Vote Ruby Thursday: the case for your vote.

I know what you're going to say: you already know who the runaway winner is going to be in the Summoner's Choice 2024 vote. But just hear me out. Here's why I think Ruby Thursday is the right choice for the Battlerealm, the Contest, and yes, even you.

Let's start by looking at the competition. First there's Shathra. Shathra is female, and we could always use more female champions. But she's also a Spider-something or other, and we have tons of those. Let's take a look at her powers:

Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Sense of Smell
Regenerative Healing Factor
Immortality
Flight
Shapeshifting
Teleportation
Claws & Stingers
Wasp-Totem Creation

Seriously: super smell? We're not getting all of that. We're not getting any of that. Whatever subset you think we're getting out of that, we're not getting that. This is a character ripe for disappointment. You think we're getting an immortal flying brick teleporter with regeneration? We'll be lucky to get super smell.

Next we have the Beetle. Or rather, *a* Beetle. But which Beetle? The Marvel wiki lists a bunch of them:

Abner Jenkins
Leila Davis
Janice Lincoln
Elizabeth Vaughn
Gary Quinn
Janice Jones
Janice Lincoln
Joachim Robichaux
Maso Katoro
Ultimate Beetle
Unnamed Criminal

Yes, one of the Beetles listed in the Marvel wiki is literally "unnamed criminal." There have been so many Beetles in Marvel comics they can't keep track of them all. Voting for the Beetle is like asking Kabam to add that guy you remember being on the Avengers that one time:

Then there's Shriek. I have nothing against Shriek per se, but Shriek gets her powers in part from being exposed to the Cloak dimension. we don't even have Cloak and Dagger in the game yet. That seems a bit unfair. #Justice4Cloak.

Then there's Swarm.

Okay then. Viper is kinda cool. Actually, really cool.

But I'm going to quote some words of wisdom from an anonymous player here:

Yeah I know she deals in poisons and advanced technology, but at the end of the day we all know she's going to be shooting people in the face. And unless they are adding John Wick to the game, that's not the most exciting thing around.

Then there's Black Tarantula.

Indeed. Then we have the choice most people probably think is the runaway favorite, Bub, I mean Blob. The Blob is a familiar champ, and a popular champ. But he's also basically a mutant cross between Kingpin and Juggernaut. How much space do you think exists between Kingpin and Juggernaut? You couldn't fit a quarter between those two. The Blob might win on name recognition alone, but that's no reason to vote for a champ. If he's going to win anyway, you should make your vote count and send a signal for who you really want in there. Voting for the obvious winner is just as meaningless as voting for the loser, except your vote doesn't even say anything else.

And then we have Ruby Thursday. What does Ruby Thursday have going for her?

On the one hand, she's female. As I said previously, we could use more female champions in the game.

On the other hand, she's named after a famous barbeque chain, and who doesn't like barbeque? Or possibly a song, but whatever.

On the third hand:

She's the closest thing we will likely ever get to adding a character from The Tick into the Marvel Universe. And I quote: "She ran for President of the United States as the candidate of the "Global Head" political party under the slogan `New heads for old'". Seriously.

And finally, we have this:

Over the years we've asked for super speed, shape shifting, and all sorts of other abilities, some we got and some we are still waiting for. This is our chance to get a floating head that attacks things (that isn't MODOK). Ruby Thursday can be the first champion that can attack with melee attacks from range. We might never get the fastball special we want, but we can get one all the same.

Vote Ruby Thursday. The only choice that lets us sprout arms out of our floating detached head and punch stuff. Need I say more?

Comments

Cat_Murdock

Emilia90

1. Agree with more women = good
2. Ruby does have great animation potential
3. My love for Viper is the only thing that’s keeping me from voting for Ruby, but you do make an excellent point when it comes to the variety of stuff ruby could do compared to her
4. I’ll take anyone that’s not blob or beetle so I will gladly join this crusade for her

Savage123456789

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper

ItsClobberinTime

She's named after a song by the Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday.
But yeah I agree, a character with a detachable head that can blow up like a grenade (explosion which was strong enough to knock down Thor and Hulk btw). I mean come on, a morbidly obese man who's immovable can't top that! 💀

ItsClobberinTime

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper

If you watched the stream, Jax basically said her animations would be crazy because of her powers and abilities in the comics so it isn't a might, if she wins she will have cool animations (she's also Miike's favorite, he wouldn't let them do her dirty). So no, you're wrong.

