The Battle of the Badasses: Discussion Thread (Odysseus Wins Tie!)

[The Panda]

In case you are confused, I am creating a new Speakeasy competition/list/bracket thing because I got a burst of my inner childishness for Godzilla, read more to learn what exactly this is.

 

What exactly is the Battle of the Badasses?

 

The battle of the Battle of the Badasses is a competition based on similar ones I have seen from other forums in the past, it entails pitting sixty four characters from various franchises together into a bracket based showdown where users discuss and debate which character would win in a battle to the death and vote on it over a week period.  When the winner is decided either I, or a volunteer will do a write up of the battle stating exactly how it went down.  Each battle will take place on a battlefield that will be decided randomly based on RNG, and when it all comes down to it the winner will be hailed the ultimate franchise badass by universal recognition based on the BoxOffice.com forums.

 

Round 1 Results

 

Indiana Jones vs. Katniss

Nathan Drake vs. Link

Regina George vs. Rambo 

The Hulk vs. Lara Croft

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14798-botb-indiana-jones-v-katniss-nathan-drake-v-link-hulk-v-lara-croft-regina-george-v-rambo/

 

Ellen Ripley vs. Jason Bourne

Catwoman vs. T-800

Clover vs. Tris

The Man With No Name vs. Goku

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14851-botb-ellen-ripley-v-jason-bourne-catwoman-v-t-800-clover-v-tris-the-man-with-no-name-v-goku/

 

Liam Neeson vs. Han Solo

Hans vs. Walter White

Queen Mother vs. Odysseus

Vegeta vs. Avatar Aang

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14887-botb-liam-neeson-v-han-solo-hans-v-walter-white-queen-mother-v-odysseus-vegeta-v-avatar-aang/

 

Achilles vs. Darth Vader

The Doctor vs. The Joker

Jaime Lannister vs. James Bond

Gru vs. Kratos

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14944-botb-achilles-v-darth-vader-the-doctor-v-the-joker-jaime-lannister-v-james-bond-gru-v-kratos/

 

The Wolverine vs. Bowser

Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo vs. The Bride

Sauron vs. Max Rockatansky

Creasy vs. Thor

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14976-botb-the-wolverine-v-bowser-mr-hankey-the-christmas-poo-v-the-bride-sauron-v-max-rockatansky-creasy-v-thor/

 

John Matrix vs. Cameron Poe

King Kong vs. Mufasa

Po vs. Yoda

Dalek Sec vs. Iron Man

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/15041-botb-john-matrix-v-cameron-poe-king-kong-v-mufasa-po-v-yoda-dalek-sec-v-iron-man/

 

Godzilla vs. Trunks

Vincent Vega vs. Donkey Kong

Dolan vs. Captain America

Leon Kennedy vs. Gandalf

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/15074-botb-godzilla-v-trunks-vincent-vega-v-donkey-kong-dolan-v-captain-america-leon-kennedy-v-gandalf/

 

The Nominations

 

Darth Vader from Star Wars

Indiana Jones from Indiana Jones

Godzilla from Godzilla

T-1000 from The Terminator

Batman from DC Comic Universe

Captain America from Marvel Comic Universe

Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings

Iron Man from Marvel Comic Universe

The Joker from DC Comics Universe

The Man With No Name from A Fistful of Dollars Trilogy

Luke Skywalker from Star Wars

Superman from DC Comics Universe

Jack Bauer from 24

The Hulk from Marvel Comic Universe

Mufasa from The Lion King

Link from The Legend of Zelda

Goku from Dragon Ball Z

Sauron from The Lord of the Rings

Thor from Marvel Comic Universe

Rambo from Rambo

James Bond from 007

Creasy from Man on Fire

Jason Bourne from the Bourne Trilogy

Avatar Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender

Odysseus from The Odyssey

Sir Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones

Po from Kung Fu Panda

Katniss from The Hunger Games

The Bride from Kill Bill

The Doctor from Doctor Who

Scar from The Lion King

Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z

King Kong from King Kong

Tris from Divergent

Catwoman from DC Comics Universe

Yoda from Star Wars

Cameron Poe from Con Air

Clover from Cloverfield

The Wolverine from Marvel Comics Universe

Dolan from Dolan Comics

Nathan Drake from Uncharted

John Matrix from Commando

Ellen Ripley from Alien

Kratos from God of War

Regina George from Mean Girls

Trunks from Dragon Ball Z

Queen Mother

T-Rex from Jurassic Park

Lara Craft from Tomb Raider

Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Country

Gru from Despicable Me

Achilles from The Illiad

Hesinberg from Breaking Bad

Max Rockatansky from Mad Max

Dalek Sec from Doctor Who

Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil

Ezio from Assassin’s Creed

Bowser from Super Mario Bros

Mr. Hankey from The Christmas Poo

Hans from Frozen

Han Solo from Star Wars

Samus Aran from Metroid

 

