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General / Re: The Final Solution V Portrait of a Mutant - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Epic: Ga
« on: 29 July, 2021, 01:34:57 PM »
No contest again- Portrait by very many country miles.
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General / Re: Outlaw v Journey into Hell - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Epic: Game 02
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:52:11 AM »
I would have voted Outlaw over Journey- both are brilliant, Outlaw is brillianter.
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General / Re: Judgement Day v Rage - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Epic: Game 01
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:46:14 AM »
It would have been Rage for me- most men with bags on their heads generally need a bullet, defenceless or not and Max Bubba is one of them. Also...
Judgement Day is a Dredd story anyway.
Judgement Day is a Dredd story anyway.
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General / Re: A Sorry Case v Smiley’s World - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Short: Game 01
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:31:14 AM »
For posterity- sorry, but Smiley's World takes this one for me.
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General / Re: The Doc Quince Case v Warzone! - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Short: Game 02
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:26:13 AM »
Sorry I missed it, I was sans internets for a bit.
For posterity-
The Doc Quincy Case edges it in this battle of fun, throwaway Stront-Romps.
For posterity-
The Doc Quincy Case edges it in this battle of fun, throwaway Stront-Romps.
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General / Re: The Mork Whisper V Blood Moon - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Relaunch: Game 02
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:20:49 AM »
I get what Funt says about the design of Blood Moon- I was disappointed with how he looked in comparison to other S/D villains.
The Mork Whisperer was another cracking Alpha tale, however I can't help but feel it's a little bit throwaway next to the sense of gravitas in Blood Moon.
So Blood Moon for me, despite how he looked.
The Mork Whisperer was another cracking Alpha tale, however I can't help but feel it's a little bit throwaway next to the sense of gravitas in Blood Moon.
So Blood Moon for me, despite how he looked.
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General / Re: Shaggy Dog Story v Roadhouse - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Relaunch: Game 01
« on: 28 July, 2021, 01:00:27 AM »
Shaggy Dog was great and all, but Roadhouse takes it reasonably comfortably for me.
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General / Re: The Rammy V The No-Go Job - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Long: Game 04
« on: 28 July, 2021, 12:57:45 AM »
No Contest.
The Rammy... hans doon.
The Rammy... hans doon.
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General / Re: The Moses Incident V Incident on Mayger Minor - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Long
« on: 28 July, 2021, 12:52:35 AM »
I'm with Magnetica on this- really difficult choice and I'm switherin. Both Boots and Leigh S make good arguments for each.
I'm going with The Moses Incident edging it though, I recall being genuinely concerned for Alpha at the time and wondering if he would ever be the same again. I also rate Mayger highly for all the 'memorable villains' and 'SF/ Western mash-up' reasons already mentioned- against another tale it might have prevailed. I don't have any distaste for magic & supernatural elements in SD- it's a big/ wide/ deep, multi-dimensional and bad Universe... shit happens, as well it should.
I'm going with The Moses Incident edging it though, I recall being genuinely concerned for Alpha at the time and wondering if he would ever be the same again. I also rate Mayger highly for all the 'memorable villains' and 'SF/ Western mash-up' reasons already mentioned- against another tale it might have prevailed. I don't have any distaste for magic & supernatural elements in SD- it's a big/ wide/ deep, multi-dimensional and bad Universe... shit happens, as well it should.
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Announcements / Re: The Best of John Wagner's Judge Dredd - coming March 2022
« on: 21 July, 2021, 12:32:03 AM »
I thought this was a heads-up for another one of Colin's polls...
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General / Re: Galaxy Killers v Slaves of Drule - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Long: Game 01
« on: 21 July, 2021, 12:26:55 AM »
I recall feeling Slavers of Drule seemed a bit rushed at the time... however it still beats Galaxy Killers IMO.
Slavers of Drule it is, even just for the comedy story-name factor.
Slavers of Drule it is, even just for the comedy story-name factor.
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General / Re: Stone Killers v The Killing - Bolt-01 Cup - Qualifying - Long: Game 02
« on: 21 July, 2021, 12:19:16 AM »
I quite liked Stone Killers- memorable enough stuff- a little more light-hearted (in a crescendo of drunken violence type way). But yeah, it's The Killing... so-
The Killing ftw.
The Killing ftw.
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General / Re: NEXT UP - Bolt-01 Cup - the best of Strontium Dog Tourney
« on: 17 July, 2021, 03:00:27 PM »
Just chuck all the story names into a digital hat and do a totally random draw. Some short stories are better than some epics anyway.
Winners go into another digital hat etc etc...
Winners go into another digital hat etc etc...
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General / Re: The Science of Judge Dredd
« on: 17 July, 2021, 02:48:00 PM »...the real reason Dredd shouts out the bullet type is so the reader knows what Dredd has fired…)
and
Quote from: pauljholden
Why the shells? Well, the real reason is: they look cool.
Perfectly good reasons. It's a comic- fantasy entertainment and as such there is no requirement for 'realism'. 'Disseminating Important Information to the Reader' and 'the Rule of Cool' wins every time.
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General / Re: Bolt-01 Cup - the best of Strontium Dog
« on: 14 July, 2021, 10:29:56 PM »
Strontium Dog?
I'm in.
I'm in.