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There's a facebook thing going around that I thought was amusing. It's time to get your Nerd on.
Pick a team of 5 people to save the world. Any character from any TV show or movie.
The threat to the world is non-specific, other than it needs to be "saved". Since we're using TV and movie characters, possible threats include but are not limited to:
Zombies, aliens, inter-dimensional portals, supervillains, earthquakes, global warming, the rise of the machines (possibly via AI, possibly via mysterious comet that brings machines to life), plagues (which may or may not turn everyone into fast moving zombies), Hellgates, asteroids, extraordinary solar activity or Al Gore.
The world needs saving! We're not sure as to the exact nature of the incoming threat! Pick your team.
My team:
Conan the Barbarian
John Rambo
Leon (The Professional)
Batman
Optimus Prime
My reasoning:
Conan and Rambo are versatile and nearly impossible to kill. They can create havoc behind any enemy lines. Conan is also familiar with combat versus demons and he's shown some resistance to magic. Also, they're both something like "Chaotic Neutral" and if saving the world involves killing millions of invaders, they'd probably do what has to be done.
Leon is there because I think every team needs 1 good assassin. If it was, say, an invasion by an army, Leon could probably just go assassinate the leader. Like Rambo and Conan, he's also hard to kill (and if he does die, he'll take the enemy leader with him).
Batman because he can find the weakness of any enemy. Superman? Kryptonite. The Joker? Batman figures out all his riddles. Poison gas? Antidote. Sharks? Shark repellent. From aliens to zombies to supervillains to invading armies, I think Batman has your solution. Also, he's super rich, in case saving the world requires some vast amount of wealth.
Optimus Prime for the technological edge against any potential sci-fi invaders or astronomical threats. He may not personally be the most powerful Autobot but with him on your team you can probably come up with a solution to anything that's too far advanced for the other 4.
Dustie claims Superman should head up any team, but I say his weakness to kryptonite and his love for Louis Lane are critical flaws which an enemy could too easily exploit.
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My team is
1. Superman
2. Ice man (his entire job is to follow superman around and ice blast any would-be kryptonite attack.
3. Jame T Kirk
4. The "Indian" from Super Friends (the one that can grow to any size)
5. Skyfire/Jetfire from Transformers (he can fly the team around AND kick everyone's ass)
My team is unbeatable. I really don't need to explain why to any right headed person.
Edit: OMG I'm such an idiot, I'd like to substitute Yoda in for Ice man. (if substitutions aren't allowed, let me know).
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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My team is Q, Dustie's team wouldn't stand a chance against deus ex machina.
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Ulfen Wrote:My team is Q, Dustie's team wouldn't stand a chance against deus ex machina.
Will Q help you save the world though? I think he'll just say "this is not worth my time."
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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I don't see anything in the rules about having to actually convince them to be on your team =p
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Ulfen Wrote:I don't see anything in the rules about having to actually convince them to be on your team =p
Well, they have to want to save the world at least:
Quote:Pick a team of 5 people to save the world
PS If I wanted to play that way, I might just pick God (he's been in TV shows and movies) and then call it a day. =p
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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Ulfen Wrote:My team is Q, Dustie's team wouldn't stand a chance against deus ex machina.
Oh, and another thing -- If Picard can handle Q, I'm sure Kirk could too.
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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Well explain to me then why you are certain any of the guys you picked are willing to help you save the world?
If saving the world involves killing anything, Superman will not help, which makes Iceman's job completely irrelevant. Jetfire may not want to be part of any team that doesn't include optimus prime, Apache Chief may be too busy teaching little kids about being brave to join, and Kirk might be stuck in the delta quadrant without a known way of returning to earth. So there you go all just as valid reasons for your team not to want to help you as "not worth my time."
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I'm pretty sure all 5 of my picks are more likely to want to save the world then Q. We'll need to have Slamz tell us if your character is going to simply take the job, no questions asked, or if they'll need to be convinced. If we can pick good or "bad" characters, I would probably change mine up a little.
As far as Q vs my team, we'll have to have a vote at the end of this. As I said, Kirk could probably take him alone.
