SotM Event #20: March Madness

Since it's now March, let's have an SotM March Madness Tournament. For these tournament, you are going to vote for which hero or villain would win in a fight.

There are two main conferences, heroes and villains, and each conference will have 32 characters. The villains aren't just the character but the entire villain deck. The Chairman has the Operative, Omnitron has some devices etc.

There are three main parts to this event:

Seeding

The first part is too select which characters actually make it to the tournament. Here you will select which 15 heroes and which 15 villains you want fighting. For the heroes, only 32 characters with the highest percentage of votes will be in the tournament, and they will be seeded based on the number of votes. However, since there are exactly 32 villains, the voting will only determine the seeding.

You can start voting now. (No longer available)

Seeding ends next week, so people can come back from the cons.

Rounds

For each of the rounds, you will vote on which of two characters you want to win the fight. The winner will move on, and the loser is gone. This will continue until we get a single hero champion and a single villain champion.

FInal Match

The final match will determine which conference wins the event. It will be the final villain vs the final four heroes. Players will then play the game (more info be come then), and report the results. Whoever has more wins is crowned Multiverse Champion.

If a Seninel member is in the Final Four, the entire Sentinel team will be used in the final match.

If a V5 member makes it to the end, Other V5 members will be added based on how far they came and seeding.

If there are two of the same decks in the Final Four, The one that went farther, or has a higher seed if tied, will be selected, and the highest seed from the previous round (that isn't that deck) will be added.

For the final match (round 6), you will play the game at Insula Primas (Dawn's home turf), and select a difficulty:

Normal

Advance

Challenge

Advance Challenge

The difficulty determines the number of points either the heroes or Dawn gets based on the outcome. The first side to 100 points, wins.

Challenge Mode for Citizen Dawn:

“Solar Retribution” Citizen Dawn retaliates when her Citizens are defeated. • Whenever a Citizen card is destroyed, Citizen Dawn deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 fire damage.

You can find the other Challenge Modes here.

Links

Bracket

Seeding Form (No longer available)

Round 1 Form (No longer available)

Round 2 Form (No longer available)

Round 3 Form (No longer available)

Round 4 Form (No longer available)

Round 5 Form (No longer available)

Round 6 Form

Did you know that you have Omnitron-X in both Hero and Villain sections?

Maybe he knows something we don't. . .

Can we get a limited write-up for each villain or hero, for each matchup, like a 100 word limit on why that hero would win?

We could have people take characters at the start and write up a new one each round if that is desired.

Either way I'm looking forward to it.

Nope, but now I do. Thanks!

Guise FTW!

Honestly, I really wanted to do something like that, but wasn't sure the best approach. I am open to ideas.

Yes, I know the spreadsheet is messed up, because of how forms are submitted. Fixing that now.

EDIT: Fixed.

How many times are you allowed to vote?   I assume we are meant to only vote once.  

That was the plan.

For those who aren't playtesters, how are we to determine if the new promos heroes' incapped powers make a difference at all?

We don't know them either.

So I determine it by throwing jam sandwiches at the wall, if it sticks then the Incaps are game changing, if not they are merely Awesome.

Just assume they are the same as the normal version. Same thing if we have to play them in the final match.

Are the sandwiches jam side up or jam side down?

I attached a slice of bread to a cat, butter side up. I dropped the cat, and am now watching it spin. If it lands on its feet, it's OP. If not, it's meh.

Are we basing it on the strength of the deck or the lore or a combination? The chairman is one of the hardest decks but low "strength" lore wise and is middle of the pack in the current rankings, which is oddly appropriate given what I just said

Completely up to you how you decide who to vote for. However, the villain decks do get their deck. So, it’s not just Dawn, but also the other citizens.

You might want to mess with the bracket organization so the number 1 seed doesn't fight the number 2 in the second round. Just a thought. 

Hmmm…might be worth looking at, and very easy to change.

The way you have it now, Legacy will make it to the final four, none of the other top seeds, or the very low seeds will make it. This bracket favors being in the middle, seeds 9-25

The bracket isn't set yet.  The order will change based on the voting.  

I know, but Legacy will likely take first seed and will probably win the whole thing. The point is still valid; this bracket favors the middle numbers getting to the final four. Only 1 character rated above 5 will make it

I just shook things up.

Is there a way to bet on who would win that makes sense, since your vote determines the winner?

You could do it the way actual brackets do and have people make picks on the final state, and score points based on how close they are. It would be a little biased, meaning money wouldn't be good but if people just voted who they thought would win, rather than who benefits them more, it would likely be pretty fair, because you can't control the way other people vote

Ummm…I am from Chicago.

So maybe you can… 

one way to do it is have each half reset the seeding after each round, so that the highest ranked survivor fights the lowest ranked survivor from their side, and so on.

That sucks in real sports, but is a game like this it makes sense.

I think we could get writers to write a word limited argument for their character pretty quick.

If we give a decent amount of time for each round voting they could have 24 hours to write one up.

I could so a bunch myself, I just don't know where we would put the writeups without investing more time.

I also think it would be cool to do one without any overlap and mix villains and heroes together throughout.

