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[Dueck]

Hey... I knew the art style reminded me of something... and that's Scott Pilgrim! Man I just found out that the Art Director for Skullgirls is the one that created Scott Pilgrim.
Jesus Christ, where have I been all this time.

With me, apparently.

 

[QisTopTier]

LOL you guys.

 

[El Sloth]

Guys, Alex Ahad (creator of Skullgirls) is not Bryan Lee O'Mally (creator of Scott Pilgrim).

O'Mally is not involved with the game in any professional way last I checked.

I think Mariel and Persona might have worked on the Scott Pilgrim game though? So there is that.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Guys, Alex Ahad (creator of Skullgirls) is not Bryan Lee O'Mally (creator of Scott Pilgrim).

O'Mally is not involved with the game in any professional way last I checked.

I think Mariel and Persona might have worked on the Scott Pilgrim game though? So there is that.

Wait a second goddamn it.
Then why does SKullgirls reminds me so much of Scott Pilgrim?
:c
I'm just going to go to my corner and cry.

 

[Hours Left]

That's a bad sign- IMO. In an even 4-4 split, not a single dude made it through to the last round. Team chicks outnumbers team dudes (by a lot, more than likely), and with the new voting system, no female voting split will be able to occur so that a dude could slip through.

But that also means no male voting split, which is what hurt Beowulf last time.

I also think people are going to be much more focused on singular characters this time, instead of trying to spread their support thin.

 

[Ravidrath]

Hey... I knew the art style reminded me of something... and that's Scott Pilgrim! Man I just found out that the Art Director for Skullgirls is the one that created Scott Pilgrim.
Jesus Christ, where have I been all this time.

Oh man, this is still floating around?

Alex contributed to Scott Pilgrim, but is not the author.

 

[Zissou]

But that also means no male voting split, which is what hurt Beowulf last time.

I also think people are going to be much more focused on singular characters this time, instead of trying to spread their support thin.

I think female voting split was the reason male characters got as far as they did last time in the first place. There was a much larger pool of female candidates early on, so their supporters were divided, while the male vote was much more focused. When we got to a point where the pro-dude vote lost that advantage in the second to last round, they got obliterated. Yeah Beowulf was close to the top 4- that still means the most popular male got 5th place.

 

[Hours Left]

I think female voting split was the reason male characters got as far as they did last time in the first place. There was a much larger pool of female candidates early on, so their supporters were divided, while the male vote was much more focused. When we got to a point where the pro-dude vote lost that advantage in the second to last round, they got obliterated. Yeah Beowulf was close to the top 4- that still means the most popular male got 5th place.

I'd hardly say the men were "obliterated", especially since the difference was less than 10 votes between 4th and 5th place.

Plus, everyone was completely outclassed by Eliza in the first vote. They said it was already over in the top 8. The remaining seven character were much closer together.

 

[SolarPowered]

I'd hardly say the men were "obliterated", especially since the difference was less than 10 votes between 4th and 5th place.

Plus, everyone was completely outclassed by Eliza in the first vote. They said it was already over in the top 8. The remaining seven character were much closer together.

We still don't know this for sure.

 

[Zissou]

Did they state at what point Eliza started becoming the clear frontrunner? My guess is that it wasn't until the last round, and that it happened because the pro-dude crowd, with all their candidates gone, found her the least offensive remaining choice.

 

[Jintor]

As a crazy person whose art was constantly mistaken for Bryan Lee Malley a few years back, I don't really understand how you could mistake Alex's art for his

 

[Cyrano]

I do not know about that, familiarity attracts people quite a bit too.

Nah, familiarity doesn't attract people. It may be what keeps them together, but relationships always start from the unknown.

 

[NEO0MJ]

We still don't know this for sure.

Well, after round 2 while most of the top 8 were pretty close one had a significant lead over the others so it might be Eliza, especially considering that she took the last round so quickly.

 

[kirblar]

Did they state at what point Eliza started becoming the clear frontrunner? My guess is that it wasn't until the last round, and that it happened because the pro-dude crowd, with all their candidates gone, found her the least offensive remaining choice.

Lead had already opened up in Top 8.

 

[Jotamide]

Dragged Black Dahlia to the top.
Dragged Annie to the bottom.
Click.

 

[Moonlight]

Dragged Black Dahlia to the top.
Dragged Annie to the bottom.
Click.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

 

[SolarPowered]

Did they state at what point Eliza started becoming the clear frontrunner? My guess is that it wasn't until the last round, and that it happened because the pro-dude crowd, with all their candidates gone, found her the least offensive remaining choice.

All we know is that she became the clear frontrunner in the final round and by such a large margin that it was practically decided by day two. Not once was anyone declared that far ahead during the top eight.

Well, after round 2 while most of the top 8 were pretty close one had a significant lead over the others so it might be Eliza, especially considering that she took the last round so quickly.

