Mutant League 02/12/2008 AM Game K: AceOfSpades vs. Brian M. & Beast

[mattbib]

Greeting fight fans! Welcome to our first semi-final match!

Please review the rules on voting here (http://www.geocities.com/mattbib/mutantleague2008rules.html).

And now on to our fight...

In the first corner we have AceOfSpades' Bombastic Belles of Beezlebub:
Marvel Girl, Ultragirl, Aurora, Kiden Nixon, Fatale, Dead Girl, Amina Synge

vs

In the other corner is Brian M. & Beast's Qwerty's Angels:
Lady Mastermind, Scrambler, Phoebe Cuckoo, Sage, Empath, Cable, Qwerty


Both participants have submitted strategies:

Please do not post or vote until both strategies have been posted and read.

[mattbib]

There are many threats on the other team, (basically all of them) so I have to take care of them in as best as possible. Rachel is NOT going to go all dino again, cause we all know that jus t blows.

Stage One: Opening Fray (Simultaneous unless otherwise mentioned)

Marvel Girl used to be a hound for Ahab, meaning one of her specialties is tracking. Placing a TK shield around herself, she focuses her effort on mind crunching Lady M. She also sends one small TP bolt at Phoebe just to disorient her. Rachel has dealt with a lot of anger and such the past few years, and a betrayer of the X-men Like Lady M is just going to further piss her off. At the same time she is going to fly up into the air and make her way across the skies towards the other team, albeit not that fast since she is mostly focusing on the telepathic assault on Lady M. Regan should not be able to form any illusions while her mind is ravaged.

Ultragirl picks up dead girl and lobs her at Phoebe Cuckoo with as much force as she can. Upon reaching Phoebe, Dead Girl pummels her (or just crashes into her). If there is some kind of TK shield up, DG will briefly go intangible and then shift back once through the shield.

Kiden Nixon runs across the field towards the other team. If she comes under any kind of duress she will stop time and head straight for Empath, touching him on the head to KO him.

Fatale goes invisible and teleports a foot on top of Cable, bringing her dagger down on his head as she lands on him. Pamela then engages Sage in hand to hand. Being invisible though, Pamala should have a little advantage.

Amina Synge releases an armada of her salamanders that fly through the air towards the opposing team. Their main focus is Scrambler, with Cable as a side note if Fatale didn’t kill him. If there is a shield around the opposing team, they will fly around, over, under, however they can to get through.

Aurora at this stage is dependent on a shield being up or down. If it is a clear shot, she speeds up into the air and then flies straight at Empath, dodging any a ttempts by Sage to shoot her. She proceeds to knock Empath’s lights out.

Out: Lady M, Cable, Phoebe, Scrambler, Empath.

Stage Two: Coup D’état

Ultragirl flies over to Sage and grabs onto her. Aurora flies over and starts beating her with fast punches. Eventually Amina sends a salamander to remove her soul. And Fatale cuts of her ears for keepsakes.

Marvel Girl will psychically breakdown anyone that is left, as Amina will clean up with her soul stealers.

Which leaves Qwerty. Rachel picks her up and decides that this poor soul has sufferend enough in life already. She reaches into her mind and just shuts off everything in the most peaceful manner possible, making her think she’s going to a land with unlimited Huggies diapers and the such.

Once Qwerty is dead, Rachel molecularly takes apart her body and spreads it across the savage land, a place of beauty.

Then my team has a wild blood orgy with the indig enous folk of the savage land.

[mattbib]

Our team knows that in this match the power of Lady Mastermind is not going to be enough to get us the win. The other team is quite powerful. We have Rachel Grey…who is practically the Phoenix, two speedsters with Aurora and Ultra Girl, Kiden Nixon, Fatale…too much power for a stealth like approach that we have taken before.

With that said let us start our match…

Stage One: Immediately

Phoebe links with Lady Mastermind. The purpose of this is to shield her from any psychic attack Rachel Grey tries to pull. We know Phoebe is not a match one on one for Rachel, but we only need a couple seconds.

