power classes should be more evenly matched out this early, an' this hodge podge closer to th' end.

*Sigh* Friggin' hell...

[Phaedrus45]

Aw man, those match-ups suck. You got me goin' against guys WAY outta my guys' power classes. Deadpool vs. Surfer? C'mon! I'm a good writer but even I dunno how th' hell he'd beat him.

Th' power classes should be more evenly matched out this early, an' this hodge podge closer to th' end.

*Sigh* Friggin' hell...

Well, at least you have about 15 weeks to catch up on all your Deadpool comics and see if there is anything in there to help you take on the Surfer. And, anyway, you'll just relish in the fact that eventually the Surfer might get handed his down the road. (AND, you know your guy will get at least one vote, right?)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

If yer implyin' my vote, I wouldn't count on it...

[Phaedrus45]

If yer implyin' my vote, I wouldn't count on it...

I'll tell you what....you can buy my vote. Just send me $200.00, and I'm bought! Or, you can just send a complete collection of The Walking Dead.

[POWdER-man]

Yeah that's a tough one but if you send me a cheque for $300.00 you can have my vote too.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Feh, a fightin' chance is all I ask. If I'm gonna lose, I rather it not be in th' first 5 seconds.

[Phaedrus45]

Feh, a fightin' chance is all I ask. If I'm gonna lose, I rather it not be in th' first 5 seconds.

Deadpool will easily last longer than 5 seconds. Silver Surfer will be too busy trying to understand Wade's sense of humor. S.S. might even go a little mad because of it.

[Phaedrus45]

Ok, Since I'm doing both jobs today and won't get home until 11:00 pm Pacific Time, I'm going to get a start on the posting of matchs to be debated starting tomorrow. Pictures have to wait until I get home, as this computer won't do photobucket.

Phaed

[Sparta*]

Sweet! I'm #1 for most Losses! Booya......... :(

[Phaedrus45]

Sweet! I'm #1 for most Losses! Booya......... :(

Hey, but you bounced back this week. No losses! Ummm...of course, you didn't have any matches, did you?

DOH!

[Sparta*]

No....I didn't have any this week....hahaha if your trying to make me feel better your doing a bad job Phaed! :thing: hahaha (I do have one battle this week though...and ya'll better vote for Morbius or DIE!!!)

[JewishHobbit]

If you guys haven't noticed I'm making out the tournaments in visual brackets and posting them. It'll take me a few days to finish them all but I have both for Thread 1 finished and posted and I'm finishing up the first for the second thread right now. Check them out and feel free to guess who will win witch matches. It's kinda fun.

[Phaedrus45]

If you guys haven't noticed I'm making out the tournaments in visual brackets and posting them. It'll take me a few days to finish them all but I have both for Thread 1 finished and posted and I'm finishing up the first for the second thread right now. Check them out and feel free to guess who will win witch matches. It's kinda fun.

Yeah, you bastard! You're just happy that Hyperion is coming up this week. (God, I don't look forward to having to meet him in a match. That is my pick of who will win it all. I'm really hoping someone can come up with a match-up where he can be taken out.)

[JewishHobbit]

Actually by my estimation I'm thinking the final match of that bracket will be Hyperion Vs Thanos. That'll be tough!

[Phaedrus45]

Actually by my estimation I'm thinking the final match of that bracket will be Hyperion Vs Thanos. That'll be tough!

Yeah, you guys will all be underestimating Molecule Man. Don't forget, even Doom knew to kiss his ass in Secret Wars!

[Johnny Blaze]

Yeah, but is the Reece in this thing the one with the mental blocks or without them?

[JewishHobbit]

I don't know anything about the character. What is his normal state... with or without?

[Phaedrus45]

Just for people that don't recognize that Flatman was on the list of characters...he's traded place with Eros on your brackets; because, Eros is the same as Starfox, who fought last week.

[Phaedrus45]

I don't know anything about the character. What is his normal state... with or without?

Well, last I saw of him, he had mental blocks before Secret Wars, but then fell in love and became a force of good ... eventually killing Klaw. Here is a kind of funny write-up on him.

http://www.ludickid.com/112803.htm

Here is another, which explains that before he was unable to effect living creatures, but that is no longer the case.

http://www.norse-man.net/Marvel/Char-M/MoleculeMan.htm

[Phaedrus45]

If anyone has any info or pics for Llyron or Tigershark, could you get them for me?


Thanks,

Phaed

[Sparta*]

Ask and you shall receive...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a10/Sparta29/Llyron.jpghttp://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a10/Sparta29/TigerShark.jpg

[Nightwing]

Juggernaut could take him.he was my character but ive dropped out now.although i dont think my squad has had a battle yet so i could join in.hmmm.whens week three start?

[JewishHobbit]

Well, last I saw of him, he had mental blocks before Secret Wars, but then fell in love and became a force of good ... eventually killing Klaw. Here is a kind of funny write-up on him.

http://www.ludickid.com/112803.htm

Here is another, which explains that before he was unable to effect living creatures, but that is no longer the case.

http://www.norse-man.net/Marvel/Char-M/MoleculeMan.htm

I say he doesn't have the mentle blocks

[JewishHobbit]

Ask and you shall receive...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a10/Sparta29/Llyron.jpghttp://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a10/Sparta29/TigerShark.jpg

Wow,.. that looks nothing like tigershark, not how I know him to be anyhow. I guess it's him but huh?

[JewishHobbit]

Okay,... all brackets are made and posted in the first post of each thread. Go check them out if you haven't. Go ahead and start making your predictions now!

[Phaedrus45]

Wow,.. that looks nothing like tigershark, not how I know him to be anyhow. I guess it's him but huh?

Hey, I thought Llyron was a girl.

[Phaedrus45]

Juggernaut could take him.he was my character but ive dropped out now.although i dont think my squad has had a battle yet so i could join in.hmmm.whens week three start?

I believe you had some matches this week. Do you want me to set you up again? It wouldn't take me too much time.

[Phaedrus45]

I believe you had some matches this week. Do you want me to set you up again? It wouldn't take me too much time.

