Doflamingo Invitational Second Round Discussion Thread

[Kitsune Inferno]

Well, folks, there you have it! Cavendish, Vergo, Kuzan's Penguin, and Fujitora will compete in the Doflamingo Invitational Finals!

Will one of these four be the champion? Not necessarily. Did you really think this whole tournament was going to be over in a week? Of course not! It's only just begun!

Cavendish, Vergo, Kuzan's Penguin, and Fujitora are now Doflamingo's chosen champions! They're awaiting worthy challengers and no longer have to worry about qualifying for the tournament by winning the first four coveted slots. They get to relax for the next few days as the also-rans duke it out for the remaining slots.

Thus, we will begin the Second Round of Preliminary Matches. But not everyone gets a second chance! Why should we give second chances to those who utterly disappointed us in the first blocks?

The following competitors have been eliminated entirely from the Doflamingo Invitationals. Better luck next year:

! Abdullah and Jeet
Acilia
Fighting Bull
Gambia
Hajrudin
Hera
Ideo
Jean Ango
Meadows
Rolling Logan
Spartan
Tank Lepanto

A moment of silence for our departing friends… And we're back! So, that leaves forty competitors still stuck between elimination and victory. From here, the battles only get tougher. We're opening up eight more slots for competitors in the Doflamingo Invitational, and there is no room for error. There will be no third chances! Eight will move on and thirty-two(!) will be gone.

The second round of matches will proceed as follows:

! Block E
Citizen Snips
Mario
Orlumbus
Sai
Smiley
! Block F
Elizabello II
Suleiman
Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet
Commodore Yarisugi
! Block G
Bluegilly
Funk Brothers
Gabull
Gatz the Announcer
Trebol
! Block H
Baby 5
Buffalo
Machvise
Mad Lightning Soldier
Ricky
! Block I
Bartolomeo
Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy
! Block J
Dellinger
Lao G
Maynard
Owlfish
Momonosuke
! Block K
CP0
Dagama
Fighting Lion
Gabull's Granny
Hack
! Block L
Damask
Diamante
Don Chinjao
Rebecca
Senor Pink

Don't be careless, because there's no such thing as two winners in this round of combat. Only ONE competitor in each block will survive, so choose wisely. And be prepared: the campaigns will be fierce as ever!

[Robby]

Oh wow, a second round! Who could have guessed?

[CaptainAppleJack]

Mario in the same group as Smiley? Oh, not again. Also Citizen Snips, that's gonna be though…

In the other groups I've got Elizabello, Gatz, Mad Lighting Soldier, Bartolomeo, Lao G (still undecided), Dagama and Damask (still undecided).

[No Maam]

Okay so

E Block seems kinda like there's nothing to realy chose from. Aside from the one totaly incidental background drawing the staff keep pimping out as part of the running tradition of not supporting anyone important.

Block F however, I feel confident there's a high chance we can make the King pull through this one !

G, well I kinda don't like Blue Gilly that much based on the one time he did stuff and his design, which is everything most people on here even have going for them, realy.

H, so Baby 5, Buffalo and Machvise in one block ? I take it Baby 5 will win this unless Ricky actualy does stuff by then. I'll vote for Machvise simply cause I like the look but yeah that's it so far.

Block I…..you're honestly trying to force me to vote for Bartolomeo by making everyone else in the block totaly forgettable ? Screw that, voting for the Mummy here !

J I'll vote for Lao G design vise over annoying brat Momosuke.

Block K, well probably Dagama still, and since the CP0 have yet to do anything beyond appear in masks in one still, he might just make it. Hack kinda didn't get to do a lot till now so I don't feel like voting for him over Dr. Eggman.

And Don Chinjao in block L. Senior Pink has a good design but he only appeared in one panel so far so....if he was in block E or G then I'd vote for the guy but like this, probably not.

