r/whowouldwin • u/mrcelophane • Jan 28 '15
Character Scramble! Character Scramble III Sign Ups!
Welcome to the sign up thread for the third Character Scramble Tournament!
Now, you may be wondering, “just what is a Character Scramble?” Boy howdy, are you in for a treat! To play, all you have to do is pick a few characters according to the rules below, and enter them into the tournament. Then, you’ll receive a team of random characters from the pool of entrees, which you'll use to navigate your way through the tournament--with each new round, you'll face another entrant in a different scenario, and argue how you think you would win.
Confused? Here's the hub post for the previous season, which contains links to all the posts from that season.
According to the wishes of /u/dat_bass1, the champion of the previous season, this time, things will be a little different. So, the power level this time? Characters that Captain America/other peak humans would stand a good (at least 3/10) chance of defeating, or, on the lower end, be somewhat challenged by. In other words, lower street-tier--Batman on any random day or Conan the Barbarian are great entries, but Spider-Man is a fair bit above this weight class.
Now, on to the RULES. Please read them again completely as they change slightly every season.
Each entrant will list THREE (3) characters in their post, including one or two links to respect threads, wiki articles, or whatever else might be informative for each character. In the previous two seasons, people submitted five characters, but /u/dat_bass1 said he hoped that smaller teams will allow everyone to get to know their characters more quickly and thoroughly.
This event's submissions are community regulated, so be sure to point out characters you think might be too strong or too weak and explain why you think that's the case.
New Rule: The Tribunal. There will be a period of time after the characters have been submitted and before the rosters have been scrambled where players will be able to bring up characters that they believe are not within this tournament's power limits and were not able to be resolved in the sign up topic. This will take place in a new topic and all will be invited to further participate in self-regulating the power level of the tournament. If things are not amicably decided in the tribunal, they will be brought to a vote. Characters voted out of the scramble will be replaced by characters of my own choosing.
Be specific as possible with iterations of characters, any modifiers (for example, in season one we had a Deadpool without healing factor), or anything else that might be relevant.
There is no rule stating that you cannot re-enter a character that has already been suggested. You may wish to put a spin on them to distinguish them, but that is up to you. Again, while it is not encouraged to double characters up, it is not against the rules.
After posting your characters to this post, you will then go to this google form and fill it out. After that you are officially in the tournament.
Please keep the link that lets you edit your google docs entry post. Someone may convince you that one of your characters is too underpowered/overpowered and therefore needs to be changed. It is much easier for you to edit your post than for me to do it. This will save everyone time.
Rosters will be rerolled until no one has more than one character that they suggested on their roster.
Participants will receive the permalink to your post if they receive your character. That is why it is important to have a lot of information on it. They will be encouraged to reply to that comment to ask questions.
Brackets/Pairings are randomly decided
Every week, you will have to explain, either through role play or arguments, why your team would beat the other one.
Every week, the scenario may be different. It may change the way the fight is structured--sometimes it isn't even a straight-up fight at all!
The Scenario topic will be posted, and players are expected to argue why their characters would defeat their opponents.
At least 48 hours later, the voting topic will be posted.
Entrants must vote on all fights, and their votes count double. Not voting results in forfeiture. If you cannot vote due to time constraints, msg me and we can work around that.
Voting will be done using Google forms
The grand champion's prize is the privilege of picking the scenario of the next tournament
Sign ups will officially end on Sunday at Noon CST. Sign Ups are FINAL when I post the Tribunal topic. No one else is allowed in at that point. Sorry, have to draw the line.
TO MAKE IT CLEAR, YOU ARE NOT IN THE TOURNAMENT IF YOU DO NOT FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM. DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THEN YOU DIDN'T READ THE RULES
"But wait, /u/mrcelophane," you're probably asking, "you've listed all the rules, what more do you have to say?" Well, /u/dat_bass1, the previous victor, had a rather specific idea of what the tournament was going to look like besides the tier restriction. Quoting him verbatim:
"Ah, the North American Continent, circa 1890. (Relatively) untouched, untamed, and unconquerable. Or is it? Famed lotsa-moneyaire Mr. Celo Phane doesn't think so, and he's out to prove it. He's devoted a significant portion of his considerable resources to setting up the Scramble Ball Run, a race across America for a cool one hundred billion dollar prize. Characters from across the multiverseare are signing up in bulk, dreaming of fame and fortune."
"Now, I've decided to have a race be a backdrop not only because I'm a piece of weeaboo trash who wants to reference his favorite manga, but also because I'm hoping it gives the tournament a more cohesive narrative. There'll still be plenty of room for variety in fight scenarios--everything from barroom brawls in between stages of the race to mad dashes for the finish line! And, don't worry: characters who can't run the race themselves will be considered able to ride horses proficiently for the purposes of this tournament."
"Good luck everybody, and I hope you have as much fun as I have in the previous rounds!"
Edit (1/29): Please be sure to sort by new and please make sure you comment on other people's submissions to help them out. Remember, if someone gets something OP, you can't complain because you didn't catch it either.
Also, make sure you sign up for the Email list. It will keep you up to date every time a CharScram post is made.
Also, for those interested, we are sitting at 44 entries as of 11am CST
Edit 2: 47 as of 5:40 CST...I think a lot of people are not filling out the form, cause I am sure we have had more than 3 entries in the last 6 hours.
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u/venicello Jan 29 '15 edited Feb 06 '15
Alright, alright, alright!
Here are my characters:
1) Robert Edward O. Speedwagon - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Canon feats include ridiculous hat-throwing, good marksmanship, and the ability to smell evil. Ask if you want more details.
2) Izuku Midoriya - Boku no Hero Academia. This is a risky decision, and I'm going to have to note that I'm only allowing his feats up to the time of this posting. Feel free to argue with me about how this guy shouldn't be allowed. Remember, he BREAKS HIS LIMBS every time he uses his power, so don't assume he can just one-shot everybody.
EDIT: As requested by the Lord of the Scramble, here's my rationale for Deku
"...Sure, he might be able to instakill somebody, BUT that relies on him first being able to hit them (not guaranteed, unless he breaks his legs first he's moving at normal speeds for an adolescent human). Even if he does hit somebody, it's a one-for-one. They're down, Deku's down.
Oh, and he's not going to do this. The one time Deku has used his strength and not broken his limbs, it was when he was hitting a person. That means that the maximum possible damage he could put out would be at around Cap's level (let's assume that that punch dealt the maximum damage a human fist could deal and still be unharmed. Cap has, I assume, the strongest punch of any peak human who hasn't learned some sort of crazy martial arts shit).
Basically, what I'm saying is that Deku has:
-The speed of a normal human, except for once per fight, after which he cannot walk.
-Around Cap's level of strength when fighting other humans.
-When not fighting humans, he has the strength of a normal human, except for once per fight, after which he cannot throw a punch."
3) Skidmark - Worm. The wiki is kind of vague about his powers, but basically, he can cover surfaces with force fields that push in a single direction. These are strong enough to push back healthy grown men once layered.