A Decent Versus Thread...

WO0ot for maul

Originally posted by Illustrious
These people are in:

Dooku = 3
Yoda = 3
Han Solo = 3
Revan = 3
Obi Wan Kenobi = 3
Mace Windu = 3
Exar Kun = 3

These people need more votes:

Nihilus= 2
Naga Sadow = 2
Luke Skywalker = 1

Actually everyone should stop voting, as we already have 7 competitors.

This is an accurate count, right? I kinda skimmed the posts.

Alright, time for phase two.

Let's deep six Solo since the rest being Force users kinda undermines his chances. He'll be an automatic out on the first test.

Okay, so the first challenge will commence. You must choose ONE person who will NOT pass on to the next round. Just one. Argue why they wouldn't make it, and others are free to argue (assuming they could) pass. But the verdict must be heavily in favor of one person being dropped, and then we move on to the next challenge.

Mkay, let me describe the first challenge. Keep in mind that the players know they are competing against one another, but let's assume they don't have time to duke it out in any kind of real fight. A little sabotage to stall another contestant is reasonable, if it can be done without the saboteur getting creamed.

Our players are as follows for round one:

-Dooku
-Obi-Wan
-Yoda
-Mace
-Revan
-Exar Kun

On some no-name planet, the humanoid denizens are in civil war. The capital city, a sprawling web of rather low tech homes, is being bombarded from above by a small fleet of gunships. Large bursts of energy are raining down on the city and basically shattering it to the ground. The locals and the invading army of droids are all equally hostile. Locals are armed with mostly small sidearms and some blaster rifles, while the droids (For simplicities' sake) are super battledroids and droidekas rolling in from all sides. The players are placed at random throughout the city in bombed out homes that have collapsed in and trapped them initially. Only five escape vessels are available for them to leave, but they are located outside of town, past the enemy lines and into the surrounding desert.

The question seems pretty simple: Who ISN'T gonna make it to those escape vessels?

I don't know I'd say Obi-Wan, but then again he is a master of Sorsue and since that is desined for blaster fire he should do ok.

Dooku should do fine seeing as he could use the force to push away whatever debrie had trapped him and so could Yoda. Now Yoda being his small size would have the greatest chance I think.

Now for Revan he could easily untrap himself from the debree and I think he could make it through the chaos of all the droids ect since Revan after all must have done some frontline fighting during the Mandalorian Wars. Exar Kun won't have a problem seeing he being as powerful as he is.

Now the problem is there are only five escape pods and that means that someone is gonna have to get wasted on the way. Now Revan, Dooku and Kun being the Sith that they are I think would team up to eliminate at least one of the Jedi most likley Obi-Wan then they head to escape pods. Mace and Yoda can take of themselves so they should have trouble dealing with any droids along the way.

Actually, I'm thinking Dooku would have the hardest time getting out of this mess. I hadn't intended it to be so, but in a raging firefight, he has the most chance of getting nailed. I'll think on it. Who else has any suggestions?

Hey Janus did you set to hide when your online or somthing?

I can't say for sure who WON'T make the pods, but I will make a case for who will and is most likely to make the pods, and then eliminate the least likely. "If we eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the solution."

--Naga Sadow will almost assuredly get one of the five pods. His force powers are nothing short of titanic. He could probably create illusions of an army as distraction for his infiltration. We know he is clever enough to manipulate powerful Sith Lords, so to manipulate fighting citizens should be a cakewalk. He has the Sith Magic capable enough to take out the warring factions with relative ease, and the connection to the force to survive long distances. If we include his Massassi slaves, this one is all too easy for Naga. And you didn’t include Naga, for shame.

--Yoda would find it extremely simple as well. He is a small creature, capable of slipping by detection because of his stature and speed. He has the power to mind trick any weak citizens, and the skill with a lightsaber to take out any obstacles. As we’ve seen, he is extremely quick; I doubt he would be able to get taken out by any of the gunmen. His connection to the force is strong enough to avoid the bombs too.

--Exar Kun will make it. He’s got the physical talents and the connection to the force. He has faced huge odds where he was greatly outnumbered and has come away from it successfully. Even if he does get into a fight with the droids or citizens, he would simply have to brandish his double bladed lightsaber and it will be over very fast. Possessing aggressive Sith powers also means he is free to grip, lightning, or freeze any attacking entities.

--Mace Windu will make it. He’s proven himself to be in tiptop physical shape, and he’s no stranger to the field of battle having handled himself marvelously in the Clone Wars. He has Shatterpoint, which will help guide him to the weaknesses he needs to exploit in order to make it to the escape pods in a timely order. His lightsaber skills are extremely refined, and he has shown the capability to deflect blasters plenty well.

