FINAL MATCH Discussion

Sai-chan

Crocodile vs. Garp was my favorite. <3

Myrllok

@Sai-chan:

Did Crocodile and Buggy fuse into something nonhuman? x'D PFFT.

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Sai-chan

@Myrllok:

Welcome to DBZ!

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You know, I was reading DBZ just yesterday, too… pfft..

Sano

What about Perona Vs. Beckham Vs. Paulie. That match was effing close for a 2nd Round match.

Ivotas

Aphelandra vs. Moria was one of my favorites.

Crampz

We should have a final match, for third place. Buggy VS. Crocodile, starting 12:00am-12:00am or something. :)

I realize there isn't really time for ads, but there has been a ton of ads for both characters, and I think that fused version in the fanart above isn't going to cut it.. Besides, a lot of people wanted to see them go head to head.. I doubt many would be against the idea if it isn't much trouble. Mods? What say you?

Ivotas

@Crampz:

We should have a final match, for third place. Buggy VS. Crocodile, starting 12:00am-12:00am or something. :)

A third place match is a losers match. Neither of the two characters deserves such a thing.

Myrllok

@Crampz:

I realize there isn't really time for ads, but there has been a ton of ads for both characters, and I think that fused version in the fanart above isn't going to cut it..

Lol, I was thinking the same when drawing the fan-art, i was like damn, we should have done a 3rd place fight :P

@Ivotas:

A third place match is a losers match. Neither of the two characters deserves such a thing.

Thats what You say :(

…GO CROC! DIE BUGGY!

Ivotas

@Myrllok:

Thats what You say :(

If you know a little bit about sports you'll know that 3rd place is generally considered to be laughable. Of course people will make the diplomatic statement and say that they want to win the 3rd place match or that they are happy about bronze but everybody knows that it's laughable and pitiful.

But what's more important then the general view on that in the sportsworld is that the entire tournament staff has the same take on things (which is the one I've just expressed in my previous post). In short words, you're not gonna get a match for third place. Live with it OR sit down and drink a glass of whine with this guy…

Crampz

A third place match is a losers match. Neither of the two characters deserves such a thing.

I doubt you'll find many people who agree with you.. Then again, this isn't a quantity thing, right? :P.

Just saying it'd be a nice idea, if you don't want to, so be it, but I thought I'd mention it.

Ivotas

@Crampz:

I doubt you'll find many people who agree with you.. Then again, this isn't a quantity thing, right? :P.

I just expressed in my last post that actually it is quite easy to find plenty of people who agree with me. You will nowhere find a single athlete that is truly happy with third place. Whenever he/she says he/she is happy about it, it's just a diplomatic statement. It's an unwritten rule in sports.

Myrllok

@Ivotas:

You will nowhere find a single athlete that is truly happy with third place. Whenever he/she says he/she is happy about it, it's just a diplomatic statement. It's an unwritten rule in sports.

Why is there always a 3rd place in the soccer tounaments then?

Im pretty sure germany was pretty happy to get 3rd place instead of Portugal last World Cup

Ivotas

@Myrllok:

Why is there always a 3rd place in the soccer tounaments then?

Didn't you get what I was saying? I didn't say that it doesn't exist, I said nobody cares for it. The participants are just pretending to care for it (that's what I meant with diplomatic statements). But deep inside they couldn't care less. That's the unwritten rule in sports. Feel free to do a little research on that. You'll find that to be true.

I myself have been an athlete for almost two decades now. And nowhere have I found a fellow athlete that said would truly be happy about third place. Every display of happyness is just faked in order to not have problems with the organizers.

And back here in the One Piece tournament us organizers don't want such a losers match to begin with. Learn to deal with it or I'll save your name on the "ban next year" list. ;P

@Myrllok:

Im pretty sure germany was pretty happy to get 3rd place instead of Portugal last World Cup

That's exactly those politic statements I'm talking about. Whoever wins says he cares much for it. Whoever loses say he/she didn't care much for it. That's what makes it a losers match with no worth at all. Which is quite understandable since the component of grabbing the very top isn't possible anymore.

Dwragon

The third place is only interesting in Olympia because of the medal. And most for weak teams/athlets who never dreamed of getting the third place (not saying they are weak, but normally not near the top). In a tournament like this or Football a third place means nothing.

Myrllok

I understand what you guys think, and I dont care much about those 2 char. anyway, but the thing is i only wanted to give my personal thought, and since I've been in tournaments too, I like to know if i'm better than someone else, even if I dont care about the 3rd or 4th place, its always good to know where I am ranked…but its true that if we are doing it for the 3rd/4th place, we should do it for the 5th,6th.. place etc... and it would never end so .. U guys do w/e you want, im glad my boy finished 2nd.