If you want set up again, you have the following matches:

Silver Sable match in Bracket #5
Moon Knight in Bracket #6 .... vs. Ikaris (you'll really have to debate that one!)
Pyro in Bracket #6 vs. Fabian Cortez (got a good chance with that one.)
Rhino in Bracket #7 vs. hehehehe Puck. (That one looks pretty damn good!)

[Phaedrus45]

OK, as I've been going through my extras, I have found this following collection to the winner of this game. You have the choice to choose something else you might like, but thought this is a pretty good Marvel pack.



Unless otherwise noted, the winner of the Contest of Marvels will win:

Uncanny X-Men #250-258
Uncanny X-Men #260-263
Uncanny X-Men #265-266

I was worried, but I've examined all the books, and they all seem to be in NM condition...VF would be the worst...but, I didn't notice any problems with the books. For those of you who don't know, X-Men 266 is the gem in the collection, being the first full appearance of Gambit (Wizard currently has it listed as $60.00 and Mile High at $90.00 with no copies in stock.) Plus, you are getting the first appearance of the new Psylocke with issue #256.

As I've said, I have other comics, and if you already have these in your collection, you will be free to choose from some others, like a pretty much complete collection of the Death of Superman.

Again, good luck, guys,

Phaed

[JewishHobbit]

OK, as I've been going through my extras, I have found this following collection to the winner of this game. You have the choice to choose something else you might like, but thought this is a pretty good Marvel pack.

Unless otherwise noted, the winner of the Contest of Marvels will win:

Uncanny X-Men #250-258
Uncanny X-Men #260-263
Uncanny X-Men #265-266

I was worried, but I've examined all the books, and they all seem to be in NM condition...VF would be the worst...but, I didn't notice any problems with the books. For those of you who don't know, X-Men 266 is the gem in the collection, being the first full appearance of Gambit (Wizard currently has it listed as $60.00 and Mile High at $90.00 with no copies in stock.) Plus, you are getting the first appearance of the new Psylocke with issue #256.

As I've said, I have other comics, and if you already have these in your collection, you will be free to choose from some others, like a pretty much complete collection of the Death of Superman.

Again, good luck, guys,

Phaed

Sounds good man. That first Gambit is a gem and if I'm not mistaken that Psylocke story is the first ever Jim Lee on X-Men,.. also priced quite nicely. (though I could be wrong on that). I do have all those but I sure wouldn't mind having extra copies!

[POWdER-man]

:eek: Wow those are some awesome comics. I guess I am going to have to try a little harder if I want them.

I am unfamiliar on what are the arcs/storylines for those comics. Can you tell me?

[Phaedrus45]

Sounds good man. That first Gambit is a gem and if I'm not mistaken that Psylocke story is the first ever Jim Lee on X-Men,.. also priced quite nicely. (though I could be wrong on that). I do have all those but I sure wouldn't mind having extra copies!

I was hoping to have a 1st Jim Lee extra copy to add in, but that is issue 248. Missed by two. The funny thing is about less than five years ago I found these X-Men comics for around $1.00 each at half priced books. That's why I was worried they might not be in the greatest condition, but was happy to see they looked fine.

As for the storylines in these books, I can hardly remember much about them. Like most of my comics, I have only read them once. (Now, I look at these 14 boxes of DC comics I bought off this guy for $20.00 a long box and wonder when I'm ever going to have a chance to read these things. Part of me says, "Sell them, they will just sit around." But, the other part says, "It's so nice to have them in your collection. Keep them.")

[POWdER-man]

Awww I was looking at the next round and I don't have anybody....:( However the following week I have 4 matches. Man I didn't luck out this first round I think all my matches are against owners. I wouldn't mind having a couple of easy matches....It would be a nice change of pace...lol

[POWdER-man]

BTW I keep informed of all my matches but I didn't get a message telling me that I had Scorpion fighting this week. Have you guys given that up or was I just left out?

[Phaedrus45]

BTW I keep informed of all my matches but I didn't get a message telling me that I had Scorpion fighting this week. Have you guys given that up or was I just left out?

No, I'm sorry. With all the working I've been doing this week (75 hours!!!!), I didn't have time to get to it; and, being in a rush, I know I tend to make mistakes. I was hoping people would be able to check up on it themselves. I promise, I'll send out notices from now on if it's what people prefer.

Phaed

[Johnny Blaze]

Personally, sending me a notice isn't really necessary; I can check the threads when the new matches are put up. :up:

[POWdER-man]

Agreed like I said, I check what matches are ahead of time anyways. Since I already know I am matchless next week and the following week I have professor X, Hercules, Shriek (this one is really tough) against Death's Head's Death's Head, and....I can't thin of the last one...maybe Wonderman.

I am just curious if they have stopped altogether because I wonder if everyone knows that.

[Phaedrus45]

Hey, did you guys check out X-Men #173 this week? A pretty good issue, and it has some of the kids sitting around talking about dream matches between various X-Men. It reminded me so much of the hype! "Wolverine versus the Beast ... Animal cunning meets brute strength..." Loved it!

[Nightwing]

hey im back in it.starting this week i am debating.

[Sparta*]

Whoa! Cool avvy Nightwing

[Nightwing]

thanks it was made by Joseph_Freefall

[Phaedrus45]

hey im back in it.starting this week i am debating.

Good to have you back, buddy! As they say, the more the merrier.

[Nightwing]

cheers.ive already done my debates for this week.dunno if ill win but who knows.when i have more time ill do proper write ups for the debates in the future.this week is very rushed.but good to have my team back

[deathshead2]

Agreed like I said, I check what matches are ahead of time anyways. Since I already know I am matchless next week and the following week I have professor X, Hercules, Shriek (this one is really tough) against Death's Head's Death's Head, and....I can't thin of the last one...maybe Wonderman.

I am just curious if they have stopped altogether because I wonder if everyone knows that.Do you mean it going to be a hard fight between your shriek against my deathshead 2.By the way who is shriek?

[POWdER-man]

Do you mean it going to be a hard fight between your shriek against my deathshead 2.By the way who is shriek?


Yeah I meant it was going to be tough for my Shriek against your deathsheasd 2.

Here is her bio:

http://www.samruby.com/Villains/Shriek/shriek.htm

A decent character but I will have my work cut out against yours.

[JewishHobbit]

Shriek is a great Spidey character they need to bring out of limbo! What was the last thing she was in.... Trial of Peter Parker during the Clone Saga wasn't it?

