| Author |
 Topic  |
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
 Posted - 26 Feb 2012 : 20:41:18
|
And so it is that genre March Madness begins, and the bracket for the 2012 SF/F Suvudu Cagematch is revealed.
http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2012/02/cage-match-2012-the-bracket-revealed.html
There are lots of wonderful authors and wonderful characters participating, but enough about them, let's talk about me. :-)
The Realms are represented this year (I believe Drizz't and Elminster appeared in earlier years) by Erevis Cale, who's in the Hogwarts: Quidditch Pitch division. He's a #6 seed, and in round one squares off against #11 seed Johnny Rico (from Heinlein's Starship Troopers).
I had a blast writing the fiction bit to go along with this, and I'll link to it when it goes up on Suvudu.com. Obviously, it doesn't end well for Johnny Rico, powered armor or no. :-)
Anyway, when voting begins, I'll nag you for your vote. Fair warning. :-) Should be fun.
|
|
|
Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 26 Feb 2012 : 21:13:52
|
I'm voting for Cale, of course! |
Every beginning has an end. |
 |
|
|
Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 27 Feb 2012 : 13:36:58
|
| Yeah Cale can easily take Johnny. No contest. |
|
|
|
Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 27 Feb 2012 : 14:06:31
|
| I see some stiff competition for Cale in the form of Revan. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
|
|
|
|
Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2012 : 01:11:07
|
quote:
Originally posted by Thauranil
Yeah Cale can easily take Johnny. No contest.
Agreed. Or we're just biased. |
Every beginning has an end. |
|
|
|
Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2012 : 02:42:40
|
| Don't make me pick between Erevis and Moiraine Damodred. |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
-Procopio Septus |
|
|
|
Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2012 : 13:23:48
|
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
quote:
Originally posted by Thauranil
Yeah Cale can easily take Johnny. No contest.
Agreed. Or we're just biased.
Well I will admit to a little bias.
But still a chosen of Mask should be able to take a gun toting ape. |
|
|
|
Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 28 Feb 2012 : 13:26:08
|
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
I see some stiff competition for Cale in the form of Revan.
Revan might just be able to take Cale. He is definitely faster and stronger thanks to the Force but Cale is able to heal from almost any wound so he has an advantage in endurance. |
|
|
|
Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2012 : 23:40:56
|
quote:
Originally posted by Thauranil
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
I see some stiff competition for Cale in the form of Revan.
Revan might just be able to take Cale. He is definitely faster and stronger thanks to the Force but Cale is able to heal from almost any wound so he has an advantage in endurance.
Not to mention he's favored by a naughty god who loves to meddle with his servants' affairs. |
Every beginning has an end. |
|
|
|
Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 07:27:23
|
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
quote:
Originally posted by Thauranil
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
I see some stiff competition for Cale in the form of Revan.
Revan might just be able to take Cale. He is definitely faster and stronger thanks to the Force but Cale is able to heal from almost any wound so he has an advantage in endurance.
Not to mention he's favored by a naughty god who loves to meddle with his servants' affairs.
Very true, lets hear it for the naughtiest God of all. |
|
|
|
Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3745 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2012 : 18:15:53
|
| -Johnny Rico? I don't know who that is, but he seems easy pickings. Really, that entire division seems pretty steamrollerable. The first real test Cale probably is going to face is probably going to be either Gimili or Harry Potter. |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know)
Elves of Faerūn
Vol I- The Elves of Faerūn
Vol. III- Spells of the Elves
Vol. VI- Mechanical Compendium |
|
|
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
|
|
Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 16:55:26
|
No contest. Erevis Cale all the way.
I hope he gets to take out that Potter kid too!
Cheers |
Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
|
|
|
Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 17:08:23
|
| I voted and I'm sure of the outcome. Cale advances, but I think if he makes it to Revan (I don't know many of the competitors), he's done for. The Dark Lord (of Murder?) will pulp his brain. After all, he had very little defense against Mags at the end of Twilight War. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
|
Edited by - Fellfire on 05 Mar 2012 17:24:58 |
|
|
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 17:26:53
|
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
I voted and I'm sure of the outcome. Cale advances, but I think if he makes it to Revan (I don't know many of the competitors), he's done for. The Dark Lord (of Murder?) will pulp his brain. After all, he had very little defense against Mags at the end of Twilight War.
