Other Sports Gladiator 2018 - Round 1, Match 18 - Detoxing versus canoworms - Page 10

**Rain Man** · 07-10-2018, 08:21 AM

Vote for the person that you think would win this match in a battle to death or submission. As background, assume that prior to the tournament you received 10 minutes of training on every weapon. The time listed is the amount of time before the match where you learn what the weaponry and venue is.

Venue - A coastal beach
Starting Distance - 81 feet

Detoxing

Main Weapon - Two fist-sized rocks, one of which has a slightly sharp edge
Backup Weapon - 20 sharp small ninja stars

Prep Time - 14 seconds
Special Factors - None

canoworms

Main Weapon - The thigh bone of a large ape
Backup Weapon - BB gun with 50 BBs, each of which is coated with enough poison to slow a person down by 4 percentage points

Prep Time - 9 Minutes
Special Factors - You're wearing an eye patch on your right eye, which you can't remove

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pestilence

I call shenanigans on your entire tournament, sir!

I'm starting to feel like Rain Man is trying to Pete Rose this tournament.

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dinny Bossa Nova

.

I would like to point out that prior to deleting this post, Dinny had said he voted Detoxing. He mistakenly voted Canoworms, but meant to vote me, hence his post deletion.

That would put the score Detoxing 31, Canoworms 29.

Making me the winner.

Dinny, please confirm. Or a mod. It's the only way to settle this.

**Rain Man** · 07-12-2018, 11:09 AM

This thread feels cold. Almost like there's some sort of undead presence.

Graystoke · 07-12-2018, 11:09 AM

Is this the final verdict?

**Rain Man** · 07-12-2018, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Graystoke

Is this the final verdict?

Yep. Canoworms got the first vote after the long deadlock, so he moves on. It was a brutal, brutal fight, like one of those wrestlemania things where everyone is covered in blood.

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yep. Canoworms got the first vote after the long deadlock, so he moves on. It was a brutal, brutal fight, like one of those wrestlemania things where everyone is covered in blood.

I call BS. Dinny mis-cast his vote. I won this.

Graystoke · 07-12-2018, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

I call BS. Dinny mis-cast his vote. I won this.

Can I have your Women and Soft Serve?

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:23 AM

I lose on a tie in which a vote was mis-cast?

THIS IS NOT JUSTICE!

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graystoke

Can I have your Women and Soft Serve?

No. I'm taking them home with me.

Screw you guys. I'm going home.

Graystoke · 07-12-2018, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detoxing

No. I'm taking them home with me.

Screw you guys. I'm going home.

Even though I voted Detoxing I think its nice he is out. Dude is a threat to any remaining Gladiators in Round 2

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graystoke

Even though I voted Detoxing I think its nice he is out. Dude is a threat to any remaining Gladiators in Round 2

THIS IS NOT JUSTICE.

Where's Dinny, he'll make this right.

Once Dinny comes in here and clarifies that he mistakenly voted Canoworms, i should be anointed the champion.

**Rain Man** · 07-12-2018, 11:30 AM

Fighting is never fair.

On that note, someone in my Facebook group posted this article about an ancestor of mine. Sounds like you didn't want to cross Rain Man, Version 1781.

"High Strung and Dangerous As a Loaded Gun" Jacob Wilson Manes
Soon after Miller County was established in 1837, voters in Osage Township petitioned for change due to difficulty crossing the Osage River to vote or conduct Township business. Jacob Wilson Manes petitioned for Osage Township to be split and a new township created, divided by the Osage River. He also petitioned for voting to be moved to a more central location. The Court acted, creating Jim Henry Township from the northern part of Osage and the eastern part of Saline Township. The Court also moved the voting location from John Wisdom's cabin at the mouth of Panther Creek to Sam Parks' cabin on the Big Tavern.

The life of petitioner Jacob Wilson Manes is an amazing story. Born about 1781, he disappeared as a young boy. "Strong-willed, high tempered, daring and adventurous, he preferred the company of Indians in the Clinch Mountain Valley. It's believed he was taken west by some tribe at the age of eleven, not to be seen again until he was seventeen." [Excerpt from Lola Rice writing in The History of Pulaski County]

Not long after Jacob returned home, he and his cousin got into a fight over a girl. "About the same age, and a few pounds difference in weight, they stripped, went into a horse lot and, in the fight, Jacob bit off his adversary's thumb, two fingers, the end of his nose, got a new hold on his nose and bit it to the hollow, up close to his eyes and while he yet had the hold with his teeth. His father took him clear out of the county and bound him to a hatter, as he was opposed to him marrying the girl, but the next thing they knew, Jacob had come back, married the girl, and took her back with him where he finished the trade - that of a hatter. Jacob claimed to not know a letter in a book, yet he could quote scripture and law better than any man I ever heard talk." [Excerpt from memoirs of Jacob's son, Samuel Jasper Manes]

The fate of his wife is unknown, but Jacob married again in 1809. He made his living by trading with the Indians, trapping, and hunting; he was away from home much of the time. "Jacob was said to have taken one Marlowe Collins off his horse on Clinch Mountain, stomped him to death, and he was not found until the buzzards had picked his eyes out. He got in a fight with five Indians in a still house and killed three of the five. Jacob was a peculiar man, high strung and dangerous as a loaded gun, but one of the best neighbors, best-hearted men I ever seen, honest to a cent and abhorred a lie. As time went on Jacob became increasingly restless, complaining that game was getting scarce because of too many settlers and that there were fewer Indians to trade with."

The family moved to Indiana where Jacob's wife issued an ultimatum. "She will never move again, except to her grave. In 1835 Jacob told his family he wished to move on to Missouri. His wife was firm as to the agreement. She remained in Indiana and was buried there."

