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[The Widowed]

(There's no poll here, but it's related to a bunch of threads which do have polls. So shush. )

So while working the graveyard shift last night, I had planned to study for my coming American History exam today, just because the part about slavery and indentured servitude in Colonial North America is threatening to kick my ass. Naturally, I got bored. So I decided "Oh, well, I already got an 80% on the practice exam and I'm getting a +5% for perfect attendance anyway, so phuck it." And from there I started to think up ideas for future Rolly-Polly Deathmatches, just because. And I committed them to paper. And I kept on thinking them up and committing them to paper....

Damn, I came up with a lot...enough to fill both sides of a sheet of paper, in fact. Even though I'll probably scrap several of the ideas, I'll still have plenty.

So now I'm thinking "Hey, I could make a thread with all these ideas! Hey, other people could contribute their ideas for future Deathmatches too! And hey, this could be a resource thread with a nice heap of "idea fuel" so that it'll be a long, long time before we run out of ideas...."

And with multiple people contributing multiple ideas, the posited ideas can interbreed and spawn yet more ideas. Old ideas die in the arena, new ideas are born wriggling from their remains...it's the Circle of Life, dudes.

Just because I'm fussy like that, I've done myself the convenience of grouping my ideas into a few identifiable types. You don't have to do that; I'm just being me again.

Apples vs. Apples
(combatants of similar types, ie. wizards vs. wizards, ground vehicles vs. ground vehicles, giant monsters vs. giant monsters, etc.)


Eric Draven vs. Sabretooth
Buffy Summers vs. Eric Draven
James Bond and a Q'ed-out Porsche vs. Michael Knight and K.I.T.T.
Allan Quartermain vs. Indiana Jones
Zangief vs. Goro
Zangief vs. Hulk Hogan
Goro vs. Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian vs. Kull the Conqueror
Conan the Barbarian vs. Gimli
Plague zombies vs. vampires
Maverick vs. Airwolf
Strider Hiryu vs. Ryu Hayabasa (c/o Ninja Gaiden)
Tau vs. Protoss
Tyranids vs. Zerg vs. Xenomorphs
Sisters of Battle vs. Imperial Stormtroopers
Dutch Schaeffer vs. Ellen Ripley
Lucifer vs. Kali
Duke Nukem vs. the Doom Marine
Ivan Drago vs. the Shogun of Harlem
King Kong vs. Gozer (as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man)
A triceratops vs. an African elephant
A utahraptor vs. a Bengal tiger
A smilodon vs. an alligator
Aragorn vs. Duncan MacLeod
Aragorn vs. Michael Myers
Cleric John Preston vs. Agent Smith (pre-viral version)
The Terminator vs. Cleric John Preston
The Smurfs vs. the Liliputians
The ancient Egyptians vs. the Aztecs
Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield vs. Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs
Wyatt Earp vs. William Munny vs. Davy Crockett
Zorro vs. D'Artagnan
King Leonidas vs. Maximus Meridius
Kiss (channelling full Psycho Circus power) vs. GWAR (in full Scumdog battle array)
Richter Belmont vs. Ivy Valentine
Lord Recluse vs. Doctor Doom
Cate Archer vs. James Bond
Elmer Fudd vs. Yosemite Sam
Jackie Chan (circa Armor of God) vs. Ivan Drago
Mai Shiranui vs. Chun-Li
Pac-Man vs. Kirby
Balrog vs. Rocky Balboa
Lord Voldemort vs. Venger
Jill Valentine vs. Dirty Harry
Spock vs. T'Pol
Vulcans vs. Silvan Elves
Mike Haggar vs. the Shogun of Harlem
Ivan Drago vs. Andre the Giant
Andre the Giant vs. Marv (c/o Sin City)
Zorro vs. V
Bruce Lee vs. Leatherface
Bruce Lee vs. Blaster (c/o Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome)
An adult red dragon vs. a balrog
The Romans vs. the League of Five Nations (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Cayuga tribes)
A Gunstar vs. a Veritech fighter
Buck Rogers vs. Alex Rogan and Grig (and their Gunstar, c/o The Last Starfighter)


Apples vs. Oranges
(combatants of different types, ie. wizards vs. warriors, artillerists vs. ground vehicles, armies vs. giant monsters, etc.)

Aunty Entity and her road warriors vs. an Imperial AT-ST
Cleric John Preston vs. the Invisible Man
Sagat vs. Lo Pan
Gandalf the White vs. Darth Maul
Luke Skywalker vs. Saruman
The Swamp Thing vs. Shredder
Dr. Hannibal Lecter vs. the Punisher
Kratos vs. Cthulhu
Voltron vs. the Silverhawks
Jem and the Holograms vs. Singe the Dragon
James Bond vs. Cobra
Legolas Greenleaf vs. King Leonidas
The X-Men vs. the 300 Spartans
Ken and Ryu vs. a lion
The Smurfs vs. the Golem
The Terminator vs. the Army of Darkness
The T-1000 vs. an adult black dragon
Sarah Connor vs. an Imperial probe droid
The Borg Queen vs. the Alien Queen
A squad of Borg vs. a Predator
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac vs. Invader Zim
The Smurfs vs. the Wicked Witch of the West
Gargamel vs. Popeye vs. Marvin the Martian
Rocky Balboa vs. an angry rodeo bull
Lord Voldemort vs. Megatron
Jackie Chan vs. Jackie Brown


Orples vs. Apanas
(combatants are different yet have something in common, ie. fighter-mages vs. fighter-rogues, ground vehicles vs. aerial vehicles, giant monsters vs. herds of little monsters, etc.)

