Avengers Draft

[Aaron]

Ok so here are the competitors in order of choice.
Good luck!

Shäne - The Avenging Avengers
DEADPOOL / SHE-HULK / IRON MAN / JUGGERNAUT / CABLE

Antonio_Bay - Sea Side Avengers
SUN GIRL / SILVER SURFER / SUB-MARINER / SANDMAN / CAPT BRITAIN

Aaron - Avengers: Euro Squad
BANSHEE / ECHO / QUAKE / MULTIPLE MAN / ENCHANTRESS

Omaru - The Homebound Avengers
SHADOWCAT / DR STRANGE / DEATHLOK / NICK FURY / SILVER SABLE

JasterIsFett - The Eternal Avengers
VULCAN / ADAM WARLOCK / NOVA / JEAN GREY / THANOS

Cheney - Hands Of Justice Avengers
LILA CHENEY / MOON KNIGHT / APOCALYPSE / BLACK BOLT / VENOM

RobinHoodDaffy - Pacific Avengers
COLOSSUS / NIGHTCRAWLER / BETA RAY BILL / TASKMASTER / FIRESTAR

beckpoppins - Lake Erie Avengers
RACHEL GREY / MS MARVEL / SISTER GRIMM / MEGGAN / INVISIBLE GIRL

BallsMonkey - Expendable Avengers
CAPT AMERICA / GAMORA / HAWKEYE / IRON FIST / THE THING

Jason Shiffy - Smoking Avengers
GAMBIT / SPIDERMAN / PUNISHER / WOLVERINE / MYSTIQUE

Sweet Adeline - Capital Avengers
SQUIRREL GIRL / LEATHER BOY / BIG BERTHA / STORM / MORGAN LE FAY

[beckpoppins]

son of a bitch

[JasterIsFett]

son of a bitch

FIX'd: nevermind. :P

[beckpoppins]

HA! That'll teach you to facepalm me!

hey, i was facepalming mr. bay, but mostly out of my own comic shame.

[JasterIsFett]

The Frozen Avengers. The snow driven plans over the Northen Hemisphere can be a rough place to work and live.

Thor (leader)
Emma Frost
Burce Olafsen
Highlander
Kevin Smith (was one of several loggers who were mutated and fought Vivisector in Newfoundland and Labrador.)

Dude, you have to wait...

http://www.rollogrady.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mitch1.jpg

[Aaron]

The Frozen Avengers. The snow driven plans over the Northen Hemisphere can be a rough place to work and live.

Thor (leader)
Emma Frost
Burce Olafsen
Highlander
Kevin Smith (was one of several loggers who were mutated and fought Vivisector in Newfoundland and Labrador.)

READ THE FUCKING RULES

[Scottbob75]

Ok Im Out!!!

[JasterIsFett]

READ THE FUCKING RULES

Aaron's gettin' pissed! Run for the hills.

If I didn't fear JK so much I would suggest skipping his turn to get this show on the road...

[Aaron]

No rush, learn patience.

[JasterIsFett]

No rush, learn patience.

I'm an American, I don't know the meaning of that word!

[beckpoppins]

this isn't that hard people...

*rumples her little draft list and adjusts glasses

[Aaron]

this isn't that hard people...

*rumples her little draft list and adjusts glasses

I always feel the wisest choices in a draft are the more obscure ones. They're less likely to be picked up by someone else.

[beckpoppins]

I always feel the wisest choices in a draft are the more obscure ones. They're less likely to be picked up by someone else.

i know! right?, and boy howdy did i find some nerd ones.

[Aaron]

Go Shane Go!

[JasterIsFett]

i know! right?, and boy howdy did i find some nerd ones.

You better not be picking dazzler and lockjaw the space dog.

[JK]

Sorry if I screwed this up... :o

[beckpoppins]

You better not be picking dazzler and lockjaw the space dog.

oh fuck no... my nerd pride would not let me do such things.

GO SHANE!

[Antonio_Bay]

READ THE FUCKING RULES

Just so there's no future confusion. We reveal our first team members in the order given. Then what?

[Aaron]

Just so there's no future confusion. We reveal our first team members in the order given. Then what?

Then when it's your go again, reveal your second. This keeps going until everyone has 5 members.
We can then make team pics and braid each other's hair

[Antonio_Bay]

I call dibs on braiding yours.

[Aaron]

Done...






... I didn't say what hair

[Antonio_Bay]

* shrugs *

















* Calls dibs anyway *

[Jeremy Beadle]

This draft is gonna take at least 4 days.

The NFL gets through hundreds of players, and it takes them the odd few evenings. Just saying...:p

[Shäne]

I think I'm doing this right....

Deadpool, of course. :cool:

[JasterIsFett]

This draft is gonna take at least 4 days.

The NFL gets through hundreds of players, and it takes them the odd few evenings. Just saying...:p

I'm gonna need a gorram spreadsheet...

Good thing I love spreadsheets!;)

I think I'm doing this right....

Deadpool, of course. :cool:

It has begun!

[Antonio_Bay]

Ladies first... Sun Girl! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Girl_(Marvel_Comics))

Avengers of the Seaside always need a little sun...

[Aaron]

Ladies first... Sun Girl! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Girl_(Marvel_Comics))

Avengers of the Seaside always need a little sun...

NICE

[Shäne]

I'm still not entirely sure of what we're doing.... :o

[Omaru]

Just out of interest, can we have villains in our squads too?

[Aaron]

Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde.

Just out of interest, can we have villains in our squads too?

You can, but it's totally not your go

[beckpoppins]

Scottbob, is he still playing? can we just give him thor?


we got to get this shit on the road people my inner-comic-nerd is having a conniption!

[Aaron]

Scottbob, is he still playing? can we just give him thor?


we got to get this shit on the road people my inner-comic-nerd is having a conniption!

Fair point. Let's cut him out. Which means it's my turn...

