LM Classic: Sherlockmethod vs MTGandP

Contentions concerning Con's team: We were told to present a team with two street level characters; my opponent's team does not meet this criteria. He designates Wolverine (Shall I call you Logan, Weapon X? My name is Kevin Smith so I had to throw in a reference … snoogins) as a street level player and the guidelines specifically mentioned Logan as street level. My contention is with Cable. Per my opponent's sources and arguments: 1. "He is strong enough to telekinetically lift a small city. " (Con, RD 1) Supported by source. 2. "Has been sufficient to protect himself from other psychics on the level of Phoenix. " (Con, RD 1) Supported by source. 3. "Cable's forcefields can hold against nuclear warheads. " 4. I cannot disagree with these contentions as they appear to be true. 5. When street level toons were mentioned and listed, I did not find a single one that could withstand a nuclear blast or that can levitate an entire city while fighting the Silver Surfer. (Opponent's sources) LM could not have meant such a beast to be called street level. I ask the judges to review a full list of his powers and decide if he meets the criteria for street level. . http://marvel.com... I conclude he does not. Onslaught: 1. Onslaught is a collective. He is a combination of Prof X and Magneto, in addition to a requisition of two more powerful beings. (See opponent's source) He possesses the powers of Prof X, Magneto, X-Man and Franklin Richards. I specifically asked about collectives and was told we could not use such beings. (Please see LM Classic thread) My opponent used his prep time to enact a psionic force field over his team, and nothing more. Why would Superman listen to Doom? Because he is Superman and but for allowing his opponents to speak, he could have killed Luthor a thousand times over. Doom would be a familiar character for the Man of Steel as he would be reminded of Lex Luthor. The genius of these two is not that they necessary trick or mind manipulate in the sense of super powers, but the nuggets of truth in their statements force the heroes to compromise. Doom, one who has mastered this technique, would accurately describe the events of Onslaught, would get confirmation from two of Kent's teammates, and Superman would see the danger in allowing Onslaught to fight. Unless the psionic force field rendered team MTGandP deaf, it would have no effect. Why is Onslaught too dangerous? He is a collective of two powerful mutants that nearly destroyed all of humanity. The only saving grace was the dimensional rift created that allowed the heroes to live. In the absence of dimensional transfer, a rule of this tournament, the resulting energy form, once his armor is pulled (a task Ghost Rider could accomplish), would be highly unpredictable and the only person present that could create a shield to stop its pure energy form from killing them all, is Doom. Superman may not care for the others on his team, but he would not risk such an event killing Wonder Woman. Rebutting Plan A: Doom is strong enough to create a force field to withstand most attacks for a very short time period. If team MTGandP attacked then obviously Doom could not speak then team Sherlock would enact plan B. The force field around my team would stop the first wave of a speed attack or a psionic attack just long enough to allow Ghost Rider to create a hellfire barrier. Hellfire burns the soul, and would surely put a hiccup in both Supes and WW's super speedy giddy up. They would not be rendered useless, but slowed enough for GR to give Supes the penance stare. The stare does not require focused eye contact but even a disoriented Superman must still possess human level focus when stunned. Wonder Women is not invulnerable and has been hospitalized due to a bullet wound. . http://dc.wikia.com...(Diana) She will not be attacked by two circus acts. Deadshot and Hawkeye rank among the top marksmen in their respective universes. One of the two will get the shot on a stunned WW. Once injured, GR gives the stare to WW Superman and WW: incapacitated. Simultaneously, Doom body transfers to Onslaught. He can in no way attempt to mind control the collective, but he has fought Onslaught before and knows Franklin Richards is still in there somewhere if Onslaught is still alive. While alive, Onslaught hampered all the telepathic abilities on earth, surely Doom can manipulate Franklin to perform that act again. Cable's and Hannibal's mind control powers are gone … so are the rats. Franklin destroyed Onslaught once before so Doom convinces him that doing it again will free him and he could protect himself in the process by merging with Doom. Unable to complete the rift to save everyone, Franklin implodes the collective seconds after Doom returns to his shielded armor with Franklin's mind. Without the dimension rift, the likely result would be a psionic blast resulting in a large psoinic residue (Big Bang background microwave style! ) destroying all except for Doom and an incapacitated Superman. In Franklin's weakened state, Doom merely pushes his mind out his body to die in the psionic residue. He observes his dead teammates and enemies, and decided he did not like them anyway. He collects the dead humans as they will be vampires soon from the broken vials of vampire blood. Doom then goes to the museum to examine the mineral collection. He will find some kryptonite in the weeks it takes Clark to recover, if he ever does. Doom wins. Plan B rebuttal: Wonder Women would side with Superman, follow his lead and go after Onslaught; she would be able to pull out his armor just like the Hulk did. Same results listed in rd 1. Plan C rebuttal: A body transfer coupled with the loss of her equipment would cause a stupor. Her natural reaction would be to cross her forearms over her to block the fire, but without the bracers, this move is useless. She is not invulnerable and some of the bullets and arrows are likely to hit their mark from two top marksman. Cable could put a force shield, but I am not certain he could maintain a force shield for an extended period of time to prevent thousands and thousands of rats from coming after him with his own shield and Wonder Women nor Cable could attack outside the shield. The large number of rats would envelop them once the shields were taken down to attack. Plan D rebuttal: A psionic force shield would not stop the penance stare, that is not how the power works. The stare attacks emotions; the force shield would be useless. Direct eye contact is not required and Superman, even dazed, would have at least human level awareness rendering the issue moot. Plan E rebuttal: Cables force shield should not hold against the mystic charged arrows now in Hawkeye's quiver, and the rats, and Dr. Doom and Hellfire; it is only a matter of time before the shield falls to one of them. I wish Cable luck in trying to mind control Ghost Rider. He is likely to come out in worse shape than he went in. When Ghostie was less informed on his powers, Psylocke ventured in there and had considerable trouble. Cable would be completely preoccupied with the endeavor and would likely not succeed. Doom and Hannibal could take care of him in this state. If the arrows don't get Wolverine, the rats will. Remember Judges, NYC has a lot of rats. Hannibal cannot get them all at once, but his supply is large enough for several waves of attack once the first few are killed.