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[IamanElfCollaborator]

Beauty Contest?

Definitely Naruto. He has the frigging Sexy no Jutsu.

Yes it exists.

[Mlamlah]

RECAP FOR ROUND 1

Bugs Bunny Versus Miles Edgeworth

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Eating Contest: Bugs Bunny Advantage
Sniping: Bugs Bunny may be able to hide better, depending on terrain.
Being an Action Movie Actor

Count Dracula Versus Lord Soth

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A game of Riddles: Both are at least hundreds of years old with insight into history born from experience, Dracula is debatably more cultured and intelectual, but Lord Soth also spent much of his undead life plumbing the depths of knowledge for a way to free himself from his existence.
Acquiring Fangirls: Dracula pretty much wins by default
Argueing on the Internet: Advantage Lord Soth, has access to a word of death

Squirrel Girl Versus Sabre

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Jousting: As a medieval warrior, Sabre wins
Strip Poker: Squirrel Girl has Squirrel assistance, Sabre has emotionlessness
Detective Work: Squirrel Girl has advantage of squirrel assistance

Gordon Freeman versus Pheonix Wright

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Pitting freinds against eachother: Phoenix Wright is a Lawyer
Computer Wizardry: Gordon freeman is a theoretical physicist with access to an extremely advanced built in computer system in his suit
Pick up Artistry: Staring at people mutely is not exactly a tried and true method of getting people in the sack, sorry Gordon.

Taskmaster versus Black Mage

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Lightsabre Duel: Advantage to the instamaster of any fighting technique he's ever seen.
Space Exploration:
Velociraptor Chainsaw Jousting: I can see this ending only hilariously badly for the Black Mage

Spongebob versus Xenomorph

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Dragon Slaying: Advantage Xenomorph, for being able to fight.
Maintaining Audience Interest:
Dogfighting: Both would crash their Jets, i just don't think a damp sponge is going to survive the explosion, the Xenomorph possibly could.

Xanatos versus Naruto:

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Beauty Contest:Naruto has magic powers which can be used to easily win over any pervy old man.
Presidential Campaign: Advantage Xanatos, he's got the money, he's got the charisma.
Becoming more powerful: Xanatos has dedicated his entire life to the acquisition of power, and he went from being a poor mans son to one of the most powerful men on the planet, but Naruto is also skilled in acquiring power, albeit through the acquisition of Quasi-magic.

Captain Malcolm Reynolds versus A Dreadnought

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Memory Games: I would theoretically give this one to Reynolds, as he's younger than most any Dreadnought, who must all eventually be put out of commission as their brains slowly deteriorate.
Spying: Mal can be subtle, five ton cyborgs might have a harder time.
Building Robots: Dreadnoughts come from a much more technologically advanced society, which instantly gives them a leg up.

There's still time to debate any of the finer points, and some of these are still way up in the air.

[LordBucket]

I think it's unfair to assume that a charachter just can't use the abilities
at their disposal unless it's implied in some way in the competition itself.

Where do you draw the line though? Can you win a chess match by mind controlling your opponent? What about blowing his head off so he loses when the clock expires?

[Mlamlah]

Things that ruin the entire spirit of the competition are not allowed, however, for a kind of battle where the idea is to kill the opponent one should not ignore the immediatly obvious alternative strategy the entire character is based around. A dreadnought can't really use a knife in a knife fight, but sure as hell could punch somebody out.

[LordBucket]

...ok, so is teleporting your opponent into space so they suffocate, or telekinetically exploding their internal organs a valid way to win a knife fight?

Again, where do you draw the lines?

[Mlamlah]

As far as most of the forms of combat go i don't want to limit the characters too much as of yet. I'll regulate as we go for the moment, and if problems start coming up we can deal with them.
I see your point though, and i'll probably think it over.

[Fireiy]

For the eating competition for Edgeworth and Bugs Bunny, it all depends on what they are eating.

[Mlamlah]

Lets say type of food is irrelevant, and rather... i dunno, weigh the food? They can eat whatever they want.

[NRDL]

I honestly think Spongebob should have won. 

[Fireiy]

In that case Edgeworth is doomed in eating.

[Mlamlah]

Won in what? and why?

[HailFire]

Is this dead already? I am disappoint.

My take:

Spongebob versus Xenomorph

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Dragon Slaying: Advantage Xenomorph, for being able to fight.
Maintaining Audience Interest:
Dogfighting: Both would crash their Jets, i just don't think a damp sponge is going to survive the explosion, the Xenomorph possibly could.

Spongebob actually wins here, against all odds; they're 1/1 going into the third round (spongebob being the better entertainer on account of not immediately trying to eat the audience), but the filthy Xeno scum has to forfeit the third round on account of not being able to fly a plane (whereas spongebob is at least theoretically capable, even if he'd crash it and die horribly)

Captain Malcolm Reynolds versus A Dreadnought

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Memory Games: I would theoretically give this one to Reynolds, as he's younger than most any Dreadnought, who must all eventually be put out of commission as their brains slowly deteriorate.
Spying: Mal can be subtle, five ton cyborgs might have a harder time.
Building Robots: Dreadnoughts come from a much more technologically advanced society, which instantly gives them a leg up.

Not going to call this one, but a couple things to consider about the Dreadnought (don't know anything about the Captain):

1: The deterioration you mention takes a lot longer than you think it does: The oldest living Dreadnought (who's also the oldest living Astartes in the Imperium), Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves, is older than ten thousand years, and even though he's been sleeping for longer and longer periods, he can still remember the pre-Horus Heresy days, having fought alongside the Primarch of his chapter, and seen the God-Emperor of Man before he was interred onto the Golden Throne.

...But all that's irrelevant anyway, since this is implied to be a short-term memory contest. Given that Astartes are genetically engineered super-humans (even healthy ones can live for millenia), and assuming the Dread is only a few centuries old, unless Reynolds is known for his exceptional memory, I'd give this part to the Dreadnought.

2: While a mech the size of a monster truck is un-subtle as fuck, I wouldn't rule the Dread out of spying completely: debatably, the sarcophagus' machine spirit could help the dread interface with other technologies (computers, security systems, etc.) for alternative forms of snooping.

[Mlamlah]

You've made some good points, i'll think about them some. and... yeah, sorry everybody, some personal stuff came up that took high priority, and i havn't felt up to doing much, but i should be posting results of round 1 first thing tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

[Mlamlah]

It is pretty much entirely my fault this died, and i'm sorry for that. I dissapeared from the face of Bay12 for a time, and this is due to deeply personal issues of an extremely stressful nature, and a temporary inability to properly access internet. The latter has passed, the former has not.

If there is interest in this i may bring it back

[zombie urist]

I was wondering where this went. Bring it back.