And Phaed you don't have to PM me either as I keep up on the threads and matches daily. And I have an idea of what you can do with those DC comics....... My address is 897 Laurel........

[POWdER-man]

yeah she hasn't been used for awhile. She is/was one of the best female villains that spidey has faced. Another good one is/was Lady Doc Ock.

Here are her last couple of appearances:

Apr 1995 App: Spectacular Spider-Man #223
"Aftershocks (2 of 2), Parker Legacy (Part 3) Galleries"
... "Jackal removes the Carrion virus from her"

Jul 1995 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #403 (Rev, Rev)
"The Trial of Peter Parker (2 of 4)"
... "Cameo"

[deathshead2]

HmmmI don't know if deaths head 2 has any fears?I think he can heal himself from those sonic blasts,and deathshead has 200 of the smartest minds in the marvel universe.A arm gun and claw thing and he is crazy so getting him angry won't really stop him sense he is angry most of the time.

[Phaedrus45]

HmmmI don't know if deaths head 2 has any fears?I think he can heal himself from those sonic blasts,and deathshead has 200 of the smartest minds in the marvel universe.A arm gun and claw thing and he is crazy so getting him angry won't really stop him sense he is angry most of the time.

He fears being cancelled and never heard from again.

[POWdER-man]

HmmmI don't know if deaths head 2 has any fears?I think he can heal himself from those sonic blasts,and deathshead has 200 of the smartest minds in the marvel universe.A arm gun and claw thing and he is crazy so getting him angry won't really stop him sense he is angry most of the time.

The key thing is "you are aware of"....Maybe he is scared of clowns

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Powderman_22/itclown.jpg

I HATED that damn clown....

[Phaedrus45]

The key thing is "you are aware of"....Maybe he is scared of clowns

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Powderman_22/itclown.jpg

I HATED that damn clown....

You like him better as Frankenfurter?

[POWdER-man]

Well no not really but I didn't watch that when I was younger.

[Johnny Blaze]

Um, shouldn't voting have already opened? :confused:

[POWdER-man]

yeah I was thinking the same thing. It usually starts Tuesday morning. (I think)

JH must sleeping in his hobbit hole again.

[Johnny Blaze]

Freakin' dirty little Hobbits. All they do all day is eat, sleep, drink ale, and smoke their pipe weed. :mad:

[wiegeabo]

Really....?

...And would one sign up for this...?

Out of curiosity only, of course.

[POWdER-man]

Hey wait...yeah count me in!!!

So where is the signup sheet?

Eh.........Theoretically of course........... :D

[Nightwing]

ill be a hobbit!sounds like a right job

[JewishHobbit]

Tuesdays after work... not before :mad: get it straight!!!!!

No hobbity goodness for you!



(and voting is now open)

[Phaedrus45]

HAHA!!! 3 Weeks, and I haven't lost a single match yet!!!!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yeah? Well we can fix that. I hope you have a really candy-ass character and you go up against Apocalypse or Thanos. That'll fix that but good. ;-)

[JewishHobbit]

OKay,.. all the matches are finished and there were no ties this week thankfully (though we had some close calls). I'll update the brackets tomorrow so look for those to be renewed sometime tomorrow night. This was a good week,.. some close calls! I had a hard time deciding on several matches.

[Sparta*]

HAHA!!! 3 Weeks, and I haven't lost a single match yet!!!!

:eek: Damn You !!! haha

[Phaedrus45]

:eek: Damn You !!! haha

Well, when you only have one match in the entire time...

[JewishHobbit]

Brackets are updated!

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I was 3 - 0 before this week, but poor Scorps fell to Nico :( and I will have another week off next week. But I really have to prepare for the following week. 4 matches in one week :eek:

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Iceman = 4
Phaed, Death's Head, = 2
Spiderman, Ang, Dwarflord, Sparta, Nightwing, Harlekin, JH, Wolverine, Nightwolf, Wiegeabo = 1


(There are 5 match-ups without anyone participating in them. So, feel free to debate those .... I'll try to do that to.)

Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine = 7
JH = 5
Blaze, Harlekin = 4
Powderman = 3
Nightwolf, Sparta, Victor, Wiegeabo, Nightwing = 2
Spiderman, Phaed, Dwarflord, Iceman = 1

Losses:

Sparta = 5
Ang = 4
Wolverine, Spiderman, Harlekin, Nightwing = 2
Wiegeabo, Dwarflord, JH, Blaze, Victor, Powderman, Iceman = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 13 weeks:

Bracket #1: Hyperion(JH) vs. Llyron
Bracket #2: Nico Minoru(JH) vs. Thunderstrike(HARLEKIN)
Bracket #3: Annihilus(DWARFLORD) vs. Magnus(ICEMAN)
Bracket #4: Carrion(WOLVERINE) vs. Venom(WOLVERINE)
Bracket #5: Silver Sable(NIGHTWING) vs. Durok
Bracket #6: Ikaris(BLAZE) vs. Fabian Cortez(WIEGEABO)
Bracket #7: Rhino(NIGHTWING) vs. Gauntlet
Bracket #8: Flatman vs. Hellstrom(HARLEKIN)

Oooo, bracket #4. Wolverine will have to tell us who he's throwing to the wolves. (oh, no pun intended)

[POWdER-man]

Just for curiosity, but does no one have Cameron Hodge? That would be surprising knowing how dangerous he is...

[Phaedrus45]

OK, bios and pics are now up. Now I don't have to feel guilty for watching the Big Brother feed! Good luck everyone. Right now, Devos is stripping down to his underwear.

[Nightwing]

where is this weeks battle location?

[Harlekin]

I've actually lost two characters. Mesmero and Sage.

[Nightwing]

ive lost two and had two go through so im on an even at the moment

[Phaedrus45]

I love edit feature!

[Sparta*]

Alright! I'm still #1 for most losses! No ones taking that away from me hahaha :ghost: :up:

[POWdER-man]

Well all you need is one character to win, the others are going to be weeded out anyways...:up:

BTW Have you noticed that some contestants have not done ANY debating. I don't recall ever seeing Ang_hulk put any effort, or even vote for that matter. Has he been away, should we contact him?