[Aaron]

My first pick and leader for my team

BANSHEE
http://galaxiesandcomics.com/marvel/images/Banshee%202.jpg

The first ever X-man outside of the US and Irish through and through.
Sean Cassidy is my Captain America in the sense that he's coming back from the dead to lead the group. Older, wiser and powerful as fuck Banshee's call to arms will break your arms!

NEXT!

[Aaron]

Jaster's go

[JasterIsFett]

Jaster's go

Alrighty. I'm gonna go ahead and choose.
Vulcan/Gabriel Summers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/X-Men_-_Kingbreaker_1.jpg/250px-X-Men_-_Kingbreaker_1.jpg

Somewhere in the depths of space, a United States space shuttle collided with a mysterious rock and the reminant energy created by the Scarlet Witch's recent alteration of reality. When the shuttle crashed to Earth, a powerful mutant emerged and was subsequently detected by Emma Frost and Cerebro, in the process overloading Emma with psychic feedback. A team of X-Men were dispatched to the crash site, and the mutant attacked them upon arrival. After incapacitating Wolverine, the mutant absconded with Cyclops and Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) to an old research facility used by Moira MacTaggert. The mutant seemed to have some knowledge of past X-Men and their history, in that he was able to recognize Cyclops but did not know later members such as Wolverine and mistook Marvel Girl for her mother, Jean Grey.

Using Sway's powers in combination with Marvel Girl's, the mutant began taunting the captured X-Men with images of the past. Meanwhile, Banshee uncovered the location of a secret tape with information about the new mutant but was killed by the Blackbird while delivering the tape to the X-Men. The Beast was, however, able to retrieve the tape, and the X-Men which contained revelations that the mutant, under the codename "Kid Vulcan" was part of a forgotten team of MacTaggert's students conscripted to help rescue a group of X-Men trapped by the sentient island Krakoa, some years ago. The mutant, now using the code name "Vulcan," also revealed to Cyclops that he is his youngest brother. After releasing the second presence within him with the help of Marvel Girl a mutant named Darwin manifested who was apparently comatose. While fighting former heroes the X-men Vulcan left Earth denouncing Cyclops as his brother with his mind intent on destroy Emperor D'ken and the Shi'ar Empire. After confronting and destroying Shi'ar ships near Earth, Vulcan began using stargates to lead him to Shi'ar space, he also used his powers to produce an electronic voice for himself so that he could communicate with the ships in the vacuum of space. Once he realized how far he was, he took control a starship and forced its captain to teach him about the Shi'ar Empire. The captain eventually led Vulcan to a planet where he was ambushed by the Imperial Guard. Though he was much more powerful than them Vulcan was eventually defeated, and he lost his left eye in the process. In jail, his captors gave him a bionic eye, but left him alone for the most part. Vulcan began to hallucinate, seeing himself at his true calendar age of 15. Soon, however, he was released from his cell and directed to another inmate, whom he freed, finding it to be none other than Deathbird, who managed to set aside Vulcans personal vandetta and started a relationship with him. Deathbird took Vulcan to the planet on which her comatose brother D'ken was residing, and for her love, Vulcan healed D'ken's broken mind. Vulcan then assisted the revived D'ken in a coup against Lilandra, though the Majestrix escaped with the X-Men and Starjammers. Recognizing both Vulcan's danger and his sister's love for the human, D'ken next made the shocking suggestion that Vulcan marry Deathbird and join the Royal Family.

The third Summers brother.


EDIT: Added pic and small bio.

[BallsMonkey]

Crap, how did I miss this?

[beckpoppins]

Cheney........ (sing song) where are you?

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I gotta go to bed, sorry. I'll pick tomorrow.

Sorry Becks.

[Cheney]

For my Hand Of Justice Avenger girl I pick


Lila Cheney :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Lila_Cheney.jpg



She is a mutant with the ability to teleport, but only over vast intergalactic distances. In short, wherever you may be hiding she WILL find you.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

For my first pick. I will go with a personal favorite of mine. Not the team leader, that will be next pick. However, he is the heart of the team. The one that the others rally behind.

Piotr Rasputin, the one and only Colossus.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/majingojira/Modern%20Heroes/AstonColossus.png

[Aaron]

Crap, how did I miss this?

Give us the name of your team and I'll add you to pick after Becks

EDIT - Never mind, saw it now, get ready because you're in

[Jason Shiffy]

2 late for me to join in???


please? xD

My avengers name is in the signup thread

[Aaron]

Dizzle.
Check the first post

[BallsMonkey]

Give us the name of your team and I'll add you to pick after Becks

EDIT - Never mind, saw it now, get ready because you're in

Awesome, thanks man.

[beckpoppins]

rachel grey please...

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/6/69/Phoenix_rachael_3.jpg/440px-Phoenix_rachael_3.jpg

my absolute favorite.

[BallsMonkey]

I guess it's my turn.

For my first pick, and team leader, who else could I choose....

Captain America
http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/Captain-America-Card.jpg

Cliche I know, but come on, he's Captain America. How could you the Avengers without him. My team is loosely based off the upcoming movie, "The Expendables", and Cap is my answer to Sly Stalone's character. And when shit goes down, there's no more perfect leader than Cap.

[Jason Shiffy]

My turn (I think xD)

I pick:


http://th02.deviantart.net/fs6/300W/i/2005/061/5/a/Gambit_by_JPRart.jpg

My favorite marvel character! :D

[By-tor]

I don't know enough about the comics world to get involved, other than what's been made into flicks. But, it looks like I'm gonna enjoy being a voyeur in this thread. Carry on. :)

[Sweet_Adeline]

For my first pick, I pick...

Squirrel Girl!

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/6/63/SquirrelGirl442.jpg/440px-SquirrelGirl442.jpg

Why I couldn't tell you...

[Aaron]

Back to Shane

[beckpoppins]

For my first pick, I pick...

Squirrel Girl!

