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Forza Horizons (newer is better obv)
Ghost of Tsushima


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https://youtube.com/watch?v=WMAFY92VEbI

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azuarc posted...

It was either that or justify why I had chosen lec or dotsbaw over the other. And I forget which one won five years ago.

you could've done LEC vs Dreams and then the next day had the winner against Exsphere. And since these are important matches, they'd be one per day. Plus KCF has plenty of other snubbed songs to compete

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i dont think theres an antimatter bomb on our earth

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The Mishy plushie is definitely the better choice for Laura, no matter what she thinks. She doesn't need any help CRUSHING WALLS after all

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Geofront 4? More like GeofrOWNED 4 Times!

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Class::EXEC_Z/.

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Janet is a sentient AI-like helper who comes bundled in with every Good Place neighborhood. There is a Janet in every neighborhood in the afterlife; this specific Janet is the one the show follows, who gets repeatedly rebooted and becomes closer to human than any other Janet.

Janet claims to know everything on Earth, from major events to the minutiae of people's lives. (It could be argued that she knows every fictional universe in this contest as a result, but I'm not sure I feel like going down that road.) She has gaps in her knowledge about the afterlife, but it is consistently shown that she is full of knowledge about Earth.

Janet also has the ability to instantly summon any object on Earth, ranging from the mundane to the spectacularly weird. We never see her use this power offensively, though there is nothing theoretically stopping her from doing so.

In addition, Janet can automatically retreat to her void, a formless place that exists outside space and time. She can do this at any time. She can also create other beings who are like her (she creates a "boyfriend" that functions in much the same way), as well as constructs of people who behave like normal people. This isn't perfect, however - the boyfriend in particular is very weird and acts like a defective Janet model. But this is something she can do.

Also, Janet states in the finale that she doesn't experience time the normal way. This is probably a result of the afterlife timeline moving in a non-linear fashion, but also she's been known to retreat to her void and come back seconds later, though a lot of time has passed for her.

Janet is tricky here because she's more of a conceptual fighter. She has a wide array of abilities but she never really uses them in direct combat. The only time we actually see Janet engaged in direct combat is when her powers have been removed due to being on Earth. She's able to easily overpower a group of demons (who look and act like humans) through basic hand-to-hand combat. When her powers briefly return, her attacks are amplified (she's able to easily toss them away). She also, while in the Bad Place, held a demon up by the neck and threw him into a wall so hard the wall cracked.

There are two canon ways to defeat Janet. One is to push on her nose and put a paper clip in a small hole near her left ear; this will turn her into a marble. The other, more interesting way, is that in every neighborhood, Janet has a kill switch located remotely somewhere. If you press it, it doesn't actually kill her - it knocks her out for a while, but then she reboots and grows in terms of sentience. This particular Janet has been rebooted around 800 times, making her far more self-aware than other Janets. I think a kill switch would spawn somewhere in the arena, though whether her opponent would know to target it specifically or not is up in the air. Also, whenever someone approaches the switch, Janet is programmed to plead for her life (even going so far as to show a picture of fake kids she claims to have), though as soon as you walk away, she will admit it's all an act. Here's a video of that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vo4Fdf7E0w

(nfun: this is my favorite match topic title we've had yet)

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Welcome to the King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) Simulated Character Battle Tournament!

The game is simple. The two* listed characters are placed in an (imaginary) location with a variety of (imaginary) environments, kind of like a picture in a child's schoolbook that describes different types of geological features. Within a ten mile radius, there is an (imaginary) urban downtown, exurbs, plains, snow-clad mountains at the edge, dry plains, etc. Fighters start wherever is most appropriate for them, but feel increasingly compelled to seek out their opponent and fight. Strong-willed fighters can try to hold out in their chosen environment for longer... eventually, all will succumb and actively search for the other to battle.

To participate, just vote in bold for whichever character you believe will win. Giving reasoning is optional, but please be polite and read what others have said and carefully make your decision. I'll ping the nominators (they can opt out) to give arguments if they wish.

