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 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:29 pm
*Shrugs* Even if I get horribly beaten down, I'll still have had the fun of being able to have fought at least.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:33 pm
Yes, the most important part is that you enjoy yourself. ::nod::
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:34 pm
Airiza Cael *Shrugs* Even if I get horribly beaten down, I'll still have had the fun of being able to have fought at least. My sentiments exactly. I would though like to see a profile of Gelmax, that way I know what the hell I am fighting against.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:36 pm
If I recall correctly, Gelmax can (not necessarilly in this order):
Kill you.
Blow you up.
Really blow you up.
Blow you up from the inside.
Turn you inside out.
Make you not living anymore.
Clone himself.
Travel through time.
Survive a galaxy imploding on him.
And so on...
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:41 pm
Wow...at the end there is quite something...damn it lol. Ah well...if I lose I lose but if I win then thats something awesome lol
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:45 pm
Well I'm going to Uni now...I must ponder on strategies and what not...man I am not looking forward to the odds of me winning that match in the tipping page lol. Cya
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:07 pm
Surviving an imploding universe, that's kiddy crap. Now a sword through the head and generally speaking the brain, that's slightly harder to survive than lots of energy and mass crumpling inwards. Since every character in the hood can survive lots of energy being thrown at them.
Not many people 'cept, well, generally the un-dead tend to survive twelve inches of steel stabbed through that mass in their head.
domokun I kid, but really, go for the brain or more specifically the cerebral cortex if you get the chance, most people tend not to recover from becoming unicorns because their opponent decided to poke something sharp and metal through their cranium. But everyone can somehow survive being blown to pieces by immense energy, or nearly everyone.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:19 pm
Oh, you know what you just said is bullshit. biggrin
Everyone knows that 9 out of 10 people can survive any bodily injury, no matter how mortal it is. Pieces cut out of them can be grown back in a fairly short period of time, things stabbed into them can be pulled out without regard for silly things like organs; and the bleeding stops instantly as soon as there is a good sized stain on their clothing.
The only way to really kill someone is to fight them until they are utterly exhausted, and then finish them off with a move that disintigrates their entire body.
[/immense sarcasm]
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:04 pm
Airiza Cael Why would you wanna fight Gel?
I don't wanna fight Gel..D:
Gel's logical, I don't do well against logic..
(Not seriously >_>)
I've never fought Gelmax. Or Ertai. Or for that matter, most everyone here, save Kuro &.. yourself in some non-"full" matches. =P If, and I'm using the keyword, if Gel is really stragetic? I'd love a match where I have to actually think heavily on how I'd progress without being cancelled out or crushed.
I don't think all of Gelmax's characters [if a majority, even] use psionics in the rediculous manner, luckily. [I.E. "I SPLIT TEN REALITIES IN HALF, then mashing them together with my hands, shoot them at you at little less than the speed of LIGHT! My attacks don't work at that speed, you know. Acough. Achew. Totally not a blatant Ertai bashing."] And if so.. then I'll just have to try and deal with it, won't I? Unless, I get some lucky pairings.. I feel my first Barton pairing was quite lucky, as it was Kuro's non-"serious" character, not developed too much, and.. in general, took little effort to defeat, thanks to someone not paying attention to surroundings. 
And Jello? You'd be surprised. While they're no "great, powerful fighter" - some of the regular humans on Earth that serve no plot significance.. have randomly, out of nowhere, gone apeshit on people. Take that teacher Gohan had once, that turned out to be a psychotic whip-master. Sure, they couldn't take on a SAIYAN. DBZ made sure that nobody save Saiyans and significant-to-the-plot villians/one reformed villian can ever become very powerful. =P
Know what bothers me, though? Goku's done the whole, "..Hey. KAME HAME HA x 1,000,000! It's super SUPER POWERFUL, HAAHHHH!" deal many, many times.. but, I'm positive, he never really 'mastered' it like Roshi did. He merely had a lot more 'energy' to pump into it. Roshi's first demonstration of the wave was almost as grand in scale as some of Goku's "SUPER SAIYAN BLAST ATTACKS!", and we all know, the old bastards've got a million times weaker 'power level'. Suggesting, he can manage what he has better. domokun
..Dammit. Now I miss Dragon Ball.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:11 pm
I HATE fighting anything Vexic. God damn j00 all... Hell, Oelden wasn't supposed to make it past first round, and here he is in the third fighting a ******** Vexic. Have half a mind to say ******** it cause I don't want to deal with it using Oelden due to my inexperience with the character and the fact I hate reading the posts. crying Style AND size...can't ******** see...feh...
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:15 pm
However, that was straight to the point of what I said.
Combattant 1: Godlike strength, speed, durability, armament, and is invulnerable to conventional damage types.
Combattant 2: Has a switchblade, a bandana, and a gangasta' attitude.
So maybe Vanilla Ice has mastered the secret art of breakdance head-spinning... doesn't mean that he can touch the other guy.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:37 pm
themightyjello However, that was straight to the point of what I said. Combattant 1: Godlike strength, speed, durability, armament, and is invulnerable to conventional damage types. Combattant 2: Has a switchblade, a bandana, and a gangasta' attitude. So maybe Vanilla Ice has mastered the secret art of breakdance head-spinning... doesn't mean that he can touch the other guy.
