Board 8 > Character Battle X Contest Analysis Crew - Part 6

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I don't understand what is happening in Fox/Aerith
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Leonhart4 posted...

I don't understand what is happening in Fox/Aerith

by the looks of it, bracket votes
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Looks like Lucina crushes Shulk after all
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tbh i just really wanted subby to win
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ZenOfThunder posted...

This is the best one yet
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yeah I thought Aerith was the ever so slight fave but I couldnt get behind picking her. surprised we all went that way.

but I could also see her collapsing after brackets
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This isn't a clutch performance unless you want to call Ganon beating Dante one too

At this point most people would consider Zelda losing a choke job
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at least i can rest easy knowing sub-zero over auron was more reasonable than squall over zelda
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i mean, for like 2 seconds in there
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And I always miss the obvious chances to chase points

Oh well
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some Link/Cloud foreshadowing going on today
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link/cloud?

this is just kingdom hearts finally leaving

we're back to 2002 and Crono beats Cloud since Bacon won't remove Crono's vote stuffing
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transcience posted...

some Link/Cloud foreshadowing going on today

Assuming Cloud even gets that far...!
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Squall had the bracket votes huh

Yeah this is gonna be bad
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WarThaNemesis2 posted...

at least i can rest easy knowing sub-zero over auron was more reasonable than squall over zelda

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oh god ITS SQUALL/LUIGI
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I take some solace in Dante vs Ganondorf being slightly less embarrassing than this at least.
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transcience posted...

oh god ITS SQUALL/LUIGI

Man I wish

Luigi at least got to lead for 15 minutes
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Dante is stronger than Squall now!
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seriously, im questioning if cloud could outdo this performance on squall in a neutral environment
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redrocket posted...

Dante is stronger than Squall now!

I'm not convinced as I think Zelda is stronger than Ganondorf

Although if Squall keeps dropping it'd be hard to doubt it even if you think Zelda is stronger than Ganondorf
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These contests have always been silly and I haven't seen much change in all these years.

Basically always been and will be Nintendo vs Square. Or more precisely, Final Fantasy vs Mario/Zelda.
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Yo_D_oY posted...

These contests have always been silly and I haven't seen much change in all these years.

Basically always been and will be Nintendo vs Square. Or more precisely, Final Fantasy vs Mario/Zelda.

Change is coming.
Soon, it will be Nintendo vs Nintendo.

Yeah, Zelda has looked stronger than Ganondorf pretty much every round.
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So what does she get on Ganondorf before sff if Squall = Dante?
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redrocket posted...

So what does she get on Ganondorf before sff if Squall = Dante?

Currently 55.21%
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holy shit
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also did 2B really have twice as many bracket picks as bowser?
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The Mana Sword posted...

also did 2B really have twice as many bracket picks as bowser?

2B + everyone else did.

Zelda vs Snake whoyagot

Serious question.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Zelda vs Snake whoyagot

Serious question.

I still like Snake, but its probably somewhat close. Technically Zelda doing what shes doing reflects well on The Boss which then reflects well on Snake. Factor in the old man Big Boss pic and the fact that Quiet wouldve sucked in any year and the only MGS char without an excuse is Ocelot (does his pic suck too though?)
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Alright let's lower expectations.

Zelda vs Sonic whoyagot

The cool thing about Zelda vs Sonic is that the winner faces Samus next.

'Oh.'

I totally forgot to mention just how unimpressive Lucina really was in 2013, and how I didn't expect her to be on Marth's level even now, but it's a moot point. This is what you get when you have me do two guest write-ups in one day, folks. And it ain't pretty.

this Geralt eightpack's stats probably look like div 128 from the first game contest. Leon do you have your xstat stuff in any kind of sharable space?
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What in the world

Did a new Zelda game get released today or something? This is amazing
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transience posted...

this Geralt eightpack's stats probably look like div 128 from the first game contest. Leon do you have your xstat stuff in any kind of sharable space?

Not at the moment. I'm not at home right now either, but I'll post them here when I get back.
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Putting the over/under at 61. Think if Squall can't get Zelda below that Dante probably is stronger than Squall this year

Maybe we'll get Dante vs Squall as a bonus match. Please?
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If Zelda is this strong, does anyone even break 40% on Link this year? Good Lord the man is going to be a monster
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I think part of it is Squall being weaker too. That match vs Garrus was not a good look at all.
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Squall is probably weaker. I thought Vivi's win over him even after the bandwagon was kind of legit.
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Oh I don't about Dante.

I'm still rooting for a weak Ganon personally.
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But like this has to be somewhat of a particular Zelda boost.

If she's not well over even Bowser, Squall loses to 2B? Unless we're all not going to take that number too seriously.
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Oh yeah I think Zelda went up a bit. Zelda vs Boss was the big warning there. Squall dropped too though I think, that's all I'm saying, so the boost isn't as ridiculous as it seems at first glance. I called Zelda at 59% so I'm not as surprised as most I guess.
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We might have the star of the round and turd of the round in the same match.
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WarThaNemesis2 posted...

Leonhart4 posted...

I don't understand what is happening in Fox/Aerith

by the looks of it, bracket votes

Although it's possible Aerith might have gotten the benefit of bracket votes, you also need to remember that only 35.15% of the site actually had Aerith making to round 3. And even Fox had 34.59% of the site picking him to reach round 3. Hard to make a case for bracket votes favoring either character with those bracket prediction percentages.

Between the two of them, both characters would have been fairly split in their bracket support for this match.
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7338

Red wins, but Big Boss made him fight for it. This basically means that him, Sora, Big Boss, and Crash are all pretty close (with Ridley and Cecil not too far behind), which doesn't say great things for the top half of this division. With other KH and MGS characters also looking weaker, and non Pikachu Pokemon not looking great, Red's probably not anything more than a midcarder.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7339

Alucard on the other hand continues to have one of the most impressive runs in the Contest. Not many would have taken Peach over Yuna and Kefka, and yet that's how the hierarchy is going through Alucard.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7340

2B confirms herself as one of the most successful newcomers in the Contest with a strong performance against Bowser. She did a little worse than Charizard, but that's still better than most expected her to do. I believe this speaks more for 2B's strength than Bowser's weakness, as he's done well prior to this match.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7341

Kirby puts up another impressive performance, and continues to look like one of the strongest characters in this bracket. Phoenix isn't a bastion of strength, but he did manage to beat Ike last round so he is worth something, and Kirby still smacked him down to almost Isaac levels.

Crew Predictions: 94/104

Next Round Thoughts: Red/Alucard looks like Alucard's match. If Red really is in that midcard range, Alucard has looked a step above that with his wins over other midcarders like Yuna and Kefka (and Peach now I guess). Bowser/Kirby should be a good one, and I think Kirby looks better going into that showdown.

Crew Prediction Challenge:

Moltar: 92
transience: 90
Leonhart: 86
Kleenex: 86
Guest: 80

Crew Accuracy Challenge: transience gets the point for Red, SuperNiceDog gets the point for Alucard, transience gets the point for Bowser, and Moltar get the point for Kirby.

Kleenex: 25
transience: 24
Guest: 23 (BetrayedTangy, SuperNiceDog (3), pjbasis, garetha200 (4), ZenOfThunder, Ranticoot (2), Hbthebattle (2), NowItsAngeTime, spooky96, RoseChevalier, Lopen (2), paulg235, DoctorJimmy133, Janus5k, BT)
Moltar: 18
Leonhart: 17
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transience btfo
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Holy crap Zelda