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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Q isn't just 1 person, it is the name of every member of the Q continuum. Don't assume I would be bringing the one that battled wits with Pickard.
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1. Storm Shadow
2. Brock from Venture Brothers
3. Barry Bonds/Mark McGuire/Sammy Sosa/Manny Ramirez
4. Vassili Zaitsev - legendary Russian sniper
5. Michael Scott - Steve Carell's character from the office.
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1) Megan Fox
2) Kate Bekinsale
3) Jessica Biel
4) Elisha Cuthbert
5) Lucy Pinder
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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Ulfen Wrote:Q isn't just 1 person, it is the name of every member of the Q continuum. Don't assume I would be bringing the one that battled wits with Pickard.
Ohhh, I see. Just make sure you don't bring more then 5 members of the Q continuum. =)
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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Delete the stupid posts here plz.
I got you guys beat easily, I even have enough for 1 token character!
Vicki from Small Wonder - cyborg
cyborg (grants mental/disease/poison immunity)
Time freezing abilities, can unfreeze humanoids in vicinity
Emperor Palpatine from Starwars Extended Universe (Timmothy Zhan triology)
force powers: ability to subvertly influence others, strong telekinetic and mind reader, force lightning, near mental immunity, immortal (ability to transfer soul into clones or possibly into non willing humanoid hosts)
Anubis - Stargate SG-1 - half goa'uld half ascended immortal
uber-intellilect
Advanced technical knowledge (motherships, hyperspace, transporter devices, sarcophagus resurection device, planetary destruction beam)
immortal (can only be damaged by beings from higher planes)
Replicators - Stargate SG-1 - advanced nanotechnology robots
Able to replicate from available resources, can combine to form complex systems (bugs, vehicles, humanoids, hyperspace capabable starcraft)
Nearly indestructable
Absorb technology/knowledge from resources consumed
mental/diease/poison/energy weapon immunity
Stewie - Family Guy
uber-intellilect
intermediate technical skills
british accent
comedy relief
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Diggles Wrote:U guys are pretty much fucked
That was pretty much the point of my list.
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how is batman or optimus prime going to save you from solar flares/supernova or asteroids?
Bruce Wayne is not that rich that he can fund space craft (and research needed for it)
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The rules didn't specify but I think you have to take personality into account. I also think you can take their movies into account. Like, "Rambo cannot be killed with bullets". He can probably be killed with a lot of other things, but bullets only slow him down.
Q - would not save the earth (does not care). I don't think you can bring other members of the Q Continuum unless you know of a particular one that would be inclined to help and was on TV. (Didn't the other members of Q eventually show up to punish the one that had been tormenting Picard? I don't recall them really being people who cared, though.)
Emporer Palpatine - ditto
Replicators - ditto (although I think were some "friendly replicators" -- they might help but they didn't seem to have a great deal of power)
In fact, these 3 are more likely to be one of the reasons the earth is in danger. It's "characters" not "powers". Q has the power to do seemingly anything but it's not in his character to save the earth. And Emporer Palpatine is still Lord of the Sith. He would care for us about as much as he cared for wookies.
Superman - would save the earth if at all possible, but if it involves a large amount of killing, I'm not so sure. Also, he might simply be unable to stop something like 28 Days Later.
Rambo - just wants to be left alone but if the world is in danger, that puts Rambo in danger and if Rambo is in danger, he'll have to fight.
Conan - see Rambo. The biggest worry with Conan is that if aliens come to destroy the earth, he might just sneak onto the alien ship. He will eventually kill their leader out of spite but possibly not before the earth is destroyed. It's a chance I'm willing to take. (Rambo might do this too.)
Optimus Prime - he's always nice to humans. Like Superman, I think he'd puss out if saving the earth involved killing a whole lot of people but he's my technical/science adviser.
Similar story for Dr. Manhattan. He's practically Q, but he already demonstrated that when times get tough, he'd rather just move to another planet and let us kill each other.
