r/whowouldwin • u/mrcelophane • Apr 14 '16
Character Scramble VI: Round 0
Hey guys! Hope you came to play because it's time to get the scramble started!
The way Round 0 works is you just need to follow the prompt. Do that, and you get your team past their first challenge and onto the bracket!
Once you finish your write up, you MUST fill out at least your name on this form . After that, there is an optional survey you can fill out about the scramble and the process so far.
Round 0 will be due after Wednesday night, as Round 1A will hopefully be going up Thursday afternoon.
“Hey everyone, I’m Jules Winnfield.”
“And I’m the ever interfering Speedwagon!”
“Yes folks, our oh so wise fucking leader Phane has employed us to be your commentators tonight for such a momentous occasion.”
“Can you believe it? Phane has just announced the first official tournament for the Scramble Tag Team Championship! This is sure to be an exciting night, since the very first match of that tournament is tonight!”
“Well said, man. Now, keep your fucking panties on, because it’s not scheduled to happen for another-”
Before our announcer can finish, the arena grows dark. The crowd starts cheering in anticipation, when all of a sudden, the music pops, fireworks begin blaring, and a spotlight shines on the ring. Making their way there is none other than your very own Scramble team!
“What?”
“Say what again, motherfucker! I dare you, I-”
Jules is cut off from threatening Speedwagon when he sees the sheer awe of the tag team. Could this team be their future champions? The crowd quiets down as the one of the team members grabs a microphone… and begins to cut a promo. Right off the bat, they start gloating about why they’ll be the future champions, and why everyone should praise them. They’re a bit disorganized though, since this team only met each other around ten minutes ago, give or take.
Suddenly…
AWWWWWWWW CELO PHAAAANNNEEE! DON’T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CAHLAP FOR YOUR TWO TIME EARTH CHAMPS AND FEEEEEEEL THE POWAAAAAAAAAAH!
As if right on cue, the scramble team is cut off in the middle of their promo by none other than The New Day! It seems that the only way for your team to qualify for this scramble championship is if they beat this phony tag team.
Normal Rules
Team Preview: Look at all these obscure characters in the scramble! Give a brief summary of your characters in your post. Be sure to mention things like powers, personality, weaknesses, just stuff that the average reader should know before reading.
You Always Go Over: Wrestling is totally real and the fights are legit, never staged at all, promise. In your write up, your team needs to win. Even if you think your team would lose 9/10 times, mention that in your post, then say how your team wins 1/10 times.
Well, It’s the Big Show: The arena will always be able to hold all the wrestlers inside. No matter if you’re a giant robot, monster, or alien thing, you’ll always find a way to fit inside the ring. The ring is also indestructible, and won’t be destroyed because someone super strong jumped on it or anything like that.
Not Your Gimmick: Characters are assumed to be at the same power level they started the tournament at at all times. To clarify, this means you would not be able to loot Triple H of his Sledgehammer if you beat him in a previous round, or otherwise gain a competitive advantage based on anything that happened in a previous round. This is to aid your opponent in research of your character.
I Guess Every Superhero Needs His Theme Music: You can’t be a wrestling team without an entrance! Give your team a song that fits them. Doesn’t matter what type of song it is, as long as they have some sort of entrance music. It is common for there to be theme music for both each wrestler individually and one for the team, depending on who they are representing when they make their entrance.
Round Specific Rules
Trash Talk: You need to have each of your team members grab the microphone and tell the audience why they are going to become champions. You can use this opportunity to show off the research you’ve done on your team by having them brag about their abilities and how they’ll be an asset to their team.
Keep it in Kayfabe: Phane knows you’d destroy these guys in a real fight, which is why he’s done two things. One, he’s told you to keep kayfabe. That means that you need to pretend hits hurt even if they don’t, and hold back on your punches so you don’t destroy these frail humans in one hit. Secondly, he’s given each of the New Day some sort of buff. Big E has been given the strength and powers of Mr. Incredible, Kofi Kingston now has the agility and powers of 616 Spiderman, and Xavier Woods now has the strength and durability of Stitch. Otherwise, they are still the New Day, and will fight and perform like they are.
Match Type: This will be a 6-man tag team match. Only one member of the team will be out at a time. To switch, they need to go to their corner and tag one of their members into the match. To win, they’ll need to pin one of the New Day members for a three count. Of course, they are known to cheat and pull shenanigans in their matches, so it’ll be tough to keep them down. Then again, no one is saying you can’t play dirty either.
Are you not Entertained?: So while one of your characters may be able to end the match early, remember that this is supposed to be an entertaining tv show: It’s rare for a tag team match to not have everyone tag in at least once, and don’t forget to Ham it up for the crowd.
