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Before we start Round 2, we are going to do a 2nd chance round! The following were eliminated in round 1, and will have a chance to re enter the tournament. @DSkillz @broadwaybeyonder @Culwych1 @Gizmo Hibiki @Pizzaguy2995 You all have ONE week to post a new tournament match. The contender with the Highest overall score will be re entered into the tournament. It must be posted before May 5th, 2024 at 11:59PM ET How will this work with the grand prize? Should anyone in this 2nd chance go on to win the tournament, they will receive a $50 Digital Visa gift card and the Runner up will get a $50 Digital Visa gift card. Should someone who was not eliminated in round one go on to win, they will receive the full $100 Digital Visa gift card. If I am in a position to have receive a reward it will instead be passed on to whomever was the next runner up. @Gizmo Hibiki's current match that was entered too late for round 1 will be his submission for the 2nd chance round.

Of the three that entered into the second chance round, @Gizmo Hibiki - 4.36 @broadwaybeyonder- 4.80 @Culwych1 - 4.94 All of you had great setups, but unfortunately only one can win this round. Congratulations @Culwych1, you are back in for round two which will begin shortly!

Great crossover setup and use of a character in Gunray that isn't easy to use in this versus format. I grew up with TNG, but I respect the TOS and the charisma and ability of Captain Kirk.

Gunray is corrupt and greedy to his core, he barely hesitated to try to have two Jedis killed when they presented a threat to his plans, I doubt he’d hesitate to try the same on Kirk. Sorry but I just don’t see how Kirk is gonna stop Gunray diplomatically. Especially since Gunray knows that if he doesn’t go through with the blockade Sidious will likely have him killed.

Great work here and very in tune with TOS! That's my favorite Star Trek series! I am gonna go with Kirk here!

Very good set-up, broadway. It had good characterization, and some hilarious dialogue. I wish I had caught this before voting and rating wrapped. Still not sure how Carnage managed to kill toons without Dip, though. I think Carnage rightfully won the vote. Since it's doubtful they could hurt one another physically, though, Carnage would've likely had to subdue Doom long enough to open up a barrel of Dip and throw the Judge in.

impressive how much Trekkie detail you fit in there. I don't even pretend with the stardates. I just don't include them.

No need to worry considering your last entry rocked!

Not overly familiar with Jacen but I will go with the apparent consensus.

This is true. They really fleshed him out. Kind of like that disease thing. It made Mileena way more interesting.

Jacen kills Kylo. No contest.

And thank you for giving Chloe her first official match. 😉

Yes I agree again

Great write up man, it shows well how Mikey isn't just the class clown that people assume him to be, but a very legitimate fighter all his own. I like how he stuck to his guns and pressed the offensive, demonstrating his competency and his capabilities as a martial artist, while presenting himself as someone to truly take seriously. The real Mikey, is like how he was in the "Last Ronin", and in spite of his comedic facade, it is a shame that most people don't or can't see that about him. I see what you mean too, in that people are perhaps considering the 1987 cartoon depiction of Michelangelo a bit too much, when thinking of Mikey in general, and that is a shame, as there is more to appreciate about him as a character, but your recap does work well in depicted his approach to battle in a way that is effective and respectful of who Mikey is as a martial artist and character, and in regards to that, I say that you certainly have done a great job. I think Donatello has a fairly good chance here actually. While Chun-Li is a very aggressive and quick fighter, Donnie's a very resourceful and skilled defensive fighter in his own right. I can see Donnie taking advantage of that and blocking much of her offensive movements with his staff and body, while utilizing his equipment at times to create openings, smoke bomb-roomba combo for example, combined with offensives made when Chun-Li is distracted might work well in providing the opening for some extra hits, ontop of the electric currents ability to do damage when Li gets too close. Utilizing these elements, in addition to his skills, Donnie will certainly put up a decent fight, and based on his experience, I can see him winning here.

I got Rocksteady. And not just because irl Rhinos would slaughter Hippos in land.

If we go by canon sources Jacen comfortably wins, although I guess it shouldn’t be too surprising that comic book feats tend to be much better then live action ones.

I fully agree with you.

I'm gonna go with Jacen Solo here.

I'm going with Carnage as well although I think Doom puts up a better fight then people give him credit for. Outstanding setup, broadway.

Carnage. Definitely Carnage. Especially if this is current Carnage.

Great Match! I give the setup a 5.0.

Fun match, hadn't heard of Hippo. Looking him up I think I will go with him.