A. Vanilla Ice cannot succeed. Neither can 50 Cent. Let us call this combatant, "Gangstuh A".
B. During an arrogant, complexed maneuver by Combatant #1, Gangstuh A may have an oppening on the opponent - and manage to lodge the switchblade into somewhere vital. Even a "God" can find arrogance to be their undoing.
Plus, breakdancing = unstoppable. What if Gangsta A can weave & dance, and have an "Absolute Guard" by deflecting any attacks that come at him? He's GANGSTA. Don't deny it's possibility. domokun
My point being: all characters in this tournament should have some mild, 'unnatural' feat. If it's just a higher than normal strength? Roll with it. A weapon of epic power? Again, roll with it. A normal man armed with the right hand of God, will still rule over the Heavens, after all.. It's "adapting to your surroundings", put simply. If Gangsta A knew he was facing up against characters.. well, like the ones in this tournament, he'd be wise to prepare ahead of time in order to compensate for his otherwise weak arsenal, or? It's his own damned fault for not taking matters into consideration, not the nature of his character. =P Plus, if Gangsta A hasn't fought in the tournament yet? He can redefine Gangsta A's attributes prior to enrolling, just for this tournament; Gangsta A could, for ability sake, be able to mimick others to a fault, or something of the sort..
Aaaaand, every strength has a weakness. Especially the "OMG Super 1337!" sort of psionics. Unfortunately, I've not came up with a real, 100% clear-cut 'defense' against the use of that brand of psionics.. the only real defense I can think of, only applies to certain applications of the art. And not many, either. BUT, I can safely say, should I face someone like.. oh.. Ertai, who can weave ten realities around and flick the aftermath at you - I've a manner of defeating them. And it's actually very simple in premise. In fact, taking ol' Vexic as an example: given how he's fought thus far [having read over his matches and such before,] he'd actually be crushed, if he attempted his typical routine of attacks. Linear's BAD, SON! domokun
..But now, onto more important things. Like Towlie.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:41 pm
themightyjello If I recall correctly, Gelmax can (not necessarilly in this order): Kill you. Blow you up. Really blow you up. Blow you up from the inside. Turn you inside out. Make you not living anymore. Clone himself. Travel through time. Survive a galaxy imploding on him. And so on... To be fair, some of those abilities have been phased out, and others are prohibited or highly restricted by his normal limiters. As for the last one, it depends on the nature of the implosion. And that's not so much because of high defense as because it's very difficult to OHKO Gel. An entire galaxy, though? That'd probably do it. themightyjello However, that was straight to the point of what I said. Combattant 1: Godlike strength, speed, durability, armament, and is invulnerable to conventional damage types. Combattant 2: Has a switchblade, a bandana, and a gangasta' attitude. So maybe Vanilla Ice has mastered the secret art of breakdance head-spinning... doesn't mean that he can touch the other guy. Maybe so, but the other guy wastes energy with his mega-doom attacks while Vanilla Ice can, if smart enough, outlast Combatant 1 simply by not getting hit. Bubba's done more damage to one of Tac's supermages than he's taken in four pages (though, to be fair, I don't have much chance of hitting him again, and I've been on the defensive ever since). Even fights where the opponent has immunities to your attacks aren't completely unwinnable, they're just a total b***h to manage and it's usually to your advantage if there's a rule that can be exploited (such as ring-outs).
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:53 pm
You say many truths, but all of them are irrelevant in the face of one thing:
Despite what arrogance can do to a person in creating an opening for an opportunistic attack, that doesn't really get Vanilla Ice anywhere, considering he is armed only with the little switchblade, and his opponent is some elemental being of pure and unrelenting pwnage; thus rendering him immune to physical damage. In such an instance, only the traditional 'energy blast fight' would deal any damage, and unfortunately for Vanilla Ice, he has no gangsta' rays to shoot from his eyeballs.
Immunity to damage > the best defense
It's not about keeping yourself from getting hit at that point, it's just laughing at the guy who walked out into a lake and started punching the surface of the water because he thought he'd eventually hit a vital spot.
Nowhere in there have I ever said that Gangsta A can't defeat the other guy by thinking quickly and taking advantage of opportunities... I'm just trying to point out that sometimes the only chance you have (in character, simply based on the opposing powersets) is to get that one lucky break and run with it as far as you can.
I know, oh god do I know. It's actually my preferred method; hence why I tend to set my characters below, or far below, the average 'power level' that I observe in the people around where I'm intending to RP with it.
I fully intend to enjoy the Cthullu vs kid with ADHD fight... and I'm gonna win. pirate
@ Bin:
YESH! ...I know that some things definately just HAVE to be toned down for tournament RPs, or else it just gets obscene... However, I was just trying to very vaguely list some of the things I've heard you mention of Gelgel's abilities in the past.
...and Vanilla Ice will lose. God doesn't love him enough to ever let him succeed.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:00 pm
I tone Gel's abilities down for all Gaian RP, not just tournaments. He's obscenely powerful, as are the rest of the Circle, and their spells are actually nearly instant; the very long casting times and slow attacks Gel and the others are saddled with are done for fairness' sake considering the strength of the moves but are not realistic to the true versions of the characters, and their vulnerabilities are also highly exaggerated on Gaia, and if two of my characters come up against each other, it'll be something unlike anything y'all have ever seen from me, because the only person I've ever taken the limiters off for was Ertai.
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