Comic Tower Tournament 2014: Round One - AGILITY

[Shannon]

Participants in the AGILITY CHALLENGE:

1. Spider-Man
2. BloodRayne
3. Galactus
4. Spawn
5. The Plutonian
6. Justice
7. Black Panther
8. The Blob

From these eight participants, choose one to save (+1 point) and one to hurt (-1 point) based on who best exemplifies the definition of AGILITY.

a·gil·i·ty [uh-jil-i-tee]
1. the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
2. the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly; intellectual acuity.

CHALLENGE EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 24TH PST.

FOUR WILL LIVE, FOUR WILL DIE.

DISCUSS.

[stroppygoblin]

SpiderMan +1
The Blob -1

[Ben Staad]

Black Panther +1
Based on definition 2 I will go with -1 to The Blob.

[Stockerlone]

SpiderMan +1
The Blob -1

[Shannon]

Save: Spider-Man
Another luck of the draw that placed the perfect character in the perfect category challenge. Duh, he's Spider-Man. Agility's kinda his thing.

Hurt: Galactus
Originally, I thought The Blob, because, well, he's fat. But ... from The Blob's Wikipedia page: "Despite his appearance, the Blob's speed and agility are those of a fairly athletic male of normal stature, a fact which frequently catches his opponents by surprise." So ... yeah. Galactus, because how often do you see big, giant-like people not move in slow motion? lol

[at_one]

Spider-Man +1
The Blob -1

[mystima]

Spiderman+1
The Plutonian -1

[OchrisO]

SpiderMan +1
The Blob -1

[pathoftheturtle]

Spider-Man +1
Galactus -1

Following Shannon's arguments basically.

[stroppygoblin]

does The Blob fit with the 2nd definition of Agility ?
Pardon my ignorance, my comic book experience is quite a narrow one.

[pathoftheturtle]

does The Blob fit with the 2nd definition of Agility ?
Pardon my ignorance, my comic book experience is quite a narrow one.

Eh, he's no real genius, but I'd say he's decent at executing a team strategy, and pays attention to his surroundings to at least an average degree. I can think of a couple occasions where he's pulled a fast one on one or another of the X-Men.

[Ben Staad]

It has been a number of years since I've read the books but he never struck me as having a keen or quick witted intellect. It sounds like path has a fresher memory of this than me.

does The Blob fit with the 2nd definition of Agility ?
Pardon my ignorance, my comic book experience is quite a narrow one.

Eh, he's no real genius, but I'd say he's decent at executing a team strategy, and pays attention to his surroundings to at least an average degree. I can think of a couple occasions where he's pulled a fast one on one or another of the X-Men.

[pathoftheturtle]

He is an uneducated ruffian, and the heroes do trick him more often than he tricks any of them, but he's still not a vegetable or the biggest dimwit in the Marvel universe. That's all I'm saying.

[pathoftheturtle]

Naturally Galactus has slow reactions - he's immortal!

[Ben Staad]

I was torn between Galactus and The Blob. I assumed that both can move about the same (just a guess in regards to Galactus) so I moved on too definition two to make a decision.

Naturally Galactus has slow reactions - he's immortal!

[pathoftheturtle]

He would win the speed thread. Flies like a bolt. But he's out of proportion. You never see Galactus duke it out with Spider-Man. He might fry him with a glance. If he had to grapple some being, it would be colossal. Maybe he'd nimbly catch a comet for a snack ...?

[Shannon]

LIVES:
Black Panther
Spider-Man

DIES:
The Blob
Galactus
The Plutonian

AWAITING JUDGMENT:
BloodRayne
Justice
Spawn