Official Contest of Marvels II Discussion Thread

For those of you thinking about your upcoming battles, next week's location is Otherworld. Here is some information:

While the dimension of Otherworld is also known as Avalon, the island of Avalon is actually only a small part of the large dimension that is Otherworld. Other places within this dimension include Fomor, home of the Fomorians, Annwn, home of the dead, and many other locales associated with Celtic mythology. The Starlight Citadel is home of Roma and the base of the Captain Britain Corps.
In general, Otherworld is a High fantasy world; gods, elves, dragons and many more live within small towns and large castles with no heavy industry. Large forests and bright lakes separate the several islands and locations from one another. Otherworld is not primitive though, while sorcery and magic is a part of daily life, the Captain Britain Corps and Avalon possess highly advanced technology.
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History

In ancient times, there were many ways to travel from Earth to Avalon and back, created by powerful men known as the Twelve Walkers. Six of the Twelve Walkers became corrupt and created false paths that would lead travellers to dangerous places or insanity. The actions of these evil Walkers caused a backlash from the human inhabitants of Earth against all magical creatures and many of these creatures followed the paths to relocate to Otherworld. Most of the paths between Earth and Avalon were destroyed and only a few remain.
After the death of King Arthur, his body was taken to Avalon by Merlyn. Somehow the city of Camelot was also taken to Avalon, including all the Knights of the Round Table.
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Merlyn, Roma and the Starlight Citadel

Merlyn created the Starlight Citadel, located on a different island than Avalon. From the Starlight Citadel he founded the Captain Britain Corps, a group of superhuman heroes who would patrol the countless Earths in the Omniverse. Merlyn became the Omniversal Guardian and was assisted in his task by the Omniversal Majestor/Majestrix. His task was to safeguard the Omniverse against any threats and the technology Merlyn provided was capable of destroying entire universes that were a threat. When Mad Jim Jaspers appeared, Merlyn faked his death and was replaced by Roma as Omniversal Guardian. Saturnyne became the Omniversal Majestrix.
Years later, Mastermind conquered the island of the Starlight Citadel, destroyed most of the Captain Britain Corps and disguised himself as Roma. Mastermind wanted the Amulet of Right and the Sword of Might, two mystical artifacts who had once empowered Brian Braddock, also known as Captain Britain and his enemy Joshua Stragg, the Reaver. Braddock found the artifacts before Mastermind and discovered that he was the rightful heir to these artifacts. He used them to defeat Mastermind and Roma named him the new ruler of Otherworld, while she remained as his advisor. Brian recently left his throne after the events in House of M and returned to Earth.
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The island of Avalon and the Celtic Gods

On the island of Avalon, home to the Celtic Gods also known as the Tuatha da Danaan, Druids would forge the magical artifact known as the Evil Eye. The Eye was given to Prester John, who travelled back to Earth with it. The Celtic Gods themselves would have an endless war with the Fomorians, who would try to invade Avalon repeatedly. The Celtic Gods would receive assistance from Thor in repelling several invasions.
One of the Celtic Gods, the Lady of the Lake safeguarded Excalibur, King Arthur's sword. She became a close ally of the Black Knight and even gave him Excalibur when he lost his weapon, the Ebony Sword. Years later, the Lady of the Lake gave the Black Knight his new weapons: the Sword of Light and the Shield of Night. In return the Black Knight became her protector. The Black Knight would often travel between Earth and Avalon and seek the Lady of the Lake for advice.


For ease, we'll figure everyone is transported to a different area within Avalon. Since last time we didn't have any inhabitants, this time we will have people within the city.
 
Phaedrus45 said:
I just tallied votes in Thread 1 & 2. We currently have 3 ties.

(I think the only person who hasn't voted is Powderman. I'm ending voting at 11:00 PST...I'm betting he's at work and won't get a chance to get in here in time.)


So many ties. To me it means that we picked a better, more competitive, selection of characters. Too many blow outs last season, and now it's so competitive we're getting a ton of ties.
 
Whew, only one more to go. At least the debates in thread 3 weren't quite as involved as in the earlier threads.