Cable incases our team in a TK bubble. This is to protect against any speed rushes by the 2 speedsters. We keep Scrambler around Lady Mastermind into to protect her from any kind of teleportation attack. The TK bubble is really tight so any attempt by Fatale to port in would be met with immediate resistance. If she ports behind Lady M, Cable is there to grab her, if infront, Scrambler is there.

Sage is a very unlikely target for Rachel to attack with her telepathy. The other team knows that Lady M is the main threat. Using this assumption, Sage reactivates her telepathy, she had locked her mind in order to protect herself from the Shadow King. Sage uses her TP to take over Dead Girl’s mind. Using Dead Girl’s powers, Sage brings forth the ghosts of Rachel Grey’s entire family, the family that was killed in the span of 24 seconds.

Lady Mastermind is not going to be sidelined in this match; it would be ridiculous to do that. Lady M pulls a memory from Rachel’s mind and with this memory Lady Mastermind creates her vision of terror; The Shi’ar Death Commando’s appear. To Rachel, her teammates have vanished and in their place are those who murdered her family. You see, Rachel see’s her teammates now as the Shi’ar Death Commando’s.

In Emperor Vulcan #3, these murderers appeared and were technically allies, Rachel didn’t care. Her rage took over and it took the full might of Polaris to hold her back. Rachel reacted instantly. Well we’re gonna help aid this feeling. Empath throws in his lot. Making Rachel feel nothing but rage and guilt for the loss of everyone she was related too.

Empath: You are the last Grey. You’re the last one. It’s all your fault too. They killed them. It’s time to return the favor.

This rage, combined with the illusion of Lady Mastermind and seeing her dead relatives’ ghosts will surely set Rachel off. Stopping any attack Rachel might be conducting on Lady M or anyone else at the time. The speedsters would be attacked, Fatale, Kiden, the Gecko Lady: Amina, Dead Girl, they all get attacked by Rachel.

Lady Mastermind’s illusion while focused on Rachel it doesn’t stop with just her. Lady Mastermind also casts an illusion that hides our team. The only thing the other team sees is a pissed off Rachel Grey who now thinks they are the ones who killed her family.

One of the other things Empath does after making Rachel pissed off is to calm down Kiden Nixon. We can’t have her getting emotional and stopping time. That would really just get in the way of what we’re doing.

With the illusion in place, Sage lets go of Dead Girl’s mind.

This isn’t the whole strategy. The purpose of this tactic is to get Sage over to Phoebe. We said earlier we need more raw power. Well we’re gonna get it. You see a while back Phoebe and her sisters locked away a fragment of the Phoenix Force inside their diamond hearts. They sacrificed their emotion to keep the Force locked away. Well Sage has the ability to unlock all potential powers in mutants. The Cuckoos are mutant clones, Sage’s powers would still work on them.

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Sage grabs Phoebe and starts working her magic. Sage starts analyzing Phoebe's DNA, looking to unlock her full potential. When Sage jump started Rogue and Gambit and Lifeguard and Slipstream it all happened instantaneously or within a couple minutes. The only reason it didn't for Beast was because she channeled that energy to boost his healing factor. So that’s all we take is several minutes. Phoebe begins to glow.

To aid in this we need Empath. You see Phoebe was the one who desired this power the most. She screamed when it went away and told Celeste she liked it, the way it made her feel. So using Empath, who can control multiple people at once, we start to increase Phoebe’s desire for power. This will assist Sage and make it easier to unlock this fragment of infinite power.

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Phoebe begins to glow and then it happens…she erupts in a huge fiery bird that is all too familiar to some X-Men.

We’re not done. Empath is able to target more than one person at a time with two different emotions (New Mutant’s #38-39), using that his target is someone on our team: Qwerty.

You see Qwerty’s powers don’t cripple her. All of her bodily functions still work, she just lacked the will to get up and move about. When she fore saw M-Day, she gained the will to get up and wrote the prophecy on the wall of the Morlock Tunnels.

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Empath targets her; increasing her will and also causes great elation inside of Qwerty. She stands. Well, she wobbles a bit, but she’s upright. Cable steadies her with his TK.

The purpose of Qwerty getting up and walking is to point to Sage which way the speedsters will come once we drop the illusions. Her and Cable and Lady M need to be ready with their guns to stop Aurora, we won’t be shooting Ultra Girl since she’s near invulnerable.

