Originally posted by GalacticStorm
Much appreciated. Great list. 👆Demigawd
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DracoThey certainly knew their stuff as well.
As did whirlysplat. I loved that guy. Come back! 🙁
I am GS and I love you too. Btw, loads of pics of me and my third wife in the members pic thread off topic.
And thanks to all the rest of you for remembering this old Whirly.
I keep winning these polls in the GDF now I know why. Love you cbf guys.
Originally posted by Sin I AM
👌Was there ever an undisputed king? Someone who never lost a tourney or who had the best track record.
Not really, iirc. Everyone has their own strengths, and with comics being so broad, being the best in one thread can have you end up making a show of yourself in another.
I always had respect for those that could find the tiniest loopholes in amalgam tournaments and exploit them, personally, even if I don't like tournaments that allow that stuff in the first place.
Originally posted by Putinbot1
I'd argue with sites like readcomicbooksonline being knowledgeable in this modern world is the easy part.
Yeah but even then you have to know what comics to look at. I use readcomics.... a lot for scans to support a case (saves time trying to find the actual comic anyway). But usually only from stories I've read. Say like I remember x event and ab and c chsracters were present i hit a site that lists their appearances and then read the issues in which they all were. To narrow a search I always hit the issues that had the character who appeared with the others least first.
As to most knowledgeable
Operator has to be the walking encyclopedia of comics.
Galan
Digi
And maybe darksaint.
ID has a decent range of knowledge (always seems capable of pointing me to the scans I'm looking for that my searches are drawing blanks on)
Philo on Superman (and especially Blue/energy Supes) and one of the rare can be trusted not to blow shit out of proportion Supes fanboys.
Mungi on alpha flight, Capt Comet (probably the only poster anywhere besides me who knows much at all), and Hawkman
Damborg and Rage on Thor.
Originally posted by beatboksThat ruins it for me, I far preffered thevday when people read the comics, it's why I don't debate here much now, it's too Mr Scan Guy where it becomes a game of Trumping cards and little narrative. I also find the ad hominen shit boring and the fact every debate has been done before a million times, but each to there own. I think most people who have been readong comics a while know a bit about the characters they like.
Yeah but even then you have to know what comics to look at. I use readcomics.... a lot for scans to support a case (saves time trying to find the actual comic anyway). But usually only from stories I've read. Say like I remember x event and ab and c chsracters were present i hit a site that lists their appearances and then read the issues in which they all were. To narrow a search I always hit the issues that had the character who appeared with the others least first.As to most knowledgeable
Operator has to be the walking encyclopedia of comics.
Galan
Digi
And maybe darksaint.
ID has a decent range of knowledge (always seems capable of pointing me to the scans I'm looking for that my searches are drawing blanks on)Philo on Superman (and especially Blue/energy Supes) and one of the rare can be trusted not to blow shit out of proportion Supes fanboys.
Mungi on alpha flight, Capt Comet (probably the only poster anywhere besides me who knows much at all), and Hawkman
Damborg and Rage on Thor.
Galan perhaps has the most obscure leftfield knowledge of all. But many, many people here know their shit.
Originally posted by Putinbot1
I am GS and I love you too. Btw, loads of pics of me and my third wife in the members pic thread off topic.And thanks to all the rest of you for remembering this old Whirly.
I keep winning these polls in the GDF now I know why. Love you cbf guys.
You did well there mate. Shes a stunner,
Looking great yourself.
Good to see you on here again 🙂
Originally posted by Sin I AM
golden age Digi
Originally posted by Quick Freeze
Digi
Asian Hulk
Blessing upon ye, friends. Truly, Asian Hulk is the only debater fit to be mentioned alongside me.
Originally posted by Sin I AM
👌Was there ever an undisputed king? Someone who never lost a tourney or who had the best track record.
Leo may have caught up in recent years with all the mini-tourneys, but Scoobless had the most wins by a fair margin for a long time. But everyone's lost multiple times, outside maybe 1-2 that only entered one tourney and won it.
I'd also add Darkcrawler (who may be one of those "one entry, one win" people). His encyclopedic knowledge of feats was legitimately impressive, even relative to us freaks who would enter 2-3 per year and do the research for them.