r/whowouldwin • u/mrcelophane • Nov 22 '16
Special Character Scramble VII Tribunal
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Welcome to the Tribunal!
As of now, signups for new submissions are officially closed.
Here’s a quick rundown of how this will work:
For the next week, all characters are under review. If you think a character is not fit for the scramble, here is where you have a final say to air your grievances. Also, this is a good chance to go over the submissions and make sure that the correct name is showing, I have the correct info, etc. I ask that everyone at least take the name under theirs and review all of the submissions.
If you have any problems with characters:
Create a comment with the name of the character in question, a link to that character sheet, and the username (with /u/, to summon them- /u/mrcelophane, for instance) of the submitter. Then list what questions/problems you have with the character.
Please be respectful when calling out characters, and remember that you are probably pointing out problems with someone's favorite character/series.
Please give a complaint about each character a separate reply to make sure that conversations are organized.
If a resolution is reached that does not require a change on my end, please delete your post so that it removes clutter.
If a resolution is reached that requires my intervention, please call me out and I will come help out.
If your character is called out:
First, realize this is not a personal attack. We are just trying to ensure that this tournament runs smoothly for everyone.
Please address the concerns brought forth. This can either by standing firm and arguing for your character’s inclusion, or by buffing/nerfing the character. Please keep the amount of buffs and nerfs to a minimum. This isn’t a good place to redesign the character from the ground up.
If it’s agreed that a character cannot work in its current state and can’t be easily edited, replacements from the backup submissions will be issued based on role. If one of your characters is being removed you are free to request a specific backup to replace your submission, otherwise myself or the Co-GM will choose for you.
If you see a problem with the roster:
Make a post and let me know. Odds are, you will have to resubmit the form with the correct info so if you want to just go ahead and do that and let me know to look for the new entry, that would save time.
If your problem is that you don't show up in the list, its because you never filled out/submitted the form...just go ahead and do that NOW, assuming that you started your sign up process before this post was created.
Featured submissions:
In an attempt to help aid the review process, we will be highlighting a section of the submissions each day to focus the lens on a group of submissions. Understand that these submissions aren’t being picked due to any reasoning or bias beyond their position on the list, our goal is to help you focus on specific parts of the submission list each day in the hopes that characters that would normally pass under the radar are given proper scrutiny.
The link will be changed each day until we’ve covered the entire submission roster or until Tribunal has ended.
Link to list of current backups
What follows will be the current unscrambled roster:
Submitter | Name | CharacterSheet | Role |
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JosephStalin | Rath | Brawn | |
JosephStalin | Demongo | Mystic | |
JosephStalin | The Experiment | Arsenal | |
JosephStalin | The Boss | Wildcard | |
JosephStalin | Megamind | Sponsor | |
JosephStalin | Handsome Jack | Sponsor | |
76sup | Reptile | Brawn | |
76sup | Rain | Mystic | |
76sup | Waluigi | Arsenal | |
76sup | JonTron with Magician's Red | Wildcard | |
76sup | GLaDOS | Sponsor | |
76sup | Krakua | Wildcard | |
MoSBanapple | Nogi Wakaba | Brawn | |
MoSBanapple | Administrator | Mystic | |
MoSBanapple | Eve Neuschwanstein | Arsenal | |
MoSBanapple | Ruby Rose (Blood Rose) | Wildcard | |
MoSBanapple | Church | Sponsor | |