Scrambler and Cable both stand guard incase Fatale teleports in. Since Lady M’s illusion technically makes them invisible, Cable and Scrambler should be able to get a fix on anyone coming. Scrambler will grab on to them and render them unconscious and Cable will shoot them.

Stage One Results:
Rachel Grey: Attacking own team
Phoebe: Gone Phoenixy
Qwerty: Predicting were Ultra Girl and Aurora will go.

No one is taken out yet.

Stage Two

Since the illusion should still be in place and our team is still invisible, but on guard, we can set up perfectly for the assault. Again it is important to note that Rachel believes her teammates to be 6 of the 10 Shi’ar Death Commando’s that wiped out her family. This team will be at least fatigued and a bit beat up once we drop the illusion. We are underestimating the damage Rachel would do for the sake of the strategy. I would imagine though that it would be much more than bumps and bruises.

Sage’s boost worked and Phoebe has TP/TK strength that is ATLEAST equivalent of Rachel Grey. Rachel posses a spark of the Phoenix and so does Phoebe Cuckoo, so it is not unreasonable to assume they are at least on par in power level.

It will go down like this. Qwerty will direct Lady Mastermind and Sage on where Aurora will travel once the illusion is dropped, they will focus their guns on that area and put that crazy Canadian down

Cable will use his TK to slam Ultra Girl into Anima. With the near invulnerability of Ultra Girl it will be a hell of an impact into Anima.

Phoebe grabs a hold of Scrambler and flings him to Fatale. Once a hold of Fatale, Scrambler uses his powers to render Fatale unconscious. Once Fatale is down Phoebe directs Scrambler to Ultra Girl. If Fatale is invisible then Phoebe will use her TP to locate her and send Scrambler over to do his thing.

After Cable redirects Ultra Girl, he then goes to encase Dead Girl in a TK bubble. He lifts this bubble a mile above the ground. He will keep this bubble active until everyone else on the team is neutralized.

Phoebe engages Rachel.

With all of this in place, Lady Mastermind drops the illusion.

Lady M and Sage shoot Aurora.
Cable slams Ultra Girl into Anima
Scrambler knocks out Ultra Girl and Fatale.
Dead Girl is encased in Cable’s telekinetic bubble.
Phoebe then engages Rachel Grey.

Stage Two Results:

Aurora: Out
Anima: Out
Ultra Girl: Out
Dead Girl: Trapped
Fatale: Out

Stage Three

Phoebe and Rachel battle exchanging TK blows.

Kiden Nixon is still being affected by Empath’s powers, this won’t negate her abilities, it’ll just stop the ability to stop time in it’s tracks when scared or nervous or excited…you get the picture.

Sadly for Kiden it’s not 6 against 1. Using his TK Cable grabs her and since she’s just a kid, a quick punch in the back of the skull will finish her off.

This brings the match is everyone vs. Rachel Grey. Phoebe starts to lose control. The last time she had this power her and other two sisters were unable to control it for too long. Cable, sensing she’s about to lose control, grabs Scrambler. He really can move on his own, we promise, it’s just much easier to TK toss his murdering ass. Cable slings Scrambler at her. With direct orders to render her unconscious that is exactly what he does.

With Dead Girl stuck in a TK bubble a mile in the air, she’s useless. No one left to fight us.

Game over.

The team gathers to celebrate the victory and the fact that Qwerty actually stood up and did something…something important.

Cable: Who’s a good vegetable? Who’s a good vegetable? Yes you!! You are a good vegetable!

Qwerty: Goo!

Cable: Stephen Hawkings has nothing on you. You’re #1!

Lady Mastermind: Are you seriously doing baby talk to an old ass vegetable?

Scrambler: I think I stepped in something one of those T-Rex’s ate last night…

Sage: At the very least, we didn't end up smelling like a sewer.

Qwerty: *POOPS*

Sage: I may have spoken too soon.

Phoebe: I will burn away what doesn’t wor…

Sage: Shut up dearie! * Sage locks away the fragment again*

Phoebe: I miss Jake.

Cable: Time to go.

[Brian M.]