Manager Involvement: Ringside. They’ll be able to shout out tips at your team from the side of the ring. Due to their involvement in Phane’s WWE, they’ll have intimate knowledge of The New Day and their buffs. However, considering they just met the rest of their team members a few minutes ago, they might not know how to guide their team to use that information wisely.
Flavor Rules (Optional)
Locker Room Staredown: Mere minutes before you went on stage, Phane meets all of your team members in the locker room and tells them that from now on, they’ll all be on a team together. How do your members react to these total strangers that they’ll be on a team with for the rest of the scramble? Will they become friends instantly? Or bitter rivals who’ll try to one up each other for the entire tournament?
By God, He’s Broken in Half!: Announcers say some wacky shit during matches. If you so wish, you can fit the announcers into your writeup and have them provide commentary over the match. Your announcers tonight are Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction) and R.E.O Speedwagon (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure).
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u/kaioshin_ Apr 21 '16 edited Apr 29 '16
Tommy circles Big E, holding his Brachio Staff in front of himself in his stance as he prepares for him to strike. Gordon's words echo in his head.
TOMMY: Stretching powers. I'll be able to handle this guy pretty easily then. He circles another short bit before aiming a staff-strike for Big E's side, expecting to cause damage, and doing next to nothing. He has barely a moment to react before E tears it from his arms and throws it to the side, raising his fists. The larger man charges Tommy, throwing a punch. His fist hits only cloth however as the Ranger uses his Replacement technique, popping up to the side and firing his Blade Blaster as he rolls back, reclaiming his staff. "He doesn't stretch!"
FREEMAN: "...Woops. Hey, he took that hit like nothing, maybe he's just strong." Tommy grimaces, trying to think of how to change adjust his strategy. He had tanked the Blade Blaster hit easily as well. Big E starts moving toward him again, and Tommy flips out of the way, activating his Black Dino Gem's invisibility. He might not be able to take the physical combat without giving away his usage of too many forms, but a tricky move could be done well. From his invisible standpoint, he fires his Blade Blaster a few more times, continuously rolling and flash-stepping out of the way whenever E tracked him down and got close. Strain could be seen on the large man's face. He's getting worn out. Time for the finisher. He makes himself visible again, firing another blaster shot. Big E runs at him, but Tommy does a flip over him, and holds his Brachio staff facing the now turned-around New Day member.
TOMMY: "Energy Orb! Hyaah!" He swings his staff around a few times, forming a circle of energy, which launches at the recovering Big E, and knocks him far out of the ring in a massive explosion. Tommy cartwheels to the edge of the ring to put on a bit of extra show, and tags Sam's hand. "You're up."
Sam squares off against Kofi, in a relaxed stance. Phane said to ham it up, and make sure it seemed like they were doing something, so he figured the best way to do that was to keep the limiters on his suit, and be far more conservative in firing his guns. There wasn't really a need for it, he had developed the suit further to where it could go hours without the safety limiters and still leave the guy inside unharmed, but he figured it wouldn't hurt. Besides, Freeman said the most this guy could do would be lifting cars and shooting webs, the ARS can handle that easily. He lights a cigarette, almost daring Kofi (or Tommy for that matter) to say something about it.
KOFI: "Put that down man! You can't be smoking in the middle of a fight!" Sam chuckles, taking a long drag off it before tossing it to the side of the ring.
SAM: "Can, always have, and probably always will. Now come on, let's get to the show." Sam jets forward, sliding along the ground before popping up and aiming a punch for Kofi's chest. Spider sense allows him to dodge back just in time, and Kofi retaliates with his own small barrage of punches for Sam, knocking him back into the ropes and cracking his armor. "...Damn. Little tougher than I expected." He flips the BLADE system out of the suit as it auto-repairs. He rushes in again, this time firing a few rounds from his assault rifle as he does. Kofi cartwheeled out of the way before swinging low, sweeping out Sam's leg and sending him into the ropes again by using his momentum.
KOFI: "Anyone smell that? Because this guy's suit smells like a bunch of BOOTY to me!" Sam just grunts a bit, and fires several more shots, which Kofi is making a show of dodging. He ducks and weaves through the gunfire with ease, and throws hits Sam with several punches to the ribs, some of the damage hitting through the cracked armor and causing him a bit of pain. Sam reaches an armored hand back.
SAM: "Tag me." He jumps up into the ring while swatting Sam's hand.
TOMMY: "You're not bad at this Kofi, but you're not gonna be able to stand up to the power of a ranger. Kyah!" He summons the Dragon sword to his hand, swinging it at the wrestler, who flips backward. Tommy charges back at him, making sure to focus equally on finesse and actually trying to hit him. A bit of minor damage is done, though he isn't able to do much, just slashing up his costume a bit. Kofi rolls forward, and manages to get a grip on one of Tommy's legs, tossing him over the ropes and out of the ring. "What are you doing Sam?"