MoSBanapple | Strength | Arsenal | |
GuyOfEvil | Karnak | Brawn | |
GuyOfEvil | Kessler | Mystic | |
GuyOfEvil | Mirror Master | Arsenal | |
GuyOfEvil | Alice Twilight | Wildcard | |
GuyOfEvil | Mr. Sinister | Sponsor | |
GuyOfEvil | Silk | Wildcard | |
ViperhawkZ | Alex Mercer | Brawn | |
ViperhawkZ | Sekarvu | Mystic | |
ViperhawkZ | The Meta | Arsenal | |
ViperhawkZ | Zeratul | Wildcard | |
ViperhawkZ | Coil | Sponsor | |
doctorgecko | "Deku" Izuku Midoriya | Brawn | |
doctorgecko | Mew (First Movie) | Mystic | |
doctorgecko | Cynthia and her Garchomp | Arsenal | |
doctorgecko | Nico Robin (Pre-Timeskip) | Wildcard | |
doctorgecko | Green | Sponsor | |
doctorgecko | Sabrina (Pokemon Anime) | Mystic | |
aquason | Omi | Brawn | |
aquason | Yamoto Koki | Mystic | |
aquason | Dark Pit | Arsenal | |
aquason | Lizzie Shinkicker | Wildcard | |
aquason | Milo Amastacia-Liadon | Sponsor | |
selfproclaimed | Stevonnie | Brawn | |
selfproclaimed | Twilight Sparkle | Mystic | |
selfproclaimed | Iji | Arsenal | |
selfproclaimed | Littlepip | Wildcard | |
selfproclaimed | Fuuka Yamagishi | Sponsor | |
selfproclaimed | Wiz and Boomstick | Sponsor | |
shootdawhoop99 | Alex Louis Armstrong | Brawn | |
shootdawhoop99 | Dave Strider | Mystic | |
shootdawhoop99 | Conker the Squirrel | Arsenal | |
shootdawhoop99 | LEGO Spiderman | Wildcard | |
shootdawhoop99 | Blank | Sponsor | |
teatreeoilguy | King Kong (Original Version with Animated Version's Feats) | Brawn | |
teatreeoilguy | Shang Tsung | Mystic | |
teatreeoilguy | Mr. Satan (w/ gear from the games) | Arsenal | |
teatreeoilguy | Goku (Dragonball Evolution) | Wildcard | |
teatreeoilguy | Happy Mask Salesman | Sponsor | |
teatreeoilguy | Goku Jr. | Brawn | |
LetterSequence | Dio Brando (Part 1) | Brawn | |
LetterSequence | Pikachu Libre | Mystic | |
LetterSequence | Mifune | Arsenal | |
LetterSequence | Bollywood Action Hero | Wildcard | |
LetterSequence | All-Star Batman | Sponsor | |
LetterSequence | Akira Otoishi | Mystic | |
Talvasha | Lady Maria | Brawn | |
Talvasha | Vin Venture | Mystic | |
Talvasha | Zi Yu | Arsenal | |
Talvasha | Yu Mira | Wildcard | |
Talvasha | Adlet Mayer | Sponsor | |
Talvasha | Mr. Red | Brawn | |
Lanugo1984 | Agent Smith | Brawn | |
Lanugo1984 | Eddie Riggs | Mystic | |
Lanugo1984 | Triborg | Arsenal | |
Lanugo1984 | Pops (T-3000) | Wildcard | |
Lanugo1984 | Rick Sanchez (Earth C-137) | Sponsor | |
ojajaja | Greninja | Brawn | |
ojajaja | Jake Long | Mystic | |
ojajaja | Green Goblin | Arsenal | |
ojajaja | Superior Spider-Man | Wildcard | |
ojajaja | Emma Frost | Sponsor | |
ojajaja | Recca Hanabishi | Mystic | |
Cleverly_Clearly | "Sleepy" John Estes | Brawn | |
Cleverly_Clearly | Katsuki Bakugou | Mystic | |
Cleverly_Clearly | Travis Touchdown | Arsenal | |
Cleverly_Clearly | Saiga Riki-Oh | Wildcard | |
Cleverly_Clearly | Crazy Dave | Sponsor | |
Cleverly_Clearly | Ryoga Hibiki | Wildcard | |
TheMightyBox72 | Shizuo Heiwajima | Brawn | |
TheMightyBox72 | Princess Peach Toadstool | Mystic | |
TheMightyBox72 | Samus Aran | Arsenal | |
TheMightyBox72 | Hisako | Wildcard | |
TheMightyBox72 | Akane Kurashiki | Sponsor | |
TheMightyBox72 | Captain Pronin | Wildcard | |
flutterguy123 | Yujiro Hanma | Brawn | |
flutterguy123 | Star Butterfly | Mystic | |
flutterguy123 | Furio Mumbasa | Arsenal | |
flutterguy123 | Arlong | Wildcard | |
flutterguy123 | Spencer Reid | Sponsor | |
rangernumberx | Mr. Incredible | Brawn | |
rangernumberx | Mewtwo (16th Movie) | Mystic | |
rangernumberx | Adam Jensen | Arsenal | |
rangernumberx | Lucario (Composite) | Wildcard | |
rangernumberx | Wade | Sponsor | |
SirLordBobIV | Kiyomasa Senji | Brawn | |
SirLordBobIV | Weiss Schnee | Mystic | |
SirLordBobIV | Lubbock | Arsenal | |
SirLordBobIV | Beet | Wildcard | |
SirLordBobIV | Maxwell | Sponsor | |
7thSonOfSons | Vi | Brawn | |
7thSonOfSons | Jack | Mystic | |
7thSonOfSons | Xenovia Quarta | Arsenal | |
7thSonOfSons | Ryu Hayabusa | Wildcard | |
7thSonOfSons | Rias Gremory | Sponsor | |
KarlMrax | Furher Bradley/Wrath | Brawn | |
