Board 8 > The Ringer is holding a Character Battle

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ZeldaTPLink
02/22/21 1:30:59 PM
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https://www.theringer.com/2021/2/22/22290096/best-video-game-character-bracket-intro-round-1

Highlights:

  • Seph getting rekt by Ms. Pac-Man
  • Cloud losing to the guy from RDR2
  • Batman is in, and he's losing to DK. What was that about all fictional contest being bad because those characters would be too strong?
  • Ryu Hayabusa losing to farm animals.


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GameStonk
02/22/21 1:33:21 PM
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Not surprising, given the reader base.

They probably see a Ms. Pac-Man victory as a feminist virtue signal

@UltimaterializerX you believe this shit?
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MoogleKupo141
02/22/21 1:39:34 PM
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Batman is in, and he's losing to DK. What was that about all fictional contest being bad because those characters would be too strong?


but our users have better taste. Batman losing to DK is just like Sephiroth losing to Ms. Pac-Man
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RySenkari
02/22/21 1:42:34 PM
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All the Final Fantasy characters are losing, guess this really is SquareFAQs.

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ZeldaTPLink
02/22/21 1:43:09 PM
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I can't believe gamefaqs never thought of having the oxen from Oregon Trail in a contest before.
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Leonhart4
02/22/21 1:52:32 PM
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This is one of the few video game demographics that probably skew even older than us, so some of these results aren't totally surprising.

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DeepsPraw
02/22/21 1:55:10 PM
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ZeldaTPLink posted...
* Batman is in, and he's losing to DK. What was that about all fictional contest being bad because those characters would be too strong?

and it's the DK from Donkey Kong, not DKC. These voters have class


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redrocket
02/22/21 1:55:50 PM
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Who?

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SwiftyDC
02/22/21 2:06:10 PM
#9:


Link wins?

I actually don't know.

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Sorozone
02/22/21 2:06:33 PM
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Rooting! for Bo Jackson.

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andylt
02/22/21 2:11:32 PM
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Link owning as always.

ZeldaTPLink posted...
Seph getting rekt by Ms. Pac-Man
good!

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Aecioo
02/22/21 2:14:27 PM
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Awful

Clearly the best character is Tom brady followed closely by Larry Bird

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WarThaNemesis2
02/22/21 2:15:54 PM
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Ms. Pac-Man beating Sephiroth doesn't surprise me because Bill Simmons' fanbase is the kind of person who would find JRPGs incredibly boring.

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Lightning Strikes
02/22/21 2:15:57 PM
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Arthur Morgan is a better character than Cloud so I cant really complain.

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WarThaNemesis2
02/22/21 2:23:41 PM
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Also don't look now, but Mario's potential run to the finals is:

Ms. Pac-Man, Tails, Bowser, Sonic.

That could be hilarious if SFF is Mario/Sonic SFF is brutal.

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Leonhart4
02/22/21 2:29:07 PM
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WarThaNemesis2 posted...
Also don't look now, but Mario's potential run to the finals is:

Ms. Pac-Man, Tails, Bowser, Sonic.

That could be hilarious if SFF is Mario/Sonic SFF is brutal.

Somehow we might need The Ringer to finally get Mario vs. Sonic!

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KCF0107
02/22/21 3:25:46 PM
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ZeldaTPLink posted...
https://www.theringer.com/2021/2/22/22290096/best-video-game-character-bracket-intro-round-1

Highlights:

* Seph getting rekt by Ms. Pac-Man
* Cloud losing to the guy from RDR2
* Batman is in, and he's losing to DK. What was that about all fictional contest being bad because those characters would be too strong?
* Ryu Hayabusa losing to farm animals.
Wow, such disrespect to Arthur Morgan

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firefdr
02/22/21 3:56:52 PM
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Go Kirby, 'Kirby'!
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Dr_Football
02/22/21 4:50:14 PM
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The Ringer brackets also include voting on Twitter and Instagram and the results definitely do not always match the polls on the website

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LeonhartFour
02/22/21 5:44:17 PM
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Dr_Football posted...
The Ringer brackets also include voting on Twitter and Instagram and the results definitely do not always match the polls on the website

there's definitely some sort of Tom Nook rally on the main website voting page because he's getting crushed everywhere else and that poll has a ton more votes than all the others

unfortunately I can't see the individual vote totals on any of the others to know if that'll be enough to counteract the quadrupling he's getting everywhere else

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KokoroAkechi
02/22/21 7:49:08 PM
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i laughed at teh Oxen from Oregon trail.
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Leonhart4
02/22/21 7:49:59 PM
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KokoroAkechi posted...
i laughed at teh Oxen from Oregon trail.

It shouldn't be allowed by their own rules because they said they didn't include duos like Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank...!

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Dark Young Link
02/22/21 7:50:08 PM
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ZeldaTPLink posted...
Ryu Hayabusa losing to farm animals.


I'll only accept this if one of them is a bird.

