FIT Season 52, Quarterfinals

[Sir Donald 3.2]

Well, we couldn't expect Heavy to end without some craziness.  Of course, who would've expected that I would have to invoke the "1 Vote = No Match" rule?

And if it wasn't for Elfboy's late vote, a whole lot more matches would've been declared "invalid":

	Tie Nephenee: 1 Bosch: 1	Loss Nephenee: 0 Renee: 1	Win Nephenee: 4 Cloud: 0	Win Nephenee: 2 Solo: 0	Loss Nephenee: 0 Jean: 2
Tie Bosch: 1 Nephenee: 1		Win Bosch: 2 Renee: 0	Win Bosch: 3 Cloud: 0	Loss Bosch: 0 Solo: 2	Win Bosch: 2 Jean: 0
Too Few Votes Renee: 1 Nephenee: 0	Loss Renee: 0 Bosch: 2		Win Renee: 3 Cloud: 0	Win Renee: 2 Solo: 1	Win Renee: 3 Jean: 0
Loss Cloud: 0 Nephenee: 4	Loss Cloud: 0 Bosch: 3	Loss Cloud: 0 Renee: 3		Loss Cloud: 0 Solo: 4	Loss Cloud: 0 Jean: 4
Loss Solo: 0 Nephenee: 2	Win Solo: 2 Bosch: 0	Loss Solo: 1 Renee: 2	Win Solo: 4 Cloud: 0		Loss Solo: 0 Jean: 3
Win Jean: 2 Nephenee: 0	Loss Jean: 0 Bosch: 2	Loss Jean: 0 Renee: 3	Win Jean: 4 Cloud: 0	Win Jean: 3 Solo: 0

Basically, since the Nephenee V Renee had 1 vote, the vote counts against Nephenee... but won't count for Renee.  Too bad, as that means...

Bosch   3   1   1   0.700   4   4.52   4
Renee   3   1   1   0.700   8   3.81   4
Jean   3   0   2   0.600   9   3.64   4
Nephenee   2   1   2   0.500   17   3.77   4
Solo   2   0   3   0.400   3   4.03   4
Cloud   0   0   5   0.000   4   3.95   4

...that Bosch takes the Pool by Head-to-Head.

As for the Wild Cards, a slight bit of craziness there as well, but nothing too critical:

   Win   Tie   Loss   Avg.   Nom   DLR   Pool
Lady Harken   3   0   1   0.750   3   4.39   3
Nina4   2   2   0   0.750   6   4.02   2
Renee   3   1   1   0.700   8   3.81   4
Erim   2   1   1   0.625   6   4.48   1
Jean   3   0   2   0.600   9   3.64   4
Nephenee   2   1   2   0.500   17   3.77   4
Tana   2   0   2   0.500   8   3.91   3
Celia   2   0   2   0.500   5   4.02   2
Alys Brangwin   2   0   2   0.500   4   3.74   1
Klaus Debonair   1   2   1   0.500   3   4.10   1

The reason why Lady Harken has the First Wild Card is that she has more actual wins than Nina IV.


Now, on to the Wild Card results.  Remember how I said that if Zappa tied in his match that he'd lose?  Well...:

Elc   5
Dark Force   0
   
Killer   0
Cloud of Darkness   4

   
Nanaki   4
Vormav   1
   
Oswin   0
Aelia   5

   
Pikachu   2
Zappa   3
   
Yushis   4
Lucius   0

...he was able to escape that fate.  And so the Possession Arrow doesn't apply to any contest this week.



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By Text:

Godlike:
Piastol vs Elc
TimeLord vs Jenna Angel
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness
Loki vs Kefka

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim
Marsilio vs Lady Harken
Lyon vs Renee
Bosch vs Nina4

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia
Adell vs Mizuki
Ken Amada vs Nanaki
Noa vs Anna Lemouri

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa
Nanami vs Shabon
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!!

Voting ends Tuesday Night

[superaielman]

Piastol vs Elc- Eternum.
TimeLord vs Jenna Angel- TL's durability is about as bad as it gets for a PC Godlike. He  may be able to get cute and turnskip past  Bhvaria, but he can't do that to all the forms and have enough JP to actually do damage.
Loki vs Kefka- Loki needs too much luck here. He has to avoid a fatal counter and get lucky enough with indisc to blow past Meteor range. Not happening.

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim- Durablity gap.
Marsilio vs Lady Harken
Lyon vs Renee

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia- ID outraces a PWS.
Adell vs Mizuki- Kneejerk.
Noa vs Anna Lemouri- Not quite enough offense, Anna.

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa- Abstain for now.
Nanami vs Shabon
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis- Good luck hitting Yushis with magical status ever.
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!!

[Cmdr_King]

Godlike:
Piastol vs Elc- No vote.
TimeLord vs Jenna Angel- TL wants to fight Form 3!
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness
Loki vs Kefka- I think I respect Loki's defense this much anyway.

