Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1313

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Actually, if official canon is to be believed, Ganon and Ganondorf ARE the same character across every game, unlike the various Links and Zeldas.

Right?
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What is the difference between Ganon and Ganondorf?
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Ganon is when he is a pig-monster-thing, and Ganondorf is his original human form.
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All I know is that I'm nominating Ganon into the next contest.

Who says we don't have a strong newcomers left to find?
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Also Fire Mario.
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While we're at it Dabbing Mario showed potential and although he is 100% weaker than Normal Mario, 60% on Sephiroth is no joke.
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Match CXXXI: (3) Solid Snake vs. (3) Auron

Current Contest Performance

Solid Snake
Lost to Zelda, 49.68% - 50.32%

Auron
Defeated Lucina, 65.44% - 34.56%
Defeated Vincent Valentine, 55.80% - 44.20%
Defeated Sub-Zero, 56.71% - 43.29%
Defeated Geralt, 53.14% - 46.86%
Lost to Sonic the Hedgehog, 45.68% - 54.32%

Analysis

The writing was on the wall all contest for Metal Gear characters, but it was still impressive to see Solid Snake drop enough to lose to Zelda. The good news for him is that Zelda is strong and that Auron hasnt looked the greatest, though he did look okay against Sonic. Regardless on paper he should defeat Auron by more than what Sonic did last round.

Now if Solid **** makes his reappearance we could see an interesting match. While it wont be an instant victory for Auron it would give him a great chance to stay alive. Based on previous incarnations of Solid **** and that Aurons sprite wont be impressive like Frog was in 2004 we typically see Solid Snake 55/45 his weaker self. That should be enough to hold onto victory, but definitely not what Solid Snake wants to see. My prediction will be based on a normal picture.

charmander6000s Bracket: Zelda > Auron

charmander6000s Prediction: Solid Snake wins, 56.83% - 43.17%




Match CXXXII: (3) Tifa Lockheart vs. (1) Sephiroth

Current Contest Performance

Tifa Lockheart
Defeated Geno, 73.19% - 26.81%
Defeated Mewtwo, 58.10% - 41.90%
Defeated Mega Man X, 50.18% - 49.82%
Defeated Luigi, 51.36% - 48.64%
Lost to Samus Aran, 41.07% - 58.93%

Sephiroth
Defeated Albert Wesker, 70.28% - 29.72%
Defeated Captain Falcon, 64.93% - 35.07%
Defeated Amaterasu, 61.37% - 38.63%
Defeated Ryu, 60.26% - 39.74%
Lost to Mario, 40.75% - 59.25%

Analysis

While Cloud and Sephiroth fell over the last decade or so Tifa has stayed relatively constant to the point where she finished ahead of Cloud and Sephiroth on the adjusted 2013 stats. Now I dont exactly believe Tifa is stronger than the two, but I do feel she is pretty close. Both Tifa and Sephiroth got similar performances against Samus and Mario respectively and direct matches aside the two seem to have similar strength.

Historically, Tifa has held up quite well against Sephiroth, avoiding SFF in 2/3 matches involving the two characters. Im not expecting SFF here either, for the most part Final Fantasy VII fans dont have a hierarchy of characters that is susceptible to SFF and if it were to occur, Id expect it to be relatively smaller than what we see among Nintendo characters.

charmander6000s Bracket: Mega Man X > Sephiroth

charmander6000s Prediction: Sephiroth wins, 53.17% - 46.83%
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UltimaterializerX posted...

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

While we're at it Dabbing Mario showed potential and although he is 100% weaker than Normal Mario, 60% on Sephiroth is no joke.

Amazing logic after seeing Mario for one match this contest.

People bitch just for the sake of bitching.

Just think about how much Mario would have gotten if it weren't for your evil sabotaging ways.
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Actual Mario would have gotten a doubling, and I hope whoever makes the final adjusted X-stats factors this in.

I don't know if you're joke-responding to me Ulti or your sarcasm detector is completely busted, but I adore both of the pics you've done that people have been bitching about.
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Dabbing Mario was hilarious.
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Only bad user submitted pic this contest has been Sprite Ganon which is bad even by Ganon standards

Mega Man last round was a bit weird lookin too I guess
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Yo ulti, can you please submit a chubby OG sonic sprite pic and not anorexic whos dat pic? thanks
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UltimaterializerX posted...

I honestly thought you were serious! With all the incel whining going on the past few days it was hard to spot. You got me =p

As I said in your sprite round celebration topic, I only wish you had everyone in the loser's bracket have a 'I got beaten up to get here' pic like Ganon, because that is so dang good.
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Man if Alucard won here, I would consider this most impressive than non NNers beating NNers!
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UltimaterializerX posted...

There aren't many Ganon pictures with him looking to the right. That's a much more difficult picture standard than you all think it is.

is that a yes for chubby sonic ;'( ?
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Maybe Tifa can do it here I think. Pretty sure she is really close to Seph and as everyone mentioned she and Aerith haven't dropped much. But we shall see.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

Nah Sonic has plenty of right-looking sprites since 100% of the gameplay in those games is "hold down the 'right' button".

I mean the Sonic Advance sprites are fine I guess but something from the Genesis would be better
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LeonhartFour posted...

UltimaterializerX posted...

Nah Sonic has plenty of right-looking sprites since 100% of the gameplay in those games is "hold down the 'right' button".

I mean the Sonic Advance sprites are fine I guess but something from the Genesis would be better

dude don't mention the sonic advance sprites please. Chubby sonic is loved by all and is the most iconic.
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Speaking of pics, anyone found the new ones yet? Im on mobile, so Im not in a position to look.
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I was just making a joke off of Ulti's incorrect stereotype of Sonic games
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welp
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KamikazePotato posted...

welp

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Welp, its shitty green sprite Snake.
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Man, Allen really hates PS1 model Snake.
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well, there it is, and it's steaming
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"It's not pic sabotage, I just really love the sprite round!!!"
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holy shit auron's sprite is even worse than snakes.
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Sonic is so boned if Snake is doing this with that sprite
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Go Tifa

and LOL at Snake's pic
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Uh, Tifa?
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Well at least Tifa > Seph is one upset I got right in my Second Chance...
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UltimaterializerX posted...

Me and "Anonymous" literally made all of those pictures.

This is SUCH a good day to be alive :D

"I'm not the only one who cares about the sprite round" LOL
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LeonhartFour posted...

I was just making a joke off of Ulti's incorrect stereotype of Sonic games

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SlugSh0t posted...

holy shit auron's sprite is even worse than snakes.

Yeah, this might be helping Snake.
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Yay, I made it to #12 on the leaderboard. Taking Monika to Link didn't completely backfire in that it gave me the full 16 points yesterday.
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NowItsAngeTime posted...

Well at least Tifa > Seph is one upset I got right in my Second Chance...

Tifa won't win.
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SlugSh0t posted...

holy shit auron's sprite is even worse than snakes.

I dont think sprites should be allowed for characters whos original form is 3D models.
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The URL structure for today's pictures was slightly changed:

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/snake-f-ulti-sprite.png

Compare that to yesterday where the URL structure looked like this:

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/ganon-f-sprite-ulti.png

The word "sprite" comes after the username in today's URLs, unlike with yesterday's URLs.
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Da heck are these pics
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holy god damn pixel boobs
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