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Wouldn't it be funny if th' winner o' alla this turns out to be an ownerless character?

[wiegeabo]

Hey, if they don't participate, then they don't win.

[POWdER-man]

I don't think there would be ANY chance that an ownerless character would win it. Maybe reach the semi finals in a bracket but I could not see it any further.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Well, think about it...I'm sure these ownerless battles basically fall down to who would definitely whup someone else's ass when people vote...so what if in th' final braket ya get a dude who owns Jubilee goin' up against ownerless Galactus? Or ownerless Watcher vs. Ownerless Spider-Ham? Are you gonna vote fer Jubilee 'cause it has someone attached to it or are ya gonna vote fer th' fact that Jubilee would be a smear in a milisecond no matter what defense th' owner made up?

Think about it.

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I would vote for the better character but I will say there a couple of ownerless characters that have a bit of power but all and all most of the good characters have been chosen by people.

So the likelyhood that an ownerless Flatman will beat a Thanos, Magneto, Morg, or Hyperion would be unlikely.

[Phaedrus45]

Well, think about it...I'm sure these ownerless battles basically fall down to who would definitely whup someone else's ass when people vote...so what if in th' final braket ya get a dude who owns Jubilee goin' up against ownerless Galactus? Or ownerless Watcher vs. Ownerless Spider-Ham? Are you gonna vote fer Jubilee 'cause it has someone attached to it or are ya gonna vote fer th' fact that Jubilee would be a smear in a milisecond no matter what defense th' owner made up?

Think about it.

There are a few ownerless characters that are pretty good, though. Heck, Stepford Cuckoos might get kind of far.

[Phaedrus45]

Well all you need is one character to win, the others are going to be weeded out anyways...:up:

BTW Have you noticed that some contestants have not done ANY debating. I don't recall ever seeing Ang_hulk put any effort, or even vote for that matter. Has he been away, should we contact him?

Those who haven't participated have already been emailed a couple times.

[Johnny Blaze]

There are a few ownerless characters that are pretty good, though. Heck, Stepford Cuckoos might get kind of far.
Yeah, until they fight someone who is either immune to telepathy (like Thanos), or can get their hands on, or create, telepathic blockers.
Then they're screwed. :up:

[Jecht]

There are a few ownerless characters that are pretty good, though. Heck, Stepford Cuckoos might get kind of far.
agreed

[JewishHobbit]

Okay,.. voting is over and the brackets will be updated sometime tomorrow. Good round guys,..

And I also want to give an open thanks to Phaed for all his help. I'm mass busy and if he wasn't helping I can say for a fact this thing would be over. Thanks man,.. I appreciate it!

And now on to some bad news...... LOST RERUNS SUCK!!! I just checked online and learned that they've skipped a freakin 4 episodes so far,.. 3 between this week and last week! The DVD comes out in a few weeks,.. I'm just not going to watch any more until those come out! Dagnabbit!

[wiegeabo]

Download baby. Bittorrent's the way to go. :up: It'll give you your fix until the DVD's are out.

[deathshead2]

So what are the fights for next week I want to know if death's head 2 is up next cus someone told me he was going to fight this week.

[POWdER-man]

Actually I have already broken down all my matches and Death's head would be in the last round against my shriek. So you have about 10 more weeks to worry about that match.

[JewishHobbit]

Download baby. Bittorrent's the way to go. :up: It'll give you your fix until the DVD's are out.

I've tried to get them off of Warez but they have very little and the few that I've tried would start downloading and then just stop and never pick back up. I got annoyed at it! But I found the DVD on ebay for like, 20 bucks, I'm just waiting for a reply from the guy selling it to see if its the real DVD or a burnt copy. If that doesn't come through then I can get it on Amazon for 32.

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Powderman = 4
Victor, Nightwing = 2
Spiderman, Dwarflord, Sparta, Harlekin, JH, Wolverine, Nightwolf, Wiegeabo, Blaze, Phaed = 1


(There are 4 match-ups without anyone participating in them. So, feel free to debate those.)

Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine = 7
JH = 6
Harlekin = 5
Blaze = 4
Powderman, Nightwolf, Sparta, Wiegeabo = 3
Ang, Spiderman, Phaed, Victor, Iceman, Nightwing = 2
Dwarflord = 1

Losses:

Sparta = 5
Ang, Iceman = 4
Nightwing, Wolverine = 3
Death's Head, Dwarflord, Spiderman, Harlekin, = 2
Phaed, Wiegeabo, JH, Blaze, Victor, Powderman = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 14 weeks:

Bracket #1: Siena Blaze vs. Magneto(ICEMAN)
Bracket #2: High Evolutionary(PHAED) vs. Scarlet Spider(SPIDERMAN)
Bracket #3: Loki(ANG) vs. Alex Powers
Bracket #4: Maestro(ANG) vs. Scarlet Witch(SPARTA)
Bracket #5: Night Thrasher vs. Douglock(HARLEKIN)
Bracket #6: Heimdall vs. Ricochet
Bracket #7: Gateway vs. Washout(JH)
Bracket #8: Domino(NIGHTWOLF) vs. Super Skrull(WIEGEABO)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

May as well +1 me in both categories...I got two characters vs. each other th' next go around, so even if I win I lose.

[Nightwolf]

hmmmm.. i thought i was going up against Gateway. Can Super Skrull use the ff powers all at once or can he only use them one at a time?

[wiegeabo]

All at once. Plus he has the natural Skrull shapeshifting ability.

[Nightwolf]

Eh, I can take ya :).

[Phaedrus45]

As I've said before, the matches are starting to be posted. And, later today, I will finish the bios and get the pictures uploaded from my home computer. Then, debating can start when JH announces it .... or tomorrow, which ever comes first.

If it's ok with JH, I was thinking about having the matches take place in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helecarrier while it's inflight. Spice things up a bit! Also, since it's in flight, those things that make it fly, i.e. workers to fly the darn thing, might effect your environment.

Fly the happy skies!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Well I ain't gonna be around to fight, so people're gonna hafta bare with me till Monday-ish.

[JewishHobbit]

Helecarier's a great idea Phaed,.. we'll go with it! And sorry I havne't been on for a few days. Been busy lately. And hey,.. just to make things easy for both of us,.. debating can start as soon as you get the matches posted every week.