Robby

Best matches, in order of appearance. (And I flashbacked to most of these during the Luffy/Zoro bout.)

Coby vs. Apoo (the first close match)
Nami vs. Drake (the 1,500,000 votes created controversy for 3 months when people couldn't take an OBVIOUS joke!)
Richie vs. Sengoku (no one expected it, and it was THAT close!)
Vivi vs. Crocadile (for the epic beatdown that set the precedent of "give them more votes than Vivi!")
Ivotas vs. Arlong Park Forums (Because I am loyal to the master, yes.)
Urouge vs. Kizaru (Share the Urouge was just sooo epic, yet stupid, but fun)
Arlong vs. Hannyabal (Proof that a great speech the week before can take you a long way)
Inazuma vs. Bon Kurei (one of the matches where no one really WANTED the other guy to lose, but…)
Zoro vs. Banchi (the sheer absurdity. and 2 months of pre-campaigning and sigging.)
Absalom vs. Don Krieg (Teh gr8est match!) (No, it was the shittiest!) (Eh, both characters sucked.)
Shushu vs. Lafitte (Another surprise underdog…)
Whitebeard vs. Kaku (crazy mustaches and box campaigns… from BEFORE WB had anything to actually campaign with)
Perona vs. Beckman vs. Paulie (Three way insanity! And obviously the tie that led up to it also)
Kid vs. Buggy (the premise of the two clowns fighting made it potential gold)
Bellemere vs. Hiluluk (why oh why both great mentors at once?)
Aphelandra vs. Moria(Boops, memes, ein art, hats, Donald Duck, and of course, gyaaah Haaaa Hyayayaaa!!! Evil Overlord Me! My personal fave match.)
"Kuma" vs. Drake (sheerly for the opening to the match)
Ivotas vs Bad-Beat vs Ubiq (Nuff said.)
Garp vs. Crocodile (we all underestimated Garp, I think..)
Bon Kurei vs. Zoro (probably the fiercest fight, since it was expected as a 5th round match instead of 3rd)
Franky vs. Sanji (The post count should say it all about the sheer epic of it.)
Buggy vs. Sanji (Did ANYONE expect that to be so insane? Cause it was. Post counts, number of votes, the closeness till the very end)
and of course
Buggy vs. Zoro (The momentus follow up to Buggy vs. Sanji with pretty much the highest turnout)

Ivotas

@Myrllok:

I understand what you guys think, and I dont care much about those 2 char. anyway, but the thing is i only wanted to give my personal thought, and since I've been in tournaments too, I like to know if i'm better than someone else, even if I dont care about the 3rd or 4th place, its always good to know where I am ranked…but its true that if we are doing it for the 3rd/4th place, we should do it for the 5th,6th.. place etc... and it would never end so .. U guys do w/e you want, im glad my boy finished 2nd.

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2009/248/3/6/croc_n_buggy_by_myrllok.jpg

The thing is though, that you don't really find out where you're ranked this way. As I said before, in soccer for instance the winner says he tried hard and the loser said he couldn't care less. And both how somehow true because they don't give it their all but at the same time they don't want to be spoilsports. It's just a torture but it does not really show where one stays. Not tournaments like soccer cups.

And the same system applies here. People would just not care as much for to have an even remotely similar vote amount as if Buggy and Croc would go for #1. So whatever the result, you'd always have the bitter taste of "it that would have been a real finale the result would have been different". That's always the bitter taste of a match for the 3rd place. Which is why it is pointless to have it and which is why we don't want to have it. Especially not after the winner of the tournament has been decided.

LUFFY1fan

Luffy Fans Rejoice Today We Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kaizoku Mele

@robbybevard:

Nami vs. Drake (the 1,500,000 votes created controversy for 3 months when people couldn't take an OBVIOUS joke! I mean, not everyone shares the same sense of humor as me but, c'mon!)

Fixed..

@Myrllok:

<fanart pic="">There's a yaoi joke in there somewhere (in regards to 3rd place).</fanart>

Robby

@The:

Fixed..

No, Drake was an OBVIOUS joke. If you didn't get it as such, its isn't because of a difference in humor, it's because you're an idiot.

Myrllok

Well Anyway, the 3rd place winner would be BUGGODILE!

Urouge

Ah, that tournament was fun, and now I'm taking a week or so break from making AMV's. I had some good memories, but topping the list is my Banchi promoting and my beginning to making AMV's. It's pretty cool to see that a lot of you guys liked the Banchi stuff. He'll probably go down as the most successful first round loss ever (oh boy?). I'll try to prepare some cooler stuff for him next year and maybe get him to round 2. Anyway, I had a blast with this, and I'm looking forward to one upping myself in the next one. There are a ton of cool memories of other campaigns/campaigners, but I don't want to start listing them for fear of forgetting some.

