tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post1641647939949131862..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: Suvudu's Cage Match 2011: Conan out, Solomon Kane inTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-66487382460410916902011-05-24T16:47:49.672+01:002011-05-24T16:47:49.672+01:00So, I’m looking at one of my favorite subjects, “g...So, I’m looking at one of my favorite subjects, “geek vs. fights,” and see that someone has mentioned me! But CC seems to have a faulty memory. Let’s go over what really happened, shall we?<br /><br />“My friends and I ...quickly noticed an interesting fluke in the guy's 'parameters' for the contest - anyone more powerful than said villain was apparently just too powerful to be in the contest. We called him on this b.s…”<br /><br />I just happen to have some of CC’s very own quotes from that thread. Let’s make a contrast!<br /><br />“So why did I vote for Conan? Many reasons. First off, he's the only REAL literary character in this bout. I don't count characters that are from unpublished stories being soliceted from the author's mother's basement…[As an aside, it's pretty dickish to create a character deathmatch contest and than fill the seeds to busting with your own lame-ass characters.]”<br /><br />“Now, I admit, I respect the fact that Mr. Flight is hosting these bouts, and taking the time to wade through these responses. But if he wanted to advertise his bargain-basement series, there are plenty of tactics to use without resorting to random whorebaggery…Flight, I'm glad if you are reading this, because, writing ability aside, you really need to have more respect, both for your own writings, and everyone else's.”<br /><br />This has nothing to do with the game rules. We did revise some things later, which led to my character, a vampire called the Crown of Thorns, being moved into a higher league for inhumanly powerful characters. That idea didn’t come about until later, but claiming that the rules specifically made her the most powerful? In those days we had names like Samus Aran and Gandalf the White in the game, so that’s not a very fair claim, is it?<br /><br />But the rest of that…not only does it not back up the claim that I was being called on some “b.s.” but it’s kind of petty, isn’t it?<br /><br />But, we don’t want to dwell on any one point, let’s move on!<br /><br />“(We)…argued for Conan (who lost), and then against the villain in all their later matches - eventually, they were beaten by Hellboy. In the next contest, we were told we 'couldn't play' anymore, because we were so mean.”<br /><br />Oh, I see where you’re confused!<br /><br />Yes, you and your friends did continue to argue against my both of my characters. The Crown only lost that fight against Hellboy (who I am also a huge fan of, by the way) because of all of your votes, while I was abstaining from voting in the interest of fairness.<br /><br />Hmmm…you went out of your way to vote against my characters no matter what the scenario was, while I abstained. That hardly sounds objective, does it?<br /><br />Oh, which leads to the last part. You were kicked out because in the second GOTFT, you cast a vote for Marvel Comic’s “Kingpin” vs. the Crown. It was accepted in that fight that poor Mr. Fisk was dead meat. He just got a terrible draw.<br /><br />Yet you came in, voted and left! When you were asked by players to explain, you didn’t even try to justify why Fisk would be able to beat the Crown. It seemed to me at that point it was clear to everyone that you were acting out of bias, so I formally removed you from the game, one I was running on my own time and posted online, for free, for anyone to play.<br /><br />Your response?<br /><br />“What’s this? I’ve been blacklisted? Exiled from the wankery club? Oh well...time to lurk somewhere interesting.”<br /><br />That doesn’t sound like you were kicked for being “too mean”, does it? It sounds more like you were acting unfairly, the very thing you’re complaining about here.<br /><br />So, that just leaves me with my final point: it really is bad when the fan’s votes are subjective. If you had just said “Oh well, I like Conan and don’t like that he’s losing, but hey, guess I’ll go on with my life and not write posts insulting someone I don’t even know…”<br /><br />…well, then you wouldn’t look like a complete hypocrite now, would you?<br /><br />The GOTFT was a fun game, but things like this are why I stopped running it. I’m glad to see other games are going strong.B. I. Flighthttp://thelonelywinds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-21727820053997680232011-05-24T15:33:31.729+01:002011-05-24T15:33:31.729+01:00But the rest of that…not only does it not back up ...But the rest of that…not only does it not back up the claim that I was being called on some “b.s.” but…it’s kind of petty, isn’t it? It sounds more like a petulant child throwing a tantrum because *his* favorite character is going to lose an imaginary fight, so he insults me, my writing, the game rules, my fans, and pretty much acts rather unpleasantly.<br /><br />But, we don’t want to dwell on any of these points for too long, let’s move on!