Fox's Fabulous Final Draft: Season Twelve

[Fox]

Fox's Fabulous Final Draft!

It was 1997 when Fox started a site called the Comic Book Universe Battles in the wee early days of the Interwebs. 

Now, as we approach the year 2022, this site will have been online wasting people's time and bandwidth for 25 years! 

That's remarkable!   So much wasted time and bandwidth!

And so, we must celebrate this incredible achievement by wasting our time with...

 

CBUB Fantasy Teams: Season Twelve

BEST OF SLOTS!

 

But this time it's different!  Because we have Prizes!

Every participant who enters a team is eligible for this fantastic commemorative T-Shirt that tells the world that you wasted your time right here!

The final design might differ, but you get the idea.

Also, the four players that make The Final Four of the Fantasy Teams Tournament will be eligible for an Amazon Gift Card prize. Wow!

This will be a LONG season running through Holidays Nov and Dec. More than 10 regular rounds, for sure.

And so, without further ado, let's look at the Slots to draft for. (No repeats from the previous Best of Slots).

 

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The Rules:

Draft Open: 12 noon Pacific time, Sunday October 10th.

Draft Close: Oct. 19th at the earliest. Could be end of October, we'll see.

In case you need a refresher on the rules, here you go :

The Fantasy Draft FAQ

Visit your CBUB Control Panel to draft your team.

 

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SLOT 1: The Team's Worst Villain! - (From Season 4)

A Third-Rate Marvel or DC Comic Book Villain who is kind of a joke and loses all the time. Generally street-Level power class.

Base Line Examples: *
- Kangaroo
- Kite Man
- Stilt Man

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 4 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 4:

+------------------------+-------------------+------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME              | PLAYER_NAME       | CID  | WINS | LOSSES |
+------------------------+-------------------+------+------+--------+
| Orca (Grace Balin)     | Z451              | 9950 |    4 |      0 |
| Kite Man               | Lordofice         | 9939 |    3 |      2 |

 

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SLOT 2: The Team's Deity - (From Season 5)

A mythological deity from any of human history's various pantheon of gods. Must be an actual historical deity, not a deity created for fiction.

Strong possibility you will have to add a character here.

Base Line Examples: *
- Zeus
- Mars
- Isis

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 5 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 5:

+--------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME    | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+--------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| The Dagda    | Magnamax          | 10082 |    4 |      0 |
| Poseidon     | Versam            |  8131 |    4 |      1 |
| Ra           | DSkillz           |  7404 |    3 |      2 |
| Semar        | Z451              | 10074 |    3 |      1 |
| Athena       | Bergy_Berg        |  7668 |    3 |      1 |

 

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SLOT 3: The Team's Planetary Invasion Force! - (From Season 5)

An alien race (non-human) from science-fiction that has a fleet of ships and the ability to use them militarily.

Star Wars Empire / Rebel Alliance does not count.  Must be a distinct species with their own military.

Base Line Examples: *
- Various alien races from Star Trek / Voyager / Deep Space Nine / Whatevs.
- Those aliens from Independence Day
- Perhaps aliens from Warhammer 40,000?
- How about Babylon Five?

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 5 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 5:

+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME                      | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| Orks (Warhammer 40,000)        | Magnamax          |  1961 |    4 |      1 |
| The Kree Empire                | RakaiThwei        |  5519 |    4 |      0 |
| The Daleks                     | Macklemore        |   203 |    3 |      0 |

 

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SLOT 4: The Team's Disney Fairy Tale Villain - (From Season 6)

A villain from one of Disney's many movies or shows.

Base Line Examples: *
- Captain Hook
- Jafar
- Cruella De Vil

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 6 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 6:

+------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME              | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| Evil Queen (Disney)    | Bergy_Berg        | 10481 |    5 |      1 |
| Chernabog              | JohnnyChany       |   339 |    5 |      1 |
| Maleficent             | Mercenaryblade    |   356 |    3 |      1 |

 

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SLOT 5: The Team's Big Gun - (Technically from Season 4, but now has a Tier cap)

Must not be more powerful than Vs Battle Wiki Tier 4. (Tier 11 to 4 allowed).

Base Line Examples:

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Tier_4

There's a huge number of possibilities in there.

