Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The RedEye Superhero Tourney - As I See It: Kill Joys and Party Poopers

I’m a fanboy through and through. I absolutely LOVE comic books. I love the heroes, admire the creators, and I really enjoy the camaraderie I share with other comic book fans. So please keep that in mind when I bring this oh-so-gentle criticism to bear...

Folks, this superhero tourney is meant to be FUN! Believe it or not, there are a whole bunch of comic-book fans who work for the RedEye (myself included) who don’t have any ’secret agendas’ and aren’t trying to mess with comic book fans. We’re pretty excited at the reception this tourney has gotten, the majority of it positive, but I gotta say - some of the fanboy e-mails I’ve been getting have been killing my buzz.

Some of the e-mails I’ve gotten are from dudes who have a total mad-on for Buffy. Why?

I’ve had more than a couple fanboys write me and say that Buffy shouldn’t even be in the tournament because she’s - and I quote - ’not even a superhero.’

Uh...say what?

She’s got superpowers. She fights evil. She even stars in her own comic book. How is she not a superhero? Explain that to me and then maybe I’ll start to understand your arguments.

Now, about this whole ballot-box stuffing issue:I asked the RedEye folks if they were aware that some hanky-panky was going on, and the answer was yes. They’re trying to deal with it the best way they can and in ways that don’t mess up everybody else’s access to the tourney. So if you think that we don’t care (I include myself here) well then you’re wrong.

Yeah, I’d be ticked if I knew someone was cheating to win and was blatantly getting away with it. But let me show you folks something:

Batman

94.6% (8466 responses) <---THIS IS THE NUMBER OF VOTES BATMAN RECEIVED IN THE FIRST ROUND! More votes than Buffy, or ANY OTHER HERO, has ever received in ANY ROUND!

The Spirit

5.4% (479 responses) <---Boy he sure kicked The Spirit’s tail.

If all those folks who voted the first time around voted in the second round, Batman would have moved on and maybe we’re not talking about this. It all comes down to you, the fans. And folks, this tourney was created with YOU in mind.

So with that I’m gonna go read the latest issue of Trinity and I’ll check in on things later in the evening.

Keep voting!