Harlekin said:
Yeah, you just tied up Namora/Alex Power. It's like I can't get through a week without a tie, and then when I have a tie, Hisako is going to win!? I mean, I certainly didn't expect that one. I gave Cloak more hope of winning his match than I did Hisako.
There's a few strange results knocking about.

As for ties, they can be very annoying but can also up the stakes if they involve characters that are important to you. Our Donald Pierce Vs Prodigy match was the closest I think so far and possibly my most enjoyable. A lot of the ties seem to go one way or the other in the rematch.

Phaedrus45 said:
I just looked. I think he just tied up Famine and Lady Deathstrike, too!
I must have the magic touch at the moment. That was a very hard one to call.
 
Our tie was definitely enjoyable, but ties are also quite exhausting, simply because you have to fight that much harder. Oh well, it's all in the game.
 
I'm done Phaed :up:




Harlekin said:
Our tie was definitely enjoyable, but ties are also quite exhausting, simply because you have to fight that much harder. Oh well, it's all in the game.
You seem to be involved in nearly every match I read at the moment :csad:
 
Iceman/Psylocke said:
Thunderbird (Exiles) - My opinion changed with each new debate and it was right down the middle. This deserves a rematch.

THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR ME :cmad:

Damnit radioactive man was one of my favourite characters and people are voting against him because they're not considering that it was a low poer galactus :(

Aunt May could have kicked his ass in that state :rolleyes:
 
Iceman/Psylocke said:
I'm done Phaed :up:




You seem to be involved in nearly every match I read at the moment :csad:
It's because I have a ridiculious amount of matches lately. It does make voting hell of a lot easier for me.
 
The following people have new matches starting tomorrow:

*Trigger = 5
^^Hippy Fascist = 4
^Wiegeabo, Kytrigger, ^Phaedrus45, *Powderman, ^Harlekin, ^Zoken, Iceman/Psylocke = 3
*Darthphere, *JewishHobbit, DarkHellRider = 2
Ahura Mazda, Wolverine25th = 1
Hellstormer, Midnight Ice = 0

(A "^" by your name indicates a re-match from the following week. A "*" by your name indicates two of your characters are fighting each other.)


Total wins for Round 1:

Phaedrus45, Hippy Fascist, Darthphere, JewishHobbit, Wiegeabo = 6
Ahura Mazda = 5
Harlekin, DarkHellRider, Kytrigger = 4
Iceman/Psylocke, Hellstormer = 3
Midnight Ice, Zoken, Trigger, Wolverine25th = 2
Powderman = 0

Total losses for Round 1:

Trigger = 9
Zoken = 8
Harlekin = 6
Midnight Ice, Wolverine25th = 5
Hellstormer = 4
AhuraMazda, Darthphere, Powderman, Kytrigger, Iceman/Psylocke, JewishHobbit = 3
DarkHellRider, Wiegeabo = 2
HippyFascist, Phaedrus45 = 1

The following characters advance to Round 2:

Bracket 1: ???? vs. Adam Warlock(WIEGEABO)
Bracket 2: Stacey X(JEWISHHOBBIT) vs. Sunfire-Exiles(HELLSTORMER)
Bracket 3: Klaw(DARKHELLRIDER) vs. ????
Bracket 4: Scorpion(KYTRIGGER) vs. ????
Bracket 5: Scorpio(MIDNIGHT ICE) vs. Victor Mancha(ZOKEN)
Bracket 6: Kitty Pryde(JEWISHHOBBIT) vs. Wrecker(TRIGGER)
Bracket 7: X-23(HIPPY FASCIST) vs. Mesmero(HARLEKIN)
Bracket 8: Damask(DARTHPHERE) vs. Fixer(WOLVERINE25TH)
 
Plus, we fight each other twice next week. Although, as you have two rematches and two regular matches, you can just concede the Famine match with your opening debate to make it easier on yourself.
 
Phaedrus45 said:
Plus, we fight each other twice next week. Although, as you have two rematches and two regular matches, you can just concede the Famine match with your opening debate to make it easier on yourself.

