The Semifinals have ended and we now have our combatants for the final battle of the Tournament of Champions.
Midknight has provided us with the story of our first battle, between Batman and Thor, and picked up five bonus points in the process.
wo Weeks Ago at Stark Tower:
“Knocked out in the first round, pathetic….” Tony Stark thinks to himself as he drowns his sorrow deep in a bottle of Jack Daniels. “Fallen off of the wagon I see.” Stark quickly looks behind himself, startled, “What the hell are you doing here?!” A Cloaked figure steps out of the shadows and scowls down at Tony, takes the glass out of his hands and pours it out onto the floor. “You have something that I need.” the Dark Figure replies, “And why should I help you, Batman?!” Tony Stark snarls back at the Bat. Batman reaches into his utility belt and pulls out a cell phone and begins dialing a number but does not send the call. “Because with one call, Stark enterprises will suffer from a hostile takeover at the hands of Wayne Enterprises, just one call and your company is mine!” Tony sighs and looks down at his feet, “Damnit Bruce, what do you want?” He asks, giving in to Batman’s demands, “I need a sample of Thor’s DNA. I know you have some, you used it to create your Cyborg Thor, now give me what I came here for.”
One week ago in Las Vegas Backstage in the Amazing Zattanna’s dressing room:
“You want me to do WHAT?!” Zattana asks. “I need your help…” replies Batman, “I need your help to defeat a God.” Batman hands her the sample of Thor’s DNA, “I know you won’t do this for free, so take this as payment. The DNA of a God.” Zatanna accepts and looks up at Batman, “Bruce I don’t know if I can do this, I mean I’ve taken down some big hitters before but I have NEVER tried to beat a God, especially not the God of Thunder!” Zatanna says, “I don’t need you to beat him, Zatanna. I need you to make me a weapon so that I can beat him. I’ve done some research and I discovered that Thor is not entirely invulnerable. If I can take his hammer out of the picture he reverts to his mortal self, and that’s where you come in. His hammer is vulnerable to magic.”
Present Day at The Awesome Arena:
Thor enters the ring not knowing what to expect, he’d never faced The Batman before, but is not worried in the slightest. After all, Batman has no powers, a mere mortal can not defeat a God. Batman enters the ring and glares at Thor, sizing up his opponent, knowing that if it weren’t for the tiny scroll rolled up and neatly tucked away in his utility belt, it would already be over. “Ding! Ding!” the bell sounds and the fight is on! Thor flies out of his corner charging at Batman, Batman dives to his left, dodging Thor. Thor slams into a wall, he didn’t think a mortal could move so fast, he looks up just soon enough to see 3 batarangs slicing and tearing through the air towards him. He swats them away with his might Hammer. Then he throws Mjolnir at Batman, that’s the cue. Batman quickly pulls the scroll out of his utility belt and begins chanting the sacred text inscribed upon the brittle piece of parchment. Thor’s Mighty Hammer soars through the air, closer and closer, as Batman chants the last line on the parchment, “WHAT BELONGS IN THE HEAVENS SHALL RETURN TO THE HEAVENS! I BANISH THE MIGHTY HAMMER OF THOR, MJOLNIR BACK TO ASGARD!” Suddenly the hammer vanishes into thin air, Thor looks at Batman, stunned as he began reverting to his mortal self, Jake Olsen, as Batman leaps across the ring and lands a hard right to Jake Olsen’s chin, knocking the mortal self of The Mighty Thor, unconscious. Batman has Defeated a God.
… and my perfect record of Awesome Arena predictions has ended. I’m sorry for ever doubting the great Batman!! Even if he only won by a single vote…
Noone submitted a winning breakdown for our second battle between Superman and Green Lantern, so I’ll throw something together myself.
Superman tries to end the fight quickly by streaking towards Green Lantern to deliver a knockout blow, but Jordan throws up a shield at the last minute and deflects the big boyscout.
Superman keeps up the assault, shooting blast of heat vision and blowing supercooled air at the Lantern, but Hal Jordan deflects them all, seemingly with less and less effort as the fight goes on. Finally, Jordan pins Kent down with a big green hand and walks towards the immobile Kryptonian.
As Jordan approaches, it becomes apparent that he has two green rings - one is a loaner from Batman. Jordan punches Superman in the face repeatedly with his kryptonite ring-laden fist until Superman loses consciousness, ending the battle.
Jordan moves on to meet Batman in the final round, making all the contest participants .500 this week.
Which brings us to the standings…
AJ holds steady at first place with six first round points for correctly predicting victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, and Hulk; six second-round points for predicting Batman’s victory over Martian Manhunter, Thor’s victory over Red Tornado, and Green Lantern’s victory over Captain America; eight semi-final points for picking Green Lantern over Superman; twenty-three bonus points for posts on his myspace blog and view askew; three more bonus points for signing up for an account on The Forums of Awesome; and the ten bonus points for his two breakdowns for a total of FIFTY-SIX POINTS!
Midknight has gained quite a bit of ground this week with seven first round points for knowing that Batman, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, Hulk, and Superman ain’t nothing to mess with, six second-round points for knowing that Batman and Thor REALLY ain’t nothin’ to mess with, eight semifinal points for believing in Batman, eleven bonus points for posts on ComicVine, three bonus points for pimping us on his blog, one bonus point for helping Mike search for Batboat pictures, three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome, and the fifteen bonus points awarded for his three breakdowns to give him a total of FIFTY-FOUR POINTS!
With only two points dividing these two, the final round becomes VERY important
RJP is also still statistically in the race in third with two first round points for supporting Batman and Red Tornado, four second round points for backing Batman and Superman, eight semifinal points for backing Batman, twenty bonus points for posts on Between The Staples and his Facebook account, and three bonus points for signing up for the Forums of Awesome for a total of THIRTY-SEVEN POINTS
Weston has shot into fourth by backing Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America in the first round and Green Lantern in the semifinals for a total of TWELVE POINTS
In fifth, Xers has four first round points with victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America, two bonus points for posts on Cre8Buzz and BlackPlanet, and three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome for a total of NINE POINTS!
Patrick D. is in sixth place with two points for backing Batman and Martian Manhunter (I wonder who he’ll pick when they fight eachother?”), two bonus points for posts on Patrick Says and his Twitter, and three more bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SEVEN POINTS!
In seventh place, DougFungus has three first round points for supporting Batman, Red Tornado, and Captain America and three bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SIX POINTS!
Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!
Once again, the standings are:
1st: AJ - 56 points
2nd place: Midknight- 54 points
3rd place: RJP - 37 points
4th place: Weston - 12 points
5th place: Xers- 9 points
6th place: Patrick D. - 7 points
7th place: Dougfungus - 6 point
8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point
You can get in your votes on who you think will win the final round between Batman and Green Lantern starting right here and now, but make sure to stop by Panels of Awesome starting Monday to vote in the poll and help your pick win.
Also, make sure to get your bonus points in by pimpage and breakdowns - they just may be the deciding factor in who wins the prestige and prizes!
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