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Topic: The Best Video Game Villains of All Time 2018 Edition (Round 1 Voting Now Live)!

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WiiWareWave

Okay guys so I thought I'd create a poll like @themcnoisy 's, but instead of voting for games we'll vote for characters instead! This year we'll be doing Villains, while next year might be heroes, or robots, or even traitors. The theme will change each year. The normal video game battles will be left to MC's successor. Also mine will strictly be a preliminary followed by normal elimination battles, never deviating because I just don't have enough time to come up with awesome ideas, sorry. My battles will have far fewer rounds as well.

That said voting for the preliminary round will last until April 24th at 9:00PM Pacific time. Each person can vote for upto three characters and the top 8 will move onto the next round.

My votes go to Bowser, Sephiroth, and Ganondorf.

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Results so far:

#1st: Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) (4 votes).
#2nd: Ganon/Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) (4 votes).
#3rd: David (The Last of Us) (2 votes).
#4th: Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) (2 votes).
#5th: Gaunter O'dimm (The Witcher 3 Hearts Of Stone) (2 votes).
#6th: The Joker (Batman Arkham Asylum) (2 votes).
#7th: Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid) (2 votes).
#8th: Kefka (Final Fantasy VI) (2 votes).
#9th: Monokuma (Danganronpa) (2 votes).
#10th: Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) (2 votes).

#11th-#20th

Ardyn Izunia - (FF15) (2 votes).
Arthas (Warcraft III, World of Warcraft) (1 vote).
Dr Nerfarious (Ratchet & Clank) (1 vote).
The Great Mighty Poo (Conkers Bad Fur Day) (1 vote).
Brooke Augustine (Infamous Second Son) (1 vote).
GLaDos (Portal 2) (1 vote).
Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts 2) (1 vote).
Colonel Radec (Killzone) (1 vote).
Wander (Shadow of the Colossuss) (1 vote).

#21st-#40th

Dormin (Shadow of the Colossuss) (1 vote).
Marlowe (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) (1 vote).
Dr. Eggman (Sonic The Hedgehog) (1 vote).
Edea Kramer "Matron" (Final Fantasy 8) (1 vote).
Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) (1 vote).
The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2) (1 vote).
Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) (1 vote).
General RAAM (Gears of War) (1 vote).
Lusamine (Pokémon Sun/Moon) (1 vote).
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2) (1 vote).
Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) (1 vote).
Luca Blight (Suikoden II) (1 vote).
Crow (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel) (1 vote).
Bleublanc (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in The Sky/Trails of Cold Steel) (1 vote).
Kessler: (inFamous) (1vote).
Second Son Delson Rowe (inFamous) (1 vote).

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Results

#1st: Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) (4 votes).
#2nd: Ganon/Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) (4 votes).
#3rd: David (The Last of Us) (2 votes).
#4th: Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) (2 votes).
#5th: Gaunter O'dimm (The Witcher 3 Hearts Of Stone) (2 votes).
#6th: The Joker (Batman Arkham Asylum) (2 votes).
#7th: Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid) (2 votes).
#8th: Kefka (Final Fantasy VI) (2 votes).

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First Round Matches 1 & 2

{ Handsome Jack } --------------------{10}------{2}-------------------- { David }

{ Sephiroth } ---------------------------{9}------{3}-------------------- { Kefka }

Voting ends on Wednesday May 2nd at 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

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Tasuki

Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Kefka (Final Fantasy Vl/III)
Arthas (Warcraft III, World of Warcraft)

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AdamNovice

Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
David (The Last of Us)
Dr Nerfarious (Ratchet & Clank)

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themcnoisy

Ardyn Izunia - FF15
The Great Mighty Poo - Conkers Bad Fur Day
Brooke Augustine - Infamous Second Son

I was tempted to drop in Kuze from Yakuza, Robotnik from Sonic and Sovereign from Nass Effect. But the 3 characters listed have all the bases covered. Evil, funny and complex.

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Multiplat 2018: Horizon Zero Dawn
Nintendo 2017: Super Mario Bros 3
Playstation 2016: Uncharted 2
Multiplat 2015: Final Fantasy 7

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WiiWareWave

@themcnoisy @adf86 Thanks for voting! Okay guys remember if you see a villain you want to advance vote for him/her. We got a ton of ties so far and whichever game had a score first is given favour in the event of a tie. Anyways I look forward to seeing how this poll goes tonight!

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WanderingBullet

Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
David (The Last of Us)
The Joker (Arkham Asylum)

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Th3solution

Wait ... so are we allowed to nominate and vote for any villain? Or just pick from the first list there? Sorry if that’s a stupid question

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Th3solution

@ReanSchwarzer7 oooh, ok. I got it. Well I might deviate a little bit:

Handsome Jack
GLaDos (Portal 2)
Monokuma (Danganronpa)

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WiiWareWave

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Handsome Jack is off to a spended lead so far while David is keeping a close second! Everyone else is trailing behind, but as we all know things can change in a heartbeat!

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Fight_Teza_Fight

Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts 2)
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

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KALofKRYPTON

Colonel Radec: Killzone
Wander: Shadow of the Colossuss
Dormin: Shadow of the Colossuss

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ApostateMage

Gaunter O'dimm - (The Witcher 3 Hearts Of Stone)

You may as well end the poll now. Other villains ain't got nothing on master mirror.

ApostateMage

Octane

@ApostateMage Good one!

I vote for Gaunter O'dimm (The Witcher 3) as well.

Octane

RogerRoger

Ooh, neat. Love a good villain, me.

The Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Marlowe (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception)

Some tactical voting there, but I don't just want to add to the bottom of the list. The Joker (for the entire Arkham franchise) and Liquid Snake (as well as Revolver Ocelot and the subsequent, merged Liquid Ocelot, but I get highlighting the initial character) deserve to be higher.

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FullbringIchigo

Villain's OK gotta think hard on this one because i don't just want to fill it with Final Fantasy Villains (and i could) but i'm going to say

Kefka Final Fantasy VI, he poisoned an entire town just to hear them scream plus he was one of the very few who ACTUALLY got to achieve his goal and ruin the world
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Ganon/Ganondorf The Legend of Zelda, you have to respect an enemy that doesn't even let death slow him down
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Dr Eggman (yes i said Eggman NOT Robotnik, Eggman was always his real name), Sonic the Hedgehog, it was a toss up between him and Bowser BUT Eggman pipped it for actually beating the protagonist at least once
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"I pity you. You just don't get it at all...there's not a thing I don't cherish!"

"Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!

mookysam

Who doesn't love a good villain?

My nominations!

Edea Kramer a.k.a "Matron" (Final Fantasy 8) An extremely manipulative and capable villain, who isn't above controlling and killing teenagers.
Monokuma (Danganronpa series) He's so evil and cute. 'Nuff said.
Bowser (Mario) He's a rather naff villain in the core Mario games, where the plots are always basic and serviceable. However, he really comes into his own in the Mario RPG games (both Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi series). His writing is hilarious.

@FullbringIchigo Good call on Kefka! He's extremely sadistic and actually succeeded in his aims! A rarity for a video-game villain.

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Doopliss

Ok, here are my nominations/Votes. I guess an issue with this poll is potential spoilers, so I won't give any motivations:

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Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)

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Ganondorf (Mainly the Wind Waker one, but it's all the same character)

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The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2)

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RogerRoger

@FullbringIchigo Dr. Eggman (yes, Eggman) was gonna get my vote in place of Marlowe, but I figured somebody else would pick up the slack. Thanks!

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