Board 8 > You may be asking yourself, "How did Epona do at GameSpot?"...

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...between your hearty laughs at how GameSpot let 4chan ruin their contest worse than ever before. In fact, let's get that out of the way together...one, two, three: HAHA.

All out of the system? Great. Now let's talk about a character who wasn't bothered for the first three rounds and a vote-in: Epona.




Her results in the Sidekick-contest pre-4chan:

VOTE-IN:
#13 out of eighty options
--> #5 of twelve Nintendo-options
----> #1 of three LoZ-options

MATCHES:
R1 - 76.4% on Lian Xing
R2 - 60.2% on Navi
R3 - 55.4% on Weighted Companion Cube

Her loss against Otacon in the fourth round was attacked by 4chan; the only thing known before their interference is that Epona was under a hundred votes behind Otacon early in their match. There went our NRT-rematch...rabble rabble rabble.

Still, we have enough to at least get an idea for how she may do here. The vote-in shows she's recognizable -- a good first step. In the first round, she proved she could blow away fodder with that recognition. The second round featured her beating (SFF'ing?) her near-equal from the vote-ins into a 60-40 walk in the park. She was expected to safely lose in the third round since WCC was considered a real contender for the championship, but that became a 55-45 upset.

That's a quality run before 4chan hit her, especially on a site that we don't think enjoys Nintendo as much as GameFAQs. This brings me to the conclusion...

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...NOMINATE EPONA FOR CHARACTER BATTLE 9 !!

Seriously. It's LoZ's 25th anniversary this year, a 3D-remake of her/GameFAQs's biggest game helped launch a new Nintendo-handheld, LoZ:SS will come out in the middle of the next contest (though I don't think Epona's confirmed to be in it), and we've talked about the potential of other LoZ-characters for a long time.

The time is nigh. Nominate Epona the moment SB stops procrastinating on our contest!

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I actually wasn't asking myself that at all!

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oh right the gamespot thing happened

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Why should i care about the gamespot contest?

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Its time to nominate her just to get it done with

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Kerrigan>all... except when she's <all

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Otacon > Epona validated

Good job NRT voters

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Assuming we get a contest, I will nominate Epona.

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First of four bumps.

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all this shows is that we should nominate Otacon imo

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Are you still on about this.

IT'S A HORSE.

*anti-signs*

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But...4Chan was rallying FOR Epona before Otacon....

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From: ExThaNemesis | #012
Are you still on about this.

IT'S A HORSE.

*anti-signs*

Well, now I have all the incentive I need to sign.

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Rest assured HaRRich that I NEVER asked myself that question

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Otacon proved himself well enough this contest too: I think he was #8 in the vote-in, then he tripled Luke Tritton before 60-40'ing Frog and Vivi. Otacon deserves favorite-status there now that the vote-in and early lead were in his favor, but that's something GameSpot probably differs from GameFAQs too. Link and Solid Snake were expected to be close there too.

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When did they ever back Epona? They missed a great opportunity to take Navi over her, and I didn't see any talk about 4chan when she faced WCC. The first round even featured 4chan trying to make Lian Xing beat Epona for awhile.

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this should be your standup routine

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Alec, you're already my 63rd person to pledge, but I'll be glad to toss you another carrot anyway. This one's crunchy!

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I refuse to sign, simply because you said "the time is nigh" when you could've said "the time is neigh".

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Red Shifter posted...
I refuse to sign, simply because you said "the time is nigh" when you could've said "the time is neigh".

I originally typed that out! I shied away because I've been making some bad puns in real life lately and didn't want to chance it on the board too.

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Second of four bumps.

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I've been on the Epona train for over a year now. Not dropping my support anytime soon tbqh

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Mer

Good luck finding a rival for Epona to get her into the contest, HaRR!

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Epona vs. one of those rideable boars from Twilight Princess

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The time is nigh.

I see what you almost did there

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Epona vs. Agro

LET'S DO THIS

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Wright vs. Edgeworth.

Full stop.

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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | #027
Epona vs. Agro

LET'S DO THIS

Oh wait, it has to be from the same game, apparently.

Lame

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Oh man, this contest is designed against Epona...boo!

Well, sounds like the rally continues for an indefinite time.

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Does Ganondorf's horse have a name?

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Shouldn't you already know, GANON?

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He doesn't.

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