Hey Barkeep Hows About Another?
This post is focused on a discussion I had with my roommate last night, who would outdrink who (superhero style)? I'm not certain how it arose, but after two hours of discussionwe reached some pretty sweet conclusions. The Incredible Hulk would drink almost everyone under the table. His sheer body mass just couldn't be matched by any other character. That being said, the Silver Surfer would beat the Hulk, because he has the power cosmic. Gamma radiation does not stand a chance against the power cosmic, now the Hulk could put it back faster, bigger mouth and stomach, but the Silver Surfer could kick his blood alcohol levels way higher, I'm talking like 80-90%, seriously crazy amounts.
Some of the more fun match-ups include:
Captain America vs Nick Fury. Now Cap has his super-human build and body, but he is super prissy, too. Nick Fury looks like he's been a few wars and knows that with battle also comes booze, so he and the bottle are not strangers. For this, Nick Fury shames Cap and laughs hysterically as America blows chunks into his shield.
Gambit vs Cable. This is a big toughy, because Cable has the size and strong drinking experience behind him, but the Cajun is a pro at the game, too. Cable's real weakness is his need to be able to suppress the legacy virus or lose his life, Gambit is a smallish guy and probably starting the game at least a couple down. After some deliberation, it was decided that this battle would be determined by what's being drunk, Cable will win with beers and whiskey; Gambit has the rum and wine market cornered. I think the other hard liquors are a toss up and can't be decided, but I'd think Cable would win for vodka and Gambit for moonshine.
I decided that there aren't really any interesting match-ups involving Wolverine, because his healing factor really makes him hard to beat and if he is up against Deadpool or Sabretooth, he just can't cut it. Sabretooth has a better healing factor and more body mass. The reason he wouldn't beat Deadpool is because Deadpool would beat Sabretooth. Both Deadpool and Sabretooth have the healing factor, Sabretooth's is superior but somewhat inconsistent on how effective it will be any moment, Deapool's is pretty steady, but more in between. Sabretooth clearly has the weight advantage, too. So, let's play Sabretooth on his best of days, healing factor at super awesome and just prepped, now why does Deadpool win? The answer is pretty simple, Deadpool is crazier, just way more psychotic. Deadpool is the type of guy that will cut off his arm just to show you he can, Sabretooth may be able to last drink for drink with Deadpool, but eventually he'll reach a point where he will hit his limit, Deadpool will have passed his proper limit, but in his drive to win and his sense of self-mutilation he'll just go on. Outdrinking Sabretooth. Of course, he'd then heckle like crazy until he passes out. It is pretty sweet.
One to watch is Kitty Pride vs Jean Grey. Neither are big drinkers, Kitty is too innocent and Jean too prudish. However, you just want to see them starting knocking them back. That is all kinds of hot.
We only came up with one worthwhile DC versus, DC characters less interesting in this respect. That matchup is Aquaman vs Hawkman. The decided winner is Aquaman. Yes, Aquaman. The result here is pretty simple to figure out, Aquaman just drinks more. I mean they get together and start up and Aquaman is already feeling bad for himself because he is Aquaman and realizes he isn't interesting at all. Hawkman comes up and he feels bad for himself, being Hawkman, but then he sees Aquaman and sighs a breath of relief, letting slip a little, "at least I'm not Aquaman." From that point on Aquaman drinks two for every one Hawkman takes. Note, that Aquaman passes out first but he was so far beyond what Hawkman could down, that he takes the winner's trophy--puke pillow and floor bed.
Mario (Super Mario) vs Link was another match considered. Here we took into account Link's obvious depression and homicidal rage, but matched against Mario's stature and seemingly endless tripped out life it was a pretty simple conclusion. Mario goes down the pipe and by that I mean he could drink a warp tubes worth of liquor and then start his competition. Not to say Link is a lightweight in any manner, it's just hard to keep up with that little Mario. I'll point out that with princesses like Peach and Zelda, you'd have to be a heavy drinker.
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I think that's pretty good for the night. Hope you enjoyed it all. If you have any match ups you'd like me to judge just leave a comment and I will do what I can to help. Also, if you disagree with the outcome of a matchup write a comment with a convincing argument and who knows maybe I'll agree with you.
