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dang it, i had cyclops in the semis.

What was the outcome of the Elf vs. Yeti minor-final?

I have my money on Elf.

Try this with pirates and ninjas and you’ll have an all-out flamewar on your hands.

The h-?
Werewolfs would maul the zombie before it could squeak out a single “Braaaaaaaaains”. And the vampire would kick the zombie as well.

Otherwise I pretty much agree

I for one thinks the Gnome wins out.

Cmon! Gnomes are very magical aside from being very cool.

I’m going to have to echo Spike’s post. I really think the Griffin would have a huge advantage over a Yeti.

My friend wore only one contact out of the house today. I forwarded her this and told her it was too bad she lost to ghost in the second round…

This was obviously not a seeded tournament.

A Zombie Werewolf combo would be devastating.

i think yeti’s stats have been inflated.

At first I wondered why Ogre didn’t even make the playoffs. But then I realized - No sense of strategy.

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Ghosts and zombies are already dead, and to add insult to injury, ghosts have no bodies. How can a zombie kill a ghost? And how can a bodiless being kill anything.
Zombie vs Ghost would end in stalemate.

I must say, if you think a gnome beats a fairy, then you have never been to Ireland.

I retort:

http://mordicai.livejournal.com/1760817.html

In my estimation it comes down to elf versus cyclops, & elf takes it.

The pairings appear to be grouped by genre. Upper left are the undeads. Below that creatures from the fantasy world. Upper right are animal types, and below that are miscellaneous.

Zombies vs vampires looks more like this:
http://lastblood.keenspot.com/main/2007/01/24/page-14-something-actually-happens/

Although when the vampires explain to the humans why they are there, it ends up like this:
http://lastblood.keenspot.com/main/2007/02/02/page-18-cute-meet/

I love that this seems to matter to people. And I’m pretty sure the point was really just to make a lovely play on words. Love it!!!

Bottom line is, for the final, zombies can’t effect ghosts, but ghosts can effect zombies. So ghosts win.

However, griffins beat yetis (griffins fly), and cyclops beat ghosts (cyclopses don’t fall for ghost stories), and vampires defeat zombies, since vampires are dead, and zombies require live brains to win.

So, the whole system has to be reworded, especially if orcs, ents or Maritians are included.

Matthew

Werewolves >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Zombies

Good thing there wasn’t a “fairy vs. vampire” round. That would just be that guy from Twilight punching himself.

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Goldman Sachs should otta be n there somewhere.

Hmmm. Now what kind of mermaid are we talking, here? If it’s a centaur versus your typical, siren-esque mermaid, then sure, the horseman wins. But King Triton? That guy was a beast with his magic trident. If it was him splashing up to battle, that centaur had better watch the hell out!

This wins!

Unfortunately, what all the commentors are missing is that this was the Dark Species All-Comers Annual Chess Championship.

No wonder the zombies won…..

The witch would DEFINATELY take out the vampire and probably the zombie.

So many teen girls (and many of their moms) will be disappointedat the loss of their vampire swoons. Zombies have no romantic appeal…

As usual, the Twi-haters have taken no time to learn the sparklepires mythology. They can’t be staked or otherwise killed by humans, swim great (fast and no need to breathe), and face no physical dangers from sunlight. Werewolves and shapeshifters are all they fear. “Vegetarian” Cullens could eat the Yeti in good conscience.

Seems a bit sexist. Witch, Fairy, mermaid, and succubus all lose on their first round?

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The Annual Brain Eating Contest is concluded!

(if you’re surprised that a ghost made it to the finals, keep in mind that it was Slimer)

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I love this. I had to get out of my feeds to comment on how great this is. thanks.

@Lex

Dude elf beats troll every time, at least if we’re talking like full breed DnD or Tolkien style elf… especially Drow. If we’re talking House elf? Troll has the upper hand… And then depends on your troll, are we talking ogre-esque Harry POtter troll, or little troll under the bridge? Or even better Monty Python’s bridge troll thing.

The main trouble here is a lack of frame of reference!

@Zapato

Bravo my friend, bravo.

I take you haven’t read any of the Sookie Stackhouse books (aka True Blood) - the fairies in that universe are quite the nasty buggers!

I still feel that the fae are being shunted into a corner. We’re talking eldritch primordial entities that embody nature’s wrath. How does a gnome kill that?

Also, it all depends on the vampire myth. If it’s Dracula, the werewolf would bow down in supplication. If it was Anne Rice, the witch would voodoo it down in the first round. In Sookie Stackhouse the werewolf might not quite destroy it.

And for the record, it says “mermaid”, not “mer”. So it’s the sirenesque version.

If the troll was a rock-frozen-in-sunlight-type, the elf would get smashed and the battle against the fae would depend on the type of fae. A troll and a vampire would both be impervious except in sunlight (which a troll would merely survive) and a troll could crush the werewolf or zombie.

If it’s the ogre-type troll, the elf slaughters it and then gets flower-petals shoved down its throat.

Also, the type of ghost matters. If we assume vengeful spirit, it would encourage the growth of a zombie apocalypse and then wait for all the zombies to starve. Or just kill the zombie. If it’s just the weepy type it loses to the succubus.

I agree with Kent. I’m a little sad to see that none of the necessarily female beings won a single match.

There is no way a single zombie is going to be a match for any of them. The only thing zombies have going for them is sheer numbers. One on one zombies suck. If any of the magic realms could decrease their numbers they’re child’s play.

The problem is that witches magic only works against the living. So going up against a vampire in the first round?

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Tomb is right, IMO. The reason the zombie is winning is because regardless of the original zombie’s state, the werewolf gets infected, etc. (Also, re: being able to beat the ghost, in its last iteration, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the people by the end had shown up w/ a manner of beating ghosts (proper preparation >_>)

Also, at yeti haters: You realize that the gryphon et al have to approach to engage him in a fight? At that point he totally has the advantage.

No way… Changeling all the way !!

Definitely beat Yeti and have a good shot at Zombies. Granted that Zombies are dead and all. But Changeling can regenerate by switching to a different character, and so up their lifeforce. Here’s a total viable tactic that I’ve seen them do, switch up to a blonde bimbo, go into heat and pump up hormones while f*ckin’ a Yeti and then switch down to a teenage masturbator. Rapid fire zombie-dicer everytime!

Granted the zombies got Bushes and Obamas, but they are dead! All them changelings gotta do is bit off their heads like good ole Ozzie. Give a hormone crazed teenager an M16 and you got ‘Semper Fi’, baby! Rock and Roll !

Changelings rock! Go Changelings!

Witch and Succubus should be the final, hands down. Witch has magic and Succubus is a powerful demon spawned from Satan. This trumps everything else.

*sigh* I found it entertaining. Don’t forget, werewolf = strong but zombie = stronger. Weird, zombies have no pain, skin and muscle and everything falling off, but always eat, always strong, always single minded…. brains