First Annual Space Arena Challenge

**Spidey** · 09-13-2008, 01:31 AM

Progress chart and brackets will be posted here.

First challenge unveiled:

Polls ready tomorrow.

Challenge 1 FAQs
1. By open cockpit, do you mean open like a motorcycle, or open like a convertible, or just not enclosed?
1. Either is fine just keep in mind you'll be using the vehicle for jousting in a later round.

2. Do you mean outrunning winter as in there is snow/ice on the ground, or just that it should be fast?
2. Both. Showing signs of winter could add to the intensity of the situation.

3. Can it hover? Or should it be in contact with the ground?
3. Hovering is okay. Orientation of vehicle/ground contact is pretty open.

4. Should the vehicle have front and back views?
4. Front and back views are not required. Front, side or 3/4 view is preferred.

5. Should it be racing the others?
5. You could show it racing, but not with the other vehicles since you don't know what they look like.

6. Should I add weapons to my vehicle?
6. You can, but it won't be necessary as none of the challenges would require them. They would be mostly for show at this point.

7. Do you have any samples?
7. Something like this:
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/7...rtypairzn0.jpg
or
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/...135832.jpg?v=0
but customized for your character.

8. Do I need a background?
8. Backgrounds are completely optional, but like always recommended. Focus on your vehicle.

Misc: For the voters! All voters must have at least 5 posts to their names. I feel this is a very reasonable condition. Polls will be made public to help protect against any shenanigans. Also, voters with a shared IP address will count as one vote except for certain circumstances.
In case of a drop out in challenges: Only 1 combatant will be eliminated from the following round.
In case of a drop out in the tournament: Combatants that were previously eliminated will have priority to come back in.
In case of a tie in the challenges: 3 special mod judges will decide who moves one based on quality and creativity of pieces.
In case of a tie in the tournament: There will be a 3 way match in the following round.

Official Schedule:

Challenge/tournament dates
Voting dates

9.13-9.30: Design sheet submission. Members submit the design of their combatant.

The fun begins.
Challenges part__________________________________________________
10.2-10.7: 1st round challenge. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge. (Note: Challenges from here until the tournament will be kept secret and revealed to the public only on the day prior to voting. Challenge description will be posted here and in the voting threads.)
10.8-10.9:1st round voting. (All combatants will be on the same poll until the tournament part.) At the end of the voting the 6 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 18 to move onto the 2nd round.

10.10-10.15: 2nd round challenge. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge.
10.16-10.18: 2nd round voting. At the end of the voting the 2 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 16 to move onto the 3rd round.

10.19-10.24: 3rd round challenge. Halloween edition. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge.
10.25-10.27: 3rd round voting. At the end of the voting the 2 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 14 to move onto the 4th round.

10.28-11.2: 4th round challenge. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge.
11.3-11.5: 4th round voting. At the end of the voting the 2 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 12 to move onto the 5th round.

11.6-11.11: 5th round challenge. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge.
11.12-11.14: 5th round voting. At the end of the voting the 2 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 10 to move onto the 6th and final challenge round.

11.15-11.20: 6th round challenge. All qualified combatants will be given a PM with details of the challenge.
11.21-11.23: 6th round voting. At the end of the voting the 2 combatants with the least amount of votes will be eliminated from Space Arena leaving 8 to move onto the tournament.

Tournament part__________________________________________________
11.24-11.29: First round match-ups of the tournament. 8 remaining combatants will pitted against each other. Combatants will be seeded on the ladder based on votes gathered during challenges.
11.30-12.2: First tournament round voting. (Match-ups will be individually polled.) Supreme combatant from each poll will move onto the semi-finals.

12.3-12.8: Semi-final match-ups. 4 remaining combatants will continue to battle each other.
12.9-12.11: Semi-final voting. Supreme combatant from each poll will move onto the finals.

12.12-12.17: Finals. 2 remaining combatants will do battle in a no holds bar final round.
12.18-12.20: Finals voting. Winner will be crowned Space Arena Champion! Loser will scorn champ.

Entrants so far:
1. Morgan with a Pod Organism
2. Archerion with Abbey Rose
3. Dri with Type Zero
4. CarlosArtWrx with G'kchk!-'A
5. Brokenhill with Broken Death
6. Plog with XiXian D'Aan DROPPED OUT
7. hadesillustration with Fa'Zhah
8. skyisgreat with D is for Die
9. CadaverSodomy with Piggyback
10. Andre-G with a Canceiro
11. cold-blooded-angel with Roxy Starlight
12. 7StringSamurai with Imperial Fist
13. mana-boozy with Niji Megami
14. Repo Man with Carna
15. krikkit13 with Black Carcin
16. ThreeEyesWorm with "Ghost of Space" DROPPED OUT
17. Silverskies with Kettavan
18. Taro Mochi with Goro-479
19. Dr. Baltar with Captain Blood
20. Chris Major with Nûr
21. nodster with G.U.S 0.7
22. hydekomiksink with nitro-xenon
23. Captain all that with the Molten Man
24. Spidey with Cyrano

**dfbovey** · 09-13-2008, 07:14 AM

This is gonna rock.

**Archerion** · 09-13-2008, 07:18 AM

this is badass I now have to take off my lazy hat

**krikkit13** · 09-13-2008, 07:27 AM

This is great. I'm all over it.

Question: Weapons allowed? Any limitations on that?

**brokenhill** · 09-13-2008, 07:32 AM

I'm getting in on this.

**hadesillustrations** · 09-13-2008, 08:33 AM

Um - clarification for the uninitiated please? Is this what it sounds like? Make up a character and then, what, draw him versus another PJer's character?

How powerful are these characters supposed to be? Like, Street Fighter or Thanos? These may be silly questions and I apologize in advance if they are.

**PLOG** · 09-13-2008, 08:52 AM

sounds like a hoot, i'm down like a clown.

mattPLOG

**krikkit13** · 09-13-2008, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by hadesillustrations

Um - clarification for the uninitiated please? Is this what it sounds like? Make up a character and then, what, draw him versus another PJer's character?

How powerful are these characters supposed to be? Like, Street Fighter or Thanos? These may be silly questions and I apologize in advance if they are.

Pretty much. Spidey hosted the Thunderbrawl last spring, and this should be similar. I'm curious about the power thing too - I'm guessing that power-wise the character shouldn't be out of place in, say, Star Wars or your Sci-Fi world of choice.

Here's an example of a particularly epic Thunderbrawl match:
http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84316

If you want to see more, just search threads started by Spidey with "TB" in the title. There are a ton.

You best sign up hades - I'd love to see what you've got!