Crowning the Video Game Icon Tournament Champion

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you should play something else. Hello and welcome

to the 21st episode of GCR in Wars This is the

champ the crowning of the champion here in the

video game character iconic tournament I am one

of your hosts TFG on Mike and I was out sick

last week because Someone sent me a really really

evil contaminated macaroni and cheese Christmas

gift It was it actually almost looked like a

macaroni and cheese fruitcake for some odd reason

I'm never accepting packages from Illinois's

ever again you ass I would apologize if I felt

bad or if I was sorry, but I'm really not. So

as everyone can hear, Solomack is here along

with Steve Megatron. Hello. Goodbye. And we have

TV's Mr. Deal. Good evening. I feel like during

this whole episode we should have like the music

that plays at the end of certain video games

when you're about to win or during the credit

scene. Feel that's what I'm hearing in my head

right now. Yeah, yeah Yeah, the only funny video

game music I can think of like for winning or

losing is Is the Mario music from the original

game? the original Mario sound effects All right,

so where are we going from here kev? Well, we

are finally at our reveal. We've gone through

all the different rounds, all the different battles,

all the different scenarios, and all of the different

votes. And we have finally come to the point

where we have to reveal who our ultimate winner

is if you are joining us very late in the party.

First of all, shame on you. Second of all, obviously

our finale matchup saw Mega Man facing off against...

Ratchet and Clank. Mike, you weren't here last

week, and we kind of spoke for you because we

knew what you would say, but... Oh, you didn't.

Give us your thoughts on what the finale ended

up being, how you see it going down. Before we

get to reveal, what are your thoughts on Mega

Man versus Ratchet and Clank? Not that you haven't

made them known on Twitter and Facebook all week

anyway. Hey, what I do on my personal Twitter

is my business, god damn it. Nobody cares. Quiet,

you. It's an interesting battle I still think

Mega Man's gonna pull it out though because he

said he is the superior warrior I Just had a

lot of bad thoughts my head. That's what Steve

said This is gonna be an interesting you say

Mega Man would win in your scenario, correct?

Yep All right, so obviously we we had a lot of

different thoughts on it But none of that matters

when it comes down to the crowning of the champion

all that matters was the people's votes So with

that, let's turn it over to Steve to see who

wins the video game tournament First Steve how

many votes did Ratchet and Clank get? This past

week. Yeah for the finale just we're not revealing

a winner yet. I'm just getting a total vote How

many total votes were there for rationing clank?

Let me see There are sorry for the delay it's

sorry it builds tension Twelve twelve votes for

rationing clank hearing that Mike. Are you worried

that? Ration clank are gonna win. Are you still

confident that Mega Man's gonna pull it out?

Hopefully Mega Man will pull it out Again, that's

what she said. And if we're looking at some of

the past rounds, we were right around that 30

vote mark. So if there was 30 people voting,

that means that Mega Man's going to pull it out.

If we had a lower turnout, maybe he's in trouble.

12 votes for Ratchet and Clank. Steve, how many

votes for Mega Man? 11. What? So a slightly lower

voting turnout for the finale, only 23 voters.

Which means that... This entire tournament is

a farce. That's exactly what this means. That

by one vote... You're just pissed because Spyro

got bitched out earlier. No, I'm over that. It's

interesting that our finale sees the closest

vote that we've had, obviously, besides that

tie that we had to break. A one vote difference

in the finale. That means anybody that's upset,

you did not rally the troops enough, you did

not get the word out enough. So blame yourself

for not getting votes for your side, Mike. We'll

start with Mike since he's obviously got a lot

to say about the whole tournament now. I just

don't see how anybody could vote Ratchet and

Clank overall winners of this tournament. There

are so many better characters than them. I mean,

hell, I would have been happier if Dig Dug won

this whole goddamn thing. There's nothing wrong

with the Ratchet and Clank, first of all. Somebody's

having a prejudice because somebody he liked

didn't win. I think the problem is putting in

duos. That's what I think the problem is. The

duos should have been knocked out in the first

two rounds. It doesn't matter. It's not like

we put a duo in and they swept every round 20

to 0 or something like that. I think Ratchet

and Clank are iconic characters. I thought they

had a good shot of winning it. I did think that

possibly, you know, when they go up against fan

favorites like Sonic, like Mega Man, or if they

had gone up against, you know, like a Link or

Mario, I thought there was going to be a chance

that they would go down. But maybe perhaps the

best chance to take them down was Jack and Daxter

early on. But it's only a one vote span. So it's

interesting. I thought they were one of the favorites

going in so I'm not completely surprised Neil

Are you as upset as Mike? No I think got some

history to them. They're iconic people like them.

