Street Tourney Match #3

Originally posted by Laminator_X
Okay, scanner seems to be on the fritz. If need be I'll borrow a digica from work tomorrow night to get you those Dreadstar images. For now, I'll focus on benedict since that just requires text. I'll site both the Amber Novels themselves, as well as the Amber Diceless RPG. Page numbers for the novels will be from the Great Book of Amber (ISBN 0-380-80906), which collects all the novels in one volume.

Here's a link to a brief summary of the Amber novels. The Princes of Amber are this family of demigods who can walk between worlds and never age. They've all mastered various different pursuits, and contend with one another for the Throne. They're all mildly superhuman in physique and mind, and some far moreso in their chosen specialties/obsessions. Benedict has devoted his ageless existance to combat and war.

TTo quote the Amber Diceless RPG:

More to come.

😂 all i gotta say to his fighting ability........

TASK-freakin-MASTER...whatever you have to offer...will soon be mine...nuff said 😉...also using a tactical strategy to win this fight isn't really at your advantage for two reasons... first being you'd have to live long enough to put it into action..and the second is because it's YOU that's setting up the scenarios and strategies here...

OK! Here we go!

One: It doesn't matter wether you glide, parachute, or fall. Falling makes you easier to lead with the grnade, but that's all.

Two: Your're way beyond the range of those Barettas, Shields, and webbing until you're very near the ground. Your're three kilometer's up dude. With air drag, you'll reach the ground before any webbing could.

Three: I've got plenty of time. Falling three km will take you over a minute if you just dive the whole way. If you glide or para, I've got even more time.

Four: I will so flash-bang you! If you try the velocity change-up (nice idea by the way), I'll just throw another one. Heck, B.D.'s the kind of guy who'd expect that sort of trick and have the other stun grenade in hand. 🙂

Five: You WILL git hit! The point of the stun grenade is to get ready for this. Or course it's not enough to polish off the symbiote, but it'll stun you (again especially with Sabertooth's senses) for a moment. That brief moment of not dodging is all that's required to blast Big Kahuna to pieces. I'm not talking about bullets or a stab wounds here. I'm talking about enough power to blast a boulder the size of an elephant to gravel without a being powered up (Dreadstar Issue One Page six). Kahuna's certainly a good dodger. We both are. We could literally dodge eachother for hours out here. (If we go for the long game, this is gonna be a damn boring battle.) The whole point of this setup is that you'e got nowhere to go, nothing to push off of, no cover, and you've been momentarily blinded and deafenned, and concussed; and the blast is travelling at near lightspeed No one can dodge under those circumstances.

You're simply never making it to the groung in one piece.

Taskmaster? Please. What's he seen me do so far? He aint seen nothin yet. Besides, like I said when Tasky tries to go on the offensive against a REAL-Master (Cap, Electra), he looses...every...time.

Are you seriously trying to h2h Taskmaster?

I won't need to. This guy's never going to get anywhere near me unless I'm baiting him.

But, I stand by what I said about Taskmaster. He's great at making fools out of people who are trying to catch him and then splitting, but when he actually tries to stand and fight he looses.

I mean think about it, he probably knows Captain America's moves better than anyone else's, plus all his other stuff, and he still couldn't beat him.

He did get away though. 🙂

Hard choice....going to jinzin right now but we got a week, so impress me.

Here's en excerpt with Corwyn, the hero of the novels, giving a "Respect Benedict" lecture to his sidekick.

Excuse me, please. You do not understand. You do not really understand who it was we talked with in the tent that night. He may have seemed an ordinary man to you, a handicapped one at that. But this is not so. I fear Benedict. He is unlike any other being in Shadow or Reality. He is the Master of Arms for Amber. Can you concieve of a millenium? A thousand years? Several of them? Can you understand a man who, for almost every day of a lifetime like that, has spent some time dwelling with weapons, tactics, strategies? ...I would not wish to fight with him either with weapons, or barehanded. It is fortunate ha has no designs on the throne or he'd be occupying it right now. If he were, I believe that I would give up at this moment and pay him homage. I fear Benedict.

The Guns of AvalonChapter five. Page 204

This is coming from a guy who himself fought halfway up a winding mountain against an entire army coming the other way. Corwyn kills nasty monsters without breaking a sweat. Corwyn defeats Amber's Rival, The Courts of Chaos's Warmaster in about two paragraph when the meet near the end of the saga. During centuries he spent living on earth, Corwyn served under Napoleon, Lee, and MacArthur, and compares Benedict favorably to all of them. Corwyn's spent thousands of years contending and warring for the above mentioned throne. He would just give up straight away if Benedict wanted it.

T one point Corwyn is framed for the murder of Benedict's retainers. Benedict manages to chase Corwyn doen despite a days head start and Corwyn twisting worlds to hit him with a forest fire. When benedict finally corners him, after riding for days, he still completely dominates Corwyn, despide being missing his good arm at the time. He and his brother fence with broadswords (they're strong, fast, and tough anough to fence with broadswords) and he casually cuts down full trees as if they were bamboo when Corwyn tries to hide behind them. (Corwyn takes advantage of Benedict's rage to trip him up and escape, but you know, he's the protagonist)

Ah yes the arm. Benedict lost the arm in a moment of hesitation when he learned that the leader of a band of Beastriding Hellmaids out of Chaos was his former lover. Freshly amputated, he still manages to kill her, and her army. Days later, he leads the Armies Of Amber in defence against an assault of Wyvvern riding beast-men. He fights mounted with the reins tied around the still-fresh stump of his arm and his sword in his off-hand. Noone can touch him.

