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News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:03 pm

Sabrblade wrote:It's not like you're picking the next Pope or something. Lighten up.

It's stupid making the bad guys become leader of the planet

Let's have Hitler or Bin Ladin become President then if it doesn't matter

Sabrblade wrote:And, furthermore, why are people even bringing up the Matrix in this anyway? Did no one read the press release on the first page of this thread? Cuz it clearly says:
This leader is usually chosen directly by the Matrix of Leadership, but the “Power of the Primes” fan vote will put the fans in command and give them the power to light the darkest hour and choose the bot to lead Cybertron into a historic new era.
The Matrix isn't the one doing the picking here. WE are. Us fans are the ones who get to decide. Our vote transcends any say that the Matrix has in this. It's our vote, not the Matrix's. It has no say in this matter. What we say is what it has to go with.

I did not realize that us fans are actually characters in the story who decide who is the god damn Prime unlike what has happened otherwise when other true Primes have been chosen by the Matrix.

It's cool lets ignore the thing that knights the Primes from the story because it's obvious in the story these guys are just going to be voted as a fake.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:07 pm

I reiterate, lighten up, dude. None of this real, you're taking it way to seriously.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:12 pm

News Credits: 8 · by **Mr.MicroMaster** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:13 pm

Kurona wrote:
Deadput wrote:
Kurona wrote:Once again, I fail to see any mention of the Matrix as it is choosing a Decepticon.

Why can't it be the Matrix being corrupted like with Thunderwing in Marvel?
Why can't it be the Decepticon stealing the matrix and touting it around like with Starscream in IDW?
Why can't it be anything else that would land them with the matrix other than the matrix choosing them?

If the poll chooses a 'con, there'll be some reasoning for it in-story.

Because unless chosen in a natural matter they will become a fake Prime they are a fake pretender throwing the word Prime around and it is a disgrace for them to be on the same plain as true Primes such as Optimus or Rodimus.

The IDW adds the results from the toyline this vote is from not the other way around so forget about IDW which is not as grand as everyone says it is since it's becoming worse and worse ever since season 2 of the current series of comics began.

The point of this contest/vote will be lost if the results do not give a true prime and just some guy claiming to be one.

I don't particularly see the problem with that, if anything IDW keeps getting better (Windblade's series in particular has seen a massive surge in quality), and I'd find it far more interesting to get a Decepticon Prime rather than just another Autobot Prime. I really don't see what would be interesting about Magnus or Hound as Prime - and especially not Star Saber. Megatron or Deathsaurus would be extremely interesting.
Besides, we're voting for the leader of Cybertron. Not the leader of the Autobots. Hence it's pretty much implied that we're voting in a post-war scenario. And who knows? Maybe the Matrix does sense something in Megatron. Something that could help lead the planet into prosperity that was lost in the war but perhaps could be rekindled.
I'm not saying this would happen, but that's the point - we don't know how this'll unfold. So I think it's a bit ridiculous to be making judgements now that they'll be a fake Prime or whatever. We'll just have to see

I agree IDW is getting better not worse also Megatron and Deathsaurus would be cool choices may only problem is with Starsaber,Thunderwing,and Shockwave who have by no stretch of the imagation commited Cybertroian war crimes. Like it or not it will most likely affect IDW contonuity for better or worse,but it's definitely going to be interesting.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I reiterate, lighten up, dude. None of this real, you're taking it way to seriously.

Yes I am thank you very much what made you think otherwise?

Because this is different from voting and making a new character this vote will change one of these characters and who they are forever Shockwave or Megatron will forever be associated with being a Prime if they get voted and do you really want some damn evil characters to be elected leader of the planet with a name to stand amongst Optimus and Rodimus characters who are good and pure of heart?

I will not accept what the meaning of being a good leader of pure heart is too be tarnished by some damn vote if I have to I will keep on stating why any of these other Autobots should become Prime instead of characters usually associated with being evil or not pure hearted.

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Canine** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:13 pm

I'm voting for Star Saber. I really want a Star Saber figure that I can actually afford.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:14 pm

Deadput wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:It's not like you're picking the next Pope or something. Lighten up.

It's stupid making the bad guys become leader of the planet

What about Starscream?

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:16 pm

DigitalBrave3 wrote:I'm voting for Star Saber. I really want a Star Saber figure that I can actually afford.

So you want Star Saber to go to a name change and forever become associated with being a Prime?

