Superhero Draft - team write-ups and post-draft rankings to be done

SUPER MARIO


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Mario's occupation is plumbing. Mario is most often plumbing.

Think he isn't tough enough? How many damn times has he died and come back? How many spikes can he land on before he finally calls it quits?

He can fly, shoot fireballs, he can become invincible, oh yeahs he's also trained in martial arts and has some pretty mean punches..

He's is not your ordinary average everyday plumber... Did I mention he has a magic flute that can fly him to different worlds?


happy now :p

NOTE: Larry89's initial pick was William Wallace. Hence the comment from G3 below...and Larry89's change before anyone else had made a pick. - VF21
 
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Don't know how I feel about that one, to be honest. I could go with Chuck Norris because of how completely removed from reality the internet persona has become, but I don't know if my definition of "superhero" is quite stretchy enough to include historical figures.

Don't think it bothers me enough that I'd lobby for a redo, but it seems to go against the spirit of the draft.
 
okeee, that was weird lol. I could have sworn Super Mario was NOT the entity drafted when I last saw this page. However tho, for some reason I have been fixated (to the point of a near trance even) by Brick's last "superhero" that I clearly could have misremembered seeing William Wallace - who sorta looks like Super Mario if you tilt your head a certain way (and have been drinking)....


;)
 
ok, now that Larry89 (finally ;)) took his turn, I can take mine.

hopefully, no one has issues with this one:

Hmm.. On an island with my family, who do I want to be there to protect them? How about a woman who can find a weapon out of a cargo loader? Who doesn’t give up when all the odds are against her? and is definitely one bad*** chick..

I’m taking Lt. Ellen Ripley.
　
http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=9
Finest Hour: The Alien Queen, a stowaway on the Sulaco, is inches away from killing Newt, when a docking door opens, to reveal… Ripley, in a power loader, with a determined expression on her face. Game on.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1603536/20090126/story.jhtml
Name: Ellen Ripley
Weapons: Fists, pulse rifle, exosuit cargo-loader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ripley
 

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Its been nearly three days since I last picked, we should try to move a little quicker =]

that said, I'm going to break the trend of this round and actually select a SUPERhero. Go figure.

My Pick:
Nightcrawler
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My second favorite X-man behind Deadpool, his powers make him great for infiltration. I'm actually really surprised he dropped to me, to be honest. I know he sticks out in a crowd, but he is really hard to deal with at night, which seems to be the time in which villains like to operate. I got me a spy!

The man can teleport, leaving behind a 'BAMF' and a neat little black cloud. He has infrared vision, blends in with shadows, can climb all over walls and stuff like Spiderman, and in general, is just made of all kinds of awesome.

He teleports by displacing himself into the Brimstone Dimension, travelling through it, and then returning to his own dimension at a certain distance from his point of departure. He consciously determines his point of return. The entire process occurs so quickly that Nightcrawler is unaware of being in the brimstone dimension at all. Nightcrawler guides himself through the brimstone dimension by an unconscious, natural direction-finding sense.
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BAMF!
 
Ion (Sodam Yat)

For starters Sodam Yat was born a Daxamite, which have powers equivalent to a Kryptonian under yellow sunlight, including super-strength, flight, super-speed, super-hearing, and X-ray, heat, microscopic, and telescopic visions. The primary difference is that Daxamites have a weakness to lead rather than kryptonite. Sodam then joined the Green Lantern Corps, so basically he’s Superman with a GL power ring.

But wait, there’s more! The Guardians of the Universe, which created and lead the Corps, determined that Sodam was prophesized to be the recipient of their highest honor and their ultimate weapon: the Power of Ion.

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As Ion, he can channel and harness the energy generated from the collective willpower of the universe, which is embodied by the green light of the “emotional spectrum”, the same source that powers the GL rings. His powers are similar to that of a GL, but there’s no need to recharge as he now mainlines the energy directly, and the amount of power he can wield is exponentially greater than that of a ring user. Effects that GL rings create and Ion can also generate include:

  • Constructs of green solid-light often of tremendous size and/or complexity.
  • Flight, including flight at speeds beyond that of light.
  • Generating electromagnetic radiation of various frequencies
  • Plasma bolts.
  • Ability to walk through walls by travelling through 'the Fourth Dimension'
  • Accessing the Book of Oa, a massive database of everything from the laws of the Guardians and the Corps to the history of the universe.
  • Time travel.
  • Telepathic powers.
  • Translation of virtually all languages.
  • Force field generation.
  • Radiation, including simulated kryptonite radiations.
  • Render user invisible.
However, Ion can also effect changes on a much more cosmic level. A GL must draw upon his own innate willpower, while Ion has a symbiotic connection to the willpower of all life forms. When this power was temporarily held by Earth GL Kyle Rayner, he was able to manipulate matter, energy, and even space and time on a vast scale.

With his Ion powers, his actual GL ring’s powers are duplicative. He wears it and has it fully tasked on preventing lead, his only weakness, from advancing into his system. He was exposed to lead in an early mission on Earth, and it is of course pretty commonly found here.
 
Sweet picks today guys. Ripley's a bad@#$, Nightcrawler will add a religious aspect to your group, and Ion looks like a force to recon with:).
 
I gave serious consideration to drafting Nightcrawler, but left him off my list on the assumption that someone else would grab him. Nice to see someone finally did.
 
With my fourth pick, I choose...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

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My pick of him will largely be of him from the original trilogy, who is one of the most intelligent characters ever. He will function as the perfect mentor to my other picks of Goku/Spawn/The Thing.

