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CATS
Last Contest: 2013
Last Game: Zero Wing (Arcade)(1989), Zero Wing (TurboGrafx 16)(1992)

I can't believe part of my research for this project now includes having to stop at KnowYourMeme to look up "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" in 2018

"With the 2017 release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, pedestals that give Link magic runes or map information in his Sheikah Slate showed letters of the Sheikah Alphabet, a mythical language in The Legend of Zelda series. Some of the text reads: 'All Your Base Are.'"

a meme that will never die

Or in the context of these contests, never live. CATS is still the biggest loser, he's been in almost every contest (2010 he made the vote-ins but was last place) but he's never come close to winning. In 2013 he failed to break 10k votes. Is it over for CATS?

As long as Board 8 is around it's not! But... Is Board 8 around? It's still a surprisingly active community, and you have people who come and go even during a contest drought just to check in to see who is still here and if there's any news on a new contest. I myself haven't been around for almost three years. I'd taken to lurking. It's almost like we go into a state of hibernation with reduced activity.

The fact that this board is still together and active with a good community and little-to-no drama is astounding to me. Once the noms go up for the new contest, I expect some of the Board 8ers that time forgot will be back, and they'll be willing to nominate CATS because "why not?"

Although on the other hand, it's been five years since the last character battle, and so many new characters have been introduced and so many old characters have been reinvented or revitalized that there may not be enough room on everyone's ballot for a CATS nom.

Is it time to let CATS rest? That's like saying we finally should shut down the board. CATS the meme will never get a chance in these contests despite being a classic, but in the same light, Board 8 will never been seen as one of the internet's greatest gaming communities, despite how knowledgeable and amicable (mostly) everybody is. Even during my absence I still thought about Board 8 and the many years of happiness it brought me, and here I am, back and still writing about these contests.

I think we'll be seeing CATS again in CBX, and he's going to get blown out in round 1 just like old times. I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Is this Elite Beat Agents 2?