It's the fact that their not just a Prime is what makes natural born leaders such as Ultra Magnus and Star Saber interesting.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:17 pm

Oh, and would you look at that, there is a Decepticon Prime. One who even holds the honor of being a member of The Convoy.

https://www.facebook.com/AxiomNewsRook/photos/a.906676899375931.1073741828.890548954322059/1036503456393274/?type=3

#4: Scourge, the only Decepticon among the Convoy. Sources among the Alternity say that he comes from the CS World, standing for "Convoy's Shadow," an offshoot of OG World the Alternity "fixed" when the timeline started to drift. In CS World, Optimus Prime's corpse was seriously damaged following a Quintesson ploy to reanimate it, and was subsequently vaporized by a Quintesson trap. In this world, perhaps because Optimus' essence was more firmly incorporated into the Matrix, when Scourge acquired the Matrix of Leadership, he was able to defeat Hot Rod in combat and retain possession of the artifact. Thus bolstered, he became the undisputed leader of the Decepticons. Under the subtle influence of the Matrix, especially the whispering voice of Optimus Prime, he eventually brokered a peace between the Autobots and the Decepticons. After many centuries, they unified into a single force in the face of renewed hostilities from Unicron. Scourge was blasted by the Lord of Chaos, but the Matrix shielded him, allowing him to escape destruction by being shunted into unspace, which was where Rhinox found him. Andromeda tracked him down but was too intimidated to ask for a quote.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:19 pm

CMI-SillySpringer wrote:What about Starscream?

Most people don't even like Starscream and he isn't even a Prime and clearly this Prime is replacing Starscream because everyone is getting tired of him and it's about time anyways.

It's not about them becoming the leader of Cybertron if it was I would be fine with it and in fact would remove Hound from my vote but it's about them ascending to Prime hood permanently.

Permanently this is going to be another Rodimus situation guys so vote carefully and just think about who would make a good prime for reasons besides getting a toy of them sooner.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:23 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Oh, and would you look at that, there is a Decepticon Prime. One who even holds the honor of being a member of The Convoy.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
:))

Are you kidding me Sabr?!

What is this mockery of bad comedy.

This is from some alternate continuity that will never be relevant or brought up again like those stupid ask Vector Prime posts which is useless "canon" fan fiction.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:25 pm

Deadput wrote:it's about them ascending to Prime hood permanently.

Where was it said that this would be a permanent thing? Optimus went back to being Orion Pax in "The Death of Optimus Prime" before return to his Prime status in Dark Cybertron. What makes you so sure that this new Prime won't ever be able to likewise retire at some future point in their life?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:27 pm

Deadput wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Oh, and would you look at that, there is a Decepticon Prime. One who even holds the honor of being a member of The Convoy.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Are you kidding me Sabr?!

What is this mockery of bad comedy.

This is from some alternate continuity that will never be relevant or brought up again like those stupid ask Vector Prime posts which is useless "canon" fan fiction.

Laugh all you want. It's still a case that happened. Obscurity doesn't hinder truth.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:28 pm

Well, I thought long and hard about it.

Sorry, Primal; you're a close second place, but Deathsaurus deserves this after what he's done for his crew

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:29 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Deadput wrote:it's about them ascending to Prime hood permanently.
Where was it said that this would be a permanent thing? Optimus went back to being Orion Pax in "The Death of Optimus Prime" before return to his Prime status in Dark Cybertron. What makes you so sure that this new Prime won't ever be able to likewise retire at some future point in their life?

Who went back to being Prime because being a Prime is how we know him and is a permanent part of his identity.

Orion Pax is backstory made up for who he was (oh a dock worker or a data guy so a normal person!) before he was Prime.

Optimus Prime is who we fans will always see him as.

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:33 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Laugh all you want. It's still a case that happened. Obscurity doesn't hinder truth.

It's a horrible idea on the internet that can easily be ignored as it's never been important and never will unlike this which is going to be part of the future toy line and comics.

Which is why Scourge is not part of this vote.

It's clearly something you had too google up as the "Oh I'm Sabr the encyclopedia of knowledge here so clearly I'm right" smart person around here you have to always be right.

Let' get a Prime out of a guy who has not had spotlight in a long time instead of a overused character getting even more spot light or a character who would be ruined by becoming a Prime.

News Credits: 8 · by **Mr.MicroMaster** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:42 pm

Deadput wrote:A Decepticon Prime has never been in Transformers before now due to being a absolutely bad idea it's bad fan fiction amounts of Bad fan fiction.

The only con on this list that could live up to the Prime name is Deathasaurs.

Only Autobots or neutrals have been Primes because Prime is a name usually associated with good characters not including those corrupt Primes from the past in IDW who were not even real Primes

A bad guy is not a real Prime Shockwave is not a Prime, Megatron is not a real Prime, Thunderwing is not a real Prime, and Deathsaurus is not a real Prime even if he has shown to care about his comrades he is part of the evil Decepticons.

Decepticons are the bad guys and I have had enough of evil bad guy Primes and would mean Optimus or Rodimus can be the only good Primes to exist.

