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Issue is resolved. I submitted a new character and reviewed / accepted it.

electricferret will redirect requests for CBUB and FPL related stuff, like the forum, to the new domain. It will just be a hard 301 redirect for users, and they probably won't even notice. In time, the search engines will catch up with their links.

To be fair, it took some pretty extraordinary happenings in the world for that to come about. It wasn't a planned thing. People wanted something to do during lockdown. I do think the folks that have been playing around here over the last couple years and participating in the contests have been entertained. And now they are going to take it forward and do whatever they want with it, as I retire once more. Thanks!

This is your opportunity to start off with a memorable and marketable domain name. It really can't be overstated how important the choice of your domain name is. Just sayin'.

My current understanding of the situation is that IKA is seriously considering giving it a go. My current contract with Amazon Web Services ends May 2. My job over the next two months is to get an Amazon machine image of CBUB host together to launch into it's new home. @IKA can feel free to correct me or elaborate on that.

Wow! Well there you have it. The titanic finish of Season 12 apparently ends in a tie and two champions. A tough battle to the end. Congrats to TwoGunKid and Culwych. You are each invincible. (look to season total points to see who would take it on points)

I understand. My thought is that best to let people create the matches they want to create, and give focus to those. Best not to muddy the waters with rando matches without a purpose. Also I'd have to reprogram Umpire and my time is in short supply recently.

Just mentioning, this slot is specifically for a Movie version of Judge Dredd not the comics version.

Gee, I don't know. Why would we want that and what's Umpire supposed to make matches of?

Elves vs. Leprechauns. I love this! Naturally, I'll wait for arguments to come in to vote. But at the moment I am leaning Lucky. They're always after my Lucky Charms... it's a marketing strategy which says the item is hard to get or somehow exclusive. And maybe that's something the Fire Phone could have used because it was a product nobody wanted.

The Event Horizon is 0 and 2 loser this season? wow. Worst portal to hell ever! Come on buddy, you can do this. Now get out there and be the best evil terrain you can be!

