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Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« on: October 31, 2008, 09:06:19 PM »
Something a little faster to get into than the PbP Arena...
TVTropes links: Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, Tournament Arc


We get a ton of characters (players can have more than one) and throw them all into a tournament. The winner of each match is determined randomly beforehand to avoid arguments, so put on a show!

It's freeform, as in "no stats required".

Characters can have any origin - Githyanki pirates fighting shinigami? Sure! Just make them interesting. ;)

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Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament!
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 09:18:21 PM »
Interesting... I'll try to come up with something kickass!
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Re: Freeform tournament!
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2008, 03:39:42 PM »
Sounds interesting. Hows the victory determination work? Pick an outcome randomly between 2 characters and then figure out how that happened? Any 3-4 way free for alls?
*rummages around in bag for characters to rip off of*
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Re: Freeform tournament!
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 11:21:25 PM »
Sounds like it's made of pure badassium and awesome concentrate, with bits of Chuck Norris sprinkled on top for flavor.

Count me in.
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Re: Freeform tournament!
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2008, 06:56:03 AM »
Quote from: veekie on November 02, 2008, 03:39:42 PM
Sounds interesting. Hows the victory determination work? Pick an outcome randomly between 2 characters and then figure out how that happened? Any 3-4 way free for alls?
I was planning on the first, but I suppose there could be special events like exhibition matches. Maybe a storyline in the background...
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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2008, 09:01:06 PM »
This reminds me of nintendo deathmatch. Those unfamiliar go to nintendoland.com, it's quite interesting and it solves a lot of highly contested hypotheticals.
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2008, 06:30:42 AM »
<Insert expression of interest here>

... I'm going to have to work on the characterisation bit, aren't I?
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2008, 12:48:42 PM »
I think given the number of characters that can be fielded, I wouldn't be surprised if a good number of them are ripped right out of various media. :D

Just for the Ultimate Showdown effect alone.
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Quote from: Soda on July 22, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."

[spoiler]
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2008, 02:01:54 PM »
Meh, probably. That could make it more fun, though, especially if someone makes a expy of a badass who gets beaten up in every match or something. :P

Maybe there could be a division for fights between existing characters, though it would be odd to determine those randomly. You'd need someone impartial, or you'd get Superman beating up on Goku and Elminster at the same time.

Forum, please...
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 02:05:49 PM by Prime32 »
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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2008, 03:40:35 PM »
Part of the fun is Superman getting trashed by a swarm of lolcats.
Some kind of tiering might be needed though.
Something like this:

Isn't in the same scale as this:

Or this :

Pretty sure even galactus would find some trouble fighting the second one, size alone.
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Quote from: Soda on July 22, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."

[spoiler]
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2008, 04:11:12 PM »
Your subforum's up.  I don't have a problem with leaving this unlocked for the time being.

I'm a little confused as to how the tournament's going to work, though. Can you elaborate?
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2008, 05:00:35 PM »
Well, there was going to be a stickied thread where people post their characters (rapid-fire!), and a thread for each match.

We'll sort out a structure for the tournaments after some characters are up.

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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2008, 05:10:34 PM »
So literally this is an anything goes type thing, where you could submit bugs bunny along with Voltron?
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM »
Mmh, how about some pop culture, pulp and other iconic characters as well?
People like Bruce Campbell, Lemmy, Rob Halford etc. :D
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM »
Quote from: AfterCrescent on November 04, 2008, 05:10:34 PM
So literally this is an anything goes type thing, where you could submit bugs bunny along with Voltron?
Yeah, but not those exact characters (you'd need something more fair than a coin toss to determine the winner there).


Quote from: BowenSilverclaw on November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM
Mmh, how about some pop culture, pulp and other iconic characters as well?
People like Bruce Campbell, Lemmy, Rob Halford etc. :D
Hmm... I really need an "existing characters" division, don't I? :plot
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 05:20:45 PM by Prime32 »
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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2008, 05:49:45 PM »
Quote from: Prime32 on November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM
Quote from: AfterCrescent on November 04, 2008, 05:10:34 PM
So literally this is an anything goes type thing, where you could submit bugs bunny along with Voltron?
Yeah, but not those exact characters (you'd need something more fair than a coin toss to determine the winner there).

I dunno, Bugs bunny could use Toon Physics to defeat Voltron, or could be ginsued before Toon Physics kick in.

Quote from: Prime32 on November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM
Quote from: BowenSilverclaw on November 04, 2008, 05:19:02 PM
Mmh, how about some pop culture, pulp and other iconic characters as well?
People like Bruce Campbell, Lemmy, Rob Halford etc. :D
Hmm... I really need an "existing characters" division, don't I? :plot

Definitely.
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Quote from: Soda on July 22, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."

[spoiler]
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2008, 05:53:09 PM »
Quote from: veekie on November 04, 2008, 05:49:45 PM
I dunno, Bugs bunny could use Toon Physics to defeat Voltron, or could be ginsued before Toon Physics kick in.
From what I heard of a Smash Bros-style game with Shonen Jump characters, they are divided into three categories - Comedy (BoboBo) beats Power (DBZ) beats Realistic (Death Note). Presumably, Bo defeats Goku with Toon Physics. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is probably in both categories at once, though (since it is so powerful it can ignore physics).
« Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 06:09:28 PM by Prime32 »
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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]

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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2008, 06:16:00 PM »
I'm in please.
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Re: Freeform tournament! (Always open)
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2008, 06:22:02 PM »
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The tier system in a nutshell:
[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
Tier 3: An expert marksman, cartographer and chef who can tie strong knots and is trained in hostage negotiation or a marksman so good he can shoot down every bullet fired by a minigun while armed with a rusted single-shot pistol that veers to the left.
Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
Tier 1: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything and the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.[/spoiler]
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