History Awesome / SurvivalOfTheFittest

* Adam Dodd's fights with Cody Jenson and [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]] could count, particularly since they were among Adam's biggest rivals in the game (in the second and first half respectively).

* Eve Walker-Luther also earned one at the hands of [[spoiler: Sarah Atwell]].

* Somewhat more minor, but Aston Bennett finding [[spoiler: Quincy Jones]] and (with a bit of help from [[BigDamnHeroes Joe Rios]]) '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes annihilating him.]]'''

* No matter how you feel about the [[FridgeLogic mechanics behind it]], let's face it; Liz Polanski [[spoiler:deactivating her collar using melted aluminum]] is freaking awesome.

* The death of [[spoiler: Craig Hoyle]], who gets shot in the chest, and dies forgiving his killer.
--> [[spoiler: '''Craig:'''"Don't blame yourself... th-... people make mistakes. D-Doesn't mean you're any less of a good guy!"]]

* In ''Virtua'' v1, "Big Mike" Gibraltar is facing Brian Larke. Mike has a cake, Brian has a shotgun. What does Mike do? Run at Brian and smash the cake in his face. He doesn't get very far before getting killed, but it's still one of the most audacious ways to attack someone.

--> "Fuck you." Chris said holding up [[FlippingTheBird his bloody middle finger]] to Maxim's face. He wasn't going to let someone try and intimidate him. Not when he was in a life and death game.

* Bryan Calvert ''dropkicking'' Felix Travertil off a roof, causing him to smash through the skylight of the adjoining antebuilding. {{Badass}}? Why yes, yes he is.

* No matter how you feel about the [[FridgeLogic mechanics behind it]], let's face it; Liz Polanski [[spoiler:deactivating her collar using melted aluminum]] is freaking awesome.

* Adam Dodd's fights with [[CompleteMonster Cody Jenson]] and [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]] could count, particularly since they were among Adam's biggest rivals in the game (in the second and first half respectively).

* No matter [[YourMilageMayVary how you feel]] about the [[FridgeLogic mechanics behind it]], let's face it; Liz Polanski [[spoiler:deactivating her collar using melted aluminum]] is freaking awesome.

* No matter how you feel about the [[FridgeLogic mechanics behind it]], let's face it; Liz Polanski [[spoiler:deactivating her collar using melted aluminum]] is freaking awesome.
** YMMV. If the scenario were in any way possible it would have been awesome, but the logistic holes completely undermine the whole thing for some.

* Dorian getting tired of all the shit that Mr. Danya has put him through and finally [[spoiler: switching sides after shooting him in the chest and presumably killing him just as STAR stormed the island and managed to save around thirty kids from the final hundred... which happened to be a moment of awesome in itself.]]

* Dorian getting tired of all the shit that Mr. Danya has put him through and finally [[spoiler: switching sides after shooting him in the chest and presumably killing him just as STAR stormed the island and managed to save around thirty kids from the final hundred... which happened to be a moment of awesome in itself).

-->Her hand strayed purposefully. She fired the gun at Quincy's downed arm, shooting through his elbow.

* [[PerkyGoth Anna Chase]] spends most of her game listening to all her friends dying each day (sometimes even watching them die herself). Come Day 9, she finally finds her only friend left, and said friend is almost about to be killed by new killer Kitty Gittschall. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Chase decides she's not going to take it anymore, and finally stops her friend's death by]] '''''[[BewareTheNiceOnes hitting her over the head with a shovel and screaming at her to get out.]]''''' May not sound as impressive as many other feats, but keep in mind that Chase is a 5-foot-tall girl against a known killer with a gun and a baseball bat.

* [[PerkyGoth Anna Chase]] spends most of her game listening to all her friends dying each day (sometimes even watching them die herself). Come Day 9, she finally finds her only friend left, and said friend is almost about to be killed by new killer Kitty Gittschall. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Chase decides she's not going to take it anymore, and finally stops her friend's death by]] '''''[[BewareTheNiceOnes hitting her over the head with a shovel and screaming at her to get out.]]''''' May not sound as impressive as many other feats, but keep in mind that Chase is a 5-foot-tall girl against a known killer with a gun and a baseball bat. BewareTheNiceOnes indeed...

* There's also JJ Sturn, who [[spoiler: dies ruthlessly beating up his killer, Jimmy Brennan, going so far as to break Jimmy's nose. '''[[ImmuneToBullets After]]''' [[ImmuneToBullets being shot in the stomach]].]]

[[AC: Version 1]]
* Jack O'Connor, managing to crash the terrorists' computer systems entirely with his virus, taking out all the cameras and the V1 ending off the air. [[spoiler: Unfortunately this happened, how shall we say? Somewhat late...]]
** He also gets another ''posthumous'' crowning moment of awesome when his virus is reintroduced to the terrorists' systems, poleaxing them ''again'', this happening in version 3 - [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning more than two years after Jack's death]].
* Adam Dodd's fights with [[CompleteMonster Cody Jenson]] and [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]] could count, particularly since they were among Adam's biggest rivals in the game (in the second and first half respectively).
** Specially Adam's last action against Cody:
--> ''Stapled to a tree was Cody Jenson, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice a sword through his chest]], and '''[[PayEvilUntoEvil 'RAPIST' carved]] [[MoodWhiplash into his]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment chest]]'''''

[[AC: Version 2]]
* Bryan Calvert ''dropkicking'' Felix Travertil off a roof, causing him to smash through the skylight of the adjoining antebuilding. {{Badass}}? Why yes, yes he is.

