I wound up getting a real kick out of our Crawl Space Podcast Crew Appreciation Month festivities. And since it gave us one Hall of Fame fight and one very, very interesting match-up I am now announcing Fight Club's Friendly Fire.
"Oh? And what might this be, Berryman? What are you on about now, old bean?" you ask.
Friendly Fire is the opportunity for you to challenge your fellow Crawl Space friends to friendly competition. For example, let's say Thrawn wants to challenge Hambone to a friendly match. If Hambone accepts, then they both pick combatants to go up against one another Fight Club style. They will make their case in the match discussions and their fellow Crawl Spacers will determine the outcome. And we will keep a running tally on wins & losses.
Here's how it works. Again, using Thrawn and Hambone as our examples.
Thrawn throws out the challenge at Hambone.
"Hambone!" he exclaims. "It is time for us to have at it!"
Hambone chuckles, thinking Thrawn is biting off more than he can chew.
"I accept!" he replies. "And I pick the Terminator robots from the Terminator films."
As the challenged, you see, Hambone gets to pick his combatant first.
"Cad!" gasps Thrawn. "Very well! To meet the horror of your life hating army, I meet it with one of my own! I choose the Cylons!"
And now we have our fight. Thrawn has challenged Hambone, and Hambone has accepted this base assault on his honor. He picks his champion(s), Thrawn then picks his, and then I, George Berryman, pick the location.
"Aha! Well now. I choose for these armies a place as cold as their hearts would be, if they had them. I choose... HOTH!"
Thus is the match created, with three days for Crawl Space to vote.
It is best to send a PM to whoever you wish to challenge ahead of time to ensure that they see it in case they don't see you challenge them in the Friendly Fire thread. And no needling them if they decline - not everyone will want to participate and we'll respect that. After all, there are only 20 or so people voting on Fight Club matches at Crawl Space to begin with.
And so, let the Friendly Fire commence!
In a nutshell...
PROCESS
1.) Challenge a message board acquaintance or pal on the forums who is not already involved in a current Friendly Fire Fight Club match. Also, send them a PM to make sure they're aware.
* The Thrawn Amendment: You may challenge someone you just fought in the previous match but only if you lost that match. Winners cannot challenge someone they just defeated.
2.) Whoever you challenged can either decline or agree. If they agree they have the first choice of combatants to act as their champion.
At this time you, as the one challenged, may state that this will be a 'No Anime/Manga' fight.
(See section below entitled 'The Official Anime/Manga Ruling of 2010')
* The Spideydude Clarification: Again - when you challenge someone they get to pick first.
3.) The challenger then picks their combatant to act as their champion.
4.) George picks the location.
5.) It is then On like Donkey Kong.
GROUND RULES
1.) No one can pick God (or the One-Above-All, the Presence/Voice, the Living Tribunal, or Satan, etc. etc.) Because DAMN.
2.) Nor can anyone pick Batman or Chuck Norris.
3.) Choices must be made from fictional characters (Harry Potter vs. Buffy, Doctor Who vs. Reed Richards, Imperial Stormtroopers vs. the Aliens from the Alien movies, Hannibal Lecter vs. Sherlock Holmes, etc.). Typically characters from Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror or Mystery work best for what we're going for. Historical characters used in sci-fi, fantasy or horror films/books/comics are also fair play (i.e. the Spartans from 300).
4.) Whoever the challenger picks in response must be roughly even to the combatant their opponent picked. For example, if you challenge someone and they pick Iron Fist you can't pick Godzilla. That's bad form! Whoever the challenge picks in response has to be along the same lines as whoever they challenged. Picking Shang Chi or, for example, is in accordance with the rules.
*The CrazyChris Clause: If both parties agree to the challenger's chosen combatant then ignore Rule #4.
**The Venomaniac Corollary: If the challenged participant wants an unconventional fight (a battle of intelligences, skills, talents, wit, etc. etc.) then they get to make that call but it needs to be stated at the time they pick their champion. If, for example, you pick Albert Einstein but you don't specify that it's a battle of intelligence then you leave yourself open to the consequences that Albert Einstein's limited fighting experience and capabilities present.
- As of Season Two, when you exercise the Venomanic Corollary it must be expressly stated in your challenge acceptance. (i.e. "I am exercising the Venomaniac Corollary.")
- THE VENOMANIAC COROLLARY IS NOT IN EFFECT DURING THE DOUGLAS CLASSIC PLAYOFFS AT THE END OF EACH SEASON. ALL DOUGLAS CLASSIC PLAYOFF MATCHES MUST BE STRAIGHT-UP FIGHTS.
5.) Nothing political!
6.) If there is more than one version of a character you choose as your champion you must state which version you're going with for this fight. You can use that version and no other.
Examples:
Normal red & blue suit Spidey would be different than Spidey with the alien symbiote costume.
Sherlock Holmes has the original literary version, numerous film versions - even video games.
Anime/Manga characters often have shifting powers or power levels across the numerous series they sometimes appear in.
THE GREAT FIGHT CARD COMPROMISE OF 2010
Fight Cards will display as much information on powers & skills as possible for each combatant, with links to further explanations the characters' capabilities.
EXCEPTIONS: In certain situations the Fight Cards will contain just a picture of the combatant with their name on it. This will still link to more extensive information on the character but researching that character will be up to the Fight Club voting community.
Conditions when characters will be represented this way:
1.) Anime/Manga Characters, Some Jedi Characters, Possibly Others
2.) Characters whose powers, abilities, skills and weapons/equipment are not clearly defined or cannot be easily defined due to a lack of concise information available on the Net or due to a preponderance of available data so dense that it borders becoming impenetrable.
THE OFFICIAL ANIME/MANGA RULING OF 2010
Anime/Manga combatants are absolutely allowed. We recognize, however, that not all Fight Club participants are familiar or well versed in the staggering amount of Anime/Manga characters in existence. We also recognize that Anime/Manga characters often have powersets that do not mesh well with other fictional characters or situations.
Therefore the following rule now applies:
The right of refusal of Anime/Manga characters comes for Fight Clubbers who are challenged. It works as follows, using BerserkFury819 and Thrawn as examples:
BerserkFury819 challenges Thrawn.
Thrawn accepts and choose his challenger - but also stipulates that the fight is to be a 'No Anime/Manga' fight.
BerserkFury819 must then pick a combatant who is not Anime/Manga.
Making this the responsibility of those who get challenged is in accordance with the Venomaniac Corollary from Rule #4 of Fight Club's Ground Rules, which leaves the type of fight (battle of wits, intelligence, etc.) up to those who get challenged as well.
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Commence to fightin'.
EDIT: I am going to keep a running tally of all open challenges in this thread, adding and removing as necessary once the challenges have moved to the match phase. There can only be FOUR active matches going at once. Or more if one or more are about to end that day.
Current Challenges:
None
Matches Pending:
None
Matches in Progress:
None
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