Eric Draven vs. Dracula
King Arthur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table vs. Sauron and the hordes of Mordor
Spiral vs. Witchblade
Tarzan vs. Predator
Cleric John Preston vs. Predator
Robocop vs. Steel
Chucky vs. Leatherface
Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade (with all metahuman powers) vs. the crew of a Klingon Bird of Prey
Freddy Krueger vs. the Tall Man
Freddy Krueger vs. Pinhead
G.I. Joe vs. V.E.N.O.M.
George Washington and the Continental Army vs. Alexander the Great and a Macedonian legion
George Washington vs. the Sheriff of Nottingham
B.A. Baracus vs. the Shogun of Harlem
Goro vs. a Bengal tiger
The Inhumanoids vs. the Constructicons
King Triton and the merfolk vs. the Army of Darkness
The Aztecs vs. the Army of Darkness
Morrigan Aensland vs. Buffy Summers
Professor Moriarty vs. the Phantom of the Opera
Cate Archer vs. Agent 47 vs. Dirty Harry
Lo Pan vs. Fu Manchu
Sagat vs. V
Superman vs. Heracles
Vampirella vs. Frankenstein's Monster
A Roman legion vs. the Alamo
An adult red dragon vs. an Mi-24 Hind gunship


Cats vs. Dogs
(combatants who are natural enemies; their abilities may or may not complement each other, ie. cops vs. robbers, vampires vs. vampire hunters, Republicans vs. Democrats, etc.)

Gabriel van Helsing vs. Deacon Frost
Sam Spade vs. Professor Moriarty
D1ck Tracy vs. the Joker
Batman vs. Mr. Hyde
Thor, Thyra, Merlin and Questor (from Gauntlet) vs. the Wizard of Wor and his Worling hordes.
Imhotep (c/o The Mummy) vs. the Ghostbusters
The Doom Marine vs. the Army of Darkness


The Grab Bag
(stuff which I have no idea how to classify, so it's miscellany)

Robocop vs. the Daleks
Steve Austin (as in "$6 million," not "Stone Cold") vs. Maximillian (c/o The Black Hole)
Colossus vs. Optimus Prime

Okay, I'm done for now. Your turn.

And if you ever want to host a new Deathmatch yet are unable to cook up a good idea of your own, feel free to run with any idea in this thread. We share because we care.

[Silentkilla866]

I was matching a death match earlier, before the internet crapped out at my job.

[The Widowed]

Which combatants were involved?

[Silentkilla866]

Originally Posted by The Widowed

Which combatants were involved?

None of the above.

[iggy880]

For the record, Duke Nukem beats Doom Marine hands down

[WingedAvenger]

I nearly crapped myself thinking about the possibility of a Zorro vs. V encounter.

Oh and I did think of another good future Deathmatch, neither side of which has been mentioned yet (to my knowledge). Stay tuned...

[The Widowed]

Originally Posted by iggy880

For the record, Duke Nukem beats Doom Marine hands down

Why do you say that? I'll tell you why: You like Duke's personality. But wise cracks and a cheap cigar won't win the battle. The Doom Marine is all 100% grim, stoic, determined work ethic. He doesn't have time to throw out snappy one-liners because he's too busy wading into the herds of Hell and kicking ass.

Besides, what has Duke Nukem done lately? Ooh, nice trailer. Gee, wouldn't it be nice if we could actually play it?

See? The Doom Marine and his kill-crazy work ethic run circles around Duke, in-game and out-of-game. Speak not to me of the inferior Duke Nukem.

[iggy880]

I see you are either a huge Doom fan or a bitter Duke fan. Well, let me put it this way, the fact that Duke has a personality, and some wit beats the marine as it shows any creativity, the ability to have varied plans. The space marine is literally both a general idea, and blunt object, Duke adds a variety that shows superiority.

Edit: There was a more recent trailer

[The Widowed]

Ah, not a fan of the strong but silent protagonist, I see. But, to poke at the flaw in your reasoning, verbal razzle-dazzle does not a master tactician make. The Doom Marine works because he's a tried and true archetype. There's no flash, no glamour, no pearly teeth and cool shades. He's all muscle, body armor, shotguns, heavy combat boots and pain. Therefore, he will get the job done, time and time again.

And as a bonus, the Doom Marine's savvy enough to wear subdued green tones into a combat zone...none of this silly "bright red tank top and blue jeans" nonsense that would make him stand out like a starshell at a thousand yards.

Originally Posted by WingedAvenger

I nearly crapped myself thinking about the possibility of a Zorro vs. V encounter.

Two masked men with blades duking it out. I agree. Instant classic.

Originally Posted by WingedAvenger

Oh and I did think of another good future Deathmatch, neither side of which has been mentioned yet (to my knowledge). Stay tuned...

So contribute, por favor.

[WingedAvenger]

Originally Posted by The Widowed

The Doom Marine works because he's a tried and true archetype. There's no flash, no glamour, no pearly teeth and cool shades.

You sure about that?

So contribute, por favor.

'K, gimme til the weekend.