Board 8 > ~FIGHT!~ Juliet Starling vs. Earthworm Jim

(+) Yeah! (+)

Lopen posted...

Also I think forcing DC to exit is bad pr until he starts disrupting the game in ways beyond just being a dick to other leaders in glorious combat. I'd encourage you to reconsider that

I'll poll the leaders in a bit about it after dinner - specifically the Group 1 leaders since they're the ones who stand to lose something

If they agree to letting him play I'll allow it too.
---

kan: this is a democracy

also kan: this is not a democracy
---

For the record if you think DC is going to sabotage me because I'm the only one supporting the ruling I literally do not care if he does that so please don't do it to protect me
---

Which, also for the record, is part of why DC's insinuation that DC being my r2 opponent is so ridiculous

Look at my team does it look like one constructed by someone who isn't mostly out to screw around

Okay I did have the biggest blowout of round 1 hey when you're good you're good just imagine if I had a real weapon
---

Unfortunately I built this team for winning fights, not glorious Peacetime dickery. My sabotage potential is minimal
---

lopen: when you're food you're good
---

Between this and You Narrative my phone really hates me
---

I meant more "I am facing you next" than anything else. I guess. I hit the bottle somewhere in last night's absurdity so hell if I recall the details
---

Right -- abbreviated but that's what I meant. I'm just saying I don't care about winning this nearly enough for any sort of interest in winning to color anything about it.

I do think I CAN win granted, and am going to try as best this team can, but yeah I'm not remotely powergaming this thing.
---

FFDragon posted...

kan: this is a democracy

also kan: this is not a democracy

There's a really funny joke I could make about democracy in the modern world but it's also so cynical it might make someone cry

Decisions decisions
---

Jim btw
---

Nice to see that just when you think Mercs can't become any more of a shit show, it becomes more of a shit show
---

Scat play is a normal saturday night for Mercs.
---

FFDragon posted...

Scat play is a normal saturday night for Mercs.

This made me laugh way the hell more than it should've, thanks FFD
---

---

this match needs more debate tbqh
---

Talking about the actual match I think I'd take Jim to win even without the totem.
---

i'd vote for juliet, jim's write up without his upgrade kinda sucks
---

well this topic made me interested in this side project.
---

juliet takes this straight up tbqh
---

Juliet is straight up one of the best 3/weeks in the game. Borderline 4/week.
---

Agree on that, yes

Jim is really good (he has pretty nice feats even if you take his toonforce with a grain of salt) but Juliet is basically the 4/week benchmark alongside Lloyd Irving. Jim would need his pocket rocket char upgrade to make this debatable, since that thing goes super fast and gives him a massive gun to fire.
---

Jim isn't the brightest . Couldn't he break the totem himself
---

ScareChan posted...

Jim isn't the brightest . Couldn't he break the totem himself

It can tank like fifty rockets

'not the brightest' is one thing, but he's not going to sabotage himself that hard.
---

Jim I would have voted for Nick if someone convinced me.

KanzarisKelshen posted...

We're playing a game where teams face off. Sometimes a team completely cripples another and the match becomes a formality. In those situations it's sportsmanlike to forfeit the match,

Is this why so many people were just telling to forfeit? They honestly believed that it was that lopsided and in those situations its customary to give up?
---

Is this why so many people were just telling to forfeit? They honestly believed that it was that lopsided and in those situations its customary to give up?

Yeah. This doesn't mean their minds were made up already, they could've been swayed by a really juicy argument in your case - but something veteran leaders know is that it's always a smart idea to cut your losses if a match looks to be really not in question. One only has so much mental stamina to fall back on.
---

I'm still steadfastly refusing to participate in this joke topic, but I will say that Nick actually is probably capable of stealing Jim's suit.Kind of what he does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEQKjvyFug
---

though in this sort of environment where you only have 7 matches to make an impact instead of 50, forfeiting has much less of a strategical impact

but when you're going to get blown out, you're still going to get blown out
---

I think terrain helps Jim a lot. New Junk City is pretty unruly gonna be a lot of trash mounds to brave to get in melee range. Jim should be able to gun her down before she gets in
---

She actually blocks machinegun fire as a matter of course during one of her boss fights (in a cutscene I can't be arsed to actually go find. Sure would be fun if this was an actual match to debate)
---

I don't think there is any way Jim beats Juliet in a normal fight.
---

Plasma gun ain't no one blockin that

Dodging maybe-- INTO GARBAGE.
---

Alany posted...

Jim I would have voted for Nick if someone convinced me.

Chee thanks

Plus Nick is highly probably also bound by the totem.
---

Eddv posted...

Plus Nick is highly probably also bound by the totem.

Eddv, I went over this discussion with prior. Passive equipment is A-OK inside the barrier and Nick is basically passive equipment.

Honestly though outside of that incredibly niche literal head keychain this match is entirely in Jim's bag.

Jim
---