Contest Of Marvels II Discussion Thread

Final results:

1) Her
2) Korath

Third place is a tie. Choose your favorite: Domina or Commando
 
Hmm, I like that Commando is resistant to telepaths, but Domina is a powerhouse, though maybe too powerhouse. Well, with her only being able to use one power at a time, she's not so bad. Okay yeah... Domina gets my vote.
 
Poor Flatman. The only GLA'er to get no love. :(

Domina because she's a girl. Female Unity!!
 
The Complete Contest Of Marvels II Character List:

Alpha Flight
1. Aurora (Weapon X)
2. Diamond Lil
3. Guardian (Mac Hudson)
4. Madison Jeffries (Weapon X)
5. Murmur
6. Northstar (X-Men)
7. Puck
8. Sasquatch
9. Shaman
10. Snowbird
11. Wildchild (Weapon X)
12. Talisman
13. Windshear
14. Ranark the Ravager
15. The Master

Avengers
16. Attuma
17. Bulldozer
18. Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
19. Black Panther
20. Bloodwraith
21. Captain America
22. Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh)
23. Carol Danvers
24. Crystal
25. Diablo
26. Firebird
27. Grim Reaper
28. Hank Pym
29. Hawkeye
30. Hercules
31. Iron Fist
32. Iron Man
33. Jack of Hearts
34. Kang
35. Klaw
36. Living Lightning
37. Lord Templar
38. Luke Cage
39. Mandarin
40. Mantis
41. Modok
42. Pagan
43. Piledriver
44. The Presence
45. Proctor
46. Protocide
47. Pulsar
48. Quicksilver
49. Red Skull
50. Scarlet Witch
51. Scott Lang
52. Sersi
53. She-Hulk
54. Silver Claw
55. Spider Woman (Jessica Drew)
56. Starfox
57. Taskmaster
58. Thunderball
59. Tigra
60. Triatholon
61. Ultron
62. Vision
63. War Machine
64. Wasp
65. Whirlwind
66. Wonderman
67. Wrecker
68. X-51
69. Falcon & Redwing
70. Speed
71. Ronin
72. Jocasta
73. Quasar
72. The Ghost

Young Avengers:
73. Hulkling
74. Wiccan
75. Patriot
76. Stature
77. Iron Lad

Cosmic
78. Drax (Smart)
79. Firelord
80. Gamora
81. Gladiator
82. Maxam
83. Moondragon
84. Terrax
85. Airwalker
86. Clea
87. Adam Warlock
88. Baron Mordo
89. Baron Karza
90. Morg

exiles
91. Blink (Exiles)
92. Magnus (Exiles)
93. Mimic (Exiles)
94. Morph (Exiles)
95. Namora (Exiles)
96. Nocturne (Exiles)
97. Spider (Exiles)
98. Sunfire (Exiles)
99. Thunderbird (Exiles)
100. Power Princess (Exiles)
101. Spider-Man 2099
102. Armagedon (Exiles)

Fantastic Four
103. Agatha Harkness
104. Annihilus
105. Devos the Devestator
106. Doctor Doom
107. Dragon Man
108. Frankie Raye
109. Mr. Fantastic
110. Gorgon
111. Grey Gargoyle
112. Hatemonger
113. Human Torch
114. Invisible Woman
115. Karnak
116. Lyja Lazerfist
117. Maximus the Mad
118. Medusa
119. Psycho Man
120. Ronan the Accuser
121. Super Skrull
122. Thing
123. Trapster
124. Wizard
125. Mad Thinker
126. Red Ghost
127. Ring Leader

Incredible Hulk

128. Abomination
129. Doctor Sampson
130. Savage Hulk
131. Iron Clad (U-Foes)
132. Leader
133. Maestro
134. Mr. Hyde
135. Speed Freak
136. Super Adaptoid
137. Vaper (U-Foes)
138. Vector (U-Foes)
139. Wendigo
140. X-Ray (U-Foes)
141. Zzzax
142. Armageddon
143. Bi-Beast
144. Boomerang
145. Half Life
146. Madman
147. Mercy
148. Ravage