To be honest i'm not too bothered about deathstrike. Radioactive man is one of my top picks so I'll be devoting most of my time to that one
 
hippy fascist said:
To be honest i'm not too bothered about deathstrike. Radioactive man is one of my top picks so I'll be devoting most of my time to that one

I had Radioactive Man last season. I think he's severely underrated, and the problem I faced was convincing people to think he's as powerful as he is.

(This has been sponsored by friends of Radioactive Man.)
 
Phaedrus45 said:
I had Radioactive Man last season. I think he's severely underrated, and the problem I faced was convincing people to think he's as powerful as he is.

(This has been sponsored by friends of Radioactive Man.)

The guy has no upper limit on his strength (other than how much radiation he can absorb)

Can create a shield even mjolnir couldn't penetrate

AND can use radiation in extreme doses focussed on a single target. Most physical immunity in the marvel universe is based on physical attacks so a radiation weilder (which kills you from the inside out...like a microwave :D) can bypass even an asgardian's defences since all they have is denser skin. (yes it's denser than normal skin but where not talking about dense to the same level as lead)

Radioactive man, if he does well in the first few rounds could go all the way to at least the last 8 I think :cool:
 
uh, major problem guys, harlekin's on probation for... (two weeks I think :huh: )

Can I suggest we delay his debates until he returns. It's the only fair thing to do IMO.

FREE HARLEKIN!

edit:turns out it's ok, he's only got a one day ban but this has really made me think. I've got to tone down the anger or I might get another one myself and that would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! :(
 
hippy fascist said:
THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR ME :cmad:

Damnit radioactive man was one of my favourite characters and people are voting against him because they're not considering that it was a low poer galactus :(

Aunt May could have kicked his ass in that state :rolleyes:
Sorry dude, both debates were good and I couldn't split them. Better luck next time. :word:

Harlekin said:
It's because I have a ridiculious amount of matches lately. It does make voting hell of a lot easier for me.
Yeah, I thought I was in the clear with only two matches this week, one of which was a relatively straight forward rematch. Then it came to the voting and it took me decades. :csad:
 
hippy fascist said:
uh, major problem guys, harlekin's on probation for... (two weeks I think :huh: )

Can I suggest we delay his debates until he returns. It's the only fair thing to do IMO.

FREE HARLEKIN!

edit:turns out it's ok, he's only got a one day ban but this has really made me think. I've got to tone down the anger or I might get another one myself and that would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! :(
:( What happened?
 
Yeah...give up the dirt!

(I thought I was going to get banned talking about the torrents. But, somehow I was uneffected.)
 
hippy fascist said:
uh, major problem guys, harlekin's on probation for... (two weeks I think :huh: )

Can I suggest we delay his debates until he returns. It's the only fair thing to do IMO.

FREE HARLEKIN!

edit:turns out it's ok, he's only got a one day ban but this has really made me think. I've got to tone down the anger or I might get another one myself and that would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! :(


Dont worry about it, its just another mod on a power trip. "Oh he gave me attitude, I must show my authority" Whatever, ive said things 10 times worse than that. And if the word dick isnt censored, whose fault is that? management. Down with the system.
 
Damn I am in Paris and left my file with my pre-written match in Geneva.....I have to do it all over again now :(
 
Hey guys,

I'm heading to the hospital. Things have taken a turn for the worse with my grandma, and I want to make sure I see her in case I don't get a chance again.

The brackets won't be up as early has they have been...but, I will get them up by tomorrow, promise. It's just going to be later.

Tim

P.S. Thanks everyone for the kind words earlier.
 
Phaedrus45 said:
Hey guys,

I'm heading to the hospital. Things have taken a turn for the worse with my grandma, and I want to make sure I see her in case I don't get a chance again.

The brackets won't be up as early has they have been...but, I will get them up by tomorrow, promise. It's just going to be later.

Tim

P.S. Thanks everyone for the kind words earlier.
Hey dude, don't worry too much about the competition if you have these big things going on. I'm very sorry to hear of these developments and pray things don't turn out too badly.
 

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