Superteam Smackdown: Brackets and Rules!
It’s time people.
Here are the brackets for the Superteam Smackdown:
Week 1: The Defenders (Doctor Strange, Namor, Silver Surfer, and The Hulk) versus The Watchmen (Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, Nite Owl, Comedian, Ozymandius)
Week2 : The JLA (Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Batman, Aquaman) Vs. The Fantastic Four (Reed Richards, Sue Richards, Johnny Storm and the Thing)
You: Woah Woah, Woah AQUAMAN? They CHOSE AQUAMAN?
Us: Yep.
TOMASS: Sweeet!!!
YOU: Where the hell is Green Lantern?
US: He’s on the Green Lantern Corps team
YOU: Okay, so where is the Green Lantern Corp?
US: On a press junket for the upcoming Ryan Reynolds movie. (We are a little gun shy of the Lanterns after last time).
YOU: Oh you guys suck!!
US: That reminds me, This time we are offering a prize for the best insult in the talkback section. Unleash your nerd rage creatively and we will send you a limited edition Correctness T-Shirt. Shall we continue?
WEEK 3 : The Avengers (Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, Giant Man) versus Alpha Flight (Guardian, Puck, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird)
WEEK 4: X-men (Cyclops, Wolvie, Jean, Colossus, and Rogue) Versus The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Mina, Quartermain, Mr. Hyde, The Invisible Man and Captain Nemo)
YOU: Alpha Flight is in, and the Lanterns are OUT?
US: Canadian Content Laws. FCC. Our hands are tied. Now, if you please…if you keep interrupting, we’ll never get through this.
YOU: What about side cards?
US: Sigh… We couldn’t stop RobbieRobTown if we tried.
RULES:
-The two day prep, fight in an arena still applies.
-No outside interference from people who are NOT on your team. Ie: No stunts from Franklin and Professor X. Your team is your team and that’s who you’ve got.
-Heroes with Multiple team affiliations can only fight for 1 team
– Only 5 members max per team. Current lineups are based on our choices, as we are awesome.
-Remember, this speculation is based on the TEAM MEMBERS we have assembled. Yes, the results would have been very different if Professor X was on the Team, or Green Lantern, or Martian Manhunter or whomever. But they aren’t, so the results are based on who we’ve got. However, having said that…
-You have 1 week before the first round starts, so argue passionately and intelligently about why so and so should be on a particular team and we MAY do a few substitutions. However, once the tournament starts, it’s locked in.
So there it is. Let’s keep it clean (ish) and have fun out there!