 

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SLOT 6: Vs. Battle Wiki Tier: Superhuman (Lowest Power)

Must not be more powerful than Vs Battle Wiki Tier 9

Base Line Examples:

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Tier_9
There's a huge number of possibilities in there.

 

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SLOT 7: The Team's Corporate Mascot - (From Season 8)

Corporate mascots either from fiction or real-life,  i.e. icons known for promoting and selling things.   Typically, these would be found in CBUB Pop-Culture section.

Base Line Examples: *
- Ronald McDonald
- Burger King
- Michelin Man
- Captain Morgan

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 8 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 8:

+-----------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME                         | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| The Man Your Man Could Smell Like | Peypeypeypey      |  8452 |    3 |      2 |
| Pepsiman                          | Gizmo Hibiki      |  7781 |    3 |      0 |

 

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SLOT 8: The Team's Cannon Fodder - (From Season 9)

A generic group of disposable stereotypes - often depicted as being easily defeated like Pirates, Ninjas and Storm Troopers.

Base Line Examples: *

• Ninjas
• Ewoks
• Pirates
• Kobolds
• Red-Shirted Ensigns

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 9 will be unavailable for use. Got to find new contenders!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 9:

+---------------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME                             | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+---------------------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| The Hand                              | DSkillz           |  2454 |    5 |      1 |
| Unggoy (Grunts)                       | Mercenaryblade    |  8798 |    3 |      1 |
| The Vorcha                            | Peypeypeypey      | 11087 |    3 |      2 |
| Kobolds                               | Vincento          |  8621 |    3 |      0 |

 

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SLOT 9: The Team's Survivor - (From Season 8)

A human character from a live-action Horror or Sci-Fi movie that survived. (Or maybe didn't survive but was still cool).

No (or only minor) super powers allowed.

Base Line Examples:
-Lt. Ellen Ripley
-Sarah Connor
-Tallahassee (Zombie Land)

See Also for examples:
https://screenrant.com/horror-movie-main-characters-cheated-death-scream-halloween/
https://www.fandom.com/articles/smart-horror-movie-characters-who-died-anyway

This slot will be matched against the Location in Slot 10!

 

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SLOT 10: The Team's Location - (From Season 11)

A unique and well known Land, City or Area (a location) typically associated with danger and adventure.

Cannot be so deadly that a human or human-like character could not possibly survive it!

Characters from Slot 9, above, must have a chance against it.  Fox will be looking closely at the choices in this slot.

Base Line Examples: *

* Top contenders in this slot from Season 11 and those that were insta-kill like Hoth will be denied. Got to find new contenders!

This slot will be matched against the Survivor in Slot 9!

Unavailable - top characters in this slot from Season 11:

+-------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| CHAR_NAME               | PLAYER_NAME       | CID   | WINS | LOSSES |
+-------------------------+-------------------+-------+------+--------+
| Apokolips               | DSkillz           |  7373 |    4 |      0 |
| Remnant                 | Venom 2009        |  9985 |    3 |      1 |
| The Cube                | Peypeypeypey      |  3581 |    3 |      1 |
| Hoth                    | Magnamax          |  9020 |    2 |      1 |

 

[Venom 2009]

Here are some Slots I would like to see again.

Processin' the team's odds (Season 2)
The Team's OH SHIT Button (Season 2)
The Team's Japanese Asset (Season 4)
The Team Pet (Season 4)
The Team's Planetary Invasion Force! (Season 5)
The Team's Entertainer (Season 5)
The Team Member Fighting In the Ring (Season 5)
The Team's Precocious Child (Season 6)
The Team's Survivor (Season 8 )
The Team's Corporate Mascot (Season 8 )
The Team's Location vs The Team's Comedy Sidekick (Season 11)

[SSJRuss]

Here's what I'd like to see-

 

Team Location - Season 11
Team Anime Character - Season 9
Team Cannon Fodder - Season 9
Team Holiday Special - Season 6
Team Planetary Invasion Force - Season 5
Team Deity - Season 5
Team Greatest Liability - Season 4
Team Pet - Season 4
Team Japanese Asset - Season 4
Team Worst Villain - Season 4
Team Dark Secret - Season 3
Team OH SHIT button - Season 2

[Fox]

Gee, this season might have to have more than seven slots.  Maybe ten.

 

[DSkillz]

I've been thinking about a new Draft slot for some time now, and I actually got the inspiration for this from Ed Asner's recent passing. 