I made a mistake, the 2nd image should be this one

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5130/aaamlcuckoo1dc5.jpg

[Brian M.]

Stage One: Opening Fray (Simultaneous unless otherwise mentioned)

Marvel Girl used to be a hound for Ahab, meaning one of her specialties is tracking. Placing a TK shield around herself, she focuses her effort on mind crunching Lady M. She also sends one small TP bolt at Phoebe just to disorient her. Rachel has dealt with a lot of anger and such the past few years, and a betrayer of the X-men Like Lady M is just going to further piss her off. At the same time she is going to fly up into the air and make her way across the skies towards the other team, albeit not that fast since she is mostly focusing on the telepathic assault on Lady M. Regan should not be able to form any illusions while her mind is ravaged.

Ultragirl picks up dead girl and lobs her at Phoebe Cuckoo with as much force as she can. Upon reaching Phoebe, Dead Girl pummels her (or just crashes into her). If there is some kind of TK shield up, DG will briefly go intangible and then shift back once through the shield.



Wow, Aces, great opening move. Obviously the point of contention I think in this match will be this part so I'll address this part, but it's by no means a disrespect to your entire strategy.

We figured you would go straight for Lady M and that's why we used Phoebe to act as a buffer. Now I know it says you send a small TP bolt her way, but it's just that, a small bolt. This is a girl who was trained by Emma and while not as strong as she is with the other Cuckoos, should be able to shake it off and keep fighting Rachel. All we need is a few brief moments and the illusion, combined with the other stuff we throw at her, she would stop. The shock of seeing the Death Commando's brings Rachel to a crazy kind rage only saved for Polaris on her wedding night.

Also, Lady M has some experience doing these kind of illusions under pressure. She did a whole array of them in Mike Carey's first arc while the Children we're attacking her and everyone around her.

As for the Dead Girl being thrown by Ultra Girl, she still gets tossed, but under the control of Sage, I don't think she goes intangible and she won't hit Phoebe. It is going to take a second or two for Dead Girl to reach our side anyways, even with the RogerClemens type arm that Ultra Girl has. In that second or two, the TP battle will probably have ended.

The question might arise, can DG be mind controlled since she is semi-dead/semi-alive...well she has memories. She remembers bits and peices of her previous life, like her name, her profession. Memories indicate she has atleast a portion of an active brain. Which means we can control it for the brief time we need too.

That being said, Dead Girl still summons the ghosts of Rachel's dead family, which imo would stop Rachel's attack on Lady M, allowing us to get the illusion up.

[Flâneur]

A phoenix duel? :(

[Beast]

A phoenix duel? :(
*Hums 'Duel of the Fates'*

Nice strategy, Ace of Spades. This is gonna be a close one I think. :)

[Beast]

I made a mistake, the 2nd image should be this one

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5130/aaamlcuckoo1dc5.jpg
Doh. We repeated the scans? But yeah, that scan shows Phoebe's hunger for the Phoenix's power.

[Nyssane]

AceOfSpades has a really good opening, but I just feel like he tries to take the opponents out too quickly. He uses Rachel really well, but I don't think Cable would be so vulnerable to a sneak attack by Fatale. I do like the way you make sure Phoebe is disoriented to keep her from using telepathy, tho.

As much as I hate it, Brian M's strat has my vote. He uses the characters in unique ways, such as the Death Commandos imagery. Also, the pictures work really well, except for that damn picture of Qwerty you just REFUSE TO STOP POSTING. STOP IT.

In all, I think Brian M. goes to great lengths to show how each of the opponents are defeated while AceOfSpades uses his characters really well, but sort of seems to defeat characters too quickly.

<3 ACEOFSPADES, plz don't h8 me!

[AceOfSpades]

I guess a lot of this comes down to Lady M and Phoebe against Rachel. And Sage controlling Dead Girl.

If Phoebe is linked with Lady M, then in essence Rachel is attacking both of them, but Rachel is a far stronger telepath. Yes, Phoebe has been trained by Emma, and yes Regan has some resistance, but I think it would take all of their concentration to fight off Rachel leaving no room for illusions.

