Board 8 > And Board 8's Favorite Video Game Character is... [fvgc]

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Bowser!

Results:
0 - Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
2 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
-2 - Samus Aran (Metroid)

Total Votes:58

No surprises here. Bowser was a consistently dominant force throughout the entire contest. Thanks to everyone who voted in the finals and throughout the contest, as well for all the discussion during and after results and rounds. I'd consider this a success and a fun, worthwhile endeavor. After nearly four months of dedication, I'm glad it happened and I'm glad it's over.

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FINAL STANDINGS
1. Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
2. Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
3. Samus Aran (Metroid)
4. Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)
5. Count Bleck (Super Paper Mario)
6. Missile (Ghost Trick)
7. The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)
8. GLaDOS (Portal)
9. Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
10. Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)
11. Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
12. King Dedede (Kirby)
13. Alucard (Castlevania)
14. Naked Snake/Big Boss (Metal Gear)
15. Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
16. Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
17. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
18. Mega Man (Mega Man)
19. Jecht (Final Fantasy X)
20. Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
21. Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)
22. 2B (NieR: Automata)
23. Godot (Ace Attorney)
24. Ike (Fire Emblem)
25. Meta Knight (Kirby)
26. Vivi Orunitia (Final Fantasy IX)
27. Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
28. Auron (Final Fantasy X)
29. Kirby (Kirby)30. Ren "Joker" Amamiya (Persona 5)
31. Cave Johnson (Portal 2)
32. Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
33. Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)
34. Yoshi (Super Mario World)
35. Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)
36. Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)
37. Magus (Chrono Trigger)
38. Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
39. Robo (Chrono Trigger)
40. Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
41. Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
42. Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)
43. Spyro the Dragon (Spyro the Dragon)
44. Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
45. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)
46. Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)
47. Frog (Chrono Trigger)
48. Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
49. Dante (Devil May Cry)
50. Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
51. Zagreus (Hades)
52. The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)
53. Link (The Legend of Zelda)
54. Captain Toad (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)
55. Falco Lombardi (Star Fox)
56. Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
57. Edelgard (Fire Emblem)
58. Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods)
59. Mordin Solus (Mass Effect)
60. Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)
61. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
62. 9S (NieR: Automata)
63. Locke Cole (Final Fantasy VI)
64. The Goose (Untitled Goose Game)
65. Palutena (Kid Icarus)
66. Ramza Beoulve (Final Fantasy Tactics)
67. Estelle Bright (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky)
68. Goro Majima (Yakuza)
69. Madeline (Celeste)
70. Papyrus (Undertale)
71. Claire Redfield (Resident Evil)
72. Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria)
73. Zidane Tribal (Final Fantasy IX)
74. Blue (Pokemon)
75. Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)
76. Pit (Kid Icarus)
77. Spinarak (Pokemon)
78. Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
79. Ryu (Street Fighter)
80. Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
81. Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
82. Zero (Mega Man X)
83. Wheatley (Portal 2)
84. Luca Blight (Suikoden 2)
85. Kaine (Nier)86. Hat Kid (A Hat In Time)
87. Hades (Hades)
88. Mewtwo (Pokemon)
89. Kat (Gravity Rush)
90. Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)
91. Giovanni (Pokemon)
92. SHODAN (System Shock)
93. Cuphead (Cuphead)
94. Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising)
95. Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
96. Yoshimitsu (Tekken/Soul Calibur)
97. James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
98. Edith Finch (What Remains of Edith Finch)
99. Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
100. Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII)
101. Cammy (Street Fighter)
102. Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
103. Proto Man (Mega Man)
104. Delita Hyral (Final Fantasy Tactics)
105. Olivier Lenheim (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky)
106. Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
107. Jin Kazama (Tekken)
108. Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)
109. Wario (Super Mario Bros.)
110. Jessie (Final Fantasy VII: Remake)
111. Yu Narukami (Persona 4)
112. Bartz (Final Fantasy V)
113. Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
114. Nenji Ogata (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)
115. Pablo Sanchez (Backyard Sports)
116. Shantae (Shantae: Pirate's Curse)
117. Kuja (Final Fantasy IX)
118. Joshua Bright (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky)
119. Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
120. Balthier Bunansa (Final Fantasy XII)
121. Leah (Stardew Valley)
122. Max Caulfield (Life is Strange)
123. Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
124. Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
125. Agent 47 (Hitman)
126. Crono (Chrono Trigger)
127. Claude (Fire Emblem 3 Houses)
128. Octodad (Octodad)
129. Irvine Kinneas (Final Fantasy VIII)
130. Kate Marsh (Life is Strange)
131. Bentley (Sly Cooper)
132. Fiona Belli (Haunting Ground)
133. K1-B0 (Danganronpa V3)
134. Vectorman (Vectorman)
135. Joel (The Last of Us)
136. Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls)
137. The Prince (Prince of Persia)
138. Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
139. Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
140. Guybrush Threepwood (Secret of Monkey Island)
141. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
142. Welkin Gunther (Valkyria Chronicles)
143. Theo (Celeste)
144. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2)
145. Citan Uzuki (Xenogears)
146. Millenia (Grandia 2)
147. Lucas (Mother 3)
148. Felix (Fire Emblem: 3 Houses)
149. Jennifer (Rule of Rose)
150. Kratos (God of War)
151. Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)
152. Sunny (Omori)
153. Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
154. Sylvain (Fire Emblem: 3 Houses)
155. Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
156. Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)
157. Vega (Street Fighter II)
158. The Kid (Bastion)
159. Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)
160. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
161. Claire (A Short Hike)
162. Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
163. Master Chief (Halo)
164. Veronica (Dragon Quest XI)
165. Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
166. Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
167. Ellie (The Last of Us)
168. Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)
169. Captain Viridian (VVVVVV)
170. Blob (A Boy and His Blob)
171. Tracer (Overwatch)
172. The Nameless One (Planescape:Torment)
173. Porky Minch (Earthbound)
174. Sylvando (Dragon Quest XI)
175. Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
176. Bad Girl (No More Heroes)
177. Jak (Jak and Daxter)
178. The Outsider (Dishonored)
179. Robin (Iconoclasts)
180. Yes Man (Fallout: New Vegas)
181. Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
182. Mr. Torgue (Borderlands 2)
183. Lloyd Irving (Tales of Symphonia)
184. Corvo Attano (Dishonored)
185. Vector the Crocodile (Sonic the Hedgehog)
186. Sir Daniel Fortesque (Medievil)
187. Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2)
188. Samanosuke (Onimusha)
189. Trilby (Five Days a Stranger)
190. Sam Fisher (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell)
191. Reinhardt (Overwatch)
192. Starkiller (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
193. Debora (Dragon Quest V)
194. Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
195. Hendrik (Dragon Quest XI)
196. Snow Villiers (Final Fantasy XIII)
197. Zola (Blue Dragon)
198. Boyfriend (Friday Night Funkin')
199. Racuni the Fire Harg (Summoners War)
200. Talion (Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor)

