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Post by Erik-El on Mar 18, 2013 15:17:13 GMT -5
Inspired by the new Kick-Ass movie.
It is real life. You, as you are now physically and financially, decide you are tired of the world as it is and are going to change things... for better or worse. Tell us about your alter ego.
Super hero/villain name:
Costume design:
Weapon(s) of choice:
Vehicle or means of patrolling and getting around:
Motivation:
Actual current skill:
Real life limitations:
Training you can and would realistically get:
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 18, 2013 16:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Mar 18, 2013 20:10:52 GMT -5
"I'm not the one wearing hockey pads!"
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 18, 2013 20:46:41 GMT -5
"I'm not the one wearing hockey pads!" Well if you can afford $300,000 armor, you can hook me up too. I gotta battle evil on a budget. |
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Post by Dane on Mar 19, 2013 1:14:31 GMT -5
That stuff reminds me of Simon from Misfits!  |
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 19, 2013 2:27:43 GMT -5
That stuff reminds me of Simon from Misfits! MY INSPIRATION!!! I normally would have thought of something very traditional (Kick-Ass-ish) but seeing him pull off all that stunts while wearing motocross body armor showed me that it can be done. 7lbs is not too much to tote around anyway. |
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Post by Dane on Mar 19, 2013 3:06:23 GMT -5
Awesome stuff. I loved ninja Simon! Honestly, me physically as I am right now wouldn't be much good at fighting crime. But it would actually be a lot easier in Australia to be a Batman-style hero. It's pretty hard to get guns here, they're really heavily regulated. So your chances of going up against someone armed with a gun, let alone automatic weapons, are really very low. What I would do is commission a Nightwing costume, under the guise of being an avid cosplayer. But have them add Kevlar pads "for realism".  Have them deliver it to a PO box so they don't know who you are, etc. Then I'd paint the blue portions red, so it looks different from their design enough so they might not put 2 and 2 together. Also because it'd be more badass. Now I have an electrical engineer buddy, so I don't think it's a stretch to get some highly insulated gloves to wear under the costume and rig a couple of fist tasers into your gauntlets. This should compensate for my honestly deteriorating martial arts skills.  Apparently they even have cool stun batons like ol' D. Grayson has already built. They're only like 40 bucks.  Probably also want to head to a camping/outdoors store or a military surplus joint and pick up some smoke grenades and/or flashbangs if they've got 'em. Couldn't hurt.  So... a bunch of tasing equipment and flashbangs up against mostly totally unarmed combatants should go well. At the same time it's probably a good idea for me to take up some martial arts and probably start practicing some parkour for traversing the city, etc. Got some smoke grenades in case you have to escape from cops or whatever. Now I don't think I'd be anything like a comic book hero but I could reasonably fight crime like this. |
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 19, 2013 3:11:45 GMT -5
I like it. I really like how you admit the martial arts shortcomings but you obviously make up for it with crippling taser fists lol.
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Post by Dane on Mar 19, 2013 3:18:18 GMT -5
Edited, they already make taser batons bro!
I mean I did a few years of Taekwondo but that was years ago. I'm not going to pretend I'm some Chuck Norris grade badass. I can throw punches and kicks, but there is also someone bigger and badder than you. If I was planning to consistently get into scraps I'd be bringing something that'll take someone down. Now I don't want to cave in someone's skull here with a bat nor do I want a weapon they can take off me.
Taser fists are great, good luck getting those off me before I punch you with 800,000 volts. Now batons could be taken off you but trying to grab an electrical weapon is pretty dumb. I did do some weapons training with staff and eskrima sticks. I'm not amazing with them but I you don't have to be a genius to smack someone with a stick. Probably even less genius to smack them a stick that electrocutes them at the same time.
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 19, 2013 20:03:43 GMT -5
Taser stuff is pretty cool. Especially with that price tag. I probably should get a taser sword! Stun them as I chop off body parts. Epic combo.
For me, I don't think I am a master martial artist but I did compete years ago in some tourneys. Never took home the gold but I was better than your average thug by a long shot. I have had my police baton for years so I am very comfortable with it. No one has ever been willing to let me practice some of the elaborate take down techniques with it but I can strike with it with a fair amount of force, especially now that I am significantly larger than most people my height.
If I can avoid getting overwhelmed, the only people I really have to worry about are ex military because they have a lot more training than me... and guys with guns which is why I will be packing a Glock.
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Post by Dane on Mar 20, 2013 1:44:34 GMT -5
We all need to learn parkour.
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 20, 2013 1:54:40 GMT -5
We should start a club or something.
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Post by Dane on Mar 20, 2013 4:36:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't hate that idea at all.
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Mar 20, 2013 10:44:04 GMT -5
I' already decent at parkour.  I'm quick and agile. Don't have the physical strength up top. But my legs are strong. |
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 20, 2013 11:02:26 GMT -5
I' already decent at parkour. I'm quick and agile. Don't have the physical strength up top. But my legs are strong. Use that to ninja someone in the head and make an alter ego! |
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 22, 2013 17:57:26 GMT -5
I know more people have realistic ideas.
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Post by Dane on Mar 22, 2013 18:20:13 GMT -5
Kinda want to hear Crom's.
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 22, 2013 18:21:13 GMT -5
LOL that's specifically why I bumped the thread.  |
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Post by Supreme Marvel on Mar 22, 2013 19:11:22 GMT -5
Crom, get your arse in this thread!
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Post by Erik-El on Mar 22, 2013 20:10:38 GMT -5
Crom, get your arse in this thread! You can do something too. |
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I'm quick and agile. Don't have the physical strength up top. But my legs are strong.