Contest of Champions XIX -- Round 5

[mattbib]

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Mwahahaha! It is I, the dreaded Grandmaster!

In Round 4 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=136871), with four immunity votes each, Rogue and Shadowcat are spared.

Eliminated are: Valkyrie (15 votes), Venom (15 votes), Quicksilver (14 votes), Machine Man (13 votes), Ghost Rider (12 votes), Nightcrawler (12 votes), Drax (11 votes), Iceman (11 votes), Havok (10 votes), Human Torch (10 votes).

Ares (http://marvel.com/universe/Ares)
Beta Ray Bill (http://marvel.com/universe/Beta_Ray_Bill)
Colossus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_Wing)
Hercules (http://marvel.com/universe/Hercules_%28Heracles%29)
Hulk (http://marvel.com/universe/Hulk_%28Bruce_Banner%29)
Invisible Woman (http://marvel.com/universe/Invisible_Woman)
Iron Man (http://marvel.com/universe/Iron_Man_%28Anthony_Stark%29)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyja)Ms. Marvel (http://marvel.com/universe/Ms._Marvel_%28Carol_Danvers%29)
Nova (http://marvel.com/universe/Nova_%28Richard_Rider%29)
Polaris (http://marvel.com/universe/Polaris)
Rogue (http://marvel.com/universe/Rogue)
Ronan (http://marvel.com/universe/Ronan)
Sentry (http://marvel.com/universe/Sentry_%28Robert_Reynolds%29)
Shadowcat (http://marvel.com/universe/Pryde%2C_Kitty)
Silver Surfer (http://marvel.com/universe/Silver_Surfer)
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire (http://marvel.com/universe/Sunfire_%28Shiro_Yoshida%29)
Super-Skrull
(http://marvel.com/universe/Super-Skrull)Thing (http://marvel.com/universe/Thing_%28Benjamin_Grimm%29)
Vision (http://marvel.com/universe/Vision)
Wolverine (http://marvel.com/universe/Wolverine_%28James_Howlett%29)

(http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/a/americaneagle.htm)Now, based on power and skill, not favoritism, post the TEN characters most likely to be eliminated in this round. You may assign immunity to any one additional character, for whatever reason, to help save them from elimination.

Posters are encouraged to include reasons behind eliminations and immunity!

Voting will end the afternoon of Monday, August 14!

[Wild Card13]

Colossus
Invisible Woman
Shadowcat
Rogue
Sunfire
Thing
Wolverine
Nova
Iron Man
Polaris

Immunity goes to The Vision.

[Jack Flash]

1. Wolverine
2. Iron Man
3. Vision
4. Ronan
5. Nova
6. Sunfire
7. Thing
8. Ms. Marvel
9. Rogue
10. Hercules

Immunity to Colossus!

[The Real Rogue]

Hercules
Hulk
Invisible Woman
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sunfire
Thing
Wolverine

Immunity for Rogue, she can take even Photon's power (in house of M)

[Albert]

1. Invisible Woman
2. Shadowcat
3. Rogue
4. Ronan
5. Sunfire
6. Nova
7. Ms. Marvel
8. Collosus
9. Polaris
10. Wolverine

Immunity: The Ever-Lovin' Blue Eyed Thing

[Deus ex Chris]

Colossus
Hercules
Nova
Polaris
Rogue
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sunfire
Thing
Wolverine

Immunity: Ms. Marvel

[trojanrabbit]

1. Wolverine
2. Shadowcat
3. Sunfire
4. Thing
5. Ronan
6. Namor
7. Ms. Marvel
8. Vision
9. Rogue
10. Polaris

Immunity: The Invincible Iron Man

[RoguefanAM]

1. Iron Man
2. Ms. Marvel
3. Namor
4. Thing
5. Sunfire
6. Rogue
7. Ronan
8. Wolverine
9. Colossus
10. Polaris

Immunity: Invisible Woman

[Gonzogoose]

Beta Ray Bill
Hercules
Invisible Woman
Iron Man
Polaris
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sunfire
Thing
Vision

Immunity to Ms. Marvel

[foxfire]

Colossus
Nova
Polaris
Rogue
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sunfire
Super-Skrull
Thing
Wolverine

immunity to Hercules

How did Ghost Rider get eliminated before Wolverine? :confused:

