Albert Wesker's Contest History

Who is Wesker?
Albert Wesker is the main villain of the Resident Evil series. There are several things people love about Wesker, whether it be his awesome voice acting, his excellent schemes, or the fact that we rarely see him without those sunglasses on. In the events of the first Resident Evil, he was the leader of S.T.A.R.S. He led almost the entire Bravo team to their death out in the Arklay mountains, and planned to do the same with the Alpha team in the Spencer mansion. In the final events of the first Resident Evil, Wesker’s plans would wind up failing and he was presumed dead after the mansion exploded.

However, in Resident Evil: Code Veronica (nearly six months after the mansion incident), Wesker returns to stir up a big surprise on sibling duo Chris and Claire Redfield. Only those who have read the Wesker report know exactly how his scheme got him to where he is today. Though he only appears in Resident Evil, RE: Code Veronica, and Resident Evil 4, Wesker has found a way to make an impact throughout the entire series, and fans will be waiting to see what he has in mind for Resident Evil 5.

“Consider this your lucky day, because next time there won’t be another!” – Albert Wesker (Writeup courtesy of The Raven 2)

Wesker's Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 1-3

Spring 2005 Contest - Ruin Division - 5 Seed
 * Ruin Round 1 --- Defeated (4) Luca Blight, 36560 [59.74%] - 24634 [40.26%]
 * Ruin Semifinal --- Lost to (1) Kefka, 23012 [29.63%] - 54640 [70.37%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 25th Place [15.85%]

Summer 2005 Contest - Mushroom Division - 7 Seed
 * Mushroom Round 1 --- Lost to (2) Lloyd Irving, 38421 [45.31%] - 46373 [54.69%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 61st Place [14.26%]

Wesker was fairly hyped going into his first contest, especially given the relative success of Resident Evil characters in the past and the smash success of Resident Evil 4. Not only did some people think Wesker would be a strong character, but many hyped him up as being strong enough to win his entire division due to being in Resident Evil 4 itself.

Yeah, that lasted all of five seconds into his first match. The X-Stats aren't the most reliable thing in the world, but Wesker failed to break 60% on Luca Blight when Kefka and Luca's 2004 numbers would indicate Kefka being able to score 70% on the vote on him. Wesker was proven to be overrated to hell after one match, and he confirmed it when Kefka (not exactly the strongest of characters) scored over 70% on him.

However Wesker managed to extract a tiny bit of revenge in the Summer 2005 Contest when he did to Lloyd Irving what Luca Blight had previously done to him. Lloyd was a fairly hyped character (though few believed that he would actually get past Zero in the second round) who was supposed to kill Wesker, but Wesker almost made Lloyd look as weak as Mithos. Sad.

It would be nice to see Wesker in another contest to see where he really stands, but people tend to not nominate characters after they bomb a couple of times. We'll see what happens.

Summer 2007 Contest - Division 8 - Second Group
 * Division 8 Round 1 --- 3rd place, 30518 [24.12%] - Sora, 52982 [41.87%] - Lara Croft, 32698 [25.84%] - Daxter, 10334 [8.17%]

I guess Wesker pulled a Pyramid Head and took advantage of the fourway split to do pretty well for himself. He was actually leading Lara Croft for a little while and he didn't finish that far behind at the end. For the guy who couldn't get 60% on Luca Blight or 30% on Kefka, that's not too bad at all.