Agreed that was some master creativity. Don't know either of them but Nordstrom seems the better pick.

I'll go with Leah. The Force is with her.

Nice job @broadwaybeyonder don't forget to link this to the tournament thread. Definitley an interesting match up, will have to give it some thought.

I say Carnage too. Interesting matchup though.

Carnage has this, and he has it pretty easily I'd say. Judge Doom can't really compete with a hypersonic Spider-Man villain, cartoon physics or not.

Super super creative, Culwych. I'm going with Nordstrom. The best thing Esther has going for her is that she appears to be a young girl which isn't as useful against a blind man. She can use her voice and I guess he might have a soft spot for young girls given what happened with his daughter and the plot of the sequel which I never saw, but I still think he survives any initial attack and takes her down.

Seems about right!

This result seems fitting. I doubt Kimberly and Arcee would fight for too long before the misunderstanding was cleared up.

Killjoy seems to be a lot more powerful with his spells, traps and near indestructibility bordering on Toon Force.

It's called The Warrior Returns and it's basically an Anti-Isekai story. Tom Talks enthusiastically describes it perfectly here. So imagine if... You ARE THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT!

Been a while. Missed out on rating and voting on so many tourney entries. My bad. Good entry, broadway. It's a good story and everyone's in character. One quibble, though: if Kimberly grew to Arcee's height, she'd actually be around 12-15 feet tall. As for the match, Arcee from the '80's 'toon never impressed me much with her combat skill. The show seemed more focused on just making her the "girl" of the Autobots. Her Cybertronian build may give her a durability edge against Kimberly, but I still think Kimberly has the edge in this one. That might've been tricky. The admin panel on the profiles has been on the fritz lately.

200 mathes. Thank you for all your contributions. I was thinking about this matchup in Grumbe Bee's last one and apparently you were too. Waspinator will win this. Grumble Bee's powers won't be any good against as mech being.

An equal sized Kimberly is likely a better hand to hand fighter, but if Acree is at least a regular Transformer soldier then her durability and weapons should be far superior.

Great set up! Love the idea and execution! I’m riding with Team Cowboys. The Gangsters might have more advanced guns and numbers but they’re being wielded by featless mooks, whereas almost everyone on Team Cowboy is an above average fighter at worst and a legendary gunslinger at best. I’ll take quality over quantity every time.

I’m actually leaning Grumble Bee. All five Rangers were needed to take it down, and all five of were far more experienced, skilled and competent heroes then Chloe.

Xenomorphs are perfect hunting creatures, and all the media that has them simply proves that. Everything that comes in touch with them eventually gets taken over by them (sans the Predators, but they are a story of their own.)

I'm liking Grumble Bee on this one.

I guess everyone forgot Ezio was in SoulCalibur?

I was going to try and randomize it each round, but I think this might be the best option. I'll make a post when all these matches resolve. That's when round 2 will begin.

Lancelot vs The Mandalorian. A very unique matchup but you did a great job making it very entertaining and memorable. Props from me to you friendo.

Well the problem is how precisely is Lucy supposed to kill Korosensei exactly? He’s shown the ability to heal from complete dismemberment at rapid speeds with the only exception being government created bullets and knives that Lucy will have no access to. Whilst Lucy has a healing factor herself, unlike Korosensei it’s not unlimited and can be taxed out after prolonged damage. In a battle of attrition Korosensei will have the advantage in that his healing abilities are much reliable then Lucy’s. I’ll give you Lucy’s raw power advantage but the above video is enough to convince me that Korosensei takes the speed advantage. After one of his students was skewered during battle Korosensei was able to catch every single drop of blood and cell before it could touch the ground and put it back inside her to save her life (spoiler alert but the student had a healing factor herself and could heal as long her body was whole). Keep in mind he was able to do that while dodging attacks from another enemy. So by speed feat’s Korosensei has Lucy beat and that plus his better healing factor and experience makes lean in favor of him during this fight.

Enjoyed the unique setup of this. Going with the defenders if nothing else because they have more legendary characters on their side.

Very creative write up, I enjoyed it.

Man I have to worry about elimination everytime with you. You have bested me or tied me in our last two tournament encounters, and you combine Westerns and the Yakuza a pairing so natural I'm shocked we don't see it more. Team Cowboy may have more elites, but this may be an Alamo scenario. I think the average grunts are going to be enough to overwhelm them.

