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Week 1 - Eliminations




Myria (BoFs) Myria vs Marino Marino (MMXCM)

Taishyr
Speed!
Speedspeedspeedspeedspeed.
SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED.
Speeee-
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"...okay, so how much did you bribe TimeLord to get the ability to freeze time?" Magus commented drolly as Marino, freed of the time stop, exploded into a bunch of glowing orbs pulsating outward. Myria shrugged.

"Hey. She's a Quick Man clone. I played enough Mega Man 2 to figure that out."

"...you play video games..." Magus shakes his head.

"Hey, you'd know that if you were my -friiiiiiiiiiend-!" Myria whined as Magus beat a hasty retreat.

Myria: 32
Marino: 7


Brahms (VPs) Brahms vs Purim Purim (SoM)

Taishyr
"Die, monster! You don't belong in this universe!"

"It was not by my hand that I am once again given flesh. I was called here by humans who wish to show me their moves."

"Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your bondage slaves!"

"Hey now, let's not start with the blatant li-"

"Follow the script, idiot!"

"Oh, right. Perhaps the same could be said of all awesome warriors."

"Your words are as empty as your skull! Mankind ill needs a savior such as you!"

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of blood donations! But enough talk. Have at thee!"

The judges were too stupefied to watch the rest of the match. Whether it was because they got to see Brahms with a Guan Yu beard, Purim in a Lara Croft-style adventure getup, or hear such bad recitation, is unsure. Brahms was awarded the win because he had the least damage to be repaired once the audience finished crushing them.

Brahms: 28
Purim: 21


X (MMXCM) X vs Luca Blight Luca Blight (S2)

SageAcrin
Have you ever seen X against someone with melee attacks?

Dreadful. It doesn't work at all. I mean, sure, you can try to avoid them, or run from them, or climb walls or something, but actually fighting them head on? You get carved to bits half the time.

Melee attacks are just too fast and do too much of his life bar.

...Oh, wait, this is the RPG version, none of that applies.

---

"...this is the sort of thing that makes me hate multiple forms." Zophar noted, as X, already technically a loser, plinked at an enraged Luca from the stands.

"Eh. Not like he certainly would have won if he'd kept his facts straight anyways." Chaz shrugged.

"Besides, this way we get to see most of the stadium blow up!" Rika cheered happily, as Luca blasted yet another row of seats into an inferno as he tried to get to X.

Ultimately, Luca's unpatterened assault was no match for X's infinite room, and as the battle smashed around halfway through the woman's pre-match changing room, Luca fell.

Of course, that didn't save X anyways.

X: 20
Luca Blight: 21


Ash Lambert (VH) Ash Lambert vs Melfice Melfice (G2)

SageAcrin
"I SHALL SPLINTER YOUR BONES! BOW BEFORE ME! YOU WILL DIE! I SHALL CUT ASUNDER YOUR EARTHLY BONDS!" Melfice babbled.

The strategy was simple.

Say enough random VA, and eventually you distract the opponent into losing.

Oh, sure, it worked. A match this close, any edge will work.

But at what price?

Well, a pretty high one. I mean, it's going to cost a lot to get the tapes of him yelling Poison Blow the same way as Genevieve and BANG BANG ATTBANG BANG ATTBANG BANG ATTACK out of the media.

But hey, you sometimes have to pay a price for victory.

Ash Lambert: 15
Melfice: 21




Deamoned (BoF5) Deamoned vs Rufus Rufus (VP2)

SageAcrin
I could wile away the hours.

Conferrin' with the flowers.

Consultin' with the rain.

---

"With the thoughts you'd be thinkin', you could be another Lincoln! If you only had a brain." Rufus sang along happily.

"Oh, I would tell you why, the ocean's near the shore. I could think of things I never thunk before, and then I'd sit and think some more!" Deamoned belted out.

"...I...don't get it." Nate said, as he watched the two sing along together.

"Well, they got really damned drunk before the match started. Hell if I know why. Then again, who needs a reason?" Killer shrugged. "They just walked in like that."