As for Sage, would she truly use her telepathy? There is a reason she shut it off, to protect everyone, and there have been plenty of oppotunities that it would have been ideal to start it up again, but she never did. Isn't that sort of like saying Betsy restarted her TP powers (which she never would have done) in order to seal away the Shadow King? I can't find Sage doing this in her character.

And the Phoenix Phoebe thing? I actually don't know what to say to that. Would it work? Would Phoebe let it work? It was sealed off for a reason.

If Regan's illusions do waver, Fatale should be able to get Cable, since she is ON TOP of him. The shield goes down and then chaos insues

[AceOfSpades]

AceOfSpades has a really good opening, but I just feel like he tries to take the opponents out too quickly. He uses Rachel really well, but I don't think Cable would be so vulnerable to a sneak attack by Fatale. I do like the way you make sure Phoebe is disoriented to keep her from using telepathy, tho.

<3 ACEOFSPADES, plz don't h8 me!

If Cable is busy keeping up the shield, he might not notice an invisible girl teleporting on top of him.

And I don't hate you Nyssy :P All you would get from me is sweet lovin'

[Nyssane]

If Cable is busy keeping up the shield, he might not notice an invisible girl teleporting on top of him.

And I don't hate you Nyssy :P All you would get from me is sweet lovin'

You're such a sweet talker! ;) You'd have my vote any day, bay bee!

But yeah, the Phoenix-Phoebe thing is a little LAWL but it's unique and I think Brian managed to pull it off. Regardless of whether you win or lose though, Spades, you managed to strike fear into, I'm sure, every opponent you had to battle! :D

[Brian M.]

I guess a lot of this comes down to Lady M and Phoebe against Rachel. And Sage controlling Dead Girl.

If Phoebe is linked with Lady M, then in essence Rachel is attacking both of them, but Rachel is a far stronger telepath. Yes, Phoebe has been trained by Emma, and yes Regan has some resistance, but I think it would take all of their concentration to fight off Rachel leaving no room for illusions.

Well that's assuming the dead ghosts of her family suddenly appearing don't shake her at all. Knowing how much Rachel loved them, how much she wanted the sense of family, I think it would be enough to throw her off guard and allow Lady M to establish the illusion. It may not be fully up, but the Shi'ar Death Commando's are the main part of this strategy and seeing them, with her dead family is sure to shake Rachel. Plus this is the same Rachel that was stopped by a dinosaur telepath, she is strong yes, but there are a lot of other telepath's more skilled than her.

As for Sage, would she truly use her telepathy? There is a reason she shut it off, to protect everyone, and there have been plenty of oppotunities that it would have been ideal to start it up again, but she never did. Isn't that sort of like saying Betsy restarted her TP powers (which she never would have done) in order to seal away the Shadow King? I can't find Sage doing this in her character.

Sage shut it off to protect from the Shadow King and Bogan. Going into this battle there is no threat from either of these two and Sage has always been one to do what it takes to win.

And the Phoenix Phoebe thing? I actually don't know what to say to that. Would it work? Would Phoebe let it work? It was sealed off for a reason.

It was sealed off for a reason, but Phoebe was the one who really still desired it. Using Empath and Sage together, we could convince her to help Sage unlock it. Once unlocked, I don't think Phoebe would lock it up, since she wasn't the one to do it originally.

[Beast]

Agreed. The ghosts of Rachel's dead family would cause her attack to falter. She was horribly destroyed by their deaths, since she was unable to stop it. That allows Lady M the chance to pop up her illusion covering Rachel's team with the illusion of being the Shi'Ar Death Commandos. Frankly we could have ended it there, as Rachel likely would have in a rage killed her own team. But we didn't want to take the cheap way out and only had her attack them. Which keeps them focused on trying to survive her attacks, leaving us open to take them out.

Exactly. Sage is a sneaky bitch and has always been one to use available tactics to her advantage. If she knew she was going to be psychically attacked during the battle (or if Shadow King and Bogan were on the other team), she wouldn't have unlocked the TP. But since nobody on the other side would likely directly focus on mentally attacking her... she would consider it an acceptable risk.

And yeah, as was shown by the above scan... Phoebe desired the powers of the Phoenix more than any of her sisters. With Empath pumping the desire and Sage unlocking the potential to give birth to the Phoenix... she should embrace the power offered to her without question. If it was any other one of the sisters, I don't see it.