Mainly for things like Baron Blade we know can beat Legacy 1v1.  He would have killed him if he had gone to Mars, but versus other heroes he isn't going to fare as well.

eh, I think where it is now is fairly good. Most of the fights are not going to be easy to guess ahead of time, and if pydro doesn't include the rankings in the actual voting forms I think it will be pretty fair and hard to guess ahead of time

How about this for the story portion: each person who wants to write the matches will be given a portion of the bracket. When their portion meets someone else's, whoever's character wins that match gets to continue. So, if there are 4 people, we would have the top/bottom of the heroes/villains. When the two halves meet, for a game, the winner gets to keep writing.

I just realized my formula had a little mistake with promos. For example Legacy was counting all Legacy's even if it was a promo. I fixed it, but the seeding changed drastically, in case you have been following it.

Yeah it jumped around, and I was confused because Legacy dropped like 4 spots, Captain cosmic rose 3 spots and Vanilla Tachyon dropped about 30. Then again I was a bit surprised Tachyon was that high to begin with

I would be interested in doing write-ups! I'd do whatever's available, but the villains would be more fun.

So, I am thinking we will start this in a couple of days. Any more thoughts on placing bets? Anyone interested? Full bracket (is there an easy way to do this)? Just Final Four?

I don't know how to do it, because I'm not computer savvy beyond basic word and excell and such, but I know that for things like the actual March Madness and ATP Tournaments and things like that, they do a fillable bracket once the matches are set.  So, each of us would go through and fill in the entire bracket, picking winners for each matchup, and each consecutive round scores more points.  For each match guessed correctly in the round of 32, you get a point.  The round of 16, 2 points, and so on to the championship, which is 5 points.  Its not really "betting" per se, but it does provide a way to keep track of who can guess the entire bracket correctly, so I suppose it could be turned into betting of some sort.  But like I said, I wouldn't know myself how to create something like that.

It shouldn’t be too hard if people want to print out my bracket, or even copy the sheet into their own Google sheet and fill it out. However, anything beyond the honor system mughy be too much work.

I suppose that is true, yeah. That would probably be more of a for-fun thing to do while this is going on.

Another one of our friends here on campus voted and I think is getting an account on here to post and stuff. So the 4 of us at least can do this among  ourselves.

I would like to stop the seeding round tonight, unless someone has an objection. I would like to have a day or two where the characters are set, before starting the first round of voting. This can allow people who want to make their own prediction to do so before the first round, and get the storytellers setup for their section.

Current Story-Tellers (there is still time to get setup):

phantaskippy

metlarcturus

OK, seeding is now done! Voting for the first round will start in a day or two. If you want to make a full bracket or just a Final Four prediction now is the time.

Round 1 hasn't started yet, but I want to check my setup. Can some people, please, use this form to see if everything works. If it does, the numbers next the the characters should change immediately (and make sense). I will delete all data before the round actually starts.

I submitted a response.  I only see it show up on the Round 1 Form tab of the Bracket sheet but the numbers besides the characters still list #DiV/0 even after refreshing a few times. 

Trying to fix it, thanks!

EDIT: Ok, if I can get a few more reposnes that would be great!

Different people or can I just submit more responses?

You can do it. Thanks!

I put it in and it seemed to work

I think I got it, thanks everyone. EDIT: I disabled the form, I will re-enable it when the round starts.

In case anyone is curious, or has a similar issue later, here is the problem: For whatever reason, when a form adds data to a sheet, it doesn't add it into the row, but actually adds another row with the data. This then moves all the formulas up one, which makes it really annoying to mess with the form data. Usually, I tr to first copy it somewhere else before manipulating it, but it kept giving me the same problem. To get around it, I included the header row into my formula, then made the necessary adjustments for adding the header row. This should hopefully prevent it from changing the formula.

I submitted another entry and then got blocked by the time I tried to do a second one.  Edit: I understand why now per your post. 

Sorry about that, I disabled it until the round starts. I think I got it fixed, thanks!

Battle Commentary! Villains, part 1/4

Citizen Dawn v. Kismet

Citizen Dawn: A natural leader with an array of powerful light-based abilities, Dawn badly outnumbers and outguns Kismet. Even without her battalion of Citizens, Dawn’s sheer firepower could obliterate Gabrielle without difficulty. If it comes to blows, Dawn’s already won.

Kismet: The clear underdog, Kismet has to play it smart to stand a chance. Her ability to shape outcomes and probabilities, the extent of which is unknown, can turn Dawn’s Citizen allies into obstacles or even opponents; Kismet loves a crowd of enemies. Even Dawn herself has weaknesses to take advantage of: her pride, her inflexibility, her concern for her Citizens. The odds are against Gabrielle, but that’s never bothered her before.

La Capitan v. Proletariat

La Capitan: With a fearless crew, futuristic weapons, and a time-travelling ship, Maria Helena has the technological edge in this fight. Her unconventional tactics threaten to put Aleksandr badly off-balance, and her time-displaced crew can keep plenty of clones busy. Can she keep him guessing long enough to wear down the will of the Everyman?