"...Well, who wins, then, if they won't even fight?"

"Deamoned. Like anyone's beating that operatic baritone anyways." Killer shrugged again. "Damn, I hope someone's recording this. And not just for blackmail material."

Deamoned: 21
Rufus: 13


Lezard Valeth (VPs) Lezard Valeth vs Ryu Ryu (BoF1)

SageAcrin
"...Man. This is just..." Yuri shook his head.

"I know." Loki muttered.

"Disgusting." Kuja stated, rolling his eyes.

"Let the poor man have his moment." Citan sighed.

All stared, vaguely disgusted, as they watched Lezard, standing over Ryu's body, weep tears of joy.

He'd finally beaten a Godlike.

More or less.

Lezard Valeth: 33
Ryu: 20


Laharl (Disgaea) Laharl vs Nicole Mimi Tithel (Nikki) Nicole Mimi Tithel (Nikki) (MK)

Gatewalker
For about the 30th time in less then 10 minutes, the all too familiar battle cry rang out through the arena...

SHORYUKEN!!!!!!

Followed once again by hilarious laughter from the cheerful catgirl and a frustrated growl from her demonic opponent, "WILL YOU STOP DODGING THAT!?"

"Well maybe you'd land it more often if you watched the screen more."

"Grrr..."

Two Burning Kicks and an Emergency Combination later, and Ken was down for the count. Again.

Laharl's voice boomed in protest, "I WANT A REMATCH!"

Nikki giggled, "Another one? Sure. But that'll add another day onto your sentance."

Growling, the Overlord hit start again, "Fine. Just...choose a different character this time!"

"No way short stuff. Viper is my main."

"Grrr...."

Before Laharl finally gave up, he not only lost the fight, but owed Nikki the entire rest of the season as Overlord in his place. Her first order of business? Redecorating the entire castle with pastels, stuffed animals and frills. Needless to say, she had the full cooperation of both Flonne and Etna in this endeavor.

Laharl: 18
Nicole Mimi Tithel (Nikki): 19


Clive Winslett (WA3) Clive Winslett vs Fogel Fogel (OB)

Gatewalker
Clive has always been a man of learning, so it's no surprise that he was well acquainted with the wisdom of one Mr. Kenny Rodgers. While he wouldn't consider himself a great expert in the art of gambling, he at least had the 'know when to walk away and know when to run' part down pretty well.

So when Fogel's reaction to being shot in the face was to grimace, spit the bullet back out and comment on the taste of lead, Clive simply put his weapon up and calmly left the arena.

There are some fights that you simply aren't going to win. And as far as Clive is concerned, it takes a braver man to admit that and move on then to fight on against all odds. There will be other seasons. Preferably ones without overpowered dragon knights of DOOM in them.

Clive Winslett: 5
Fogel: 32




Vahn (LoL) Vahn vs Kresnik Ahtreide Kresnik Ahtreide (WA4)

Taishyr
"Is -everyone- cosplaying today?" Lucca muttered. "First we had Mega Myria (Wo)Man, then Castlevania Brahms and Purim... now these two are..."

"Cosplaying Ghost Rider and Punisher, yes." Yuri snickered, munching on some popcorn. "Good thing we don't accept those dimensions fully into the DL, eh? Granted, it's about as amusing as me cosplaying Crono."

"Yo- wait, wh-" Lucca stuttered, before turning a deep red as Yuri watched Ghost Gunrider finally nail down Fiery Punisher. "Cute match, but I was hoping to catch female cosplayers." Yuri chuckled. "Ah well."

Vahn: 17
Kresnik Ahtreide: 18

Idun
Huh. Ra Seru ftw.




Rico Banderas (XG) Rico Banderas vs Cagnazzo Cagnazzo (FF4)

Taishyr
Bisho bisho, bisho bisho doko de~

"...and Rico just passed out." Fred notes drily. "Can't say that wasn't expected."

