Round 2-B
Event 41: Forming a Superhero League
Sometimes, the threats facing the world are more than a single hero can handle, no matter how heroic they might be. After all, while Superman is great at smashing things, he can't pull off the sneaky like Batman can. Which brings us to the job at hand for this event, both of our contestants have to put together a superhero team capable of stopping mega-threats.
Gadget Hackwrench comes into this with a bit of an advantage. Sure, none of them are really superheros as such, but the Rescue Rangers are a fully formed team off the bat, and they can probably get a good start with Disney's actual superheros, Gizmoduck and Darkwing Duck. After that, Chip and Dale are actually pretty good at finding things out, and Gadget is great at building stuff that'd be useful at getting the word out. Which is good, because she's got tough competition in Spider-Man. Sure, the guy isn't part of any teams himself, but the guy is a pretty legit superhero by himself, and he's good with people. He's also been part of teams such as the Avengers and hung out with the X-Men and depending on version even worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. once or twice, which means he's got connections in a world that sees team ups on a pretty regular basis.
Event 42: Raiding the Great Maple Syrup Reserve
Gold. Oil. Maple Syrup. What is the one thing that all three of these items have in common? They are considered so valuable that nations hold on to strategic reserves of them. Well, in the case of maple syrup, it's more like nation, singular. And while plots to capture gold reserves or oil reserves are old hat, we're going north in order to raid the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Reserve! First our competitors will have to make their way through the mysterious and exotic land of Quebec in order to reach the reserve, then they must make they way past the crack Mountie guard before making their way back to the border with as much of the liquid gold as they can carry. Or, just make it at all. Of course, if both contestants get caught, then the winner will be the one who can talk themselves into the lesser sentance.
With our first contestant, we have Twitch Raids Canada as a humble prayer is offered up to Lord Helix. How well will this infiltration work with basically everything happening randomly? Probably not well. But on the other hand, they also probably won't get far enough to get a heavy sentance if they get caught either. And if this is pulled off, it will be the biggest triumph of crowdsourced gaming yet. Against this we have a lone speaker of the truthiness. An eagle eyed reported, willing to brave Soviet Canuckistan in the name of Bald Eagles, Apple Pie, and the Maple Syrup Produces of the State of Vermont who are the innocent victims of the sinister Canadian Reserve. Stephen Colbert takes to the field in order to stop this conspiracy once and for all.
Event 43: Excelling at Sports That Don't Even Exist Yet
Anyone can excel at a sport. Only the best can excel at sports that don't even exist yet. As this event really speaks for itself, I'll jump straight to the contestants.
You know who can excel at sports that don't exist yet? Time Travellers. Stocke can use his time travelling ability in order to learn sports that don't exist yet, then go back in time in order to play them. How can one possibly fight against that? Well, by being one of the braver and more ridiculous Monty Python characters. Sir Lancelotte the Brave is no stranger to strange things, and he'll be game to do just about anything.
Event 44: Cat Bathing
Barring some kind of feline abberation, cats take poorly to being bathed. Really, incredibly, poorly. In fact, the only people who tend to deal worse with baths than cats are the people who attempt to bathe them. So, this fine contest presents two sucke... er, contestants with the job of giving a cat a bath without harming it or otherwise incapacitating it.
Our first contestant is one of the few people who might actually be able to get a cat to calm down enough to take a bath without bloodshed. Mr. Rodgers is known for being able to get congress to shell out cash with calm words and a gentle demeanour, so how much harder can it be to calm a bathing cat? Against this we have Samus, who was raised by bird people which probably isn't going to help. On the other hand, she has nice thick futuristic armour, so hey, she's not gonna get hurt.
Event 45: Manliness Contest
It's hard to define exactly what manliness is, but much like the Supreme Courts definition of porn, who know it when you see it. In this event, two contestants are going to be giving us their best take on manliness and the winner takes all.
