Event 6: Life-Size Jenga
In Jenga, a stack of blocks is built, and players must carefully remove the blocks, as determined by diceroll, in a manner which doesn't topple the stack. Intuitive engineering if you will. For purposes of this tourney, our Jenga tower will be life-size, with blocks the size of mighty treetrunks and the stack on the scale of a skyscaper. The contestants must move the blocks under their own power from within/astride the structure.
The Joker, chaos undivided, Clown Prince of Crime. His exploits are legendary, his persona inscrutable. The biggest challenge for the Joker here is probably staying on task. Because setting up the game so that his opponent causes their own messy demise certainly seems right up his alley, but we could definitely be here a while and his opponent isn't Batman.
The King Koopa Bowser is certainly suited to this task in both experience and talents. Platforming, punching giant logs, collapsing towers? All over it. Bowser's not big on strategy though, so he may well undermine himself even without his opponent sabotaging him.
Event 7: The Sadistic Standardized Exam
The standardized test is the bane of many a student's existence, an entire future hung upon a meaningless and non-indicative collection of questions and bubble sheets. Our particular exam is your usual state-sponsored examination supposedly meant to prove a student completed secondary education satisfactorily enough to advance to University. Our four contestants will be judged by the cold logic of an anonymous grading computer in Nebraska, and the top two will advance.
That guy from the Old Spice commercials (So powerful he'll blow your MIND right in front of your FACE!) draws the first lot. He seems pretty confident, and at least he's clean, so that's something.
Xena, Warrior Princess will also be sitting the exam. Being in pre-Christian greece and living on the battlefield, she may or may not have a basic education by modern standards, but she's savvy and knows how to game a system.
Lenny Curtis is known for two things: being dumb muscle and being a master of practical mathematics. Well and Butler-ing. Anyway, he clearly has a basic education at least, which puts him one up on most of the contestants.
Herschel Layton is a professor. He spends most of his time solving math and logic puzzles to solve mysteries, so he's pretty much in his element here.
Event 8: One-Liner Fight
Where words are weapons, and wit is a mortal blow. Fighters must one-up each other in until one surrenders and cannot quip no more.
Empyrea is from the realm of Dragon Quest, and the occasional quip is not completely unheard of. Although punning is the local specialty.
The Great Question, masked superhero defending small french towns from evildoers! Not... not so much with the wit. A strange contest to be sure.
Event 9: The Punching Bag
Who can withstand the most punishment? Contestants will be wailed upon by three guys with 2x4s until one falls over. Simple enough.
Ash Williams, S-Mart employee of the month. Also something about the Necronomicon ex Mortis. Chainsaw for a hand they say. He's pretty tough definitely: had to remove his own hand y'know.
Vegeta, from the Abridged edition of Dragon Ball Z. The mad mad mad mad Saiyan is well known for getting thrashed and not being dead afterwards, although his capacity to put up with the terms of the contest are in question.
Event 10: Cosplay
Contestants will be responsible for both picking their own character to cosplay and arranging their costume. For balance purposes, they may not cosplay another character within their own franchise. Of the three contestants, only the least voted will be dropped, so please list them in finishing order.
Chie Satonaka is not the most feminine girl, but being a character of the modern age in a media-saturated world, she has a wide knowledge base for this contest.
Tyrion Lannister I know relatively little about. He's a dwarf and a master political backstabber or something. Well versed in deception in general, whether than translates to disguise I couldn't say.
Bender is demonstrably terrible at disguises, but dressing up for fun might give him a better angle at the thing.
Event 11: eBay Bid Sniping
The legends are true. You find that game you've been looking for for years, get a reasonable price for once, put your bid in, check it an hour after the auction closes... and somebody snatched it from you in the last second! Agony! The be truly successful requires steady nerves, obsessive attention to detail, and being willing to stay up all night. For purposes of this contest, each contestant will be bidding on the same item, and only the final winner may advance.
Walter White went down a dark path, but seems like he'd be good at this. Up all night, nerves of steel, all that.
Chrom is best known for putting his foot in his mouth. Since he doesn't have to talk here, he's got his sense of timing to rely on. And 1500 years of catchup learning, but that's totally secondary.
Felix, that wonderful magical cat. His greatest talent is manipulating his own cartoon physics, which doesn't really apply here, but he's always been savvy to learning new systems and improvisation, so he may be able to wrangle a win here.
Short Form
Life-Size Jenga: Joker (DC Comics) vs Bowser (Mario Series)
The SSE: Powerful Old Spice Man (Commercials), Xena (Eponymous), Lenny Curtis (SHadow Hearts Series), Professor Layton (Eponymous) (Please Answer in 1>2>3>4 format, or similar)
One-Liner Fight: Empyrea (Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King) vs The Great Question (Shadow Hearts: Covenant)
The Punching Bag: Ash Williams (Evil Dead Series) vs Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z: Abridged)
Cosplay Contest: Chie Satonaka (Persona 4) vs Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) vs Bender Bending Rodriguez (Futurama) First Place: Runner Up: OUT:
eBay Bid Sniping: Walter White (Breaking Bad) vs Chrom (Fire Emblem: Awakening) vs Felix the Cat (Eponymous)
