Fifth Round Discussion Thread

[Robby]

I suppose you all want to know what the next match up are, so you can plan campaigns accordingly? Well, all right, here you go.

ROUND FIVE
In the first match, we have a crossdresser fighting an over-eater!

In the second match, we have a clash of characters that use the blue navy pattern for their battle portraits!

In the third match, we have a custody battle to see which epic old badass gets possession of the kungfu dugong army!

And in the final match of round five, two men that have been dueling partners for over twenty years!

Bon Kurei vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh
Mihawk vs Shanks

It's down to the roughest toughest rootinest tootinest competitors, they should all be fierce matches from here on out!

Also, the bounties will be getting another level of complexity. Have fun with that Kitsune.

[Nia]

Bon Kurei vs Usopp? Too easy. Too easy.

But I'll be looking forward to Mihawk vs Shanks.
Manlyness vs Manlyness also isn't bad, or the Marines clashing. Sweet.

[NicoNico28]

Whitebeard vs Rayleigh,poor Kitsune. >.<

[Tecci]

Hm, I know that I will vote for Bon-chan and then Garp but for the other two matches I'll just let the campaigns help me to decide.

[KzTxL7]

Ah, looks much more exciting than Round 4.

[Chrissie]

Bon Kurei vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh D8 D8 D8 D8 D8 D8 ….I shall vote...for the one who is gonna be losing ;-;
Mihawk vs Shanks

[KzTxL7]

I like how each one of them have some sort of big connection in their match-ups.

[Mr M]

easy choses

bon
garp
wb
mihawk

but i will not predict who will win , its to hard to say

[lululalalu]

Poor Usopp :)) at least he's not up against whitebeard, although I still predict a landslide. Okama Way shall prevail once more.

Bye, Rayleigh.. It'd be a miracle if he'll win against papabeard. And wow, Mihawk vs Shanks. Didn't expect that to happen this early on.

[goty]

Let's just say i'm glad that Bon and WB aren't facing each other. Too soon. Shame for Usopp though.
Mihawk vs Shanks shall be interesting, it's easily the most unpredictable match. Even if i couldn't care less about either of them.

[Dervish]

Bon will continue to have my support, to the very end. Mihawk and Garp are probably sure votes as well.

But Whitebeard vs Rayleigh will be a very tough choice. Both are excellent characters, so I have no favorite there. Leave that one up to the campaigns, I suppose.

[Nia]

Predicted - my vote.

Bon Kurei vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh
Mihawk vs Shanks Though it's pretty hard to predict.

[Kitsune Inferno]

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I need copious amounts of ice cream.

[NicoNico28]

My Vote/Prediction

Bon Kurei vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh
Mihawk vs Shanks

[trappedolphin]

yes! i love these picks.

Bon Kurei vs Usopp - easy match for Bon! yay! Robin shall have her revenge.
Garp vs Smoker - Smoker's twenty years too early to beat Garp.
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh - this pains me so much, but WB has to make it to the finals. but Rayleigh… whyyy?

Mihawk vs Shanks - i love this match. campaigns should be fun. Mihawk just hasn't done enough to beat Shanks.

[MarcelloF]

Poor Usopp You may be my favorite, but Bon-chan did more this past year.

Anyway, my winners are:
Bon-chan
Garp
Whitebeard
and Shanks.

Whitebeard should win this year..

[Dryish]

Three good matches, which will make sure that all those who deserve a place to the semis, will reach them.

But then the Ray vs Edward WhitePapaEpicAwesomeBeardStache Newgate. I'm crying right now. How can I vote against either of them? Gosh the semi-finals are going to be a nightmare for me.

[Kitsune Inferno]

How dare you, Arlong Park.

How dare you pit Makino up against Rayleigh ;_;

Who wants one last upset? :devil:

[Mr M]

just vote for the guy who has done the most for now:whitebeard!

else makino will be upset

[Kitsune Inferno]

True, Whitebeard having the likes of Makino AND the Dugongs would split the forum in two.

Hmmm.

[Dryish]

You just vote Whitebeard you. For he doesn't dodge. Anything.

[LaCaSiNa]

The most perfect match-ups yet. Looking forward to Mihawks VS Shanks in particular.

Teehee.

[Kitsune Inferno]

But, Rayleigh…

I can't betray my Ray-Ray again.

[X-Drake]

One thing's sure: there will be a non-SH winner this year.

[Dryish]

I can't either. Let's do it together. It won't hurt as bad that way.

[Kitsune Inferno]

But all the good times I had with Rayleigh…

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We have to give Rayleigh a proper sendoff.

[Dryish]

Let's sing a duet. Naruto-thread style. If he ends up losing, that is.

[Kitsune Inferno]

Yeah. We gotta totally have a duet near the end of the match.

But what song?

[ChesCa]

I'm biting my nails over the 'Smoker vs Garp' match.

[trappedolphin]

@Cuddles:

I'm biting my nails over the 'Smoker vs Garp' match.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/%7Erenglish/377/notes/chapt03/worried_man_pacing.gif

who are you supporting?

[Dryish]

@Kitsune:

Yeah. We gotta totally have a duet near the end of the match.