Marvel Knights

149. Black Widow
150. Bullseye
151. Daredevil
152. Elektra
153. Kingpin
154. Nick Fury
155. Owl
156. Punisher
157. Shang-Chi
158. Typhoid Mary
159. Zaran the Weapons Master
160. Man-Thing
161. Gladiator II
162. Purple Man
163. Fu Manchu
164. Yellow Claw
165. Scorpio

Midnight Sons

166. Blackout
167. Blade the Vampire Hunter
168. Damien Hellstrom
169. Deathwatch
170. Delilah
171. Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
172. Hannibal King
173. Jaine Cutter
174. Morbius
175. Patriarch
176. Metarchus
177. Foundry
178. Regent

New Invaders

179. Blazing Skull
180. Namor the Sub-Mariner
181. Spitfire
182. US Agent
183. Union Jack
184. Thin Man

New Warriors

185. Bolt
186. Firestar
187. Justice
188. Namorita
189. Night Thrasher
190. Nova
191. Rage
192. Silhouette
193. Speedball
194. Sphinx
195. Helix
196. Hybrid
197. Alex Powers
198. Microbe
199. Debrii
200. Slapstick
201. Nitro

Runaways

202. Karolina Dean
203. Molly Hayes
204. Nico Minoru
205. Victor Mancha
206. Darkhawk
207. Ricochet
208. Cloak
209. Dagger
210. Topher
211. Swarm

Spider-Man

212. Black Cat
213. Calypso
214. Cardiac
215. Carnage
216. Carrion
217. Demogoblin
218. Doctor Octopus
219. Doppleganger
220. Electro
221. Ezekial
222. Fusion
223. Green Goblin (Norman)
224. Hobgoblin (Kingsley)
225. Hydroman
226. Jack O-Lantern
227. Kaine
228. Kraven the Hunter
229. Lady Doc Ock
230. Lizard
231. Mysterio
232. Puma
233. Rhino
234. Sandman
235. Scarlet Spider
236. Scorpion
237. Shathra
238. Shocker
239. Shriek
240. Spidercide
241. Spider-Girl
242. Spiderman (Red & Blue)
243. Black Tarantula
244. Tri-sentinel
245. Venom (Brock)
246. Vermin
247. Vulture
248. The Answer
249. Armada
250. Basilist
251. Crown
252. Headsman
253. Lightmaster
254. Man-Wolf
255. Morlun
256. Scorcher
257. Scream
258. Shadrac
259. Toxin
260. Wraith

Thor

261. Absorbing Man
262. Baldur
263. Beta Ray Bill
264. Bloodaxe
265. Durok the Demolisher
266. Enchantress
267. Fandral
268. Fenris
269. Heimdall
270. Hogun
271. Kurse
272. Sif
273. Thor
274. Thunderstrike
275. Titania
276. Ulik
277. Valkyrie
278. Vidar
279. Ares
280. Man-Beast
281. Growing Man
282. King Cobra
283. Tana Nile
284. Thaialfi
285. Thor Girl
286. Ultimus

Thunderbolts

287. Atlas
288. Baron Zemo
289. Blizzard
290. Charcoal
291. Fixer
292. Gravitron
293. Jolt
294. Joystick
295. Mach IV
296. Moonstone
297. Photon (Genis)
298. Radioactive Man
299. Songbird
300. Speed Demon
301. Tigershark

X-Men

302. Archangel
303. Banshee
304. Beast
305. Bishop
306. Cable (Telepath)
307. Cannonball
308. Chamber (Pre M-Day)
309. Charles Xavier (Pre M-Day)
310. Colossus
311. Cyclops
312. Dazzler
313. Emma Frost
314. Forge
315. Gambit (X-Men)
316. Havoc
317. Husk (AoA)
318. Iceman
319. Jean Grey
320. Joseph
321. Juggernaut (Villain)
322. Kitty Pryde
323. Lifeguard
324. Longshot
325. Marrow
326. Nightcrawler
327. Northstar (Agent of Hydra)
328. Polaris (X-Man)
329. Psylocke (Crimson Dawn)
330. Rachel Grey
331. Rogue
332. Stacey X (Pre M-Day)
333. Storm
334. Sunfire (Famine)
335. Thunderbird III
336. Wolverine
337. X-23