Season Statistics! The Team's Worst Villain +--------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +--------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Batroc the Leaper | Pizzaguy2995 | 3 | 0 | | Swarm | patrickthekid | 3 | 1 | | Mandrill | Peypeypeypey | 3 | 0 | | Shocker | Mercenaryblade | 3 | 0 | | Angar the Screamer | Fox | 2 | 2 | | Spot (Dr. J. Ohnn) | DSkillz | 2 | 1 | | Rat Catcher | Magnamax | 2 | 1 | | Calender Man | Culwych1 | 2 | 1 | | Copperhead | Venom 2009 | 2 | 1 | | Clock King | ViceCityMobster86 | 2 | 1 | | Rhino | RiotGear | 2 | 1 | | The Condiment King | C.T. | 2 | 1 | | Maxie Zeus | Twogunkid | 1 | 1 | | King Shark | JohnnyChany | 1 | 2 | | Thermal Thief | Z451 | 1 | 2 | | The Riddler | Lordofice | 1 | 2 | | Codpiece | corvette1710 | 1 | 2 | | Rainbow Archer | Boratz | 1 | 1 | | Polka-Dot Man | SSJRuss | 1 | 2 | | Ruby Thursday | broadwaybeyonder | 1 | 2 | | Trapster | comic_book_fan | 0 | 2 | | Magpie | Versam | 0 | 2 | | Hippo | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Sportsmaster | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | The Kangaroo | leroypowell3 | 0 | 2 | | The White Rabbit | Movie-Brat | 0 | 2 | | Stilt Man | RakaiThwei | 0 | 2 | | Toad | Gizmo Hibiki | 0 | 2 | +--------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Deity +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Isis (mythology) | Fox | 3 | 0 | | Hermes | ViceCityMobster86 | 3 | 0 | | Artemis | Twogunkid | 3 | 1 | | Quetzalcoatl | Peypeypeypey | 2 | 1 | | Amaterasu | Pizzaguy2995 | 2 | 1 | | Pele | JohnnyChany | 2 | 1 | | Hera | comic_book_fan | 2 | 1 | | Apollo | Magnamax | 2 | 0 | | Osiris | Culwych1 | 2 | 0 | | Thor | broadwaybeyonder | 2 | 2 | | Tyr | patrickthekid | 2 | 1 | | Demeter | Venom 2009 | 2 | 1 | | Odin | Mercenaryblade | 2 | 1 | | Cúchulainn | RiotGear | 1 | 2 | | Raijin | RakaiThwei | 1 | 2 | | Horus | DSkillz | 1 | 2 | | Sobek | SSJRuss | 1 | 2 | | Marduk | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | Aphrodite | Versam | 1 | 2 | | Bragi | Lordofice | 1 | 2 | | Coyote (Navajo Mythology) | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Sun Wukong The Monkey King | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Kali | corvette1710 | 0 | 2 | | Zeus | Movie-Brat | 0 | 2 | | Inguma | Z451 | 0 | 2 | | Hades | Boratz | 0 | 2 | | Ares | C.T. | 0 | 2 | | Anubis | Gizmo Hibiki | 0 | 2 | +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Planetary Invasion Force +------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | The Cylons | broadwaybeyonder | 3 | 0 | | Time Lords | Culwych1 | 3 | 0 | | The Shi'ar Empire | RakaiThwei | 3 | 0 | | The Decepticons | JohnnyChany | 3 | 1 | | Phalanx | DSkillz | 3 | 0 | | The Romulan Star Empire | ViceCityMobster86 | 2 | 2 | | Reapers | Twogunkid | 2 | 1 | | Tyranids | Pizzaguy2995 | 2 | 1 | | Necrons | Mercenaryblade | 2 | 1 | | The Frieza Force | Versam | 2 | 1 | | The Invid | leroypowell3 | 2 | 1 | | Tau Empire | SSJRuss | 2 | 1 | | Martians (Mars Attacks) | Movie-Brat | 2 | 2 | | Jaffa Warriors | Gizmo Hibiki | 1 | 2 | | The Xiliens | Venom 2009 | 1 | 2 | | Protoss | Fox | 1 | 1 | | The Flood | corvette1710 | 1 | 2 | | The Qu (All Tomorrows) | Peypeypeypey | 1 | 2 | | The Dominion | RiotGear | 1 | 2 | | The Sontaran | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Sangheili (Elites) | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Jem'Hadar | comic_book_fan | 0 | 2 | | The Chiss Ascendancy | patrickthekid | 0 | 2 | | Yinchorri | Z451 | 0 | 3 | | Viltrumites | Lordofice | 0 | 2 | | Skrulls | C.T. | 0 | 2 | | Martians (War Of The Worlds) | Boratz | 0 | 2 | | Aliens (Independence Day) | Magnamax | 0 | 2 | +------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Disney Fairy Tale Villain +------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Mirage | JohnnyChany | 3 | 0 | | Claude Frollo (Disney) | Magnamax | 3 | 0 | | Ursula | Movie-Brat | 3 | 1 | | David Xanatos | RakaiThwei | 3 | 0 | | Queen La | Venom 2009 | 2 | 1 | | Lord Dominator | Pizzaguy2995 | 2 | 1 | | Shere Khan | Peypeypeypey | 2 | 1 | | Demona | Versam | 2 | 1 | | Professor Ratigan | Twogunkid | 2 | 0 | | Jafar | C.T. | 2 | 1 | | Madam Mim | DSkillz | 2 | 2 | | Bill Cipher | SSJRuss | 2 | 1 | | Eris (Sinbad) | comic_book_fan | 2 | 1 | | Tamatoa | Culwych1 | 1 | 2 | | Magica De Spell | patrickthekid | 1 | 2 | | Shan Yu | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | Scar (Disney) | Boratz | 1 | 2 | | Clayton (Disney) | corvette1710 | 1 | 2 | | Dr. Facilier | broadwaybeyonder | 1 | 2 | | Cruella de Vil | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Oberon (Gargoyles) | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Nasira | Z451 | 0 | 2 | | Emperor Belos | Lordofice | 0 | 2 | | Gaston | RiotGear | 0 | 2 | | Zira | Mercenaryblade | 0 | 2 | | Captain Hook | ViceCityMobster86 | 0 | 2 | | Hector Barbossa | Gizmo Hibiki | 0 | 2 | | Prince John (Disney) | Fox | 0 | 2 | +------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Big Gun +---------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +---------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Supergirl | RakaiThwei | 4 | 1 | | The Flash (Wally West) | Gizmo Hibiki | 3 | 2 | | Larfleeze | Lordofice | 3 | 2 | | Doomsday | Pizzaguy2995 | 3 | 0 | | Superman | RiotGear | 3 | 0 | | Martian Manhunter | C.T. | 3 | 0 | | Lobo | Versam | 2 | 0 | | Black Adam | DSkillz | 2 | 0 | | Apocalypse | comic_book_fan | 2 | 3 | | Beta Ray Bill | Magnamax | 2 | 1 | | Wonder Woman | SSJRuss | 2 | 1 | | Black Bolt | Fox | 2 | 2 | | Captain Marvel / Shazam | Twogunkid | 2 | 1 | | General Zod | Mercenaryblade | 2 | 1 | | Thanos | Boratz | 1 | 2 | | Power Girl | Venom 2009 | 1 | 1 | | Firelord | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | Doctor Doom | Culwych1 | 1 | 2 | | The Plutonian | ViceCityMobster86 | 1 | 2 | | The Hulk | corvette1710 | 1 | 2 | | The Silver Surfer | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Carol Danvers | Movie-Brat | 0 | 4 | | Mistress Death | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) | Z451 | 0 | 3 | | Battle-Beast | patrickthekid | 0 | 3 | | Plastic Man | Peypeypeypey | 0 | 2 | | Morg | JohnnyChany | 0 | 2 | | Ultron | broadwaybeyonder | 0 | 2 | +---------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Scrappy Fighter +-------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +-------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Sub-Zero | Culwych1 | 4 | 1 | | Android 8 | Z451 | 3 | 2 | | Ryu | RakaiThwei | 3 | 0 | | The Punisher | Boratz | 3 | 1 | | Spider-Man | comic_book_fan | 3 | 2 | | Venom | Venom 2009 | 3 | 0 | | Master Chief | Mercenaryblade | 3 | 0 | | Seras Victoria | Peypeypeypey | 2 | 1 | | Trevor Belmont | Twogunkid | 2 | 1 | | Sabretooth | corvette1710 | 2 | 3 | | Domino (Marvel Comics) | C.T. | 2 | 1 | | Goliath (Gargoyles) | JohnnyChany | 2 | 2 | | Red Sonja | SSJRuss | 2 | 1 | | Deathstroke | Pizzaguy2995 | 1 | 2 | | Jonah Hex | RiotGear | 1 | 2 | | Moon Knight | Magnamax | 1 | 2 | | The Joker | ViceCityMobster86 | 1 | 2 | | Shang-Chi | Movie-Brat | 1 | 2 | | Midnighter | DSkillz | 1 | 2 | | Ebon | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | Ethan Winters | Versam | 0 | 2 | | Drizzt Do'Urden | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Batman (Terry McGinnis) | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | BJ Blazkowicz | patrickthekid | 0 | 2 | | Agent 47 | broadwaybeyonder | 0 | 2 | | John Wick | Gizmo Hibiki | 0 | 2 | | Achilles | Lordofice | 0 | 2 | | ALF aka Gordon Shumway | Fox | 0 | 2 | +-------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Corporate Mascot +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Lucky the Leprechaun | Pizzaguy2995 | 3 | 0 | | Tony the Tiger | broadwaybeyonder | 3 | 0 | | Flo (Progressive) | C.T. | 3 | 1 | | The Most Interesting Man in the World | Peypeypeypey | 3 | 0 | | Mr. Peanut | Fox | 2 | 2 | | Jolly Green Giant | Culwych1 | 2 | 0 | | Dig 'em Frog | Magnamax | 2 | 1 | | Willy the Hillbilly | ViceCityMobster86 | 2 | 1 | | Snap, Crackle, and Pop | Twogunkid | 2 | 1 | | Mickey Mouse | RiotGear | 2 | 1 | | Mario | DSkillz | 2 | 1 | | The Burger King | Movie-Brat | 2 | 2 | | Toucan Sam | Versam | 2 | 1 | | Wendy | Venom 2009 | 2 | 1 | | Segata Sanshiro | comic_book_fan | 1 | 2 | | Ronald McDonald | Lordofice | 1 | 2 | | Mac Tonight | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | Mayhem (Allstate) | Boratz | 1 | 2 | | The Noid | RakaiThwei | 1 | 2 | | George Volcano | patrickthekid | 0 | 2 | | Mr. Clean | SSJRuss | 0 | 2 | | Chester Cheetah | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Trix Rabbit | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | The Judderman | Z451 | 0 | 2 | | Erin Esurance | Mercenaryblade | 0 | 2 | | Count Chocula | corvette1710 | 0 | 2 | | Kool-Aid Man | JohnnyChany | 0 | 2 | | Captain Crunch | Gizmo Hibiki | 0 | 3 | +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Cannon Fodder +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Amazons | patrickthekid | 4 | 0 | | Stormtroopers | Twogunkid | 3 | 1 | | The Foot Clan | C.T. | 3 | 0 | | Cowboys | broadwaybeyonder | 3 | 2 | | Gotham City Police Department | Gizmo Hibiki | 3 | 1 | | Orcs | Boratz | 3 | 0 | | Goblins | Culwych1 | 2 | 1 | | The 300 Spartans | Peypeypeypey | 2 | 1 | | Clonetroopers | SSJRuss | 2 | 1 | | Tenga Warriors | leroypowell3 | 2 | 2 | | Mobile Infantry | Mercenaryblade | 2 | 1 | | The Fire Nation | Versam | 2 | 3 | | French Musketeers | Fox | 2 | 0 | | Samurai | JohnnyChany | 1 | 2 | | Bikers | RiotGear | 1 | 2 | | The Mutants (The Dark Knight Returns) | RakaiThwei | 1 | 2 | | Battle Droids | Lordofice | 1 | 2 | | The Star Wars Fanatics | ViceCityMobster86 | 1 | 2 | | The Zerg Swarm | Magnamax | 1 | 2 | | Ninjas | corvette1710 | 0 | 2 | | Death Eaters, The | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Zombies (World War Z) | Pizzaguy2995 | 0 | 2 | | The Equalists | DSkillz | 0 | 2 | | Critters | Z451 | 0 | 2 | | Imperial Guard | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | The Living Dead | comic_book_fan | 0 | 2 | | Putty Patrol | Movie-Brat | 0 | 2 | | Gremlins | Venom 2009 | 0 | 2 | +---------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Survivor +----------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +----------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | Din Djarin | C.T. | 3 | 0 | | Michonne | Versam | 3 | 1 | | Riddick | broadwaybeyonder | 3 | 0 | | Eli | Magnamax | 2 | 1 | | Alexa "Lex" Woods | Venom 2009 | 2 | 0 | | Alice (Resident Evil) | Lordofice | 2 | 0 | | Jaylah | JohnnyChany | 2 | 1 | | Judge Dredd | Culwych1 | 2 | 0 | | Lara Croft | corvette1710 | 2 | 1 | | Officer Rick Grimes | Peypeypeypey | 2 | 0 | | Ashley J. Williams | Gizmo Hibiki | 2 | 2 | | Cpl. Dwayne Hicks | RakaiThwei | 2 | 1 | | Mad Max | Fox | 2 | 1 | | Sarah Connor | DSkillz | 2 | 0 | | Indiana Jones | RiotGear | 2 | 1 | | John Connor | Twogunkid | 2 | 1 | | Snake Plissken | ViceCityMobster86 | 2 | 0 | | Will Graham | Pizzaguy2995 | 1 | 1 | | Alan Grant | Mercenaryblade | 1 | 2 | | Tallahassee (Zombie Land) | comic_book_fan | 1 | 2 | | Richard O'Connell | Boratz | 1 | 1 | | Lt. Ellen Ripley | Movie-Brat | 1 | 1 | | Abra Stone | patrickthekid | 0 | 2 | | Laurie Strode | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer | Bergy_Berg | 0 | 0 | | Cecilia Kass | SSJRuss | 0 | 2 | | Jack Burton | leroypowell3 | 0 | 2 | | Alexandra Amberson | Z451 | 0 | 2 | +----------------------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ The Team's Location +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | CHAR_NAME | PLAYER_NAME | WINS | LOSSES | +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+ | The Overlook Hotel | Fox | 3 | 1 | | Xenomorph Prime | Venom 2009 | 3 | 0 | | Warworld | DSkillz | 3 | 0 | | Predator Pyramid | RiotGear | 2 | 0 | | Skull Island | Boratz | 2 | 1 | | Monster Island | Pizzaguy2995 | 2 | 1 | | Mordor | Magnamax | 2 | 0 | | The Town of Silent Hill | Mercenaryblade | 2 | 1 | | Raccoon City | Culwych1 | 1 | 2 | | Sunnydale, CA | Peypeypeypey | 1 | 2 | | RMS Poseidon | leroypowell3 | 1 | 2 | | The Gregory House | Z451 | 1 | 2 | | Danger Room | Gizmo Hibiki | 1 | 2 | | Fortnite Island | SSJRuss | 1 | 2 | | The Event Horizon | Twogunkid | 0 | 2 | | The Titty Twister | JohnnyChany | 0 | 2 | | Arkham Asylum | corvette1710 | 0 | 3 | | Geonosis | Versam | 0 | 2 | | Predator Hunting Planet | Hugo Fowl | 0 | 0 | | Savage Land | comic_book_fan | 0 | 2 | | Planet Doom | patrickthekid | 0 | 2 | | New York City Penitentiary | ViceCityMobster86 | 0 | 2 | | The Matrix | broadwaybeyonder | 0 | 2 | | Hadley's Hope (LV-426) | RakaiThwei | 0 | 2 | | The Derelict (LV-426) | Movie-Brat | 0 | 2 | | Isla Sorna | C.T. | 0 | 3 | | Planet 4546b | Lordofice | 0 | 2 | +----------------------------+-------------------+------+--------+

