Looks like Leo/Kahn take the cake. A lot of it has to do with GF switching the whole battle strategy near the end knowing the other wouldn't work. Plus a lot of it was strange. Cyborg making those bomb spores from Superman/Batman straight out of thin air? Don't know about that one.
The other strategy used involved destroying the power rings and the only evidence of that was Parallax crushing his old powerless ring. When the thing is actually being worn, it's considered a pretty big feat to actually destroy one. Nobody in this match could destroy one outright.
On the other hand, Leo/Kahn stuck with their strategy all the way through. Actually, that prep post looked almost identical to the one used on BW/NJ in the last round. Don't fix what isn't broken, right?
Overall, the cosmic awareness/telepathic monitoring did the job. The most powerful person on the opposing team wasn't protected at all and I'm of the opinion that if Max can take out Orion, an amped up Max can easily take out Thor. Had Thor been protected, this fight might have went differently.
Jumpy
i'd like to take this moment to thank all the people that made this victory possible. first, my grade 2 teacher for telling me that someday all that fighting i used to do could be channeled in a productive, meaningful way that would help society as a whole. damn mrs L, you were right!!
i'd also like to thank my mother and father for all their love and support. this was an arduous journey, and no man undertakes such a journey alone. my wife, for the endless sacrifices she made to allow me the time to focus so fully on meeting this great challenge. my kids for giving me that just-when-i-need-it-smile, during those times when things looked bleak.
and of course, scoob, for trailblazing this path to supreme glory and for being such a shining example of what a champion should be.
you are what i aspire to, scoob.
thank you. thank you all so much. we shall bear our title proudly and do our best to make all of you proud.
Originally posted by Validus
Looks like Leo/Kahn take the cake. A lot of it has to do with GF switching the whole battle strategy near the end knowing the other wouldn't work. Plus a lot of it was strange. Cyborg making those bomb spores from Superman/Batman straight out of thin air? Don't know about that one.The other strategy used involved destroying the power rings and the only evidence of that was Parallax crushing his old powerless ring. When the thing is actually being worn, it's considered a pretty big feat to actually destroy one. Nobody in this match could destroy one outright.
On the other hand, Leo/Kahn stuck with their strategy all the way through. Actually, that prep post looked almost identical to the one used on BW/NJ in the last round. Don't fix what isn't broken, right?
Overall, the cosmic awareness/telepathic monitoring did the job. The most powerful person on the opposing team wasn't protected at all and I'm of the opinion that if Max can take out Orion, an amped up Max can easily take out Thor. Had Thor been protected, this fight might have went differently.
Agreed. Little things like having borg use his tech to create near indestructable armors and self monitoring weapons of mass destruction and nanoprobes to help speed up efficiency for each team member would have helped.
Things like creating extra rings but not allowing extra bodies/environmental control for Borg should have also been called out early in the tourny.
Originally posted by Avalonofthewind
Agreed. Little things like having borg use his tech to create near indestructable armors and self monitoring weapons of mass destruction and nanoprobes to help speed up efficiency for each team member would have helped.Things like creating extra rings but not allowing extra bodies/environmental control for Borg should have also been called out early in the tourny.
Well the rings are a little different in my mind because you have to do a hell of a lot to make a convincing argument that your other team members could even use them and they really only enhance your existing team.
The multiple bodies for Cyborg falls into the category of actually creating more opponents (call them independent constructs or giant mechs with shards of his consciousness or whatever). And then there is the issue of the killability limit. If he is allowed to just keep creating more and more bodies, who is anyone suppose to deal with him given the confines of the tourney? 😬