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RiotGear

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  1. The Phantom has the advantage of being a showman, with a history in the theater, who makes his own costumes. Santa on the other hand hasn't to are knowledge spent anytime on stage and likely didn't even make his own suit. Also at this point Santa's costume is gonna feel cliched and played out to a lot of people. Heck their are like 7 characters in this tournament alone rocking variations of the Santa costume. Originality tends to help win these kinds of contests.
  2. Seven actually made a point of learning to dance and found value in it. I'm not sure the same could be said for Pym. On top of that between Borg nanites/tech and the Federation database she has access to the dancing of thousands of worlds/cultures and the Holodeck programs of their dance masters, not to mention robotics. Pym has little interest in the arts and as noted tends to screw up the whole build robots thing. Seven should take this.
  3. Heads up to everyone voting against Cap, because he may not have the Serum. Even with our the serum Cap was able to put fight groups of fodder, multiple super soldiers, and Crossbones. He has that skill and determination.
  4. Margot Barbie isn't a composite version. She is a doll, of the character, being played with by a child, not the character herself. Think of it like Lego Batman, in the Lego movie. If the clientele is specifically lookinh to buy in Silent Hill. It won't matter who they are buying from. Though they might find it funny/ironic to buy from Barbie, any way. That is to say Barbie has a much better chance of appealing to a larger demographic of buyers. Which is something you typically want in sales.
  5. Okay, so I watched videos and did some reading. It looks like Broken Tusk, may be an above average Predator. The question is, is that enough. His claim to fame is killing Aliens and Predators. Things that while tough to kill. Are fairly routinely killed by humans.
  6. Why would the frog monster be better at it? Outside of a very niche crowd, people are gonna buy, because the seller convinced them it was safe or somehow valuable. Barbie is the kind of person who would excel in sales and we know she does. As for death bothering her. That seems unlikely for someone who is doctor, paramedic, army medic, firefighter, UNICEF ambassador, priest, Cop, military member, president. You don't get and maintain those jobs/positions if the mention of death causes you existential turbulence.
  7. To be honest I didn't come up with a point by point plan for Barbie to pull this off, but I'm also not the billionaire, CEO, genius, former president, that she is. I was simply pointing out that she has the requisite skill set, experience, and resources to not only sell a vacation home, but also likely clean up a town if needed. All that aside. Lets be real for a moment. We all know in real life and attractive, successful, woman with a successful brand is gonna have an easier time selling real estate than a frog monster.
  8. If we are assuming that this is a composite of the fairy tale version of the wolf or that all the fairy tale versions are the same wolf. The big bad wolf might have a chance. First off some versions of the story refer to the wolf as a werewolf, it has also been connected to legends of wolf spirits. Setting that aside the wolf while roughly human size is able to move and operate normally while having multiple goats or humans inside of it or being full of rocks. This suggests a level of super strength, of course so does swallowing something like a human whole. The wolf can also hold multiple people in its stomach, which suggests some limited reality warping or a stomach of holding, in other words magic. The wolf is also capable of blowing over wooden structures. Even house made out of straw would be to heavy/big for most human sized creatures to blow over. The wolf is also capable of stealth and disguise. The wolf is also unarmed so a Predator is likely to use minimal weapons. Predators also like straight up fights to finish hunts. I don't know a lot about this particular Predator, but in general humans can fight Predators. I'm other words I don't think this is as one sided as some are making it out to be.
  9. Dude I think you are seriously underselling boxers. Boxing is more than punching. Their is a ton of foot work and movement involved. As well as distance, timing etc. their is also some grappling, in the form of clenching. Also boxers don't always get wrecked in MMA. Going back to the early days of grapples vs boxers. Milo Savage went four rounds with Gene Lebell. Sure Milo lost, but Gene was taller, heavier, younger, and while Savage was a one time boxing contender. Lebell was a two time Judo champion, who also trained in boxing, wrestling, and a variety of other martial arts. Butterbean, Holly Holm, Kimbo Slice, and Ray Mercer also did just fine transitioning from boxing to MMA. Either winning belts in both or scoring victories over former MMA champions. As to your other questions. You defend against leg kicks by stepping back or side movement. Avoiding attacks is something boxers do. We actually see this in Inoki vs Ali. Yes Ali does take some kicks to the leg, but we also see him figure out Inoki's timing and distance and avoid the kicks. Arm locks, a lot of them can be stopped by clenching. As for take downs, best to avoid them. Drago also has options, that normal boxers don't. As he can simply power out of most holds. Something that does happen in real life sometimes to. Like when Shamrock tried to choke of Kimbo. Also, also. We see Drago use throws and wrestle against Rocky, who fought a world champion wrestler to a tie, and Ivan would have learned at least the basics of sambo or ABR in the Soviet Army. As for John we see him try most of the afore mentioned fancy stuff against the sumo in the second movie, on whom it has little effect and Wick just gets tossed around. Resorting to his gun to win the encounter. So no he doesn't fold Drago like paper. Drago is massively out of Wicks league physically and has the needed skills to win.
