[madnak]

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God is cruel, murderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc. Anything would be better than that.

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Not someone even more cruel, muderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc.

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Since Satan isn't omnipotent, if he wins and is no better than God, then at least we would have a chance against him.

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Well, if Satan defeats God, then he wasn't omnipotent either, was he?

Given that we consider Satan to be a fictional character, I think virtually all of us would have to answer that who we would "root for" in such a fight would depend entirely on the nature of the two figures involved. The idea that there is some "absolute" nature that each figures has is all well and good, but from our perspectives this is definitely not the case. It may be that most atheists would support your conception of Satan over your conception of God, but that's completely different.

I do think some popular Christian views of the devil paint him in a more heroic light than the Christians may realize. For example, the idea that Lucifer was the greatest and wisest angels, but then he opposed God. If Lucifer was indeed the greatest and wisest angel, he must certainly have realized the consequences of opposing God. Thus, he willingly chose to suffer the worst possible fate. Why would he do that? He was just really, really angry and not thinking about the consequences?

Bringing other cultural influences into the picture, the idea of Satan as a figure who sacrifices himself in order to give humanity hope isn't particularly unrealistic. But then again, it's just one more interpretation of a fictional character.