Why I couldn't tell you...

thank you wikipedia, for this chestnut: "Squirrel Girl carries a utility belt comprising multiple pouches that contain nuts to give as snacks to her squirrel friends. These are known, to much comedic effect, as her 'nut sacks'."

THAT IS WHY DARLING!

that is why...

[Cheney]

You guys have forced me to go search for my old comic stash. ;)

[Shäne]

She-Hulk
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/Comics/408px-She-hulk_006.jpg

I think the banter between her and Deadpool would be great. :D

[Sweet_Adeline]

that is why...


Needless to say, my team is going to be very interesting :D

[Cheney]

She-Hulk
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/Comics/408px-She-hulk_006.jpg

I think the banter between her and Deadpool would be great. :D




I would have chosen the she-hulk with the cannon for an arm :p

[Antonio_Bay]

Continuing with my seaside theme...

Silver Surfer (http://marvel.com/universe/Silver_Surfer)

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/c/c9/Silver_surfer.jpg/595px-Silver_surfer.jpg

[Cheney]

sorry to be posting so much, but damn you sir, damn you.

[JasterIsFett]

sorry to be posting so much, but damn you sir, damn you.

C'mon, did you really not expect him to go this quick. There's still a few superheroes that I'm surprised weren't drafted right away. *cough*Wolverine*cough*.

[Cheney]

I kinda expected it but I still held out a bit of hope to have SS.


And which one do you mean ;)

Oh! Question, if someone choose a superhero *for example spiderman* does that mean we can't pick their other aliases?

[beckpoppins]

C'mon, did you really not expect him to go this quick. There's still a few superheroes that I'm surprised weren't drafted right away. *cough*Wolverine*cough*.

Wolverine is a pansy...

*waits for ensuing shit-storm*

[Cheney]

I don't think he's a pansy, just over hyped by the masses, you know? Magneto could kill him if he really wanted too so he's not all that amazing.

[Aaron]

I kinda expected it but I still held out a bit of hope to have SS.


And which one do you mean ;)

Oh! Question, if someone choose a superhero *for example spiderman* does that mean we can't pick their other aliases?

It's the same person. So no you can't pick them

[Aaron]

We need at least one girl in the team and after much deliberation I'm going with a former Avenger (even for only a little while) a woman who can mimic anyone's actions and movements. Which makes her incredibly useful.

Maya Lopez

http://www.bluecorncomics.com/pics/echodd.jpg

Echo

[Cheney]

Damn I was going to do The Prodigy, if someone picked spider man. Thanks for clearing it up Aaron.

[JasterIsFett]

Damn I was going to do The Prodigy, if someone picked spider man. Thanks for clearing it up Aaron.

So...(for example) if someone picks Hawkeye, then Ronin is out of play (I guess this also applies to Aaron's pick right now)?

[Antonio_Bay]

It's the same person. So no you can't pick them

Damn I was going to do The Prodigy, if someone picked spider man. Thanks for clearing it up Aaron.


Wait. For example, if you pick Spiderman, you then can't select Parker. Is this right? All characters relating to someone aren't automatically banned. (Are they?) The Prodigy would be fine.

(Am I confusing myself?)

[Omaru]

I was going to pick all my female characters first but then decided against this idea
so without further ado
http://somethingoffensive.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dr_strange_the_oath_1.jpg
Dr Strange

[JasterIsFett]

Adam Warlock

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/28640/643133-adam_super.jpg

:D:D:D

[beckpoppins]

you bitches!!!

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/heebee_band/dversacemrudolph_101502.jpg

those last 2 where on my list.... arrows in my heart....

[Aaron]

Wait. For example, if you pick Spiderman, you then can't select Parker. Is this right? All characters relating to someone aren't automatically banned. (Are they?) The Prodigy would be fine.

(Am I confusing myself?)

If you pick Spiderman, any other alias of Peter Parker can't be used.
Essentially, if the two superheroes can't be in the room at the same time because they are both in fact the same person then they can't be picked.

However, I would accept a pick of Ben Reilly. As he can punch Peter in the face without breaking a billion and one physics laws.

[Jason Shiffy]

hurry up! I wanna pick my second one! XD

[beckpoppins]

Cheneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

[BallsMonkey]

You're not shouting loud enough woman

CHENEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Antonio_Bay]

If you say it a third time he'll appear right behind you.

[Shäne]

If you say it a third time he'll appear right behind you.

Really?



Cheney.... *turns around*
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/Forum/b4672774.jpg
AHH! :eek:

[Antonio_Bay]

Ha!

[Cheney]

God damn, dr. strange was going to be my leader oh well.



Moon Knight will be my leader then.
http://christophervalin.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/moon-knight-1.jpg


Born in Chicago, Illinois, Marc Spector is an American rabbi's wayward son. As an adult, Spector spends time as a heavyweight boxer, a U.S. Marine, and a mercenary. He becomes a skilled combatant and befriends the French pilot Jean-Paul DuChamp, whom he calls "Frenchie." While the pair work for the African mercenary Raoul Bushman in Egypt, the group stumble upon an archaeological dig whose crew includes Dr. Peter Alraune and his daughter Marlene. The dig had uncovered an ancient temple where artifacts included a statue of the Egyptian god Khonshu. Intent on looting the dig, Bushman kills Dr. Alraune. In response to Alraune's murder, Spector challenges Bushman to personal combat but is beaten nearly to death and left to die in the sub-zero temperatures of the desert night.

Roaming Egyptians who worship the ancient Egyptian gods find Spector and carry him to their temple. Helpless before the statue of Khonshu, Spector's heart stops. Khonshu appears to him in a vision, offering Spector a second chance at life if he becomes the god's avatar on earth. Spector awakens, wraps himself with the silver shroud that covers Khonshu's statue, and again confronts Bushman. He defeats Bushman and returns to America with Marlene Alraune, Frenchie, and the statue of Khonshu. Deciding to become a crime-fighter, Spector creates a silver cloaked costume, based on the silver shroud, and becomes the Moon Knight

[beckpoppins]

rrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooooobbbbbiiiiiiiiiii innnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooddd....

