Twisted Tag Tournament discussion Thread

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 12:01pm #1

Tournament will officially start on 14 February 2011. I chose to start this thread first to prevent any questions people may have about it from cluttering up The Lair. Anyhoo the rules are as follows:
1. 24 hours for each bout.
2. Bouts starting on Friday will continue until Monday
3. Give a reason, any reason for your selection's victory in the bout.
4. No deus ex machina will be allowed
5. Six votes for victory. Should time expire before a team reaches six votes the team ahead wins. Ties will be decided by random draw from among those participants who have voted on the bout. They will be given 12 hours to confirm their vote.
6. Certain competitors will have their available tech decided by myself. (In other words Han Solo has his blaster, and a certain Starfleet officer has his phaser. They will not however have access to their respective ships or crews).

FewFew · 02-02-2011 12:09pm

No Falcon?! Outrage!

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 12:10pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

No Falcon?! Outrage!

I didn't let him have it in the last one either.

FewFew · 02-02-2011 12:38pm

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

I didn't let him have it in the last one either.

Yeah, and you notice how little I voted in the last one. Protest vote it was, no vote make I did.

Delirium · 02-02-2011 12:46pm

No

yay! and I see the local shops are in the spirit of the thread with bleeding heart balloons soon to be in stock

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 12:56pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

Yeah, and you notice how little I voted in the last one. Protest vote it was, no vote make I did.

Actually Han failed to appear in the Heart's Desire tournament. he also got eliminated in Round 1 of the Humanitas tournament. I hope he does better in this one.

Doctor DooM · 02-02-2011 1:35pm

No

Cybes, did any of the SF guys make it in?

FewFew · 02-02-2011 1:36pm

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Cybes, did any of the SF guys make it in?

But they all have supa powahs Doomy... a sonic boom would be a distinct advantage.

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 1:37pm

No

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Cybes, did any of the SF guys make it in?

yes, my countryman made the cut. He even got a decent partner

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 1:41pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

But they all have supa powahs Doomy... a sonic boom would be a distinct advantage.

I will only allow the useof the sonic boom in the event of facing an opponent who also has ranged attacks. In other words, when someone pulls a gun on him.

Doctor DooM · 02-02-2011 1:44pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

But they all have supa powahs Doomy... a sonic boom would be a distinct advantage.

Sonic boom is not a super power, it's artistic license of being able to whip your hands at lightning fast speed. Guile doesn't believe in any of that noncy focusing your chi crap.

Of all the Street Fighters, to be fair, the family man is probably the least powered. They even call him "the man with 2 moves" because of it.

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

yes, my countryman made the cut. He even got a decent partner

Here's hoping he gets to tell a few people to go home and be family men.

Especially if they're women.

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 1:47pm

No

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Sonic boom is not a super power, it's artistic license of being able to whip your hands at lightning fast speed. Guile doesn't believe in any of that noncy focusing your chi crap.

Of all the Street Fighters, to be fair, the family man is probably the least powered. They even call him "the man with 2 moves" because of it.

Thus the reason he made it in over some of the others

Here's hoping he gets to tell a few people to go home and be family men.

Especially if they're women.

He has a fair chance of surviving Round 1. Beyond that doesn't look so good for him.

FewFew · 02-02-2011 2:48pm

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Sonic boom is not a super power, it's artistic license of being able to whip your hands at lightning fast speed. Guile doesn't believe in any of that noncy focusing your chi crap.
.

I distinctly remember jumping over his little whirly yoke from the other side of the screen... sounds fishy to me. Fishy.

Doctor DooM · 02-02-2011 3:06pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

I distinctly remember jumping over his little whirly yoke from the other side of the screen... sounds fishy to me. Fishy.

As I said, artistic license.

Guile is supposed to be the master of a unique martial art which involves whipping your arms and feet at incredible speed. That's what the boom in a sonic boom is. In game terms (switch off here if you don't like fighting games) the sonic boom makes Guile unique as it has a charge start up but virtually no recovery, so Guile is able to use it defensively and be extremely safe or offensively mid combo (very rare for a projectile).

