Starting Over Podcast Black History Month roundtable

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So yours truly, Rurouni KJS, joined fellow guests Will Holland and K.J. Foster on Edward “darklogos” Shelton’s Starting Over podcast for his annual Black History Month” episode.  The theme of this episode is centered around a hypothetical scenario: Build a team consisting only of black/African-descended/LOOKS like black characters.

It was recorded on the MLK Day holiday and is constantly derailed by each one of us.

It was awesome.

It’s actually the second time I’ve guested on Ed’s show. The first was back in June 2013. We didn’t meet until ROC World Cup 2015.

Among the topics discussed:

  • Our five black HeroClix of note for our Modern Age all-black teams for the event
  • Characters who are surprisingly black in comics and clix. We are all surprised at least once
  • Our 300-point teams for the hypothetical scenario
  • Lots of Blue Marvel hate*
  • Lots of love for War Machine**
  • Characters who got invited to the teams but maybe shouldn’t be
  • Our 500-point teams
  • Our 1000-point teams***
  • Black characters we really want to see made

 

The link to the 90-minute conversation is below. I’m the one whose voice seems to be recorded at a higher volume than the rest. Note: My screen name is pronounced “roo-ROH-nee” but the first syllable is so light that it sounds like “Roni” on the cast. And although we share a pair of initials, KJ is not me.

 

Here’s the link to the YouTube hosting channel and the episode!

 

* Actually, there’s a third reason to play Blue Marvel, one that’s REALLY the reason to play him: On a comic-accurate Mighty Avengers or The Ultimates team.

** I don’t express it on the podcast, but my dislike for War Machine [Age of Ultron 026] is of course well-documented.

*** Things got so animated that I never offered my picks for the 1000-point all-black-everything team I’d have run.

  • Captain Universe [Avengers Assemble 036] 165
  • Black Panther [Age of Ultron 045] 140
  • Jakeem Thunder [Joker’s Wild 053b] 140
  • Puff Adder [Superior Foes of Spider-Man 035] 100
  • XS [The Flash 004] 82
  • Technocrat [Joker’s Wild 024] 80
  • Spider-Punk [Superior Foes of Spider-Man 062] 75
  • Bronze Tiger [Joker’s Wild 026] 60
  • Tattooed Man [Joker’s Wild 020] 60
  • Perry White [Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice 015] 40
  • Amanda Waller [Joker’s Wild 012] 25
  • Diggle [DP16-010] 25

= 992 points, enough for a War Machine ID card. I opted more for swarm than tentpoles. In particular, this is a build where Captain Universe can shine more brightly than usual, acting as a TKer and Prob fig early before hulking up to more cosmic level later. Note the absence of Blue Marvel.

I also completely failed to give shout outs to my Atlanta, Ga., player base. Here is my mea culpa.

 

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