Because the collosal was KO'd? I'm pretty sure he wasn't
My opponent gets to take him home?

And that has just about nothing to do with surviving characters

This isn't true. A player wins if he is the only one with surviving characters. Possessed ~= Defeated.

Okey these two quotes are from latest FAQ

Both sides already agree on this. Now the killer part comes:

So that makes it clear that possession doesn't defeat the character, so possessing the colossal does mean game over, but not automatic win.

Now I will give a more dramatic example. Let's assume your force is 599 points, and your opponent is running Starro at 600 points in a 600 point game. Let's say you successfully possess Starro with your Jericho, and game is over. While calculating victory points both you and your opponent will add the total numbers for defeated characters, archenemy bonus, surviving characters and eliminated characters. Since both you and your opponent wouldn't have any defeated or eliminated characters, as neither of you would get archenemy bonus, only remaining victory points will be the ones for surviving characters. Since Starro is not defeated at the end of the game, he is counted as surviving, so in the end your opponent will beat you 600 - 599 in victory points and he will win.

You're right on, except there are no more survivor points.

Yep just bar that part then Rep sent for correction.

I like that you quote the latest FAQ without using the latest rules

No more survivor points, hence, roll off.

EDIT: I was beaten to the punch

Never mind, already pointed out that you don't get survivor points.

Ok, after having several pm's answered by nbperp, thank you for your quick responses by the way, which cleared up a lot of confusion, several people are correct that while possession of the opponets last figure does indeed end the game, it is not a victory. Once possession occurs on the last figure, the game ends and then normal victory conditions are followed. Thanks for your time nbperp and for all those I said were wrong, I humbly apologize.

Good post Kraxis.

It is indeed clear that the winner would be determined by a roll off.

No KO points on either side = roll off. That simple.

Rep for owning up to have made a mistake.
We all do it from time to time

It's ok, we all make mistakes. Very impressede with your admitting your mistake, BTW.

This was a good thread to read, but left me with a somewhat icky taste in my mouth.

When I first read possession, I thought, "What an absolutely worthless power." Then, I came to the same conclusion that the originator of this thread made. "Maybe," I thought, "Maybe WK created characters like this as a trump to people using gigunda undefeatable characters like Galactus and Starro! Toss a Deadman on your team and you may just crack that Omnipotent Purple Bully yet!"

The reality is disappointing. I'd like the issue to be addressed and changed. If I play a 600 point game with enough brass to bring Jericho, and enough skill to actually possess Galactus, I deserve to win. Not the player who plunked down a team with as much creativity as it takes to buy a McDonald's franchise.

For the record, I've never thought Possession was anywhere near worthless. I see it as Mind Control that takes zero feedback damage unless you want to hold the target -- and even then it's only a click per turn. If either of the Possession characters had cost under 100 points, they'd be awesome.

But yeah, I otherwise agree with you somewhat. There oughta be some reward in Heroclix for having stones, y'know?

i have a question:

if my opponent fields a 1000 pt. Anti-Monitor, and i have a team that totals 999 pts., and at the end of the match there are no KO's, who is the winner of the match?

A roll-off will decide. No more underbuild, no more survivor points, so the score is tied at nil.

Heh...well, I agree to some degree with you. While, I wouldn't mind seeing the rules changed so that possession would end the game, and score you a win, I just don't think that it should be that way against an army of single (and/or double) based characters. Of course, this is really just my personal belief that in most circumstances, putting a colossal on the board usually means you win because there are very few armies that can deal with a colossal and swarm team equally efficiently. That being said, Possession does give a team that would normally not stand any chance at winning against a colossal, a 50% chance to win in the end.