User blog comment:The Reptile King/July 16 2016 Announcement and Reptile Kingdom betting pool/@comment-27950421-20160717193743

Alrighty then here's the current bets:

Deviljho- 1 ton of gold + 1 of Holstaur milk and prisoner fruit home made ice cream wit Holstaur milk whipped cream and Alraune nectar topping - Aro.

Diablos- 4-2 foot chunk of platinum - LoS

Tigrex- The Obsidian remains of Circe- Jeiel

Australium- 3 bars of gold- Anon #1

Gotta say both of those monsters bring back good memories.

The Deviljho was beast feared by every hunter back in MH3. It could appear anywhere, at any time and was guaranteed to wreck shit when it did. No monster has ever brought such fear upon its arrival nor such a great sense of triumph upon its defeat. A truly worthy hunt.

The Diablos has been a dangerous foe ever since I started back in Monster Hunter 2: Freedom. Size alone made it problematic given that only its ankles were viable targets most of the time. Add an insanely aggro fighting style full of burrowing and charging and you got a problem with two horns ready to skewer you in a heart beat. And don't even get me started on the friggin Black varient. PMSing bitch.

The Tigrex, what can I say about old Tig. The beast is what got me into monster hunter. I saw it on the cover art of Monster Hunter 2: Freedom and had to get the game. It's just such a savagely beautiful beast. It doesn't have any gimmicks like most of other monsters. It doesn't shoot fire or lightening, no giant horns or tusks. Just a big, bad beast with a big claws, sharp fangs and more than enough brute force and anger issues to around. You know a monster is badassed when it can kick your ass with just it's voice. The subsequent subspecies of the brute Tigrex with an even stronger roar and the molten tigrex with an stringer roar than even the brite and blast powder. A fine choice.

And Australium. I'm gonna check the wiki but I'm pretty sure that isn't from monster hunter. You pretty much just gave away those gold bars dude. Oh well, all bets are final.

Still so many creatures to choose from though, who will be the winner, if any...