Results/Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797189

TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS:
Hades (Kid Icarus)

The god of the Underworld as master of the dead, Hades, aside from expected abilities like being able to resurrect the undead and sheer strength, he is also apparently capable of making "his entire body [be] covered in missiles and laser turrets"

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Janet (The Good Place)

An AI caretaker, Janet knows everything on Earth, can make robot friends, and can teleport (including to a personal pocket Universe), but has an off switch hidden somewhere in the arena

@Shonen_Bat

FIGHT

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Soap

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IIRC, TikTok can arbitrarily download and execute files, which is legitimately extremely concerning. Too lazy to find a source, so grain of salt

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Leonhart4 posted...

was it the diabeetus

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I was expecting bad juju today because SpaceX's Endeavour capsule left the ISS today, but I guess dawn's upon us; a true savior

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Deoxyribose? More like C5H10OWNED4!

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Fuck

Isoleucine???

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Shonen_Bat posted...

I don't remember nominating Raz, were there four noms for this or five

four initially, then one more

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NU

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(toon link)

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razputin tries psychonauting the witch king and goes fucking insane

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Welcome to the King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) Simulated Character Battle Tournament!

The game is simple. The two* listed characters are placed in an (imaginary) location with a variety of (imaginary) environments, kind of like a picture in a child's schoolbook that describes different types of geological features. Within a ten mile radius, there is an (imaginary) urban downtown, exurbs, plains, snow-clad mountains at the edge, dry plains, etc. Fighters start wherever is most appropriate for them, but feel increasingly compelled to seek out their opponent and fight. Strong-willed fighters can try to hold out in their chosen environment for longer... eventually, all will succumb and actively search for the other to battle.

To participate, just vote in bold for whichever character you believe will win. Giving reasoning is optional, but please be polite and read what others have said and carefully make your decision. I'll ping the nominators (they can opt out) to give arguments if they wish.

Results/Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797189

TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS:
The Witch King of Angmar (Lord of the Rings)

Said to be undefeatable by any man, the Witch King emanates an aura of extreme dread and has respectable physical prowess. Bonus points against ringbearers.

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Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)

A Psychonaut, Razputin can delve into other character's minds and... ok I didn't get very far in Psychonauts so I dunno how his mechanics here would work but let's say if he can overpower his opponent's subconscious in some way he wins

@PrinceKaro @Shonen_Bat

FIGHT

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OrangeCrush980 posted...

Is the guessing game guessing which song you chose for each of us?

azuarc plays songs and you guess what they are

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LeonhartFour posted...

people sure do love to nitpick topic titles and poll wording

it's only nitpicking if I don't actually prefer the numbers I listed to the poll options

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ViolentAbacus posted...

Was initially just gonna do the 100 regular whole numbers

then say you're doing natural numbers!

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ViolentAbacus posted...

If I can find out how to do more than 10 per poll, gladly!

what, you weren't planning on doing the nine remaining numbers from today?

in any case, you need to take community advice for future days. i definitely feel more strongly about e, pi and 1/137 than any of the other options today

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Hbthebattle posted...

Is Trump still mad about the got a rally wrecked by kpop fans thing

yep

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ViolentAbacus posted...

... Yes

I demand you add e to the poll tomorrow

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Factorio you coward

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1/n!, n=0

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what if toon link doesnt want to fight paddington so he runs around procrastinating and rolls into a wall and bangs his head and then a vase from the shelf above falls on him and he dies

http://dongers.net/z/#Link/RollSlam

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PerfectChaosZ posted...

Yeah and don't parents struggle to help with their kids grade-school homework because it's more advanced than what they learned in High School? Cause that's always been my experience at least in the sciences.

In my experience, people don't remember what they learned in high school science for more than three months after the year ends. Even many of my friends in a STEM field seemed to have forgotten almost everything they learned that wasn't directly relevant to their interests

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just to be clear i'm voting for endeavour

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azuarc posted...

Rean's all, like, hey, it's no big deal. I don't have the use of my shoulder any more, but s'all good. I should have watched better. ^_^

haha...

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r-r-rob schneider finds out that a netflix special isn't what it's cracked up to be

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MysticBrohan posted...

