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Topic	The Show EP 10- Zelda/Cloud Upset Madness, Crono/MM Slugfest! w TPLink and MZero
MetalmindStats 12/15/18 4:34:37 AM #38:	I strongly disagree with the assertion that Mega Man came out of this contest looking pretty good overall. That Pikachu loss alone was ugly, given that an overwhelming majority of B8 picked Mega Man, plus the narrative of the turbocharged legends, prevalent as it was beforehand. It looks even worse when you consider that 2013 Mega Man practically beat Pikachu and Mega-Mewtwo combined, and there's no real reason he should have gotten weaker since considering he increased if anything from 2010 to 2013. Mega Man was also a widely-chosen pre-contest pick over Crono, and a decent minority even expected him to beat Cloud (myself included), and yet he lost to Crono's lack of relevance, and would have gotten crushed by Cloud even if he had somehow won. I wouldn't go as far as saying Mega Man is one of the overall turds of the contest, but to me, he's much closer to that end than he is to being a star. As for Crono, his history makes his results this contest look good, and yet I still feel something's lacking. It's just really surprising to me that he's so much weaker than his game, even though most main protagonists (who are actually the focus of their game/series) track nicely with their game/series in terms of strength. However, I guess it's possible that CT's entire mega-boost happened before 2013, which would make Crono looking static compared to 2013 fairly good. He's definitely closer to the star end of the spectrum than the turd end, I'll say that much, but I wasn't impressed, and I definitely can't see him being among the overall stars of the contest. Not that anyone argued that, to my knowledge, but still. Finally, I'm actually starting to think that there's something to the theory of Samus being Snake's kryptonite. Snake is already a bit worse off against Nintendo characters than against non-Nintendo characters due to the Smash series. Then you take pretty much the one Nintendo character who has significant quote-un-quote mature appeal, for lack of a better word, and it makes some sense that Snake would disproportionately suffer. --- Hail the reigning Guru champ, Advokaiser! You proved yourself more statistically metal-minded than I ever have been - well done! <cite>MetalmindStats posted [p:914156631] in The Show E... [t:77299396]...</cite> <quote>I strongly disagree with the assertion that Mega Man came out of this contest looking pretty good overall. That Pikachu loss alone was ugly, given that an overwhelming majority of B8 picked Mega Man, plus the narrative of the turbocharged legends, prevalent as it was beforehand. It looks even worse when you consider that 2013 Mega Man practically beat Pikachu and Mega-Mewtwo combined, and there's no real reason he should have gotten weaker since considering he increased if anything from 2010 to 2013. Mega Man was also a widely-chosen pre-contest pick over Crono, and a decent minority even expected him to beat Cloud (myself included), and yet he lost to Crono's lack of relevance, and would have gotten crushed by Cloud even if he had somehow won. I wouldn't go as far as saying Mega Man is one of the overall turds of the contest, but to me, he's much closer to that end than he is to being a star. As for Crono, his history makes his results this contest look good, and yet I still feel something's lacking. It's just really surprising to me that he's so much weaker than his game, even though most main protagonists (who are actually the focus of their game/series) track nicely with their game/series in terms of strength. However, I guess it's possible that CT's entire mega-boost happened before 2013, which would make Crono looking static compared to 2013 fairly good. He's definitely closer to the star end of the spectrum than the turd end, I'll say that much, but I wasn't impressed, and I definitely can't see him being among the overall stars of the contest. Not that anyone argued that, to my knowledge, but still. Finally, I'm actually starting to think that there's something to the theory of Samus being Snake's kryptonite. Snake is already a bit worse off against Nintendo characters than against non-Nintendo characters due to the Smash series. Then you take pretty much the one Nintendo character who has significant quote-un-quote mature appeal, for lack of a better word, and it makes some sense that Snake would disproportionately suffer. --- Hail the reigning Guru champ, Advokaiser! You proved yourself more statistically metal-minded than I ever have been - well done!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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