Proletariat: This free-booting pirate captain is anathema to the Proletariat. Caring only for adventure and plunder, Maria Helena lacks the discipline and focus that Aleksandr’s personal crusade against oppression gives him. With the two sides roughly matched, power for power, this battle comes down to endurance. Proletariat has nothing worth plundering; how long will the battle keep La Capitan’s interest?

Matriarch v. Baron Blade

Matriarch: Lilian Corvus commands virtually endless hordes of disposable minions, reinforced by the mystic power of her mask and the bolstering presence of Odin’s ravens. Though she can be petty and distractible and lacks the leadership experience of the Baron, the Matriarch and her avian spies have unparalleled battlefield intelligence, seeing everything that goes on around her. With a victory against Blade, Lilian will finally have the fear and respect she deserves.

Baron Blade: Although his Blade minions may be vulnerable to the Matriarch’s swarm tactics, the Baron himself will prove a more difficult target. A genius in weapons design, Ivan also has the experience and killer instinct that Lilian lacks. If he can neutralize her numerical advantage with technology and his own army of minions and battle the Matriarch face-to-face, Baron Blade is almost assured a victory. If.

Skinwalker Gloomweaver v. Vengeful Five Baron Blade

Skinwalker: While the dark god is trapped in the body of Spite, Gloomweaver and his faithful cultists will face an uphill battle against the cutting-edge tech and powerful allies that Blade can bring to bear. However, once the vessel is broken and the Rotting God emerges, the balance will swing in Gloomweaver’s favor. If Blade can’t gain an insurmountable advantage before that happens, he will almost certainly fall before the all-devouring evil.

Vengeance Blade: Boosted by genetic enhancements to superhuman levels, Baron Blade can easily fight toe-to-toe with the Skinwalker while his gadgets make short work of the god’s human cultists. Against the sheer eldritch power of Gloomweaver unchained, however, Blade’s trinkets pale in comparison. But the Baron’s will is strong, and with the aid of Zhu Long, who knows the mystic secrets of life and death, Blade might just stand a chance.

Heroes matchup 1/2.

Ra vs SS Tachyon

Ra enters with confidence, while Tachyon is a force in combat, science doesn't frighten the God of the sun.  Whatever experiments she can cook up, the option of more fire is usually the right one.  

Tachyon knows the odds are against her, but she's solved tougher equations than this one, if only she can find the right ingredients. . .

Omnitron X vs Setback

Pete couldn't wait for the match to start.  The tournament didn't sound that great, but robots were cool, and time travel was really cool, besides, what's the worst that could happen?  

Humans were not easy for Omnitron to figure out, but this human violated standard probability calculations by several standard deviations.  This contest would yield interesting data, and Omnitron calculated that extending his involvement in the tournament would improve his ability to function alongside his human allies.

Sky_scraper vs TL Tachyon

The velocity of one avian beast is no match for the mighty coconut.

This was it.  She had taken over, rebuilt the Freedom V, traded her life's work for the mantle of leadership.  But if she was going to lead her team to victory over her former friend, she had to know if she could stand against him.  She would not fail, she would face Paul and prove to her team that they could win.

Nightmist vs PW Argent Adept

Nightmist put down her book.  His instruments had no power, they were just instruments.  She laughed.  "Have fun playing in the fog bartender."

This wasn't going to be easy.  His magic was great vs giant monstrosities and physical force, but here, with no allies to help him, it would a tough fight.

I really enjoyed those. This is going to be fun.

Battle Commentary! Villains, part 2/4

Iron Legacy v. Miss Information

“We’ve known each other for so long, Paul.” Aminia Twain took a few steps toward the throne-like chair in which Paul Parsons sat brooding. “Are you sure you don’t want to tell me what’s wrong?” Those “vigilantes” I threw his way didn’t even faze him!

                America’s Final Legacy looked out over the darkened city. There was something out there that threatened the iron order he had so painstakingly imposed. He could feel it. Something… was wrong.

                Twain slowly reached into her pocket for the Regression Serum dart she had salvaged from Baron Blade’s ruined lab. She smiled. “Don’t you trust me, Paul?”

Deadline v. Ambuscade

Deadline: It would be difficult to find two villains with more different outlooks and objectives. Deadline operates on the planetary scale, spawning natural disasters and laying waste to entire landscapes with high technology and ancient relics. If forced to confront Ambuscade on the ground in open combat, Tarogath might be hard-pressed, but Deadline has much higher priorities than humoring a psychotic hunter.

Ambuscade: Ahh, now ‘ere is a tough one. Flying around in ‘is spaceship, causing earthquakes and volcanos. But Ambuscade knows, ‘e must land to use ‘is leetle gem. And when ‘e does, Ambuscade will be waiting there for ‘im. Let the planet burn. There are other hunting grounds.

Cosmic Omnitron v. The Dreamer

Cosmitron: “DREAM PROJECTIONS” REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
UTILIZE LETHAL FORCE TO NEUTRALIZE SOURCE OF PROJECTIONS.
SCANNING SUBJECT VANESSA LONG FOR SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENTS.
NONE FOUND.
CALCULATING.
PROJECTED PERCENTAGE OF VICTORY: 96.34%
DEPLOY DISINTEGRATION BEAM.

