Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny [Concluded]

[Crazed Rabbit]

And yes, Gandalf is lame. Down with gandalf. What are you, racist? You want the white guy to win huh?

Vader is white.

GTW +
Vader -

121 Gandalf the White
40 Darth Vader

CR

[UltraWar]

Gandalf the White +5
Darth Vader -5

126 Gandalf the White
35 Darth Vader

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Vader is white.

I beg to differ:

Anyway, LotR is way cooler than Star Wars.

I don't think you can make a case for "cooler". Less nerdy, maybe


Vader+5
Gandalf-5

121 Gandalf the White
40 Darth Vader

[Kommodus]

I don't think you can make a case for "cooler". Less nerdy, maybe

Ah, you says tomato, I says potato, whatever.

[King Henry V]

Gandalf -5
Darth Vader +5

116 Gandalf the White
45 Darth Vader

[Crazed Rabbit]

I beg to differ:

The character, though voiced by the great James Earl Jones, is white.

Oh, yeah, and LOTR is so much better than any group of star wars movies.

CR

[Drisos]

121 Gandalf the White
40 Darth Vader

[Andres]

Gandalf the White +5
Darth Vader the White -5

126 Gandalf the White
35 Darth Vader

[Kommodus]

Gandalf the White +5
Darth Vader the White -5

131 Gandalf the White
30 Darth Vader

[UltraWar]

Gandalf the White +5
Darth Vader -5

136 Gandalf the White
25 Darth Vader

[Craterus]

Darth Vader +5
Gandalf the White -5

131 Gandalf the White
30 Darth Vader

Gandalf is so lame, he couldn't complete his mission the first time, he had to come back to life through some dumbass unexplained loophole..

[Crazed Rabbit]

Gandalf +
Vader -

136 Gandalf the White
25 Darth Vader

The story was explained plenty well.

CR

[Andres]

Gandalf is so lame, he couldn't complete his mission the first time, he had to come back to life through some dumbass unexplained loophole..

You should read both Lord of the Rings as "De Silmarillion". Things will become clear.


Gandalf +5
Darth Vader -5

141 Gandalf the White
20 Darth Vader

[Drisos]

Down with the vader!

146 Gandalf the White >
15 Darth Vader >

[Kommodus]

Gandalf +5
Darth Vader -5

151 Gandalf the White
10 Darth Vader

[Craterus]

Darth Vader +5
Gandalf the White -5

146 Gandalf the White
15 Darth Vader

I started to read LotR, but it's very badly written and incredibly slow-starting so I gave up before long...

[UltraWar]

The Death of the Empire?

Gandalf the White +5
Darth Vader -5

151 Gandalf the White
10 Darth Vader

[Kommodus]

I started to read LotR, but it's very badly written and incredibly slow-starting so I gave up before long...

*choke*

"Badly written?!?"

No offense... everyone is entitled to their own tastes... but seriously, dude, what are you on? LotR is one of the great fantasy tales of all time. I'm not making this up; it's considered by many to be a great literary work, a true classic, and for good reason.

I personally don't care much for the Iliad, but I'm not about to start calling it a bad piece of art. It has great artistic value, whether I happen to love it or not.

Star Wars is a cinematic masterpiece of sorts (except for episodes I-III). It had a powerful impact on subsequent works and told an excellent story that impacted audiences. That makes it great art.

I wonder what your reading tastes consider good...

[Craterus]

I'm not getting at the plot. It's a fantastic story.

However, Tolkien was a rune professor (or something of the sort). He was by no means whatsoever a renowned writer. He forgets characters for entire chapters while he explores other parts of the story. It seems that he just got into the story a bit too much at points and forgot to cover some important details in other sub-plots.

This information may appear flawed because I haven't read the books, but upon asking people that have, they mentioned this "problem".

EDIT: I'd just like to clarify that I don't hate the story/trilogy. I just found it very hard to engage with.

[Drisos]

Need just one more..

156 Gandalf the White
5 Darth Vader

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Gandalf +5
Vader -5

161 Gandalf the White
Darth Vader


Exactly 500 replies. Awesome.

[Kommodus]

Is da r0x0rz! GtW pwns his lamer competition with his l33t skillz!!!!1

Never once voted for anyone else, or lost hope even when he was way behind powerhouses like MPHGBK, Jackie Chan, or Darth Vader.

Time to celebrate!

[Craterus]

[Drisos]

lol!

I see one problem.. Gandalf has 161 points.. but at the start everyone had 5. so gandalf should have something that ends with a five or a 0.. not a 1..


Anyway... Huzzah!!! Victory for gandalf!

[Kommodus]

I see one problem.. Gandalf has 161 points.. but at the start everyone had 5. so gandalf should have something that ends with a five or a 0.. not a 1..

I think most of that happened as a result of changing +1/-1 to +5/-5. That meant that points could occasionally be created out of thin air, like so:

Initial state:

Contestant 1: 9
Contestant 2: 3

+5 Contestant 1
-5 Contestant 2

Final state:

Contestant 1: 14
Contestant 2: 0

Note that the total points in the initial and final states differ: 12 at the beginning, 14 at the end.

[Drisos]

of course.. that's logical. Now why didn't I see that?

[Divinus Arma]

Damn. Came back to slow. Just in time to see Vader lose. At least the stupid black knight didn't win. What is it with the English? Those wacky brits have the dryest sense of humor.