[X-Factor]

Immunity: Rogue

Colossus
Hercules
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sunfire
Thing
Vision
Wolverine

[Leaper Queen]

Hercules
Hulk
Invisible Woman
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
Ronan
Sentry
Sunfire
Thing
Vision



Immunity for : Rogue

[twilight]

Ares
Rogue
Nova
Sunfire
Wolverine
Colossus
Iron Man
Super Skrull
Shadowcat
Sub-Mariner

Immunity: Ronan

[Lanowar]

Wolverine
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
Hercules
Ronan
Sunfire
Shadowcat
Thing
Colossus
Sub-Mariner

Immunity: Vision

[RH_Duncan]

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[Blackcat]

Here is my list:

Invisible Woman
Colossus
Hulk
Hercules
Ms. Marvel
Polaris
Nova
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Vision

I want to save Rogue

[Cosmic Book Fan]

Blackcat: You're one vote short, you might as well make it for Sunfire so he can still be unanimous.

[Nobbel]

Invisible Woman
Thing
Ms. Marvel
Colossus
Hulk
Hercules
Vision
Polaris
Nova
Sub-Mariner



Immunity for Rogue

[Blackcat]

Blackcat: You're one vote short, you might as well make it for Sunfire so he can still be unanimous.
Oops, I do not wanna break that up, so I made the list compleet and applied for a counting course;)

[nuclearman]

Immunity for Hercules

Invisible Woman, I'm surprised she has lasted this long...

Iron Man, batteries will run out of power..

Nova

Polaris

Rogue, someone will get in a cheap shot before she is able to steal their ability..

Ronan

Shadowcat

Sub-Mariner, someone has to teach this guy some humility..

Wolverine, hard to use healing power when you're ripped in half ..

Colossus, it was out of herc or colossus as to who would get immunity.

[Cosmic Book Fan]

Matt?

If someone who would be elimanated wins the immunity vote, does that add another slot for elimanation?

Because Rogue seems to be in the Top Ten but seems like a lock to win the Immunity Vote.

Anyways, Here's my votes.

Hercules
Iron Man
Polaris
Ronan
Rogue
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Thing
Vision
Wolverine

Immunity: Invisible Woman (She's WAY tougher than most people think, especially if she's pissed off)

[Robbie Baldwin]

Having watched her husband and brother die in the previous two rounds, the Invisible Woman loses all restaint and sanity, and slips into her 'Malice' persona. The Thing who has been fighting side-by-side with her notices this and realizes that he has to put her down fast. Namor sees the Thing Attacking Sue and rushes to her aid. With the two of them fighting each other, 'Malice' uses her powers to gradually build up spiked force balls in Namor and Ben's lungs. By the time they realize what's happening, they are too weak to try to fight Sue, so both Namor and Ben suffocate.

Wolverine goes into a full-out berserker Fury and lashes out at the closest opponent, which unfortunately happens to be The Hulk, who takes some damage but ultimately claps his hands on Logan, smashing him and severing Wolverine's legs from his body. Rogue sees this and flies to Logan's side. Always being a sucker for the hotties, Wolvie tells Rogue to finish him off by stealing his healing factor. Rogue does this, killing Logan, but it backfires because the shock of Logan's injuries and of growing bone claws knocks Rogue out, leaving her open to attack.

Luckily for everyone else, the cosmic types are locked in battle with each other: Beta Ray Bill and The Silver Surfer against Super-Skrull and Nova (who has gone mad accessing too much of the Nova-Force), they're not doing much damage to each other, but they're expending lots of energy. Two of the combatants use this energy to their advantage: Iron Man uses it to super-charge his armor, and Ms. Marvel absorbs enough energy to return to her Binary power level. Unfortunately both of them are also driven mad by the excess Nova-Force, and instead of fighting tactically they lash out in pure rage.

Ms. Marvel sees Rogue lying helpless and pours out all the energy she gained to atomize Rogue.

Iron Man goes after the Vision and activates an EMP completely frying the Vision, and as a side effect, the EMP interacts with Polaris’ powers, knocking her out. Ronan is all too happy to take advantage of that destroying Polaris' helpless body.

Next, Sunfire gets too close to Sentry/Void who is fighting amongst himselves, and Sunfire gets sliced into ribbons by the Void's razor sharp tendrils.