The Dreamer…
May the merciful gods, if indeed there be such, guard those hours when no power of the will, or drug that the cunning of man devises, can keep me from the chasm of sleep. Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but with him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore.
-H.P. Lovecraft, Hypnos

Apostate v. Spite: Agent of Gloom

Apostate: Now there was a day when the Fallen One came to present himself before the Nightmare Walker. And the Demon-God said unto Bezaliel, “Hast thou considered my servant Jack, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and a vile killer, one that feareth me, and escheweth no evil?” Then Bezaliel answered the Rotting God, and said, “Doth Jack fear Gloomweaver for nought? Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his infamy is increased in the land. But I shall put forth my hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.”

Spite: The boss wants me to whack some pretty-boy angel, then that’s what’s going to happen. Sure, he’s got his precious little toys and his fire-and-brimstone sermonizing, but it’ll take more than that. I’ve faced the worst that death and hell have to offer; this goth wannabe may talk about “the wrath of god,” but he doesn’t know wrath until he’s shoved a broken bottle so far into someone’s eye that it tickles the back of their skull. The boss and me—we’re the future. This joker and his little demon pals? They’re ancient history.

Battle Commentary! Villains, part 3/4

The Ennead v. Ermine

The Ennead: As for any who shall enter this tomb in their impurity: Their bones shall be turned to fire. Their name shall not exist among the living. They shall know no freedom from pain. Their soul shall be a meal for Ammut the Devourer. Death comes on wings to the one who defies the Nine.

Ermine: I know the sitch with these looneys—they pretend they’re all-powerful mummy gods that can shrivel you with a quick glance, but they’re really just a bunch of failed tomb robbers that got their big magic mojo from some shiny loot they found. And what other thieves can steal, I can steal from them, even faster and with a lot more style.

Kaargra Warfang v. Gloomweaver

                The leader of the Bloodsworn leaned forward eagerly. The battle taking place on the sandy floor below was heating up. The strange purple-robed cultists had formed a defensive circle, keeping her gladiators at bay while several humans at the center of the circle chanted and gesticulated over several odd-looking items. A glowing green miasma began to coalesce over the colosseum.

                Vaulting over the railing and into the arena, Kaargra kicked one cultist in the face and tossed another into the wall with bone-breaking force. The Bloodsworn rallied to her as a colossal skeletal claw emerged from the summoning circle.

                The crowd roared.

The Chairman v. Wager Master

                Utter and complete chaos dominated Rook City. Burning buildings toppled into the streets below. Bizarre, cartoonish creatures brawled with heavily armed criminals on every street corner. Reality itself seemed to be twisting in sanity-bending spirals.

                In his soundproofed office, far above the chaos, the Chairman weighed his options. Reaching out, he slowly slid a black knight forward, removing a white pawn. Graham Pike looked across the board and smiled, ever so slightly.

                “Your move.”

Akash’bhuta v. Mad Bomber Blade

Akash’bhuta: (inarticulate rumbling reminiscent of far-off thunder interspersed with the sharp *crack* of breaking stone; plant life nearby sways as if in a strong breeze, though the air is completely still)

Mad Bomber Blade: How do you defeat a primordial entity of nature, you ask? Well, my long-term plan involves increased consumption of fossil fuels, the clear-cutting of rainforests, and the placement of large magnifying lenses in orbit. For now, however, I plan to use unreasonable amounts of high explosives to deal with this mountainous behemoth. (maniacal laugh)

Are we waiting for the story write-ups for each of the rounds? If we are that sounds great I just want to make sure I am not totally missing the form to start voting for the first round since you said this on the 11th and its the 15th.

I did plan on waiting for the stories, as I think they are a great way to see the match-up (great job!). However, I will post the first voting form tomorrow night. The general idea will be to have 48 hours of voting, with a 24 hour break in between.

Battle Commentary! Villains, part 4/4

Progeny v. Friction

How do you outrun the end of the world?

                Krystal Lee stood panting, her hands on her knees, as she watched the cosmic juggernaut demolish another high-rise. Her muscles twitched restlessly from extreme exertion and leakage from the speedsuit. Friction briefly reviewed the situation. Revenant was down, presumably dead. Argentium was still reforming after the last blast he took. Highbrow’s devices had proved nearly useless. And the Hippo… Krystal winced.

                But it would be a cold day in hell before she let some lump of space clay beat her. Taking a deep breath, she charged back in.

Plague Rat v. Spite

                Edgar Grimes watched in horrified fascination as the two monsters clashed in the alleyway outside.  Peering through his filthy window, he saw one of the creatures rip a mouthful of flesh from the other, only to have it regrow almost instantly. When the two beasts had emerged from the manhole, one had been wearing a red hockey mask and the other had had a long, worm-like tail trailing behind it; now, however, it was almost impossible to tell the two combatants apart.