[Robby]

@No:

Okay so

E Block seems kinda like there's nothing to realy chose from. Aside from the one totaly incidental background drawing the staff keep pimping out as part of the running tradition of not supporting anyone important.

You're crazy. Citizen Snips and Smiley are the two best characters in this tournament aside from Kuzan's penguin! That's the ONLY match I'm interested in!

(And Citizen Snips has appeared THREE times, I'll have you know.)

[Urouge]

@No:

E Block seems kinda like there's nothing to realy chose from. Aside from the one totaly incidental background drawing the staff keep pimping out as part of the running tradition of not supporting anyone important.

That's a little nuts. Block E, statistically speaking, happened to be drawn to be the most difficult block of the entire round. Snips, Smiley, and Mario all did very well in their prelim matches.

[No Maam]

@RobbyBevard:

You're crazy. Citizen Snips and Smiley are the two best characters in this tournament aside from Kuzan's penguin! That's the ONLY match I'm interested in!

(And Citizen Snips has appeared THREE times, I'll have you know.)

How about you guys support a character with actual lines of dialogue we can read in the actual story, with interaction with the main cast and relevance to the plot ?

[Panda Bear]

@RobbyBevard:

You're crazy. Citizen Snips and Smiley are the two best characters in this tournament aside from Kuzan's penguin! That's the ONLY match I'm interested in!

(And Citizen Snips has appeared THREE times, I'll have you know.)

You forgot Mario! I feel like you'd have to be heartless to not throw at least a little support behind the little guy after all the great campaigning that has been done for him so far.

[GreatLiver]

E's gonna be heated. Snips'll probably be able to pull it from Smiley, but the fight between those two'll be pretty tough.

Poor Owlfish is in the same block as Momo, who seems to be a bit of a second tier favorite. Gonna have to pull out all the stops in that campaign.

[Smiley]

@No:

How about you guys support a character with actual lines of dialogue we can read in the actual story, with interaction with the main cast and relevance to the plot ?

but he interacted with then
that's kinda of bad luck in going right next to first group

[omy785]

Whoa, a second preliminary round!:ninja:

[Enzeru]

Block E
Citizen Snips
Mario
Orlumbus
Sai
Smiley

Block F
Elizabello II
Suleiman
Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet
Commodore Yarisugi

Block G
Bluegilly
Funk Brothers
Gabull
Gatz the Announcer
Trebol

Block H
Baby 5
Buffalo
Machvise
Mad Lightning Soldier
Ricky

Block I
Bartolomeo
Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy

Block J
Dellinger
Lao G
Maynard
Owlfish
Momosuke

Block K
CP0
Dagama
Fighting Lion
Gabull's Granny
Hack

Block L
Damask
Diamante
Don Chinjao
Rebecca
Senor Pink

Also there's a typo in Momonosuke's name.

[Urouge]

No idea what you're talking about. :ninja:

[Smiley]

A question when the second round will start?
Is not today isn't it?

[Mr M]

Orlombus , you can still do it…somewhat....kinda...not really but do try!

[Urouge]

@Smiley:

A question when the second round will start?
Is not today isn't it?

No, it'll be tomorrow.

[auem]

i am glad that 4 people whom i voted,but didn't made it now are in different group…
way to go one legged soldier chan,granma,momo and rebecca...:wub:

[MetaMario]

@RobbyBevard:

Oh wow, a second round! Who could have guessed?

Pfft, you're not fooling anyone!

I bet the other mods had to stop you from making Snips the automatic winner, eh?

My picks….this time I will only support/vote for one in each block, no matter what the circumstances call for.

Block E Citizen Snips
Mario
Orlumbus
Sai
Smiley

Block F
Elizabello II
Suleiman
Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet
Commodore Yarisugi

Block G
Bluegilly
Funk Brothers
Gabull
Gatz the Announcer
Trebol

Block H
Baby 5
Buffalo
Machvise
Mad Lightning Soldier
Ricky

Block I
Bartolomeo
Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy

Block J
Dellinger
Lao G
Maynard
Owlfish
Momonosuke

Block K
CP0
Dagama
Fighting Lion
Gabull's Granny
Hack

Block L
Damask
Diamante
Don Chinjao
Rebecca
Senor Pink

edit: oh, it's one vote only? Well, I could still support others….but I won't.