[RobinHoodDaffy]

For my leader, I choose the former leader of the X-Men, former leader of Excalibur, the one and only Kurt Wagner, the Nightcrawler!

http://www.mondomagazine.net/mondo2_0/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/image-for-sams-list-nightcrawler1.jpg

And this is the fun, Errol Flynn Nightcrawler, not the priestly one.

[Aaron]

For my leader, I choose the former leader of the X-Men, former leader of Excalibur, the one and only Kurt Wagner, the Nightcrawler!

Careful now, you're bordering on just having an X-men lineup

[beckpoppins]

for my leader, i have to go with a classic yet underrated super power, ms marvel...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Ms.Marvel1.jpg

[By-tor]

And, I'm spent.

[Jason Shiffy]

where is monkeyballs at >_<

[Aaron]

where is monkeyballs at >_<

Seriously, patience, quit whining

[Jason Shiffy]

Seriously, patience, quit whining

Easy for you to say! You're not fucking bored xD

[JasterIsFett]

for my leader, i have to go with a classic yet underrated super power, ms marvel...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Ms.Marvel1.jpg

You'd better not take all the best women heroes...

[beckpoppins]

You'd better not take all the best women heroes...

hey, i have/had guys on my list but my top 2 fellows where taken.... that's the fun of a draft.

[JasterIsFett]

hey, i have/had guys on my list nut my top 2 fellows where taken.... that's the fun of a draft.

You can't hesitate when you're dealing with Adam Warlock. :D:D

I'm very disappointed that you got Rachel Grey before me. She was my top female pick. I was going to have an all Omega-mutant list.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

You can't hesitate when you're dealing with Adam Warlock. :D:D

I'm very disappointed that you got Rachel Grey before me. She was my top female pick. I was going to have an all Omega-mutant list.

I was going to go with an all metallic theme, but the Surfer got yoinked. New plan.

[JasterIsFett]

I was going to go with an all metallic theme, but the Surfer got yoinked. New plan.

There ain't a lot of metalloid mutants...or were you just going with ones that had metal-related powers.

Aaron, can we use alternate timeline villians? Like, in some universes some really powerful bad guys end up being good guys. Can we use just that timeline or are we going with the general category that they would be listed under Hero/Villian? I know its a little late to be asking this question, but hey...I gots ta know.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I was going for shiny. Metal coated, or metallic. Now I am going for something else. We will see if I get it.

[Aaron]

Aaron, can we use alternate timeline villians?

No different universes, no ultimates. 616 only.

[By-tor]

No different universes, no ultimates. 616 only.I told you he was a feckin' Nazi. :p

[BallsMonkey]

Sorry I'm late, damn squirrels.

Anyways, for my next pick, and my token female, I choose...

Gamora
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/8/88/Gamora_(by_Paul_Pelletier)_1.jpg/180px-Gamora_(by_Paul_Pelletier)_1.jpg

She's my answer to Jason Statham's character. Originally I wanted Wolverine in this spot, but since I had to have a female, and someone already took Shadowcat, I thought Gamora would be the best choice.

[beckpoppins]

No different universes, no ultimates. 616 only.

arg....

*scratches more names off the list*

[JasterIsFett]

Gamora

From now on we are enemies...you and I...

arg....

*scratches more names off the list*

I had to take of Magnus Lehnsherr and Mahr Vehl dammit...

[Aaron]

I had to take of Magnus Lehnsherr and Mahr Vehl dammit...

Remember though, villains are allowed

[JasterIsFett]

Remember though, villains are allowed

Oh lord...I was operating under the assumption that only heroes were allowed...

http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsmovie/vb/DrByronOrpheus.JPG.jpg

MY LIST GROWS!!!

[Sweet_Adeline]

*taps foot impatiently*

[beckpoppins]

*taps foot impatiently*

i second that motion.... *grumpy-face

[JasterIsFett]

isn't shiffy the one who is always pushing us to get our selections in faster?

[Cheney]

yes,

[Sweet_Adeline]

SHIFFY! Get your dutch butt over here!

[Jason Shiffy]

http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/actors_films_images/Spiderman_Amazing_comic_hero_Peter_Parker.jpg

I pick Peter Parker :D

[Sweet_Adeline]

With my second selection I pick...




http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/c/ca/Leather_Boy_2.jpg/440px-Leather_Boy_2.jpg

Leather boy! (http://marvel.com/universe/Leather_Boy)

[By-tor]

With my second selection I pick...




http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/c/ca/Leather_Boy_2.jpg/440px-Leather_Boy_2.jpg

Leather boy! (http://marvel.com/universe/Leather_Boy)

Jeesus Christ...
http://adayofrites.blogsome.com/images/charakteremrslave.jpg

[Jason Shiffy]

With my second selection I pick...




http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/c/ca/Leather_Boy_2.jpg/440px-Leather_Boy_2.jpg

Leather boy! (http://marvel.com/universe/Leather_Boy)

Gambit wants a restriction order.

http://media.comicmix.com/media/2008/10/09/gambit-5.jpg

Gambit: "Not closer dan 500 yards, petit!"

[Aaron]

ROUND 3!

Go!

[beckpoppins]

Sweet Adeline... i like that the 2 crazies you dug up, you dug up mortal enemies.... i heart you.

[Sweet_Adeline]

Sweet Adeline... i like that the 2 crazies you dug up, you dug up mortal enemies.... i heart you.

I worried about that, bu I think they'll be able to get over their differences for the good of the team.

[Shäne]

Iron Man
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/9/94/Iron_man_005.jpg/400px-Iron_man_005.jpg
I am really surprised nobody picked him already.

edit: I'm going to go ahead and make him my captain as well.