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim- I... think?  Blah, I should work out the speed gap, but even with Boosted defenses Erim gets him in 3, maybe 4.  HP feels good enough for that.
Marsilio vs Lady Harken- Physicals vs Harken.  That'll work.
Lyon vs Renee- I'll come back to this..  Edit: did.
Bosch vs Nina4- Repeated SMASHing is not Nina's friend.

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia
Adell vs Mizuki- should be ITE.  Adell wishes he could say the same.
Ken Amada vs Nanaki- Faster.
Noa vs Anna Lemouri- No vote

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa- Seems like... Beecham's evade was only so-so for a Karayan, 15% or so at best?  Enough that Zappa can set up a killer turn at least?
Nanami vs Shabon
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis- No vote.
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!!- Unless Kahn's status protection sucked more than I thought.

[Ultradude]

Ken Amada vs Nanaki: Hamaon should hit in time. Unless ID blockers were storebought in FF7. Which they are! So doggy goes first and 2HKOs.

[superaielman]

ID blocker is storebought in FF7.

[Ultradude]

Also Red is fast and apparently 2HKOs, making the whole thing moot anyways! Gogo kneejerk reactions.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Godlike:
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness: There's a chance Ryu3 is happy that I never bothered with formal speed tests for CoD, but so it goes.
Loki vs Kefka: Loki OHKOs. His Def means Kefka can't do the same.

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim: Erim 4HKOs, Geno... probably manages the same after boost, and should double in there to make up for the boost turn.
Marsilio vs Lady Harken: Oh god, regular physicals, and not very damaging ones at that, against Harken.
Lyon vs Renee: Nukes. Kinda surprised Renee made the playoffs, she had a good pool for her.
Bosch vs Nina4: I think he's too punishing physically. Nina also dislikes the regen.

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia: Hmm, did Joachim's ID check evade?

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa: I think.
Nanami vs Shabon: Definitely.
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!!: Kahn is vulnerable to Freeze, but I don't think it matters. Landis is just too unspecial against fighters.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Godlike:
Piastol vs Elc - Outspeeds the Invincibility cheese, Elc doesn't block ID.
TimeLord vs Jenna Angel - Jenna destroys worlds.
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness - Gets a turn.
Loki vs Kefka - Kneejerk, but I always waffle on how I view these two, so this is extremely debatable.

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim - Erim likes that I remember her L3 form the best.
Marsilio vs Lady Harken - Yeah.
Lyon vs Renee - Kneejerk Lyon Damage Respect.
Bosch vs Nina4 - bah, can't vote.

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia - ID'd!
Adell vs Mizuki - ITE'd!
Ken Amada vs Nanaki - ID'd! Spoiled! Charm'd!
Noa vs Anna Lemouri - Charm'd!

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa - Does he hit elemental weakness?! Guess not, I forgot that Zappa was Yellow-innate. I thought he was Red for some reason.
Nanami vs Shabon - The better Suikoscrub.
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis - Kneejerk ID
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!! - Kahn respect not found.

[Cmdr_King]

Apart from Breath of Ice version III being, uh, baaaaaaad for DL purposes, CC Yellow is weak to Green, which is Grass/POIZN and Wind by flavor.

[Dhyerwolf]

Godlike:
Piastol vs Elc
TimeLord vs Jenna Angel- There is the form chain argument for Jenna, but of course, if I went by that, I wouldn't allow the HP buffering at all and she'd be a far worse Godlike!
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness
Loki vs Kefka

Heavy:
Geno vs Erim
Marsilio vs Lady Harken
Lyon vs Renee
Bosch vs Nina4

Middle:
Joachim vs Aelia
Adell vs Mizuki
Ken Amada vs Nanaki
Noa vs Anna Lemouri

Light:
Beecham vs Zappa- Unsure here.
Nanami vs Shabon
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!!!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

TimeLord vs Jenna Angel - noes
Ryu3 vs Cloud of Darkness - Explosions.
Loki vs Kefka - KEFKA uses Havoc Wing! It's not very effective... LOKI used INDISCRIMINATE! It's super-effective! KEFKA has fainted...

Geno vs Erim - Erim damage respect isn't really there. 4HKOs after Boost, may well not be 4HKOed and doubles somewhere down the line.
Marsilio vs Lady Harken - Physicals vs. Harken.
Lyon vs Renee - 2HKOs first. Renee loathes that.

Middle:

Ken Amada vs Nanaki - Ken's 30% charm weapon saves his ass here. Red has to immune both ID and charm at the same time. He can't realistically do it, and the charm turns give Ken enough time to finish Red off.
Noa vs Anna Lemouri - Totsugeki Love Heart etc.

Beecham vs Zappa - I guess.
Nanami vs Shabon - I know.
Hugh Thompson vs Yushis - See super, honestly. She 3HKOs at worst to boot, Hugh durability sucks.
Landis vs KAAAAHHHNNNN!!!!!! - Yes.

[Sir Donald 3.2]

Only 1 more day to vote, guys!

EDIT:  And I guess that's it!  Semis coming soon, likely tomorrow.