User blog:HaydenStudios/Duke Nukem vs. John Rambo (rematch)



Duke Nukem: The all-american, womanizing, ass-kicking, muscular defender of earth from two alien invasions.

VS.

John Rambo: The Green Beret who only wants American citizens to appreciate their country's soldiers.

WHO...IS...DEADLIEST!?!?!?

X-Factors
Duke/John

Training:

70/93

John Rambo underwent a lot of training, being taught to ignore pain. The same cannot be said for Duke. Although the latter has demonstrated some innate talent for wielding guns and was able to apply this to slaughtering hordes of aliens, this is still no match for hands-on training.

Stealth:

73/95

Duke isn't all too talented with stealth. He occasionally harnesses equipment with cloaking capabilities, as well as can distract enemies with the holoduke, but his skill with it is far outclassed by Rambo's ingenuity, having snuck into prisons almost entirely unnoticed, or blended in with his surroundings before striking.

Agility:

80/83

Both men are in fairly good shape. While this is so, their main focus of fitness is on strength, and have not optimized agility to the farthest extent. A small edge goes to Rambo as he has come out of a few more chases than his opponent.

Stamina:

93/81

Duke has achieved feats of surviving certain amounts of damage before falling that can only be described as super-human. Rambo can take a bit more than the average Joe, having been taught to ignore pain, but this level of stamina just can't match up to that of Duke Nukem.

Battlefield Experience:

<p style="text-align: center">79/94

<p style="text-align: center">Duke's combat has mostly taken place whenever the babes needed him, which has so far amounted to just two alien invasions. Rambo has been tossed onto the battlefield whenever his country (or on some occasions, one of his friends) needed him. The latter obviously has occured more than just twice.

<p style="text-align: center">Killer Instinct:

<p style="text-align: center">80/100

<p style="text-align: center">Rambo can assasinate people at short notice, and describes it as being "as easy as breathing". Duke rather falls short of this.

<p style="text-align: center">Strength:

<p style="text-align: center">96/83

<p style="text-align: center">Both warriors are very muscular men. Although it is to be noted that Duke takes steroids, and has accomplished near super-human feats with the muscle in his legs. Rambo rather falls short of this, with his strength maximizing to that of a man at his physical peek with no augmentations.

<p style="text-align: center">Intelligence:

<p style="text-align: center">65/87

<p style="text-align: center">Duke is cocky and not very intelligent, nor does he really bother with tactics. Rambo is on the contrary, save a rarely showing ego when telling his adversaries what's to come.

<p style="text-align: center">Psychological Health:

<p style="text-align: center">50/67

<p style="text-align: center">Mentally, Duke is a child, and metaphorically thinks he's the king of the world. Rambo has some mental scars himself, having been held in an enemy prison and severely tortured for a long period of time. While he has recovered for the most part, there are some scars from his captivation, both physical and mental, that will never fully heal.

AVERAGE: 76/87

My Edges
Melee: The decapitations performed by Duke with his mighty boot can only be described as super-human. While Rambo is very handy with his knife, a deft stab just can't match up to pure brute force in my opinion. MY EDGE: DUKE NUKEM

Close Range: The M1911 is a mere pistol. A shot gun packs lots of bullets into one round. There's not really much to say here. MY EDGE: DUKE NUKEM

Mid Range: The ripper chaingun is a three-barreled rapidfire machine gun that will completely tear through Rambo. The skorpion is almost laughable compared to what Duke's packing. MY EDGE: DUKE NUKEM

Long Range: While more modern than his others, the laser blaster is one of Duke's less destructive weapons. Rambo is exceptional at aiming with his bow, and if at a distance could take Duke out easily with it. MY EDGE: JOHN RAMBO

Explosive: Both explosives deal more or less the same amount of damage, but Duke with his pipe bombs is able to remotely activate them at his leisure, whether biding his time, or not wanting to run the risk of getting the pipe bomb thrown back at him before it detonates. Rambo's frag grenades, on the other hand, have a fixed time. MY EDGE: DUKE NUKEM

Special: While one shot from the RPG is much more powerful than one missile from the Devastator, the former can only fire one shot before needing to reload which is rather a pain. Duke's devastator, on the other hand, has a two barrels, can fire very rapidly, and it is a little while before it needs reloading. MY EDGE: DUKE NUKEM

My Overall Edge
Duke obviously dominates by a long shot in arsenal. On the other hand, Rambo possesses far superior training as well as dominates in other key X-factors, and many say that brains is better than brawn. I was thinking Rambo for a while, but then again, the odds are stacked quite heavily against Rambo with how superior Duke's arsenal is. This is going to be a very close battle. I really can't decide. I need your help figuring this one out.

Voting
Voting will end on July 1st, 2012.

Votes only stating the name of the warrior or consisting of one or two sentences that makes mention of only one warrior will not count. Votes consisting of one or two sentences with mention of both warriors or consisting of three or more sentences that makes mention of only one warrior will count as a half vote. Votes that either provide edges or consist of three or more sentences with mention of both warriors will count as a full vote. If I see a vote that is sufficiently thorough but either doesn't provide any good or strong reasons, bashes one warrior in excess, says a bunch of things that aren't true, or is obviosly just trying to put more words into his/her vote to meet the vote criteria, I reserve the right to deem that vote as either none, or as half. Copy votes will not be counted at all, regardless of how thorough the vote with which it's agreeing is.

The battle will be one on one.