Originally posted by Blair Wind
eh. Almost lost it all again. Thank goodness I copied and pasted this time. There really needs to be function that saves your work once you hit submit.
it's literally happened to me more times than i want to admit. i'll take bw at his word and allow the posts. this is an important match. good to let both have their say i think.
and it WAS a good match gents.
Naija Boy decision .
Allright, well done to both Digi and Blair Wind it was a good match. After reading this match a few times over ive decided to give my vote to Blair Wind. This is mainly due to the greater efficiency rate which i believe his attacks had.
Blairs opening attack which involved him utilizing the homing blast as soon as the fight started would prove dangerous to Digis team. Given that they start with a fair amount of distance between them, Blair would be able to get his attack of first imo since all he would have to do would be to fire in the direction of Digis visible member while Digi would (even if it would only take a few seconds) have to first locate and then attempt to attack Blair.
Nextly, Digi's method of countering Victors powers namely through the EM boomerang seemed ineffective to me. Indeed it seemed to be able to jam the frequency of a bit of tech but i saw it as stretch to think that it would be able to interfere with Victors powers in the same way. With the failure of that strategy, Most of Digis AoE attacks involved throwing metal objects at BWs amalgam (including the boomerang/adamantium truncheon combo with the antimetal pulse) which given victors powers would prove ineffective and he would be forced into a physical confrontation which further favors Blair due to Judomasters aversion field.
In conclusion i think this match up favoured blair wherever it ended up being fought whether long range or short range. Superior defensive abilities as well as firepower makes me give him the win.
I'd like to apologize to Digi and Blair (and leo) for my late vote. This week has been God awful for me. Anyway, I'll just keep this short and sweet.
My vote has to go to Digi. I wasn't entirely convinced Blair could do everything as planned with only 10 seconds of prep. But, even giving him the benefit of the doubt, with Digi's team being concealed (and considering the fight takes place in a dark cave with no light), I found his strategy of blindly firing into the open to be a costly mistake. Blair basically had no idea where they were, and not only that, but it could've created a cave in around them.
On the other hand, I thought that Digi did the right thing by taking the first few seconds to actually scan the cave in order to find Marvel Boy. This would allow him to actually be able to hit Blair, and I was convinced that the EMP and the anti-metal attacks would do their jobs. From there, coupled with Digi's speed advantage (courtesy of Boomer), and his all out assault with boomerangs, I felt that he would eventually take Marvel Boy out.
Anyway, good job to both competitors. It was a great match.
Prep
I have no real complains, both teams where vary straightforward, and within reason. At first I figured Blair was stretching the 10 second limit, by adding weaponry to the leapfrog. But its Victor who is doing the modifications, and he happens to have a real nice pimp my ride feat in 3 panels with a hand wave.
Opening Strategies
Team Digi will apply a search, and destroy relaying comfortably on their anti tech/metal weapons. However, BW aims to fire advance alien tech in the opening bell. Considering both its BW’s preemptive strike which will take priority over Digi search, and destroy. BW has him beat in the quick draw, yet an interesting thought ran through my head. In a cave, where you are fairly confined, and dark spaces. Shooting blindly isn’t the smartest of strats. BUT! he isn’t shooting blindly, since he is firing smart rounds, with its own guiding system. I agree with BW in the sense that, if the smart round does not kill, the explosion will most certainly cause a cave in from the point of impact. Sentry could not shrug of its pursuit, I doubt Digi’s Team will do any better.
Its my opinion that if Digi team survives the opening attack, and clears through the rubble from the cave in. They are left off for easy picking by BW’s team.
My vote goes for BW as the clear victor. His team, and circumstances are nearly catered to take down Digi’s team.
