Results:
7. Chef (South Park) vs. Tails vs. Fire - Drag Contest IIIIT/IIII/II - Tiebreak
8. Sturm (Advance Wars) vs. Master Hand - Freeing Humanity From Their Robotic Overlords IIIII II/I
9. Jaffar (Aladdin) vs. Kain Highwind - Poetry Slam IIIII II/III
10. Ace (Suikoden 3) vs. Al Bundy (Married with Children) - Running a Petting Zoo IIIII I/II
11. Tohru Adachi (Persona 4) vs. Ludicolo - Leaving the Heros Cryptic Clues IIIII IIII/
12. Megaman vs. Archer (Fate/Stay Night) - Calvinball II/IIII
13. Optimus Prime/Morte (Planescape Torment) vs. Silent Bob/George Jetson - Mantracking IIIII IIII/
14. Bowser Koopa/Johnathan Teatime (Discworld) vs. Marisa Kirisame (Touhou)/Maxwell Smart - Twin Obsticle Course /IIIII
Pool C
Match #15
This time we have an epic faceoff. From epic literature, to epic mythology, to one epic bar tab. And the loser has to pay.
Fortunately, both of our contestants have a good argument as to why they'd win a drinking contest. Odysseus may just be a human, but he's one of those mythological Greek humans who's kinda a step above. As well, he's the one guy from the Illiad who gets to live, after surviving one hell of a trip back home. But how much will his endurance count for against a guy whose race consists entirely of smoking and drinking? Samwise Gamgee has a nice cultural and physiological edge coming into this, with his primary drawback really just being his tiny little hobbit stature leading to probably being able to hold less alcohol.
Match #16
Normally, I like to have fun with the Pokemon Journey one. But let's be frank, it's Galuf, who has access to the poke trainer like Monster Hunter class, vs. an Aggron. My money is that he makes Aggron his starter before going on and kicking ass, never quite remembering why he's kicking ass in the first place.
Match #17
Welcome to the Tournament of Randomness, where scrub offs can lead to prime entertainment. Today's scrub off involves trying to stay calm in the face of adversity. Emphasis on trying, cause lord knows neither of these contestants can pull this trick off.
Our first scrub is Gaston, the swaggering macho man from Beauty and the Beast, who resorts to murder and mob forming/leading because a chick blows him off. His only redeeming feature is that, outside of his inability to score chicks with class, he's pretty damn perfect, if his home village does sing so itself. Which is good, because that's sure to infuriate Franzisca von Karma, who values perfection above everything else. Naturally, this vain whip snapping prosecutor will be furious at his effortless accomplishment of the single thing she is denied. Granted, she's also gonna cheese him off by not falling for him, so we've got our epic cycle of aggrivation, adversity, and the futile attempt to stay calm in the face of both.
Match #18
Stand up comedy is easy. All you have to do is stand in front of a possibly hostile crowd of strangers and make them laugh. Nothing to it.
Ditto's glad that you don't need to talk to do stand up, so long as you can pantomime and do slapstick well enough. Or hell, impersonations are always popular. As for Dr. Psyche... I am unsure what a robot with a doctorate (or a lie of a title) will bring to the table here.
Match #19
Welcome to the debate, where these two contestants will be forced to argue for one side of a topic, and be more convincing. Sadly, this write up will be short as I know nothing about either Abed Nadir or Solitair (nor their homes, Community and Dark Souls) But, assuredly the commentary will have something to say.
Match #20
Outwit, outlast, outplay.
This is the motto of the survivor. And in the vein of the great grand-daddy of reality tv, we're going to strand eight competitors in a tropical paradise and force them to build their own shelter, hunt their own food, and play humiliating mini challenges for trinkets and immunity from being voted off. Contestants will then be voted off one by one until the last two are judged by their peers. Four will go on to see Round 2, however, there's a couple of twists here. First off, you're voting in list form, with placement on the final list based on where everyone votes. And yes, it will be weighed so that less votes won't be a death knell. Secondly, losing the final confrontation is worse than simply getting voted off. This means that third and fourth will move on the the second round, second place will be eliminated, and first place will win immunity to the second round, and jump straight to round 3.
Joker may seem to be out of his element since his best skill, piloting futuristic space craft, is utterly useless, but he's likable, smart, and knows a lot of stuff, which means he may be able to make up for his Vrolik's Syndrome, which makes him unable to do any of the physical contests or work lest his legs go snap.
Is there anything Homer Simpson hasn't done? He may be a bumbling idiot, but one with a lucky streak a mile wide, and he's got one of the better skillsets to survive this.
Tuta has survived two wars, but can he become the ultimate Survivor? Understated in personality with the medical skills that will make him invaluable, he may prove a real challenger.
Lews Therin Telamon is known by many names. Dragon, Kinslayer, Batshit Insane. But there's really only a few things that matter here. His access to the Source gives him powers well beyond what anyone else here has, and he's pretty crafty at surviving stuff so long as he doesn't nuke himself. That, and would anyone test the theory that he won't glass the island if they do vote him off?
Iago is a guy from Othello, which means likely better in an urban setting. But then, most of the people here are.
This plays well into Tibarn's strengths. His ability to turn in to a hawk, and the fact that his home is an island, matched with his generally likable personality and top notch hunting skills means he'll be a real competitor. Hell, he's even pretty good at politics.
Whereas politics is all Jabba the Hutt will have going for him. However, as a fringe world mob boss, that's something he's very good at. There's also the fact that he may get saddled with position #2 simply by virtue of the people jockying for the last confrontation betting he'll never be able to win the last vote.
Finally, Jabba isn't the only politician here. And Stephen Colbert is no stranger to wrestling wildlife into submission. But will this larger than life icon manage to Survive?
Quick Vote Form
15. Odysseus vs. Samwise Gamgee - Drinking Contest
16. Galuf (FF5) vs. Aggron (Pokemon) - Completing a Pokemon Journey
17. Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) vs. Franziska von Karma - Staying Calm in the Face of Adversity
18. Ditto (Pokemon) vs. Dr. Psyche (MM:CM) - Stand Up Comedy
19. Abed Nadir (Community) vs. Solitair (Dark Souls) - Debate
20. Survivor - List Format.
Joker (Mass Effect)
Homer Simpson
Iago (Othello)
Tuta (Suikoden 3)
Lews Therin Telamon (WoT)
Jabba the Hutt
Stephen Colbert
Tibarn (FE 9/10)