[Cheney]

son of a bitch

[Jason Shiffy]

Iron Man
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/9/94/Iron_man_005.jpg/400px-Iron_man_005.jpg
I am really surprised nobody picked him already.


same here with spidey XD

[Sweet_Adeline]

I am really surprised nobody picked him already.

I was too, in fact I was going to pick him, but I didn't want to waste his awesome on my little team.

[Omaru]

I was ready to nominate Tony as my Tech-guy, I only know one other person in the marvel universe who's good at robotics and such. I was also going to pick black cat as my stealth/espionage agent, but I guess Shadowcat has that area covered.

[Shäne]

son of a bitch

:p:p:p

[Cheney]

ha..hahaha....HAHAHAMWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Fear me :D

[Sweet_Adeline]

Deadpool, having been bested by her twice, considers Squirrel Girl to be one of the major powers of the Marvel Universe, comparing her to Iron Man and Thor.

I'm really liking this pick!

[Antonio_Bay]

Sub-Mariner! (http://marvel.com/universe/Sub-Mariner)

http://www.playbackstl.com/images/stories/paneldiscussion/0507/submariner01pg00.jpg

[Aaron]

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/1/16/Daisy_Quake442.jpg/440px-Daisy_Quake442.jpg

Daisy Johnson (aka QUAKE)
Young and feisty. Originally inducted into the super hero world by Nick Fury, Daisy is the daughter of the super villain Mister Hyde.
She can create seismic vibrations, earthquakes and explosions and at such a young age she's got plenty of places to go.
Previously denied a spot on the Avengers team, she's getting her shot now.

[Omaru]

Jack Truman is Deathlok, and he's on my squad
http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/5/5e/Deathlok%28Truman%292_Head.jpg/440px-Deathlok%28Truman%292_Head.jpg

[JasterIsFett]

For my third pick. I choose the Xandarian Champion and (former) protector of the Xandarian Worldmind, Nova.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n4/MyWordsA/Nova_7.jpg?t=1246089975

Richard Rider was born in Hempstead, New York. As a teenager, he was chosen at random by the alien Rhomann Dey, last surviving Centurion of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, to inherit his power and succeed him in the rank of Nova Prime following the destruction of his world by the intergalactic pirate Zorr. Having been mortally wounded in the battle that tore Xandar apart, Dey succeeded in tracking Zorr to Earth but was unable to exact vengeance due to the extent of his injuries. At death's door, Dey had little choice but to transfer his power to an unsuspecting human on the planet below, praying whomever he found will take up his cause and prove worthy of the powers he had given.

[Cheney]

APOCALYPSE :D:D:D


http://www.interfold.com/dragaxman/apocalypse.jpg

The story of Apocalypse begins in 3000 BC in Egypt during the First Dynasty. Born gray-skinned (although Apocalypse's skin color is sometimes depicted with different human pigment variations) and blue-lipped with natural facial markings, in the settlement of Akkaba, he is abandoned as an infant, but found by a band of desert nomads called the Sandstormers, whose leader, Baal, sees the child's potential power, decides to raise him as his own, and names him En Sabah Nur. He is taught the philosophy that the tribe lives and dies by: survival of the fittest. Nur and Baal are the only Sandstormers to survive on the day that General Ozymandias and his army destroy the Sandstormers tribe, as they find refuge in a sacred cave before it collapsed. Baal eventually dies from lack of nourishment after weeks of deprivation, but before he does, he admits to Nur that he had believed him to be a savior foretold in ancient prophecies who is destined to overthrow the pharaoh Rama-Tut. The young Nur vows to take revenge on the pharaoh and claim his destiny. He hides himself as a slave in Tut's city, where he has visions of Egyptian gods who reveal his great destiny.

The pharaoh Rama-Tut, in actuality an earlier incarnation of Kang the Conqueror who had come back in time to locate the young Apocalypse and take him under his wing, tries to convince Nur to join him, but the young mutant savagely attacks the pharaoh only to be taken down by the conqueror's futuristic weapon. Nur survives, and tries to rescue Nephri, Ozymandias' sister, who had become attracted to the mysterious slave, but Nur is ultimately rejected by Nephri for his inhuman appearance, and she turns to her brother for protection in her panic. Heartbroken by this final rejection, En Sabah Nur's prodigious mutant abilities fully emerge in his enraged state, and he renames himself Apocalypse. Rama-Tut flees the former slave's rampage, while Nur uses his advanced technology to enslave and transform his former tormentor, Ozymandias, into a blind seer made of living stone, who would forever chronicle Apocalypse's future destinies. Fifty years later, Nur revisits Nephri, now an elderly Egyptian Queen on her deathbed, and mocks the loss of her beauty and vitality, in contrast to his own unchanged appearance, despite the passage of time.

As the millennia pass, Apocalypse travels around the world to determine if his time of testing had come. He appears throughout history, encouraging civilizations to worship him as a god from several ancient mythologies and testing their strength by manipulating them into fighting wars of conquest, and claiming to have brought "growth, judgment, and destruction."


In plain english he's one bad ass mofo.

[BallsMonkey]

I hate you

[Cheney]

I hate you

To quote Shane


:p:p:p

[Jason Shiffy]

I'm kinda nervous because I don't want somebody to "steal" my choices xD

[Shäne]

I was lucky in that I get first picks for each round. :cool:

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Every Avengers team needs a God, so I pick...

http://www.superherofansite.com/images/stories/440px-beta_ray_bill.jpg


BETA RAY BILL!

[beckpoppins]

BETA RAY BILL!

SON OF A BITCH!

*scratches another one off her list

oh well, i pick nico minoru , aka sister grimm... my team needs a little of the dark arts and since strange is long gone....

http://www.reappropriate.com/aaheroes/images/nico.jpg

i'm sorry, i know runaways is the girliest comic ever.... but i love it..

[BallsMonkey]

Finally, my turn.

I pick....HAWKEYE!
http://xrayvision.today.com/files/2009/02/300px-hawkeye_005cov.jpg

My answer to Dolph Lundgren's character. My team's resident bad ass. Plus no Avengers team would be complete without Clint.