Priyabrata

I agree 100% except for what does being female have to do with being added to the game, it's a video game, but you do you I guess.
I will be splitting my votes between Her and Shatra or swarm

Shock29

She might've gotten some of my votes in the finals, until you disrespected my guy, Black Tarantula. For the guy who writes paragraphs about crystal odds, you could've at least given the man a sentence.

In all seriousness, she does look like a fun and wacky character with the potential for the most unique special attacks out of anybody in the game. If it comes down to her and Blob, she'll get my vote.

Ortoun

Kind of wish they could do ranked choice for this, bit seems problematic to set it up properly the way they award the ballots in game. Planning on voting Ruby until she wins or is knocked out regardless. With Swarm and Shriek as my next most wanted. Also there are still a bunch of months between now and when the winner would be released, so is possible Cloak and Dagger could still come out before Shriek if she were to win.

winterthur

Mysterio needs a partner.

Priyabrata

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper
If you watched the stream, Jax basically said her animations would be crazy because of her powers and abilities in the comics so it isn't a might, if she wins she will have cool animations (she's also Miike's favorite, he wouldn't let them do her dirty). So no, you're wrong.

Now that you say it I do remember Mike saying everyone else other than her might just be defenders, I
I'm still planning to split the votes but I'm leaning towards her a little more

Savage123456789

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper
If you watched the stream, Jax basically said her animations would be crazy because of her powers and abilities in the comics so it isn't a might, if she wins she will have cool animations (she's also Miike's favorite, he wouldn't let them do her dirty). So no, you're wrong.

Yes, but that was his opinion based on the comics, and like my comment said, what we have in the comics does not necessarily translate to in game. And I don’t think the devs have started working on these champs, they do that once the vote is done. And I’m pretty sure Jax and Miike are not champion designers, so what they said is mainly their opinion

Buttehrs

But I feel like half of 2023 champs were female? Nothing against it of course. Just feels like it underr the context of we need more female champs argument lol.

ItsClobberinTime

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper
If you watched the stream, Jax basically said her animations would be crazy because of her powers and abilities in the comics so it isn't a might, if she wins she will have cool animations (she's also Miike's favorite, he wouldn't let them do her dirty). So no, you're wrong.
Yes, but that was his opinion based on the comics, and like my comment said, what we have in the comics does not necessarily translate to in game. And I don’t think the devs have started working on these champs, they do that once the vote is done. And I’m pretty sure Jax and Miike are not champion designers, so what they said is mainly their opinion

Whether it was their opinion or not doesn't change the fact we already have Kabam employees straight up saying her animations would be cool if she won. They aren't saying that to stir the pot, they're saying that because it's probably true otherwise what's the point of even saying it (they didn't say that for any of the other characters btw).
That is incorrect, last year they announced a few parts of Gladiator's and White Tiger's kits in the finals, sure the kits weren't finished but they already had started working on their kits to a certain extent. So no, wrong again.

Solvseus

Lol, no.

Pikolu

The same argument that we shouldn’t vote for blob for just name recognition, is the same reason we shouldn’t vote for Ruby just cause we might get some cool things that might never be added anyways, Blob all the way 😂 We had expectations on cool abilities gladiator might have based on his description and arguably it’s the same excitement as the anonymous quote about viper
If you watched the stream, Jax basically said her animations would be crazy because of her powers and abilities in the comics so it isn't a might, if she wins she will have cool animations (she's also Miike's favorite, he wouldn't let them do her dirty). So no, you're wrong.
Yes, but that was his opinion based on the comics, and like my comment said, what we have in the comics does not necessarily translate to in game. And I don’t think the devs have started working on these champs, they do that once the vote is done. And I’m pretty sure Jax and Miike are not champion designers, so what they said is mainly their opinion

Art team don't miss. Give them someone cool to animate and they'll do it.

Savage123456789

Yes, because they would say their animations suck? Is there any character that has come out that they haven’t praised the animations? That’s just kabam doing a good job releasing champs with awesome animations which can translate to any character including Blob. The synopsis of the characters that you just mention proves further that what we see is not what we get in terms of expectations , case in point gladiator. So would rather go for champ I want and get disappointed than go for something else and be disappointed. All to say, I’m not arguing that Ruby will suck, just arguing for blob the same way OP is arguing for Ruby, that’s all, I hope the tone of my comments were not taken as being combative or anything

Emilia90

But I feel like half of 2023 champs were female? Nothing against it of course. Just feels like it underr the context of we need more female champs argument lol.