X-Other

338. Abyss (AoA)
339. Adam-X
340. Caliban
341. Callisto
342. Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
343. Chód
344. Danielle Moonstar
345. Deadpool
346. Domino
347. Dust
348. Fantomex
349. Hellion (Julian)
350. Jesse Bedlam
351. Karima Shapandar
352. Karma
353. Kylun
354. Magik (Illyana Rasputin)
355. Magma
356. Maverick
357. Meggan
358. Meltdown
359. Mercury
360. Monet St. Croix
361. Mondo (AoA)
362. Multiple Man
363. Penance
364. Pete Wisdom
365. Prodigy (Pre M Day)
366. Random
367. Raza
368. Richter (Pre M-Day)
369. Rockslide
370. Shard (Hologram)
371. Shatterstar
372. Shola Inkose(Pre M day)
373. Siryn
374. Skin
375. Strong Guy
376. Sunspot
377. Surge
378. Synch
379. Wallflower(House of M)
380. Warlock (M Tech)
381. Warpath
382. Whither(Pre M Day)
383. Wind Dancer (Pre M Day)
384. Wolfesbane
385. Jubilee
386. Tag

X-Villains

387. Apocalypse
388. Avalanche
389. Balasco
390. Black Tom Cassidy (Pre M-Day)
391. Blob (Pre M-Day)
392. Brainchild
393. Cameron Hodge (X-Tinction Agenda)
394. Count Neferia
395. Cyber
396. Dark Beast
397. Deathbird
398. Donald Pierce
399. Emplate
400. Exodus
401. Fabian Cortez
402. Famine
403. Gamesmaster
404. Garrok
405. Gauntlet
406. Gazer (War)
407. Genesis
408. Gideon
409. Goblin Queen
410. Gorgon
411. Holocaust
412. Kane (Weapon X)
413. Kid Omega (Riot at Xavier's)
414. Lady Deathstrike
415. Magneto (Pre M-Day)
416. Mastermind
417. Mesmero (Pre M-Day)
418. Mr. Sinister
419. Moses Magnum
420. Mystique
421. New Son
422. Nimrod
423. Nuke
424. Omega Red
425. Ozymandias
426. Pestilence
427. Pyro
428. Reaper (Pre M-Day)
429. Riptide
430. Sabastian Shaw
431. Sabretooth
432. Sauron
433. Scalphunter
434. Selene
435. Senyaka
436. Shinobi Shaw
437. Silver Samarai
438. Spiral
439. Sonia Blaze
440. Stryfe
441. Sugar Man
442. Trevor Fitzroy
443. Tusk
444. Uniscone
445. Unus the Untouchable
446. Vargas
447. Vertigo
448. War
449. Wildside
450. Washout (Weapon X)
451. X-Cutioner
452. Zaladane
453. Ahab

X-Men 2099

454. Xi'an Chi Xan
455. Shakti Haddad
456. Metalhead
457. Bloodhawk
458. Skullfire
459. Junkpile
460. Halloween Jack
461. La Lunatica
462. Breakdown
463. Brimstone Love


Others

464. Bloodstorm
465. Brother Voodoo
466. Constrictor
467. Deadgirl
468. Deathloc
469. Death's Head II
470. Dusk
471. Fallen
472. Gravity
473. Hisako Ichiki
474. Hornet
475. J2
476. Moon Knight
477. Prodigy (Slingers)
478. Prowler
479. Sleepwalker
480. Quake
481. Ch'vayre
482. Paibok the Power Skrull
483. Ares
484. Arkon
485. Basilisk
486. Baron Blood
487. Cobra
488. Controller
489. Darkstar
490. Domina
491. Dreadnaught
492. Empath
493. Pluto
494. Killer Shrike
495. Professor Power
496. Petra
497. Plant Man
498. Will O' The Wisp
499. Squirrel Girl
500. Doorman
501. Big Bertha
502. Mr. Immortal
503. Wild Thing
504. Darkdevil
505. Jim Hammond
506. Demask
507. Harvest
508. Georgeous George
509. Ruckus
510. Super Sabre
511. Her
512. Korath
 
So, I'm debating what to do. Having JH is beneficial in the recruiting phase, and I'm trying to decided if we should wait for him to get things in order, or if we should just continue on until he can get back. Any ideas?