[Mitsaso]

Overall, B &B's strat is better, using two majorly creative moves that could win the match just by themselves (Phoebe Phoenix and Rachel vs the "Shi'ar").

However, there is a seemingly unimportant mistake here. You have Cable trap Dead Girl in a TK bubble, and that would be okay if you brought her down in the end of the battle to take her out properly, or just immobilised her with a more constricting TK thing. But you just leave her hanging up there, and that's closer to the "removing someone from the battle" tactic than anything else.:o

All these would be dbatable, if it wasn't for one thing: Dead Girl can go intangible too, so the bubble wouldn't hold her for more than a few seconds. Now, if she was left for last, getting back to the battle would mean nothing because she'd be all alone against most of your team, but her intangibility might make her return to the battle before all is lost.

I'll have to consult with Novaya too, but I gotta wait for the debate to unfold anyway. Good strats from both teams, bravo!:)

[darknessatnoon]

Sage shut it off to protect from the Shadow King and Bogan. Going into this battle there is no threat from either of these two and Sage has always been one to do what it takes to win.


I concur. Sage can be ruthless.

The illusion of the Shiar Death Commandos is vicious and mean-spirited. It's very in character for Lady Mastermind. Kudos for thinking of it.

[Beast]

I concur. Sage can be ruthless.

The illusion of the Shiar Death Commandos is vicious and mean-spirited. It's very in character for Lady Mastermind. Kudos for thinking of it.
Heh, thanks. It popped into my mind the other day when Brian and I were kicking ideas around.

[darknessatnoon]

Heh, thanks. It popped into my mind the other day when Brian and I were kicking ideas around.

It's great because Rachel would go totally ape-shit.

[Brian M.]

It's great because Rachel would go totally ape-shit.

The Phoebe Phoenix move started out as a joke initially, talking about Sage giving folks the Phoenix, the Beast remembered Phoebe's got a spark of the Phoenix locked away.

It's a good way to power up our team when we need more raw power.

[Beast]

The Phoebe Phoenix move started out as a joke initially, talking about Sage giving folks the Phoenix, the Beast remembered Phoebe's got a spark of the Phoenix locked away.

It's a good way to power up our team when we need more raw power.
It's also the move we've tried to not implement until we faced a team where it was required.

After all, don't want to blow the best move early when it's not necessary.

[Novaya Havoc]

Overall, B &B's strat is better, using two majorly creative moves that could win the match just by themselves (Phoebe Phoenix and Rachel vs the "Shi'ar").

However, there is a seemingly unimportant mistake here. You have Cable trap Dead Girl in a TK bubble, and that would be okay if you brought her down in the end of the battle to take her out properly, or just immobilised her with a more constricting TK thing. But you just leave her hanging up there, and that's closer to the "removing someone from the battle" tactic than anything else.:o

All these would be dbatable, if it wasn't for one thing: Dead Girl can go intangible too, so the bubble wouldn't hold her for more than a few seconds. Now, if she was left for last, getting back to the battle would mean nothing because she'd be all alone against most of your team, but her intangibility might make her return to the battle before all is lost.

I'll have to consult with Novaya too, but I gotta wait for the debate to unfold anyway. Good strats from both teams, bravo!:)

Mitsy is the Dead Girl knowledge powerhouse!

We must consult (when I am not at work) and vote. I shall offer commentary later! Right now LEANING toward BM&B, but we must discuss!

[Brian M.]

The Dead Girl move was kinda half ass I agree. But we figure by the time Cable throws her into the air, she'll be a good ways up and falling from that distance, while it definetly wouldn't kill her or knock her out, it would do some damage. It would probably take a bit for the healing factor to completely heal her...unless her name is Wolverine, so by then we figure everyone will be outta the way and it would be 7 one 1. 1 of those being mini-Phoenix Phoebe.

I'm headed off to class so this it'll be several hours before I can answer any questions.