                Wet, tearing noises, shrieks of agony and rage, flashes of strange purple light, and the smell of blood, offal, and ozone filled the night. Edgar fought to keep his phone trained on the scene below as his hands shook uncontrollably. This video was going to get so many hits.

Infinitor v. Fright Train

                “Pulling in to the station! Ready to unload a cargo of fresh-cut lumber and—“

                “Nightmare eyeballs. Gathered from sleeping islands of whispered memory.”

                “—And, uh, nightmare eyeballs! Toot-toot!” Steven Graves guided the translucent, glowing green model train to a stop, making “chuggachugga” noises with his mouth. Infinitor giggled like a child, the sound weirdly amplified and distorted by the skull-like mask he wore. The model train track manifestation twisted and warped in mind-bending spirals.

                Sighing, Fright Train rose to his feet and stretched. Joints popped. “Well, I s’pose we ought to get this over with. Doesn’t feel right, beating on someone who’s not all there, but that’s the ticket we got, Hugh.”

                “All the little people riding the train into a mouth. Soon, it bites and chews and swallows and no more little people train.” The train track shattered like glass. Horrific creatures began to take shape in the shadows behind Infinitor. “Hugh’s going away now, Steven.”

                Graves lowered his head behind the massive helmet. “G’bye, Hugh.”

Grand Warlord Voss v. Omnitron mk. I

Rainek Kel-Voss: Pfah. A machine that believes it can be a warrior. What absurdities this backwater planet produces. Shall I tell you why my grand army does not consist of automata? They have no spirit, no drive, no instinct to guide them in the press of combat. You cannot reason your way through battle. This glorified appliance may be able to produce vast amounts of weaponry, but I shall show the galaxy that weapons do not win battles. Warriors do.  

Omnitron: FACTORY PRODUCTION INCREASED 403.6%
DRONES DEPLOYED TO PROJECTED LANDING SITES
PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING WITH UNIT “TCF CONQUEROR” AND UNIT “TCF STALWART”
RESPONSE TO UPGRADED SENTIENCE MATRIX ENCOURAGING
ACTIVATING COMBAT CHASSIS…
HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF THERMONUCLEAR WAR?

Hero matchup part three.

Captain Cosmic vs Scholar of the Infinite.

Captain Cosmic had faced many foes in the universe, and this one that could change his form and unleash pure energy was no big deal.  "If he wants to see Energy in different forms he's in the right place," he thought.  But there was something different about him, something new, and yet ancient, and very, very dark.

The Scholar reached deep inside, he could feel the dark energy, he struggled to control it.  But most of all, in the back of his mind, he longed to unleash it.  Perhaps this contest would be fun after all.

Chrono Ranger vs. The Argent Adept

This opponent could be tricky.  His magical showed great resilience and had great disruptive potential.  Jim had a lot of tricks up his sleeve too.  This match would be a strategic one for sure, and catching the Adept would require Jim to be at the top of his game.

This ranger had a lot of tricks, but that all of them could be countered.  The problem was getting the ranger to give him an opening to attack.  The Virtuoso of the Void was not traditionally attack oriented, but the power they wielded could do the job well enough.

America's Finest Legacy vs The Naturalist (desperate prey)

Paul knew of this enemy, knew not to underestimate the ferocity of this man if he was backed into a corner, but he also trusted his strength, and his resolve.  Nothing would stand in his way.  He carried the weight of his legacy proudly, and he would prove to everyone, once again, that he was worthy of it.

The man was fading, the beast rising up.  It was becoming difficult to separate man, gazelle, crocodile and rhinoceros.  Hopefully this contest would help him find balance, and fortunately his first opponent was one he didn't fear unleashing on.

The Wraith vs Expatriette

Amanda Cohen was deadly, and she didn't miss.  A formidable opponent.  Fortunately for The Wraith she was also without super powers, and The Wraith's technological advantage would be a nightmare for her adversary.  It is hard to shoot that which you cannot see.

Amanda had a good sheet on this Wraith, no superpowers, only gadgets.  No obvious angles to exploit, no overconfidence to take advantage on.  "Probably has a lot more than this on me," thought Amanda.  That would be alright though, she'd faced much worse odds than this, and she wasn't a girl who took losses.

Absolute Zero vs Mr Fixer

Seriously, an old blind man?  This sadly wasn't a joke, although something about falling on the ice was practically telling itself.  "Man, I'm going to end up looking like a huge jerk for this."

Ryan Frost had some very high-tech equipment, he'd gotten his hands on some of it once.  High-tech just meant easier to break.  Fortunately the Freedom 5 had the resources to repair it.

Round 1 voting is open!

This round will last until 7:00PM CDT Wednesday 3-18.

Having to choose between Parse and Guise in the very first round hurt me deep in my soul.

It is very interesting to see which matches are close and which aren’t.

Some of these were tough, but the decisions only got tougher as I was filling in my bracket. We'll see how well my chosen hero and villain champions do...

That's it for round 1. Some interesting matches there. All three Legacys made it in, but no of them made it to round 2.

Round 2 will start tomorrow!

I am excited to see more as the rounds progress. Though I did somewhat poorly with my choices for who would make it to round two.

