Evangel's Amalgam Tournament: Battle 2, Longpig vs Sentry (Vote Now!)

hey, couldn't absorbing man just download tons of fighting styles, and a bunch of battle tactics, onto a computer and absorb the computer making him a smarter fighter, as well as a better martial artist, as well as improving his thought speed and intelligence. would this work?

Originally posted by stormfront13
hey, couldn't absorbing man just download tons of fighting styles, and a bunch of battle tactics, onto a computer and absorb the computer making him a smarter fighter, as well as a better martial artist, as well as improving his thought speed and intelligence. would this work?

He actually did something like this once. It was in "Universe X"...kind of an "What If" possible future of Marvel. Great comic..not exactly definitive looks at Marvel characters...but Absorbing Man could probably do this.

The fight is on the moon this round, so I don't know where he'd get his computer, but theoretically he could do it and would be pretty awesome (In Universe X he beats the entire Avengers using this tactic...minus Cpt America, who wasn't there).

-DM

P.S. Sorry...Vision barely beats him in Universe X, but Absorbing Man manages to kill 4 or 5 of them before that happens.

oh i thought they were open to everything until the matched started

Originally posted by stormfront13
oh i thought they were open to everything until the matched started

dunno. Maybe. If that's the case, I'd have Strange go find Wolverine so Absorbing Man could become adamantium. The computer thing might be an option too, but I'm not quite sure how it would work.

-DM

When the hell is this going to close? It's only 6 pages! haha. We got through 6 pages in like, an hour.

yeah we would go through like 3 pages in like 10 minutes lol

It should've closed, but Evangel extended it so more people could vote...apparently that hasn't happened yet.

Longpig's up 6-2 at this point, though, so Sentry is fighting an uphill battle even if more people come and vote.

-DM

P.S. It was funny how fast you guys used up pages...the thread hit 20-something by the end.

Originally posted by stormfront13
hey, couldn't absorbing man just download tons of fighting styles, and a bunch of battle tactics, onto a computer and absorb the computer making him a smarter fighter, as well as a better martial artist, as well as improving his thought speed and intelligence. would this work?

Thats why i picked him, that and no one ever has beaten Absorbing man
except by outsmarting him.

Are we really allowed to have anything during prep?

i think you have to prep on the battlefield..... remember the wall so you can't see the other prepping thing?

Long Pig, I think you are vastly misinterpreting the nature of Absorbing Man's powers. When he touched Thor's Hammer he gained its powers because the actual hammer itself was made of magical/powerful material. A computer is made of plastic/metal. Absorbing Man would absorb that, and nothing more. By your logic you could download the Bible onto a computer, A.M. could touch it, and possess the powers of God.
And why limit A.M. to computers? Could he not, by your logic, touch a library and absorb all the knowledge within?
I could go on, but I hope/think you see my point.

um, no.
i was just saying it may be possible, i was thinking more on the lines of absorbing like a smart robot, like nimrod.

The rest youre right about, if AM were to touch say....juggernaut, he would more than likely have jugs enchanted strength and durability.
Same thing when he absorbed Thors body and he had Thors strength and durability.

gotcha.....your last post makes more sense to me anyway.

He did do the computer thing, like I said....but it wasn't a "mainstream" comic (Universe X) so I'd be willing to wager that he'd have some troubles absorbing information like that in a "normal" comic. The comic even said that the only reason he was ever beaten was because he was outsmarted, so once he bypassed that (with the cpu) he handed the Avengers their a$$ and killed most of them. Vision then infected him with a computer virus, and he was forced to turn to a "bad conductor" to eliminate the virus...he turned to stone, and they smashed him into thousands of pieces and dispersed the pieces before he could do anything else.

-DM

...yawn...

Yea, that's why he doesn't run threw 90% of earths heros, he's just dumb.

I always wondered how, if he touches someone, he gets some of their powers and a bit of their memory...kinda weird to me.

Well, he was created to do just that, but still a little odd.

powers?..... i always thought he only gained the physical properties of the thing he touched... in the case of Hulk that would make him stronger... but if he touches Xavier he doesn't become a telepath...... does he?

Thats what I'm asking, not too sure myself.....cuz when he absorbed Thor, the dude was doing magic type things.

But yea, if he absorbed Hulk he would get hulks strength and durability.

And would he get the "rage factor" of Hulk, or just Hulk's strength and durability at the moment AM touches him? AM's a hazy character like that. Cool, but vague.

-DM

i think he'd get the strength of the Hulk at the last time he came into contact with him.... if they were fighting he could keep updating himself

until he overloads and explodes that is

He's vague as hell. If only he wasn't a freaking moron, he'd be a tough cookie.

He only ever exploded because he tried to absorb the entire earth, so unless he abosorbs hulk's strength to the point that hulk could destroy the earth or at least a huge part of it, he should be fine.

The rage factor thing seems possible, if he can mimic magical power, i dont see why he couldn't mimic something like becoming stronger.

I dunno.
What ever happend when he absorbed into energy itself?
He's been lightning and some other type of energy before....never could find out how he used it.

he also exploded when he tried to absorb war Hulk's sword

he can become energy, fire.... that sort of thing