MFX: Contest of Champions Discussion Thread

[Tritch]

Alright, I'm going to update this post with results as the fights happen and finish. We can use it to discuss the tournament as a whole, but discussion of individual fights can happen in the actual voting thread.

Preliminaries
Ghost Rider over The Tick (8-4)
Luke Cage over Iron Fist (9-3)
John Constantine over Savage Dragon (11-1)
Captain America (SR) over Jonah Hex (12-0)
Batman over Winter Soldier (11-1)
Mr. Fantastic over Black Widow (11-1)
Professor X over Green Lantern (HJ) (10-2)
The Crow over Invisible Woman (9-3)
Jesse Custer over Sgt. Rock  (10-2)
Namor the Submariner over Cerebus (7-1)
Captain America (SW) over Batgirl (5-3)
Nova (RR) over Donna Troy (6-2)
Iron Man over James Gordon (8-0)
Storm over Mitchell Hundred (7-1)
The Human Torch over Blue Beetle (6-2)
Nightwing over Green Lantern (JS) (6-5)
Deadpool over Michonne (8-0)
Beast over Wildcat (8-0)
Black Lightning over Adam Strange (7-3)
Spider Jerusalem over Ka-Zar (8-3)
Aquaman over Hawkeye (7-4)
Thing over Fone Bone (9-1)
Hulk over Judge Dredd (11-0)
Wolverine over Raphael (11-0)
Ant-Man (EO) over Yorick Brown (11-0)
Swamp Thing over Hawkman (10-0)
Punisher over Dream of the Endless (8-3)
Elijah Snow over Usagi Yojimbo (6-2)
Scott Pilgrim over The Question (RM) (5-3)
Thor over Jean Grey (5-3)
Spider-Man (PP) over Kitty Pryde (8-0)
Nightcrawler over Groo (8-0)
Gambit over Cyclops (5-3)
Superboy over Wasp (6-2)
Superman over Robin (TD) (8-0)
Marv over The Rocketeer (8-0)

Round 1
Ghost Rider (JB) over Blade (6-3)
Luke Cage over John Constantine (8-1)
Captain America (SR) over Rorschach (8-1)
Batman over Black Panther (9-0)
Mr. Fantastic over Booster Gold (7-2)
Professor X Ant-Man (HP) (9-0)
The Flash (WW) over The Crow (6-3)
Wonder Woman over Jesse Custer (6-3)
Namor the Submariner over Moon Knight (6-2)
Nova (RR) over Captain America (SW) (4-3)
Iron Man over Catwoman (8-0)
Storm over Black Canary (7-1)
Captain Marvel (BB) over The Human Torch (5-3)
Hellboy over Nightwing (5-3)
Deadpool over She-Hulk (8-0)
Beast over Green Arrow (5-3)
Black Lightning over The A.T.O.M. (5-3)
Captain Britain (BB) over Spider Jerusalem (6-2)
Supergirl over Aquaman (5-3)
The Thing over The Spectre (JC) (6-2)
Hulk over Silver Surfer (5-3)
Wolverine over Doctor Strange (6-2)
Swamp Thing over Ant-Man (EO) (6-2)
The Flash (BA) over The Punisher (6-2)
Nick Fury over Elijah Snow (5-3)
Martian Manhunter over Scott Pilgrim (6-2)
Thor over Spawn (7-1)
Spider-Man over Daredevil (6-2)
Nightcrawler over Dashiell Bad Horse (8-0)
Gambit over The Spirit (6-2)
Superman over Superboy (8-0)
Marv over Rick Grimes (7-1)

Round 2
Ghost Rider over Luke Cage (5-3)
Batman over Captain America (SR) (6-2)
Professor X over Mr. Fantastic (8-0)
The Flash (WW) over Wonder Woman (5-3)
Namor the Submariner over Nova (RR) (5-3)
Iron Man over Storm (5-3)
Captain Marvel (BB) over Hellboy (5-3)
Deadpool over Beast (8-0)
Black Lightning over Captain Britain (6-2)
Supergirl over Thing (6-2)
Hulk over Wolverine (7-1)
The Flash (BA) over Swamp Thing (8-0)
Martian Manhunter over Nick Fury (6-2)
Thor over Spider-Man (6-2)
Nightcrawler over Gambit (6-2)
Superman over Marv (7-1)

Round 3
Ghost Rider over Batman (4-3)
Professor X over The Flash (WW) (4-3)
Iron Man over Namor the Submariner (7-0)
Captain Marvel (BB) over Deadpool (4-3)
Supergirl over Black Lightning (6-1)
Hulk over The Flash (BA) (5-2)
Thor over Martian Manhunter (6-1)
Superman over Nightcrawler (6-1)

Round 4
Ghost Rider over Professor X (7-2)
Iron Man over Captain Marvel (BB) (7-2)
Hulk over Supergirl (9-0)
Thor over Superman (7-2)

Semi-Finals
Ghost Rider over Iron Man (5-4)
Hulk over Thor (5-4)

Finals
Hulk over Ghost Rider (9-2)

Rules/Notes
You are only allowed one vote, but you are allowed to change it. That's what the discussion is for.

[Kieran King]

Is the length of time voting is open for still 5 days? That could be too long. Maybe evaluate after the preliminaries?

[Tritch]

Yeah I'll reevaluate after this first batch of fights. 3 might be better. But it takes a while just to set them up so the 5 days might be good simply for my mental health lol. Later rounds can definitely be shorter as I'll have all the info written up.

[Black Death]

I will keep eye on the vote for you ...

[Tritch]

Looks like we've got about 10 votes on each poll and haven't seen new ones in a while. Think this has been enough time?

[Goldferg]

well, I only just noticed you'd put this up, so...

(I have voted now)

[Tritch]

Polls close today around 5-730 p.m. It looks like. Get any last minute votes or discussion in now! New round will probably start tomorrow as I'll be getting hammed up tonight.

[Tritch]

Polls have closed. You can see results in each thread right now, but I'll update this initial post after work tonight before putting up the second round. None of the first round were very close, though I thought a couple of them would be.

Poor Jonah Hex.

[Cory]

SPOON!

[Tritch]

Alright, everything is updated for the next wave!

FIGHT!

[Goldferg]

Mitchell Hundred! Ex-Machina represent yo!

[Tritch]

I forgot to mention that I bumped the deadline down to 4 days this time. The polls will close around 7 this afternoon. So tell your friends and shit. We've got 4 votes less than the first wave right now.

Plus, we've still got a tie, so need at least on more voter pweeze.

[Tritch]

Well, before we move onto the next wave, what do you guys think we should do about the tie?

[Tritch]

I'm voting in the polls though so I don't think I should be the tie breaker.

I'm leaning towards just redoing it in the next wave, so moving onto the next 9 but re-doing Nightwing v Green Lantern as a 10th fight as I release that wave.

[Tritch]

Results up above are updated.

Wave 3 of the Preliminaries is now underway.

Round 2 for Nightwing vs Green Lantern (John Stewart) is also reopened with some good discussion already, be sure to participate in that as well!

I'd love to see more discussion going on in the fights. I might be posting my own analysis in the next couple of days to try to get it jumpstarted.

I went back up to 5 days for this wave as we had less activity last this last wave.