Our options:

A) Wait for JH before we get into recruiting.

B) Go ahead and start the "Contest Of Marvels II Sign Up Thread" and just give the people who want to be involved that much more time to make their list of chararacters they would want on their roster.

C) Who knows when things for JH will get better, it's best to get this ball rolling, we've waited too long, and we'll just hope he's ready when the contest is scheduled to start up again.
 
I vote Option A. Since I'm busy catching up with the RPGs, this small hiatus will give me the much needed time to do so.
 
If we've hashed everything out (we may be able to get more locations during recruiting as new people bring in ideas), the I say B.

Although I think we should decide how the draft will be done so we can make it clear to all recruits before we start the signup drive.
 
wiegeabo said:
If we've hashed everything out (we may be able to get more locations during recruiting as new people bring in ideas), the I say B.

Although I think we should decide how the draft will be done so we can make it clear to all recruits before we start the signup drive.

When we draft, the plan is to start up a new thread that has the first post from this thread with all the rules and the character list. (Maybe to give JH a little more time, I might take the list of characters and find references to them, in case anyone has any questions on who they are. That way, every character will have a link to who they are.) From there, our recruitment will consist of the new thread, and maybe those of us who are involved in other threads to give us a little promotion. I know Sparta will probably be cool if we do a couple promo messages in his thread. Finally, for anyone who is friendly with other members of the Hype, maybe PM to let them know we're starting it back up and are welcome to join.

The main thing is to get across to everyone that this is something they will have to commit to for about 7-8 months; but, that there will be prizes. I think 6 prizes were given out for the first contest, with the winners getting a decent amount of comics. The best and worst of Round 1 will both get a prize, the best and worst of Round 2 gets a prize, then the First and Second place winners of the entire contest gets a prize. (BTW, I haven't figured out what the grand prize is going to be, yet. I'll come up with that later.)
 
I should have been more clear. I meant the drafting of characters, not new players.

If I remember how the computer program works (I have to double-check later), it goes through each person's draft list, adding characters in the order they want if available. But, if a person's list is exhausted, they can no longer draft, even though others may still be able to.

This can lead to unbalanced ownership, with players who have longer lists, and/or lists with characters no one else wanted, getting more characters then other players. Which gives them an advantage.

I don't have a problem with this. I see it as the player's fault for not taking the time to create a big enough list. Granted someone could get unlucky and all their characters get taken early, but with a long enough list, they would have been certain to get plenty of characters.
 
Yeah, our problem is the fact that we have so many characters in this tournament. Ideally, we'd have a drawing, with all participants getting to pick when their name comes up...but, it would probably be a big pain in the butt to get that all organized. And, to try to have everyone list in order all 512 would be a drag, not only for the person trying to figure out who they'd want, but also the person inputting all the lists into the computer.

What's your idea for the best way to handle it? Do you think we could handle getting the people who want to participate near their computers, let them all know on a certain time and day we'll be having drawings for characters (and, maybe those who will be busy can turn in a list for us to consult in picking)...it could be like the NFL draft? We can even have it go for two or three days.
 
When we did Season 1, I think we started out with about 16 contestants, and we had characters left over. If we're lucky and aim for 20 contestants, each person will have 25 characters (with remaining 12 handed out via either a lottery system, or take the back of the list that didn't get to pick first and give them the characters.)

What is the limit of contestants we'd want?

(Also, remember, we're allowing people this year to have a limited amount of characters, like only 10, if they so desire. They would only be allowed to win the final two prizes, though.)
 
Ideally, we'd shoot for a number of competitors that's a power of 2, Like 16 or 32.

A live draft with 512 characters would take forever, and be nearly impossible to schedule. On the other hand, the computer program can do the whole draft in about ten seconds.

I think the way it was done last year was pretty good. Everyone makes a list, and this time we'd need to set a minimum of say 100-150 characters. Then the draft goes through with everyone getting characters until the lists are used up.

