NZTC: 1/250th Legion of Doom: Underdogs ? Or Antiheroes
While I was away in Europe our team for the NZTC became 1/250th of the Legion of Doom
My knee-jerk was that this refers to the DC Comics Team of Anti-Heroes, but just to be safe I googled it, and came up with the following options: (Wikipedia):
Legion of Doom can refer to:
- Legion of Doom (DC Comics), a group of DC Comics supervillains that appeared in Challenge of the Superfriends - Ok, thats possibly us
- Legion of Doom (hacking), a hacking group that took its name from the supervillains.. No hacking skills I am aware of
- The Legion of Doom (mash up group), a mash-up group... No mashing skills that I am aware of either. Music, I presume. We can mash up a Warhammer game though.
- Legion of Doom (ice hockey), nickname for the line of ice hockey teammates Eric Lindros, John LeClair, and Mikael Renberg ... No skills here, so definitely not us
- Legion of Doom, the name that the professional wrestling tag team, the Road Warriors, and their manager, Paul Ellering, used while in the WWF/WWE... I never went professional, and only did two years of amateur wrestling back in the 70s. Was no good at that anyhow.
Either way, I strongly suspect we may be the Underdogs in the tournament. We are tournament newbies, shaky on the rules, struggling with even getting our lists right, limited model availability and choice for out armies, we may appear a bit shaky.
Having gone through the lists submitted I also have no hesitation in predicting that we may struggle against the big guns: Throgg Lists, Skull Cannon crossfire, Epidemius and Conga-lines of Beasts of Nurgle, Monstrous Cavalry Buses and Shooty and Magicky lists
Or will we simply be crushed?
So we're going to have to dig deep and hope to find the 1/250th shard of Kryptonite on the day.
We are, however very motivated and ready to rumble!
Bring it on!
Gentlemen, choose you characters. Here are some suggestions. (13 to choose from):
Member | Alter ego | Description | Powers | Traditional enemy | Possible ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bizarro | Bizarro | Twisted doppelganger of Superman from Bizarro World | Same as Superman, but often behaves in an erratic and irrational manner | Superman | Erratic ? Irrational? Who throws dice? |
Black Manta | Unknown | Deep-sea diver and would-be ocean conqueror | Enhanced strength, water breathing ability (through artificial gills), high tech equipment, freaking laser beams | Aquaman | Probably Herman or Luc ? We both scuba dive. |
Brainiac | Vril Dox | Evil android | Super-intelligence, advanced technology. Who plays 40K. Dave, Rex... | Superman | ? |
Captain Cold | Leonard Snart | Blue-suited master of low temperatures | Freeze ray guns. Dave? In Winter, opening the Club when its cold? | The Flash | Only in winter when the heating's not on at the club |
Cheetah | Priscilla Rich | Cat-suit-wearing woman | Cat-like reflexes, claw-tipped gloves...Nah | Wonder Woman | No gurlz in our team |
Giganta | Doris Zeul | Stole Apache Chief's magic powder to duplicate his powers | Ability to grow, super strength | Wonder Woman[2] and Apache Chief | No big guyz in our team |
Gorilla Grodd | Gorilla Grodd | Megalomaniacal exile from Gorilla City | Super-intelligence, super strength... | The Flash | Intelligenz yea, stength naw.. |
Lex Luthor | Lex Luthor | Founder and leader of the Legion of Doom | Evil genius, highly-advanced weaponry, plays 40K | Superman | Has to be Rex ! |
Riddler | Edward Nigma | Uses riddles to taunt and confuse adversaries while committing crimes | Puzzle creation, problem solving, super intelligent evil genius, puzzle themed traps and gadgets. | Batman and Robin | Probably Luc ! |
Scarecrow | Professor Jonathan Crane | Uses his fear gas to bring peoples' worst fears to life | Gas Weapon. Lethal in close confines: We have all been known to use this weapon of mass destruction. We will ritually eat cabbage, onions and beans before the tournament. | Batman and Robin | Shhhh... Our secret weapon ! |
Sinestro | Sinestro | Renegade ex-Green Lantern | Yellow power ring. OK, who took the Ruby Ring of Rhuin? | Green Lantern | OK. Lets see your hands... |
Solomon Grundy | Cyrus Gold | A super-powered zombie born from the swamp | Great strength, invulnerability... Naw | Green Lantern | No VC players in the team |
Toyman | Jack Nimball | Dresses as a jester; uses toy-based tactics to commit crimes | Creates destructive toys NEVER ! | Superman | Dave ? Herman? Luc? Rex? |
I still don't know who called us the legion of doom, whoever they were also couldn't do maths very well.
ReplyDeleteAlso i like that on that table of Antiheroes i am the one whose name sounds most similar to mine, prehaps a hint a my true identity.......
I thought you were to blame... Anyhow Black Manta is a Merman (Herman) LOL. Just a bit of fun. Couldn't resist the Lex/Rex?captain pun :)
DeleteHey, you aren't the only team running scared of the big bad lists >>
ReplyDeleteIts good to hear that someone else is glancing nervously at all those WOC lists.
DeleteAnd i wouldn't say we were running, more like advancing rapidly in the other direction
Epic Post Herman, Epic.
ReplyDeleteThanx Sam. Hilarity often takes the edge of fear!
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