How about: the Intrepid Reporter? 

Who would go the farthest to get the scoop? Who would ask the most hard-hitting questions? Etc., etc. Bring on Lois Lane, April, O'Neal, J. Jonah Jameson, and yes, Lou Grant. 

Not sure how many notable journalists are available in pop culture, though. 

[Twogunkid]

S1: Melee Specialist

S2: Doin the team's CSI work

S3: Keeping the team Crayzee

S4: The Team's Worst Villain

S5: The Team's Wild West Component (You guys gotta let me use the Two-Gun Kid, plz.)

S6: The Team's Disney Fairy Tail Villain

S8: The Team's Wacky Racer

S9: The Team's Canonfodder

S10: Musical Interlude

S11: The Team's Thief

 

[Movie-Brat]

Season 1: Mental power character

Season 2: Kung Fu

Season 3: Dark Secret 

Season 4: Team's Big Fun

Season 5: Mid Level Superhero

Season 6: Disney Villain 

Season 8: Superhuman (Lowest Power)

Season 9: Team's Marvel Comics Character 

Season 10: Ranged vs Melee

Season 11: Location

[Fox]

Looks like there is quite a bit of coding I'll need to do in order to increase the number of Slots.  And I'll need to do some testing.

I can't provide any particular time / date when the draft will be open.  It opens when it opens.

Thanks! 

 

[comic_book_fan]

i want a shirt

[RakaiThwei]

Final Draft?

As in... no more drafts after this?

[Culwych1]

Wow, this is both sad and amazing. Can't miss it. 

[RakaiThwei]

Is this deemed final unless we can still save the CBUB?

[Fox]

30 minutes ago, RakaiThwei said:

Is this deemed final unless we can still save the CBUB?

This is just Fox's Final.  Celebrating 25 years of Foxyness.  We came, we saw, we got the T-Shirt!

Who knows what the future holds for CBUB: The Next Generation.

 

[Twogunkid]

1 hour ago, Fox said:

This is just Fox's Final.  Celebrating 25 years of Foxyness.  We came, we saw, we got the T-Shirt!

Who knows what the future holds for CBUB: The Next Generation.

 

Less toupes, more klingons.

[Fox]

I have updated the main description to note the characters that will be unavailable in each slot.

I have completed my updates and prep.  I will open the access to the draft tomorrow Sunday Oct. 10 at 12 Noon Pacific time.

 

[Movie-Brat]

9 minutes ago, Fox said:

I have updated the main description to note the characters that will be unavailable in each slot.

 

Thank you. Now I know to be sure who I want. 

[Twogunkid]

So I would say Battlewiki is not ok for Superhuman lowest power gauges. They list Ainz Ool Gown there. And he kind of  is soloing massive field battles.

[Fox]

12 minutes ago, Twogunkid said:

So I would say Battlewiki is not ok for Superhuman lowest power gauges. They list Ainz Ool Gown there. And he kind of  is soloing massive field battles.

Ainz is listed Tier 9C "physically" and then crosses tiers upward with Magic.

He would be denied for the low power slot, absolutely.

The way to read the character on Battle Wiki is to see the highest tier the character crosses into.

See, Snake-Eyes is a perfect example of a Tier 9 pick.  He doesn't cross tiers upwards.

[ViceCityMobster86]

Read what you want to read, believe what you want to believe but to be the man you gotta beat the man!

[Fox]

Removed the Unavailable list on the Survivor slot, because the slot is not running the same challenges again.

[Fox]

OK the draft options should be available.  Good luck with your team.

[Movie-Brat]

Is Godzilla acceptable for scrappy fighter?

[DSkillz]

12 minutes ago, Movie-Brat said:

Is Godzilla acceptable for scrappy fighter?

Um ... 

On 9/28/2021 at 2:57 PM, Fox said:

SLOT 6: Vs. Battle Wiki Tier: Superhuman (Lowest Power)

Must not be more powerful than Vs Battle Wiki Tier 9

 

[Movie-Brat]

Says Heisei Godzilla counts. 

[Fox]

12 minutes ago, Movie-Brat said:

Is Godzilla acceptable for scrappy fighter?

No. Tier 9 is Street Level.  Like Snake-Eyes from GI Joe, for example.

Go through the Tier Nine category and ensure the character is actually Street Level and doesn't cross tiers upwards.