How should the Space Marines compete for dominance?

[Katherine Kerensky]

still WH40k.
emperors children...


he just said 'Space marine' so we are not restricted to just 'good guy space marines'

I dunno... they kinda went off of the written work for more... physical... pleasures.
They may be good at singing and making pretty pictures (at least in their opinion), but I'd hate to hear them recite poetry.
And besides, their poetry would be affected by the time period they are in
So it may not be very good to judges from this period...

Damn. Stupid W40K canon!.

Indeed, is there anything they CAN'T do?
Besides having children. and living peaceful lives.
And other things.
Damn them!

 

[matnatz]

Ever seen Battle Royale?

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Indeed, is there anything they CAN'T do?
Besides having children. and living peaceful lives.
And other things.
Damn them!

I bet they still don't have a cure for herpes though!.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I've seen some pretty good stuff here so far. Moving on, it hadn't totally crossed my mind the non-battle competitions that could be done that give the Warhammer 40k marines an advantage, but I was thinking something nonviolent. Oh, well.

I had another contest idea: interpretive dance contest!

 

[Malkavian]

W40k Space Marines are easily superior to all other space marine types I can think of. They are surgically and psychically modified to survive at the most extreme conditions. They have glands that produce antibodies for just about anything. They can survive in the vacuum of space for short periods of time. They tower over the likes of Master Chief and the Gears guys. They are not thoughtless brutes like the Starcraft excons(and Gears too, right? Haven't played those), but taught to be clever and wise as well. Imperial Fists are master artisans, for an example. They are super fast, super strong and super resilient. No weaknesses come to mind, save for some chapter specific ones(Blood Angels have flawed geneseed, for an example).

I may sound fanboyish, but I'm actually not that fond of Space Marines.

I had another contest idea: interpretive dance contest!

And even then, th W40k can compete Emperors Children strive for perfection in all things, and are especially interested in art, whether it be painting and music, or dancing and theatre. Not to say I can imagine one dancing, but they might just have an edge.

 

[Sovvolf]

Give them a list of normal every day household chores to do... who ever does the least damage wins.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I bet they still don't have a cure for herpes though!.

I dunno, they may have one somewhere, but it has never come up in any W40K books.
I mean, a cure besides joining the Mechanicus and being purged of the weakness of flesh.
Machines can't have herpes. As far as I know.
Unless you get a Chaos God involved...

 

[Zacharine]

Not a slaughterfest, but a Survivors kind of competition. With real survival instead of ploticing as the goal.

Drop a team of ten from each representative 'type' of Space Marines down to the surface...say... Europa. No team may attempt to contact the other team or even come within 500 km of them. No equipment beyond what they carry in their standard kit + a radio is allowed with them. At any moment, a team can call for evac, but that removes them from the competition. Once half have been eliminated, move them to a new environment, like the surface of Mercury. Last team with at least one living member capable of movement on planetside wins.

Note: cannibalization of own teammates is allowed.

And if it looks like no winner can be found in a reasonable amount of time (a few months/a year), drop the remaining teams on the orbit of Neptune. Again, wait for calls of evac, last team on-site with at least one member still alive wins.

so 400 years later when the wh40k space marines are getting bored from just sitting around what happens?

By that point, would any of their competitors be still in the running? If not, the WH40k Marines would have won long before the first century was over.

Besides, I think even the wh40k space marines need to eat...sooner or later. Not much to eat in space.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Besides, I think even the wh40k space marines need to eat...sooner or later. Not much to eat in space.

That is where those guys are at a serious disadvantage. Stronger immune system and healing means faster metabolism. The Warhammer 40k Space Marines would probably be the first to die of starvation.

 

[johnman]

I had another contest idea: interpretive dance contest!

And even then, th W40k can compete Emperors Children strive for perfection in all things, and are especially interested in art, whether it be painting and music, or dancing and theatre. Not to say I can imagine one dancing, but they might just have an edge.

Dont they have the Noise marines? If so I can imagine them having some major raves.

 

[Malkavian]

I had another contest idea: interpretive dance contest!

And even then, th W40k can compete Emperors Children strive for perfection in all things, and are especially interested in art, whether it be painting and music, or dancing and theatre. Not to say I can imagine one dancing, but they might just have an edge.

Dont they have the Noise marines? If so I can imagine them having some major raves.

They do indeed, and the sonic weaponry they employ is in fact musical instruments.

 

[Pyro Paul]

so 400 years later when the wh40k space marines are getting bored from just sitting around what happens?

By that point, would any of their competitors be still in the running? If not, the WH40k Marines would have won long before the first century was over.

Besides, I think even the wh40k space marines need to eat...sooner or later. Not much to eat in space.

wh40k space marines can naturally enter a suspended animation allowing them to effectively sleep away the years. in a story a single marine drifting in space did this for nearly 600 years before he was found and revived.

 

[q12345678901234567890]

If the marines from Warhammer 40K ever become real, I'm going to kill someone.
Gigantic Shoulderpads is NOT cool.

Gigantic shoulderpads protect the side of your face from being blown off.

Anyways, I think an epic dance-off would settle things.

I am for dance-off

 

[Pyro Paul]

I had another contest idea: interpretive dance contest!

And even then, th W40k can compete Emperors Children strive for perfection in all things, and are especially interested in art, whether it be painting and music, or dancing and theatre. Not to say I can imagine one dancing, but they might just have an edge.

Dont they have the Noise marines? If so I can imagine them having some major raves.

They do indeed, and the sonic weaponry they employ is in fact musical instruments.

and the music they play will blow your mind...
no litterally, it blows your mind out of your skull.

 

[Pyro Paul]

Besides, I think even the wh40k space marines need to eat...sooner or later. Not much to eat in space.

That is where those guys are at a serious disadvantage. Stronger immune system and healing means faster metabolism. The Warhammer 40k Space Marines would probably be the first to die of starvation.

acctually untrue.

for the Spartian and SC Space marine this is a true fact because they are augmented to be better.

the space marine of wh40k on the other hand have things added to them to make them better. the stronger immune system and faster healing are derived of additional organs designed to fufill that single aspect which would work independent of the hosts metabolism.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

snip

Damn, those guys are tough!

 

[zeroharpuia]

FOOTBALLL!!!11!!!!!1!!!!

But seriously.... I think that a footrace in full batlle armor is in order.

Who can move the fastest in their ridiculous armor?

 

[hideomgskojima]

40k marines do need to eat, but if they don't a cycle (can't remember the name) kicks in and shuts them down temporarily until they are revived by an apothecary. They can also stay awake for amazing amounts of time so the staring contest I saw very early on in this thread would be won by the space marines.

Should see the amount of Imperial Guard each can take on, of course the Gears guys will have to be picked from the Non-helmeted elite who never get shot... ever.

 

[hideomgskojima]

Send them all to Armageddon and see how many Orks they can kill. Or send them out with Commissar Sebastien "Old Man" Yarrick to hunt Ghazkull Mag Uruk Thraka, see how they do against the Orkiest Ork in the galaxy, in Mega Armour!

 

[ottenni]

Dance off. It solves everything.