Revolver Ocelot's Contest History

Who is Revolver Ocelot?
When playing any of the Metal Gear Solid games, you will soon notice that Revolver Ocelot is all over the place. He's never the main villain or an overly difficult boss fight in any of the MGS titles, but rest assured that by the time you're finished, Ocelot will have far more to do with the story than you could have ever imagined.

Ocelot was born on the battlefield, and through his life he has gone by many names, worked for many top-secret organizations and has made many connections. But the role that he is most well-known for is when he worked for the Russian Spetznaz during the invasion of Afghanistan. It was here that Ocelot earned the nickname "Shalashaska", which is a Russian word meaning "prison", and he was given this title due to his love of torture. Anyone who has ever played MGS3 is aware that Ocelot first became infatuated with the art of torture under one Colonel Volgin.

Ocelot is also obsessed with Western movies and handguns, and he is so good at the craft of shooting that he can take a gun that was first introduced in 1873 (the Colt Single Action Army) and enter a full-on firefight without fear. He's that proficient and deadly, as many an enemy of his have experienced. Throughout the Metal Gear Solid series, Ocelot always seems to be that little fly who knows too much, as if he is somehow always working for someone else...

"This is the greatest handgun ever made. The Colt Single Action Army. Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves. Now I'll show you why they call me... 'Revolver'." - Ocelot

Revolver Ocelot's Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 2-2

Spring 2005 Contest - Mushroom Division - 3 Seed
 * Mushroom Round 1 --- Defeated (6) Nemesis, 42262 [54.66%] - 35051 [45.34%]
 * Mushroom Semifinal --- Defeated (2) Dr. Wily, 35693 [54.51%] - 29785 [45.49%]
 * Mushroom Final --- Lost to (1) Bowser, 27878 [34.01%] - 54099 [65.99%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 5th Place [27.51%]

Summer 2005 Contest - 20XX Division - 2 Seed
 * 20XX Round 1 --- Lost to (7) Pac-Man, 44075 [48.75%] - 46343 [51.25%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 43rd Place [19.91%]

I'm sure many people expected Ocelot to be overrated after his subpar performance against Nemesis in his very first match, but next to no one assumed that it would be to the level of getting upset by Pac Man in a 2-7 match.

Ocelot might be one of the strongest characters story-wise in the MGS universe, but in a contest setting he's been very disappointing. His one highlight was that after the first round of Spring 2005, many people expected Ocelot to lose to Dr. Wily. After all Ocelot had been coming off of a very bad showing against Nemesis while Wily destroyed Ultros. Ocelot responded by almost beating Wily worse than he had beaten Nemesis, though given what we know now this speaks more of Wily's weakness than anything else.

But other than this one match, Ocelot has failed to impress. The match against Nemesis is well-documented, but one must also remember that he was utterly destroyed by Bowser in a match that most expected to be a lot closer given Liquid Snake's 2004 Xst showing. Then, when Ocelot was finally given his first crack at a real contest field, he was beaten in the very first round by Pac Man in an upset that was almost as unexpected as Knuckles > Magus. The only difference was that three BOP entrants had Pac Man winning.

Granted Ocelot was at a very bad pic disadvantage and the final percentages fall within the gray area of how much pictures affect a match, but a character trying to prove himself shouldn't lose to Pac Man, who had one foot out the door and may very well have been in his final contest. That is, until he got himself back into the spotlight.

If history is any indication, Ocelot is going to have problems getting back into this contest, and even if he does return he's going to struggle to get a good seed or win a match. It's what happened to Liquid Snake, at least.

Summer 2007 Contest - Division 2 - Second Group
 * Division 2 Round 1 --- 2nd place, 25256 [17.68%] - Cloud Strife, 87496 [61.24%] - Jill Valentine, 22248 [15.57%] - Midgar Zolom, 7874 [5.51%]
 * Division 2 Round 2 --- 3rd place, 22006 [15.06%] - Cloud Strife, 81956 [56.10%] - Marcus Fenix, 22782 [15.59%] - Kefka, 19348 [13.24%]

After taking a year off from the contest, Ocelot returned with what seemed like a horrible draw. First of all, he was put into Cloud Strife's fourpack, so he was going to get destroyed. Secondly, he seemed to be outclassed by Jill Valentine here. After all, Ocelot lost to Pac-Man and struggled to get 55% on Nemesis in the Villains Contest. Well, so much for that. He took an early lead on Jill and was never challenged. In the second round, Ocelot took another early lead, this time on Marcus Fenix. However, the XBox day vote coupled with the MGS day vote turned out to be too much, and he couldn't get past the second round. Regardless, Ocelot exceeded expectations, and you can expect him to be better than ever after MGS4.