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Death's Head = 5
Blaze, Phaed, Nightwolf = 2
Dwarflord, Midnight Ice, Victor, Harlekin, JH= 1


(There are only 3 match-ups without anyone participating in them. So, feel free to debate those.)

Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine = 8
JH, Harlekin = 6
Powderman, Wiegeabo = 5
Blaze, Victor = 4
Nightwolf, Nightwing, Sparta = 3
Dwarflord, Ang, Spiderman, Phaed, Iceman = 2


Losses:

Sparta = 6
Nightwing, Ang, Iceman = 4
Wolverine, Spider-Man, Powderman = 3
Death's Head, Dwarflord, Phaed, Blaze, Harlekin, JH = 2
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, Victor = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 14 weeks:

Bracket #1: Charles Xavier(POWDERMAN) vs. Human Torch - Tara (DWARFLORD)
Bracket #2: Tri-Sentinel(WOLVERINE) vs. Doppleganger
Bracket #3: Cameron Hodge vs. Supreme Intelligence
Bracket #4: Judas Traveler vs. Warlock(VICTOR)
Bracket #5: Firelord(VICTOR) vs. Nightcrawler(HARLEKIN)
Bracket #6: Shola vs. Union Jack(NIGHTWING)
Bracket #7: Mr. Sinister(POWDERMAN) vs. Hannibal King
Bracket #8: Mimic - 616(WIEGEABO) vs. Sugar Man

[Jecht]

goodluck with nightcrawler, harlekin *winks*

[WOLVERINE25TH]

My pre-bout predictions:
Xavier
Sentinel
Intelligence
Warlock
Firelord
Shola
Sinister
Mimic

[Harlekin]

goodluck with nightcrawler, harlekin *winks*
Just give me a chance and I can spin it.

[POWdER-man]

I don't know, if he can beat Hercules (who outmatched him and beat him the past) I will have a hard time believing Nightcrawler will come even close.

[JewishHobbit]

Hey powderman,.. if you think you can participate from time to time still then I'd say just stick around. I'd hate to see you go.


And also a special thanks to Phaed who talleyed the matches for me. I've just started a new job this week where I have to be up at 4.30am so usually I'm in bed by 10.30 latest. Wednesdays are one of my church nights so I got home about that time and was beat. I was half falling asleep on the computer and couldn't really think straight,.. so that's why I had him talley for me. So with that I'd like to give a warning that this new job is kicking my butt! Plus it's a differant schedual that will change once more once I'm fully trained so I may or may not be able to stick with our schedual here. So if I'm late for something then that's why,... and Phaed if you notice feel free to jump the gun on me (for starting voting and closing it). Also if there's any questions asked feel free to answer them. If I disagree I'll let you know but I think you've done well thus far so I don't mind you laying down some laws!

[POWdER-man]

I will try, but my schedule is wacked. I usually have a minute here and there so that's why I keep logging on and off every so often....to actually concentrate and put some effort in a debate might be difficult, but I will see. The big test will be in 3 weeks when I have Wonderman, and I think Electro and Sandman.

[Sparta*]

I don't know, if he can beat Hercules (who outmatched him and beat him the past) I will have a hard time believing Nightcrawler will come even close.

I sympathize with you Powderman, Hercules should have won IMO

[Johnny Blaze]

Since it doesn't really belong in the other thread, I'll bring it up here.

Hobbit, I really think you should change that rule were each character knows everything about their opponent. Nothing should be just handed to any character like that; they should have to work for it on their own with the resources they would have available to them. :o

[WOLVERINE25TH]

You know, guys, if you ever need a quick tally done up I could do it. I've created my own brackets fer this thing in Excel (just to make it easier to comprehend fer me with color codin' an' keep track o' my matches) so it'd be no big fer me to do all th' number crunchin' at th' end.

[Phaedrus45]

My pre-bout predictions:
Xavier
Sentinel
Intelligence
Warlock
Firelord
Shola
Sinister
Mimic

I think Hodge could take out Supreme Intelligence. Can you imagine a story where Supreme Intelligence is infected by the Phalanx? That would be cool!

[Phaedrus45]

I sympathize with you Powderman, Hercules should have won IMO

It surprised me too. For me, I originally thought Firelord, but the biggest swayer of my vote will be if two characters have fought before and one won. It's kind of like using past cases in court to defend someone. So, I had to switch based on evidence provided.

Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Aww shucks... :0 thanks guys.......

It's hard to see one of your big guys go in the first round. I actually thought Xavier was going to lose and not Herc. Anyways RIP Hercules.....

I do agree about not knowing your opponent and having to do research if capable. When we started, I thought that's the way it was but was corrected in the Scorp/Nico match, so I have been going by that.

[JewishHobbit]

Since it doesn't really belong in the other thread, I'll bring it up here.

Hobbit, I really think you should change that rule were each character knows everything about their opponent. Nothing should be just handed to any character like that; they should have to work for it on their own with the resources they would have available to them. :o

I agree. I put it into place for the sake of everyone being on level playing fields but now that I see it in play I really don't like it. As of now that rule is lifted. Everyone comes into battle only knowing about their opponant however much they would naturally know or be able to find out using their resources in the 24 hour prep time.

[Johnny Blaze]

I agree. I put it into place for the sake of everyone being on level playing fields but now that I see it in play I really don't like it. As of now that rule is lifted. Everyone comes into battle only knowing about their opponant however much they would naturally know or be able to find out using their resources in the 24 hour prep time.
Good man...er, Halfling. :D :up:

[Jecht]

I don't know, if he can beat Hercules (who outmatched him and beat him the past) I will have a hard time believing Nightcrawler will come even close.
nah, i didnt firelord would even win!

[Phaedrus45]

OK, matches are posted, and everyone has a bio this time; although, Kate Bishop's (aka Mockingbird) is a list of all the New Avengers and who they are. As JH said, since they are posted, feel free to debate your matches. After my second job tonight, I will work on getting the pictures up, 11:00 PST.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yay, I get a week off!

[wiegeabo]

I needed a week off too. :up:

[POWdER-man]

Yeah me too, because I actually hope within the next 3 weeks I can catch up to my work responsibilities and maybe be able to continue...

[Phaedrus45]

If anyone can find it, I need a picture of Mockingbird and Genesis.