Anyway... THIS version of Guile was so badass he didn't even need the boom, just the flash kick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9hatLT-vl4

But non jokingly, this is the version we're talking about here. Not supernatural, just total brick wall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWVFasTOw2Y

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 3:09pm

No

I'm guessing we'll be seeing some fighting games fans coming by for this tourney.

Doctor DooM · 02-02-2011 3:19pm

No

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

I'm guessing we'll be seeing some fighting games fans coming by for this tourney.

If they do, it'll be to kill Guile off- everyone hates him in Ireland cos of myself and Simon Lau

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 3:20pm

No

Doctor DooM wrote: »

If they do, it'll be to kill Guile off- everyone hates him in Ireland cos of myself and Simon Lau

His match is taking place aboard an aircraft carrier. NIce nod to his origins and all I feel.

Galvasean · 02-02-2011 3:53pm

No

After watching that clip it makes you wonder why they picked Van Damme to play Guile instead of Dolph Lundgren. He even sounds like him!

cyberwolf77 · 02-02-2011 3:56pm

No

Galvasean wrote: »

After watching that clip it makes you wonder why they picked Van Damme to play Guile instead of Dolph Lundgren. He even sounds like him!

Because Lundgren couldn't pull off the flash kick, or Van Damme was the name they wanted to use to sell tickets

Galvasean · 02-02-2011 6:10pm

No

But Lundgren has a degree in chemical engineering. he could probably make something that looks like a sonic boom!

cyberwolf77 · 05-02-2011 12:56am

No

Roster for tournament:
Sam Fisher
Taskmaster
Dirty Harry
Comedian
John McClane
Spider Jerusalem
Judge Dredd
Dean Winchester
Indiana Jones
Rick Deckard
Maximus
Ryu Hayabusa
Ronin(Clint Barton)
Moon Knight
Jayne Cobb
Riddler
Punisher(Max)
Crossbones
Kwai Chang Cain
Conan
Green Arrow
Snake Plissken
Red Robin
The Question(Renee Montoya)
John Connor
Speedy(Mia Dearden)
Lex Luthor
Stephanie Brown(Batgirl)
Hannibal Lecter
Jason Bourne
The Bride
Batroc
Guile
Red Hood
Two-Gun Kid
Rorschach
Dutch Schaeffer
007
Burt Gummer
Joker
Lara Croft
Jack Bauer
Xena
James T. Kirk
Autolycus
Ogami Itto
Autolycus
Altair
The Phantom
two-Face
Bullseye
Han Solo
Shang-Chi
Jonah Hex
Dexter Morgan
Diamondback
Catman
Marv
Tulip O'Hare
Snake Eyes
Rambo
Ripley
Batman( Dick Grayson)
Roland Deschain
Zorro
******************************************************************************
teams will be randomised from the above roster

cyberwolf77 · 06-02-2011 1:37pm

No

For anyone who wonders why I chose Stephanie brown over Cassandra Cain for this tournament's Batgirl entrant see the following:

Yeah baby!!!!

Doctor DooM · 08-02-2011 11:54am

No

Is that Bruce Wayne she's slapping?

If so he deserves it, as do the ENTIRE writing crew for what they did in that stupid war games arc.

cyberwolf77 · 08-02-2011 12:06pm

No

Pretty sure it is Bruce she's putting in his place.

Galvasean · 10-02-2011 1:53am

No

I'm seeing some kick arse combatants in that line up...

cyberwolf77 · 10-02-2011 1:55am

No

Galvasean wrote: »

I'm seeing some kick arse combatants in that line up...

This time I checked to make sure they were all completely human. There will be no rules lawyering this time around(see Cap in the Humanitas Tournament)

Handsome Bob · 10-02-2011 4:29pm

No

Dick Grayson!? Batman!?

FewFew · 10-02-2011 5:11pm

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Dick Grayson!? Batman!?

