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The ultimate goal: to crown the baldest, space marinest, bald space marine in all of gaming. But we arent awarding the Baldie to just anyone. First, we need to determine who qualifies. Few realize what it takes to be a bald space marine. It takes guts. It takes dedication. But most of all, you have to be bald and a space marine.
This is where you come in: look at the images and brief profiles provided below. Judge the prospective candidates in ONLY these two areas: baldness and space marineness. This is NOT a popularity contest. These two categories are not without their grey areas, though, so our first step is to eliminate those that arent worthy of the coveted title. In your post, list the three (3, no more or less) most worthy of moving onto the next round, in any order. The results will be tallied and the five candidates with the most nominations will move on.
If you find the list lacking, you may also nominate a worthy bald space marine that might have been overlooked during the initial selection process.
Here are your candidates, NeoGAF:
1.) Balder (Too Human)
Bald?
Yes. His name is even Balder, meaning he can only theoretically be outdone by Baldest.
Space Marine?
Balder is a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier charged with protecting humanity from advanced machines who want nothing less than to exterminate the human race. He travels around outerspace and uses guns and swords to do so.
2.) Sgt. Nathan Hale (Resistance: Fall of Man)
Bald?
Freshly shaved this morning.
Space Marine?
He starts as just your average Earth soldier from an alternate past. Then he winds up fighting aliens. Aliens from space.
3.) Master Chief (Halo Series)
Bald?
Outside material like the Halo novels suggest he could have red hair, but going solely by the games it is impossible to know for sure.
Space Marine?
The Master Chief is a biologically-enhanced and cybernetically-augmented commando for the United Nations Space Command. Or something.
4.) Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Bald?
Yes, by default. It is currently unknown what the other faces available for Shepard look like. At the very least it is likely that if you choose to make Commander Shepard a woman you can have hair.
Space Marine?
Shepard is an elite human soldier charged with protecting humanity from ancient machines who want nothing less than to exterminate all life in the galaxy.
5.) Sgt. Cortez (Timesplitters Series)
Bald?
Yep.
Space Marine?
His description in Future Perfects character gallery reads: Space Marine extraordinaire.
6.) Doomguy (Doom Series)
Bald?
More of a military-style crewcut, really.
Space Marine?
Yep, and not just any space marine, but an anonymous space marine fighting to survive a mysterious invasion of inter-dimensional demons.
7.) Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
Bald?
He has dark black hair sticking out of his do-rag in the retail game. When Epic first revealed the character, however, he was completely bald.
Space Marine?
He becomes the leader of a rag-tag squad for the Coalition of Ordered Governments, so he's got the "marine" part down. The "space" part is a little iffy. Sera is the Earth-like planet game takes place on, and is assumed to be humanitys homeplanet. The humans have satellites, but actual space travel is never even hinted at in the game. The origin of the Locust is also completely unexplained. Lousy barebones story telling...
8.) Jack Mason (Pariah)
Bald?
It's starting to grow in a bit.
Space Marine?
Jack is a medic for the Alliance, and by an unlikely turn of events has forced him into combat. Generic combat.
9.) Tex (Brute Force)
Bald?
Similar to Doomguy, he has a military-style crewcut.
Space Marine?
Indeed, for the Confederation Republic. Thats the name of the unified government for Earths colonies in the future, which may or may not be run by hicks.
10.) Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay)
Bald?
You bet.
Space Marine?
He may in fact have a military past, but gamers know him as a tough guy stuck in a prison. A prison in space. And he tries to escape from the space prison.
This is where you come in: look at the images and brief profiles provided below. Judge the prospective candidates in ONLY these two areas: baldness and space marineness. This is NOT a popularity contest. These two categories are not without their grey areas, though, so our first step is to eliminate those that arent worthy of the coveted title. In your post, list the three (3, no more or less) most worthy of moving onto the next round, in any order. The results will be tallied and the five candidates with the most nominations will move on.
If you find the list lacking, you may also nominate a worthy bald space marine that might have been overlooked during the initial selection process.
Here are your candidates, NeoGAF:
1.) Balder (Too Human)
Bald?
Yes. His name is even Balder, meaning he can only theoretically be outdone by Baldest.
Space Marine?
Balder is a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier charged with protecting humanity from advanced machines who want nothing less than to exterminate the human race. He travels around outerspace and uses guns and swords to do so.
2.) Sgt. Nathan Hale (Resistance: Fall of Man)
Bald?
Freshly shaved this morning.
Space Marine?
He starts as just your average Earth soldier from an alternate past. Then he winds up fighting aliens. Aliens from space.
3.) Master Chief (Halo Series)
Bald?
Outside material like the Halo novels suggest he could have red hair, but going solely by the games it is impossible to know for sure.
Space Marine?
The Master Chief is a biologically-enhanced and cybernetically-augmented commando for the United Nations Space Command. Or something.
4.) Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Bald?
Yes, by default. It is currently unknown what the other faces available for Shepard look like. At the very least it is likely that if you choose to make Commander Shepard a woman you can have hair.
Space Marine?
Shepard is an elite human soldier charged with protecting humanity from ancient machines who want nothing less than to exterminate all life in the galaxy.
5.) Sgt. Cortez (Timesplitters Series)
Bald?
Yep.
Space Marine?
His description in Future Perfects character gallery reads: Space Marine extraordinaire.
6.) Doomguy (Doom Series)
Bald?
More of a military-style crewcut, really.
Space Marine?
Yep, and not just any space marine, but an anonymous space marine fighting to survive a mysterious invasion of inter-dimensional demons.
7.) Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
Bald?
He has dark black hair sticking out of his do-rag in the retail game. When Epic first revealed the character, however, he was completely bald.
Space Marine?
He becomes the leader of a rag-tag squad for the Coalition of Ordered Governments, so he's got the "marine" part down. The "space" part is a little iffy. Sera is the Earth-like planet game takes place on, and is assumed to be humanitys homeplanet. The humans have satellites, but actual space travel is never even hinted at in the game. The origin of the Locust is also completely unexplained. Lousy barebones story telling...
8.) Jack Mason (Pariah)
Bald?
It's starting to grow in a bit.
Space Marine?
Jack is a medic for the Alliance, and by an unlikely turn of events has forced him into combat. Generic combat.
9.) Tex (Brute Force)
Bald?
Similar to Doomguy, he has a military-style crewcut.
Space Marine?
Indeed, for the Confederation Republic. Thats the name of the unified government for Earths colonies in the future, which may or may not be run by hicks.
10.) Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay)
Bald?
You bet.
Space Marine?
He may in fact have a military past, but gamers know him as a tough guy stuck in a prison. A prison in space. And he tries to escape from the space prison.