Thanks,

Phaed

[JewishHobbit]

I need time off too. This new job is kicking my butt! It's a big shift going from a jewelry store office on carpet and wearing dress clothes to a concrete metal die casting factory doing heavy lifting and standing all day. I haven't slept well in a week and a half and my arms and back hurt me so bad I just want to lay down and never get up! My mind is willing but my body is fighting back,.... and my body is winning! I'm such a wuse!

[Sparta*]

If anyone can find it, I need a picture of Mockingbird and Genesis.


Thanks,

Phaed

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/Sparta28/Genesis.jpghttp://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a10/Sparta29/Mockingbird.jpg

[Sparta*]

Damn, Mockingbird is the epitome of the 80's hahaha

[JewishHobbit]

She died in West Coast Avengers 100,... anyone know how? And is it worth picking up?

[Sparta*]

In a battle against Mephisto, Mockingbird was blasted saving Hawkeye. She died in her husband Hawkeyes arms

[POWdER-man]

I need time off too. This new job is kicking my butt! It's a big shift going from a jewelry store office on carpet and wearing dress clothes to a concrete metal die casting factory doing heavy lifting and standing all day. I haven't slept well in a week and a half and my arms and back hurt me so bad I just want to lay down and never get up! My mind is willing but my body is fighting back,.... and my body is winning! I'm such a wuse!


It's actually wuss...:D

But I have been there and done that. When I was in my younger years I used to be a roughneck on a oil servicing rig in Alberta. Talk about difficult labour jobs! Every guy on the crew would be missing a finger (s) and/or toe (s). The equipment was dangerous, the area was dangerous, the job was dangerous. About 6 people die in that area every year from working there. But I must admit that the pay was GOOD. Just starting out without any training or experience you could easily make over $75,000/ year working there . But work over a year and you can nearly double it. Once you get to drilling you almost have it made and then one lucky day you have your own rig and your a tool push. Those guys have it made, I am not actually sure how much they make but all they do is sit in the dog house all day sipping on coffee, reading the newspaper and once in awhile come out and tell you how much of a crappy job you are doing :rolleyes:.

I have done other labour jobs but now I work in an office all day....different kind of intensity....

[Phaedrus45]

Damn, Mockingbird is the epitome of the 80's hahaha

Oops, I mistyped..I need Hawkingbird, not mockingbird. But, thanks for Genesis.

[Sparta*]

No problem dude

[JewishHobbit]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Youngaveng9.jpg

Best I could find of her was this cover. Can you shrink it or edit it? If not then I can for you.

[POWdER-man]

Here you go. I wasn't sure what size you wanted but I figured this would be close enough..:D

[Phaedrus45]

Voting May Begin!


Figure JH must be kind of busy. Anyway, so everyone can get their votes in, we'll have this go until early Thursday, if that's alright with JH.

[POWdER-man]

A question because I have searched long and hard for a good description of Kid Omega's powers but haven't found any good ones. I know he is a genious (I am not sure at what degree. Can he invent things? Is he a master planner? etc), telepath (doesn't give more that that so I don't know what he can and can't do), after becoming addicted to Kick his powers mutated into Omega level (which I guess means no limitations to his powers), and his brain is now pure energy (I am not sure what that means powerwise). Do you know of any other powers available to him?

BTW is Kid Omega considered in this tournament to be at his Omega level or prior to that. However he was known as Quentin Quire prior to becoming Kid Omega. As well, since it's part of his character I imagine that he can take the drug Kick in his prep time to enhance and strengthen his powers...

[JewishHobbit]

He is at his Omega Level mutation. And technically I suppose he doesn't even need a body to live as he was in a test tube in Phoenix Endsong and broke out and just made himself a new body. But basically he's just an insanly powerful telepath,.. made Wolverine whimper on a whim and that's something most telepaths can't do.

[POWdER-man]

He is at his Omega Level mutation. And technically I suppose he doesn't even need a body to live as he was in a test tube in Phoenix Endsong and broke out and just made himself a new body. But basically he's just an insanly powerful telepath,.. made Wolverine whimper on a whim and that's something most telepaths can't do.

Hmm....very cool...so does that make him immortal, able to regenerate and can resist physical attacks/injury?

What sort of abilities has he shown for telepathy (mind control, read minds/thoughts, cast illusions, psychic blasts, thought kill, etc...)

I am sorry for all the questions but I spent a long time researching this guy, and everything was so vague on his abilities...

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Phaedrus = 3
Blaze, Wolverine, Dwarflord, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, Victor = 2
Midnight Ice, JH, Spiderman, Powderman, Sparta, Nightwing, Death's Head, Ang = 1


(There are 0 match-ups without anyone participating in them. So, there will be no debating ownerless characters this week.)


Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine = 8
JH, Harlekin = 7
Blaze = 6
Powderman, Nightwolf, Wiegeabo = 5
Victor, Phaed = 4
Death's Head, Nightwing, Iceman, Sparta = 3
Dwarflord, Ang, Spiderman = 2


Losses:

Sparta = 6
Nightwing, Ang, Death's Head, Iceman = 4
Wolverine, Dwarflord, Spider-Man, Powderman = 3
Phaed, Victor, Blaze, Harlekin, JH = 2
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 14 weeks:

Bracket #1: Songbird vs. Thanos(BLAZE)
Bracket #2: Beta Ray Bill(DEATH'S HEAD) vs. Selene(PHAED)
Bracket #3: Brother Vodoo(DEATH'S HEAD) vs. Unus(PHAED)
Bracket #4: Kane - Weapon X(DEATH'S HEAD) vs. Vargas(NIGHTWOLF)
Bracket #5: Zaladane(HARLEKIN) vs. Invisible Woman(JH)
Bracket #6: Sabretooth(ICEMAN) vs. Kylun
Bracket #7: Snowbird vs. Gideon(BLAZE)
Bracket #8: Cable(NIGHTWOLF) vs. Raza

[Phaedrus45]

Poor Songbird. A fantastic win this week with instant death coming up with the next round. Chase Stein is limping away very happy he lost in the first round.

And, next week, I'm the first player who must decide who I want to win between two of my characters fighting each other, Xorn II vs. Famine.