Of course, at the end of The Twilight War, Mag's already formidable mental powers were augmented by his connection to The Source. Still, I take your point.
Be fun to make it that far. Weaveshear against a lightsaber would be fun to write. I've wanted to do that since I started writing Star Wars novels in addition to my Realms work. :-) |
|
|
|
Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 18:00:44
|
| I find your lack of faith disturbing. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
|
|
|
|
Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3745 Posts |
|
|
Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
894 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 20:07:36
|
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Erevis Cale well ahead, with 68.84% of the vote. (Insert Vladamir Putin joke)
|
|
|
|
Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 00:48:11
|
quote:
Originally posted by PaulSKemp
Be fun to make it that far. Weaveshear against a lightsaber would be fun to write. I've wanted to do that since I started writing Star Wars novels in addition to my Realms work. :-)
I'd love to see that happen. I don't know if I could vote one way ahead of the other, though... meh, who am I kidding; Erevis Cale FTW! |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
|
|
|
Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 03:24:10
|
quote:
Originally posted by PaulSKemp
Weaveshear against a lightsaber would be fun to write.
A real sword versus a toy? Surely we know which will win? |
Every beginning has an end. |
|
|
|
Marc
Senior Scribe
658 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 05:58:29
|
| Of all Heinlein's characters they come up with Rico!? Votes for Erevis, Jean, Darian Frey, Kellhus, Tomas, GreG Mandel, Ferro, Anomander Rake, Caine, and Kull. I don't know others. |
. |
|
|
|
Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 11:31:50
|
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Well said my lord. |
Edited by - Thauranil on 06 Mar 2012 11:39:26 |
|
|
|
jcw928
Acolyte
5 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 12:18:38
|
| Thanks for that Mr. Kemp, it was a blast to read. Out of the many different ways I imagine Cale might win such a match up, I didn't expect the one you went with. What a way to go. Sufficed to say, Cale gets my vote. |
|
|
|
Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1628 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2012 : 19:13:01
|
Cale easily, although rico would have been more of a challenge if the fight had been in his universe instead of Faerun's shadowfell.
I still think Cale would win, but he'd have to do it the old fashioned way because there's no ,magic to draw his powers from in Rico's universe. |
|
|
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
|
|
Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
1965 Posts |
Posted - 12 Mar 2012 : 15:07:03
|
| Well, that hardly seemed fair. I wonder, does the author of the other competitor also do a write up? |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
Green Dragonscale Dice Bag by Crystalsidyll - check it out
|
|
|
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 12 Mar 2012 : 15:15:20
|
quote:
Originally posted by Fellfire
Well, that hardly seemed fair. I wonder, does the author of the other competitor also do a write up?
Sometimes, yes. I think Suvudu posts the write up that accords with their predicted winner. Note, of course, that the power levels for these various characters are completely different (Jean is just a man, after all, albeit a very tough one, while Cale is a shade, a Chosen of Mask, and semi-divine). Still, this is really just a fun exercise where readers can learn about characters and authors they may not know, vote for their favorites, etc. It's a bit of genre fun and not to be taken too seriously. Read and vote in that spirit. :-) |
Edited by - PaulSKemp on 12 Mar 2012 15:21:47 |
|
|
|
Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 12 Mar 2012 : 15:40:27
|
| I'm sorry Paul, but I'm going to have to go with Jean for this one. Fat guy with axes beats shadowy ex-butlers in my book. ;) |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
Terry Pratchett |
|
|
|
Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3745 Posts |
|
|
Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2012 : 08:35:42
|
| Pretty cool stuff. I clearly don't read enough because there are too many characters here I don't know enough, but it's entertaining. |
|
|
|
PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2012 : 13:54:44
|
Cale's run in the Cagematch continues, this time against Rachel Morgan, from Kim Harrison's Hollows series.
As you can see from my three write-ups, I'm trying to string them together into a coherent story (of sorts). I'm calling it, "Erevis Cale's Excellent Multiversal Adventure," in which he meets Abraham Lincoln and Socrates, and...
Anyway, hope you enjoy. And maybe vote, too?
http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2012/03/cage-match-2012-round-3-erevis-cale-versus-rachel-morgan.html |
Edited by - PaulSKemp on 19 Mar 2012 13:55:37 |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
Erevis Cale and the 2012 Suvudu Cagematch