Our first contestant comes into this with the advantage of actually being a man. Of course, for most of us, being a man doesn't really mean you're manlier than anyone else. I mean, just consider Rydia against Edward, where the former has to literally slap some sense into the latter, as a child. But Rand Al'Thor does a bunch of manly things like conquoring nations, leading armies, and doing reckless stunts because he can't possibly get horrifically injured by them, right? He also does some of the more positive stuff too. I mean, he's no Perrin, but not everyone can be strapping blacksmiths whose muscles probably have smaller muscles. Against this, we have Vin, who... actually is pretty similar to Rand what with the whole badass fighter with powers beyond most who faces threats both mundane and divine. This should be a pretty good match.
Event 46: Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
It's a really common tale at this point. Somehow, doesn't really matter how, zombies show up and their growth rate is too fast for anyone to cope. Society breaks down, and only ragtag groups of survivors are left. There may be an acceptable end where a group can actually survive and thrive, or it may only be a question of how long you last before the last fading light of civilization falls. Regardless, here the goal is simple, live the longest. If both contestants live, then whoever prospers the most. And living can be accomplished by personal skill at survival, or even just being good at finding and getting accepted in with a skilled group of survivors.
Our first contestant can shoot energy beams from his hands and routinely beats up people who can destroy cars with their bare hands. Yup, Akuma is probably not going to be taken down by zombies while he's awake. And he's crap at playing nice with others, so he's not gonna have someone to watch his back. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure he's some kind of demon, so who knows if he even needs to sleep. Against him we have Lucille Ball, who is, uh... not going to be so good at dealing with things herself. But if she can find others, she will be infinitely better at getting help from them than Akuma would be.
Event 47: Duel Arcane
Any peasant can fight with a weapon. Heck, there's a lot of fighting styles that exist mostly because they use peasant tools in order to kill since they couldn't use anything more lethal. This is the more refined duel arcane, where only the mystical and the magical need apply. It doesn't matter how you use it so long as it can apply under the moniker of arcane.
First up is someone with no magical power whatsoever. However, Mirror B is known for his use of pokemon, and pokemon do pack a pretty mystical punch. This means that he'll be limited to special attacks only, but that should be good enough. Against this, we've got our Red Shirt squad, reporting for duty. They've got a major advantage if you accept that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, at which point they might well be able to claim their phasers. On the other hand, if you don't allow tech, then even phaserless red shirts are, surprisingly, not without recourse as the various Enterprises run into lots of unexplained phenomenon, lots of it deadly. To Redshirts. But if our Red Shirt brigade can have some survivors of their attempt to harness the power of the MacGuffins, and can turn it onto Mirror B, then they may well pull out the win.
Event 48: Winning a War
We've dealt with raising armies, but now we're dealing with how to not only use the armies, but using the resources to keep them running. Yup, it's for us to have a war, with things like several objectives to aim for and lines of supply. Whoever can either render the other side unable to fight or convince them to surrender first.
Mog comes into this without any knowledge of country sized matters, but he does have skill in small unit combat as his first appearance shows. Aside from that, he probably won't be super good at this. But, he will be sane, which will be a step up over his opponent, Queen Zeal. But, Queen Zeal makes up for her insanity with three notable strengths. First, she is legit royalty and wasn't always crazy, so she probably knows what you need to run a war properly. Second, her kingdom flies, making it very hard to invade unless you can fly too. Third, she is crazy, yes, but that craziness also means she won't surrender, period. Of course, if you press her enough she probably will call upon the power of Lavos which will ruin everyone, but will ruin the folks with the flying kingdom more, so that's a kind of Phyrric win condition.
Quick Vote Form
Event 41: Forming a Superhero League
Gadget Hackwrench (Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers) vs. Spider-Man (Spider Man)
Event 42: Raiding the Great Maple Syrup Reserve
Lord Helix (TPP) vs. Stephen Colbert (Stephen Colbert)
Event 43: Excelling at Sports That Don't Even Exist Yet
Stocke (Radiant Historia) vs. Sir Lancelotte the Brave (MP&tHG)
Event 44: Cat Bathing
Mr. Rogers (Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood) vs. Samus
Event 45: Manliness Contest
Rand Al'Thor (Wheel of Time) vs. Vin Venture (Mistborn)
Event 46: Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
Akuma (Street Fighter) vs. Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy)
Event 47: Duel Arcane
Mirror B (Pokemon) vs. Red Shirts (Star Trek)
Event 48: Winning a War
Mog (FF6) vs. Queen Zeal (CT)