Here is also the link to the current bracket

http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/50ddd6aead635

 

As for the stadiums they are

Nathan Drake v Link - Jotunheimm

Clover vs. Tris - Planet LV-426

Hesinberg vs. Hans - The Fire Nation

Achilles vs. Darth Vader - New York City

Wolverine vs. Bowser - Tibetan Plateau

John Matrix vs. Cameron Poe - Hyrule Fields

Trunks vs. Godzilla - Soviet Russia in the Winter Time

Samus Aran vs. T-Rex -Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park

The Hulk vs. Lara Craft - The Underworld

Ellen Ripley vs. Jason Bourne - Old Western Ghost Town

Vegeta vs. Avatar Aang - North Shore High School in Evanston, Illinois 

Sir Jaime Lanister vs. James Bond - Hawaiian Islands

Creasy vs. Thor - Trenzalore

Po vs. Yoda - The Misty Mountains

Vincent Vega vs. Donkey Kong - Gotham City

Batman vs. Scar - Post-Apocalyptic Chicago

Indiana Jones vs. Katniss Everdeen - Hoth

The Man With No Name vs. Goku - Braavos

Queen Mother vs. Odysseus - Asgard

Gru vs. Kratos - Mirkwood

Mr. Hankey vs. The Bride - Sub-Saharan Plains

Dalek Sec vs. Iron Man - Endor

Dolan vs. Captain America - Krypton

Ezio vs. Superman - Arrendelle

Regina George vs. Rambo - Tokyo

Catwoman vs. T-1000 - The 74th Hunger Games Arena

Liam Neeson vs. Han Solo - Ancient Egypt

The Joker vs. The Doctor - The Amazon Rainforest

Sauron vs. Max Rockatansky - Planet Vegeta

Mufasa vs. King Kong - Nazi Germany

Leon Kennedy vs. Gandalf - The Roman Coliseum

Jack Brauer vs. Luke Skywalker - The Water Temple

 

 

How will nominations work?

 

The competition will star with a two week nomination period where any user can pm or list their top 20 choices in order of preference, 

 

for example

1. (20 points)

2. (19 points)

3.

 

etc.  The characters with the most points will win the nomination and get to take part in the battle.

 

Rules for nominating

 

1.The character can be from any movie, TV Show, Comic Book, or even Video Game, but don't nominate a pussy. (What character qualifies as a pussy is up for your digression)

 

2.The maximum number of characters from a particular franchise is two, this is simply me taking affirmative action so all of the characters aren't from Dragonball Z.

-To clear up confusion on the franchise rule, when it comes to say Marvel or DC you may have more than 2 characters as long as each character is from a different IP. 

-Just so all of the characters aren't Marvel or DC, in any cross-IP universe (where different franchises bridge over into one such as the Marvel Comic Universe) there is a maximum of 5 characters. (This does not include random specials such as Scooby Doo meets Godzilla or something of the likes.)

 

3.The maximum number of characters you can nominate is 20, although you may nominate less.  Please put your nominations in preferential order, if you do not do this I will count the first character you list as your first choice and so on.  If you have more than 20 nominations that are not in preferential order I will only count the first twenty listed as your nominations.

 

4.When you list your nominations please put the characters full name and the franchise they are from.  It can easily get confusing if you simply put the name Luke for example, given it could be Luke Skywalker from Star Wars or Luke Cage from Marvel, etc.

 

5.The character must be a singular character, although if say the character is able to summon minions (like say Ash Ketchum from Pokemon, in which he has his six pokemon at his disposal) they will be able to do so.  But don't for example nominate The Daleks, nominate a specific Dalek instead.

 

6.You have from today to May 9th at 11:59 Central Time to get your nominations in.

 

 

How will the actual competition work?

 

Once we have our sixty-four nominated candidates I will put them into a bracket using RNG and to pick the fighting locations I will create a base list of 32 different terrains and then use RNG to determine who fights on what terrain.  (If you complain about terrain being unfair for a certain character, tough luck, a true badass would win on any terrain)  Once all these logistics are sorted out I will then let the competition begin.

 

For the first round of eliminations there will be two battles that go on at the same time, for the simple fact of helping move the competition at a slightly brisker pace.  Each battle will have their own respective thread (mods are free to talk to me about how they want to do this, but it'd be much easier to have a discussion/voting thread for each particular 'showdown' so to speak) for you to vote in and discuss the battle in, you may not discuss the fights in this discussion thread, this thread is for general discussion of the competition and where results will be posted.  Once a battle is over the voting threads will either be locked or you will not be allowed to post in them, once they are locked you are able to rant about previous battle results in this thread.

