Fantastic Force: Official Post #1
Guess I'll officially start this off, then.
*ahem*
Good luck to you, Charlotte, and may the best team or solo person win.
Now, on to the fun stuff!
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Now, when I look at the prep that Charlotte put up, the first thing that comes to mind is the following. She seems to think that because Chase's powers effected and nullified an Invisible Woman analogue, that said method would work against the force fields of K'lrt and Johnny. Now, I don't think I need to explain to the judges that similar powersets =/= translating into being able to do that to everyone with the same powerset. He overcame a Sue Storm knock off. Impressive? Sure, why not? But at the same time, does that character have the feats of Susan? Or the exact same power source? We know for a fact that character doesn't have Susan's unique powerset augmented by the Power Cosmic, which Johnny explains here:
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/UnderstandingCosmicAwareness-2.jpg
Essentially, it's Susan's power +++. I feel that that beating another company's analogue of ________ is baseless when that analogue doesn't have decades of feats, skills, and showings to fall under their belt, let alone a character whose power set has been drastically amplified with a power source which does not exist in that company.
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/Johnnyvs-1.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/Johnnyvs-2.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/Johnnyvs-3.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/Johnnyvs-4.jpg
Not only does that display what a Johnny fresh with the Power Cosmic is capable of offensively, but it also reveals a staggering difference between Susan and Johnny. Needless to say, Chase looking superior to some random Invisible Girl analogue =/= Chase being able to tool someone with power and skill greater than the character said analogue is based off of. The same applies to Super Skrull, who while not of the Power Cosmic, is not Susan Storm-lite.
Also, as we were wise enough to specifically prepare for, offensive telepathy is not going to cut it here against our team. Besides the fact that Doom's armor is psy-proof - to say nothing of his staggering willpower - something which Charlotte was wise enough not to challenge, we've also brought along some defenses in the form of psionic refractors as outlined in our prep. In addition, our Doombots are stated as being able to fool the most adept of telepaths. Between our tech and 'bot, mass illusions are not going to cut the mustard against the Fantastic Force.
To further drive the point home, I again point the judges in the direction of Johnny. Blessed with Cosmic Awareness, the likes of which enable him to keep hidden from Galactus and see that which Galactus' own Cosmic Awareness cannot, do you really think that illusions are going to fool his senses? Furthermore, when everyone on the team is stealthed and rendered completely indetectable, casting illusions isn't going to matter.
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/UnderstandingCosmicAwareness-3.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/UnderstandingCosmicAwareness-4.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss225/OdinBorson/Johnny%20Storm%20Herald%20of%20Galactus/UnderstandingCosmicAwareness-5.jpg
You'll find, judges, that the opposition:
-Does not have the means to reasonably undo or cancel out our force fields outside of a shaky "Chase beat an Invisible Woman knock off, and all force fields are the same, so..."
-Does not have the means to detect us when we stealth en masse where as we'll be able to detect them no matter what they do
-Has their telepathy/illusion based assault nullified
-Has next to no defense against Doom's magical prowess
-Has no answer to fighting off Doombots, Drones, and Mindless Ones