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I strongly disagree that Q "does not care" in fact a strong argument can be made that he always had human's best interest at heart. Even if he wouldn't directly save the earth he would undoubtedly put us in a position to do so for ourselves. Like he did in the final episode of TNG where their was an anomaly taking over the whole alpha quadrant threatening life on earth. Or when he whisked the Enterprise away from certain death by Borg simply because he was asked to. Their was also an episode where he lost his powers and had to perform selfless acts in order to regain them.
Moreso since Slamz said our team had to be prepared for anything. It is also possible that Q is both threatening to destroy earth and offering us an opportunity to save it as he always does. I'm not so sure Rambo or Commando would be able to pass Q's trials in which he threatened human elimination.
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Ulfen Wrote:Or when he whisked the Enterprise away from certain death by Borg simply because he was asked to. Yes, but wasn't it him who flung the Enterprise to Borg space to begin with? IIRC, the entire Borg saga is basically Q's fault. They only found out about us when Q flung the Enterprise into their space.
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Slamz Wrote:Ulfen Wrote:Or when he whisked the Enterprise away from certain death by Borg simply because he was asked to. Yes, but wasn't it him who flung the Enterprise to Borg space to begin with? IIRC, the entire Borg saga is basically Q's fault. They only found out about us when Q flung the Enterprise into their space.
Yes, in response to Pickard's claim that humans are prepared for anything. He taught them that they are not prepared for anything and it did not cost any lives. Which in turn helped them be better prepared in future encounters. It was stated I think by Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) that mankind would have encountered the Borg eventually anyway.
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Einstien, Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, Silver Surfer, and The Hulk.
EDIT:
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If you have to explain why, then you already lost.
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Here is my non-Q list
1. Thor
2. Silver Surfer
3. Pre-nerf Peter Petrelli
4. The Doctor (Dr. Who)
5. Psylocke
Edit: kicked out Obama who was a joke anyway.
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Thudz Wrote:1) Megan Fox
2) Kate Bekinsale
3) Jessica Biel
4) Elisha Cuthbert
5) Lucy Pinder
I like this list
Maul, the Bashing Shamie
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Slamz Wrote:The rules didn't specify but I think you have to take personality into account. I also think you can take their movies into account. Like, "Rambo cannot be killed with bullets". He can probably be killed with a lot of other things, but bullets only slow him down.
Q - would not save the earth (does not care). I don't think you can bring other members of the Q Continuum unless you know of a particular one that would be inclined to help and was on TV. (Didn't the other members of Q eventually show up to punish the one that had been tormenting Picard? I don't recall them really being people who cared, though.)
Emporer Palpatine - ditto
Replicators - ditto (although I think were some "friendly replicators" -- they might help but they didn't seem to have a great deal of power)
In fact, these 3 are more likely to be one of the reasons the earth is in danger. It's "characters" not "powers". Q has the power to do seemingly anything but it's not in his character to save the earth. And Emporer Palpatine is still Lord of the Sith. He would care for us about as much as he cared for wookies.
Superman - would save the earth if at all possible, but if it involves a large amount of killing, I'm not so sure. Also, he might simply be unable to stop something like 28 Days Later.
Rambo - just wants to be left alone but if the world is in danger, that puts Rambo in danger and if Rambo is in danger, he'll have to fight.
Conan - see Rambo. The biggest worry with Conan is that if aliens come to destroy the earth, he might just sneak onto the alien ship. He will eventually kill their leader out of spite but possibly not before the earth is destroyed. It's a chance I'm willing to take. (Rambo might do this too.)
Optimus Prime - he's always nice to humans. Like Superman, I think he'd puss out if saving the earth involved killing a whole lot of people but he's my technical/science adviser.
Similar story for Dr. Manhattan. He's practically Q, but he already demonstrated that when times get tough, he'd rather just move to another planet and let us kill each other.
Too late since you didnt specify.
And technically the replicators can be reprogrammed if you know how (See Stargate Atlantis episode)
If you have played the StarWars Roleplaying game, you know that Emperor Palpatines power comes from sapping the lifeforce of large masses of other humans, so I think he might put a small effort into saving 6 billion potential new victims
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Ulfen and Amis both lose to any supervillian with telepathic powers (ie...evil professor X, or any powerful Sith Lord)
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