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Post by payback on Jul 18, 2008 17:01:13 GMT -5
Well, why would Tom just "move" Rush to POW? Tom has said the Gladiators would be GWF only characters. The Aethrans are written as a race of very like-minded "people" (see Havoc's dialogue in the 2122 handbook). The Aethrans have always used all their top fighters for their army except a few that they allow to go to th GWF -- the best fed in the galaxy. They'd have no ambition to go to POW or aCe. Plus, you're letting Mark and Kris off the hook. I'm sure they have some ideas for sweet characters instead of taking anyone Tom gets rid of. Rush's whole persona is to be a great tag partner for Paralyze. I agree Paralyze's new card is not nearly as good as his NB card but that was by design. Not to argue but I don't think Rage fits that well. Mark said in this thread he would take Rage and I think from a storyline standpoint having a Gladiator who specializes in MMA style fighting go to the biggest MMA fed around makes perfect sense. Just MO. Again...I love the set but I think the comments that the Gladiators are in a rut are perfectly justified. The Gladiators used to be the scariest faction in the GWF: they didnt' even need the label Hero or Villain. This group is just three guys in facepaint. Well, it really isn't up to Mark. But I agree the Glads are not all that great as faces right now. But I don't see why a Gladiator would fight in any other fed but the GWF. They consider themselves the best and to fight in any other fed but the GWF would be an insult. |
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Post by Justin Case on Jul 18, 2008 17:02:12 GMT -5
Let me think in the reverse here. What about if the GWF adopted the MMA style like the POW? Rage could stay there and do what he does best..."ground and pound". Don't know if Tom would ever do that, but it's a thought!?  |
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Post by aquinas on Jul 18, 2008 17:09:48 GMT -5
Just to get it on the record, if Tom wants to keep Rage, by all means he can. I'm not jonesing for Rage to be in POW. But he's one of the guys that does make sense to make the jump, if anyone does, because of his fighting style. Gryt would be another, but since he got an update, that won't happen (and I don't know that I'd want him, either). And it doesn't get me off the hook, necessarily, because I'd have to deal with a Gladiator in POW. Where the heck do I go with that one?!? Hypothetically speaking, of course... That's the beauty of fiction and games....hypothetically we can speak about anything. He does make sense from the standpoint that if he wanted to do strict MMA, POW would be his premiere option. |
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Post by Ringsyde on Jul 18, 2008 18:12:10 GMT -5
I've only seen the Patch art and have heard the backstory, but kinda confused. In a wrestling fed with Demons from Brymstone, slimy creatures from Andromeda and about every kind of alien imaginable...seems weird that fans at home and opponents would be freaked out by a guy missing a eye. I'm sure many in the GWF rings have seen worse I'd like to see more of that Sleeper Cell and the FDF develop. Seems that Sly Drury will catch on pretty quickly that they seem to be working in favor of the FDF. Sly could call out Endgame for being a hypocrite and tease a subtle heel turn for Endgame and subtle face turn for Sly. I heard about the ideas of the moles on every team which is very nice. Iron Hand is probably untruthful about it and is doing it to cause dissent on each team..but an interesting concept. Great point, BUT . . . . Having grown up around someone who had his eye shot out by a .38, no matter what else you see, the sight of a gaping, discolored and heavily scarred hole where an eye should be is, frankly, unsettling. I can't really explain it, at least not to the effect that makes sense. |
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Post by lwffantrav on Jul 18, 2008 18:14:45 GMT -5
I've only seen the Patch art and have heard the backstory, but kinda confused. In a wrestling fed with Demons from Brymstone, slimy creatures from Andromeda and about every kind of alien imaginable...seems weird that fans at home and opponents would be freaked out by a guy missing a eye. I'm sure many in the GWF rings have seen worse I'd like to see more of that Sleeper Cell and the FDF develop. Seems that Sly Drury will catch on pretty quickly that they seem to be working in favor of the FDF. Sly could call out Endgame for being a hypocrite and tease a subtle heel turn for Endgame and subtle face turn for Sly. I heard about the ideas of the moles on every team which is very nice. Iron Hand is probably untruthful about it and is doing it to cause dissent on each team..but an interesting concept. Great point, BUT . . . . Having grown up around someone who had his eye shot out by a .38, no matter what else you see, the sight of a gaping, discolored and heavily scarred hole where an eye should be is, frankly, unsettling. I can't really explain it, at least not to the effect that makes sense. Oh I agree V. My friends dad lost one of his eye when he was a kid and I saw him plenty without it...and it was a weird site. But with guys like Omen and Nosfera (and a few others) running around...I probably wouldn't be too freaked out by a guy with one eye. Now I'm wondering who'd win in a match..Cyclopes or Patch! |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Jul 18, 2008 19:49:38 GMT -5
Well, it really isn't up to Mark. But I agree the Glads are not all that great as faces right now. But I don't see why a Gladiator would fight in any other fed but the GWF. They consider themselves the best and to fight in any other fed but the GWF would be an insult. That's why I didn't really want to even speculate on a CPC/POW Gladiator, just because the GWF has always been their go-to spot. But...the GWF isn't doing MMA at the moment. If Rage really wanted to pursue it, that's his best option. I'm honestly not lobbying for him. Totally Tom's call. And probably way premature to even be talking about it! |
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Post by Darth Turkish on Jul 18, 2008 20:06:25 GMT -5
But if Rage DID want to go to POW, I seem to recall a boot floating around....  |
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Post by GrumpyBigBee on Jul 18, 2008 20:08:43 GMT -5
Thanks yall! Great stuff and I expect my booklet and sets any day now. Cant wait to dig into it and to see how well Swarm and Monolith match up against each other at the beginning of 2123... since they are in a feud in my fed right now. THANKS!!! KEEP THOSE DICE ROLLIN!
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Post by PermanentlyHip on Jul 18, 2008 21:03:46 GMT -5
Well, it really isn't up to Mark. But I agree the Glads are not all that great as faces right now. But I don't see why a Gladiator would fight in any other fed but the GWF. They consider themselves the best and to fight in any other fed but the GWF would be an insult. The best *wrestling* fed....in terms of MMA-style the POW could be the premiere company in the COTG universe. IMO the Gladiators would want their people to compete at the highest level possible in whatever sport they're competing in. If they box, they box against the best. If they wrestle, it's the GWF. But in MMA terms... I just think it makes more sense than you're allowing for. |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Jul 18, 2008 21:44:31 GMT -5
And to think this thread started out asking for reviews of the new set...
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