My cast ranking with 23 hours til votes are due:
Throw a blanket over this top group..
1. Harley Quinn - magnificent character performance and totally rockling the trieb control over there. She could well win this.
2. Huntress - watch Daz bend this game over and have his way with it. he's in a personal tough time, just broke up with b/f of 2 years. It's the perfect mindset for playing the emotionally unstable Huntress. Plus Daz is excellent socially and in challenges.
3. Beast - Trojan is tearing up the floor with this Beast rendition and I am loving every minute of it.
small gap
4. Jamie Madrox - mostly for the character representation but I have no doubt Yog is switched on to the dynamics already. he's not drawing too much attention to himself and MORing it at the moment. That's pretty smart for him. Former Versus winner here - he knows how this shit works. It's a marathon not a sprint.
5. Starfire - I think the Starfire character will stop hufus taking himself too seriously and it will be a perfect match with a good balance of his smart gameplay, and the fun-side carry-on of Starfire. She seems well positioned at the moment.
6. Arkillo - Frack has taken that ugly mug and is making it work. All positive reports from his tribe, as you would expect from Frack.
7. Tigra - Pretty surprised to see Cat so active from a phone and seeminly positioning herself pretty well. She is not home this weekend so she's done exceptionally well. I know she has been excited about this role for a while. Cat at her best can be a joy to watch - so I hope she stays invested.
8. Superman - oh God is it just me or is Kathy actually well positioned in a Versus game?
I am scared to even think it in case I jinx her. Black Canary will be at the board and working hard though - so they won't have the easy vote they think they do. But Daz liking Superman bodes very well for Kathy.
9. Superwoman - BG is the king of positioning himself and this is ahard character to pull off - since nobody seems to know who she is. But she seems in charge over on the DC villains, so she must be managing it.
10. Emma Frost - Let's hope Robb contains the crazy for a bit. he's shown a fair bit of restraint so far.
11. Poison Ivy - This seems so low for her because she is excellently positioned. PLaying a very strong social game and impressing the people who are important. I have high hopes.
12. The Joker - he's a tremendous character but I'm not sure how well he's doing strategically. It coudl be too early to call that - he's probably just taking is slow - which is smart. I'm enjoying him though.
13. Mystique - Papz is a smart player and she won't overdo the public stuff with Mystique. I don't think her heart is in it 100% yet, but there's a long road ahead so that is sensible.
Now we're into the great schtick, don't let it get in the way of a great game category.
14. Loki - what a magnificent villain PDC is turning into. I love the schtick and I love the approach to the game. I expect to see her rise through the ranking even more.
15. Two Face - Broken has no intention of winning this, but his tribe enjoy his schtick. So if he just opened up a little bit, he could be killing it. But he's determined to stay loyal to the schtick. That's a credit to him.
16. Scarlet Witcth - see above. Scarlet has not been as active as two-face, but her schtick is impressing people (including me). I hope she can incorporate a good game in with that great character like the ones at the top of the list are doing.
17. Deadpool - this is a magnificent Deadpool by Pingu. He almost always just plays to amuse himself - regardless of his own safety. This could be the game to actually have success with that method, but there's some small distrust of him so far.
18. Morbius - it's so hard to know where to place this game at the moment, but this feels about right. The next few choices are something of a toss-up as far as positioning. They're not at the top and not at the bottom. So I would call them the safe for now group, and this sums up Morbius nicely. Middling it for now.
19. Nightwing - another former winner. Nightwing has much less opportunity to dominate the boards than what Poirot did. So he can't play the same sort of game. But he seems in a pretty good spot among the heroes group for now.
20. Green Arrow - I have him fairly high because although everyone is hating on him, their plans all include him. So I'm hopeful that he can overcome the early over-excitedness and start delivering us the Oliver Queen that we all want. Or felicity may pull out Madrox 7 on him and go to town.
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21. Catwoman - playing better than Green Arrow atm but unluckily for her she's just not as well positioned. LB is a slow-grower though - we know that from Universe.
22. Rogue - I have not seen enough of Rogue yet to get a good feel for her. kzonex is a similar sort of player to LB - she tends to sneak up a little bit, Some positive feedback from her tribemates, so she's playing well socially as you'd expect. As alliances solidify I would expect her to be brought into the powerful one.
Now I'm in how are these people so low mode...
23. Nova - I am keen to see this character play out. It's going pretty well so far but I am not sure that he's in a strong position strategically, which is why he's not up higher.
24. Wiccan - similar to Nova, good but doesn't seem too well placed. Doesn't seem to be the obvious target for a round or so, so that will do for now.
25. Magneto - is in imminent danger because I think he's maybe not doing Magneto so well? I think if you're goiung to go all out Magneto - you should just do it. The sort of toneless Magneto is making people uncomfotable so let's hope this evolves a little more and he finds some balance.
26. Batman - Albert just won Yog's game and he's in fine form. His Batman schtick is good but it makes him cold and difficult for people to warm to. He's not likely to be in the majority alliance and could be in danger quite soon. He's handy with a challenge though - well his IS Batman after all.
27. Kitty Pryde - She's working the social side but I don't know that her tribemates are feeling it yet? I have to log in and read the PMs to know for sure, but perhaps she's just not hitting the right notes just yet? She's in the somewhat stacked Marvel Hero tribe so I am concerned for her safety if she doesn't start striking a chord. I know I have read at least one positive comment from her tribe though, so she won't be leaving this round.
28. Susan Storm - she may be taking the Invisible Woman thing a bit too far
She said she was busy this weekend when I asked her to fill in (Jaime) but at least she logged in and spoke to a couple of people? idk. I don't think she's been PMing at all so we'll see if she can save her butt tomorrow. Right now, I think the MH vote is on her.
29. The Flash - he's avoided being the DCH target based on Black Canary's inactivity. But if she shows tomorrow, the Flash is square in the firing line. Of course this is Duck, so he's not exactly afraid of the arena. But duels work out strangely sometimes and you just have to get matched against the wrong person on the wrong challenge - but if he goes against Suye storm I would not be liking her chances.
30. Juggernaut - He seems like the easy option for the Marvel villain vote at the moment. he hasn't connected enough on a fully active tribe. There's still most of a day to go though - so nothing is set in cement.
31. Black Canary - Bloo has been working all weekend but I don't know why he didn't log in and spend five minutes explaining that to his tribe. It's a good long I made the opening round long. But i can see him arriving today and saving himself because he's going to fit in well when he gets here. Starfire/Huntress want to work with BC for character reasons, so they will be opening to switching the vote to Flash I would say.
32. Deathstroke - this is tragic. original Deathstroke was Brendan, and he didn't confirm. Poo Monkey (Rupert) had contacted me on Facebook hoping to get into a game. I told him Deathstroike had not confirmed so I would make him a back up. I gave Deathstroke another 12 hours to confirm, but he didn't so I gave it to Rupe. Then brendan came and wanted his spot and I couldn't give it to him. Tragedy!! Rupe was at a wedding yesterday but he was supposed to log in today and didn't. I've half a mind to remove him but then I'd have to remove Black Canary too - and I know she's coming
I expect these rankings to change next round
Especially those people in the middle.