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I'm just pointing out the absurdity of calling Sully "iconic"

Spyro would beat both of them easily

I'd put my money for Sully to beat Spyro (though by less than Aya) but I guess we'll see.

To be fair though I meant to put "he's a major character in an iconic series" not that he himself is an iconic character.

Nathan Drake wouldn't be doing any better here than Chun-Li is!

2018 Drake >> 2018 Chun Li believe it.

LeonhartFour posted...

Nathan Drake wouldn't be doing any better here than Chun-Li is!

I agree. Chun-Li is actually iconic, I should have thought of that during the bracket-predicting period.

She's one of the icons of fighting games.

well yeah anyone who thought Spyro was going to beat Chun-Li by being more iconic was being ridiculous

but I told you as much...!

chun li with the nicki minaj boost

Round 1 – Leon Kennedy vs. Dragonborn

Moltar’s Analysis

Closing out the day with a match that shouldn’t be in doubt. Dragonborn isn’t super weak, despite the 15 seed. He did beat Yuna in the last Character Battle (though she was splitting with Tifa). Skyrim might also be five years older, but it still does seem relevant in gaming these days.

Leon is out of his range, but he’s not a worldbeater either. The RE boi should take this comfortably, but I’m not expecting a blowout or a nail biter here.

Moltar’s Bracket: Leon

Moltar’s Prediction: Leon – 62%

transience’s Analysis

Does Leon still matter? I don't know why but I have a feeling he's faded -- probably because Resident Evil isn't exactly gamefaqs's bread and butter. He's good, sure, and he'll rock Dragonborn. Skyrim would blow up RE4 but this isn't a fair fight.

But Leon.. might lose to DK? It's going to be hard to judge him here. If Leon goes to town here then yeah maybe he's safe. Tidus/DK/Leon/Vivi is a nice eightpack. One of the few.

transience's prediction: Leon with 70.11%

Leonhart’s Analysis

I think we’re past Leon Kennedy’s prime because Resident Evil 4 is 13 years old at this point (although they’re probably still releasing a port at least twice a year), and the series as a whole has lost favor due to the games that have come out since then. That being said, he shouldn’t have any problem winning this match. I’m kinda surprised Dragonborn got back in because he looked pretty bad in CBIX, and we’re probably past Skyrim’s peak strength on this site, too, even if it is on every system under the sun at this point, too.

Leonhart’s Vote: Leon Kennedy

Leonhart’s Prediction: Leon Kennedy with 59.42%

Kleenex’s Analysis

Going back through some old results of Leon’s, I’m not as impressed with his resume as I was in my memories of contests passed. He’s still going to be fine here - faceless Skyrim avatar man did “okay” in 2013, and people still love them some Skyrim, but there’s not much to latch onto there. Dragonborn is basically a proxy vote for Skyrim. Which should be enough to stop him from getting completely embarrassed, but I see no reason why Leon doesn’t win this comfortably. Perhaps I’ll be impressed, but without any knowledge of how their respective round 1 matches go, I’m kinda wishing I took Vivi over Leon in round 3 of my bracket right now.

Kleenex’s Prediction: Leon with 64%

Guest’s Analysis - Ranticoot

Leon is pretty good and has a hyped release soon, Dragonborn at what is almost assuredly his strongest couldn't beat down Tom Nook. Next.

The question that I am only putting here to make this writeup longer: how much weaker is Dragonborn going to be? Even with Yuna in the poll he barely got 40% on Tifa. I don't think 1v1 is going to be a good format for a character like him. At least Skyrim the game showed some good strength in 2015. I don't think Leon goes super big but he could.

Ranticoot's prediction - Leon Kennedy with 61.73%

Crew Consensus: Leon shoots past Dragonborn

DK beating Leon, huh?

well I guess if you've got him 60/40ing Tidus then why not

Trans really said DK > Leon tho

like I said at the start, I’m way outside the box this year

i’m not even looking at oracle or guru so i can stay in the dark. I had no idea I was way off on Leon either

LeonhartFour posted...