KarlMrax | Plague Knight | Mystic | |
KarlMrax | Alicia DeVries | Arsenal | |
KarlMrax | Shovel Knight | Wildcard | |
KarlMrax | VFP Xenophobe | Sponsor | |
penrosetingle | Reinhardt Wilhelm | Brawn | |
penrosetingle | Marisa Kirisame | Mystic | |
penrosetingle | Pathfinder Armour | Arsenal | |
penrosetingle | Santana | Wildcard | |
penrosetingle | Dr. Elliott Grosvenor | Sponsor | |
Fragmentary_Remains | Tarboy | Brawn | |
Fragmentary_Remains | Queen Sectonia | Mystic | |
Fragmentary_Remains | President Haltmann | Arsenal | |
Fragmentary_Remains | Kracko | Wildcard | |
Fragmentary_Remains | Gerhard Visser | Sponsor | |
noitnemid | King Dedede | Brawn | |
noitnemid | Alice Margatroid | Mystic | |
noitnemid | Curly Brace | Arsenal | |
noitnemid | Joseph Joestar | Wildcard | |
noitnemid | Robin | Sponsor | |
Parysian | Smaug | Brawn | |
Parysian | Gaara of the Sand | Mystic | |
Parysian | The Collector General | Arsenal | |
Parysian | Chevalier | Wildcard | |
Parysian | Summoner | Sponsor | |
Parysian | Helen, The Administrator | Sponsor | |
Steezy112 | Hellboy | Brawn | |
Steezy112 | Alphonse Elric | Mystic | |
Steezy112 | Cad Bane | Arsenal | |
Steezy112 | Jake the Dog | Wildcard | |
Steezy112 | Stewie Griffin | Sponsor | |
morvis343 | Durin's Bane | Brawn | |
morvis343 | Balthazar Blake | Mystic | |
morvis343 | Baymax | Arsenal | |
morvis343 | Deadpool | Wildcard | |
morvis343 | Bastila Shan | Sponsor | |
Alrightmagotlistenup | Edgardo | Brawn | |
Alrightmagotlistenup | Kanade Tachibana | Mystic | |
Alrightmagotlistenup | Draven Rowen | Arsenal | |
Alrightmagotlistenup | The Rabid Heavy Taming Engineer, and his Rabid Heavy | Wildcard | |
Alrightmagotlistenup | Robbie Rotten | Sponsor | |
TheArmoredTitan | Superman | Brawn | |
TheArmoredTitan | Rin Tohsaka | Mystic | |
TheArmoredTitan | Ruby Rose | Arsenal | |
TheArmoredTitan | Killy | Wildcard | |
TheArmoredTitan | Sosuke Aizen | Sponsor | |
globsterzone | Kamacuras | Brawn | |
globsterzone | Magneto | Mystic | |
globsterzone | Darkhawk | Arsenal | |
globsterzone | Hellsgaard | Wildcard | |
globsterzone | Dr. Fetus | Sponsor | |
Verlux | Albert Wesker | Brawn | |
Verlux | Edward Elric | Mystic | |
Verlux | Don Krieg | Arsenal | |
Verlux | Wolverine | Wildcard | |
Verlux | Fred and George Weasley | Sponsor | |
angelsrallyon | Stitch | Brawn | |
angelsrallyon | Sora | Mystic | |
angelsrallyon | General Grievous | Arsenal | |
angelsrallyon | POTUS | Wildcard | |
angelsrallyon | Scorpius | Sponsor | |
BookWyrm17 | Mr. Canis/The Big Bad Wolf | Brawn | |
BookWyrm17 | Nico de Angelo | Mystic | |
BookWyrm17 | Luigi | Arsenal | |
BookWyrm17 | Tigger | Wildcard | |
BookWyrm17 | Gru | Sponsor | |
Professor Ravioli | Dr Stein (Weilding Marie) | Brawn | |
Professor Ravioli | Jackie | Mystic | |
Professor Ravioli | Sogeking | Arsenal | |
Professor Ravioli | Shouta | Wildcard | |
Professor Ravioli | Shikamaru Nara | Sponsor | |
kaioshin_ | Yang Xiao Long | Brawn | |
kaioshin_ | Johnny Blaze | Mystic | |
kaioshin_ | Dick Grayson | Arsenal | |
kaioshin_ | Penny Polendina | Wildcard | |
kaioshin_ | Piccolo | Sponsor | |
kaioshin_ | Pyrrha Nikos | Wildcard | |
galvanicmechamorph | Garnet | Brawn | |
galvanicmechamorph | Diamondhead | Mystic | |
galvanicmechamorph | Preston Stormer | Arsenal | |
galvanicmechamorph | Pyrrha Nikos | Wildcard | |
galvanicmechamorph | Black Hat | Sponsor | |
OddDirective | Sheamus | Brawn | |
OddDirective | Flynt Coal | Mystic | |
OddDirective | Kyosuke Munakata | Arsenal | |
OddDirective | Gluttony | Wildcard | |
OddDirective | Mr. Finch | Sponsor | |
Panory | Rex Salazar | Brawn | |
Panory | Maka Albarn and Soul "Eater" Evans | Mystic | |
Panory | Shuri | Arsenal | |
Panory | Giriko | Wildcard | |
Panory | Durzo Blint | Sponsor | |
FreestyleKneepad | Iron Fist | Brawn | |
FreestyleKneepad | Yozakura | Brawn | |
FreestyleKneepad | Bruno Buccellati | Mystic | |
FreestyleKneepad | Taskmaster | Arsenal | |
FreestyleKneepad | Morel Mackernasey | Wildcard | |
FreestyleKneepad | Bob the Skull | Sponsor | |
FreestyleKneepad | Commander Shepard | Sponsor | |