Yeah, they're they're iconic and I'm not thrilled

at Mega Man loss, but you know, I I would say

that the best best character probably won Mike

response to that So Ratchet and Clank are now

one character? Are you kidding? Well, one of

them is a sidekick, isn't it? It's like Batman

and Robin. One of them's a decoy. Well, we're

very clear on how Mike feels about it. Steve,

what's your thoughts on how this whole thing

turns out? I'm kind of torn. because I like a

lot of the characters that have shown up in the

tournament so far. That being said, I was kind

of surprised again, like I said before, that

it was between Mega Man and Ratchet and Clank.

I was hoping Sonic would make it, but he didn't.

But there was a lot of them that almost made

it this far. The fact that it's one vote tells

me that, one, the troops didn't rally enough

in any direction. Two, people are not going against

the biases at all in this entire tournament,

whether it be ours or the popularity bias. A

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the fact that it wasn't just a straight favorite

character pop the most popular character one

I think people you could make the argument with

an action clink winning that people didn't take

a realistic look at least some as some of the

matchups To see how it would break down. It wasn't

just I'm gonna vote Mario and Sonic all the way

to the finals type of thing and rationing clink

definitely had a Impressive path with Jack and

Dexter with Spyro with Sonic and with Mega Man

taking all of them down Be a one vote means a

whole lot of things. I mean the number one it

was pretty darn close that People saw equally

the chances for both people to win but Didn't

get the event didn't get the votes out quite

enough to rally the troops to gain support So

there is something to say about that Mike. You've

had a chance to calm down a second I think you've

had a chance to breathe to get a little water

maybe Are you still pissed off? Well, yeah, cuz

the whole tournament's a farce now. Well, how

does that make the whole tournament a farce?

Because a duo should not have won this. So if

Tojam and Earl would have won, you would have

said it's all a farce. Well, then it would have

just been a complete joke. I mean, we knew they

weren't gonna come out the first, come past the

first round. So it's not having to do with just

being a duo. No. So it's not a farce. It's, well,

yeah, it is because they just shouldn't have

won. Mega Man should have won this. Alright,

so clearly Mike is not going to be happy about

this. I don't know about going so far to say

the whole tournaments apart I don't think there

was a specific battle where you could say make

a big argument that the wrong person won I Don't

think we had one of those I mean, I think obviously

some people would make the argument that Kirby

shouldn't have lost in the round that he lost

Maybe some people argue that Mario should have

beat Yoshi, but I don't think you have something

where it was just dramatically Did not go the

way that it should have gone I mean Steve if

you look back through the whole term and all

the different battles We had do you see any that

were just that would fall under that category

where it's a joke where it's a farce where there's

no way that this person could have won and they

did um As much as I'd like to say on some of

them. No, I mean it's I Don't see any farces

in there whatsoever. I do see some that were

kind of a joke to be included You know, like

Spyro and Banjo -Kazooie and Toe Jam and Earl.

Some more than others. I think that it was kind

of telling that despite the popularity and in

-your -face -ness of certain Nintendo or Sega

or PlayStation characters, it ended up being

an actual battle of their abilities instead of

just people choosing what they thought would

win. Right, and you know, I think you could make

the argument that, you know, Bomberman beating

Kirby, I think that's maybe the most you could

point to, but even if you think Mario should

have beat Yoshi, you can't take exception with

that turning out the other way. Even if you think

Link should beat Mega Man, you can't say, you

know, it's impossible for it to go the other

way around. Same with Sonic and Ratchet and Clank

or with Ratchet and Clank and with Mega Mania.

I think you can see an argument from both sides

in all those different battles. Now a funny thing

about it is the new Super Smash Bros. for the

Wii U. Actually has Little Mac in it. It actually

has Mega Man in it has Pac -Man in it nice Sonics

in it again Of course most of the Nintendo side

and the entire left bracket is there other than

like conquer or Bomberman, right? And beautiful

Joe the rest of them over there are all on the

game. So and then then is that a couple years

back or a year back or whatever when we Originally

posted this graphic that somehow it was leaked

to the developers of Smash Brothers and they

stole our idea. It very well is possible. OK,

maybe stretching things a bit. I like the theory

that they stole from me yet again. Any other

thoughts on the tournament as a whole? How do

you think? You know, was it was it something

that was worth it? Did it was a fun? Did it turn

out to be somewhat legit or did? Do you think

people just voted for their favorites or didn't

really look at it as a matchup matchup thing?