Youre on $20 either hes elected president or he dies

idk what the fuck i was thinking with currently established country. i was thinking about him being president of Canada or something like thats possible

You're close. He'll be the first leader of the area previously ruled by Canada after the revolution. He'll be the dictator of Kanyeda

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Never say never!

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Second Dark Matter Battle? More like Second DORK Matter OWNAGE!
YO-KAI Disco? More like YOWNED-DIE DiscOWNED!

R

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PrinceKaro posted...

Does it count as a win for paddington if he befriends his enemy and has them surrender?

otherwise he is sheldon tier

i mean i guess

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Welcome to the King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) Simulated Character Battle Tournament!

The game is simple. The two* listed characters are placed in an (imaginary) location with a variety of (imaginary) environments, kind of like a picture in a child's schoolbook that describes different types of geological features. Within a ten mile radius, there is an (imaginary) urban downtown, exurbs, plains, snow-clad mountains at the edge, dry plains, etc. Fighters start wherever is most appropriate for them, but feel increasingly compelled to seek out their opponent and fight. Strong-willed fighters can try to hold out in their chosen environment for longer... eventually, all will succumb and actively search for the other to battle.

To participate, just vote in bold for whichever character you believe will win. Giving reasoning is optional, but please be polite and read what others have said and carefully make your decision. I'll ping the nominators (they can opt out) to give arguments if they wish.

Results/Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797189

TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS:
Toon Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Due to popular demand, Link doesn't have weapons! not really but for the love of god stop using that cliche

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Paddington (Paddington)

An anthropomorphic bear, Paddington is probably not as obnoxious and terrible as Stuart Little

@hombad46 @Xeybozn

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rtfm

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Mecha Bee? More like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJjv3BL1suo

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Aku

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So, in order to standardize properties between works, I've argued that you need to consider the intents and purposes of things like magic systems in a work to see how it would compare to another universe. Aku can only be defeated by that sword because, at least according to the wiki, it's divine, and only something divine can hurt him. He's weak to holy powers... would Todd's veganism count? Does his vegan powers derive from it being healthy for him, does the moral nature of avoiding animal harm give it some effect? If it's the latter, I'd say that at least Todd can hurt Aku. Whether or not he could win is another question

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Geofront

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Johnbobb posted...

This is the most votes I've ever seen to maintain 100%

Currently 87-0

ya gotta put "no lying" in the poll title. it's a trick people usually overlook

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Welcome to the King of Fighters 2020 (NOT MERCS) Simulated Character Battle Tournament!

The game is simple. The two* listed characters are placed in an (imaginary) location with a variety of (imaginary) environments, kind of like a picture in a child's schoolbook that describes different types of geological features. Within a ten mile radius, there is an (imaginary) urban downtown, exurbs, plains, snow-clad mountains at the edge, dry plains, etc. Fighters start wherever is most appropriate for them, but feel increasingly compelled to seek out their opponent and fight. Strong-willed fighters can try to hold out in their chosen environment for longer... eventually, all will succumb and actively search for the other to battle.

To participate, just vote in bold for whichever character you believe will win. Giving reasoning is optional, but please be polite and read what others have said and carefully make your decision. I'll ping the nominators (they can opt out) to give arguments if they wish.

Results/Discussion: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797189

TODAY'S PARTICIPANTS:
Aku (Samurai Jack)

Evil incarnate and ruler of the Earth, Aku has too many powers to list, including eye beams, teleportation and resistance to non-holy attacks. We should probably try to stick with abilities he's used more than once...

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Todd Ingram (Scott Pilgrim)

Vegetals

@DeathChicken @Kamekguy

FIGHT

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swirIdude posted...

Dang, that's a recent loss. It was up earlier this year.

th3l3fty posted...

it's been down for a couple weeks

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Shonen_Bat posted...

her biggest plus is the fact that she's leagues above Deathstroke in most areas and he doesn't really have a way to take her out

scarletspeed7 posted...

prometheum weaponry

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wow I can't believe i said "Horseman" in the topic title. i'm slipping

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Deathstroke

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Steiner posted...

umm what about ronnie soak :/

maybe if he learned how to spell "chaos" correctly he could be a horseman

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