<br /><br />“(We)…argued for Conan (who lost), and then against the villain in all their later matches - eventually, they were beaten by Hellboy. In the next contest, we were told we 'couldn't play' anymore, because we were so mean.”<br /><br />Oh, I see where you’re confused!<br /><br />Yes, you did continue to argue against my villain, as well as my other character. In fact, you never did anything else, and you were usually the majority of the voices against my characters at all. The Crown only lost that fight against Hellboy (who I am also a huge, HUGE fan of, by the way) because of all of your stacked votes, while I was abstaining from voting in the interest of fairness.<br /><br />Hmmm…you went out of your way to vote against my characters no matter what the logic of the scenario was, while I abstained. That hardly seems like the act of objective players, does it?<br /><br />Oh, which leads to that last part. See, you were kicked out because in the second running of the GOTFT, you cast a blatant vote for Marvel Comic’s character “Kingpin” vs. the Crown. See, it was openly acknowledged in that fight that poor Mr. Fisk was dead meat in that fight. He just got a terrible draw.<br /><br />Yet, you came in, voted by posting his name, and left! Just like that! When you were asked by players to explain your logic, you didn’t even bother to try to give a justification of why a man who is a very capable martial artist, but “just” a mortal, would somehow be able to beat the Crown. It seemed to me at that point that it was clear to everyone, not just me, that you were acting out of bias and not playing fairly, so I formally removed you from the game. A game I was running on my own time, and posted online, for free, for anyone and everyone to play because hey, we’re geeks.<br /><br />What was your response?<br /><br />“CHAOSCLOCKWORK wrote: What’s this? I’ve been blacklisted? Exiled from the wankery club? Oh well, Mage spoilers are up, time to lurk somewhere interesting.”<br /><br />Oh, my. That doesn’t sound like you were kicked out for being “too mean” at all, does it? It sounds a lot more like you were acting very unfairly, the very thing you’re complaining about here. Then, when you were called on that unfairness, you again acted like a spoiled child throwing a temper tantrum and tried to turn it around on me!<br /><br />So, that just leaves me with my final point: I do agree with you on one thing. It really is bad when the fan’s votes are subjective. If you and epicary, Stampede_ and ashen_wind could have just said “Oh well, we like Conan and don’t like that he’s losing, but if that’s the outcome, hey, bummer, guess we’ll go on with our lives and not write venomous posts insulting someone we don’t even know”…<br /><br />…well, if you’d done that, you wouldn’t look like a complete hypocrite now, would you?<br /><br />At any rate, for anyone that wants to see the rest of those quotes and how that mess of a thread went, you can hit the link/URL I posted. It really was a fun game, but instances like this are why I stopped running it: I got tired of being attacked like this. I’m glad to see other games are going strong and much more successfully than I ever was.<br /><br />Oh, and CC, the next time you try to lie about someone online, you might want to make sure they don’t have old quotes of yours saved that prove your deceit.B. I. Flighthttp://thelonelywinds.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-91369038090103521952011-03-10T19:04:36.141+00:002011-03-10T19:04:36.141+00:00Chuck Norris is his own Mary Sue.Chuck Norris is his own Mary Sue.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-50743134487819513352011-03-10T16:14:34.944+00:002011-03-10T16:14:34.944+00:00mary sue would defeat them all....except for chuck...mary sue would defeat them all....except for chuck norris! cheers!-marioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-88679201901164613602011-03-10T07:53:12.938+00:002011-03-10T07:53:12.938+00:00I got soured on these things due to one that used ...I got soured on these things due to one that used to be on the White Wolf Publishing forum I frequented, years and years ago. The dude who ran the contest also put in several characters from his self-published novels, and his fans talked them up over and over. My friends and I took notice when his big villain went up against Conan, and we quickly noticed an interesting fluke in the guy's 'parameters' for the contest - anyone more powerful than said villain was apparently just too powerful to be in the contest. We called him on this b.s., argued for Conan (who lost), and then against the villain in all their later matches - eventually, they were beaten by Hellboy. In the next contest, we were told we 'couldn't play' anymore, because we were so mean.<br /><br />Yeah. It's bad enough when the fans's votes are subjective, but when the people running it don't even try being fair, well, what's the point?Chaos Clockworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122472296580033166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-84948852250730365222011-03-10T06:11:33.107+00:002011-03-10T06:11:33.107+00:00Gentlemen, this is yet another geek variant of &qu...Gentlemen, this is yet another geek variant of "Enterprise-D vs Star Destroyer." Vide...