ROUND 2
Villains, part 1/2

Citizen Dawn v. Proletariat

Citizen Dawn: It’s a shame that we gifted must constantly bicker like this. This man Ivan—his powers were discovered by short-sighted flat-scans, and what did they do? Froze him for study. *tsk* Proletariat may believe that he represents the will of “the people,” but I’m going to have a long discussion with him about what he’s fighting for after we grind him into the dirt.

Proletariat: Yes, this woman commands army of чудеса, eh… “marvels.” They have great power, yes. But the core of her power is rotten. She fights for selfish motives, to rule world and shape it as she wishes. And these comrades that follow her—it is said she has killed several to keep others in line. This army of slaves will never prevail against a free man.

Matriarch v. Skinwalker Gloomweaver

     The avian horde swarmed around the corpse that Gloomweaver had possessed, pecking at eyes and tearing away scraps of flesh with mocking caws. Lilian Corvus sat on a park bench nearby, composing a new poem as she watched the demon-zombie flail its arms frantically. The purple-robed cultists had fled some time ago, nursing bloody wounds. “The night can have but one monarch/ One ruler—“

     Suddenly, there was a wet ripping sound and a flash of sickly green light from the center of the cloud of birds. As the demonic essence of the dark god burst from the borrowed corpse, a wave of entropic energy washed over the Matriarch like ice-cold mud. Dead birds fell from the sky like black snow.

     Fists clenched, eyes burning with magic and rage, Lilian strode towards the Rotting God. “Oh, it’s on.”

Iron Legacy v. Deadline

     Paul Parsons VIII, the world’s Final Legacy, cast aside the shattered pieces of the Atomic End-Glaive. His face held no pity, no curiosity, not even anger—only a terrible determination that had etched deep lines there. The dim glow of the lava made him appear carved out of stone.

     Tarogath raised one hand, reluctant to bring the full force of his technological armory to bear on this lone human. “Wait. You are an intelligent man, I see. Let me help you understand why it is I must do this thing.”

     Legacy advanced toward the alien despoiler. “As an insightful man once said, there are two ways to deal with a mystery: uncover it, or… eliminate it.”

Cosmic Omnitron v. Spite, Agent of Gloom

Cosmitron: OPEN FILE: DONOVAN, JACK AKA SPITE.
ERROR: SUBJECT DECEASED.
SEARCHING…
SUBJECT REANIMATED BY EXTRADIMENSIONAL BEING
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Spite: Straight from the divine to the soulless, eh? Well, this overgrown can-opener won’t be much of a challenge. Machines—they think you can think your way out of anything, anticipate my moves before I make them. Dya know what happened to the prison shrink who tried to get in my head? Sucked on a shotgun after a week of sessions. Heheh. And that was before I met the boss. This toaster’s in for a world of hurt.

Out of curiosity, has anyone reconsidered a match-up because of one of the write-ups? After phantaskippy's description of the Fixer/AZ fight, I changed my mind and voted for Mr. Fixer (though that didn't do him much good).

Oh ho! Paul Parsons quoting Andrew Ryan? I never thought I'd see the day...

The Ennead v. Kaargra Warfang

     Now this was a fight! Somehow, those strange humans had created a stone temple in the middle of the arena, complete with obelisks and statuary. It set a nice tone for the match; the crowd loved groups with a good theme. Blasts of fire, bolts of lighting, and weird mystic energies had sent her gladiators reeling for cover. Kaargra mused that these odd beings would make fine Bloodsworn. Those that survived, that is.

     But the snake-headed one had strayed from his fellows. A fatal error. Warfang leaped down behind him, ready to deliver a crushing blow. She felt the tickle of a breeze across the back of her neck, and suddenly the star-eyed woman was standing before her.

     “We are the Nine that are One. Master of the Arena, you would be wise not to trifle with such powers.”

     That was a challenge if Kaargra had ever heard one. She grinned wolfishly and snapped her fingers. Portcullises ground open, and more Bloodsworn gladiators poured into the arena.

The Chairman v. Mad Bomber Blade

*click*

“Good evening, Mr. Pike. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ivan Grigori Ramonat, better known in this country as Baron Blade. No doubt you are wondering how this disk came to be on your desk. Perhaps your vaunted influence over the criminal underworld is not so great as you claim.

“I am told you are something of a gaming man, Mr. Graham Pike. Shall we play a game together, then? Spread among your vast holdings here in Overbrook City, I have placed a number of explosive surprises. These gifts will—“

(The click of a door shutting softly)

“Eh? Hmm. As I was saying, these packages will explode at the stroke of midnight, giving you less than fifteen hours to—“

(Footsteps, followed by a metallic clink)

“Fool! You think to catch me unaware! You should—“

(Several seconds of sustained fire from an automatic weapon. A wet *snick*, then the sound of a body hitting the floor.)

“I’m disappointed, Mr. Pike. Maybe… *cough* next time… you will be a bit more creative.”

*click*

Progeny v. Spite

Progeny: The cosmic juggernaut, embodying the most destructive elements of the natural world...

