Back Alley Brawler is HUGE!

[VPrime]

Why is Back Alley Brawler so enormous?

 

From everything I have read about the game, comics, books, etc. He is supposed to be the one hero who has no actual superpowers.

 

Why is his character so freakishly large?

 

His character model dwarfs both Statesman and Citadel.

 

[MoonSheep]

there used to be 10 core superheroes and he ate 2 of them

 

he’s now eating manticore’s lunch, that’s why the lil red squirrel man is so small

[KaizenSoze]

Think of the character the "Mountain" on Game of Thrones. Some humans are incredible tall and massive.

 

Also, it's a video game. 😉

[Mistress Bloodwrath]

Some people are just naturally large. We have them in real life too and they don't have any superpowers either.

[TheMoneyMaker]

8 minutes ago, MoonSheep said:

there used to be 10 core superheroes and he ate 2 of them

 

he’s now eating manticore’s lunch, that’s why the lil red squirrel man is so small

[TheMoneyMaker]

2 minutes ago, Mistress Bloodwrath said:

Some people are just naturally large. We have them in real life too and they don't have any superpowers either.

We're still waiting on the patch fix for that gigantism glitch.

 

Real Life as an MMO sucks.  The dev team never interacts with the playerbase, the rules are often wonky, and I still haven't figured out the end game content.

[caradoc1979]

I played this tabletop RPG back in the day called Heroes Unlimited by Palladium Games. This particular GM had us roll for powers when we made our characters instead of choosing them ourselves, and everyone was having a great time on the random tables coming up with weird powers and concepts. Until it's my turn. Of course I rolled horrible and got no powers at all... in a superhero game... where everyone has POWERS. So I dumped all my stats in strength and endurance and made this HUGE buffed-out hillbilly that was insanely strong. I ended up being one of the most powerful heroes on the team, though I was certainly the dumbest 🤪 I took great pleasure in just ripping doors apart and ramming through walls when the other characters would try and come up with elaborate plans and uses for their so-called "powers" ... and I will always feel a certain kinship to BAB because of that 😊

[Luminara]

29 minutes ago, VPrime said:

Why is Back Alley Brawler so enormous?

 

Viagra.

[JasperStone]

3 hours ago, VPrime said:

Why is Back Alley Brawler so enormous?

 

[Triumphant]

"He's not so tough.  I could take him.  I could take the whole freaking Freedom Phalanx..."

[Nerio72]

6 minutes ago, Triumphant said:

"He's not so tough.  I could take him.  I could take the whole freaking Freedom Phallus..."

Fixed 🤣 And inappropriate. So sorry. 😇

[srmalloy]

3 hours ago, Luminara said:

Viagra.

This left me snickering as I remembered the story about the Navy conducting a study on the effects of Viagra on healthy individuals. They gave regular doses of Viagra to a selected population of sailors and Marines over a six-month period, but they were stymied about how to analyze the results. The sailors all reported increased sexual stamina and performance, while the Marines just got taller.

[Luminara]

2 minutes ago, srmalloy said:

This left me snickering as I remembered the story about the Navy conducting a study on the effects of Viagra on healthy individuals. They gave regular doses of Viagra to a selected population of sailors and Marines over a six-month period, but they were stymied about how to analyze the results. The sailors all reported increased sexual stamina and performance, while the Marines just got taller.

 

I'm not a Marine and I felt that burn.

[Snarky]

without his toupee and glasses

[Oz The Elderly Gaymer]

21 hours ago, KaizenSoze said:

Think of the character the "Mountain" on Game of Thrones. Some humans are incredible tall and massive.

 

Also, it's a video game. 😉

 

And the third actor who plays him - Hafthor J. Bjornsson - is an actual beast, standing at nearly 7 feet tall and weighs over 400 lbs. And his brothers are even bigger. The Bjornsson family has Jotun blood somewhere in their background. Here's a photo of him standing next to Lena Hadley (Cersei) who is by no means short herself.

 

[GM Crumpet]

21 hours ago, caradoc1979 said:

I played this tabletop RPG back in the day called Heroes Unlimited by Palladium Games. This particular GM had us roll for powers when we made our characters instead of choosing them ourselves, and everyone was having a great time on the random tables coming up with weird powers and concepts. Until it's my turn. Of course I rolled horrible and got no powers at all... in a superhero game... where everyone has POWERS. So I dumped all my stats in strength and endurance and made this HUGE buffed-out hillbilly that was insanely strong. I ended up being one of the most powerful heroes on the team, though I was certainly the dumbest 🤪 I took great pleasure in just ripping doors apart and ramming through walls when the other characters would try and come up with elaborate plans and uses for their so-called "powers" ... and I will always feel a certain kinship to BAB because of that 😊

I love Palladium games. A very underrated company. 

[Glacier Peak]

Absolute unit

 

Most absolute unit

[Ukase]

So...maybe he's just a bit above normal and the rest of them are just relatively shorter/smaller. 

[Ironblade]

This is former professional strongman Brian Shaw, standing with the winners of the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition.

 

[TheMoneyMaker]

On 8/29/2024 at 2:26 PM, VPrime said:

Why is Back Alley Brawler so enormous?

 

From everything I have read about the game, comics, books, etc. He is supposed to be the one hero who has no actual superpowers.

 

Why is his character so freakishly large?

 

His character model dwarfs both Statesman and Citadel.

 

What they don't tell you but is quite obvious in this image:  The average height in Paragon City is about 4.5 feet tall.  BAB is tall, but not as freakishly so as this picture suggests.  Instead, everyone else is just freakishly small.

[Go0gleplex]

He ate all of his veggies as a kid. :p 

[Vanden]

On 8/31/2024 at 3:24 AM, TheMoneyMaker said:

What they don't tell you but is quite obvious in this image:  The average height in Paragon City is about 4.5 feet tall.  BAB is tall, but not as freakishly so as this picture suggests.  Instead, everyone else is just freakishly small.

 

Oh no, he's quite enormous. Track him down in Atlas Park with a max-height character and see for yourself.

 

Why is he so big? Why, he's swollen with LEADERSHIP

 

 

[High_Beam]

On 8/29/2024 at 2:36 PM, Mistress Bloodwrath said:

Some people are just naturally large. We have them in real life too and they don't have any superpowers either.

Speaking of LARGE!  Your GIFs Prow!

[Mistress Bloodwrath]

7 hours ago, High_Beam said:

Speaking of LARGE!  Your GIFs Prow!

 

It's just a really good angle.

[Azari]

On 8/29/2024 at 2:40 PM, TheMoneyMaker said:

We're still waiting on the patch fix for that gigantism glitch.

 

Real Life as an MMO sucks.  The dev team never interacts with the playerbase, the rules are often wonky, and I still haven't figured out the end game content.

And if you do happen to run into a dev, nobody will ever believe you. You’ll be labeled as crazy.