Easy to read story with good brief intros to the characters. There was a sense of menace throughout especially from Lucy. Unfortunately I don't know much about either so can't comment as to the winner, but the story gives me the impression that Lucy is the more dangerous of the two and that Koro is not going to be able to talk her down!

Lucy should have this. I don't think Korosensei has what is needed to pacify her, and they are around the same power level theoretically, but I don't think it's ever proven whether Korosensei actually did what he did to the moon. Wiht Lucy, we have hard proof that her vectors can grow to encompass the Earth, so when I have to go and pick between theoretical tentacle power and proven tentacle power, I'll go with the one that has cold, hard proof.

The Unforeseen Simulation Joint: Part 41 -------- Summary: The mystery-being known as Cloud X9 has trapped all the CBUB Characters inside the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. The only way the CBUB Characters can get out is for them to fight each other to the death. There can only be one winner that will be allowed to get out of the dome. With no other choice, the CBUB Characters get into one massive battle. -------- Superman was fighting all the characters from the Dragon Ball Universe. But the Kryptonian was getting exhausted and overwhelmed. Beside the two Zenos that were killed earlier, the Dragon Ball Characters have not lost a single member. Dyspo was running towards Superman to hit him, but the Man of Steel grabbed the Pride Trooper by his neck and slammed the rabbit-like man down onto the floor. Beast Gohan and Orange Piccolo were going to attack him from behind, but Superman, sensing their approach, swung his arms back and knocked both the student and teacher away. Ultra Instinct Goku tried to deliver a kick, only for Superman to catch his leg. Full Power Bojack, Full Power Kogu, Bido, Zangya, and Bujin tried to attack Superman from all sides, but he uses Goku to knock all five of them away. Superman then throws Goku at Ultra Ego Vegeta, causing the two Saiyans to be sent flying through the air. Before Superman knew what was happening, he got punched in the face by SSJ4 Xeno Goku, which sent the Kryptonian skipping on the floor, and far away from the Dragon Ball Characters. "Everyone! Follow my lead!" Xeno Goku yelled before he created a ball of energy between his hands. "KA...ME...HA...ME...HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Xeno Goku yelled again as he fired the Kamehameha at Superman. "Big Bang Attack!" SSJ4 Xeno Vegeta yelled. “Special Beam Cannon!” Piccolo yelled. “Destructo Disc!” Krillin yelled. Black Frieza fires Death Beams. Z Broly in his SSJ4 form fires an Eraser Cannon. Super Broly in his Full Power Super Saiyan form fires a Gigantic Omegastorm. The Gods of Destruction each fire off a Hakai. Launch fires her Sub Machine Gun. Oolong throws a rock. Every Dragon Ball character was launching their attack at Superman. "Oh, Shit!" Superman yelled, as he got engulfed by the attacks, which created one big explosion. When it was over, the smoke and dust cleared-up to reveal that Superman was gone, and in his place was a very big crater in the floor. The Dragon Ball Characters cheered in victory. “Oh yeah, Superman is Super Dead!” Yamcha cheered. “Yea, but I wanted to beat Superman by myself.” Ultra Instinct Goku said in a disappointed tone. “No One Cares!” Beerus scolded Goku. “Well congratulation on beating DC’s most overrated character.” Someone said. The Dragon Ball Characters looked for the source of the voice and spotted a silvered-hair guy in a green outfit. “But now you face the most powerful Dragon Ball character of all.” He said. The Dragon Ball Characters became confused. “Uh..., who are you?” Krillin asked. “What! You don’t know who I am!” The guy yelled in rage! “Should we?” Whis asked. “I am Xicor, the son of Goku.” He said. “WHAT?!” The Dragon Ball Characters yelled in shock. “But that’s impossible. I don’t have a son.” Goku said. “Hey!” Gohan and Goten yelled at their father. “I mean, I only have two sons.” Goku corrected himself. “Oh, but I am your son. For you see, I’m from Dragon Ball AF.” Xicor said. Everyone gave off “WTF” looks at Xicor. “Dragon Ball AF isn’t real!” Omega Shenron yelled. “Yea, AF is a bunch of fan made stuff!” Super 17 yelled. “AF is nothing more than BS!” Ultra Ego Vegeta yelled. “Say, all you want about AF! But it won’t save you all from my wrath!” Xicor yelled back. -------- So, here is the next part to my arc. Xicor fights all the characters from the Dragon Ball franchise (Dragon Ball, Z, Super, GT, Super Dragon Ball Heroes, the Movies, etc...). But the two Zenos have already been killed off by Superman. I hope everyone will enjoy this match. Who will win?