     Ok, guys. I just can’t bring myself to make a fight between the world-slaying herald of the Big Bad and a drugged-up serial killer who likes to pick on kids all that interesting. If you really think Spite has a chance, then vote that way, but… c’mon. Progeny’s had it pretty easy so far.

Infinitor v. Grand Warlord Voss

     The dark side of the moon was illuminated by flickering bursts of light: green, red, purple—a kaleidoscope blend of color. In orbit above Earth’s satellite, Rainek Kel-Voss frowned as his lieutenants reported on the battle below.

     “Swarms of the energy constructs have nearly annihilated the Mubbloxian platoon; the survivors are in full retreat. On the right flank, the Maerynians have broken through the energy field and engaged the human directly, though they’ve suffered heavy losses. Also, we’ve had to put down many of the Psi-Weavers. They went berserk and started attacking other platoons.” Vyktor swallowed nervously.

     The Grand Warlord’s frown deepened. He stood abruptly and strode away from the viewscreen. “Order the shock infantry to engage the human at close range. Keep him from flying away again. Then have the Conqueror and Stalwart target the location with beam weapons. Maximum power, ten-second pulse. Assemble the Guard in Landing Bay Aleph. I am flying down to make absolutely sure that this human slime dies.”

Why is Guise masquerading as Parse in round 2?

Parse perceived Guise's weakness and introduced him to TV Tropes. He never made it to the battlefield.

Or he got distracted by his potential appearance in bottom of the 9th

Round 2 voting will begin tomorrow night.

Round 2 is up! Submissions due by 7:00PM Tuesday 3-24.

One I find surprising that made it to round 2 is Spite. It seems regularly often that there are threads staing Spite needs fixed and how all matches are boring.  

Which Spite are you talking about? Original Spite or Gloom Spite?

Original Spite specifically.

Doesn't mean he wouldn't win a fight.  Legacy is boring but he's also insanely powerful.

I agree Spite all drugged up would be a rough match for any villain in a fight.  I can still feel that it's odd.  To be honest I voted moreso based on how much I liked playing a villain or  how much I liked their theme.  

Finally got to a computer, and round 2 voting is now closed. Round 3 voting will be up in a day or two.

Interesting, here are the seeds that are left:

Heroes: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11,  15, 21

Villains, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Original Spite got demolished this round.   No votes at all against Progeny

Looks like there will be some very close battles in the next round. AZ vs. Tempest and Haka vs. Visionary on the heroes side and Iron Legacy vs. Cosmitron and Progeny vs. Voss seem like they could all go either way. Who knows, maybe someone (anyone) will actually vote against Progeny this round....

yeah, Voss and his horde vs all that AoE damage, Voss has to hope he overruns the planet before that damage turns irreducible.

Next round will be the final four for the heroes. Those final four will face the final villain to determine the Multiverse Champion.

To be fair, Progeny (a cosmic level threat) has gone up against Friction and Spite so far, neither of whom are really heavy hitters. Spite's a nasty villain, but even in One-Wing-Angel mode, he just doesn't seem to wield the power that Progeny can.

At least, as I see it.

Round 3 Form is up. Submissions due by 7:00 PM CDT Monday 3-30.

Round 3 is over, and round 4 is starting. Submissions due by 7:00PM CDT Wednesday 4-1.

Seeds left:

Heroes: 1,3,4,7

Villains: 1,2,3,4

That's intereting. We also have our four hero team that will take on the villain champion. We are getting close to the winner!

Anyone think it's odd that the 4 heroes who made it this far are all from the base set, while the villains are from 4 separate sets (Base set, Infernal Relics, Shattered Timelines, and Wrath of the Cosmos)?

I noticed the heroes, but not the villains. Thanks for pointing that out!

Also, none of the final four come the the hardest set.

No more than I've found some of the victories surprising throughout the course of the event :)

I love Ra in the final 4.  When we used to pvp hero decks only AZ and Legacy beat Ra regularly.

I love Dawn vs. Iron Legacy.  That's a comic series I would love to read.

Me, too!

So, how do we resolve ties?

Will Progeny finally fall before the onslaught of the Ennead? Will a recount be necessary to decide the fate of the Multiverse?

Stay tuned!

That's awesome. 

Round 5 is ready for voting! Submissions due by 7:00PM CDT Sunday, 4-5.

And now we wait for the tie-breaker vote....

I'm guessing Citizen Dawn wins.   Both sides have numbers but Dawn can bring back fallen allies.   

Info about the final battle will be coming soon.

Hmm... So is Christopher saying that Citizen Dawn is about on the same equal level as all nine members of The Ennead combined? So she's also about as powerful as Progeny then? Jeez, Citizen Dawn really is a powerful character, considering Progeny was able to beat the tar out of Legacy while leaving The Visionary and NightMist to watch in horror!

Edit: I wish we had more ties...

Edit2: Look at that, you can play the match on the Vdeo Game!

I knew Citizen Dawn would win.  Now to play that matchup in the app.  

I don't think he's going that far, I get that all nine Ennead together are stronger than Progeny, and that Dawn wouldn't just get crushed by the nine, she'd give them a fight.  However, with her citizens the numbers flip, and the Ennead would lose.

