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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 3:22:28 GMT -5
Gotham Your winner: 1 Batman May the best hero (or villain) win... [/quote]
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 3:25:19 GMT -5
Venom Carnage Piccolo Sabertooth Gohan Wolverine Scarecrow Juggernaut
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Post by bad guy™ on May 29, 2014 3:33:43 GMT -5
Rorschach Kick-Ass Hit Girl Captain America Goku The Motherf*cker Dr. Manhattan Light Yagami
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 3:37:35 GMT -5
Rorschach Kick-Ass Hit Girl Captain America Goku The Motherf*cker Dr. Manhattan Light Yagami Part of the reason right there I thought this could be a good idea. I had NO idea who Light Yagami was... but a simple wiki search has me interested in seeing "Death Note" now. Sounds interesting.
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Post by bad guy™ on May 29, 2014 3:57:55 GMT -5
Rorschach Kick-Ass Hit Girl Captain America Goku The Motherf*cker Dr. Manhattan Light Yagami Part of the reason right there I thought this could be a good idea. I had NO idea who Light Yagami was... but a simple wiki search has me interested in seeing "Death Note" now. Sounds interesting. Yep. I know anime and manga get bad raps in the comic community, Death Note is one of those series that just about anyone who likes a good story enjoys. I have had friends who HATE anime and manga, yet absolutely loved Death Note, and mainly because of Light. The guy is the epitome of the perfect anti-hero, where as a human watching, you want him to lose...but you cannot help but entertain, and slightly enjoy, the thought of what it would be like if Light wins. I highly recommend it.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:01:23 GMT -5
Part of the reason right there I thought this could be a good idea. I had NO idea who Light Yagami was... but a simple wiki search has me interested in seeing "Death Note" now. Sounds interesting. Yep. I know anime and manga get bad raps in the comic community, Death Note is one of those series that just about anyone who likes a good story enjoys. I have had friends who HATE anime and manga, yet absolutely loved Death Note, and mainly because of Light. The guy is the epitome of the perfect anti-hero, where as a human watching, you want him to lose...but you cannot help but entertain, and slightly enjoy, the thought of what it would be like if Light wins. I highly recommend it. Some people are so passionate about lesser-known characters, it's almost shocking that they never really become "mainstream" (at least not in the States)...or even well known characters that get a bad, unfair wrap (one of my favorite characters, Aquaman, who I didn't list) -- there are great characters out there we don't know about. This gives us a bit of time to find out things we may not have given consideration to before.
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Post by bad guy™ on May 29, 2014 4:16:58 GMT -5
Yep. I know anime and manga get bad raps in the comic community, Death Note is one of those series that just about anyone who likes a good story enjoys. I have had friends who HATE anime and manga, yet absolutely loved Death Note, and mainly because of Light. The guy is the epitome of the perfect anti-hero, where as a human watching, you want him to lose...but you cannot help but entertain, and slightly enjoy, the thought of what it would be like if Light wins. I highly recommend it. Some people are so passionate about lesser-known characters, it's almost shocking that they never really become "mainstream" (at least not in the States)...or even well known characters that get a bad, unfair wrap (one of my favorite characters, Aquaman, who I didn't list) -- there are great characters out there we don't know about. This gives us a bit of time to find out things we may not have given consideration to before. It is not so much our obsession with little known characters that should make anime more appealing, anime does not get a good rap here because it is so different from what we consider super heroes here. The animes that have achieved mainstream popularity here in America are the ones that fit in with out obsessions. Cowboy, space travel. Fullmetal Alchemist, religion. High School of the Dead, zombies. Dragon Ball Z, fighting/martial arts. Those are American niche topics that we generally love. Death Note is about a kid, Light, who stumbles across a book that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. Naturally that power given to him would slowly turn him into someone he was not prior. But that does not really fit in with any of our niches, despite it having huge success over in Japan. Though two that are really starting to pick up steam over here are Sword Art Online and Attack on Titan, but here we go again with series that fit in with American niche topics, SAO being about people being stuck inside of a video game where if they die in game they die in the real world. Attack on Titan is about an alternate Steampunk inspired world where humans are becoming extinct and are being hunted by these Titans...apocalyptic survival...something we love. People would be surprised if they broke away from their Captain America/Batman comics and tried out some manga...gives you a whole new world of heroes to enjoy than the ones we see in movies every other year or so though. I mean manga translates out roughly to comic book, which is almost exactly what they are...but it is not the norm that we have here so it scares people. **shrugs** Haha.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:20:54 GMT -5
We shall see. I look forward to the voting on this. I think we'll see some surprises. It's Tourney time -- there's always a shocker or two
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Post by King Silva on May 29, 2014 4:34:16 GMT -5
Some X-Men favorites of mine that were overlooked:
1} Rogue 2} Storm 3} Jean Grey 4} Mystique 5} Psylocke 6} Invisible Woman
They should count since they have powers as witches so here are my two picks from Charmed:
7} Piper Halliwell 8} Prue Halliwell
@cabbageconkers you need to suggest Buffy and Faith since as vampire slayers they should also count.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:36:46 GMT -5
Half way there!
