OOC Character Battle--Witty Title

[Will Stanton]

http://challonge.com/tournament/show_fu ... n/XULondon

We have our first elimination!

Simon v. Chloe
Chloe's fast, Chloe's talons are sharp, and Chloe's wise---but Simon's just more powerful, and almost as nimble, and is able to survive here. Winner: Simon via monkeytude, Chloe is eliminated

Melody v. Kevin
The shopping mall just provides too much cover for Kevin, who works his way forward. Once he's in close range, it's all over.
Winner: Kevin via slice and dice, Melody is eliminated

Merle v. Victoria
Victoria's now as strong as Merle (almost, at least), and has big nasty sharp teeth. All the strategic genius in the world doesn't help here. Winner Victoria via revenge, Merle is eliminated


So we have our first three people tied in 25th place.

This week's matches!

Jayda "Dominion" Nightridge (1-0) v. Madrox "Talos" Saavedra (1-0)
Location: A busy casino floor, Noon
Which one will cash in?

ELIMINATION MATCH
John "Genbu" Hino (0-1) v. Winston "Hazard" Sharpe (0-1)
Location: A spooky house (jinkies!), 3 PM
Hazard's bombs produce light, but is it enough force to knock out the Lizard of Steel?

ELIMINATION MATCH
Zero (0-1) v. Zoe "Slick" Walker (0-1)
Location: The inner workings of Big Ben, 4:55 AM
Five minutes 'till deafening chimes...

Vote early! Vote often!

[Madison West]

Jayda
John

[Sara Stanton]

Madrox
John
Zero

[Amanda Weinrich]

Madrox, John, Zoe

[Michael Asters]

Jayda
Winston
Zero

[Zoe Walker]

Lessee here.. I think Zoe's tactics would be pretty obvious. Inside Big Ben is already pretty hazardous, and Zoe's control over friction should give her a pretty big edge. With no real opportunity of subterfuge from Zero, it'll mostly come down to who's the best able to deal with the inner workings of a giant clock. Making big chunks of that frictionless should be able to send Zero down for a big fall or into something moving.

Madrox
John

[Will Stanton]

I'm gonna give ZOE the advantage; with all the moving parts in there, I think she'll be able to keep Zero off balance--heck, she could theoretically cause the mechanism to start and stop, throwing Zero off balance entirely, possibly crushing it, or throwing it out the window or something.

[Winston Sharpe]

Ok, Winston, for the most part will probably be playing hit & run tactics with this big guy, Winston can take a couple of punches but John can take more, so Win'll have to focus and try and surprise John as often as possible. His power has an advantage, explosion produces light, so hopefully it'll give him an edge here he can work with.

Going with Zoe

[Zero]

I think that people are taking the interior of Big Ben from the Great Mouse Detective or something. There's room to move and fight and it's not as if they'll be fighting atop moving gears or something.

Zero's strategy would be to shift into a very large and solid form and stay still. Without any ranged attack Zoe would be required to come in for the kill and even with the power of reducing friction on her side, simple physics would still make Zero hard for her to move. Meanwhile, Zero has reach and power on her side.

[Will Stanton]

There is nothing wrong with, when in doubt, assuming Great Mouse Detective

[Madison West]

It is when I start losing 'cause of it.

[Zoe Walker]

I think that people are taking the interior of Big Ben from the Great Mouse Detective or something. There's room to move and fight and it's not as if they'll be fighting atop moving gears or something.

Zero's strategy would be to shift into a very large and solid form and stay still. Without any ranged attack Zoe would be required to come in for the kill and even with the power of reducing friction on her side, simple physics would still make Zero hard for her to move. Meanwhile, Zero has reach and power on her side.

This is a comic book, of course a clock tower is hazardous! ^_^

I dunno exactly how many strategy/counter-strategy posts we're allowed, but since I went first, I'm just gonna toss a few things in here.

Thing the first: if Zero's game plan is "wait for her to come to me", well, that could easily end in a stalemate. Of course, I'm not kidding anyone with that when personalities come into play, Zoe's way too brash and aggressive to just sit back. Even so, I'm sayin'..

Thing the second: Zoe's power does have range in an environment like this. If Zero sits back and waits for Zoe to attack, that just gives Zoe all the time she needs to set up traps or hazard zones. Even if we totally take out the classical clock tower hazards, Zoe could simply plant a hand on the floor and grease up the entire area around Zero. At that point, throwing something at Zero to make him/her move would make him/her slip and fall, with no way to stand up with the floor, walls, poles, etc. totally slick. So the longer Zero waits, the easier it is for Zoe to incapacitate.

Moral of the story: When fighting inside a giant clock, time is of the essence

[Madison West]

Counter argument!

If Zero is forced to dodge due to some sort of thrown hazard or, Zero knows Zoe's power and isn't going to stumble around slipping all over the floors but attempt to use frictionless areas to move across the area much like a skater and gain momentum to attempt to crush Zoe like a bug.

Zoe's only defense really seems to be hoping that Zero slips and falls and can't get back up. So while she's depending on luck or idiocy on Zero's part, Zero is banking on being able to win in an actual fight.

[Zoe Walker]

...attempt to crush Zoe like a bug..

That'd work better against Teri

[Domanic Taylor]

I votes Talos; Genbu; Slick.

[Will Stanton]

I gotta go with JOHN, too--sorry Winston, but his hide's too tough for that.

[Stan Bowen]

MADROX. He's tough.. maybe too tough for guns and knives and teleportation.
JOHN. It'll be tough to get through his hide. and unless Winston's explosions are especially bright, it'll be a doomed try.
ZERO. Zoe has the obvious advantage here, but I think Zero's cleverness will come into play, giving an unexpected punch to end it.

[Will Stanton]

I can't see Jayda taking out MADDROX; at least, not here, not this way...

[Will Stanton]

Last chance to vote!

[Jayda Nightridge]

John
Zero