Extra City Extravaganza [HH winner 2024]

[bertinator]

Turn 2 - Immortals

The terrorkhan fires the Most Devastating Infantry Weapon Ever Designed, but it does not honour its' name. The shot deals too little damage to hurt Wyyler.




Warhead is desperate for some cool action. He swings his axe, but manages to miss his target.




"Ah fuck me. I'm losing my cool! But... I have an idea!"




Warhead conjures up some flames between him and the audience, and quickly reaches into his backpack.




"Tadaaaa! The most brutal set of armor you've ever... wait... what?"
Instead of changing into his fuckin' metal battlegear, Warhead has put on his pyjamas. (feat failed)

[bertinator]

Turn 2 - Champions of Ignition

Isla charges at the wildlife trooper and slays him with her sword.




"By my light, increase your appetite!"
She zapps the croc with a burst of GT, triggering its' predatorial instincts.




Instead of attacking the nearby Glib, as hoped, the croc charges at Isla! (feat failed)
A Champion grunt redshirts in the way of the attack.




Another grunt sees an opportunity to ignite his firework launcher.




Whheeeeewwww... BANG!




It's a significant explosion that kills the Glib Glub raider, but also the croc and the Champion grunt that was being mauled.
"What did I tell you about using fireworks near groups of people!?"




The rest of the Champions move up, but are out of range to perform any attacks this turn.

[bertinator]

Turn 2 Aftermath

"Ahhhcckk"




"What's this? I can't see! And why does it suddenly smell like Halloween?"




"Ugghh, why is my helmet suddenly so small?"




"Much better!"




"What's happening? Side effects from those spider bites, maybe? But that would mean that I..."



"AAAAHHHH!"




Final overview

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Glib Glub

The last remaining raider glibs a Champion in the chest, while the hero charges at Isla.




He hoists her into the air.




"Prepare to be embraced by the Great Mind!"




"Prepare your great mind for this, you tentacled nightmare!"




BA-ZAPP




After seeing his great hero suffer the worst possible mental breakdown, the last glib decides to glub.

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Minaglacia

Three minaglacians open fire at the Frootbawws. One critfails and suffers a bite from a GT spider.




Frootzerker redshirts and tanks the lethal damage.




Turn 3 - Frootalz

With no frootsoldiers left to command, Frootbawws Buhnawnaw decides the battle is over. He loads up two of the beloved spiders in a crate...




... and sprints towards the edge of the map, where he exits the battlefield.

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Studland

"This way team, perhaps we can sneak behind these..."




"You dare not trespass this OTC without a duel!"




"Ohh, uhh, whoops. Rule #6 of the spies handbook - avoid OTC's, avoid terrorkhan. This way then!"




"Hello there, sneaky sneaky. Blue gang would like a word."




"Boss! Let's go up here!"




"Not so fast..."




The studlanders are trapped in the alleyway, with enemies on all sides and at great risk of exposing their secret mission.

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Studland - continued

Right at that moment, a ring of flames begins to form on the wall.




It's a portal!

"Studlanders! In here!" is heard coming from the other side.




"No time to waste! Step through!" shouts Lt. Arkable.

Without hesitation, the crew enters the portal.




Benjamin Arkable takes one final look over his shoulder, as if to say goodbye to the brikverse as he knows it, before stepping into the utterly unknown.




And just like that, the studlanders are gone.





Mere seconds after their entering, the portal snaps shut.




"Mamma mia!" sighs Cassius Blokwarden, as he takes a big bite out of the bloodied apple laying on the floor.

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Immortals

"Ey tough guy, that's our cue. Time to go!"

"But sir, your coolness. This battle has done it no good - should you not remain here and slay your foes, so the brikverse would sing your praises?" replies the terrorkhan in a deep and lowly voice.




"ah-ha! You assumed I had cool to begin with! Actually, me in my pj's once I get home makes perfect sense, because, it's COLD outside!"

" ... AND, I get to take this beast of an axe with me!"

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - StarCorps

Cassius Blokwarden is ambushed by two GTransformed zombies - one his own trooper, the other a minaglacian.




They overpower him and wrestle him to the ground.




"Liberate him!" shouts the Minaglacian commander.

With the combined efforts of the Minaglacians and StarCorps troopers, the zombies are tackled.




"We shall take this specimen and create an antidote at our research facilities. Cassius Blokwarden, I urge you and your men to accompany us there, and we shall vouch for you."




"Yeaahh-P, let's do that." replies the StarCorps hero. He gets back on his feet and as he picks up his gear, stumbles upon a GlibGlock. He decides to take it with him.




StarCorps and Minaglacian forces make it off the map, carrying their transformed comrades and the GT spider to be used for the antidote.

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Champions of Ignition

"So... who's going to clean up this mess?"

[bertinator]

Turn 3 - Spoderman

"Hooo-leeeee shit guys. So it TURNS OUT. There's a thing called the WORLD WIDE WEB! How cool is that. Huh? Let's look up some web design tips... wait... WHAT? There are 10 BLACK WIDOWS in my area dying to meet me? ... OH WOW! ..."

[bertinator]

Final Overview




Most Notable Loot Items

• Glib Glub: 1x Spoderman.
• Minaglacia: 1x OTC, 1x GT spider
• Frootalz: 1x GT spider, 1x OT spider
• Studland: none
• Immortals: 1x PJ's, 1x OT Axe of Destruktion
• StarCorps: 1x GlibGlock
• Champions of Ignition: 1x Bleak Co. trooper, control of Ignition City.

[MadMario]

Gameplay: 5
Photography: 4.5
Violence: 4
Writing: 4
Overall Appeal: 5

The commitment to not only recreate some characters but an entire battlefield to continue a battle is remarkable.
Photos are as always good quality, giving a good view of tha battlefield. Captions and storyline are composed well and make it a fun and entertaining read.
While there´s already a great use of practical effects, I missed some over-the-top Hellhunt-like violence. Could've used a tiny bit more gore and violence overall.
The use of spiders is prominent, clever and fits in the story well. Overall a top tier battle worth continuing the City Extravaganza legacy. Great done, bert!

[Scribonius]

Well, this was interesting. Agreed, nice rebuild of a older battle. Quite the commitment to a bit there.

Gameplay: 3 (lots of back and forth, but hard to track the action sometimes)

Photography: 5 (Now this is what I like! Tons of pics from different angles, lots of action, good background for the pics, plenty of context, this has it all!)

Violence: 5 (you have to ask?)

Writing: 4 (while the overall writing was good, being a continuation meant that on its own some context was lacking for certain events and items)

Overall Appeal: 5 (but that said, all in all a great battle! Lots of blood, lots of smack-down, lots of spiders with interesting side-effects, plenty of humor - Spoderman and the glibglocks are a great concept - overall great fun to read!)

[Zupponn]

Gameplay - 5
Photography - 5
Violence -4
Writing - 4
Overall Appeal - 5

Fun battle! Your pictures were very clear and well lit and the action was easy to follow. Could have used a bit more blood and explosions, but your use of spiders was a nice touch. Good work!