<br /><br />http://martianoutpost.com/2007/12/ultimate-battle-uss-enterprise-vs-a-star-destroyer-%E2%80%93-battle-of-the-ships/<br /><br />Tex<br />(besides, everyone knows Longcat could defeat them all)Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514613848519711342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-33374998218639084722011-03-10T05:16:30.978+00:002011-03-10T05:16:30.978+00:00To be nice, we could assume that as an "uplif...To be nice, we could assume that as an "uplifted" mouse Martin would be about the same size compared to a human as Reepicheep, which would at least give him a fighting chance.<br /><br /><i>"If this was a wrasslin' bout, Gollum might not do too badly, but against dudes with magic, swords and guns? Poor Smeagol."</i> <br /><br />Well, according to the brackets, Gollum's first matchup is against . . . Molly Millions. Well, there went his chances . . .T. Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792175853139507757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-12604742474246581362011-03-10T01:58:23.624+00:002011-03-10T01:58:23.624+00:00Thomas Covenant and Tasselhoff: dead first round. ...Thomas Covenant and Tasselhoff: dead first round. Probably before they even get to the battlefield.Michalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198881279554204600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-31364135800064472912011-03-10T00:25:16.252+00:002011-03-10T00:25:16.252+00:00can Lestat be killed?
Hmm, never thought of that...<i>can Lestat be killed? </i><br /><br />Hmm, never thought of that. Kane could probably banish him, if nothing else.<br /><br /><i>Gollum was kind of scrappy though, you have to give him that. Horrible grasping strength, wasn't that mentioned in one of the books? And who knows, maybe he has the Ring.</i><br /><br />Problem is, most of the other contenders are armed. If this was a wrasslin' bout, Gollum might not do too badly, but against dudes with magic, swords and guns? Poor Smeagol.<br /><br /><i>Anyway, even above Kane (who should hang around for a while based on his righteousness alone) I'm going with John Carter - assuming he has his Martian landscape granted abilities and not his Earth abilities.</i><br /><br />Hmm, that might be tricky. Even so, Carter's a war vet, which is nothing to be sneezed at.<br /><br /><i> What a stupid thing to waste brain power on.</i><br /><br />A <b>gloriously</b> stupid thing! Indeed, sometimes I think it would be more interesting and worthwhile to wonder what would happen if someone met the other. The little story with Ben and Kane interests me a lot more than trying to figure out who wins: in fact, a villain like Ben would make an interesting character in a Kane pastiche.<br /><br /><i>Martin in a lock. He's got a sword forged of meteor-metal and he fought wolverines, people. Wolverines! And stoats! </i><br /><br />Wolverines? Stoats? Pfft, call me when he fights a Honey Badger.<br /><br />(In all seriousness, now I simply must start reading Redwall!)Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-4007555861617884162011-03-09T21:32:41.596+00:002011-03-09T21:32:41.596+00:00Martin in a lock. He's got a sword forged of m...Martin in a lock. He's got a sword forged of meteor-metal and he fought wolverines, people. Wolverines! And stoats! <br /><br />That mouse is-dare I say it-dynamite.Josh Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799600827217221916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-2964071318261679512011-03-09T20:27:17.932+00:002011-03-09T20:27:17.932+00:00What a stupid thing to waste brain power on.What a stupid thing to waste brain power on.M. D. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820831338678743992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-48893549676603338082011-03-09T20:15:45.491+00:002011-03-09T20:15:45.491+00:00Gollum was kind of scrappy though, you have to giv...Gollum was kind of scrappy though, you have to give him that. Horrible grasping strength, wasn't that mentioned in one of the books? And who knows, maybe he has the Ring.<br /><br />Anyway, even above Kane (who should hang around for a while based on his righteousness alone) I'm going with John Carter - assuming he has his Martian landscape granted abilities and not his Earth abilities.<br /><br />It's been a long time since I read them but wasn't Tasslehoff the comic relief in the Dragonlance novels? Maybe I'm confusing him with the half-elf though. Can't remember.<br /><br />- AaronThe Idler After Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349725567379546628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-79670360590937156342011-03-09T20:07:31.994+00:002011-03-09T20:07:31.994+00:00can Lestat be killed?
Martin from Redwall, real...can Lestat be killed? <br /><br />Martin from Redwall, really. Any other character, even gollum, puts his foot down and walks away with a win and a small puncture wound on his foot.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.com