But that's not all he can do, he was one of the greatest with the lightsaber in Star Wars and also one of the best with the Force. Referring to the lightsaber, Even masters such as Mace Windu acknowledged Obi-Wan's prowess with this simple and solid form. He killed Darth Maul in one-to-one engagement, defeated Grievous in the lightsaber dueling portion of their fight; and finally won against his former Padawan, Darth Vader, without any (physical) injury. With his powerful dominate mind, mind trick, and force persuasion powers, he will easily make villains not want to attack the island anymore. If Obi-Wan were to die, he could still come back as a force ghost to guide and counsel the team. Kenobi was also capable of a very powerful Force Push. He was also capable of other telekinetic feats and could use the Force to increase his bodies endurance and agility. Kenobi was capable of using the Force to perform extensive acrobatics, allowing him to leap huge distances. Apart from these impressive applications of the Force, Kenobi was known to be incredibly adept with the arcane power of Beast Control, allowing him to exert considerable influence over otherwise untamable beasts, so any baddies that fall under that category will have basically no control. And despite his dislike of flying, Kenobi was an excellent pilot. In addition, Obi-Wan was able to deflect Force Lightning with his bare hands.
 
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As much as I like the Chev Chelios pick, and as happy as I am that someone stopped me from going there, I should point out that my Badass Brood Brigade will miss their brother.
 
venom_7 said:
Its been nearly three days since I last picked, we should try to move a little quicker =]

that said, I'm going to break the trend of this round and actually select a SUPERhero. Go figure.

My Pick:
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler_by_JPRart.jpg


My second favorite X-man behind Deadpool, his powers make him great for infiltration. I'm actually really surprised he dropped to me, to be honest. I know he sticks out in a crowd, but he is really hard to deal with at night, which seems to be the time in which villains like to operate. I got me a spy!

The man can teleport, leaving behind a 'BAMF' and a neat little black cloud. He has infrared vision, blends in with shadows, can climb all over walls and stuff like Spiderman, and in general, is just made of all kinds of awesome.



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BAMF!
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Wow bro, me and you have alot in common, was gonna pick him with the next pick but oh well.
 
Sigh. Did not/do not know who S.H.I.E.L.D is, Deadpool is, or Cable is.

Think that is probably a good thing. ;)
 
I just went and watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I didn't even really know who anyone was besides Wolverine, lol. Also Charles Xavier I guess.
 
Bricklayer said:
Sigh. Did not/do not know who S.H.I.E.L.D is, Deadpool is, or Cable is.
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Cable is the son of Cyclops and the clone of Jean Grey.

SHIELD is the organization where Nick Fury is from. Didn't see Iron Man the movie, Brick? Shield was in it. I read the wiki article and in the comics SHIELD is torn down now anyways since they suddenly shook up everything in the Marvel comics these past 5 years.

Mann, I have a long wait until the draft gets back to me. It's a good thing because I don't know who else to draft right now since I'm sure everyone that I'll want will be picked up.
 
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I just went and watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I didn't even really know who anyone was besides Wolverine, lol. Also Charles Xavier I guess.
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there was only one persons story that they bothered to get right and that was Wraiths. So many problems with that movie, but as a solitary movie it was ok. As far as relating to the actual 616 storyline (which all the marvel movies are attempting to follow now) it was filth.
 
My team is in need of an outright bad***: someone willing to do the dirty work and even go it alone if necessary. A warrior who's fearless, emotionless and when it calls for it, a cold-blooded killer.

I'm also lacking a token hot babe on my crew and we all know that's who wins the votes.

So why not fill both voids with a single pick:

Samus Aran - Metroid

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Don't let the fact that she's a video game protaganist sway you; Samus is as hardcore as they come. Orphaned as a child when space pirates slaughtered her home colony including her parents, Samus was raised by an alien race specifically to be a warrior consumed by wrath and vengence but guided by an overwhelming sense of justice.

They also were nice enough to give her a nifty uber-powered cyber-suit to help her wreak havoc across the universe as a bounty hunter.

Her power suit is synced to her mind and body giving her super human abilities (including the ultra awesome roll up into a ball manuever) and access to all kinds of mega-cool weaponry. But even without her suit, Samus tends to bring the pain to anyone who gets in her way ... and look rather good doing it.

She is very much an intriguing cross between Batman, Iron Man, Ripley and Lara Croft.

On my team she plays the role of scout, spy, infilitrator, black-ops agent, bounty hunter and any of the other dirty little secret necessary stuff heroes don't like to talk about at parties. She's the one we all know we want and need on that wall.

I'm glad to have on me team someone whose allies call "the last hope for the race" and "protector of the galaxy" while her enemies simply refer to her in hushed tones as "Hunter"

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Löwenherz said:
My team is in need of an outright bad***: someone willing to do the dirty work and even go it alone if necessary. A warrior who's fearless, emotionless and when it calls for it, a cold-blooded killer.

I'm also lacking a token hot babe on my crew and we all know that's who wins the votes.

So why not fill both voids with a single pick:

Samus Aran - Metroid
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%$#%*$.

This was my next pick, no joke. Damn. I really don't have an alternate for her, I just assumed she would be there for me. I hate you haha. Samus and Iron Man would have been an awesome duo.
 
Thundercats! HooooO!

The leader, and the hereditary "Lord of the ThunderCats." Lion-O, wields the legendary Sword of Omens, able to fire bolts of energy and allow Lion-O to see across great distances with its power of "Sight Beyond Sight," and the Claw Shield, a gauntlet that launches grappling lines from its claws.

Lion-O

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