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First of all, in the interest of speeding this thing up and moving on to his next tournament, Mike is hosting the polls for both semifinal battles this week so that the final can occur next week. Make sure to get over there and vote, because both of this week’s battles are worth eight points!

Last week, Superman overpowered Hulk, but there were no breakdowns submitted, so there are no bonus points for that.

Here are the current 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; twenty-two 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 breakdowns this week and last for a total of FORTY-SEVEN POINTS!

Midknight has gained some 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, ten bonus points for posts on ComicVine, two 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 ten bonus points awarded for his breakdowns the last two weeks to give him a total of THIRTY-NINE POINTS!

Midknight could easily overtake AJ this week

RJP is also still 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, 18 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 TWENTY-SEVEN POINTS!

In fourth, 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 fifth 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 sixth 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!

In seventh, Weston backed Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America for a total of FOUR POINTS!

Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!

Once again, the standings are:

1st: AJ - 47 points

2nd place: Midknight- 39 points

3rd place: RJP - 25 points

4th place: Xers- 9 points

5th place: Patrick D. - 7 points

6th place: Dougfungus - 6 points

7th place Weston - 4 points

8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point

This week, Superman is throwing down with Green Lantern and Batman is taking on Thor to see who will meet in the final round of the Awesome Arena Tournament of Champions!

I’ll elaborate in the comments on Mike’s poll, but I’ll tell you my predictions now - Thor and Green Lantern in the final round.

Protest all you like, but remember this - I have yet to be wrong on an Awesome Arena pick.

Once again, don’t forget to vote in both of Mike’s polls and tell us who you think will win and why in the comments either there or here for a shot at a total of sixteen points! And don’t forget to tell me how your pick will win for a chance at five bonus points!

Also, Mike has asked me to let everyone know that the polls close this Friday instead of Sunday.

This game is still not over, folks.

Let’s get it on!

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Mike decided to kill the Awesome Arena site, so there will be no “repost”. To make things as easy as possible, though, I’ll check both his post with the poll or my post here to award points. As always, I hope you continue to visit me no matter where you try to claim points.

Right then, on with the show.

Since AJ was the only one to turn in a fight breakdown, he gets the five bonus points for default. You’re slacking, Midknight!!

The two combatants appear in the ring, and without exchanging a single word, they fly at one another. Thor swings high Mighty Hammer, but only meets with an intense Tornado that his android opponent has kicked up. Thor stands his ground, and when the dust settles, he hasn’t budged. He smiles, and raises Mjolnir above his head. He calls down the wrath of the Gods on Red, in the form of a massive bolt of lightning. The lightning fries Red Tornado. When he tries to move, he begins convulsing uncontrollably, and falls to pieces.

And my prediction streak continues!

To the points…

AJ holds onto first place with six first round points for correctly predicting victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, and Hulk, four second-round points for predicting Batman’s victory over Martian Manhunter and Thor’s victory over Red Tornado, twenty-two 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 breakdowns this week and last for a total of FORTY-FIVE POINTS!

Midknight has droppeda little further behind in second 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, four second-round points for knowing that Batman and Thor REALLY ain’t nothin’ to mess with, ten bonus points for posts on ComicVine, two 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 ten bonus points awarded for his breakdowns the last two weeks to give him a total of THIRTY-SEVEN POINTS!

RJP stays in third with two first round points for supporting Batman and Red Tornado, two second round points for backing Batman, 18 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 TWENTY-FIVE POINTS!

In fourth, 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 fifth 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 sixth 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!

In seventh, Weston backed Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America for a total of FOUR POINTS!

Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!

Once again, the standings are:

1st: AJ - 45 points

2nd place: Midknight- 37 points

3rd place: RJP - 25 points

4th place: Xers- 9 points

5th place: Patrick D. - 7 points

6th place: Dougfungus - 6 points

7th place Weston - 4 points

8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point

This week, Captain America (Steve Rogers) is putting his shield to the test against the ring of Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). Don’t forget to vote in Mike’s poll and tell us who you think will win and why in the comments either there or here! And don’t forget to tell me how your pick will win for a chance at five bonus points!

Finally, remember that since this is the second round, correct predictions are now worth TWO points. The game remains far from over, folks.