[JewishHobbit]

I like Xorn II,... he's an awsome character. And correct me if I'm wrong as my memory sucks,... but didn't I set a rule that everyone can debate either ownerless matches or matches where both characters are owned by the same person? Man,... of all people I should know that shouldn't I.

[POWdER-man]

Yeah I think you decided on something like that. As well as, the person with both people can't automatically resign one of the characters. It still goes up to votes...(unfortunately)

[Johnny Blaze]

So, where's the locale for this next week?

[POWdER-man]

Well, I PM JH a list of about 25 starting locales. So I am not sure which ones he wants to use from that list...

[JewishHobbit]

Okay, the match this week will take place at the X-Mansion (the classic version as more people are more familiar with it, not the current version). So basically there's the three main levels and the sub basements with the danger room, cerebro, etc. Same rules that applied to the Avengers Mansion in week 2 applies here. Anyone who would have resources in the X-Mansion can use them (such as Xavier or Jean or Emma using Cerebro or any of the X-Men using the Danger Room controls, etc) but everyone else can use the stuff that would naturally be lieing around for others to pick up and use.

And powderman, I like the list and I'll Pm you a list of the ones I need clarifying on probably tomorrow (as I have to get to bed now). But after that I'll give you the okay to pick the locations each week (or at least for around 25 weeks).

[POWdER-man]

It was a quick thought of those ones last night....please add ones you would like and I can it to the list. As well, I have other locations that have came to me since but we will deal with those at a later point...;)

[JewishHobbit]

Hey guys,.. just wanted to brag a little bit! I was at Half Priced Books a minute ago and was looking through their little comic book box... I found Crossgen's Sojourn issue 1 (an estimate of about 40 or 50 bucks worth),... for a buck fifty!!!! $1.50!!! The first 6 issues were all a $1.50 each!!! The frustrating thing was that I use to have the whole series save the first issue and it was frustrating because I never even saw the comic before and so I sold them all figuring I'd never get it. Oh well,.. now I'm selling the first 6 issues on ebay again :) And the Green Arrow Quiver hardback,.. which I got for about $14.00 a while ago. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

[Phaedrus45]

Hey guys,.. just wanted to brag a little bit! I was at Half Priced Books a minute ago and was looking through their little comic book box... I found Crossgen's Sojourn issue 1 (an estimate of about 40 or 50 bucks worth),... for a buck fifty!!!! $1.50!!! The first 6 issues were all a $1.50 each!!! The frustrating thing was that I use to have the whole series save the first issue and it was frustrating because I never even saw the comic before and so I sold them all figuring I'd never get it. Oh well,.. now I'm selling the first 6 issues on ebay again :) And the Green Arrow Quiver hardback,.. which I got for about $14.00 a while ago. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

Dang...that's really funny of you to say. I was looking in those comic boxes I got recently for just something different to read late last night, and I came across Sojourn issues 1-20, plus the prequel issue. I looked on Mile High at there regular price, and they have it listed at 75.00 before savings for the first issue alone.

If you could, give me a link to your ebay item. I'm interested to see how much it sells for when I decide to either do ebaying or starting a trading thread on the Hype.

[Phaedrus45]

P.S. I love half-priced books!!!!

[JewishHobbit]

Sure thing,.. but I also don't think the hype would allow a trading thread. I'm thinking people have gotten trouble for it before. I traded with a guy once and though I never got in trouble because I just PM'd him he got banned. I'm pretty sure that was the reason. (I traded him my extra copies of Origin 1 and 2 for Runaways 1-8 and Mystique 1-8 which both were completely up to date at the time) You may want to run it by some mod's before you actually do it.

[POWdER-man]

So.....................................when does the voting begin?...:confused:

[Johnny Blaze]

I think it originally was opened on Monday evenings, then it got pushed back. Then it got pushed back again to Wednesday afternoon or something.
Least, that's what I'm going with. :o

[Phaedrus45]

The Voting May Begin

[JewishHobbit]

Thanks Phaed,.... man if brains were lard I wouldn't greese up too large a pan!

I would like to say that I was busy yesterday but in truth I just forgot!!! Man this job has scambled my brains! Well I'm hoping that next week I'll be more responsible in this thing but then I'm kinda expecting them to move me to 2nd shift next week so that'll just screw me up again... man I hate change! And Phaed since you had to start it this week I'll leave it to you to close it. Again, thanks man.

[Phaedrus45]

I thought this over, and I came up with a rule...not sure if it had been addressed, but I believe it is fair. If you submit votes before JH or I say Voting may now begin, they will only be considered if no debating has occurred after your submission. i.e. We had a submission that I allowed this week because nobody debated any matches after the votes were posted...but, in another thread, I dismissed the same person's votes because debating was still continuing.

Remember, ideally, you are considering various reasons in making up your votes, with one of these STRONGLY being attached debates for each match. And, while nobody might be able to present a realistic case in which Beak can beat Thanos...we must consider an argument. Some contestants spend a good amount of time thinking through strategies, and it is the least we can do to spend a little of our time to consider what they write. For this reason, I ammended any possible rule considering this. And, while it might be easy to say that all votes before the Voting may now begin shouldn't be considered, I like to see as many votes for a thread submitted as we can get, as long as it's reasonable.

That being said, if you feel this isn't fair or right, please let me know. I will ammend the voting totals in the particular thread if it is so desired .... or if JH said he's made a ruling and it should stand a particular way. I just don't want to count votes that, even though nobody might notice, wouldn't be fair to count.

Thanks,

Phaed

[POWdER-man]

Sounds good Phaedrus...:up:

BTW JH do you want me to pick the location this week? I never heard from you on the locations you needed more info on.

[Phaedrus45]

Giving a brief glance, here are the people who have match-ups this week:

Ang, Midnight Ice = 3
Harlekin, Sparta, Spider-Man, Death's Head = 2
Nightwing, Wolverine, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, JH, Powderman, Blaze, Dwarflord = 1


(There is 1 match-up without anyone participating in them. So, feel free to debate that match if you desire.)