[Smiley]

@Urouge:

No, it'll be tomorrow.

that's good i'm still kinda tired from yesterday.

[Jyuunishinshou]

Ow yeah! Now I can pay my vote debt to Mario and Smiley as I didn't vote for them because I was fell asleep :ninja:

[CaptainAppleJack]

@Jyuunishinshou:

Ow yeah! Now I can pay my vote debt to Mario and Smiley as I didn't vote for them because I was fell asleep :ninja:

But you can vote only one of them, I'm afraid. :S

[Jyuunishinshou]

@CaptainAppleJack:

But you can vote only one of them, I'm afraid. :S

:blink: this time can't vote more than one like last round?

[Enzeru]

@Urouge:

No idea what you're talking about. :ninja:

Huh I must've been seeing things.
@Jyuunishinshou:

:blink: this time can't vote more than one like last round?

As it's stated in the first post, only one can be voted this time.

[Deviant_Mugen]

This time, Citizen Snips shall prevail…

[joesephes]

I hope that either Vergo or Baby 5 wins this cause I don't really care about the others very much.

[Jyuunishinshou]

@Enzeru:

As it's stated in the first post, only one can be voted this time.

Ahhh I got it, thank you. Arghhhh, why do you do this to meeeeeeeeee? :ninja:
Now I don't know which I should vote >.<
Other than block E, I'll see the most interesting campaigns 1st then will decide to vote

[Panda Bear]

@CaptainAppleJack:

But you can vote only one of them, I'm afraid. :S

@Jyuunishinshou:

:blink: this time can't vote more than one like last round?

@Enzeru:

As it's stated in the first post, only one can be voted this time.

Does it actually say that? I only skimmed it before, but all I see is that there will only be one person advancing from each new block; if it says anything one way or another about having single or multi-votes, I must be missing it.

[Jyuunishinshou]

@Panda:

Does it actually say that? I only skimmed it before, but all I see is that there will only be one person advancing from each new block; if it says anything one way or another about having single or multi-votes, I must be missing it.

Yeah I was thought it was like that too before, but this part "only ONE competitor in each block will survive, so choose wisely"
that "so choose wisely" isn't meant we can just vote for one? now I'm getting confused :ninja:

[EvoWarrior5]

Block E Citizen Snips
Mario
Sai
Smiley
Campaigns are gonna have to sway me in this one. Block F Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Not that hard of a choice I hope Elizabello doesn't get as much love again as last time, otherwise ugh ;-; Block G Bluegilly
Gatz the Announcer
Campaigns will have to do it for me again. Block H Baby 5
Mad Lightning Soldier
Campaaaaigns. Though I'm more leaning towards Mad Lightning Soldier as it is. Block I Bartolomeo
Fighting Fish
(Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team)It's barely worth it leaving KWOT in there but I put it between brackets just in case that dude starts again. Block J Momonosuke
Leaning towards Momo here. Rest is pretty nice too though. Block K CP0

Think I'm going with them on this one. Block L (Damask)
Diamante
(Don Chinjao)
Bit of a hard one. Will probably be Diamante though.

[Kubihige]

Snips, Mario and Smiley all in the same block?! This is horrible! I wanted to vote for every animal, but that's not even possible now

[Light Bro]

Dellinger gets second chance?

…He's paired with Momonosuke.

Oh well… :sad:

E) Mario

F) Elizabello

G) Bluegilly

H) Baby 5

I) Barty

J) Muthafuckin' Dellinger!

K) Goddammit not both Dagama and granny. …Granny it is.

L) MMMMPH!

And remember to keep track of your YEAHHH!!-ratings Arlong Park!