****s been goin' down while I was asleeps!

Handsome Bob · 10-02-2011 5:14pm

No

LZ will not be supporting Batman in this tourney! :pac:

Delirium · 10-02-2011 5:29pm

No

LZ5by5 wrote: »

LZ will not be supporting Batman in this tourney! :pac:

dammit CW!! you're messing with fabric of reality :eek::P:pac:

FewFew · 10-02-2011 7:15pm

LZ5by5 wrote: »

LZ will not be supporting Batman in this tourney! :pac:

I think that's the point, otherwise we'd just give Batman the auto-win

cyberwolf77 · 10-02-2011 11:28pm

No

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Dick Grayson!? Batman!?

Ahem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman#Dick_Grayson

Fewcifur wrote: »

****s been goin' down while I was asleeps!

The roster has been available for perusal for almost a week

Fewcifur wrote: »

I think that's the point, otherwise we'd just give Batman the auto-win

You is correct about this sir.

grames_bond · 11-02-2011 11:06am

Dexter morgan
Guile
James Bond
John mcClaine
Dirty Harry...

Holy Sh!t this is gonna be good!!

cyberwolf77 · 11-02-2011 11:06pm

No

grames_bond wrote: »

Dexter morgan
Guile
James Bond
John mcClaine
Dirty Harry...

Holy Sh!t this is gonna be good!!

Thank your fellow Nocs for suggesting several of the above.

cyberwolf77 · 13-02-2011 1:46pm

No

I could be starting the tournament in a bit over ten hours...... in Detroit.

cyberwolf77 · 14-02-2011 12:24pm

No

Less than twelve hours to go.

Doctor DooM · 14-02-2011 1:45pm

No

As they say in the Street Fighter scene, get hype!

cyberwolf77 · 14-02-2011 1:46pm

No

Kinda like the link in my sig?

FewFew · 14-02-2011 1:47pm

AH FECK! Didn't realise (despite the name) that this was a tag-team tournament! I had my Green Arrow Vs Pliskin decision all ready to roll... til I scrolled down! D'oh!

cyberwolf77 · 14-02-2011 1:48pm

No

Next match is even more disturbing to be honest.

cyberwolf77 · 15-02-2011 3:26am

No

Yeah, Moon Knight got through.

Come on Spider!

FewFew · 15-02-2011 11:08am

Damn, must get into this.

cyberwolf77 · 15-02-2011 2:05pm

No

Fewcifur wrote: »

Damn, must get into this.

Remember, it's teams all the way through

FewFew · 15-02-2011 2:12pm

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

Remember, it's teams all the way through

Yes

cyberwolf77 · 16-02-2011 11:46am

No

Kess73 wrote: »

Cool pairings. Really unexpected duos.

Every team was the result of feeding the competitors into a random number generator. There are some rather interesting pairs still to come.

cyberwolf77 · 17-02-2011 2:30pm

No

Just curious if people would be interested in seeing teams change each round or not?

Orim · 18-02-2011 9:54am

If it doesn't take too much work I'd like to see the teams change every round. With a lot of the people being fairly evenly matched, the unusuality (real word? if not, patent pending) of the teams is making things interesting.

Could also add some some interesting dynamics if the former team memebers come up against each other and we could use that. Although that would add more work in your write ups (which have been fantastic so far

)

cyberwolf77 · 18-02-2011 11:58am

No

Really means nothing for me to rearrange the teams each round. I just feed them into a random number generator and see what comes up

Orim · 19-02-2011 6:28am

cyberwolf77 wrote: »

You had until midnight Sunday, but thanks for getting in now.
CaptainPrincess lead 2-1

Wait now, are we doing weekends for this tournament?

Snake Plissken should have got a weekend, toatally could have come up with a justification for him winning his fight, which may or may not have involved cyclops style lasers beneath the eyepatch.

Also, I highly suggest that the next tournament be a purely Bruce Campbell event so he can get past the first round.

cyberwolf77 · 19-02-2011 6:31am

No

The Friday matches run until Monday. I has something special planned during the intermission for Bruce.

Orim · 19-02-2011 6:39am

I hope it's special. Bruce has suffered mightily in these tournaments.

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