2023 had the most women so far, but I’m pretty sure that the ratio of men to women in the contest is still vastly uneven

hyp3r05

On one hand we have viper
On the other we have blob
Decisions are hard these days.

ItsClobberinTime

I really hope she makes it to the finals at least so she can get added after Blob (yes I already lost hope lol).
Her special animations and even basic attack animations would be wack just by looking at a few comic panels:

Priyabrata

Buttehrs

But I feel like half of 2023 champs were female? Nothing against it of course. Just feels like it underr the context of we need more female champs argument lol.
2023 had the most women so far, but I’m pretty sure that the ratio of men to women in the contest is still vastly uneven

Its that way in comics in general. Meaning either marvel or kabam need to make new original female characters in general.

ItsClobberinTime

But I feel like half of 2023 champs were female? Nothing against it of course. Just feels like it underr the context of we need more female champs argument lol.
2023 had the most women so far, but I’m pretty sure that the ratio of men to women in the contest is still vastly uneven
Its that way in comics in general. Meaning either marvel or kabam need to make new original female characters in general.

Or they can just... You know... Do what @DNA3000 and @Emilia90 suggested and add more female characters that already exist in the comics so they can balance it out in the game at least? Lol

ItsClobberinTime

Bro really said tentacles:

Harryatomix

I know what you're going to say: you already know who the runaway winner is going to be in the Summoner's Choice 2024 vote. But just hear me out. Here's why I think Ruby Thursday is the right choice for the Battlerealm, the Contest, and yes, even you.

Let's start by looking at the competition. First there's Shathra. Shathra is female, and we could always use more female champions. But she's also a Spider-something or other, and we have tons of those. Let's take a look at her powers:

Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Sense of Smell
Regenerative Healing Factor
Immortality
Flight
Shapeshifting
Teleportation
Claws & Stingers
Wasp-Totem Creation

Seriously: super smell? We're not getting all of that. We're not getting any of that. Whatever subset you think we're getting out of that, we're not getting that. This is a character ripe for disappointment. You think we're getting an immortal flying brick teleporter with regeneration? We'll be lucky to get super smell.

Next we have the Beetle. Or rather, *a* Beetle. But which Beetle? The Marvel wiki lists a bunch of them:

Abner Jenkins
Leila Davis
Janice Lincoln
Elizabeth Vaughn
Gary Quinn
Janice Jones
Janice Lincoln
Joachim Robichaux
Maso Katoro
Ultimate Beetle
Unnamed Criminal

Yes, one of the Beetles listed in the Marvel wiki is literally "unnamed criminal." There have been so many Beetles in Marvel comics they can't keep track of them all. Voting for the Beetle is like asking Kabam to add that guy you remember being on the Avengers that one time:

Then there's Shriek. I have nothing against Shriek per se, but Shriek gets her powers in part from being exposed to the Cloak dimension. we don't even have Cloak and Dagger in the game yet. That seems a bit unfair. #Justice4Cloak.

Then there's Swarm.

Okay then. Viper is kinda cool. Actually, really cool.

But I'm going to quote some words of wisdom from an anonymous player here:

Yeah I know she deals in poisons and advanced technology, but at the end of the day we all know she's going to be shooting people in the face. And unless they are adding John Wick to the game, that's not the most exciting thing around.

Then there's Black Tarantula.

Indeed. Then we have the choice most people probably think is the runaway favorite, Bub, I mean Blob. The Blob is a familiar champ, and a popular champ. But he's also basically a mutant cross between Kingpin and Juggernaut. How much space do you think exists between Kingpin and Juggernaut? You couldn't fit a quarter between those two. The Blob might win on name recognition alone, but that's no reason to vote for a champ. If he's going to win anyway, you should make your vote count and send a signal for who you really want in there. Voting for the obvious winner is just as meaningless as voting for the loser, except your vote doesn't even say anything else.

And then we have Ruby Thursday. What does Ruby Thursday have going for her?

On the one hand, she's female. As I said previously, we could use more female champions in the game.

On the other hand, she's named after a famous barbeque chain, and who doesn't like barbeque? Or possibly a song, but whatever.

On the third hand:

She's the closest thing we will likely ever get to adding a character from The Tick into the Marvel Universe. And I quote: "She ran for President of the United States as the candidate of the "Global Head" political party under the slogan `New heads for old'". Seriously.