[Mitsaso]

The Dead Girl move was kinda half ass I agree. But we figure by the time Cable throws her into the air, she'll be a good ways up and falling from that distance, while it definetly wouldn't kill her or knock her out, it would do some damage. It would probably take a bit for the healing factor to completely heal her...unless her name is Wolverine, so by then we figure everyone will be outta the way and it would be 7 one 1. 1 of those being mini-Phoenix Phoebe.
Actually she wouldn't fall, she can walk on air (levitate) Kitty Pryde-style!
Scans from X-Statix #12 to prove it:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/SpunkySmurph/Marvel/Scans/Dead%20Girl/X-Statix12-13.jpg
...but walking down a mile might keep her busy long enough, so I guess it works both ways!
On the other hand, she could just let herself fall to make things faster. You wanna see how long it would take her to heal? Watch her healing from complete obliteration below. Can't be more than a few seconds.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/SpunkySmurph/Marvel/Scans/Dead%20Girl/xf126p20.jpg

Plus, while healing, her dismembered (from the fall) pieces can still own Team Qwerty:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7743/xf127p12tx8.jpg

I'm sure there are more important debate points in this match, like whether Sage can unlock the Phoenix inside of Phoebe (can she un-make her heart of diamond to set it free?), but I just found an excuse to post cool Dead Girl pics and share the Dead Girl lovin' so I didn't let go yet:p
I'm still leaning for B&B's team tho, we just need to clear out some stuff with Novaya.

[Brian M.]

See that's my bad, my lack of knowledge on Dead Girl...didn't know she could walk on air like Kitty.

[Jessica Drew]

I absolutely love the audacious moves of Sage restarting her own telepathy, the Death Commandoes illusion, and the Phoebe Phoenix connection. Didn't see any of those coming at all. Bravo!

[Brian M.]

I absolutely love the audacious moves of Sage restarting her own telepathy, the Death Commandoes illusion, and the Phoebe Phoenix connection. Didn't see any of those coming at all. Bravo!

Thanks. We've been holding the Phoebe Phoenix back since the Shyft match...which never happened. We were pretty excited to finally get to use it. Sadly, that empties our back of tricks.

[worstblogever]

Thanks. We've been holding the Phoebe Phoenix back since the Shyft match...which never happened. We were pretty excited to finally get to use it. Sadly, that empties our back of tricks.

Lies! I told you one other trick you haven't used in a match yet!

[Brian M.]

Lies! I told you one other trick you haven't used in a match yet!

That doesn't mean we have to let people know!!!!!!!!!!!!

Besides, Who's really gonna be distracted by Qwerty in crotchless leather panties? Who?

[worstblogever]

That doesn't mean we have to let people know!!!!!!!!!!!!

Besides, Who's really gonna be distracted by Qwerty in crotchless leather panties? Who?

Anyone with a gag reflex, that's who.

[CyberHubbs]

That doesn't mean we have to let people know!!!!!!!!!!!!

Besides, Who's really gonna be distracted by Qwerty in crotchless leather panties? Who?

Hybrid. He takes what he can get.

[Beast]

That doesn't mean we have to let people know!!!!!!!!!!!!

Besides, Who's really gonna be distracted by Qwerty in crotchless leather panties? Who?
Emma Frost is the one who dressed her that way.

[darksaint124]

B&B's opening move is what really decides this match. They are prepared for the assault from Rachel and already have a counter attack in place that would have the rest of AceOfSpades team running for their lives(except Dead Girl) After that whatever strategy is in place becomes null while their trying to survive.

[DeniseXfrost]

WOW I love both strategies. THis one is going to be hard.


ANd how dare you make a reference to the pheonix warsong? lol :P

[darknessatnoon]

You have many tricks left if you consider using Sage to her full potential. She's upgraded to the ROMA OS, and even though it's a bit glitchy and buggy, she possesses Omniuniversal knowledge now. Furthermore, she has all the powers of Diana Fox, which should make her extra-formidable. I also suggest finding a way to network Sage with Qwerty for the next round.

[Brian M.]

You have many tricks left if you consider using Sage to her full potential. She's upgraded to the ROMA OS, and even though it's a bit glitchy and buggy, she has Omniuniversal knowledge now. Furthermore, she has all the powers of Diana Fox, which should make her extra-formidable. I also suggest finding a way to network Sage with Qwerty for the next round.

