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Well, this seems like an okay place to dump this. So a few weeks ago I posted a topic examining the idea that any time a Noble Nine member lost to a non-Noble Nine member, the NNer would have to forfeit their NN spot to the challenger. This contest's "Lineal Nine", as you guys called it, has since been determined, so I'm posting an update here.

- Any time a LN member is outplaced in a match by a non-LN member in any 1v1 or free-for-all format, they will immediately lose their spot to the challenger
- If a non-LN member beats multiple LN members, only the lower-placing LN member loses his spot
- If multiple non-LN members beat a LN member, only the highest-placing challenger gets the LN spot

Here's the list of all Lineal Nine exchanges:

- Crono lost to Vincent in 2007
- Sonic lost to L-Block in 2007
- L-Block lost to Crono in 2008
- Mega Man lost to Weighted Companion Cube in 2008
- Sephiroth lost to Kirby in 2008
- Crono lost to Missingno. in 2010
- Vincent lost to Sephiroth in 2010
- Weighted Companion Cube lost to Luigi in 2010
- Kirby lost to Sonic in 2010
- Mario lost to Vivi in 2013
- Luigi lost to Big Boss in 2013
- Missingno. lost to Squall in 2013
- Big Boss lost to Kirby in 2013
- Link lost to Draven in 2013
- Cloud lost to Squirtle in 2013
- Sonic lost to Mewtwo in 2013
- Squirtle lost to Pikachu in 2013
- Squall lost to Pokemon Trainer Red in 2013
- Pokemon Trainer Red lost to Mega Man in 2013
- Draven lost to Amaterasu in 2018
- Mewtwo lost to Tifa Lockheart in 2018
- Kirby lost to Bowser in 2018
- Ganondorf lost to Link in 2018
- Bowser lost to Crono in 2018
- Sephiroth lost to Mario in 2018
- Crono lost to Cloud in 2018
- Snake lost to Zelda in 2018
- Mega Man lost to Crono in 2018

Today's Lineal Nine is:

Samus
Zelda > Snake
Mario > Sephiroth > Vincent > Crono
Crono > Mega Man > Red > Squall > Missingno. > Crono > L-Block > Sonic
Cloud > Crono > Bowser > Kirby > Big Boss > Luigi > Weighted Companion Cube > Mega Man
Tifa > Mewtwo > Sonic > Kirby > Sephiroth
Pikachu > Squirtle > Cloud
Link > Ganondorf > Vivi > Mario
Amaterasu > Draven > Link

Trivia:

-Samus is the only original member who has never lost a spot.
-No Lineal Nine member but Samus holds a spot that originally belonged to them.
-Crono lost his spot 3 times; once to a near-elite, once to a joke character and once to a Noble Niner. Yet despite this, he currently holds a spot. What a champ.
-No active Lineal Nine member has ever failed to make the next contest. Thank goodness Squirtle lost to Pikachu.
-Amaterasu and Pikachu are lucky bastards. Amaterasu took the freest Lineal Nine spot ever, then she lost to Sephiroth when both in the Nine, then Sephiroth lost his spot to Mario and failed to reclaim it from Tifa. Pikachu lost to Mega Man when both were in the Nine, then Mega Man immediately lost his spot to Crono.
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