Kiwiarms | Magikarp | Brawn | |
Kiwiarms | Kyuemon Izayoi (MidoNinger) | Mystic | |
Kiwiarms | Aigis | Arsenal | |
Kiwiarms | Zoe Orimoto | Wildcard | |
Kiwiarms | Rita Repulsa | Sponsor | |
Kiwiarms | Zilla | Brawn | |
7thSonOfSons | Rika and Renamon | Mystic | |
CalicoLime | Esdeath | Brawn | |
CalicoLime | Sir Crocodile | Mystic | |
CalicoLime | Fulgore | Arsenal | |
CalicoLime | Mysterio | Wildcard | |
CalicoLime | Kingpin | Sponsor | |
CalicoLime | Warrior Chicken Poyo | Brawn |
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u/BookWyrm17 Nov 23 '16
Right, that makes sense.
Anyway, I don't know if I'm explaining this properly. I have issues trying to get ideas across like this occasionally. Here we go.
I feel like, for the most part, if whowouldwin wanted simple character matchups, they would (and do) use posts talking about it. That factors in the things from both worlds, takes into account the actual realities of one verses the other, and does a scientific workout for it. It specifically talks about exactly the speeds and the strengths, from one to the other, for a realistic solution.
But for something like the Scramble, the main idea is writing neat stories about each characters strengths and weaknesses in their own world. If you do the same thing you do for a normal post, eventually you end up with one character who would simply win, because his speed is crazy, or he can tank pretty much whatever, or he can punch just hard enough.
So the main idea of the Scramble, just me looking at it from the outside, is not to do the same thing every other post does, just on a larger scale. It is to take into account the special abilities and the special weaknesses of each character and pit THOSE against each other in a creative battle. If you limit to the most literal versions of every character, there's really only one winner.
But in this case, you must make your characters win, however you can. It's a rule.
So in order to let more characters in and see how the abilities match up, the idea would be to even out all the characters to be about the same. If you really look at it, Spiderman without his spidey sense would pretty much always lose against one with his spidey sense, and yet this wants characters that can go from beating the weak one to beating the strong one. It's a wide range, and the ones at the top are just going to win.
The solution, in my mind, is to balance out their aspects that don't matter. If their main ability can put up a fight, their strength and durability and speed would be buffed or debuffed to fit the rest, maybe making them a little weaker or not.
Obviously, we wouldn't take a guy with a baseball bat and simply make him stronger. But when he would only lose because, ah, he's not quite fast enough, buffing his speed makes it interesting. Maybe not enough to be equal, but enough to be a contender.
It just seems like there would be a lot more options if we took the characters, not in comparison to other games, but in comparison to their own game.
In this case, we see Luigi who, compared to Mario, is lighter, can jump higher, and run faster, while he isn't quite as strong and is more slippery. He also has his special vacuum and abilities. In order to match him up, we see how spiderman averages up.
In most cases, iirc, spiderman is quite a bit faster, generally about as strong, and lighter than most characters in his world. His biggest thing is his agility.
So, to match them up, they are both lighter, while spiderman is slightly stronger. Spiderman has his webs and can jump around really fast, while Luigi can also jump high (but not climb walls) and has his vacuum, which presumably has it's own special durability.
You would do this with all characters you want entered. Take their traits from their world, and apply it to the game.
Hooboy. Long talk. Anyway, I don't know how much this actually applies to the Scramble world, if people have thought of it, if this was considered or if it's already a thing or how it all works. But I figured I would say it out loud.