--Revan should make it also. He’s tactically intelligent, shrewd, and has a penchant for getting himself out of trouble. More than capable with a lightsaber, the only thing that holds him back is the uncertainty of him having extremely powerful Sith force powers like Sadow or Kun, which may derail him just slightly. Though, he does have front line experience, so he knows his way around a battlefield and can certainly handle himself against blasters.

That leaves Dooku, who has a poor form for blaster deflection, and Obi-Wan, who is largely outclassed by many of the more powerful force users. I’m not going to decide who out of those two, but I certainly can’t pick any of the other 4.

Originally posted by Illustrious
I can't say for sure who WON'T make the pods, but I will make a case for who will and is most likely to make the pods, and then eliminate the least likely. "If we eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the solution."

--Naga Sadow will almost assuredly get one of the five pods. His force powers are nothing short of titanic. He could probably create illusions of an army as distraction for his infiltration. We know he is clever enough to manipulate powerful Sith Lords, so to manipulate fighting citizens should be a cakewalk. He has the Sith Magic capable enough to take out the warring factions with relative ease, and the connection to the force to survive long distances. If we include his Massassi slaves, this one is all too easy for Naga. And you didn’t include Naga, for shame.

--Yoda would find it extremely simple as well. He is a small creature, capable of slipping by detection because of his stature and speed. He has the power to mind trick any weak citizens, and the skill with a lightsaber to take out any obstacles. As we’ve seen, he is extremely quick; I doubt he would be able to get taken out by any of the gunmen. His connection to the force is strong enough to avoid the bombs too.

--Exar Kun will make it. He’s got the physical talents and the connection to the force. He has faced huge odds where he was greatly outnumbered and has come away from it successfully. Even if he does get into a fight with the droids or citizens, he would simply have to brandish his double bladed lightsaber and it will be over very fast. Possessing aggressive Sith powers also means he is free to grip, lightning, or freeze any attacking entities.

--Mace Windu will make it. He’s proven himself to be in tiptop physical shape, and he’s no stranger to the field of battle having handled himself marvelously in the Clone Wars. He has Shatterpoint, which will help guide him to the weaknesses he needs to exploit in order to make it to the escape pods in a timely order. His lightsaber skills are extremely refined, and he has shown the capability to deflect blasters plenty well.

--Revan should make it also. He’s tactically intelligent, shrewd, and has a penchant for getting himself out of trouble. More than capable with a lightsaber, the only thing that holds him back is the uncertainty of him having extremely powerful Sith force powers like Sadow or Kun, which may derail him just slightly. Though, he does have front line experience, so he knows his way around a battlefield and can certainly handle himself against blasters.

That leaves Dooku, who has a poor form for blaster deflection, and Obi-Wan, who is largely outclassed by many of the more powerful force users. I’m not going to decide who out of those two, but I certainly can’t pick any of the other 4.

Did I excluse Naga Sadow? Well, in any case, I think it boils down to Dooku or Obi-wan getting left behind. Let's see how it goes from here on out.

So what happens next?

If I had to pick, it would be Dooku who is the odd man out, as Obi-Wan has handled himself in the clone wars admirably, and he has a defensive stance that allows for him to infiltrate through fields of blaster bolts.

Yeah, I'm disappointed that I don't get to show Naga Sadow's supremacy 🙁.

lol... Naga Sadow might be too strong, methinks. And we'll await some more ideas, but I think Dooku's out.

You two, if you have any suggestions for round two, PM me.

I must admit Janus this was a brilliant idea.

I got it from ESB's jedi trial, but I think this was a better way. I love elimination matches.

Dooku is out. I think that he would try to become the planets leader or something by killing all the droids or else he is not resourceful enough.

Not enough time for such things. Think quick tactics, people. This is a siege.

As we all continue to debate my hands are diligenly typing away Chapter 6 of Heartless the someday to be Fantasy series that will be on the New York times 1# list.

Someday. Keep plugging away. No author becomes number one without being persistant. Look at Patterson... the SOb makes a new novel every Wednesday.

Someone needs to invent a typing droid were all you do is tell it what to type in.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
lol... Naga Sadow might be too strong, methinks. And we'll await some more ideas, but I think Dooku's out.

You two, if you have any suggestions for round two, PM me.

I think so too, the guy just demonstrates too many godlike abilities: creating illusions, wielding sith magic, blowing up a star, warping Massassi slaves, and convincing another pilot to ram their starship into his archnemesis.

Yeah, my vote goes for Dooku being out, if that's inconclusive.

They have those. Ask the high priest of Artoo.