(4)Monika vs (13)Wario 2018

Ulti's Analysis
I have no problem holding this L, no worries. Lord knows I've rubbed a few in over the years!

http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php?match=150

I REGRET NOTHING!! :D

I vowed I would back a rallybait character in the next character battle or games contest, and here we are. I settled on Monika for no real reasons outside of "I love her" and "this is hilarious". I'm not the only one, either, and some gurus even picked other rallybait characters to win the contest. We had some picks for Monika, plus D.va, Waluigi, and even a Red and a Geralt thrown in there for good measure. Backing a rallybait character was great fun for me, and it was really calming being out of this contest on day 3. I could just sit back and have fun the rest of the way, which I did. No stress, no pressure, no worrying about polls. Just rooting for favorites from here on out, having fun, and making match picks and taking PCA notes for when the time was right. There's also the added factor of being rich, which always helps. I don't exactly need extra help to buy video games, and should I ever win another contest I'd probably donate the winnings to my church or give it away to Board 8ers or something. I mean really, what's 1k in gift cards when I could buy 100k in "things" tomorrow if I wanted to?

There were real warning signs that Monika might catch fire, too. The DDLC subreddit started rallying for her before the contest even started and knew about all the anti-rallying measures, and these bandwagons often start against very weak character who no one likes. The perception was that Wario wasn't exactly lightning the world on fire. As luck would have it, Smash Bros Ultimate hype would help every single freaking character involved in that game. Literally all of them. Wario was no exception. If Monika and Master Hand switched places, she very well could have caught fire. All it takes is that first win.

However, she was against Wario, not an actual hated character like Noctis. This was never a match, even with Monika catching a legitimate rally. She was too weak to do any damage whatsoever, and Wario just rolled her. It makes one really appreciate the rallies that actually work, because Monika had a lot going and still never came close. But hey, she avoided the doubling and people not voting for her is totally meta, so it's all good! Turns out Allen's anti-rallying measures worked well, and rallies in 1v1 matches are a whole different animal than rallying in multi-way polls.

I know rallying in this contest never panned out, but I don't think we're done with it moving forward. If you looked around the internet this contest, a lot of rally requests (99% of which were from Board 8ers on reddit, which proves how unbelievably hypocritical you people all are) were met with "who gives a crap about GameFAQs, that site still exists?". But at some point given our low vote totals, a rally will catch fire again. It just didn't happen in this contest.

Make a console or game contest though and watch what happens. Consoles especially get treated like children these days and we've yet to have that contest. We're overdue for it just for the nonsense we would get to witness.