If there are any characters left over, we have another draft to select the rest of the 512. And keep having drafts until they're all gone (two, maybe three, drafts total should do it).

If someone wants a limit, that shouldn't be too hard to add to the program. And if people tell us their limits ahead of time, we should be able to adjust the number of players needed to as equally distribute characters to non-limiting players as possible.
 
I haven't forgotten the thread. I just was kind of waiting and hoping JH would make it back....but, figured by the time school started for my kid (Tuesday) I would start the recruitment drive.

Anyway, have a great 3 day weekend, guys. I hope you all have it off like me, and can just sit back and relax....maybe read a comic or two.
 
I'm at my brother-in-law's house at the moment and thought I'd stop in to give an update, and it's not a good one. My wife and I were looking at the finances and such and we estimate that we won't have phone or internet until maybe mid to late November (extremely sucky!). I never thought it'd take that long, but we have a trip planned to Gatlinburg Tennessee the second weekend of November and we both already have time off work for it, as do many of the people going with us, and since we're the ones heading it up, we can't exactly cancel... so in order for us to still make that, internet is the sacrefice (extremely sucky!).

That being said, do what you have to do. I trust you guys to do what needs to be done. If it hadn't started yet come November then I'll be eager to jump on board and play alongside you guys, but don't feel obligated to wait on me. Push come to shove, I'll just pick up some discarded characters at some point, I'm sure we'll have some.

Actually, the more I think of it, I might still be able to do a list and get involved, even if it means just running by the library or my mom's once a week or so. Eh, we'll see how far away it is when we need the draft lists, and I'll decide what I'll be doing then.

So yeah, Phaed, go ahead and get that recruitment drive going with my blessings. I'll try to stop in and help when I can, but unfortunately, it won't be often. I'm sure W can get a couple DTLers in here :), and everyone loves Trigger, she can schmooze a few participants I'm sure ;)

Well, if I don't say hey again, just wanted to say I miss you guys (oddly enough, I actually do). I also miss my comics, I'm a month behind and it's killing me! But I'll survive... and you know why.... because it's Big Brother Night! Heh, I wonder what it takes to actually get on the show :)

See ya!
 
Man, that does suck. Plus, I can't talk about BB with you. Howie made a fool out of himself, Erika pulls out the impossible, and Janie finally smartens up. Plus, the worst endurance competition in the history of reality tv!!!!

I'll get things going this week, then.
 
I'm on two nights in a row!!! Though I won't be on for long. And yeah, Howie just dropped on my likable factor. Nobody.. and I mean NOBODY talks like that to Georgie!!! And yeah, Boogie's a whiner! Down with the loser of chill town (though I liked Will).
 
An idea about versions of characters. Instead of saying all characters are 'current version' unless noted, how about saying they're all 'commonly known' unless noted as 'current version.'

That way, even if they are multiple versions of a character, we've limited down to two versions that should be best known by owners.
 
Definitely. Before we have people turn in their rosters, you, Trigger, JH (if he's around) and I can look over the list and try to anticipate any problems.

One question: I'm not anticipating that we'll have over 25 people participate....last year I think we started with 16-18, and we lost about 4 of those as the contest went on....but, should we set a limit on the amount of people who can participate? If we have 25 participants, everyone would have at least 20 characters, with a few participants having one extra. If we get a whopping 30, everyone would have 17.

I'll also try to get the grand prize figured out. It will help people want to get involved if I have something to present, I guess.
 
Hey guys I'm alive....if you are wondering......or maybe I'm not....???...

Just wait a sec.......

Yeah I'm alive....anyways, life has turn into big mess of constraints to tie me down and make me actually do work....da "man" is against me and unfortunately I won't be participating in the CoM this year...I don't even have time to visit here...which is quite sad....

So I will be stopping by every once in awhile to see how it's progressing...good luck everyone...:up:
 
Good to hear from you Powder (also, just so you know, we just started another Official CoM thread, so look for that one, as it will be the one we use). Sorry to hear you can't make it back, but maybe things will clear up for you and you can jump in mid season.
 

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