[[AC: Version 3]]
* Darnell Butler laying out 'Boxer' Carvalho, who was more than seven foot tall, and built like a brick wall, in what amounted to one punch. This coming after Darnell just killed ''three'' people who attacked him. BewareTheNiceOnes indeed...
** For reference, Darnell is a foot shorter and almost one hundred pounds lighter than Boxer.
* Sean O'Cann's very DeadpanSnarker -esque sarcastic comments when cornered inside a room between two of the island's resident murderers: Gabriel Theobaldt and Dominica Sharpiro, are his CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
-->'''Sean:''' You see why I call the guy a lunatic? * he frowns, having been called a ''young virgin metrosexual'* Hey, enough about my sex life: just concede that I have a far higher chance at getting laid than either of you and be done with it. Hell, it would be a minor miracle if Gabriel could meet any woman and spend more than a minute without disembowling her. * He looks at Dominica* And rest assured, I would come up with a suitably witty remark concerning you, however, I have no fucking clue who you are.
* CharacterDerailment notwithstanding, the [[FiveManBand SADD]] vs. Blood Boy (one of the bigger villains of the first half of version 3) fight was one of the most action packed and all-around awesome moments of the third game so far. Read it [[http://z10.invisionfree.com/SOTF_V2/index.php?showtopic=2430&st=0 here]] (the action starts at around page 4).
** In addition to this, the scene also manages to encompass a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming ''and'' TearJerker.
* Speaking of SADD, [[AntiVillain Bobby Jacks']] encounter with the group is definitely one of his best moments. Keeping his cool in the face of a giant MexicanStandoff (Bobby vs. Everyone else) Bobby manages to calm down the situation, and when things finally go to hell, both walk out of the fight completely unscathed ''and'' kill three people, granting him the distinction of being the only guy to pick a fight with SADD (the largest group in ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v1-3) and come out on top. [[http://z10.invisionfree.com/SOTF_V2/index.php?showtopic=2564&st=15 The Thread]].
* When you finally learn about what happened to the students in V3 that disappeared... Especially Bill's HeroicSacrifice (along with Darnell Butler, John Sheppard, Jessica Jones and Derrick Taggart). The explosion? That was him destroying the armoury and [[TakingYouWithMe taking]] '''[[TakingYouWithMe an entire fucking platoon]]''' [[TakingYouWithMe of]] [[{{Mooks}} Danya's soldiers]] [[TakingYouWithMe with him]]. Then comes the final battle on the beach, which [[BolivianArmyEnding ends on a cliffhanger]]. '''EPIC'''.

[[AC: Version 4]]
* It's still early in the game yet, but the entirety of Ethan Kent's [[spoiler:SelfSacrificeScheme]] in [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7304776/ The House of the Rising Sun]] definitely sets a solid precedent.
-->'''Ethan:''' "If I’m going to die, I want to be taken out by the final boss, not by some kid from the chess club. I don’t want any of your circuitous bullshit about a classmate killing me. In the end, it’s you. If you hadn’t done this to us, they wouldn’t be killing. Even if they kill, it’s still you in the end. I don’t want you to be able to hide behind a scared kid. I want my blood on YOUR hands. I ''deserve'' to be killed by you."
* Eve Walker-Luther also earned one at the hands of [[spoiler: Sarah Atwell]].
--> '''Eve:''' "[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!]]"
* The death of [[spoiler: Craig Hoyle]], who gets shot in the chest, and dies forgiving his killer.
--> [[spoiler: '''Craig:'''"Don't blame yourself... th-... people make mistakes. D-Doesn't mean you're any less of a good guy!"]]
* There's also JJ Sturn, who [[spoiler: dies ruthlessly beating up his killer, Jimmy Brennan, going so far as to break Jimmy's nose. '''[[ImmuneToBullets After]]''' [[ImmuneToBullets being shot in the stomach]].]]

* Adam Dodd's fights with [[CompleteMonster Cody Jensen]] and [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]] could count, particularly since they were among Adam's biggest rivals in the game (in the second and first half respectively).

--> ''Stapled to a tree was Cody Jenson, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice a sword through his chest]], and '''[[PayEvilUntoEvil 'RAPIST' carved into his]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment chest]]'''''

* There's also JJ Sturn, who [[spoiler: dies ruthlessly beating up his killer, Jimmy Brennan, going so far as to break Jimmy's nose. '''After''' being shot in the stomach.]]

--> '''Eve:''' "[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!]]"

--> '''Eve:''' "Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!"

--> "Eve": "Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!"

-->'''Ethan:''' "If I’m going to die, I want to be taken out by the final boss, not by some kid from the chess club. I don’t want any of your circuitous bullshit about a classmate killing me. In the end, it’s you. If you hadn’t done this to us, they wouldn’t be killing. Even if they kill, it’s still you in the end. I don’t want you to be able to hide behind a scared kid. I want my blood on YOUR hands. I ''deserve'' to be killed by you."

* It's still early in the game yet, but the entirety of Ethan Kent's [[spoiler:SelfSacrificeGambit]] in [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7304776/ The House of the Rising Sun]] definitely sets a solid precedent.

* When you finally learn about what happened to the students in V3 that disappeared... Especially Bill's HeroicSacrifice (along with Darnell Butler, John Sheppard, Jessica Jones and Derrick Taggart). The explosion? That was him destroying the armoury and [[TakingYouWithMe taking]] '''[[TakingYouWithMe an entire fucking platoon]]''' [[TakingYouWithMe of]] [[{{Mooks}} Danya's soldiers]] [[TakingYouWithMe with him]]. Then comes the final battle on the beach, which [[BolivianArmyEnding ends on a cliffhanger]]. '''EPIC'''.