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It was a fun contest, thanks for running it.

BOWSER'S PATH TO VICTORY

ROUND 1
44 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
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18 - Ike (Fire Emblem)
0 - Mewtwo (Pokemon)
0 - James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
-2 - Isabelle (Animal Crossing)
-3 - SHODAN (System Shock)
-3 - Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII)
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-9 - Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2)
-15 - The Kid (Bastion)
-30 - Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2)

ROUND 2
Bye

ROUND 3
296 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
258 - Naked Snake/Big Boss (Metal Gear)
225 - Ren "Joker" Amamiya (Persona 5)
217 - Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)
208 - Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)
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199 - Zagreus (Hades)
198 - The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)
197 - Edelgard (Fire Emblem)
191 - Ramza Beoulve (Final Fantasy Tactics)
156 - Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)

ROUND 4
9 [+36] - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
6 [+12] - Samus Aran (Metroid)
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1 [-18] - Ren "Joker" Amamiya (Persona 5)
1 [-30] - Yoshi (Super Mario World)

ROUND 5
Immune Day 1: [10,10] Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)
Immune Day 2: [18,5] Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Immune Day 3: [29,36] Count Bleck (Super Paper Mario)
Immune Day 4: [42,23] Missile (Ghost Trick)
Immune Day 5: [58,20] Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)

Booted Day 5: [43,54] King Dedede (Kirby)
Booted Day 4: [21,31] Alucard (Castlevania)
Booted Day 3: [13,34] Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Booted Day 2: [7,20] Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
Booted Day 1: [2,10] Jecht (Final Fantasy X)
[immune,boot]

ROUND 6
543 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
533 - Missile (Ghost Trick)

ROUND 7
271-Bowser ADVANCES
268-Aerith ADVANCES
249-Samus ADVANCES
240-Edgeworth ADVANCES
223-Count Bleck ADVANCES
217-Count Bleck ELIMINATED
196-Edgeworth ELIMINATED
188-Samus ELIMINATED
178-Aerith ELIMINATED
170-Bowser ELIMINATED

FINALS
0 - Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
2 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
-2 - Samus Aran (Metroid)

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Boring result to an exciting contest! Missile the true champ in my heart :( thanks a ton for running this thing, it was a lot of fun!

Out of curiosity, what if it had ended in a tie?

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andylt posted...

Boring result to an exciting contest! Missile the true champ in my heart :( thanks a ton for running this thing, it was a lot of fun!

Out of curiosity, what if it had ended in a tie?

Hadn't entirely come to a conclusion on that to be honest, but was leaning towards a 24 hour 1v1 overtime.

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This contest was a blast, thanks for running it and keeping it interesting and hyped all the way through!

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I echo everyone's sentiments! Thanks for running Zazi! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Good to see the votals up throughout the contest!

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Like everyone else said, this was fun and thanks for running it, TC.

Awesome that the finale was tight

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not my president

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Was always a pleasure coming back to this every day, thrilled it ended with a villain putting Aerith down at the very end, that's poetry. Thank you so much for running it!

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I don't think I voted once but good result

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Props to the TC. Hadnt paid attention to a contest on this board this closely for a long time.

Bowser dominated most rounds and glad he grabbed the victory in the end.

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I'm glad you brought back the UOTY format without all the toxic drama. It certainly made for an enjoyable ride. Thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to next year's contest!
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Fun contest, thank you for running it. Pretty good winner too.
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Great winner, great lead-up, great contest! Thank you for hosting!

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Fun contest, thanks for running it! My favorite characters didn't do great but Bowser is pretty good winner. Thankfully the dog rally fell just short

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Excellent winner, and a very good contest.

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Very well done. Great results! Looking over the list, I think Bowser was maybe my 12th or so favorite out of the 200, which is nice. Happy to see him win. I didn't participate during most of the earlier rounds because I usually don't have the fortitude for that in these contests, but I probably would have if I realized the rules changed every round--that made it extra fun!

ZaziGuado posted...

Hadn't entirely come to a conclusion on that to be honest, but was leaning towards a 24 hour 1v1 overtime.

In reality competitions, usually the 3rd place person gets to cast the deciding vote, so it would have been up to Samus to decide.

andylt posted...

Missile the true champ in my heart :(

Pfff, Bowser was able to overcome the CHEATING! Bowser's the true champ! Big stain on Missile's name.

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I appreciate all the kind sentiments. I can't take much credit for the contest format since I was just iterating on a format Board 8 has used for many years. I'm glad people were able to get invested in it, though, and had fun with the right amount of drama thrown in. I can't promise there will be another one of these contests, at least one run by me, since it is a huge time sink in terms of it being a nigh-daily task for at least three months that benefits from a consistent starting schedule. However, in the event that there ever is another one in any form, I welcome Bowser's dawning status as the "Contest Link" of Board 8.

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Missile shoulda won. Everyone voting against him needs to play Ghost Trick or if they have, realize their mistakes in life and rectify their misguided opinions.

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Bow down to the,
bow down to the KING!

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