And finally, we have this:

Over the years we've asked for super speed, shape shifting, and all sorts of other abilities, some we got and some we are still waiting for. This is our chance to get a floating head that attacks things (that isn't MODOK). Ruby Thursday can be the first champion that can attack with melee attacks from range. We might never get the fastball special we want, but we can get one all the same.

Vote Ruby Thursday. The only choice that lets us sprout arms out of our floating detached head and punch stuff. Need I say more?

More female champs is good, but we are getting a lot of female champs these days. What we are not getting is mutant champs. So the real champs we should be rooting for are blob and shriek. Hell shriek will be female mutant. What more do you want ?

ItsClobberinTime

I know what you're going to say: you already know who the runaway winner is going to be in the Summoner's Choice 2024 vote. But just hear me out. Here's why I think Ruby Thursday is the right choice for the Battlerealm, the Contest, and yes, even you.

Let's start by looking at the competition. First there's Shathra. Shathra is female, and we could always use more female champions. But she's also a Spider-something or other, and we have tons of those. Let's take a look at her powers:

Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Sense of Smell
Regenerative Healing Factor
Immortality
Flight
Shapeshifting
Teleportation
Claws & Stingers
Wasp-Totem Creation

Seriously: super smell? We're not getting all of that. We're not getting any of that. Whatever subset you think we're getting out of that, we're not getting that. This is a character ripe for disappointment. You think we're getting an immortal flying brick teleporter with regeneration? We'll be lucky to get super smell.

Next we have the Beetle. Or rather, *a* Beetle. But which Beetle? The Marvel wiki lists a bunch of them:

Abner Jenkins
Leila Davis
Janice Lincoln
Elizabeth Vaughn
Gary Quinn
Janice Jones
Janice Lincoln
Joachim Robichaux
Maso Katoro
Ultimate Beetle
Unnamed Criminal

Yes, one of the Beetles listed in the Marvel wiki is literally "unnamed criminal." There have been so many Beetles in Marvel comics they can't keep track of them all. Voting for the Beetle is like asking Kabam to add that guy you remember being on the Avengers that one time:

Then there's Shriek. I have nothing against Shriek per se, but Shriek gets her powers in part from being exposed to the Cloak dimension. we don't even have Cloak and Dagger in the game yet. That seems a bit unfair. #Justice4Cloak.

Then there's Swarm.

Okay then. Viper is kinda cool. Actually, really cool.

But I'm going to quote some words of wisdom from an anonymous player here:

Yeah I know she deals in poisons and advanced technology, but at the end of the day we all know she's going to be shooting people in the face. And unless they are adding John Wick to the game, that's not the most exciting thing around.

Then there's Black Tarantula.

Indeed. Then we have the choice most people probably think is the runaway favorite, Bub, I mean Blob. The Blob is a familiar champ, and a popular champ. But he's also basically a mutant cross between Kingpin and Juggernaut. How much space do you think exists between Kingpin and Juggernaut? You couldn't fit a quarter between those two. The Blob might win on name recognition alone, but that's no reason to vote for a champ. If he's going to win anyway, you should make your vote count and send a signal for who you really want in there. Voting for the obvious winner is just as meaningless as voting for the loser, except your vote doesn't even say anything else.

And then we have Ruby Thursday. What does Ruby Thursday have going for her?

On the one hand, she's female. As I said previously, we could use more female champions in the game.

On the other hand, she's named after a famous barbeque chain, and who doesn't like barbeque? Or possibly a song, but whatever.

On the third hand:

She's the closest thing we will likely ever get to adding a character from The Tick into the Marvel Universe. And I quote: "She ran for President of the United States as the candidate of the "Global Head" political party under the slogan `New heads for old'". Seriously.

And finally, we have this:

Over the years we've asked for super speed, shape shifting, and all sorts of other abilities, some we got and some we are still waiting for. This is our chance to get a floating head that attacks things (that isn't MODOK). Ruby Thursday can be the first champion that can attack with melee attacks from range. We might never get the fastball special we want, but we can get one all the same.

Vote Ruby Thursday. The only choice that lets us sprout arms out of our floating detached head and punch stuff. Need I say more?
More female champs is good, but we are getting a lot of female champs these days. What we are not getting is mutant champs. So the real champs we should be rooting for are blob and shriek. Hell shriek will be female mutant. What more do you want ?