  10. She is also an ordained minister, experienced law enforcement officer, construction worker, UNICEF ambassador, teacher, politician, and Starfleet engineer. She has the necessary skills to clean up the town and make potential buyers feel safe.
  11. I did some looking. It turns out if you're bike breaks down during a triathlon, you are allowed to "walk the bike" to the next transition point. Which means Conan can avoid the whole problem by simply breaking his bike.
  12. I understand. I was simply pointing out that. Being a travel agent is almost as relevant to selling a vacation destination as being a real estate agent and being an experienced interior designer doesn't hurt.
  13. Umbrella already has red in it's logo and Chester is also gonna remind people of the mutant animals that tore through the city.
  14. She might not be a real estate agent, but she is a Travel Agent and interior designer. Known for her houses, vacations, and life style.
  15. Conan has kept pace with, outran, or ran down. Grey hounds, wolves, and horses. All which have speed well above even top tier human athletes.
  16. Wick generally seemed to rely on weapons improvised or otherwise when fighting bigger, stronger opponents. Like the Sumo or really tall assassin. Also their was some grappling in the Rocky/Drago match and Ivan would have trained in it in the military. Drago is also largely outside of Wicks weight class stat wise. With endurance being the outlier in John's favor. And like has been mentioned. Having rules means Wick can't go for his normal maiming and kill shots. All in all Dargo should take the win.
  17. I'm gonna guess, that no serum. In this case means during the run where Cap lost the serum, and then build himself back to super soldier levels. The natural way. Thing is. Once the arc, where he retrained his body, sans SSS. Was over, he was at basically the same level as with the SSS. Which means that, he is still gonna be faster than Donnie.
  18. On top of everything else that has been mentioned. Rommie is originally from a galaxy spanning largely post scarcity society. Whose history and government. She knows well. In other words she basically has a playbook/guide. To solve this problem.
  19. Recently Conan has spent time in the modern world during his time with the Savage Avengers. So he probably has some idea of what a bike is. We know in other stories where he time traveled to modern times. He quickly figured out cars, guns etc. Also if biking comes last Conan is going to be so far ahead he'll have time to learn. How to ride a bike.
  20. Umbrella is on the hook for making scary mutants, including scary mutant animals. Adopting anthropomorphic predator animal that claims to be dangerous or represent danger. As a mascot, is not a good look for them. Added to which, as mentioned above their is better brand crossover between Kool-Aid, who has actually already dipped it's toes into the supplement market, and a largely pharmaceutical company, like Umbrella. Than between Cheetos and medicine. On top of that Kool-Aid Man's color scheme already matches Umbrella Corps.
  21. @IKA Thank you and don't worry about how long it took. We all have lives.
  22. Is it still possible to change my pick for 9? If it's still possible and your up for it. I'd actually like to make a change to my Christmas Vehicle Horde And Athlete Slots as well. I probably wouldn't have drafted as fast as I did if I'd known the draft was gonna be up as long as it has. My original plan was to fill my team with characters who were on a losing streak/had never won a match, but I settled for some who had never been in a match. Also I misunderstood the power scale being used for the athlete and Zombies. I was thinking standard human. I have now found workable characters. That are also losers I'd like to put on the team. Assuming they are still available when I try this again. Either way. Thanks.
  23. IKA, I was operating under the impression that the "Horde" Slot had to be Zombies or zombie-like. When I made my choice. Know that I know that's not the case, would you be willing to open the slot back up on my roster?
  24. I get the joke of sending Jones against a snake, but his fear of snakes is a little over stated. He was able to keep his cool and fend them off while surrounded by them in Raiders and used one as a rope in Crystal Skull. There is no reason to believe that Indy doesn't just cut Nagini in half. Heck Neville pulled it off and he's got no training or experience with a sword, limited combat experience, and was scared of most things.
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