Results:
36. Adam West (Family Guy) I/IIIII Harry Dresden (Dresden Files) - Winning a War
37. Trekkie Monster (Avenue Q) IIIII I/I Xorn - Sanity Contest
38. Roland Deschaine (Dark Tower) I/III Waldo (Where's Waldo) - Jogurt Herding
39. Marv (Sin City) IIII/II Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Craft (Disturbing Mental Image)
40. Wallace Wells (Scott Pilgrim) II/II Vin (Mistborn) - Being Charlie Brown
41. Belkar Bitterleaf (Order of the Stick) & Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2) III/II Twilight Sparkle & Kirby - Buddy Cops, Solve Big Case
42. Foghorn Leghorn & Jay (Kevin Smith Movies) I/I IIIII Faile Bashere (WoT) & Citan Uzuki - Pairs Battle
Pool G
Match 43
There's something to be said for big guns. Especially when paired with the mad men of science. Today, we have two of deranged professions facing off against each other, proving which is the best by the application of artillery.
Judge Doom usually has other methods to get what he wants, but this terrifying scourge of Toon Town is not above getting his hands dirty when he has to. And, unlike most of the competitors here, he's the best equipped to have special ordinance to deal with his opponent.
Dr. Scratchensniff is no stranger to dealing with deranged sociopaths. It's just that most of the ones he's dealt with have been more inclined to comedy instead of murder. However, with his keen mind and German heritage, he should have some knack for aiming large guns.
Match 44
Live Action Minesweeper is one of those fun tasks where unlike the real thing, stepping on a mine doesn't end you, it just sends you flying and gives you a huge time penalty. This is important as it's the first one done who wins. Going up for the title this time, we have Sarah Connor, a woman known for her ability to survive when the future is trying to kill her. Hopefully, some of the skills she's had to learn will translate to flagging mines through math and probability. Against her is the Mr. Oh Yeah himself, the Cool Aid man, whose skills at minesweeping are unknwon, but whose ability to fly about with abandon and survive smashing into walls is implausibly strong.
Match 45
As much as I wish I had the time to craft a masterful writeup for this one, I don't. The catagory is, Master Baiting, where the meaning is in your mind. Or your hand. I'm not going to judge.
First up is the wrinkled blue fruit from Blue Dragon who doesn't seem to have anything to do with his immortality and superior tech than troll the world. Granted, it's full of idiots and probably deserves the trolling, but that really is his reason d'etre. Whereas other all-powerful folks turn to tyranny, he's staunchly on the side of the lulz.
But his competition is also about being a pretty huge jerk. Granted, the Scarecrow is hardly the jerkiest of Batman's foes, but he is good at scaring folks, and generally terrorizing folks just for the hell of it.
Match 46
Running for political office is a cornerstone of any democratic system. And, actually winning is an odd thing where you have to convince enough people that you'd do a good job, without actually saying anything that'll piss them all off.
Rogue comes into this with the definite advantage of being a hero. After all, she's part of the X-Men super team. Of course, this runs into a couple of other issues. Namely, she's a mutant. And saving humanity doesn't seem to count for much when you can't change the fact that you're in a world that hates and reviles you. And this is all before we start getting into the issues with shaking hands or kissing babies, and how poorly doing either would end.
Against this is Dr. Wily, who has tried to take over the world with his robotic constructs several times. But, despite being evil, he's apparently damned good at getting people to agree to stuff. After all, no matter how many times he tries world conquest, people still give him money, trust, and positions of responcibility. When trouble strikes, people are more likely to arrest perennial good guy Dr. Light than Wily, when the Cold War is at its height, only Wily can go to Russia. And when Light needs a trusty right hand man for his next utopian scheme, he still ends up hiring Wily. Every. Single. Time.
Match 47
Look, normally, when you have a competition between someone who's competent in pretty much everything they do, and they go up against a screw up who only has one notable talent, it's pretty easy to see the blowout coming. But, despite not being about incompetance, this match may still go the other way. After all, the task here is to frighten small children. And on the one hand, you have Bubbles, Cuddly Defender of Youth, and Don Paolo, the rival of Professor Layton who's frightened both of the small children who hang out with the Professor, and more to the point, is just plain creepy.
Match 48
Manliness is more than actions, it's a state of being. It is not something that can be put into words, it simply is.
Our first competitor has a bit of a head start, on account of being a man. That said, Dr. Hans Clamp is a scientist, so he may not actually qualify as manly.
Meanwhile, Edna... is disturbingly plausible. Brain bleach requestingly plausible.
Match 49
And finally, we get to our final match of Round 1. Competitive Blogging.
Since I don't know who Dimitri Blinov is, I won't say much about the Sheriff of Rottingham either. Except that anyone written by Mel Brooks would probably have awesome blog updates, especially if they're bitching about the most recent humiliations Robin Hood has inflicted upon you.
Quick Vote Form:
43. Judge Doom vs. Dr. Scratchensniff - Artillery Duel
44. Sarah Connor vs. Kool Aid Man - Live Action Minesweeper
45. Nene (Blue Dragon) vs. Scarecrow (Batman) - Master Baiting
46. Dr. Wily vs. Rogue (X-Men) - Run for Political Office
47. Blossom (PPG) vs. Don Paolo (Prof. Layton) - Frightning Small Children
48. Edna (WA:XF) vs. Dr. Hans Clamp (Parasite Eve) - Manliness Contest
49. Dimitri Blinov (Castlevania) vs. Sheriff of Rottingham (RH:MiT) - Competitive Blogging
