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v_charon posted...

I didn't realize how well he had done prior to that boot; even more strange it took him this long to return since he's been a strong character for many years now.

Same, I guess we're a ways off from contest XXII, and I just remember being part of that Vincent run in XX but I didn't remember his XV-XIX showings being so consistent. Full credit to Koala (and others?) there.

But seeing the Vincent stats also gave me another idea I was kicking around, for a 3rd level of character contest attendance. If we have the top two levels which were captured in the graphic I put together & posted earlier in the contest:

(1) Every Contest Club

(2) "No Boot" club, or "been a part of every contest possible since first debuting in the contest" which is ECC members + characters who debuted at some point after Contest I and been in every contest since.

Then the third tier would be:

(3) "Been a part of every contest possible from their debut except when in a hardbooted state", so first thing that comes to mind are the ECC members who caught a hardboot before returning at the first opportunity like Kefka or Auron, or inevitably Yuffie next year...

Vincent would've fallen out of that 3rd level since he wasn't renominated back in last year (edit: forgot he was a soft boot so fell out in XXIII). Beatrix would fall out if she wasn't renominated in next year, and Kain Highwind fell out this year since he was just a soft boot last year but didn't re-enter this year, ditto Zell by being a XXIII soft boot and since retired. Wonder how many more characters fit this... I'll crunch the numbers on that for a future bonus stats day.