Let’s get it on!

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Cracker’s Note: This is a repost from the new Awesome Arena Site! You now have a choice between discussing the results here or over there; you’ll be awarded your points either way. Of course, if you decide to conduct all of your Awesome Arena business on the official site, I hope you’ll stop by to visit me here once in awhile.

Batman has kicked the second round of the Tournament of Champions off in style, stomping a mudhole in Martian Manhunter’s hindquarters and continuing my streak of correct predictions. He’ll be moving on to battle the winner of this week’s battle between Thor and Red Tornado.

I had a dilemma this week. Midknight and AJ both had correct predictions and wrote up pretty good breakdowns, even if neither fit my vision of how I think it would have gone down. I don’t picture Batman taking the time to taunt or torture his opponent, especially when it’s a fellow JLA‘er, and I was severely tempted to choose against AJ’s because Batman does NOT kill, especially an ally, unless there is absolutely no other choice. Being the sole arbiter, I suppose I could have followed that temptation, but it felt wrong in a race as close as this. So I flipped a coin.

Luckily for AJ, the quarter loves him more than the eenie-meenie-miney-moe and he gets the five bonus points, resulting in yet another lead change.

Batman and Martain Manhunter step in to the Arena. They circle one another slowly and silently, both preparing to strike. The Manhunter remains intangible in preperation for an attack.
“We don’t have to do this you know.” says Bruce.
“It appears that we do.” Says a suspicious J’onnz.
“No, look, I’ve got it all figured out. You just have to trust me.”
Batman quickly and quietly explains a highly detailed and seemingly fool-proof plan to free themselves and all the other heroes from these sick and twisted geeks that have them trapped. Finally, and hesitantly, the Manhunter agrees and becomes tangible again.
BAM! Batman punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground, while at the same time pulling some kind of weapon from his utility belt and shooting MM.
Martain Manhunter reacts a few seconds to late, attempting to go intangible. He is not only still solid, but now in the worst pain of his life.
“Nanites” Batman explains, “I’m sorry J’onn, I really ment everything I said. I needed to, of course, to get you to believe me, but thats not the point.”
J’onn tries to go intangible again, and fails screaming.
“Please stop that.”
“Bruce -”
“J’onn please, this is hard enough without you pleading.”
Bruce takes a small bottle from his belt, and slowly begins pouring the contents in a cicle around Martain Manhunter, and then on top of MM himself.
“What are you doing?” he says, frightened.
“You know what I’m doing. I’m sorry J’onn. I hope you understand.”
He flicks open a lighter, and drops it to the ground. A bright flames spring to life immediatly, and J’onn screams. He tries to go intangible, only to be injured by the technology immobilizing him.
As his friend burns, Bruce Wayne walks in to the darkness, where he belongs.

Once again, I feel the need to state that my vision of a character doesn’t always agree with our guest break-down person’s vision.

Moving on…

AJhas regained first place with six first round points for correctly predicting victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, and Hulk, two second-round points for predicting Batman’s victory over Martian Manhunter, twentry 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 five bonus points for this week’s write-up for a total of THIRTY-SIX POINTS!

Midknight has dropped to second, but just barely 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, two second-round points for knowing that Batman REALLY ain’t nothin’ to mess with, ten bonus points for posts on ComicVine, two 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 ten bonus points awarded for his breakdowns the last two weeks to give him a total of THIRTY-FIVE POINTS!

RJP stays in third with two first round points for supporting Batman and Red Tornado, two second round points for backing Batman, 18 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 TWENTY-FIVE POINTS!

In fourth, 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 fifth 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 sixth 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!

In seventh, Weston backed Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America for a total of FOUR POINTS!

Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!

Once again, the standings are:

1st: AJ - 36 points

2nd place: Midknight- 35 points

3rd place: RJP - 25 points

4th place: Xers- 9 points

5th place: Patrick D. - 7 points

6th place: Dougfungus - 6 points

7th placeWeston - 4 points

8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point

Once again, don’t forget to vote in the poll and tell us who you think will win and why in the comments either there or here! And don’t forget to tell me how your pick will win for a chance at five bonus points!