We got two mutants last year so not true.
Anyways, the main argument here for me though is that neither Shriek nor Blob will have animations as good as Ruby's. They can have really cool animations for sure but there's a limit, Ruby being able to detach her head and do literally whatever she wants with it from turning it into a machine gun to blowing it up into pieces means the sky is the limit when it comes to animations and that for me is more than enough to make want her in the game more than the other two.

SagaChampion

PT_99

Viper/Madame Hydra sp3 is already "leaked" so keep trying to lure voters in false promises, Viper is winning and it won't even be close.

I_tell_no_tales_1

I know what you're going to say: you already know who the runaway winner is going to be in the Summoner's Choice 2024 vote. But just hear me out. Here's why I think Ruby Thursday is the right choice for the Battlerealm, the Contest, and yes, even you.

Let's start by looking at the competition. First there's Shathra. Shathra is female, and we could always use more female champions. But she's also a Spider-something or other, and we have tons of those. Let's take a look at her powers:

Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Speed
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Sense of Smell
Regenerative Healing Factor
Immortality
Flight
Shapeshifting
Teleportation
Claws & Stingers
Wasp-Totem Creation

Seriously: super smell? We're not getting all of that. We're not getting any of that. Whatever subset you think we're getting out of that, we're not getting that. This is a character ripe for disappointment. You think we're getting an immortal flying brick teleporter with regeneration? We'll be lucky to get super smell.

Next we have the Beetle. Or rather, *a* Beetle. But which Beetle? The Marvel wiki lists a bunch of them:

Abner Jenkins
Leila Davis
Janice Lincoln
Elizabeth Vaughn
Gary Quinn
Janice Jones
Janice Lincoln
Joachim Robichaux
Maso Katoro
Ultimate Beetle
Unnamed Criminal

Yes, one of the Beetles listed in the Marvel wiki is literally "unnamed criminal." There have been so many Beetles in Marvel comics they can't keep track of them all. Voting for the Beetle is like asking Kabam to add that guy you remember being on the Avengers that one time:

Then there's Shriek. I have nothing against Shriek per se, but Shriek gets her powers in part from being exposed to the Cloak dimension. we don't even have Cloak and Dagger in the game yet. That seems a bit unfair. #Justice4Cloak.

Then there's Swarm.

Okay then. Viper is kinda cool. Actually, really cool.

But I'm going to quote some words of wisdom from an anonymous player here:

Yeah I know she deals in poisons and advanced technology, but at the end of the day we all know she's going to be shooting people in the face. And unless they are adding John Wick to the game, that's not the most exciting thing around.

Then there's Black Tarantula.

Indeed. Then we have the choice most people probably think is the runaway favorite, Bub, I mean Blob. The Blob is a familiar champ, and a popular champ. But he's also basically a mutant cross between Kingpin and Juggernaut. How much space do you think exists between Kingpin and Juggernaut? You couldn't fit a quarter between those two. The Blob might win on name recognition alone, but that's no reason to vote for a champ. If he's going to win anyway, you should make your vote count and send a signal for who you really want in there. Voting for the obvious winner is just as meaningless as voting for the loser, except your vote doesn't even say anything else.

And then we have Ruby Thursday. What does Ruby Thursday have going for her?

On the one hand, she's female. As I said previously, we could use more female champions in the game.

On the other hand, she's named after a famous barbeque chain, and who doesn't like barbeque? Or possibly a song, but whatever.

On the third hand:

She's the closest thing we will likely ever get to adding a character from The Tick into the Marvel Universe. And I quote: "She ran for President of the United States as the candidate of the "Global Head" political party under the slogan `New heads for old'". Seriously.

And finally, we have this:

Over the years we've asked for super speed, shape shifting, and all sorts of other abilities, some we got and some we are still waiting for. This is our chance to get a floating head that attacks things (that isn't MODOK). Ruby Thursday can be the first champion that can attack with melee attacks from range. We might never get the fastball special we want, but we can get one all the same.

Vote Ruby Thursday. The only choice that lets us sprout arms out of our floating detached head and punch stuff. Need I say more?

Idk man I feel like I will vote for Viper just cause of the image you put up here
I can't resist...

DNA3000

Viper/Madame Hydra sp3 is already "leaked" so keep trying to lure voters in false promises, Viper is winning and it won't even be close.

Hush, before I make a call to Ron Stoppable.

Qmon

Imma vote Ruby since as someone above said, most of the ballot choices would be defenders aside from her. I need attackers not defenders.
Although kinda tempted to give a vote to Beetle for Unnamed Criminal lmao