 

You will get a week to discuss each showdown in the thread, and the voting will be changeable so at any point when voting is open you may change your vote to a different candidate if somebody is able to convince why a certain character is more badass than another.  

 

Rules for Voting

 

1.You should know how to vote in a poll, the winner is the character with the most votes.

 

2.In case of a tie I will make a tiebreaker post in the main thread, you then reply to the post with a sentence why you think the character you want to win would win, the first character to get 5 posts with at least 2 complete sentences wins from 5 different users.  In this case it's pretty much goes from Battle of the Badasses to Race of the Fanboys.

 

3.Please be civil in your discussions, have fun, geek out, but debating these characters does not give you permission to make fun of or flame other users in any way.

 

 

What now?

 

I believe that is it for rules and logistics, once we get the nominations in I will create the bracket for the competition, hopefully this should be a fun summer event and unique from many of the other lists and contests that typically go on. Get your nominations in and don't take it overly seriously, this is for pure group fun.

Edited June 4, 2014 by The Panda

[CaptainJackSparrow]

If Godzilla doesn't win this I will be severely disappointed in all of you.

[Mulder]

1. Godzilla

2. Hulk

3. Superman

4. Thor

5. Dalek Sec

Edited April 27, 2014 by Mulder

[Films]

1. KATNISS (hunger games)2. TRIS (divergent)3. Iron man (iron man)4. Regina George (mean girls)5. Gru (despicable me)6. Hans of the southern isles (Frozen)7. Four (divergent)8. Hit-girl (kick ass)9.. Red queen (alice in wonderland)10. Kick ass (kick ass)11. Black widow (CA2)12. Captain America (captain America 2)13. Cat woman (Anne Hathaway, TDKR)14. Nigel (rio franchise)15. Inspector javert (les miserables 2012)

Edited April 27, 2014 by FrozenFilms

[The Panda]

I added a rule about making sure you list the character with the franchise they are from in order to help avoid confusion.  They also must be a singular character, so instead of putting the Daleks name a specific Dalek. (Characters can summon minions though)

 

One main reason for this rule is say you list Thor, 

 

there are many different entities of Thor that aren't necessarily just the Marvel comics Thor, there is Thor from Norse Mythology, there is the Thor unit from Starcraft, etc.

Edited April 27, 2014 by The Panda

[Jawa]

This sounds awesome.

 

I'd like to nominate:

 

1. Godzilla

2. Link (Legend of Zelda)

3. Dolan (Dolan comics/corrupted Donald Duck)

4. Goku (DBZ)

5. Electro's Milkshake (TASM2)

6. Superman

7. Luke Skywalker

8. Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo (South Park)

9. Sauron (LOTR)

10. Flippy (Happy Tree Friends)

 

I think that all of these should/will be strong contenders.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Jawa of the Dreadfort

[CaptainJackSparrow]

1. Godzilla2.King Kong3.Clover (Cloverfield)4. Mother Alien (Aliens)5. Predator (Predator)6. Donkey Kong7. Bowser

Edited April 27, 2014 by Captain Jack Sparrow

[4815162342]

Godzilla is not a badass. Badass is not just about size, skills, and power, it's also about the state of mind. Godzilla is an animal, it's a force of nature. It acts purely on instinct alone to satisfy mere primal needs. It lacks utterly the mental component of being a badass. If it's badass then the neutrinos from 2012 are uber-super-badass because of the shit they wrecked.My 2 cents.

[Mulder]

Godzilla is not a badass. Badass is not just about size, skills, and power, it's also about the state of mind. Godzilla is an animal, it's a force of nature. It acts purely on instinct alone to satisfy mere primal needs. It lacks utterly the mental component of being a badass. If it's badass then the neutrinos from 2012 are uber-super-badass because of the shit they wrecked.My 2 cents.

[Lazer]

I think you need to make different categories, based on their various strengths. Anyway, my pick for this game would be Dr. Manhattan who could destroy any competitor or even the know world if he wanted.Game Over.

[4815162342]

You don't have to agree, but it's a big part of my criteria.It's why for example Han Solo is generally considered a badass (who shoots first) while Luke Skywalker isn't, even though Luke could destroy Han.