[Enzeru]

@Panda:

Does it actually say that? I only skimmed it before, but all I see is that there will only be one person advancing from each new block; if it says anything one way or another about having single or multi-votes, I must be missing it.

It's heavily implied in my eyes and would make sense considering that only one can and should advance.

@Light:

Dellinger gets second chance?

http://kontraband.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fuckyeah.png

…He's paired with Momonosuke.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darth_vader_nooo_7675.jpeg

Oh well…

E) Mario

F) Elizabello

G) Bluegilly

H) Baby 5

I) Barty

J) Muthafuckin' Dellinger!

K) Goddammit not both Dagama and granny. …Granny it is.

L) MMMMPH!

And remember to keep track of your YEAHHH!!-ratings Arlong Park!

http://i39.tinypic.com/2wecot0.jpg

Dellinger will beat that little perverted dragon. He's too cool not to.

[C_uggs]

Block I
Bartolomeo
Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy

They HAD to put Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team in the same block with Bartroll….Time to make new campaigns and be creative.

[Kubihige]

Block E
Mario

Block F
Suleiman

Block G
Trebol

Block H
MAD LIGHTNING SOLDIER

Block I
Bartolomeo

Block J
Dellinger

Block K
Gabull's Granny

Block L
Rebecca

[GreatLiver]

@Kubihige:

Snips, Mario and Smiley all in the same block?! This is horrible! I wanted to vote for every animal, but that's not even possible now

At least Owlfish can still have your vote. And of course Fighting Lion.

[mpz777]

I know who I'm going with for most of the blocks, but for a few it's a slight toss up. So I can't say with 100% certainty that these will be the contestants that I'll throw my votes behind. Especially since more could happen in the Manga when Oda gets better. Hopefully the second round will still be going then. Block E
Mario

Block F
Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet

Block G
Trebol

Block H
Baby 5
Mad Lightning Soldier

Block I
Bartolomeo

Block J
Dellinger
Momonosuke

Block K
Dagama

Block L
Don Chinjao
Rebecca

I do have a few more campaign ideas for some of them. The question is will I have enough time to do them? I need to choose wisely.

[Big Emperor]

My picks:

Block E-Sway me, campaigns!
Citizen Snips
Mario
Orlumbus
Sai
Smiley

Block F
Elizabello II
Suleiman
Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet
Commodore Yarisugi

Block G-Sway me, campaigns! But not Bluegilly.
Bluegilly
Funk Brothers
Gabull
Gatz the Announcer
Trebol

Block H
Baby 5
Buffalo
Machvise
Mad Lightning Soldier
Ricky

Block I-Sway me, campaigns! But not Bartolomeo.
Bartolomeo
Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy

Block J
Dellinger
Lao G
Maynard
Owlfish
Momonosuke

Block K
CP0
Dagama
Fighting Lion
Gabull's Granny
Hack

Block L-Sway me, campaigns! But not Rebecca.
Damask
Diamante
Don Chinjao
Rebecca
Senor Pink

[Lazy Ass Justice]

Really? Mummy-sama and the Oz team in the same block? Well, I couldn't support the posse last time so I gotta go with KWOT. Pay my respects to Captain Ugly.

I am officially daring the mods to do a 360 and throw in the wild card ​Chameleone.

[Noqanky]

Not sure what to do. Part of me wants to start amassing campaigns for Mad Lightning Soldier, but I also happen to like Baby 5, and frankly I'm not even sure I'd have the time …

Life is hard.

[C_uggs]

@Lazy:

Really? Mummy-sama and the Oz team in the same block? Well, I couldn't support the posse last time so I gotta go with KWOT. Pay my respects to Captain Ugly.

We have a hard time ahead..

The troll is not going down that easily…we have to make he starve..starve for votes, I mean.

[Game And Guy]

VOTE BLUEGILLY!

(oh my I actually think Bluegilly has a chance!