[Jason Shiffy]

http://www.ugo.com/images/galleries/punisher-a-to-z_filmtv/FrankCastle.jpg

Frank Castle

A.K.A

The Punisher

[Sweet_Adeline]

My next team member is someone who will hopefully keep the peace if things get heated in my group


http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/8/81/Bigbertha.jpg/440px-Bigbertha.jpg

Big Bertha!

[Aaron]

My next team member is someone who will hopefully keep the peace if things get heated in my group


http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/8/81/Bigbertha.jpg/440px-Bigbertha.jpg

Big Bertha!

So you're essentially picking the Great Lakes Avengers then :p

[beckpoppins]

Big Bertha!

girl, ima gonna send you some links....

[Sweet_Adeline]

So you're essentially picking the Great Lakes Avengers then :p

Not entirely, My next pick should be somewhat legit.

[Shäne]

Yeah, it's the Juggernaut, bitch! :D
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/46/Wwhxmen3dcp0021kq4.jpg/381px-Wwhxmen3dcp0021kq4.jpg

[Antonio_Bay]

Sandman! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman_(Marvel_Comics))

http://z.about.com/d/comicbooks/1/0/3/C/sandman2.jpg

Best maker of sandcastles... ever!

[Aaron]

Every squad needs a bruiser. Someone, when the time needs it, to just punch their way through the problem. When wits and magic aren't going to help you and you just need to smack the shit out of someone.
I was originally going to go with The Thing or Luke Cage but, they're just one man. Why pick that, when you can have your own army.

Pick 4
Jamie Madrox
The Multiple Man

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/f/f8/Multiple_man.jpg/440px-Multiple_man.jpg


Sorry JJ

[Omaru]

I can't believe he wasn't pick already, someone with a military background!
http://www.comicbook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nick-fury-ultimate.jpg
(Ultimate Universe) Nick Fury!

[beckpoppins]

I can't believe he wasn't pick already, someone with a military background!
http://www.comicbook.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nick-fury-ultimate.jpg
(Ultimate Universe) Nick Fury!

are we allowed Ultimates? aaaaaron?

[Antonio_Bay]

are we allowed Ultimates? aaaaaron?

No different universes, no ultimates. 616 only.

(What's 616?)

[Sweet_Adeline]

(What's 616?)

Earth 616, and the general marvel universe.

[Shäne]

(What's 616?)

The main Marvel Universe. Ultimates are 1610 so they aren't allowed.

[Omaru]

I thought it was one incarnation of a character regardless of what universe, since you're right, I'll have regular white Nick
http://www.kahramanlarsinemada.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nick_fury.jpg

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Pick 4
Jamie Madrox
The Multiple Man

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/f/f8/Multiple_man.jpg/440px-Multiple_man.jpg


Sorry JJ

I understand, you have first pick, and we share a favorite. No harm no foul.

[JasterIsFett]

I understand, you have first pick, and we share a favorite. No harm no foul.

since i need a female...and a bit of crazy on my team. I'm gonna go with Jean Grey, avatar of the Phoenix Force.

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/6/6a/JeanGrey442.jpg/440px-JeanGrey442.jpg

[Cheney]

Black Bolt!


http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/467745-black_bolt_jae_lee05_super.jpg

Black Bolt is the child of two of Attilan’s top geneticists, Agon, head of the ruling Council of Genetics, and Rynda. Subjected to the mutagenic Terrigen Mist while still an embryo, Bolt was born with strange powers surpassing even the average Inhumans’. As an infant, he demonstrated certain energy-manipulative powers that he couldn't control, particularly that of producing quasi-sonic energy of great destructive potential. To protect the other Inhumans, he was placed inside a sound-proofed chamber and given an energy-harnessing suit. There he was schooled on how to control his powers until the age of nineteen, when he was allowed to enter society.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

You are only as good as your training. If you can't get Captain America, go for the person who is as good a fighter as he is, as good an archer as Hawkeye and has trained half the mercs in the Marvel U.

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/3/31/Taskmaster_Head.jpg

Taskmaster!

[beckpoppins]

i seriously lost most of my male choices to ya'll... screw it....

most kick-ass girlie-girl pick i can think of!

meggan

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Meggan_1.jpg

basically a groovy mother nature. i dig it.

[Jason Shiffy]

Stop Stealing All The Pussy , Woman! Xd

[Jason Shiffy]

i seriously lost most of my male choices to ya'll... screw it....

most kick-ass girlie-girl pick i can think of!

meggan

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Meggan_1.jpg

basically a groovy mother nature. i dig it.

Is that fox eating the other fox out?

if so... NOM NOM NOM

[BallsMonkey]

My next pick....

Iron Fist
http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0507/IRONFIST_006.jpg

Who better to be the Jet Li of the group.

[Jason Shiffy]

The leader of the Smoking Avengers

http://www.myartspace.com/blog/uploaded_images/wolverine-704803.jpg

Wolverine! :D

[phit_demon]

Er...um...I pick, eh...Hobbes:



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/hobbes.jpg



I suck at this.

[BallsMonkey]

Er...um...I pick, eh...Hobbes:



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/hobbes.jpg



I suck at this.

DAMMIT YOU TOOK MY LAST PICK!

[Jason Shiffy]

Now I have to pick a vagina... ehm OH

I CALL DIBS ON STORM! :D

[Sweet_Adeline]

I CALL DIBS ON STORM! :D

Sorry, no dibs.

My next pick is...


STORM!
http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/5/5a/Stormcivilwar.jpg/440px-Stormcivilwar.jpg

Because I was seriously lacking some sex appeal!

[Antonio_Bay]

I CALL DIBS ON STORM! :D

Sorry, no dibs.

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/haha.gif

[Jason Shiffy]

Sorry, no dibs.

My next pick is...


STORM!
http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/5/5a/Stormcivilwar.jpg/440px-Stormcivilwar.jpg

Because I was seriously lacking some sex appeal!