With all the infectious hate in the atmosphere, Ares decides to go after his long-hated half-brother Hercules. They wrestle hand to hand for awhile but being the god of war, Ares draws strength from the surrounding conflict and is finally able to land a fatal blow against Hercules. Unfortunately, this conflict is large enough to draw the attention of Zeus, who upon seeing Ares kill Hercules, strips Ares of his godhood, leaving Ares to quickly die of the injuries he had already sustained.

Finally,Nova realizes he's getting nowhere against his opponents, and loses control of himself completely. Losing control Nova blows himself up, vaporizing the whole atmosphere of the battle world. His explosion and the lack of atmosphere might have killed Ronan, Iron Man, Shadowcat, the Invisible Woman, and even the Hulk eventually, but since he is the tenth fatality, the rest are automatically teleported away to await the next round.

So, here's the list:

Sub-Mariner
Thing
Wolverine
Rogue
Vision
Polaris
Sunfire
Hercules
Ares
Nova

And My Immunity Vote Goes To: Invisible Woman

[Cosmic Book Fan]

Congratulations Deus Ex Chris, as the standings go you're the only one who's whole list will be eliminated. (Though Rogue will probably win the immunity vote)

[moon knight]

Invisible Woman
Iron Man
Shadowcat
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Ms. Marvel
Polaris
Wolverine
Colossus
Rogue

Immunity to Nova

[nuclearman]

Finally,Nova realizes he's getting nowhere against his opponents, and loses control of himself completely. Losing control Nova blows himself up, vaporizing the whole atmosphere of the battle world. His explosion and the lack of atmosphere might have killed Ronan, Iron Man, Shadowcat, the Invisible Woman, and even the Hulk eventually, but since he is the tenth fatality, the rest are automatically teleported away to await the next round.


Love it RB... great read.

[Robbie Baldwin]

Love it RB... great read.


Thanks Nuclearman, I felt bad for not putting in a description for my votes in round 4, so I had to make up for it.

[Elegance Liberty]

Ronan
Invisible Woman
Polaris
Sunfire
Vision
Nova
Ms. Marvel
Shadowcat
Rogue
Thing

Immunity: Beta Ray Bill

[RH_Duncan]

Polaris
Ronan
Ms. Marvel
Colossus
Hercules
Iron Man
Nova
Sub-Mariner
Inv Woman
Vision


Immume: Rogue

[Cosmic Book Fan]

RH Duncan> you already voted on page one.

[tangentman]

Ares
Nova
Polaris
Rogue
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Vision
Wolverine

Immunity: Ms. Marvel

[mattbib]

Colossus
Iron Man
Rogue
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Thing
Vision
Wolverine

Immunity to Hercules

[Cosmic Book Fan]

Colossus
Iron Man
Rogue
Ronan
Shadowcat
Sub-Mariner
Sunfire
Thing
Vision
Wolverine

Immunity to Hercules
Very interesting Matt...
by my count, you could have saved 4 characters who were tied for last place, but you only saved one of them...
btw, I don't need to count RH Duncan's extra votes do I?

[mattbib]

btw, I don't need to count RH Duncan's extra votes do I?Nope.

Also, while I appreciate your interest in and excitement over this contest, can you do me a favor and avoid posting count info/commentary during the run of each round? In the past I've found it can influence the way people vote, so I prefer to just post the totals and results in the next round's thread. Thanks! :)

[RH_Duncan]

I did not realize I voted before, sorry. Which one must I delete?

[mattbib]

I did not realize I voted before, sorry. Which one must I delete?Only your first vote will be counted, so you don't have to delete either. But if you do delete one choose whichever you'd like.

[RH_Duncan]

I decided to delete the first, thanx Matt

[mattbib]

VOTING HAS ENDED!

Be sure to play Contest of Champions XIX -- Round 6.

[Cosmic Book Fan]

Nope.

Also, while I appreciate your interest in and excitement over this contest, can you do me a favor and avoid posting count info/commentary during the run of each round? In the past I've found it can influence the way people vote, so I prefer to just post the totals and results in the next round's thread. Thanks! :)


No Problem, I'll keep quiet.

[mattbib]

No Problem, I'll keep quiet.Feel free to comment on others' votes, just avoid stating who's currently in the lead or who posters are likely saving/eliminating. Thanks!