[The Panda]

My personal nominations

 

1.Po from Kung Fu Panda

2.Godzilla from Godzilla

3.Bruce Banner's Hulk from The Incredible Hulk

4.Sauron from the Lord of the Rings

5.Indiana Jones from Indiana Jones

6.Gandalf from Lord of the Rings

7.Mufasa from The Lion King

8.The Joker from Batman

9.Revan from Star Wars

10.The Doctor from Doctor Who

11.Iron Man from Iron Man

12.Link from The Legend of Zelda

13.Scar from the Lion King

14.Darth Vader from Star Wars

15.Commander Shepard from Mass Effect

16.Batman from Batman

17.Samus from Metroid

18.Dr. Hannibal Lector from Silence of the Lambs

19.Optimus Prime from Transformers

20.The Dude from Big Lebowski

Edited May 1, 2014 by The Panda

[4815162342]

My personal nominations15.Commander Shepard from Mass Effect

Renegade Shepard!Paragon Shepard's too goody two-shoes

[Jawa]

What defines "badass" is extremely subjective.

 

For example, I think Dolan is quite badass because he is able to disguise himself as a variety of things (acually is Dolan), and can raep anyone and anything. He is also very persuasive, and persuaded Gooby to betray and kill Spoderman in the first episode of the series, before framing Gooby for it. He didn't take any of the blame. He also stole Christmas.

[The Panda]

What defines "badass" is extremely subjective.

 

For example, I think Dolan is quite badass because he is able to disguise himself as a variety of things (acually is Dolan), and can raep anyone and anything. He is also very persuasive, and persuaded Gooby to betray and kill Spoderman in the first episode of the series, before framing Gooby for it. He didn't take any of the blame. He also stole Christmas.

 

That's why I said go by your personal definition of badass for the nominations.

[Mulder]

Oh wait we're going by badass in general, not just through strength? Time to revise.

 

1. Godzilla

2. Batman

3. Joker

4. Dalek Sec

5. The T.rex for JP

6. The Triceratops from TLW

7. Winter Soldier

8. Captain America

9. Hulk

10. Rorschach

11. Green Lantern ((Hal Jordan))

12. Flash ((Wally West))

13. Green Arrow

14. Superman

15. Kyoko Sakura ((Madoka Magica))

16. Catwoman

17. Shockwave

18. Optimus Prime

19. Grimlock

20. The Doctor

21. Data

22. Khan

23. Spock

24. Captain Kirk

25. Worf

26. Captain Picard

27. The Xenomorph from Alien

28. Wolverine

29. Beast

30. Magneto

31. Mystique

32. Hawkeye

33. Thor

34. Rocket Raccoon

Edited April 27, 2014 by Mulder

[Mulder]

Oh wait we're going by badass in general, not just through strength? Time to revise.

 

1. Godzilla

2. Batman

3. Joker

4. Dalek Sec

5. The T.rex for JP

6. The Triceratops from TLW

7. Winter Soldier

8. Captain America

9. Hulk

10. Rorschach

11. Green Lantern ((Hal Jordan))

12. Flash ((Wally West))

13. Green Arrow

14. Superman

15. Kyoko Sakura ((Madoka Magica))

16. Catwoman

17. Shockwave

18. Optimus Prime

19. Grimlock

20. The Doctor

21. Data

22. Khan

23. Spock

24. Captain Kirk

25. Worf

26. Captain Picard

27. The Xenomorph from Alien

28. Wolverine

29. Beast

30. Magneto

31. Mystique

32. Hawkeye

33. Thor

34. Rocket Raccoon

Let me add on to that-

35. Darth Vader

36. James Bond

37. Shaak Ti

38. Obi-Wan

39. Lore

40. Han Solo

41. Luke Skywalker

42. Yoda

43. Grievous

44. Scorpion

45. Doctor Octopus

46. The Lizard

47. Venom

48. Spider-Man

49. The Dragon from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad

50. Smaug

[Mulder]

Let me add on to that-

35. Darth Vader

36. James Bond

37. Shaak Ti

38. Obi-Wan

39. Lore

40. Han Solo

41. Luke Skywalker

42. Yoda

43. Grievous

44. Scorpion

45. Doctor Octopus

46. The Lizard

47. Venom

48. Spider-Man

49. The Dragon from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad

50. Smaug

No more I promise......

51. Zod

52. Doomsday'

53. Reptile ((MK))

54. Parasite

55. Question

56. Martian Manhunter

57. Baragon

58. King Ghidorah

59. Yoshi

60. Bulbasaur

61. Sceptile

62. Bastiodon

63. Slug ((Transformers))

[Mulder]

No more I promise......

51. Zod

52. Doomsday'

53. Reptile ((MK))

54. Parasite

55. Question

56. Martian Manhunter

57. Baragon

58. King Ghidorah

59. Yoshi

60. Bulbasaur

61. Sceptile

62. Bastiodon

63. Slug ((Transformers))

Oh fuck just two more.

64. Robocop

65. Robocop 87's ED-209

[Mulder]

Oh fuck just two more.

64. Robocop

65. Robocop 87's ED-209

And one more I swear.

66. The Shark from JAWS