We just don't know. It could have been any of the ladies. It almost certainly wasn't a male. Things change when all your secondary (aka half of the top 8 for most people) characters are gone. Things get mixed up and weird voting takes place.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

There can't be a team when there can only be one at this point. It's like two people going after one person. You'd be naive to think that the other person will play it fair.

 

[Papercuts]

I thought it was atleast alluded to a huge lead in the top 8 as well, and the two consecutive drawn out votes are a big reason why it was shortened and mixed up for the second vote.

After the second vote is this stuff going to be public? I <3 stats.

 

[Espada]

I thought it was atleast alluded to a huge lead in the top 8 as well, and the two consecutive drawn out votes are a big reason why it was shortened and mixed up for the second vote.

After the second vote is this stuff going to be public? I <3 stats.

Yeah, I remember hearing that there was a clear front runner in Top 8. Then we heard that in the Top 4 one character wound up with 70% of the vote (or something like that). I'm assuming that in both instances they were referring to Eliza.

But yes, IIRC Ravidrath said they'd reveal the votes from Round 1 after Round 2 is over.

 

[SolarKnight]

Yeah, we don't know if there was a big gap, but we know that a gap definitely existed in the top 8 between #1 and #2 while everyone else at the top was closer.

There can't be a team when there can only be one at this point. It's like two people going after one person. You'd be naive to think that the other person will play it fair.

Well, true, but I at least tried making the other member of the team #2 so the vote goes to her in case #1 fails D:

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

traitor

 

[GraveHorizon]

So moe.

I can't understand how anyone could actively dislike her. She's this tragic figure who despite being horribly disfigured during war, still decided that she wanted to be useful to her Kingdom and agreed to be grafted with some experimental synthetic parasite. Now she can't have any real physical contact with anyone without putting their lives at risk. Yet she ignores all that and devotes herself to playing the role of a mother figure to the war orphaned kids of Lab 8 who probably wouldn't be accepted anywhere else because of their appearances and "modifications". She understands they need someone. She tries her best despite her appearances. She dislikes engaging in confrontations and abhors what her abilities can do to another human being, but will not run away when her adopted family is in danger.

I think Ileum's a pretty likable character.

I'd go for her, doesn't matter if she looks like a monster. I'd just wear an anti-acid suit.

Yeah, I remember hearing that there was a clear front runner in Top 8. Then we heard that in the Top 4 one character wound up with 70% of the vote (or something like that). I'm assuming that in both instances they were referring to Eliza.

But yes, IIRC Ravidrath said they'd reveal the votes from Round 1 after Round 2 is over.

I hope it's revealed that the cute girls didn't have as massive a lead over all the guy characters as a lot of people here seem to think.

 

[Moonlight]

There can't be a team when there can only be one at this point. It's like two people going after one person. You'd be naive to think that the other person will play it fair.

Yeah, I know that there's only one spot remaining, but I think the preferential voting system still lends some merit to "teams". I want Annie first and foremost, but I'm cagier on her chances than I'd prefer to be and the more characters that I want in the top ten than ones that I would not, the better.

traitor

Your words cut deep.

 

[SolarKnight]

I hope it's revealed that the cute girls didn't have as massive a lead over all the guy characters as a lot of people here seem to think.

Well, we know that we were about 10 votes away from having Beowulf be the only man in the top 4, so there's that.

 

[NEO0MJ]

I hope it's revealed that the cute girls didn't have as massive a lead over all the guy characters as a lot of people here seem to think.

A lot of lists here though seem girl only, so I think they'll have a majority again.

 

[Zissou]

Does anyone actually have a link to Rav (or someone else in the know) stating there was a clear frontrunner during top 8? I've followed the voting pretty closely and I don't remember anything like that, but maybe I missed it.

 

[SolarKnight]

Does anyone actually have a link to Rav (or someone else in the know) stating there was a clear frontrunner during top 8? I've followed the voting pretty closely and I don't remember anything like that, but maybe I missed it.

He mentioned it here, of that I'm sure, but...*looks at number of pages since the top 8*

...yeah

 

[SolarPowered]

Does anyone actually have a link to Rav (or someone else in the know) stating there was a clear frontrunner during top 8? I've followed the voting pretty closely and I don't remember anything like that, but maybe I missed it.

He did say there was someone who was ahead of the pack, but he didn't detail if it was a crushing or a statistical lock. Everyone else was mostly separated by intervals of fifty votes or less.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Yeah, I know that there's only one spot remaining, but I think the preferential voting system still lends some merit to "teams". I want Annie first and foremost, but I'm cagier on her chances than I'd prefer to be and the more characters that I want in the top ten than ones that I would not, the better.

This is between Annie/Beowful, I doubt anyone else has a chance

 

[Azure J]

This is between Annie/Beowful, I doubt anyone else has a chance

I want to believe, but just looking here, there's a lot more divisions going on in here than there were before.

Where's Strawpoll when you need it? :lol

 

[NEO0MJ]

This is between Annie/Beowful, I doubt anyone else has a chance

I think Minette has a chance and Feng could make a comeback.