I'm just pointing out the absurdity of calling Sully "iconic"

Spyro would beat both of them easily

Sully as "iconic" LOLOL Leon you are absolutely right to laugh at that

Aya is a beast

lol Tidus

man why did I go so low with Leon

having the high Aya prediction looks good though

Crew Curse, huh

maybe Lopen's still on the Crew in spirit and saves us from terrible curses

Just wait till this bracket vote wears off.

Looks like we only have 7221 entries this year.

81.71% for Dante
80.74% for Lightning
55.02% for Chun-Li
92.41% for Ganondorf

Almost 20% picked Cuphead to beat Dante

Lol

Rally potential I guess.

you know with how the stats are rolled out, i wonder if it'll show how many people picked previous round losers to win matches past where they lost

so ~67% of our votes come from registered users, huh? I wonder how much that fluctuates from match to match. I bet not much

I can’t get over this Tidus performance

PS2 nostalgia boost deconfirmed!

The PS2 nostalgia boost dream is dead, for sure, even if Tidus does win (which I haven't ruled out I mean it is DK)

Tidus just got his first cut

and we're still in what may pass for the Power Hour

what was the consensus on tidus/kong? tidus?

quick someone extrapolate how much lightning is worth on Tidus based on the 2013 match with DK

transience posted...

what was the consensus on tidus/kong? tidus?

It's hard to say what the trends will be like with the new start time. I imagine if Tidus hasn't taken the lead by morning, he's not gonna win though.

I mean with brackets. yeah, DK should have this. I think this is just an extension of the night vote, and Tidus should have that (though if my memory is right, and if things hold, DK was more night oriented than most N characters)

Oh, I think Tidus was a slight favorite here in terms of brackets, but it was pretty close.

transience posted...

what was the consensus on tidus/kong? tidus?

Tidus had 62% of B8 brackets.

Oracle website isn't up to date yet but I'd guess the average pick was... Tidus with 52.59%.

crew > board 8, as it should

Well DK vs. Tidus was a crazy one to predict for, that is for sure. I wasn't sure how it would go (it happened to early also IMO)
(I went with DK btw)

Ngamer64 posted...

transience posted...

what was the consensus on tidus/kong? tidus?

Tidus had 62% of B8 brackets.

Oracle website isn't up to date yet but I'd guess the average pick was... Tidus with 52.59%.

Link to guru?

Guru site not ready yet, that number was based off the BOP (which only has 50 brackets versus our 200, but should be close %wise).

No I mean I forgot to submit mine.

Still plenty of time for a DK choke

Even though I predicted Tidus, I'm actually glad to see DK doing well.
I went with Tidus due the site's "FF bias"

final fantasy always wins

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7238

Dante doesn't look too crazy here, but Cuphead could just be a little stronger than expected.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7239

Very good showing from Lightning, but probably doesn't mean too much if Chloe is just super weak.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7240

Chun wins, but nothing impressive.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7241

Pretty good showing from Ganon, what you would expect from a favorite to take the Division

Next Round Thoughts: Lightning probably won't embarrass herself, but Dante still looks to be the favorite. Ganondorf also looks to put up a good number on Chun-Li.

Crew Prediction Challenge:

Moltar: 4
transience: 4
Leonhart: 4
Kleenex: 4
Guest: 4

Crew Accuracy Challenge: BetrayedTangy gets the point for Dante, SuperNiceDog gets the point for Lightning, pjbasis gets the point for Chun-Li, and transience gets the point for Ganondorf

Guest: 3 (BetrayedTangy, SuperNiceDog, pjbasis)
transience: 1
Moltar: 0
Leonhart: 0
Kleenex: 0

Also guest sign-ups for the next two divisions

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77113695

Kleenex’s Prediction: Tidus with 66%

There goes bracket?
No.
There goes credibility

FlyingForever posted...

Kleenex’s Prediction: Tidus with 66%

There goes bracket?
No.
There goes credibility

Do better.

I already said I meant to put 56!!!

56 would have been a good prediction

the mocking begins

some things never change

War never changes

that's not true

i picked the contest winner this time

that never happens