Here are the standings so far:

WINS:

Wolverine, JH = 8
Harlekin, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, Blaze = 7
Powderman, Phaed = 6
Victor = 5
Sparta, Death's Head = 4
Dwarflord, Nightwing, Spider-Man, Iceman = 3
Ang = 2


Losses:

Sparta = 6
Wolverine, Iceman, Ang, Nightwing = 5
Dwarflord, Death's Head = 4
Phaed, Victor, Blaze, Spider-Man, Powderman = 3
Harlekin, JH = 2
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 1

From the characters that moved on this week, this will now be round #2 match-ups in about 14 weeks:

Bracket #1: Kang(BLAZE) vs. Lady Deathstrike(POWDERMAN)
Bracket #2: Proctor(WIEGEABO) vs. War Machine(SPARTA)
Bracket #3: Murmur vs. Banshee(NIGHTWOLF)
Bracket #4: Quasar(VICTOR) vs. X-Cutioner(DWARFLORD)
Bracket #5: Hogun vs. Holocaust(PHAED)
Bracket #6: Cloak(DEATH'S HEAD) vs. Super Adaptoid(WIEGEABO)
Bracket #7: Shadow King(JH) vs. The Thing(SPIDER-MAN)
Bracket #8: Xorn II(PHAED) vs. Gladiator(NIGHTWOLF)

[WOLVERINE25TH]

My predictions;

Kang
Proctor
Banshee
Quasar
Holocaust
Super Adaptoid
Shadow King
Xorn

[Phaedrus45]

Poor Sparta....doesn't anyone want to join him on the top of the loss column?


BTW, I am going to give out consolation prizes as the game goes on. The person(s) who have the most wins and loses will each win a comic prize when the first round finishes. As usual, you will get an assortment of comics, including a VF/NM copy of Battlestar Galactica #1 (Marvel copy!!!). (And, even if a bunch of people get #1 status, I have around 10 copies of this issue, so I'm not too worried about promising it out.) The prizes, as you can see, won't be nearly as nice as the grand prize, but there should be some goodies for the casual collector.

[Phaedrus45]

My predictions;

Kang
Proctor
Banshee
Quasar
Holocaust
Super Adaptoid
Shadow King
Xorn

Except for one of the match-ups, those are going to be some tough ones to decide. Depending on debating, I can see myself going either way on a bunch of them. Needless to say, that's going to be a hell of a week!

[POWdER-man]

WINS:

Wolverine, JH = 8
Harlekin, Wiegeabo, Nightwolf, Blaze = 7
Powderman, Phaed = 6
Victor = 5
Sparta, Death's Head = 4
Dwarflord, Nightwing, Spider-Man, Iceman = 3
Ang = 2


Losses:

Sparta = 6
Wolverine, Iceman, Ang, Nightwing = 5
Dwarflord, Death's Head = 4
Phaed, Victor, Blaze, Spider-Man, Powderman = 3
Harlekin, JH = 2
Wiegeabo, Nightwolf = 1



Current records are:

Nightwolf 7-1
Wiegeabo 7-1
JH 8-2
Harlekin 7-2
Blaze 7-3
Wolverine 8-5
Powderman 6-3
Phaedrus 6-3
Victor 5-3
Death's Head 4-4
Spider-Man 3-3
Dwarflord 3-4
Sparta 4-6
Nightwing 3-5
Iceman 3-5
Ang 2-5

So good news Sparta. Although you have more losses than anyone else your record is only the 4th worse...:up:

[POWdER-man]

Poor Sparta....doesn't anyone want to join him on the top of the loss column?


BTW, I am going to give out consolation prizes as the game goes on. The person(s) who have the most wins and loses will each win a comic prize when the first round finishes. As usual, you will get an assortment of comics, including a VF/NM copy of Battlestar Galactica #1 (Marvel copy!!!). (And, even if a bunch of people get #1 status, I have around 10 copies of this issue, so I'm not too worried about promising it out.) The prizes, as you can see, won't be nearly as nice as the grand prize, but there should be some goodies for the casual collector.

Don't feel too bad for Sparta yet as you can see by my previous post he has a better overall average that 3 others....

BTW Very cool, although I still have some tough matches to come....so I probably won't get the highest spot...:(

[Phaedrus45]

Current records are:

Nightwolf 7-1
Wiegeabo 7-1
JH 8-2
Harlekin 7-2
Blaze 7-3
Wolverine 8-5
Powderman 6-3
Phaedrus 6-3
Victor 5-3
Death's Head 4-4
Spider-Man 3-3
Dwarflord 3-4
Sparta 4-6
Nightwing 3-5
Iceman 3-5
Ang 2-5

So good news Sparta. Although you have more losses than anyone else your record is only the 4th worse...:up:

Great listing, Powder! If you can provide that each week after I post the results, that would be appreciated. Of course, I might argue that I should come before you...lol. Ph before Po!!!

[POWdER-man]

Great listing, Powder! If you can provide that each week after I post the results, that would be appreciated. Of course, I might argue that I should come before you...lol. Ph before Po!!!


No problem, I could do that.

Well, if we are tied next week I will let you go first, how about that?...;).

Actually, I typically see a tie ranked by how many points (in this case votes) each person/team has, or how they compare in their previous matchups (ie if we had faced each other 3 times and you won twice, you would be positioned ahead of me). But for this I probably won't bother.

BTW I don't think we have met up yet in the tournament.

[Phaedrus45]

No problem, I could do that.

Well, if we are tied next week I will let you go first, how about that?...;).

Actually, I typically see a tie ranked by how many points (in this case votes) each person/team has, or how they compare in their previous matchups (ie if we had faced each other 3 times and you won twice, you would be positioned ahead of me). But for this I probably won't bother.

BTW I don't think we have met up yet in the tournament.

No, we haven't. I'd have to step up my debating skills if I had gone up against you.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, but Midnight Ice takes on himself in a battle of Cannonball vs. Deathbird. That's a really good match, and it will be interesting to see who he will want to move on. It's going to be close, that's for sure.

[POWdER-man]

Well you know your stuff, so it would be a good matchup. :up:;)

Yeah that match should be good to see.

I also have got my Thunderbird against the Black Widow....

[JewishHobbit]

Wow, we had two upsets this week. Way to go War Machine and Cloak!

[WOLVERINE25TH]

See, that listin' makes no sense 'cause not everyone's had th' same number o' matches as everyone else.

[Nightwolf]

It makes perfect sense to me :p :).