Malificus wrote:Mr. anime Universe is not for good guys exclusively, if anything, it's more of going by the personality\appearance that everyone likes most. While I think this is just for Badasses, regardless of appearance. So while this is badass exclusive, Mr. Anime could concievably have Sanzo (Saiyuki), Shizuma (Real Bout), Robo-ky (Guilty Gear XX\X), and Momiji (Furuba) all competing against each other. I doubt anyone would see Momiji as a Badass, but Sanzo could be a Mr. Universe or a Badass. So basuically, The Badass competition is a co-ed event and more exclusive than the Mr. and Ms. anime competitions.
I never said it was for good guys, that's just kind of how it's turned out over there. My point was that, since you agree that Mr. Badass is more exclusive than Mr. Anime, it might be a good idea define the terms of that exclusivity, i.e. don't judge the two contests by the same rules (I'm talking about voters, here, I guess just don't trust Joe Q. Public to do a good job).
If we can't come up with general guidelines, we can at least get a handle on what is NOT acceptable in a badass character: whining, crying, having reservations about smacking other people around whether they deserve it or not etc. Sephiroth can be a bit of a whiner, after all (get over your ignomonious origins, already!) and Sanzo refrains from actually causing bodily harm to his traveling companions, even though he's constantly plugging bullets at them.
Here's a fun test of quality: who's more likely to be badass buying a carton of baby formula at the store? (I'm sorry, Sephiroth would fail miserably at this) If you're badass, you should be able to be this way all the time. Er, why am I picking on Sephiroth so much? Weird. hehe, it'd be fun to have the nominees take part in a talent contest to see who comes off the best (again, I just can't see Sephiroth handling grocery purchases with badass flair...). Perhaps everyone who ends up in the top 10 can come up with one of their own "talent" tests that the voters decide who passes and who does not. ^_^
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Err... Sanzo just threatened to shoot me if I don't stop being fussy.