Jacob came to the area that would become Miller County. He married a widow, a relative of the Parks family. After his successful petition to split the Osage Township, he petitioned the court again for a road from Iberia to the ferry. In 1844 Jacob moved his family to Pulaski County, joining two of his sons along the Gasconade River. Shortly, Jacob moved on to Arkansas. In 1853 he was killed in a fight near Mountain Grove. His descendants number in the hundreds in Miller, Camden, and Pulaski Counties.

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Fighting is never fair.

Especially when you have money riding on it in Vegas, eh Rain man?

**Rain Man** · 07-12-2018, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Especially when you have money riding on it in Vegas, eh Rain man?

Hey, don't look at me. I just organize. I hired a former NFL referee to do the judging. And Jeff Triplette has years of experience.

ModSocks · 07-12-2018, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Hey, don't look at me. I just organize. I hired a former NFL referee to do the judging. And Jeff Triplette has years of experience.

I'm appealing this decision. I just want you to know that. You'll be getting a call from my lawyer.

07-10-2018, 08:21 AM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3298491 VARSITY	Gladiator 2018 - Round 1, Match 18 - Detoxing versus canoworms Vote for the person that you think would win this match in a battle to death or submission. As background, assume that prior to the tournament you received 10 minutes of training on every weapon. The time listed is the amount of time before the match where you learn what the weaponry and venue is. Venue - A coastal beach Starting Distance - 81 feet Detoxing Main Weapon - Two fist-sized rocks, one of which has a slightly sharp edge Backup Weapon - 20 sharp small ninja stars Prep Time - 14 seconds Special Factors - None canoworms Main Weapon - The thigh bone of a large ape Backup Weapon - BB gun with 50 BBs, each of which is coated with enough poison to slow a person down by 4 percentage points Prep Time - 9 Minutes Special Factors - You're wearing an eye patch on your right eye, which you can't remove
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07-12-2018, 11:09 AM	#138
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3298491 VARSITY	This thread feels cold. Almost like there's some sort of undead presence. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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07-12-2018, 11:09 AM	#139
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07-12-2018, 11:23 AM	#143
ModSocks Needs more middle fingers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Casino cash: $4274563	I lose on a tie in which a vote was mis-cast? THIS IS NOT JUSTICE! __________________ Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever.
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07-12-2018, 11:30 AM	#147
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3298491 VARSITY	Fighting is never fair. On that note, someone in my Facebook group posted this article about an ancestor of mine. Sounds like you didn't want to cross Rain Man, Version 1781. "High Strung and Dangerous As a Loaded Gun" Jacob Wilson Manes Soon after Miller County was established in 1837, voters in Osage Township petitioned for change due to difficulty crossing the Osage River to vote or conduct Township business. Jacob Wilson Manes petitioned for Osage Township to be split and a new township created, divided by the Osage River. He also petitioned for voting to be moved to a more central location. The Court acted, creating Jim Henry Township from the northern part of Osage and the eastern part of Saline Township. The Court also moved the voting location from John Wisdom's cabin at the mouth of Panther Creek to Sam Parks' cabin on the Big Tavern. The life of petitioner Jacob Wilson Manes is an amazing story. Born about 1781, he disappeared as a young boy. "Strong-willed, high tempered, daring and adventurous, he preferred the company of Indians in the Clinch Mountain Valley. It's believed he was taken west by some tribe at the age of eleven, not to be seen again until he was seventeen." [Excerpt from Lola Rice writing in The History of Pulaski County] Not long after Jacob returned home, he and his cousin got into a fight over a girl. "About the same age, and a few pounds difference in weight, they stripped, went into a horse lot and, in the fight, Jacob bit off his adversary's thumb, two fingers, the end of his nose, got a new hold on his nose and bit it to the hollow, up close to his eyes and while he yet had the hold with his teeth. His father took him clear out of the county and bound him to a hatter, as he was opposed to him marrying the girl, but the next thing they knew, Jacob had come back, married the girl, and took her back with him where he finished the trade - that of a hatter. Jacob claimed to not know a letter in a book, yet he could quote scripture and law better than any man I ever heard talk." [Excerpt from memoirs of Jacob's son, Samuel Jasper Manes] The fate of his wife is unknown, but Jacob married again in 1809. He made his living by trading with the Indians, trapping, and hunting; he was away from home much of the time. "Jacob was said to have taken one Marlowe Collins off his horse on Clinch Mountain, stomped him to death, and he was not found until the buzzards had picked his eyes out. He got in a fight with five Indians in a still house and killed three of the five. Jacob was a peculiar man, high strung and dangerous as a loaded gun, but one of the best neighbors, best-hearted men I ever seen, honest to a cent and abhorred a lie. As time went on Jacob became increasingly restless, complaining that game was getting scarce because of too many settlers and that there were fewer Indians to trade with." The family moved to Indiana where Jacob's wife issued an ultimatum. "She will never move again, except to her grave. In 1835 Jacob told his family he wished to move on to Missouri. His wife was firm as to the agreement. She remained in Indiana and was buried there." Jacob came to the area that would become Miller County. He married a widow, a relative of the Parks family. After his successful petition to split the Osage Township, he petitioned the court again for a road from Iberia to the ferry. In 1844 Jacob moved his family to Pulaski County, joining two of his sons along the Gasconade River. Shortly, Jacob moved on to Arkansas. In 1853 he was killed in a fight near Mountain Grove. His descendants number in the hundreds in Miller, Camden, and Pulaski Counties. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
Posts: 141,458

View Poll Results: Who wins?
Detoxing	31	50.00%
canoworms	31	50.00%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll