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Topic	Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1366
MetalmindStats 05/11/21 11:51:42 PM #217:	LeonhartFour posted... But Link doesn't routinely score as big of blowouts as he used to. That's really where you see the difference. 2002-2010 Link wrecked everyone except Cloud and Seph. Look at his numbers post-2010, and they're not as impressive at the top end. I guess the best example is Ganondorf since we've got two isolated matches in those eras. 2004 Link made Ganondorf look worse than CATS. 2018 Link can't even hit 80% (which is still impressive as heck, just not AS impressive as he used to be) Are we sure this has nothing to do with SFF in general having diminished over the years as GameFAQs became more and more insular? That's just a theory on my part, given that 2018's elites didn't get any SFF matches against midcarders or fodder, but it would seem to make sense on the heels of 2010 and 2013. It's too bad Link never got to face someone neutral but weakish like Scorpion or Jill Valentine in 2018. I'd also argue that 2010 Link is pretty clearly sub-peak, with two, maybe three SFF matches obscuring the antivotes that dragged him down elsewhere. KamikazePotato posted... Side note: I was considering making a topic about which contest entrants (games and characters) have fallen the most in their tenure, but didn't bother because the answer is Sephiroth. That's not really a fair comparison considering Mario also seems to have improved overall in that time, besides a very fluky 2002 match. Going from 56% to 41% on a relatively comparable Mario is still ugly, and clearly the worst among elites, but not quite as bad. Anyways, independent of rallies, I'll second greatone's pick of Tommy Vercetti for that title: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1360-south-division-semifinal-tommy-vercetti-vs-mega-man https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5169-character-battle-ix-division-3-round-1-wheatley-vs-crash-vs --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." Hylian hits dizzying heights others daren't aim for. He's the Celeste of Board 8 users. <cite>MetalmindStats posted [p:953812135] in Contest St... [t:79315153]...</cite> <quote>LeonhartFour posted... </cite> <quote>But Link doesn't routinely score as big of blowouts as he used to. That's really where you see the difference. 2002-2010 Link wrecked everyone except Cloud and Seph. Look at his numbers post-2010, and they're not as impressive at the top end. I guess the best example is Ganondorf since we've got two isolated matches in those eras. 2004 Link made Ganondorf look worse than CATS. 2018 Link can't even hit 80% (which is still impressive as heck, just not AS impressive as he used to be)</quote>Are we sure this has nothing to do with SFF in general having diminished over the years as GameFAQs became more and more insular? That's just a theory on my part, given that 2018's elites didn't get any SFF matches against midcarders or fodder, but it would seem to make sense on the heels of 2010 and 2013. It's too bad Link never got to face someone neutral but weakish like Scorpion or Jill Valentine in 2018. I'd also argue that 2010 Link is pretty clearly sub-peak, with two, maybe three SFF matches obscuring the antivotes that dragged him down elsewhere. KamikazePotato posted... </cite> <quote>Side note: I was considering making a topic about which contest entrants (games and characters) have fallen the most in their tenure, but didn't bother because the answer is Sephiroth.</quote>That's not really a fair comparison considering Mario also seems to have improved overall in that time, besides a very fluky 2002 match. Going from 56% to 41% on a relatively comparable Mario is still ugly, and clearly the worst among elites, but not quite as bad. Anyways, independent of rallies, I'll second greatone's pick of Tommy Vercetti for that title: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1360-south-division-semifinal-tommy-vercetti-vs-mega-man https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5169-character-battle-ix-division-3-round-1-wheatley-vs-crash-vs --- "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do." Hylian hits dizzying heights others daren't aim for. He's the Celeste of Board 8 users.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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