SAM: "Making sure we win this. Just hold him for another minute, tops." Tommy nods, flash-stepping into the air above the ring and doing the superhero landing down into it.
TOMMY: "You can't get rid of me that easy! Huah!" He moves back in for a few sword slashes, then rolls back to fire his blaster, Kofi narrowly avoiding each.
KOFI: "These chumps can't even touch me! I think they just know who the real champs are already!" He takes a sprint forward, sliding down at the last moment and tripping Tommy up. Only a costume hit the ground. "Hah! Scared this guy right out of his clothes! ...Wai-"
TOMMY: "Gah!" Kofi was caught off guard, paying attention to his Spidey Sense too late, and he takes a hit with the flat of the Dragon Sword, sending him reeling back.
SAM: "Now!" Tommy flips backward, slapping Sam's outstretched hand, and the armored man enters the ring. He rocket-slides toward Kofi, not wanting him to have time to recover. A right hook sends him into the corner. Following up with a jab fails however, Kofi flipping over him and striking his back. Sam spins on a dime, firing a blast from his shotgun. Kofi attempts dodging, but is caught by Sam's fist again. As he lands the finishing blow, he's suddenly hit from behind again as Xavier Woods comes into the ring, knocking him down onto Kofi. He taps Kofi's hand just after doing so.
FREEMAN: "That's bullshit! He just cheated!" The referee just shrugs as Tommy and Big E pull out their respective teammates. "Fuck. Tommy, do you think you can take him?"
TOMMY: "I can try, but he did a lot to Sam after he did whatever it was to his suit, and I've already taken some hits. I can't gurantee a wi-" He's cut off by the sound of a beep on a smartphone. Blue flower petals swirl through the air, and ribbons start to materialize out of a pink-red energy, wrapping themselves around Togo. There's a flash of light, and the young girl is now standing- No, not standing, being supported in the air by said ribbons. She wears a white and blue costume, covered in a few flower decals.
TOGO: "Don't worry, I can do this. We're a team after all." A pair of rifles appear in her hands, and the ribbons jump her upward, landing surprisingly softly in the ring. Tommy moves Sam's hand in the ring, and a ribbon taps it.
XAVIER: "Little girl, we appreciate the flowers, but you can't beat the New Day with all these new POWAHS!" Extra arms burst out of his back and flex. Togo just softly smiles, firing a rifle for the New Day member's chest and sending him flying back into the ropes. There was a sense of confidence in her words that didn't sound there in the locker room.
TOGO: "You may have power New Day, but the power of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club will be enough to take you down, no matter how much my powers strain me!" She fires her rifles once each, Xavier taking the hit once more, and then dodging the second one, charging her. He throws a few punches for her side, but finds himself hitting only a magically-produced barrier. "The power of my fairies will keep me safe from those who seek to harm the heroes of my team!"
XAVIER: "I... your fairies say I'm the bad one?" Something sinks in his heart, and Togo detected a weakness, thinking fast.
TOGO: "That's right!" She had her opportunity, and she was going to take it, firing her rifles a few more times, Xavier making little effort to dodge. "Each of my bullets drain from my soul, but it is for the good of the heroes!" He throws a few more punches, but half-heartedly, and they are dodged instead of absorbed by her barrier.
XAVIER: "...Just finish me off." The thought of knowing he failed the faries wasn't good for him. She fires several more successive rounds, and Xavier is blasted out of the ring, knocked out. Togo deactivates her hero mode, returning to her normal clothes and collapsing to the floor.
JULES: "And the winner of this motherfucking preliminary round is Team Powersuit Up!"
FREEMAN: "Hell yeah!" He jumps up into the ring, followed by a now-recovered Sam, and Tommy carrying Togo's wheelchair, which he promptly situates her back in. "Team Powersuit Up bitches! We just kicked their asses, who's gonna take us down? No one, that's fucking who! Not someone named No One, I mean that we're not gonna get taken down! Yeah." He drops the microphone, and the group stays on the ring for a bit longer, speaking with fans and posing for pictures. After a bit, they walk back toward their locker room.
TOMMY: "Hey, nice job out there everyone!"
FREEMAN: "You guys cut it close there a couple times."
SAM: "No thanks to you. And I only lost because they cheated and caught me off guard, I probably would've been able to take out all three of them if I had my limiters off the whole time."
TOMMY: "Oh yeah, I just didn't want to break out some of my stronger forms. I probably could have at least taken on two if I wasn't holding back at the beginning." Gordon looks over at Togo.
FREEMAN: "Well, seeing someone not holding back was cool anyways." She laughed slightly.
TOGO: "Oh no, I was holding back a lot. Almost nothing of what I said was true when I talked to him, I just needed to play it up for the cameras. My friends Yuna and Fu are a lot better at that than I am."
FREEMAN: "...Holy shit, you guys are all really strong, aren't you?" Sam just gives a pity laugh.