Our Final Four are revealed! Congrats to the players who made it to the finals. I don't know that we've ever seen many of these in the finals before. Thanks to everyone who participated this season, jolly good show. Some real twists and turns this season. The Finals matches will start tomorrow morning. I need a day to solve some technical issues because the Forum released an update which seems to have left me without any working themes besides the New Years one, and I need to get that sorted out. Later on I will post the win/loss records of all the characters. Thanks!

I hadn't thought of that. I guess let's hope it doesn't happen.

And will we require a Wildcard Round to sort out a bunch of tied scores?!? C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO-BREAKER! we shall see, sports fans. We shall see.

Honestly, I think either team has the athleticism to win here. Seems like a toss-up to me.

I'm not seeing any reason why Michonne wouldn't be able to survive 24 hours here. Or even a month, year or ten years for that matter.

Mordor and Alice have both gone 2 and 0 this season. But only one can walk away from this match. I think either could win, but I'm slightly leaning more towards Alice. She's good at keeping a low profile and avoiding danger, but when the shit hits the fan she's all in and tough to beat. Bonus points for being one of the few - perhaps only - contestant in this slot who could take a credible shot at the Witch King in a duel, if it came down to it.

Honestly, I don't think either contestant here has a brand that fits the product well. I might toss a coin on this one, but will wait to see if an argument for either shows up.

To me, this looks like Burger King's match. Easy enough to use colored ketchup as a gimmick to sell burgers. Especially to kids. Burger King himself is already super gimmicky. Who could forget the Halloween Burger.

Two winning corporate mascots that have gone 2 and 0 this season in an Epic show-down match. I am leaning Interesting Man, because I feel that this terrible doll needs some sort of Interesting Story to help sell it. An Origin story or back story? It is such a miserable doll it needs a story to justify why it is so awful and fire the imagination.

I am not familiar with Battle Beast. Black Bolt does have a very versatile kit which allows for different win conditions. Most notably, simply speaking a word. Couldn't say how that applies to Battle-Beast, though.

I'm actually going to give Elasti-Girl more credit than to instantly fall for this creepy Harvey Weinstein villain. The Mandrill is not the Purple Man - his shtick is much more breakable. That said I imagine Mandrill has a path to victory here, possibly through other female child caregivers. I just do not see a path to victory through Helen Parr.