Results:
1. Santa Clause v. Worker 8 - Duel IIIII/II IIIII
2. Sir Lancelot the Brave v. Robot Chicken - Writing a Novel IIIII IIII/II
3. Captain America vs. Captain Gordon - Metal Gear Challenge IIIII IIIII II/
4. Iris (MMX4) vs. Sherlock Holmes - Kareoke I/IIIII IIIII
5. Stocke (Radiant Historia) vs. Fawful (M&L:SSS) - Directing a Movie IIIII IIII/I
IIII/IIII IIIII
6. Sterling Archer, Terran Marine (Starcraft), Mog, Simon Belmont vs.
Reptar (Rugrats), Pinkie Pie (MLP:FiM), Sho Minamoto (TWEWY), Snow Villiers (FF13) - Team Battle
Pool B
Match #7
A staple of second rate comedies since Shakespear's day, we bring you that timeless classic, having people dress up in women's clothing. Well, ok, technically it's dressing in the other gender's clothing, but they're both male so we get a better soundbite. As for how disturbing this is going to be... well, we've got Chef from South Park, and Tails from the Sonic Games. Hell, with contests like these, who needs Craft (Disturbing Mental Image)?
Match #8
Let's face it, the only thing more inevitable than the eventual subjugation of humanity by their robotic slaves is that, sooner or later, a lone figure will lead the overthrow of those same tyrants of steel and circuitry. Of course, it'd be nice if we'd actually have a hero in the house.
Our first contestant definately knows how to make life suck. Mostly because it routinely takes little animated toys fight to the death for its own amusement. Right up until only one remains and it successfully fights back. And it always does. So... yeah, Master Hand ladies and gentlemen.
Against this we've got an accomplished military leader who apparently also has the ability to pull meteors out of the sky to smash his foes. Sturm from Advanced Wars seems very well suited for this contest, until you realize that most of the forces Advanced War people use are actually robotic weapons sent to fight and die in human wars...
Match #9
Words and wit are the fuel, that lie beneath this writer's duel.
Valourous soul on written page, spoken as battle upon the stage.
Advisor of an ancient land, where carpets fly o'er scorching sand.
Jaffar's brains will take the win, with his smooth poetic spin.
Flying high into the sky, who dares challenge this Highwind guy.
Through deed and word he will show grace, natural to this airborn ace.
Match #10
It takes a specific set of skills to corral a bunch of animals, keep them alive, and let them interact with the public without incident.
I'm also not gonna be unbiased here, but this is largely because we have Al Bundy, who so far as I can recall is a lot like Homer Simpson, except more realistic. And Ace, who one could argue has this job in game.
Match #11
Sometimes, you want to get the Heros to do something, but you don't want it to be obvious that you want them to do it. After all, then they might figure things out too fast, or just do the opposite. Heros are annoying like that, after all. So, you leave them clues, cryptic clues. Things they should take some effort to figure out so they think you're trying to hide it, and trying to keep them from doing whatever it is you want them to do. Well... either that or you want to get caught.
And we get to the second of what I expect to be curbstomp battles. I mean, on the one hand, we have Tohru Adachi whose game is pretty much a mystery, and where he, in fact, does a few light examples of this challenge in game. And he's up against a mariachi pokemon.
Match #12
Calvinball, it's the only game that's never the same twice. It's an absurd game where the only way to win is quick thinking and managing to change strategies on the fly as both sides will have to resort to the absurd at some point.
Fittingly, both contestants are warriors used to working for others. Whether it's Megaman and his working for Dr. Light and world peace, or Archer, who from what I understand is a servant in some kind of magical contest. Knowing nothing about Archer, I can say nothing, and Megaman needs no introduction.
Match #13
And so we start the pairs matches, with two contestants forced to work together. To start them off, we have the more interesting match of Mantracking, trying to get through some rough, but passable terrain, without being able to fight back, and without being caught. Their challenge, to cross 40 km over a day and a half with nothing but what they can find, and what they can carry. and walking the whole way. They have a map, and a compass. Chasing them, one cowboy and a guide who knows the local area real well, both on horse (or appropriate local riding beast) back. It is a challenge that requires teamwork, navigation skills, athletics, and stealth.
Our first team will be short on stealth, despite what the robots in disguise tagline might make you think. However, they probably have the other qualities in spades. In fact, I could see Optimus Prime and Morte making a great team. They're both fairly bright, will be able to navigate well, and this is one of the few cases where the contestants will actually want to find flat, open land, as horses are unlikely to keep up with a semi.
Our second team will also be short on bickering. After all, while George Jetson may not be the happiest guy, his team mate is the aptly named Silent Bob. Silent Bob is also surprisingly skilled, in his understated way. However, George comes from the future, and may not be the best suited for this running around on the ground stuff. But, his future knowledge will be the x-factor in this match that may allow for a surprise win,
Match #14
Keeping up with the pairs battles, we now have the tandem obstacle course. Namely, a course where there's a bunch of locked off sections and two individual sections, and there's a lot of tricky obsticles that the contestants need to get through. Adding to the fun is that each section has a button/switch that opens up the doors to the next section for their partner. Meaning each team will be only as fast as their slowest member.
Our first team will know a lot about tricky design, with Mr. Teatime, a professional assassin, likely having to navigate it from time to time. And his parter, a Mr. Bowser Koopa, professional evil overlord/kidnapper, being an expert in designing it. Of course, they'll have their work cut out for them as they're up against the magical beam spamming Marisa Kirisame and the secret agent who's used to even more absurd twists than a Discworld assassin, Maxwell Smart.
Quick Vote Form:
7. Chef (South Park) vs. Tails - Drag Contest
8. Sturm (Advance Wars) vs. Master Hand - Freeing Humanity From Their Robotic Overlords
9. Jaffar (Aladdin) vs. Kain Highwind - Poetry Slam
10. Ace (Suikoden 3) vs. Al Bundy (Married with Children) - Running a Petting Zoo
11. Tohru Adachi (Persona 4) vs. Ludicolo - Leaving the Heros Cryptic Clues
12. Megaman vs. Archer (Fate/Stay Night) - Calvinball
13. Optimus Prime/Morte (Planescape Torment) vs. Silent Bob/George Jetson - Mantracking
14. Bowser Koopa/Johnathan Teatime (Discworld) vs. Marisa Kirisame (Touhou)/Maxwell Smart - Twin Obsticle Course
