Originally posted by Digi
Yeah, I lol'd. This was the only tactic that caused an internal shakefist at knowing I didn't come up with the family angle that Leo did.
heh
anyway, assuming i had never entered this thing:
Best Overall--> i'll take the 5th like the others. too many variables
Highest Body Count--> likely carver (i guess i'm not sure how kris's smartbombs are supposed to work. 😕 radiation sickness isn't contagious unless he means he makes them literal huge a$$ bombs but i don't think there was support for that and even that would have limited spread...)
Best Offense--> (most difficult to prevent or counter) style, prolly, scoob maybe, if his strat flies
Best Defense--> style (if it is allowed...) or ds (if it's not)
Most Entertaining Writeup--> digi always cracks me up
Most Inventive Power Use--> smurph (frickin animal man is a monster lol)
Most Ambitious--> scoob, prolly, but style....skirted the edge of the low herald limit methinks (xavier himself should almost certainly be considered mid herald at this point and i wonder about the killability issue he seems to have presented)
some quick thoughts and grades on the strats:
ds--> really well done. enough that i want a bz against you. 🙂 (my praise doesn't get much higher heh) very difficult for most to defend, but...lacks the proof needed imo to say you can open portals through powerful shields (ie, kris's or scoob's). you can say you wait it out and that may be enough to sway judges. i think the spirit would still be detected by the tp guy though, so i don't think you'd have as much time as you hope you would. sunbusters MAY have overstepped though. maybe. overall well thought out and defended. A-
digi--> lots of brute power lol hard to defend against the non-corporeal guys though depending on what judges make of your precog powers. not sure teh defenses are quite enough though. i can see a few REALLY doing a lot of long range damage to the city itself. a little predictable, but....entertaining nonetheless. 😄 B+
carv--> actually pretty impressed with what he came up with. 👆 he could certainly take out some here if he himself wasn't taken out. defenses are only pretty good. very much open to ds in particular. he'd kill a LOT of people with basketball-sized hail and cold. maybe over-reached with the scope of his abilities though. still, well done. B
smurph--> loved this post. lol it's a power that allows for a HUGE amount of creativity. it was the only post that, after reading it, made me want to take the powers and come up with something myself! so many cool things. i think he was as well defended as he could have been, but...i just don't know how he could avoid the tp guy. not sure how you could really have accounted for that power. maybe an animal with more than one brain? an octopus perhaps? scoob would also be a very large threat. still, creative and....frightening. lol B+
scoob--> damn, gravity is a b!tch! lol a very ambitious effort. very hard for most to counter. even put some doubt out there regarding the tp guy's being able to get at you. frankly, i have no idea if a tp could get through your shields, regardless. still, a nasty a$$ if straight-forward plan. ridiculously powerful offense that almost no one can defend, very strong defense. A
reflash--> just chose the wrong ability. doesn't have the range. if he can get close to anyone, he may be the most physically powerful of us, but too many weaknesses that could be exploited by too many in the match. might take out a couple but someone would get him before the end. not a bad write up, but the power requires too much close contact to be effective. C
kris--> VERY impressed. as i said above, not sure about the effectiveness of those smart bombs, but an impressive display of offense and defense. i think one of the few of us who can reliably argue against the tp guy given his control over the EM spectrum. also should be able to impact the (controversial) non-corporeal incarnation of style. strong shields, difficult to counter offensive abilities. very well done overall. A-
martian--> very well done. mm was a very cool, outside-the-box choice that i really appreciated. the opening leaves some room for doubt though imo. you still showed some really, good offense, but...seems like a few had some decent counters. defense was very good too though. depends a little on how judges see things. i can see you doing well if certain allowances are made.... B
style--> tp is a REAL biatch to handle in a real world setting. i think only a couple had realistic counters to the tp angle. defense is really strong. too strong? not sure. without the magneto guy here, i guess it will be up to the judges to decide. some creative use of the power though and a very impressive write up. overall, excellent strategy and approach. A
i very very impressed overall with the quality of the posts i read. 👆