You do that, you run the risk of someone getting lost in Qwerty's mind. Qwerty got lost in it, that's why she never got up until it was time to write the book.

[darksaint124]

You have many tricks left if you consider using Sage to her full potential. She's upgraded to the ROMA OS, and even though it's a bit glitchy and buggy, she possesses Omniuniversal knowledge now. Furthermore, she has all the powers of Diana Fox, which should make her extra-formidable. I also suggest finding a way to network Sage with Qwerty for the next round.

I don't think they were trying to let anyone know that just yet. Beast's knowledge is extensive. Brian's not so bad either.

[Brian M.]

I don't think they were trying to let anyone know that just yet. Beast's knowledge is extensive. Brian's not so bad either.

Yea, we were lying when we said all our tricks are done.

[darknessatnoon]

You do that, you run the risk of someone getting lost in Qwerty's mind. Qwerty got lost in it, that's why she never got up until it was time to write the book.

Maybe, if it were anybody but Sage. I'll have to think on it and consult my complete archive of X-Treme X-Men issues, which I keep next to my toilet for easy reference.

[darknessatnoon]

I don't think they were trying to let anyone know that just yet. Beast's knowledge is extensive. Brian's not so bad either.

Shit, I'm sorry. My Sage love got the best of me. Should I edit my post?

[Brian M.]

Shit, I'm sorry. My Sage love got the best of me. Should I edit my post?

No don't worry about it. It's something we've discussed at lenght. The problem with is that precogs tend to not be liked by a lot of the voting public. Part of Mutant League is knowing what you can and can't get away with. We used the precog move this time b/c we could really control exactly when and how it would go down. We figured both speedsters would be running at super speed and they would start running the moment our team appears after the illusion drops. But it we ruled out doing something along the lines of "Sage mindlinks w/ Qwerty and gives everyone the answer and the counter to the other team moves.

[darksaint124]

Maybe, if it were anybody but Sage. I'll have to think on it and consult my complete archive of X-Treme X-Men issues, which I keep next to my toilet for easy reference.

I won't even say it.....................never mind. I kept reading just in the hopes they would bring Lifeguard back, I must go in the corner and cry just a little bit.:(

[darknessatnoon]

I won't even say it.....................never mind. I kept reading just in the hopes they would bring Lifeguard back, I must go in the corner and cry just a little bit.:(

I feel the same way now about "Vange" Whedon.

[darksaint124]

I feel the same way now about "Vange" Whedon.

Okay, enough of that we need to get back on topic.*wipes eyes and gives the evil eye to all those who voted Lifeguard in the top ten worst X-men*

[Beast]

You have many tricks left if you consider using Sage to her full potential. She's upgraded to the ROMA OS, and even though it's a bit glitchy and buggy, she possesses Omniuniversal knowledge now. Furthermore, she has all the powers of Diana Fox, which should make her extra-formidable. I also suggest finding a way to network Sage with Qwerty for the next round.
One...

Knowledge of the Omniverse isn't really helpful here. So she could tell us about various realities. Not helpful.

Two...

The Diana Fox/Britannia Sage powerset is only if we have her in the costume. Which we don't.

[Flâneur]

I wish someone had tried to 'stoically penetrate Sage's indomitable will' with a BAM as accompaniment.

[mattbib]

Congratulations, Brian M. & Beast, you advance to Game "M", where next Monday, February 18 you'll face the winner of today's Game "L" for a shot at the lower bracket semi-final!

Great job, AceOfSpades. Unfortunately this is your second defeat which means you're eliminated from the League...but it's not over yet! Next Tuesday, Feburary 20 you'll face off against the loser of Game "L" to determine who places fifth in the League overall.

Good luck!

[AceOfSpades]

Great job Brian and Beast, i knew you guys were going to be impossibvle to beat. I blame Qwerty! She's just too powerful!

[Brian M.]

Great job Brian and Beast, i knew you guys were going to be impossibvle to beat. I blame Qwerty! She's just too powerful!

Hey, it was a hell of match. The final score doesn't indicate it, but I honestly didn't think we'd have won this game after reading your opening move. I still am not sure the right team won man. Great match, hope to see you never year.