It's like making Trump or Hilary the Presidant just because their the leader of Cybertron as a whole and not either faction doesn't matter they would be fake people lying about being a Prime

I agree the war may be over but ever decepticons on this list are still decepticons who are also monsters and don't deserve to be the leader,and their criminals. No I'm not taking this to serouis I'm only caring about something I enjoy. Bots who should be on this list are Windblade,Springer,Ironhide,and many others. If any decepticon deserves to win it's Deathsaurus,but I think if had someone crazy to win it should be Megatron. Even though it would not go well in the comics both Autobots and Decepticons alike would literally riot.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:46 pm

Gee Wiz!
Basically posting just to keep up. :lol:

This is all very interesting.
So if we assume that most these toys are already in some sort of development. It's also fare to assume that regardless of the "winner", we could see more than one of these toys make it to the shelves, yes?

News Credits: 26 · by **MaverickPrime** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:47 pm

If the only choices are those in the poster, I'm Hound all the way, I like the character and I feel he needs a little spotlight FAR MORE than the others on the list.(even if Star Saber on HASBRO material is interesting by itself), besides, it would ve fresh, all others have had a leadership role before.
However, if there're more choices or we can suggest our own(which I doubt), I have to go with Jazz! he's the second in command in some continuities and he's one of the coolest characters in the whole mythos, and his presence carries respect and motivations for those under his command, I LOVED how in FoC, when Bruticus attacks the arc, everyone just runs and gives up, but as soon as Jazz arrives, they all recover their spirit just by seeing him joining the battle. :BOWDOWN:

Others I feel also deserve Primehood are Ironhide and Springer, maybe even Kup.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:48 pm

Deadput wrote:"Oh I'm Sabr the encyclopedia of knowledge here so clearly I'm right" smart person around here you have to always be right.

OK DUDE. Take a deep breath. count to 10. What ever it takes.

by **CaptainMagic** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:48 pm

My vote is either Hound or Thunderwing. Hound because it's always comforting when the nice guy wins, and Thunderwing because of his precedence as a Matrix holder and because I want to see what happens when someone that brutal gets put in charge.

Also, I hope whoever wins gets saddled with a trailer in good old Rodimus Prime fashion. Especially if they don't have a ground-based vehicle mode. And especially if it's Primal. Just a big gorilla with a wagon. :lol:

IDW-wise, I could see this being implemented as whichever bot wins using the artifacts of the 13 to save the day somehow. I don't see Starscream getting dethroned over this, the Matrix is broken, and at least some of the 13 seem to be dead, so I'm betting their artifacts are what really come into play to help whichever of the less savory members of the 13 show up to wreak havoc in the comics. So I'm guessing the winner of the vote just gets a right place, right time one-off chance to save the day and then goes about their business.

by **MasterPrime8054** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:49 pm

I want star saber because we never gotten a hasbro figure of him so I think it's time to bring him into the United States :HASBRO:

by **Railbomb** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:49 pm

If Star Saber were to win I'd think it'd be neat if they were to treat him as a new "Ultra Magnus", like a suit of armor built in his image and make Saber or the Brain of Courage (or preferably a new character) the current user of the armor and the Prime.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:50 pm

MaverickPrime wrote:If the only choices are those in the poster, I'm Hound all the way, I like the character and I feel he needs a little spotlight FAR MORE than the others on the list.(even if Star Saber on HASBRO material is interesting by itself), besides, it would ve fresh, all others have had a leadership role before.
However, if there're more choices or we can suggest our own(which I doubt), I have to go with Jazz! he's the second in command in some continuities and he's one of the coolest characters in the whole mythos, and his presence carries respect and motivations for those under his command, I LOVED how in FoC, when Bruticus attacks the arc, everyone just runs and gives up, but as soon as Jazz arrives, they all recover their spirit just by seeing him joining the battle.
Others I feel also deserve Primehood are Ironhide and Springer, maybe even Kup.

Hound actually has had a leadership role before; in Furman-era IDW he commanded his own little group which included Sideswipe, Warpath, Skram and Road Rocket. And much later during Dark Cybertron while both Magnus and Rodimus were off doing other things, he assumed control of the Lost Light.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:52 pm

Deadput wrote:
CMI-SillySpringer wrote:What about Starscream?

Most people don't even like Starscream and he isn't even a Prime and clearly this Prime is replacing Starscream because everyone is getting tired of him and it's about time anyways.

It's not about them becoming the leader of Cybertron if it was I would be fine with it and in fact would remove Hound from my vote but it's about them ascending to Prime hood permanently.

Permanently this is going to be another Rodimus situation guys so vote carefully and just think about who would make a good prime for reasons besides getting a toy of them sooner.

I personally think Arcee, Hound, and Ultra Magnus are the best options. I still think Arcee is best as far as creativity though. I want another female Prime.