Battle of the Week: Green Lantern (John Stewart) vs. Beta Ray Bill
John Stewart, our latest Character of the Month, is currently undefeated in this segment. Thanks to the voters, the Green Lantern has taken out Magneto and Ronan, but what happens when he faces the powerful Beta Ray Bill? (We received plenty of requests for Thor, so we thought we'd switch things up just a bit.) Will his willpower and Green Power Ring give him yet another win or will the Marvel hero use Stormbreaker to strike him down? John could take a third victory in a row or suffer his first loss. You -- yes, you -- will help determine that, so give this fight a good amount of thought before voting.
Which weapon is more of a game changer? Who's more tactical? Who's more prone to unleash quicker? Will the environment benefit one more than the other? Is there anything that'll hold one of them back and give them a disadvantage? Read the rules, think it through, and then vote!
Match Rules
Combatants are in character. This means their usual set of morals apply.
This is a random encounter (no prep for either side). Both sides have no immediate knowledge of their opponents, either.
The fight starts next to the Grand Canyon. Assume they begin roughly 100 feet apart and visible. There's only a few dozen civilians in that region.
Incapacitation, knockout, BFR (battlefield removal, a.k.a. knocking the enemy so far away that there's no way the fight could continue in the near future) or death all count as elimination. Making a tactical retreat counts as a loss, too. "What's a tactical retreat?" It's leaving the fight with the intention of not returning to the battle in the near future. Going to another spot in the environment to catch your breath for a moment or for a tactical advantage is not a tactical retreat.
Hey, you know what would be really cool? Treating everyone else in the debate with respect. If you think someone's saying something that just isn't true, go ahead and stick to the facts to point out why. There's no need at all to drop insults just because you disagree with someone. Seriously, this is just talking about a fictional fight, there's no need for immaturity and mudslinging.
If you think the poll isn't going how it should, making an informative post about why a character is being underestimated and spreading the word is far more useful than just complaining.
One more thing: you don't need to write an essay to have your post highlighted in Friday's article. Sometimes concise posts can be way more effective than a flood of paragraphs.
Battle of the Week: Green Lantern (John Stewart) or Beta Ray Bill? Click here to vote!
Check the homepage this Friday for an updated article with the following:
The results of the poll.
Thoughts from the staff.
Viner arguments for both characters.
If we're lucky, blurbs from industry talent.
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