Board 8 > Hunger Games XXIII FIGHT: Let's Get Ready to Rumble! (Nominations)

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Last time on the Hunger Games:
Everyone's least favorite characters were thrown into a seemingly endless tower of horrors, as they were picked off one by one in horribly gruesome ways. In the end, it was the underdog Hitomi Kanzaki who reigned... most tolerable? With Hunger Games All-Stars approaching fast, we've got one more challenge for a whole new batch of competitors!

Rules:
-Each user may nominate one character. If 36 competitors are not reached (and you know the drill, they never are) then each person will get a 2nd nomination until we hit 36.
-Each character nominated must have appeared in a fighting game at some point. There shouldn't really need to be any confusion here; it's pretty clear cut this time.
-The 36 characters will be put into a randomized battle to the death.

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okay cool so they don't have to originate from a fighting game

hmm that opens a lot are we counting MUGEN for maximum tomfoolery and bullshit?
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gonna have to say no to MUGEN (since that'd essentially make this just Vanilla)
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Does the fighting game had to have been released in NA, and can it include support characters
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Lynette (Soul Calibur 3)
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Does the fighting game had to have been released in NA, and can it include support characters

no, and yes
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Devil Jin (Tekken)
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Do Beat'em'ups count as fighting games?
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azuarc posted...

Do Beat'em'ups count as fighting games?

man when I finally think I have a clear cut one I still get hard questions like this

I mean, I'd lean against it, but if people think they should be included I don't mind
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oh nice, then since I've been watching and reading Boku No Hero

Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia: Battle for All)

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If you can't count this, I'll pick another.

Darth Vader (Star Wars - Appears as a character in Soul Calibur IV)

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Johnbobb posted...

azuarc posted...

Do Beat'em'ups count as fighting games?

man when I finally think I have a clear cut one I still get hard questions like this

I mean, I'd lean against it, but if people think they should be included I don't mind

Well, there are some pretty dreadful characters in the Warriors series, so I figure that would be easy pickins. If that won't fly, I can come up with something else, but I don't play a ton of fighting games, and don't necessarily know who's truly dreadful (without being obvious like Mokap or Fred Durst).
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Someone should totally nominate Fred Durst
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I'll nominate Big Band from Skullgirls
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If Vader is in, then I feel compelled to do this:

Stormtrooper (Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi)

Yes, an unnamed Stormtrooper was an unlockable character. Yes, he could defeat Luke & Vader with his bare hands, because everyone in that game was a martial artist for some reason.

...honestly, even without Vader, I feel "unnamed Stormtrooper with martial arts training that lets him block lightsabers with his hands" is probably the best nomination I would ever come up with. </.<
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Nina Williams (Tekken)
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Peacock (Skullgirls)
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Shonen_Bat posted...

Peacock (Skullgirls)

Man, you and I just keep teaming up, don't we...
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Oh man, I didn't see that. This is gonna rule.

Unless they lose early but shhh.
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azuarc posted...

Johnbobb posted...

azuarc posted...

Do Beat'em'ups count as fighting games?

man when I finally think I have a clear cut one I still get hard questions like this

I mean, I'd lean against it, but if people think they should be included I don't mind

Well, there are some pretty dreadful characters in the Warriors series, so I figure that would be easy pickins. If that won't fly, I can come up with something else, but I don't play a ton of fighting games, and don't necessarily know who's truly dreadful (without being obvious like Mokap or Fred Durst).

If you want to, I don't mind

though I agree Fred Durst is an excellent nomination
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I'm like... tempted to nominate an Arcana Heart character... but you probably wouldn't know how to portray any of them and... well I can't really help clarify how you can.
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Solid Snake (SSBB)


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Do wrestling games count as fighting games?
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If wrestling games count, I nominate The Rock:


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... you know, let's be stupid.

Gilgamesh (Dissidia Final Fantasy)

RySenkari posted...

Do wrestling games count as fighting games?

yes

especially since there are actually direct WWE fighting games now
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1. Lynette (Soul Calibur 3)
2. Devil Jin (Tekken)
3. Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia: Battle for All)
4. Darth Vader (Soul Calibur IV)
5. Big Band (Skullgirls)
6. Stormtrooper (Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi)
7. Nina Williams (Tekken)
8. Peacock (Skullgirls)
9. Solid Snake (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
10. The Rock (WWE Immortals)
11. Gilgamesh (Dissidia Final Fantasy)
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Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
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I thought we were supposed to be nominated terrible, least favorite characters. Now we have The Rock and Lu Bu.
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azuarc posted...

I thought we were supposed to be nominated terrible, least favorite characters. Now we have The Rock and Lu Bu.

That was just the theme last time. Please nominate awesome characters from now on.
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In that case:

Mike Haggar (originally Final Fight, has appeared in true fighting games)
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Lili de Rochefort (Tekken)

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Voldo (Soul Calibur)

Got my not!Arcana Heart nom.

Karin Kanzuki (Street Fighter)
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Captain Ginyu (Dragon Ball)

Does he count?
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If he appeared in a fighting game at some point then yes.

Never played a DBZ game but there are tons of them apparently so he probably did.
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Also he's gonna be in the new Dragonball FighterZ
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yup
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1. Lynette (Soul Calibur 3)
2. Devil Jin (Tekken)
3. Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia: Battle for All)
4. Darth Vader (Soul Calibur IV)
5. Big Band (Skullgirls)
6. Stormtrooper (Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi)
7. Nina Williams (Tekken)
8. Peacock (Skullgirls)
9. Solid Snake (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
10. The Rock (WWE Immortals)
11. Gilgamesh (Dissidia Final Fantasy)
12. Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
13. Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
14. Lili de Rochefort (Tekken)
15. Voldo (Soul Calibur)
16. Karin Kanzuki (Street Fighter)
17. Captain Ginyu (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
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Susanoo (Blazblue Central Fiction)


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This seems like a good time to open up to 2 nominations
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Utsuho Reiuji (Touhou Hisoutensoku)

pictures later sorry.
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Tarkatan Xenomorph (Mortal Kombat X)
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Hulk (Marvel vs. Capcom series)


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for my 2nd I'm torn between my best fighting game main (Soul Calibur's Kilik) or someone who'd be more fun (Tekken's Kuma or Wii Fit Trainer or SHAQ)
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So are these supposed to be bad characters or good ones?
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Good characters, it was just the theme last time to nominate characters you hated.
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redrocket_pub posted...

So are these supposed to be bad characters or good ones?

any character at all that fits the theme of fighting game characters. Good, bad, silly, serious, etc.

All of the characters are thrown into an RNG simulator that will tell me what actions they do "____ kills ____," "_____ gets injured," etc. and then I write a story based on how that would go down for the characters.

Some of the best times come from the characters that are less expected. Ex. one of the earliest Hunger Games had Winnie the Pooh going on a murder spree with a baseball bat. One of my favorite ones to write about was in the Elemental one, where Ecco the dolphin killed several people by luring them into a lake and then gutting them with various weapons.


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oh but yeah, if you're referring to last time, it was supposed to specifically be characters you dislike as the theme (like FGC is the theme this time)

typically just nominate whoever you'd like to see (either because they're your favorite and you want them to win or because you think it'd be entertaining to see them in a Hunger Games-type scenario).
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B.B Hood (DarkStalkers)

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