When it comes to combat, wether personal or mass, he is godlike, beyond the level we're usually even considering around here.

Originally posted by Laminator_X
One: It doesn't matter wether you glide, parachute, or fall. Falling makes you easier to lead with the grnade, but that's all.

actually it does.... one, it gives me the oppurtunity to glide away from your ass if I so choose, two it allows me to rain things down upon you.... you are not out of my range as I am coming down towards you... I have a huge help from gravity at this point.... and 3 if I do fall I get right back up (you do know I can use my symbiote like a giant shield to absorbb the impact right?) and you know have ZERO time to prep for me to show up...

Originally posted by Laminator_X
Two: Your're way beyond the range of those Barettas, Shields, and webbing until you're very near the ground. Your're three kilometer's up dude. With air drag, you'll reach the ground before any webbing could.

that's assuming I went freefall... if that's the case, then once again you've got little time to prep for my arrival...

Originally posted by Laminator_X
Three: I've got plenty of time. Falling three km will take you over a minute if you just dive the whole way. If you glide or para, I've got even more time.

Originally posted by Laminator_X
Four: I will so flash-bang you! If you try the velocity change-up (nice idea by the way), I'll just throw another one. Heck, B.D.'s the kind of guy who'd expect that sort of trick and have the other stun grenade in hand. 🙂

so your whole plan is that your character knows what I'm going to do before I do it? 🤨 last time you posted you were attempting to prep your sword WHILE getting your flashbang ready... now your pulling two out? which is it? 🤨

meh no matter... your only chance to flashbang me is a minute one.... thing is I got this nifty symbiote... chances are you missed me with that first one as if you tried to chuck it while I was gliding my symbiote stopped it before it could get to me... orrr I globbed a chunk of webbing in the opposite direction to stop it's momentum upwards and now it's succumbing to my webbing's velocity + gravity..... hell it's likely that plan could just as well work against you.

now I hit the ground and you have another one ready? fine....that's great I don't care.... using my photographic reflexes I already see what's comming by the time you even begin to toss the mofo...all of the sudden webbing's flying your way and you now have a flashbang stuck to your hand.....things are getting ugly....

Originally posted by Laminator_X
Five: [b]You WILL git hit![/B]

Originally posted by Laminator_X
The point of the stun grenade is to get ready for this. Or course it's not enough to polish off the symbiote, but it'll stun you (again especially with Sabertooth's senses) for a moment. That brief moment of not dodging is all that's required to blast Big Kahuna to pieces. I'm not talking about bullets or a stab wounds here. I'm talking about enough power to blast a boulder the size of an elephant to gravel [b]without a being powered up (Dreadstar Issue One Page six)[/B]

carnage totally ignored setting himself on fire because, and I quote... "I DON'T CARE!" now the sabretooth part o me is pissed off you are not going to hit me, and you certainly are not going to stop me even IF you did... chances are though...,I web the shit out of you before you can do anything with that sword.. or hell I just web the sword and launch it miles into the treeline... kinda funny how you ignored the fact that I have an energy shield altogether eh? 😉

Originally posted by Laminator_X
and Kahuna's certainly a good dodger. We both are. We could literally dodge eachother for hours out here. (If we go for the long game, this is gonna be a damn boring battle.)

which you would lose thanks to me symbiotic tendrils, photographic reflexes, enhanced speed, double speed, mock spider sense, and superior healing factor, durabality and stamnina...

Originally posted by Laminator_X
The whole point of this setup is that you'e got nowhere to go, nothing to push off of, no cover, and you've been momentarily blinded and deafenned, and concussed; and the blast is travelling at near lightspeed [b]No one can dodge under those circumstances.[/B]

my guys got faster reflexes, a mock spidey sense, and superior speed.... all I need to do is dodge one or two blasts... (or delfect them with my energy shield...then my photographic reflexes will pick up on what you're doing with the sword, dodging won't even be an issue for me.... again... I just have too many options...

Originally posted by Laminator_X
You're simply never making it to the groung in one piece.

well if I was stripped of my powers, my adamantium, my symbiote, my reflexes, my OPTIONS altogether.....you might have a point... 😉

again...master of arms.....pfffft... TASKMASTER! 😉

hmmm . . .

Originally posted by leonidas
hmmm . . .

🤨 still having a hard time deciding eh?

sorry my last post has so many spelling errors guys.... I was kinda in a rush..... 🙁

Jinzin gets my vote. Could change my mind before the week ends though. Lam your doing good, interesting stuff your posting.

I think Benedict is probably more of a badass than we realize (In my opinion Drizzt didn't get enough respect last round either, but I'm biased there since I'm a fan) but this is still a good match. I wasn't familiar with much of Lam's stuff before this but I'm pleasantly surprised. Fortunately, I don't have to vote in these matches...because a lot of them would be a pretty rough decision.

And I like this match...no debates where I have to rush in and define soemthing so that everyone is happy.

yeah, thus far everything as been pretty good as far as sportsmanship and compromise goes...

Jinzin,
who do you stand with?
The new alpowerful Duke-JP or TOAA?

Choose now, for he will try to persuade you to join him.

He has taken master dan and he will pay.
He will pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

read my last post in the jp/jinz-vs. toaa thread to find out where i stand...

Jinzin. Just too much for the poppy little bugger.

This is a good match I know Jinz better and like him a lot but its equal at the moment.

i vote for X because he got a better amalgam