[piratemarimo]

Block E
Citizen Snips
Sai

Block F
Suleiman

Block G
Trebol

Block H
Mad Lightning Soldier
Block I
Bartolomeo
Fighting Fish

Block J
Owlfish

Block K
CP0

Block L
Damask
Diamante

Trebol needs so much love. he's so great I can't express it in words. it should be interesting to see if any alliances form this year. :ninja:

[warismydestiny]

Block E:Smiley
Block F:Violet
Block G:Trebol
Block H:Baby 5
Block I:Bartolomeu
Block J:Momonosuke
Block K:CP0
Block L:Rebbeca

[omy785]

There's only one winner:

[Katzztar]

Block E
Citizen Snips
Mario
Orlumbus
Sai Smiley
I like all three, now I have to choose? I will let the campaigns sway me but I think Smiley has the best chance.
Block F
Elizabello II
Suleiman Vegapunk's Baby Dragon
Violet
Commodore Yarisugi
I think both will do good but I predict the King will win. He will be the one I vote for due to liking his cocky words at the end when he faced Bluegilly.[HIDE][/HIDE] "There's nothing more dangerous than facing an exposed blade! Catch my drift, green horn?"
lol love those words

Block G
Bluegilly
Funk Brothers
Gabull
Gatz the Announcer
Trebol

Block H
Baby 5 Buffalo
Machvise
Mad Lightning Soldier
Ricky
I like all three, again, the campaigns will have to sway me who to vote for but I think Baby 5 will win. She's just more popular and has more personality
Block I
Bartolomeo Boo
Fighting Fish
Kaidou's Wizard of Oz Team
Sorceror Mummy
The kwot has some great support, but no matter I will be voting for Barto! And think he can beat the kwot. NEEWH!

Block J Dellinger
Lao G
Maynard
Owlfish Momonosuke

Block K
CP0 Dagama
Fighting Lion
Gabull's Granny
Hack
I think this will be a little closer than other blocks when voting goes, but Dagama & Hack will be main contenders. Hmmm I can't decide who I like more, leaning towards Dagama but campaigning (or lack thereof) can really chang my mind here.

Block L
Damask
Diamante Don Chinjao
Rebecca Senor Pink I know there will be some good support for Rebecca, I do like her but not as much as Don Chinjao. I will follow the advise of Don Luffione and Don Sanjino and vote with a Don

[StarlightMan]

Woo! Loving the tournament so far. My picks:

Citizen Snips
Elizabello II
Bluegilly
Baby 5 or Ricky
Bartolomeo or Sorceror Mummy
Lao G
Hack
Don Chinjao

Block H, J and L are definitely the hardest rounds for me. So many great choices! I'm hoping Sorceror Mummy will have a good run because with a name like that, how could you go wrong? The last 3 on my list certainly show I'm inclined towards badass old dudes. Let's go, Hack!! I never thought anyone could replace Jinbe as my favourite fishman, but I just love him so.

[Warp Predator]

Block E - Smiley (cause of CounterPH Alliance (I'll think of better name later)
Block F - sway me
Block G - sway me
Block H - Baby 5 (She is back. Sorry Mad Lightning Soldier. It could have been you)
Block I - sway me
Block J - Dellinger (I'm terrified of that owl thing)
Block K - sway me
Block L - either Diamante or Don.

[Devil G.]

So Elizabello isn't eliminated! Hell yeah! I hope I'm not busy when the match starts

@omy785:

There's only one winner:
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/109/b/d/elizabello_ii_by_kuroteo-d629ma3.png

[kappa-san]

Block E
Sai

Block F
Elizabello II

Block G
Bluegilly

Block H
Ricky

Block I
Bartolomeo

Block J
Dellinger

Block K
Gabull's Granny

Block L
Don Chinjao

LOL @ Kuzan's penguin! (I'm one of the voters XD)

[Tare_chan]

hah!! second chance!
but block e is brutal…. too brutal -.-