 

[Moonlight]

Does anyone actually have a link to Rav (or someone else in the know) stating there was a clear frontrunner during top 8? I've followed the voting pretty closely and I don't remember anything like that, but maybe I missed it.

When the top eight round began, Ravid stated that the top two to five were all within fifty votes of each other, but subsequently stressed that first place '[wasn't] far ahead'. Draw your own conclusions about who that front-runner was. I don't know where people are pulling literal percentages, because I don't think Ravid revealed anything along those lines.

This is between Annie/Beowful, I doubt anyone else has a chance

I hope you're very wrong about Beowulf.

Besides, I'm damn near sure that Black Dahlia will have a better showing this round.

 

[Zissou]

This is between Annie/Beowful, I doubt anyone else has a chance

If I had to guess, I'd say Annie will win, but with the new voting system, who the hell knows. The old system was certainly less representative of people's tastes than the new one, so results were distorted to some degree, especially since the old method also encouraged gaming the system. Then again, people's perception of who can and can't actually win will be to some degree influenced by the outcome of the previous poll, so the distorted results may in turn distort reality to fit them.

 

[Zissou]

When the top eight round began, Ravid stated that the top two to five were all within fifty votes of each other, but subsequently stressed that first place '[wasn't] far ahead'. Draw your own conclusions about who that front-runner was. I don't know where people are pulling literal percentages, because I don't think Ravid revealed anything along those lines.


I hope you're very wrong about Beowulf.

Besides, I'm damn near sure that Black Dahlia will have a better showing this round.

Thank you for finding the Ravidrath post. His post about the top eight seems to confirm my suspicions that Eliza pulled ahead definitively toward the end- but we don't even now if the frontrunner during top 8 was her or not. I think I may be too excited about seeing the data when all is said and done !?(&#65381;_&#65381;;?

edit: sorry, dp

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

I put Panzerfaust first (AS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE) and Isaac second and didn't care much about the rest, yet I still put them in an order that might appeal to people.
Which means I put Stanley fucking second to last, because he's the second most uninteresting character out there, with the only one topping him in that regard being Andy.

 

[GraveHorizon]

He also said this.

I hope we get Annie and Umbrella in some day, and they can have an angry Uguu~-off for their intro animation.

Umbrella has my support now! Annie doesn't need it since she has enough fans already.

Spoiler

While searching for a fanart of Umbrella saying "Uguu~!", I accidentally came upon an inappropriate drawing of Double, Parasoul, and Umbrella.

 

[Jintor]

Your bottom listings don't really matter though. it's all about how you org your top.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

Did they state at what point Eliza started becoming the clear frontrunner? My guess is that it wasn't until the last round, and that it happened because the pro-dude crowd, with all their candidates gone, found her the least offensive remaining choice.

Can't speak for anyone else, but this was me, personally.

Took one look at that top 4 and thought to myself "Huh, I guess there's only 1 option."

 

[lazybones18]

If only this was made before I made my vote yesterday

 

[lazybones18]

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 0

Didn't feel like editing my post again

 

[devastatorprime]

Alex just posted so much awesomeness.
http://o-8.tumblr.com/post/49845340159/officialskullgirls-hi-guys-this-message-comes

Perfume Grenades!

 

[Moonlight]

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

I can't

 

[wildfire]

Damn that woman would be a huge liability in a zombie epidemic. She's supposed to be an assassin and she fights with Grenade launchers and chainsaws?

Sheesh.

Wrestling is awesome ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

WWF's declining ratings over the past decade says otherwise.

Beowulf fits that white male prototype that has been all the rage these last 6 years except he dresses a lot better than the ones in your typical shooter.

 

[SolarPowered]

Venus and Umbrella push it to the next level.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Alex just posted so much awesomeness.
http://o-8.tumblr.com/post/49845340159/officialskullgirls-hi-guys-this-message-comes

Is that a goddamn chainsaw attachment? Barring some kind of miracle revelation about Beatrix or Annie, Dahlia's now basically a lock for my top spot.

Also Marie just went up a few places in my rankings.

 

[Moonlight]

Pffhahahaha.

People will keep trying (and failing), but there's only one Skullgirls character who can rock Kamina shades, and it is definitely not Beowulf. Ew.

 

[lazybones18]

Pffhahahaha.

When she's eliminated, I'll just imagine that's a shitload of salt pouring down on her

 

[Jintor]

Umbrella is adorbs

so many levels of adorbs

kinda weird not seeing her super grumpy though lol

 

[SolarPowered]

Eat your heart out, Chunners

Eldritch flesh punch

I think Parasoul's mean streak is rubbing off on Umbrella

Definitely

Umbrella is adorbs

so many levels of adorbs

kinda weird not seeing her super grumpy though lol

Salty Umbrella is a pretty recent thing. They were really swamped trying to keep up with the campaign and now they're in full character creator mode.

 

[Jintor]

I know, but it's all I know

aside from parasoul boob poking