OH COME ON! YOU HAD ONE AND A HALF CHICKS IN YOUR GROUP!

or is this a plan? ^_^





nope...

[Sweet_Adeline]

OH COME ON! YOU HAD ONE AND A HALF CHICKS IN YOUR GROUP!


I have half a woman in my group? Squirrel girl is still a woman!

[Jason Shiffy]

I have half a woman in my group? Squirrel girl is still a woman!

I hope you're sarcastic xD

[beckpoppins]

Stop Stealing All The Pussy , Woman! Xd

oh my god man, you can not only pick more than one woman, you can pick any of the hundreds of female characters... i am not stealing all the ladies... you could have picked them already!

[Shäne]

And my last pick is Cable.
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/4c/Cable_Vol_2_1_Textless.jpg/394px-Cable_Vol_2_1_Textless.jpg

[Sweet_Adeline]

I hope you're sarcastic xD

Not at all. She's not actually hairy or anything, she can just control squirrels.

[beckpoppins]

Not at all. She's not actually hairy or anything, she can just control squirrels.

she does have a tail.

[Sweet_Adeline]

she does have a tail.

Kinky!

[Jason Shiffy]

Not at all. She's not actually hairy or anything, she can just control squirrels.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT BIG BERTHA! WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD! XD

[Jason Shiffy]

And my last pick is Cable.
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/4c/Cable_Vol_2_1_Textless.jpg/394px-Cable_Vol_2_1_Textless.jpg


Cable and Deadpool? Interesting :D

[Shäne]

Cable and Deadpool? Interesting :D

I still haven't gotten around to reading that series actually. I really don't know much about Cable but I needed another mad ass muh-fuh on my team. :D

[Jason Shiffy]

Oh , now that i have them both in my team i give you this picture!

http://www.zereldax.com/wbc/gallery/d/14-2/135949_gambit5.jpeg

[Sweet_Adeline]

I WAS TALKING ABOUT BIG BERTHA! WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD! XD

She's actually normally skinny(her obese form just makes her really strong), and is, or used to be, a model.

[beckpoppins]

She's actually normally skinny(her obese form just makes her really strong), and is, or used to be, a model.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/102051-190676-big-bertha_super.jpg

she's sexy.

[Jason Shiffy]

Her boobs are weird... :(

[beckpoppins]

Her boobs are weird... :(

i have to call on power girl to save you...

http://www.cleavelin.net/archives001/pgbust.jpg

[Jason Shiffy]

i have to call on power girl to save you...

http://www.cleavelin.net/archives001/pgbust.jpg

I didn't see the 2nd part of the story... i dont care actually XD

[Antonio_Bay]

My final team member, and Captain of the Seaside elite...

Captain Britain! (http://marvel.com/universe/Captain_Britain_(Brian_Braddock))

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/captain%20britain.jpg

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I'm so glad he got picked, he was almost my leader.

[Aaron]

And for my last pick...

http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/0/0b/Amora3b.jpg/440px-Amora3b.jpg

Everyone needs 1 Asgardian right? Not only a high level magic practitioner and a woman with a shady past she also has it where it counts... the looks department. So much so she has seduced Thor, Loki and Wonder Man!
Can the team trust her? Can they keep their hands off her? Only time will tell...

[BallsMonkey]

So what happens after everyone's completed their team? Do they fight? Do they have a tea party? What?

[Jason Shiffy]

Yeah i really want to know :D

[Omaru]

Beck aint stealing all the women,
Though thanks to me thers one less to consider
http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/2/22/SilverSable442.jpg/440px-SilverSable442.jpg
Silver Sable, I choose you!
(It was a close call between her, black cat and black widow)

[JasterIsFett]

Because I need more ruthless, a super intelligence, and a bit of fuck-you on my team...

My final choice and team leader.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/0/06/Thanos.png

Warlock can keep him in check at least a little. :D

[Cheney]

My last pick and probably my most bad ass mofo

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Venom-spider-man-654973_1600_1054.jpg




:p

[Jason Shiffy]

Eric Forman? :X

[RobinHoodDaffy]

My final choice and a personal favorite of mine is...

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/img/f/Firestar.jpg

Firestar!

[beckpoppins]

i was going to finally pick a dude and nab Ash (yep, evil dead Ash) from Earth-2149, but since i can't, i will pick some one i am surprised has not been picked, i mean... come on, she is one of the most famous super-chicks ever.

the invisible woman

http://ma6ma.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/invisible-girl.jpg

[BallsMonkey]

My final pick...

I'll follw beck and pick another Fantastic 4 member.

My answer to Terry Crewes, and because every team needs a brawler, my final pick is

The Thing
http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/solicit%20images/thing01.jpg

[Jason Shiffy]

My final pick who is come in handy (For whatever we're going to do lol)

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/2/26/Mystique_Vol_1_14_Textless.jpg/300px-Mystique_Vol_1_14_Textless.jpg

Mystique :D:D:D

[Sweet_Adeline]

My final pick is going to provide me some grit. Plus she's a fellow tall woman, represent!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Morgan_le_Fay.jpg/250px-Morgan_le_Fay.jpg

Morgan Le Fay!

[beckpoppins]

so... we are done now? what do we do... WHAT DO WE DO!?!??!?!

[Sweet_Adeline]

We should vote on the coolest! Or vote off the weakest, survivor style.

[beckpoppins]

eat the weakest, animal planet style.

[Sweet_Adeline]

I hope we do something with them.

Honestly before this I had never really payed attention to comic books or their characters, now I'm really interested.

[beckpoppins]

i'm thinking of painting and inking mine, i haven't drawn comic book characters since i was in elementary school! time to get pin-up-tastic.

[Aaron]

We should vote on the coolest!

This sounds like a good idea.

[Antonio_Bay]

This sounds like a good idea.

I actually liked the idea to draw our teams!