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LeonhartFour
02/22/21 8:14:37 PM
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also their match pic for Solid Snake is actually Big Boss

is CJayC doing the match pics there

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greengravy294
02/22/21 8:19:55 PM
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Team Rocket Elite
02/22/21 11:47:17 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
also their match pic for Solid Snake is actually Big Boss

is CJayC doing the match pics there


Amusingly, the people who wrote the article mentioned a quotation from Big Boss so they apparently are aware that there are two different characters named Solid Snake and Big Boss.
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Johnbobb
02/23/21 12:03:11 AM
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Cloud lost to Arthur Morgan but John Marston lost to Mike Tyson

jesus

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Seanchan
02/23/21 6:52:28 AM
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BTW, I've convinced The Oxen would actually win our contest here. The joke potential is too high.

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 8:14:48 AM
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Seanchan posted...
BTW, I've convinced The Oxen would actually win our contest here. The joke potential is too high.

Nah, Oregon Trail doesn't exist outside of America, so that would hurt it a lot.

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LeonhartFour
02/23/21 9:01:05 AM
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ZenOfThunder
02/23/21 9:17:16 AM
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finally an environment where donkey kong can thrive

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 10:16:48 AM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
finally an environment where donkey kong can thrive

Until he runs into Mario again lawl

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azuarc
02/23/21 10:36:01 AM
#33:


Why is Michael Vick in this bracket? Like, Tyson and Bo Jackson I get, but...

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 10:36:29 AM
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azuarc posted...
Why is Michael Vick in this bracket? Like, Tyson and Bo Jackson I get, but...

Vick is the most broken player in Madden history

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azuarc
02/23/21 10:41:14 AM
#35:


Oh, and I'm totally voting for the ox.

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azuarc
02/23/21 10:44:50 AM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Vick is the most broken player in Madden history

As someone who lives near Philadelphia and has never played a Madden game, when I hear Michael Vick, all I can think of is dogfighting controversy. Right or wrong, everyone shit on the Eagles for years (at least in these parts) after they hired him out of prison. I'm usually all for separating the art from the artist, but this is a case where I wasn't even familiar with the art.

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LeonhartFour
02/23/21 10:45:54 AM
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he was very good with the Eagles the first year he was there

but it's Falcons era Michael Vick (pre-dogfighting) in particular that's broken

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azuarc
02/23/21 10:50:23 AM
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I mean, yeah, kinda figured. Dude was a freak athlete, especially before prison. My point was that I wasn't aware that digital Michael Vick was so renowned that he'd outshine his real world's counterpart by enough to make it into a contest like this with a non-bottom seed and get a third of the vote. But since I'm usually annoyed AF when people crap on something only because they don't like some single person's association with it, I guess I should be pleased.

Anyway, let's not derail.

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PrinceOfKoopas
02/23/21 10:52:15 AM
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"Mario, Ms. Pac-Man, Tails, Geralt of Rivia, Bowser, Scorpion, Chun-Li, and Donkey Kong are about as elite as you can get. Any of them could come out of this region and it wouldnt be a surprise"

(Yes it would be a surprise.)

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LeonhartFour
02/23/21 10:55:25 AM
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I'm sure some people will never get over the dogfighting scandal (and for good reason, not trying to minimize it or say they should) but Vick seems like one of the few dudes who legitimately changed after getting busted

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andylt
02/23/21 10:56:55 AM
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Mario annihilating Ms Pac-Man, Sephiroth is going to look terrible in the X-stats! They still have 6 of our Noble Nine in too, though Snake is now facing Mega Man.

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azuarc
02/23/21 11:04:55 AM
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LeonhartFour posted...
I'm sure some people will never get over the dogfighting scandal (and for good reason, not trying to minimize it or say they should) but Vick seems like one of the few dudes who legitimately changed after getting busted

I respect that opinion. (And agree.)

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CaptainOfCrush
02/23/21 11:36:59 AM
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Mario and Link seem destined to meet in the final.

The more things change...

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squexa
02/23/21 11:45:43 AM
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azuarc posted...
Why is Michael Vick in this bracket? Like, Tyson and Bo Jackson I get, but...

It's TheRinger. They probably just needed an excuse to get another sports figure in the bracket, since 90% of the site doesn't give a shit about video games. I'm more surprised Simmons didn't throw in Larry Bird as well.

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charmander6000
02/23/21 12:01:47 PM
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CaptainOfCrush posted...
Mario and Link seem destined to meet in the final.

The more things change...

I know people like to call this place NintendoFAQs and all, but Nintendo character would do well in any neutral setting. Heck characters like Mario or Link would probably still hold up on a pro-Sony/Microsoft/etc. website.

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charmander6000
02/23/21 12:13:46 PM
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Do we have a combined vote total results anywhere?

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 12:19:22 PM
#48:


charmander6000 posted...
Do we have a combined vote total results anywhere?

Unfortunately not, as far as I can see. Facebook and Instagram don't show their vote totals.

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 1:02:35 PM
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Okay, they've finally got the polls up on their social media platforms. The biggest difference is that Ryu is beating Fox everywhere except the main site, so he could pull that out depending on how many votes those bring in.

I'm honestly kind of stunned Mega Man is beating Snake, but I guess it's because of that Peach result. It shouldn't be too surprising that MGS is too new for this crowd...!

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Leonhart4
02/23/21 2:16:08 PM
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Oh, and they actually have a pic of Snake today instead of Big Boss.

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WarThaNemesis2
02/23/21 2:22:19 PM
#51:


Leonhart4 posted...
Oh, and they actually have a pic of Snake today instead of Big Boss.

And of course now he's losing.

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