Valvalis gave Fred a confused glance, to which Fred just shrugged. "Indeed, it was wet."

Rico Banderas: 17
Cagnazzo: 33


Palom (FF4) Palom vs Gordon Gordon (Disgaea)

Taishyr

"So... Palom's now Defender of Earth?" Jennifer asked Gordon, lounging in a plaid swimsuit next to the hotel pool.

"Yep! Kid seemed quite interested! I told him his training would be to beat this season's Middle in my place." Gordon replied cheerily.

"Right. In other words, you get a lazy time while abusing slave labor." Jennifer muttered darkly.

"What was that, my glorious assistant?"

"Nothing!" Jennifer piped up cheerfully, before turning away. "Laharl really did rub off on you after all..."

Palom: 32
Gordon: 25


Borus Redrum (S3) Borus Redrum vs Odessa Silverberg Odessa Silverberg (S1)

Taishyr
The ill-fated leader of the Rebellion.

A loyal, dutiful and somewhat hasty young knight.

What else could happen but that which did?

----

"They eloped." Chris repeated to a rather bemused Cleo.

"Yeah. Apparently so. They said Odessa'd be back in time for the match, though."

"That's... okay, whatever. I don't even want to know." Chris muttered. "Stupid 'forbidden' love. Why didn't we just stick with courtly love when we had the chance...?"

Borus Redrum: 19
Odessa Silverberg: 29




Anri (SF1) Anri vs Quistis Trepe Quistis Trepe (FF8)

Ayra
With pride, Quistis raised her hand in victory. Selphie, Zell and the others cheered loudly at the exploit, and even Squall offered a more empatic "whatever" than usual.

Sure, Quistis hadn't actually won the match, but she had been hired by Anri to teach at her castle with a decent paycheck. For the poor Final Fantasy VIII cast, not actually suffering painful, humiliating and icy death was already a large victory in itself.

Anri: 26
Quistis Trepe: 21


Tia (Lufia2) Tia vs Chaco Chaco (S2)

Bardiche
Chaco really looked up to Naeasala. For one, the Raven King was a wingly as well, at least to Chaco's eyes. For two, he wasn't as mindnumbingly scary as Sid. And for three, he was Godlike, a rank that Chaco would want to, someday, acquire as well.

He had paid the ruler of Kilvas's fight good attention some days ago. He had observed the fight with Ghaleon and, though the fight ended abruptly due to... shenanigans, shall we say, Chaco understood why the birds of Kilvas were granted a place among the Godlike.


It was to Tia's great surprise that Chaco started loop-de-looping for no apparent reason. When he began to fly up, then came at her and pricked at her with his spear, Tia was, at first, very bewildered. His silly acrobatics did not help at all.

So when Chaco went for a second loop and wanted to repeat the routine, Tia just blasted him out of the sky.

With fire.

And so Chaco's stupidity found no purchase with Tia. Better luck next time, Chaco!

Tia: 39
Chaco: 7


Milon (FF4) Milon vs Gobi Gobi (BoF1)

Taishyr
"Milon smells worse with air fresheners than without. Who'da thunk it?" Cecil muttered after dragging the fainted Gobi out of the arena. Rosa scrunched up her nose. "Let's not ask how Gobi even managed to sell them to Milon, let alone how that worked, alright, dear...?"

Milon: 43
Gobi: 5


Liz (WA2) Liz vs Gijimu Gijimu (S2)

SageAcrin
Liz.

Master of learnable artistry!

He shall not thief, but contemplate masterfully the ability to strike multiple times in one of the periods that are called round turns or something such as this!

Gijimu's own skill with this purpose is clearly insufficient, primitively smashing repeatedly with a bladed bashing implement of crushing! Liz's own technological benifecence is clearly far more useful with such an incredible implement!

Liz's own skills shall crecendo above Gijimu's!

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"And then he killed himself throwing bombs seven times, before I could even move." Gijimu shook his head in wonder. "I've heard of easy matches, but that was ridiculous."

Liz: 13
Gijimu: 28