--

So we all send one vote to you. Character with the majority amount goes, then start over, repeat?

[Aaron]

So we all send one vote to you. Character with the majority amount goes, then start over, repeat?

Jesus that sounds too much like hard work.
I'll set up a poll thread in a min and we'll do it the easy way. Winner wins.

But I'm sure it will go a long way to garner votes if everyone tries to get together a sort of group picture of their team and such. So posting pics in the poll thread sounds great.

[Antonio_Bay]

I'll set up a poll thread in a min and we'll do it the easy way. Winner wins.


Seeing how we'll probably all vote for our own teams, this'll be decided by other outside-posters, one thinks!

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Seeing how we'll probably all vote for our own teams, this'll be decided by other outside-posters, one thinks!

Wait, there are others? Are we being watched?



...creepy.

[Aaron]

Just found out you can only have 10 options on a poll and there are 11 participants

LAME

[Antonio_Bay]

Are we being watched?

...creepy.

They've been following us for a while.

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/5/16/creepystalkerc128554278303564865.jpg

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Just found out you can only have 10 options on a poll and there are 11 participants

LAME

You can leave me out, sir, I do not mind. If someone needs to fall on their sword, I will do so for you gladly.

[Antonio_Bay]

You can leave me out, sir, I do not mind. If someone needs to fall on their sword, I will do so for you gladly.

Nu uh!

Just merge your team with mine.

[Aaron]

No!
We obviously should just do it another way.

I vote Becks looks after it

[Sweet_Adeline]

You could always have us vote for the least awesome. Then you don't run into the problem of everyone voting for themselves.

[Jason Shiffy]

I thought Aaron had a plan! -__-

What the hell are we supose to do now :/

[Aaron]

I thought Aaron had a plan! -__-

What the hell are we supose to do now :/

Think of your own idea

[BallsMonkey]

What if we pit each team against each other. Then people can vote on who would win. It could be like a tournament.

Since we have 11 teams, one would get an automatic pass to the next round.

And to keep it interesting, each person could write up a short story on how their team would win their fight. But that's optional of course.

How does that sound?

[Aaron]

What if we pit each team against each other. Then people can vote on who would win. It could be like a tournament.

Since we have 11 teams, one would get an automatic pass to the next round.

And to keep it interesting, each person could write up a short story on how their team would win their fight. But that's optional of course.

How does that sound?

I like it!

[Sweet_Adeline]

I took the liberty of setting up a poll, just for funsies, vote if you want, don't if ya don't.

Who has the weakest? (http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/617894-179932)

[Sweet_Adeline]

What if we pit each team against each other. Then people can vote on who would win. It could be like a tournament.

Since we have 11 teams, one would get an automatic pass to the next round.

And to keep it interesting, each person could write up a short story on how their team would win their fight. But that's optional of course.

How does that sound?

That's an awesome idea!

[Antonio_Bay]

Seconded!

[Aaron]

So...


Bracket 1

Shane v Aaron

Jaster v Robinhooddaffy

Ballsmonkey v Jason Shiffy

Bracket 2

Antonio Bay v Omaru

Cheney v Beckpoppins

Sweet Adeline (bye as she had last pick)

Yeah?

Shall I start the first thread?

[Sweet_Adeline]

Are we going to get to make our case as to why our team is better?

[Aaron]

Are we going to get to make our case as to why our team is better?

Deffo, I'll set up a thread for each battle and then everyone can argue their cause/bribe people into voting for them, either through pictures, backstory, petty name calling etc

[JK]

Are y'all gonna need some graph paper and a ten-sided die? :D

[BallsMonkey]

So...


Bracket 1

Shane v Aaron

Jaster v Robinhooddaffy

Ballsmonkey v Jason Shiffy

Bracket 2

Antonio Bay v Omaru

Cheney v Beckpoppins

Sweet Adeline (bye as she had last pick)

Yeah?

Shall I start the first thread?

Go for it my Irish brotha' from anotha' motha'

[Jason Shiffy]

I took the liberty of setting up a poll, just for funsies, vote if you want, don't if ya don't.

Who has the weakest? (http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/617894-179932)

The pollsite says i live in california? wtf?

Anyway...

[Sweet_Adeline]

The pollsite says i live in california? wtf?



Nope, that just means someone in California voted you the weakest.

[Antonio_Bay]

Are y'all gonna need some graph paper and a ten-sided die? :D

OOo, our next game anyone?!

:p

[beckpoppins]

i'd be more than happy to think something up after our winner is crowned...

[BallsMonkey]

If someone were to be so kind to hook me up with a banner, it would be much appreciated.

I have no means to make one :(

[beckpoppins]

and so my new pet-project begins....

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/heebee_band/smalliw.jpg

[Cheney]

that mean I gotta wait till I post our thread battle up? :(

[beckpoppins]

that mean I gotta wait till I post our thread battle up? :(

wait man, we are bracket 2... i got time to paint!

hold your horses baby!

[Cheney]

and so my new pet-project begins....

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/heebee_band/smalliw.jpg

I'm looking at the wrong bubbles. :p


Ah I feel dirty.

[BallsMonkey]

I forgot to put a deadline for wach poll. My bad.

Voting ends tomorrow for each battle.

[Antonio_Bay]

Is there no Becks/Cheney thread for a reason, or simply no one has made it yet?

[beckpoppins]

Is there no Becks/Cheney thread for a reason, or simply no one has made it yet?

we are part of bracket 2... we gotta wait like good girls and boys.

[Antonio_Bay]

we are part of bracket 2... we gotta wait like good girls and boys.

Wasn't Omaru and I in bracket 2?

[beckpoppins]

OMG! you are!

where is our vote???? ACK!

i feel so left out.. sniffle sniffle.

[Aaron]

OMG! you are!

where is our vote???? ACK!

i feel so left out.. sniffle sniffle.

There's a lovely button called "New Thread"

It gives you options for polls and lots of other lovely stuff.