I'll say it right now. I'm going to have a campaign AMV for Banchi prepared for next year (I've already planned out how to pull it off).

Sai-chan

@Myrllok: WHATTHEFUCK

I don't know weather to say that's awesome or to be scared.

gold_rogger15

Favorite match was the Family Feud match. Still love e1n's drawing of papa Ibotas. In fact I think all the people who drew fan art or made amv's for the tournament should pat themselves on the back. You guys really outdid yourselves.

Oh Mama Debonair, did you ever get that divorce?
And what happened to Baby Straungur? Was he put up for adoption?

FrankyFan

Yes, gold rogger15, could I have that gif and link please?

gold_rogger15

@FrankyFan:

Yes, gold rogger15, could I have that gif and link please?

http://skaado.deviantart.com/

FrankyFan

Thanks a lot!

gold_rogger15

Luffy may have won but we all know who really is the winner here

!

Samemind

@Myrllok:

Well Anyway, the 3rd place winner would be BUGGODILE!

Answer truthfully: you took inspiration from the final boss of Psychonauts for this. Right?

Ms. Suave Debonair

Ivotas fucking sucks.

Just so you guys know, the final round was HUUUUUUUUUUGELY fixed. That forum downtime wasn't a coincedence.

Flux

@Bad-Beat:

Ivotas fucking sucks.

Just so you guys know, the final round was HUUUUUUUUUUGELY fixed. That forum downtime wasn't a coincedence.

The truth is finally out.
Bad-Beat takes no more, and breaks the scandal !

Sano

I think I did the best campagin came when I posted the Homey D. Clown stangling a Chef picture from the Buggy Vs. Sanji round. I'll do it for the final time for now.

gold_rogger15

@Bad-Beat:

Ivotas fucking sucks.

Just so you guys know, the final round was HUUUUUUUUUUGELY fixed. That forum downtime wasn't a coincedence.

tigerlilly

Best campaign for me:

There are few things that I regret in life:
Never having caught all 151 Pokémon (fuck you, Mew, just fuck you)
or never having eaten Oreos until I was 17…
But Aphelandra vs. Moria...I will never forgive myself for having missed out on that!
Who knows, maybe Overlord robbybevard could have obtained world domination through my vote!
But in the next tournament Aphelandra shall become queen.... Promise....

In all seriousness, I'd say this tournament was a great success and I enjoyed all the big and small contributions.
You guys are crazy and I laughed my butt off! Hope there'll be another one in the future!

@Bad-Beat:

Ivotas fucking sucks.

Just so you guys know, the final round was HUUUUUUUUUUGELY fixed. That forum downtime wasn't a coincedence.

Didn't I pay you extra-money so you'd keep it on the low? I want my money back, all of it….! And my soul, if you still happen to have it...

fxjoey0

This tournament was fun! I enjoyed the matches, etc. Can't wait for the next one! ^^
Also, I would like to say great job and thanks to everyone who made this tournament possible! ^^

OneWarlord

So it all finally comes to an end. Sigh I remember I started participating in this tournment when they were halfway through the first round. And I have seen some awesome matches: Bon Kurei vs Zoro, Franky vs Sanji, Usopp vs Whitebeard, Buggy vs Sanji and then Zoro, Luffy vs Zoro, and 2 three-way matches in a single tournament! Man, this tournament was Epic with a capital 'E'! I can't wait till next year, hopefully it will be better than this one! This was great and I thank the moderaters who helped make this tournament so unforgettable: Ivotas, Bad-Beat, Upiq, and anyone else that I may have forgotten. This tournament has been my entire summer and now its over, so long everyone, hopefully we shall all meet again next year, at ArlongPark Forums One Piece Character Tournament 2010!!! And finally, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPION: MONKEY D. LUFFY!!!

Myrllok

@Samemind:

Answer truthfully: you took inspiration from the final boss of Psychonauts for this. Right?

Nah, I took inspiration from the pile of sand with the hook, the cigar and the head on my ending campaign :P

Ivotas

Ok guys, the time has come to close this section for now. Thanks a bunch for everyone who joined and made this thing the big fun it was. Hope to see you guys around next year too. Until then, feel free pass the time drinking a glass of whine or two with this guy…

See ya!

Ms. Suave Debonair

oh yeah, Ivotas sucks.

Ubiq

You know who else sucks? Bad-Beat.

Who know whose massive contributions to all this haven't received anywhere near enough credit? Tare-Chan.

Tare_chan

now…now.... ^^; don't quarrel..... we already come to the end anyway...

And don't forget brennen.exe