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Post by King Silva on May 29, 2014 4:38:01 GMT -5
I'm wondering if the Power Rangers would count? EDIT: Why not make this tournament bigger? I mean there are so many super heroes/villains especially since it isn't strictly comic books etc. 128 would be cool and imo could be done.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:38:21 GMT -5
Some X-Men favorites of mine that were overlooked: 1} Rogue 2} Storm 3} Jean Grey 4} Mystique 5} Psylocke 6} Invisible Woman They should count since they have powers as witches so here are my two picks from Charmed: 7} Piper Halliwell 8} Prue Halliwell @cabbageconkers you need to suggest Buffy and Faith since as vampire slayers they should also count. ...and the witches count. Extraordinary powers and all. I assume Invisible Woman is Sue Storm? You said X-Men that were left off, but listed her? I'm unaware of an Invisible Woman in the X-Men, that's why I want to be sure. Fait and Spike JUST missed my voting. Narrowing it down to 8 is difficult :/ and I wanted to be fair to not pick more "obvious" options.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:38:59 GMT -5
I'm wondering if the Power Rangers would count? Yes, I'd count them. Though hopefully I would hope someone wouldn't just choose the 6 Rangers lol...I can see like the Green Ranger, or something... But yes, the basic definition of being a Power Ranger is that there's something extraordinary about the person chosen.
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Post by King Silva on May 29, 2014 4:43:01 GMT -5
Some X-Men favorites of mine that were overlooked: 1} Rogue 2} Storm 3} Jean Grey 4} Mystique 5} Psylocke 6} Invisible Woman They should count since they have powers as witches so here are my two picks from Charmed: 7} Piper Halliwell 8} Prue Halliwell @cabbageconkers you need to suggest Buffy and Faith since as vampire slayers they should also count. ...and the witches count. Extraordinary powers and all. I assume Invisible Woman is Sue Storm? You said X-Men that were left off, but listed her? I'm unaware of an Invisible Woman in the X-Men, that's why I want to be sure. Fait and Spike JUST missed my voting. Narrowing it down to 8 is difficult :/ and I wanted to be fair to not pick more "obvious" options. It is Sue Storm. I know she was never in X-Men but most of my first 6 were from there. I would have picked some above these 8 (and I still hope some get picked *Iceman/MANY Street Fighters etc*) but there were not many ladies listed so I used my picks to give them some representation.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:43:59 GMT -5
...and the witches count. Extraordinary powers and all. I assume Invisible Woman is Sue Storm? You said X-Men that were left off, but listed her? I'm unaware of an Invisible Woman in the X-Men, that's why I want to be sure. Fait and Spike JUST missed my voting. Narrowing it down to 8 is difficult :/ and I wanted to be fair to not pick more "obvious" options. It is Sue Storm. I know she was never in X-Men but most of my first 6 were from there. I would have picked some above these 8 (and I still hope some get picked *Iceman/MANY Street Fighters etc*) but there were not many ladies listed so I used my picks to give them some representation. I too noticed we were short on females. Thank you for evening it out.
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Post by King Silva on May 29, 2014 4:46:46 GMT -5
I still think this should be expanded. I mean if people like Superman, Batman, The Joker, Magneto, Catwoman, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and many many other big big names are not in this then it kinda sucks. I love some of the odd ball choices but the big names should almost automatically get in.
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:49:51 GMT -5
I still think this should be expanded. I mean if people like Superman, Batman, The Joker, Magneto, Catwoman, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and many many other big big names are not in this then it kinda sucks. I love some of the odd ball choices but the big names should almost automatically get in. I was just going to say that if there's an influx of selections between now (about to sleep) and when I wake up, I'd happily expand it out to 128... Most people are asleep right now. There are easily 128 characters, and that would give everyone a chance to get their characters in. Or if we get close, and the "big" ones are still left off, I'll fill in appropriately, etc. But -- I wanna give the lesser knowns a chance. So far -- not disappointed. I'm sure other people will vote for them, though.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 4:56:53 GMT -5
I'm gonna vote for people that other people probably won't: Buffy Angel Spike Faith Gambit Spawn The Coon it, Doyle (from Angel).
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Post by Robert69 on May 29, 2014 4:58:22 GMT -5
I'm gonna vote for people that other people probably won't: Buffy Angel Spike Faith Gambit Spawn The Coon it, Doyle (from Angel). I already said Gambit in my initial post. Wanna add another for 8?
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Post by King Silva on May 29, 2014 5:01:24 GMT -5
I still think this should be expanded. I mean if people like Superman, Batman, The Joker, Magneto, Catwoman, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and many many other big big names are not in this then it kinda sucks. I love some of the odd ball choices but the big names should almost automatically get in. I was just going to say that if there's an influx of selections between now (about to sleep) and when I wake up, I'd happily expand it out to 128... Most people are asleep right now. There are easily 128 characters, and that would give everyone a chance to get their characters in. Or if we get close, and the "big" ones are still left off, I'll fill in appropriately, etc. But -- I wanna give the lesser knowns a chance. So far -- not disappointed. I'm sure other people will vote for them, though. That's cool. I am just saying that there are so many good choice. I remember on another forum doing a 100 person tournament of only X-Men characters. 25 characters were divided into four brackets and the eventual winners ended up being Rogue, Gambit, Jean Grey, and Wolverine. Gambit and Jean Grey ending up being the top two and advanced to the absolute finals where Jean Grey eventually won after a tie. Good times. I'm gonna vote for people that other people probably won't: Buffy Angel Spike Faith Gambit Spawn The Coon it, Doyle (from Angel). LMFAO at The Coon! I love him!
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