Also, @Phil (still can't quote you ), I do hope this sort of thing picks up more. But from my own perspective, I'm on my way out. I don't read comics like I used to, so a lot of my hanging out here is just out of habit, and I actually hope to cut back on KMC some to focus on longer-term RL projects. And this experience is showing me I don't have a weekly life that's as conducive to intense tourney debating as I used to. It's still fun, it's just not something I'll be actively seeking out like I used to.
But I hope once we finish, it inspires more similar stuff. We used to have enough interest to run months-long tourneys with, like, 16 people in them. Not anymore. But smaller stuff is still doable.
We'll bait you with a Spiderman draft next tourney.
I hope the forum gets a refresh at some point, as far as interest in debates go. I think maybe half a dozen posters right now would be interested in having a go, too.
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during school months it's next to impossible for me to come close to taking part in one of these. but this is the...third consecutive summer i've run this little secret wars 4-man tourney and it's been great each time. easy to do if you have some reliable people to call on. and i've had people ask me if they can enter and turned them away--as you can see, scoob is still bitter about getting snuffed.
during school months i could happily judge an event, but i couldn't partake. but yeah, i encourage anyone to give it a go. to me it's all about momentum and keeping things moving forward. kmc hasn't run a successful longer tourney in a long while. too many variables. 4-man events ensure solid debating and are easy to manage time-wise, which is why i started it in the first place.
get 4 guys, make up some rules, and get 'er going. promotes a bit of comraderie in the forum too, which never hurts.
Hehe, I don't usually argue against the judges (mainly because I usually win lol), but a couple of things:
1. Damborg, the prep was off the field, in the Negative Zone. Only after the 10 secs is up, do we start on the golf course. So Leo can't use that to get out of the danger zone (as he had no idea where it is).
2. Style, you said there was no defense against power nullification. Check Spirals respect thread out, created by Leo. In it, he specifically says that the subject of the spell must remain stationary....which I addressed in my OP.
Otherwise, I don't want to harp too much on it because ultimately, judges are doing a favour lol, and I will abide by the decision!
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@KM lol save it in case i use aurora some day. it could be a bad week though if phil doesn't win. clearly it will be because both guys used AF characters.
@ds: i think borg meant i used invisibility and decided to instantly port the moment i hit the BF... as for power nullification, i showed the scan where she nullified mags MID BATTLE. not sure if i found that scan later, or what. anyway, my idea was to try and stun you at least, THEN use it, to try and avoid the stationary argument. /shrug
i'm off til fri/sat now and will have ltd internet access from what i hear. i'll do my best to check in with the other match though. good luck gents.
I welcome the critique, although I would like to clarify, in case you felt cheated.
You only claimed some of his spells, unspecifically, wouldn't affect moving targets in your OP. With that statement alone, I can't simply throw out Leo's offense. I approach these as if I know nothing of the character, so statements in Leo's respect thread don't apply, unless you make an argument yourself in the thread. I'd essentially be punishing Leo for an argument you never quite made.
Additionally, that sword cuts both ways. Leo did argue, with more support, that you needed to remain still to fire your calming light. I allowed you the benefit of the doubt, and let you blitz with full hippie aura active. I can't rightfully let you slide and hold him to another standard.
Regardless, it wouldn't change the outcome. I merely saw the power nullification as Leo's strongest move, but he can still down you with other attacks. Or stun you long enough to power cancel.
I know you weren't debating the result necessarily, but I don't want you to feel like I overlooked you there.
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Yeah, me neither. I think the last story I was reading was when the Avengers were trying to stop multiple reality earths from colliding.... never did find out how that one ended. I always figured I'd catch up on the backlog someday, but it just keeps getting bigger.
My DC backlog is even longer.
Hell.... I still don't know why Thor stopped using his hammer and the chick got it.
Heh. I just washed my hands of most of it. Every now and then I catch up on the main Spider-Man run. But honestly, I haven't read a Marvel/DC arc otherwise in several years. I follow Ellis and Gaiman, and occasionally pick up a indie run that friends will recommend. But that's it.
For tourneys it barely matters, since there's so much history to pull from for most characters. But it's really not something I'd consider a hobby of mine anymore. It's not that I wouldn't enjoy it anymore - there are times I'll miss it - but as long as you replace it with more meaningful things (in your case, a family; in my case...not a family, but other good stuff) the times you miss it, for me at least, are pretty rare.
For what it's worth, I don't know what's going on with Thor either.
So I gather that a third vote is needed for Phil vs Digi? I wanted to reply through PM but failed miserably at it for some forum settings.
I'll start reading the debate (I intended to read it before, but of course, decided to read webcomics instead ) and get a vote in the next 48 hours tops -hopefully sooner rather than later-.
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), I do hope this sort of thing picks up more. But from my own perspective, I'm on my way out. I don't read comics like I used to, so a lot of my hanging out here is just out of habit, and I actually hope to cut back on KMC some to focus on longer-term RL projects. And this experience is showing me I don't have a weekly life that's as conducive to intense tourney debating as I used to. It's still fun, it's just not something I'll be actively seeking out like I used to.
) and get a vote in the next 48 hours tops -hopefully sooner rather than later-.