I think the the final bracket shows that they

weren't just picking favorites because the two

powerhouses on both sides basically got to the

end right um, I would say that Maybe two or three

characters. I would have plucked them out and

put different ones in like the two most The controversial

ones was the fact that Frogger and Hubert were

in here at all. I would have taken them out and

maybe put in Wristar and maybe the Harlequin

from Knights. Those are the only two swaps that

I would do. Everything else looked pretty good

as far as I was concerned. And for those of you

that are kind of hoping that you would have got

a different type of character maybe some of the

you know Master Chief and Or someone from Mortal

Kombat or Street Fighter or or some of those

more mature? actual fighting type of characters

Don't be too upset that could be a tournament

that could come down the line As we decide which

tournaments come next that's definitely one of

the options. So you might be able to see that

eventually But you'll have to stay tuned to figure

out how you can impact that and to just stay

tuned with what Mike's gonna Put out there on

Facebook and Twitter to give you guys news when

we have it as far as future wars episodes and

future wars tournaments But the best thing you

guys can do is to give us feedback on the episode

post Through Facebook through Twitter. Let us

know what you thought of this tournament Let

us know what you want in future tournaments what

you liked what you didn't like That's the best

way to have an impact immediately on what we

do next but For those of you that haven't quite

got enough of the video game tournament. We do

have one special surprise for you Steve What

do we have as? What I guess what we could call

as a little bonus for them New Challenger the

princess isn't another castle It's almost like

Super Smash Brothers you play it and it says

Another challengers entered the battle We will

be having a bonus round Between and this is the

special graphic will be up there as well as the

voting just for the fun There won't be a follow

-up podcast for it Between link and sonic so

our third place battle will take place We'll

give you guys the opportunity to crown who would

have won third place in this kind of consolation

bracket championship, if you will, between Link

and Sonic. So if you aren't happy with the turnout

or if you're wanting to get a little bit more

and wanting to participate a little bit more,

you have one more battle that you can help decide.

Mike, who wins between Link and Sonic? I think

that'll come down to a tie. Mike's predicting

a tie because he is angry. No, I'm not. I'm looking

at. Shut the hell up. I'm looking at Link and

Sonic in a battle. Yeah, Sonic has the speed,

Sonic has the spin dash, but Link has the sword,

the boomerang, the arrows, all that stuff. And

I think it's going to come down to whether or

not Link can tire Sonic out. Neil, this goes

to a scenario that you painted for us earlier.

Yeah, if I had known you were gonna do this,

I wouldn't have given my prediction last week.

My prediction was that Sonic's biggest weakness

is sharp things, and what he's gonna do is he's

gonna spin dash right into Link's sword, and

we're gonna have hedgehog shish kebab, and his

final words are gonna be, did I do that? Steve,

a favorite between Link and Sonic? I'm going

Sonic, but that's because, one, I like Sonic

better. I enjoy his games better. And the other

thing is he could just run massive circles around

Link to the point that he could possibly cause

a tornado of air and suck the air out of the

area and kill him. True. Do like Neil scenario

though. I do like him just pulling the I like

it being like that epic fight almost like an

Indiana Jones thing where you're Twirling knives

and this that and the other and then you just

pull out a gun and shoot them You're doing all

the various actually doing all this different

stuff and then Sonic just runs at him and link

just tips the sword the right way and Sonic doesn't

have enough coins to protect him. So But however,

you guys feel you do have one more chance to

impact a matchup because we are crowning a third

place winner or a consolation champion This time

around so a special bonus round for you guys

to uh, let your voice be heard one last time

mike anything else No, I think that's it. So

like I said stay tuned. Um With mike's updates

on facebook and twitter because as soon as we

have news about what will be coming up next for

wars Or what the next tournament will be or war

if you can have any say in it Like we did last

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on what you like what you didn't like So you

can impact the next tournament, but it's been

fun It's been a bigger tournament. It's been

more controversial. It's pissed more people off

Yeah, that's about right to me that means it's

a success Anytime somebody's pissed off, you

know, it's working and that's what wars is all

about so Neil how can people stay in touch with

you in the world of Twitter? Twitter I'm I'm

Neil Sama on Twitter Mike, what's your Twitter?

Do you have to Mike? So everybody tell Mike how

wrong he is Steve? What's your Twitter at? SCP

21 and mine is at optimist solo. Otherwise the

network is at geek cast radio That's all it is,

right? Yeah. Yes, excellent So follow all of

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