But what song?

We've got a few days to think about it. It must be something very manly though.

[Kitsune Inferno]

Suggestion:

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[ChesCa]

@trappedolphin:

who are you supporting?

Smoker.
Been doing so this whole campaign.
At least it's not Usopp vs Smoker.
I wouldn't be able to choose.

[Outerspec]

Well, you had a great run Captain Usopp. My only hope is that you can get 100 votes. That's the Usopp campaigning goal for this round! 100 votes! The last SH in the tourney deserves at least that much. For his fallen brethren! :cwy:

! Even if he kicked two of them out. It's a dog eat dog world…>_>Lol, ROBBY!!! Usopp should be called 'The Lady Killer' in his next match! Mikey D. Pirate came up with the title I believe.

Anyway my predictions. Predicted Winner/Campaign

Bon vs. Usopp (Bon advancing will be well deserved)
Garp vs. Smoker (Smoker still has much to learn)
Whitebeard vs. Rayleigh (Whitebeard all the way!)
Shanks vs. Mihawk…

! There's nothing else to say.

[trappedolphin]

@Outerspec:

Shanks vs. Mihawk…

! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3432/97776883.jpgThere's nothing else to say.

now see, you need to save things like that for the campaigns. still, i like.

[Kitsune Inferno]

Bon Chan, Smoker, and Mihawk have my votes.

:cwy: :cwy:

[Calchexas]

Predicted - my vote.

Bon Kurei vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh
Mihawk vs Shanks Thanks for the format, broseph. :ninja:

[Dryish]

Time to post my list. Bolded means the winner, underlined my vote.

Bon-chan vs Usopp
Garp vs Smoker
Edward WhiteEpicPapaAwesomeBeardStache Newgate vs Rayleigh (will be campaigning for both though. They're too amazing to vote against)
Mihawk vs Shanks

Too easy to predict the outcome of this round is. Ray's the only one who can surprise and snatch an unexpected victory.

[Mr M]

if ray beats wb, i will cry in a corner (again)

so anyway my predictions are:

bon clays wins

garp wins

wb wins

shanks wins

[trappedolphin]

the WB vs. Ray match is going to make me cry no matter who wins.

[emanueles]

Come on Smokey!!!
finishing to prepare campaigning

[Tare_chan]

even thougher matches ahead, as expected. I'm looking forward for great campaigns :grins:

Bon!! of course
Looks like Smoker won't advance again. sigh But at least we better tried!!
WB and Rayleigh?? ugh.. tough… still.... this year is PapaBeard's!! We need to make PapaBeard the king!!
Shanks and Mihawk?? Ough.. the duel became true…. Supporting Mihawk though.

[zachri]

@Kitsune:

lgI2ZQVyrBo

I need copious amounts of ice cream.

Even Your MANGLAZE Can't Save You From The Third Match.

Hah.

Bon vs Usopp - hmm… hard choice. Both are so close to Luffy, both have technically saved Luffy at occasional points... so... campaigns because I'm an unfaithful soab X'D
Garp vs Smoker - Go Smokey Go! This will be amusing to see... I bet somebody posts a 'White Snake' campaign... which will be shortly followed by me posting a JJBA P6 White Snake... heh.
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh - GO PAPAPBEARD! NO AMOUNT OF MANGLAZE CAN DEFEAT YOUR EPICNESS!
Mihawk vs Shanks - Curses. I voted for both, campaigned for both, but now I'll be going for Mihawk. Beka, I'm back with ya baby!

[IceBorg]

I will vote for Bon Bon and Ussop, the rest is up to campaigns.

[NicoNico28]

@IceBorg:

I will vote for Bon Bon and Ussop, the rest is up to campaigns.

But Bon and Ussop are in the same match! :ninja:

[Neri]

Choosing between WB and Ray, two epic badasses will be hard.

[Silent K]

Prediction, my vote
Bon Kurei vs Usopp - I'm not voting anyone over Usopp, even if it's Bon-chan… It was a really hard decision though.
Garp vs Smoker
Whitebeard vs Rayleigh - I don't like Whitebeard and Rayleigh is amazing, so…
Mihawk vs Shanks - Mihawk campaigns made me like him much more as a character.

[Sheep]

Finally, Whitebeard gets his first difficult opponent. Rayleigh is extremely popular, so I don't think this one is that easy for him. The other matches are cool too, Mihawk vs Shanks is going to be awesome.

[MetaMario]

Whoo, round 5? Sweet. Bold = My pick

Bon Kurei vs Usopp

Sorry Usopp, you're cool, but Bon deserves to go far. Plus you beat Nami and Robin, not cool. >_> Okama way all the way!

Garp vs Smoker

I…..shit, can't decide. They're both awesome marines. Campaigns?

Whitebeard vs Rayleigh

Time to quake fist the manglaze nonsense.

Mihawk vs Shanks

Really hard to choose…...but I like Shanks a little more, plus he did more than Mihawk. Although, Mihawk's my 2nd favorite Shichibukai......

[IceBorg]

@NicoNico28:

But Bon and Ussop are in the same match! :ninja:

I know:sad: But its so hard.

Heh probably going to vote Bon.