Finally, remember that since this is the second round, correct predictions are now worth TWO points. The game is far from over, folks.

Let’s get it on!

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Ok folks, I’m typing this out with one eye, so this post will definitely be short and possibly contain typographical errors. You have my apologies and I’ll correct any typos ASAP.

With that out of the way, here we go.

Captain America and Booster Gold both step into the arena. Gold, unable to resist bragging, starts listing all of his powers. Flight, enhanced strength, force fields, matter absorption, yadda yadda yadda. Unimpressed, Cap punches Booster in the jaw and knocks him out.

Cap wins, mofo’s.

On to the standings.

AJ (still from the vicious, vicious Civil Blitzkrieg) maintains his lead with four points for picking Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America as winners and ten bonus points for posts on the ViewAskew boards and his Myspace page, for a total of fourteen points!

RJP of Between The Staples is hanging strong for someone so frequently wrong with 2 points for his faith in Batman and Red Tornado and ten bonus points for posts on Between the Staples and his facebook account, for a total of twelve points.

Midknight is right on their tails with four points for supporting Batman, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America five bonus points for posts on his ComicVine blog and one more bonus point for helping Mike with his search for a batboat for a total of ten points.

Xers is holding strong in fourth place with four points for picking Martian Manhunter, Thor, and Red Tornado and two bonus points for posts on Black Planet and Cre8Buzz, for a total of six points

Patrick D. and Weston are now tied for fifth with four points each. Patrick has two points for his faith in Batman and Martian Manhunter and two bonus points for posts on his blog and twitter and Weston has four points for picking Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America.

DougFungus is standing in sixth with three points for backing Batman, The Red Tornado, and Captain America

Finally, in seventh place, Naimad89 has one point for supporting Batman in his week one victory.

As in every previous week, bonus points are making a difference - make sure you pick up an advantage by telling all your friends about this contest and letting me know about the pimpage!

Also, Mike is giving away three bonus points to anyone signing up for the Forums of Awesome! Y’all should take advantage of that one.

Once again, here are the current standings:

1st place: AJ - 14 points

2nd place: RJP - 12 points

3rd place: MidKnight - 10 points

4th place: Xers- 6 points

5th place: tie Patrick D. and Weston - 4 points

6th placeDougfungus - 3 points

7th place: Naimad69 - 1 point

This week, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) will be taking on his longtime friend and occasional partner, Green Arrow (Ollie Queen) in a battle of Galactic-level versus street-level battling.

Can Ollie find a way to overcome the overwhelming power of Hal’s ring? Let us know by voting in Mike’s poll at Panels of Awesome and then coming back over here to make yourself heard and collect your potential point.

Also, don’t forget to pick up three bonus points by signing up for a Forums of Awesome account!

As for me, I’m going to go rest this eye and see if I can become a functioning member of society once again.

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Sorry for being late, folks - we had some network problems for most of the day and just now got everyone back online.

To make up for it, and because this one is fairly simple, you get a breakdown with this post.

Iron Fist opens up with some crazy-ass kung-fu combos, hitting Red Tornado faster than the eye can see. The man’s like a whirlwind! Rand charges up his Iron Fist chi shit and punches Reddy in the chest so hard that the Tornado is actually dented.

Tornado looks at Danny and Danny knows he done fucked up. Red Tornado knocks Rand across the arena with one punch and then shows Iron Fist what a real whirlwind is all about. He creates a wind funnel around Iron Fist and sucks all the air out of Danny’s lungs, making him pass out. The fight is pretty much over at this point, but Red Tornado knows it’s going to cost a fortune for the body shop to get this dent out of his chest and he’s taking that money out of Iron Fist’s ass. The funnel spins faster and faster until it creates a vacuum, making the external pressure on Rand’s body much lower than the internal pressure.

Iron Fist explodes and it takes the cleaning crew all week to clean up the Iron Guts.

As you may have guessed, Red Tornado won last week with authority.

Here are our standings.

AJ (still from the vicious, vicious Civil Blitzkrieg) maintains his lead with three points for picking Martian Manhunter, Thor, and Red Tornado as winners and eight bonus points for posts on the ViewAskew boards and his Myspace page, for a total of eleven points!