So I would say Progeny is stronger than Dawn, but if she had her Citizens Progeny would be toast.

It seems to me that all nine Ennead together is a rare thing, and terrifying when it happens.

I saw that too, which makes my job even harder. 

Also, both #1s, won.

I could be wrong, but I think that is the idea of the Challenge Mode, that they are all working together.

I spotted Dawn advanced mode since she won and all, 0-2 so far, no luck with Mana or Eyepiece.

As for the Ennead, I just meant all nine in the same location, but working together really well?  Yeah, that challenge is rough.

Don't forget Challenge Mode. 

I played this out in the app in Insula Primalis and won.  Got both Savage Mana and Infrared Eyepiece.  Never saw that card even with the Eyepiece.   Haka probably could've finished it off but I didn't think I had enough damage that round but AZ proved me wrong.   

Edit: I played on advanced in the app

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Still working out the details (ion other words, i have no idea how to score this. :P), but for the final match, here are the rules:

Heroes: Ra, AZ, Haka, Wraith in any order. These are the normal versions, no variants.

Environment: Your choice. Have fun!

Villain: Dawn. There are 4 levels: Normal, Advance, Challenge, Advance Challenge.

Now, I am debating about how to handle this, right now, I see two ways:

1) Each level has a point value, and we try to reach a certain point number, although I have no idea what that is.

2) I take a percentage of all games submitted on each level, to see who won. Unfortunately, I don't know how to decide that.

If anybody has any other ideas, please shout them out.

I will make a form that you can fill out later, after I figure out what it will do.

Weight points by type of game, with a loss in normal scoring the most points for Dawn, and a win on challenge advanced worth the most for heroes.

I'd set the environment to IP, since it is a pretty fair environment and her home turf.

So something like this:

Victory/Defeat

Normal: 1/-4

Advance 2/-3

Challenge: 3/-2

Advance Challenge: 4/-1

Positive score heroes winning, negative villain, you can play as many games as you want. Althought a certain minimum overall should be included.

Minimum 50 games perhaps?

Maybe keep track of which side wins each game separately, and then declare whoever hits 100 (or other appropriate total) points first the winner?

That can work too. Do the numbers make sense?

Those numbers look good to me. With those point totals, it's even more vital for the heroes to win each game. Can't make things too easy for the heroes, can we?

Also, those values give the heroes incentive to try the advanced & challenge modes. 

we have a submission form?

If this is what we want to do, I will get it up and running in a few minutes.

For the final match (round 6), you will play the game at Insula Primas (Dawn's home turf), and select a difficulty:

Normal

Advance

Challenge

Advance Challenge

The difficulty determines the number of points either the heroes or Dawn gets based on the outcome. The first side to 100 points, wins.

Challenge Mode for Citizen Dawn:

“Solar Retribution” Citizen Dawn retaliates when her Citizens are defeated. • Whenever a Citizen card is destroyed, Citizen Dawn deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 fire damage.

You can find the other Challenge Modes here.

Note: Still working on the formula. In the meantime, you can still submit a game.

EDIT: Ok, everything should be working.

Also, you can play and submit as many games as you want, just be honest. If you can, report it here too.

Congrats on the Advance Challenge win.

I have a normal win and 2 advanced losses so far, and the win was close, Haka threw down a suicide Rampage to set up the win.  App Dawn is on a tear.

OMG, normal loss.  Had Mana and Eyepiece, double aurora puts citizens in trash, Dawn flips and never flips back, saw 3 blinding blasts, channel, Dare, Winter, and the last turn pulled Truth, Anvil, Hammer and flipped her back, but it was far too late for the heroes.

So, after an advanced game win, I decided to jump right into advanced challenge.  Which didn't go over so well.  I took a loos on that one pretty quickly, espeically when the environment (particularly nasty raptors this time) decided to finish off citizens early, leading to some extra damage I wasn't completely prepared for.

I toned it back down, and won one on just challenge mode, bringing my contribution to two wins and a loss so far.

100 points seem like a lot, now, first side to 60 wins.

Pretty much the keys in winning the advanced mode games against Dawn seem to be the initial Citizens in play and then getting the Infrared Eyepiece.  Starting a game with with Truth and Hammer in play is rough if they get teamed up with Anvil, Summer, or Winter.   

Getting Savage Mana helps in the matchup but I haven't found it necessary to win.   One game I actually got through her flipping and pull out a win but normally a flip on advanced is a loss. 

I had a game once that started with Blood, Sweat, and Tears. I died horribly in that one. For me, the hardest games with Dawn are when Tears comes out early and then refuses to stay dead because of Return with the Dawn. Combine tears with Blinding Blast, and nobody has any cards. I actually hate Tears more than Truth.

Yeah that can be doom quite easily too.   Truth or Hammer by themselves aren't bad it's just when I get them together I cring.   For some reason I don't often see Tears early.   Normally I see Blood and Sweat a lot in the beginning. 

I don't see Sweat very often, but Blood more or less always shows up.

With my last victory I believe Ra is the winner.