Character Battle 10: Final Results
Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:24![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_bit_of_wit_2Five years ago, I started what's become a tradition now--it began on my old message board, Into the Lifestream, and another called Fantasy World. In the last 5 years, while the basic contest has remained the same, it's grown into what's become a popular bit of fun. Even though the contest has moved Internet locations a few times, people still play, and it's this reason, plus the fact that I love doing these, that has kept this tradition going. Even though it no longer takes on the 3-month format, now being a contest that's half its size, the fun's still there, and I think now that it's smaller, more people are aware of it, and it makes it that much better when more are involved. So to everyone who participates in these things--be it a voter, tiebreaker, someone who is actually playing for prizes, podcast guests, anyone and everyone--thank you so much. You're what keeps these things going. And for now, they will continue until either real life prevents me from having the time to do them, or you no longer wish to play. You're what makes it fun. With that said, it's time to unveil the final results.
As I said yesterday, Solid Snake won the contest, beating Revolver Ocelot in an 18-13 final--while it did not have the massive vote turnout that last contest's final (Leon Kennedy vs. Eddie Dombrowski, with Leon winning 68-64) had, I was glad to see that Snake did not win in a blowout. 9 of the 15 people competing had Snake to win, with 5 of those 9 getting the full 2500 points. Was it enough for anyone to knock me out of 1st place? The final scores go like this:
In 3rd place, finishing with 5725 points, and winner of the $20 prize: C&T!!!!
In 2nd place, finishing with 5800 points, and winner of the $25 prize: Richard!!!
The winner, finishing with 6150 points, and winner of the $50 prize: myself!
I'm quite surprised...I did not expect to go on a 12-battle winning streak to overcome Nilfalasiel, who held the top spot for 19 straight days. However, she pulled a Joshie--collapsing right at the end. Regardless, congrats to other people are in order:
To the 3 new members of the All-16 Club: Zack, Liam, and Nilfalasiel! I'll have to email you some certificates.
To the player who had the best win-loss record: Nilfalasiel, going 56-8! Very nicely done for your first contest!
To see the rest of the final leaderboard, click here. Nicely done all the way around. I'm very impressed at all who entered: no one had a losing record. And all of our correct predictions made it so that the contest had a 75% correct prediction rate, so again, very nicely done.
Joshie and Richard, you'll have to inform me of your choice of prize.
Last night, Tania and Peter were special guests in the final podcast, and if you'd like to download the 69-minute podcast, click here. You're gonna wanna download it--it's funny as hell. I lose control of the English language, and we have a special appearance by a Lord of the Rings character. You're gonna want to listen to this. In addition, if you want to see the PDF of how the voting broke down for each battle from the Quarterfinals to the end, click here. Music credits are as follows, in order of appearance:
Intro: Metal Gear Solid 3 opening
Battle Results: Cavern (MGS)
Intermission: Game Over (MGS), Boss Battle (MGS2)
Final Leaderboard: Encounter (MGS and MGS2)
Top 3 winners: 3 victory themes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Closing: Metal Gear Saga (MGS4)
Predicted Champions:
Solid Snake--S. Roth, MoonSword, Richard, C&T, EyesOfATragedy, Nilfalasiel, E, Kinie, Saya
Gray Fox--Alyssa
Naked Snake--Biccy, Zack
The Boss--Liam, Sumeile
Liquid Snake--Hitman
And finally, a glimpse of the next Character Battle, planned for Winter 2010:
In closing: I want your feedback--let me know what you liked, didn't like, want to see in future contests, or just comment. Let me know what you thought of this or any other contest. Remember, you're the ones who make this possible, so a big thank you to all. And of course, a big thank you to Joshie, who once again gave me free run of his shiny new website to christen with the first contest on it. You can have your site back now, Joshie--for all of you on LJ and Facebook who read this, now that the contest is over, you can go to Late to the Party and check out the video game-related articles written by myself, Joshie, and a cast of other bloggers as we talk about any and all things video games.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks again. I hope you had fun, and I hope you enter the next contest. Look for info on that sometime in November. If you listen to the podcast, you can find out much more about what I plan to do for Kingdom Hearts.
Thanks, everyone.
As I said yesterday, Solid Snake won the contest, beating Revolver Ocelot in an 18-13 final--while it did not have the massive vote turnout that last contest's final (Leon Kennedy vs. Eddie Dombrowski, with Leon winning 68-64) had, I was glad to see that Snake did not win in a blowout. 9 of the 15 people competing had Snake to win, with 5 of those 9 getting the full 2500 points. Was it enough for anyone to knock me out of 1st place? The final scores go like this:
In 3rd place, finishing with 5725 points, and winner of the $20 prize: C&T!!!!
In 2nd place, finishing with 5800 points, and winner of the $25 prize: Richard!!!
The winner, finishing with 6150 points, and winner of the $50 prize: myself!
I'm quite surprised...I did not expect to go on a 12-battle winning streak to overcome Nilfalasiel, who held the top spot for 19 straight days. However, she pulled a Joshie--collapsing right at the end. Regardless, congrats to other people are in order:
To the 3 new members of the All-16 Club: Zack, Liam, and Nilfalasiel! I'll have to email you some certificates.
To the player who had the best win-loss record: Nilfalasiel, going 56-8! Very nicely done for your first contest!
To see the rest of the final leaderboard, click here. Nicely done all the way around. I'm very impressed at all who entered: no one had a losing record. And all of our correct predictions made it so that the contest had a 75% correct prediction rate, so again, very nicely done.
Joshie and Richard, you'll have to inform me of your choice of prize.
Last night, Tania and Peter were special guests in the final podcast, and if you'd like to download the 69-minute podcast, click here. You're gonna wanna download it--it's funny as hell. I lose control of the English language, and we have a special appearance by a Lord of the Rings character. You're gonna want to listen to this. In addition, if you want to see the PDF of how the voting broke down for each battle from the Quarterfinals to the end, click here. Music credits are as follows, in order of appearance:
Intro: Metal Gear Solid 3 opening
Battle Results: Cavern (MGS)
Intermission: Game Over (MGS), Boss Battle (MGS2)
Final Leaderboard: Encounter (MGS and MGS2)
Top 3 winners: 3 victory themes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Closing: Metal Gear Saga (MGS4)
Predicted Champions:
Solid Snake--S. Roth, MoonSword, Richard, C&T, EyesOfATragedy, Nilfalasiel, E, Kinie, Saya
Gray Fox--Alyssa
Naked Snake--Biccy, Zack
The Boss--Liam, Sumeile
Liquid Snake--Hitman
And finally, a glimpse of the next Character Battle, planned for Winter 2010:
In closing: I want your feedback--let me know what you liked, didn't like, want to see in future contests, or just comment. Let me know what you thought of this or any other contest. Remember, you're the ones who make this possible, so a big thank you to all. And of course, a big thank you to Joshie, who once again gave me free run of his shiny new website to christen with the first contest on it. You can have your site back now, Joshie--for all of you on LJ and Facebook who read this, now that the contest is over, you can go to Late to the Party and check out the video game-related articles written by myself, Joshie, and a cast of other bloggers as we talk about any and all things video games.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks again. I hope you had fun, and I hope you enter the next contest. Look for info on that sometime in November. If you listen to the podcast, you can find out much more about what I plan to do for Kingdom Hearts.
Thanks, everyone.