RJP of Between The Staples is hanging strong for someone so frequently wrong with 2 points for his faith in Batman and Red Tornado and eight bonus points for four posts each on Between the Staples and his facebook account, for a total of ten points.

Midknight is right on their tails with three points for supporting Batman, Thor, and Red Tornado and four bonus points for posts on his ComicVine blog and one more bonus point for helping Mike with his search for a batboat for a total of eight points.

Xers has moved up to fourth place with three points for picking Martian Manhunter, Thor, and Red Tornado and two bonus points for posts on Black Planet and Cre8Buzz, for a total of five points

Patrick D. has dropped to fifth place with two points for his faith in Batman and Martian Manhunter and two bonus points for posts on his blog and twitter for a total of four points!

Weston is in sixth place with three points for believing in Martian Manhunter, Thor, and Red Tornado

DougFungus is standing in seventh with two points for backing Batman and The Red Tornado

Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 has one point for supporting Batman in his week one victory.

As in every previous week, bonus points are making a difference - make sure you pick up an advantage by telling all your friends about this contest and letting me know about the pimpage!

Once again, here are the current standings:

1st place: AJ - 11 points

2nd place: RJP - 10 points

3rd place: MidKnight - 8 points

4th place: Xers- 5 points

5th place: Patrick D. - 4 points

6th place: Weston - 3 points

7th placeDougfungus - 2 points

8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point

This week, we have Booster Gold’s technology vs Captain America’s awesome levels of bad-assery! For clarification’s sake, Skeet has been barred from the arena and we’ve resurrected Steve Rogers for one last whoop-ass session.

I have my favorite, but who’s yours? Head over to Panels of Awesome to vote in the poll (and drop Mike a comment or two, he likes those) and then head back over here to tell me who you voted for and why. As in all first round battles, correct predictions get a point and confirmed incidents of spreading the word about our little tournament get bonus points.

Let’s get this party started.

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Week Three of the greatest tournament in the history of mankind has come to an end, and Thor is victorious! My streak has continued, ladies and gentlemen.

This week, we have Iron Fist and Red Tornado battling it out for the privilege of being Thor’s next victim. I’ve yet to make up my mind on this one, so make sure to vote in the poll on POA and then come back over here to influence my vote and lock yours in for points!

Speaking of points, here are our standings.

AJ (of the vicious, vicious Civil Blitzkrieg) has taken sole possession of first place with two points his faith in Martian Manhunter and Thor and six points for pimping our tournament on myspace and the ViewAskew boards three times each, giving him a total of eight points.

On a side note, check out AJ’s essay on how wrong he was to doubt Batman.

Dropping to second place as a result of his foolish belief in Spider-man, RJP of Between The Staples has 1 point for his faith in Batman and six bonus points for three posts each on Between The Staples and his Facebook, giving him a total of seven points

I’m telling you kids, the bonus points are giving people a big advantage. Go on your favorite message boards, post to your myspace, comicspace, facebook… post ANYWHERE! Just pimp us and give me a link and you too can rack up the bonus points!

Back to the standings, Midknight is holding strong in third place with two points for supporting Batman and Thor and three bonus points for posts on his ComicVine blog for a total of five points.

Patrick D. has dropped to fourth place with two points for his faith in Batman and Martian Manhunter and two bonus points for posts on his blog and twitter for a total of four points!

In fifth place, Xers has two points for backing Martian Manhunter and Thor!

Finally, tied for sixth place, Dougfungus and Naimad89 have one point each for supporting Batman in his week one victory.

I know it may seem like some people’s leads are insurmountable with the bonus points they have accrued and are likely to accrue in the future, but there’s no limit to the bonus points that you can earn and the points for battles increase each round! So make sure you participate early and often - it’s nowhere near over!

In summary, here are our current standings:

1st place: AJ - 8 points
2nd place: RJP - 7 points
3rd place: MidKnight - 5 points
4th place: Patrick D - 4 points
5th place: Xers - 2 points
6th place: Naimad69 and Dougfungus - 1 point

Once again, don’t forget to head over to Panels of Awesome to cast your vote in this week’s battle between Iron Fist and Red Tornado and then come back here to lock that vote in and tell me who to vote for!

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