(3)Ryu vs (10)KOS-MOS 2018

Ulti's Analysis
Oh hey, I can finally talk about a KOS-MOS match in a normal way. Imagine that. KOS-MOS randomly making it into round 3 was hilarious, and not only because of TheStupidRaptor. She got here not because of having strength or anything -- she is not at all a strong character -- but because her fourpack was laughably, historically, and pathetically weak. I actually went and did some research on this, and I put together a list of fourpacks in 1v1 contests that are comparable to Ellie, KOS-MOS, Aqua, and Quiet. KOS-MOS was by far the weakest character to win twice this year, with only Wario really being comparable. And Wario would probably break 60% on her.

My basic criteria here is 'if you plop 2018 KOS-MOS into this fourpack, does she win it?', because I feel like KOS-MOS winning a fourpack is a pretty good indicator your fourpack blows. Though when I went and researched this, the critera should really be whether or not Call of Duty 4 can win your fourpack. Good lord what a shitty franchise CoD is.

Summer 2002 - Lara Croft, Chop Chop Master Onion, Ryo Hazuki, and Guybrush Threepwood

Summer 2002 - Pac-Man, Goemon, Abe, and Kyo Kusanagi

Summer 2002 - Scorpion, Kazuya Mishima, Max Payne, Dirk the Daring

Villains - Ocelot, Nemesis, Dr. Wily, and Ultros

Villains - Kefka, Mithos, Luca Blight, and Wesker

Villains - Albedo, M Bison, Ridley, and Diablo

Villains - Robotnik, Sin, Master Hand, and Kuja

Fall 2010 - Cube, Sandal, Nathan Drake, and The Boss

Fall 2010 - Ryu Hayabusa, Crash, Master Chief, and Spy

Fall 2010 - Phoenix Wright, Jecht, Ratchet, and Eddie Riggs

Fall 2010 - Soap MacTavish, Big Daddy, Ness, and Geno

Game of the Decade - Batman, Psychonauts, Team Fortress 2, and Fable

Game of the Decade - Uncharted 2, The Legend of Dragoon, Sonic Adventure 2, and Street Fighter 4

Game of the Decade - Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Call of Duty 4, and Prince of Persia

Game of the Decade - Pokemon Diamond, Metroid Fusion, WWF No Mercy, Fire Emblem 9

Game of the Decade - The World Ends With You, Dead Rising, Persona 4, and Braid

I didn't bother with years, because look at this shit: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/byg_vote

I also didn't bother listing the ones that are more debatable, like the year Captain Falcon won twice or the year Mass Effect 1 won twice, where if you held that fourpack now and plopped KOS-MOS in there she probably could win. The point here is KOS-MOS winning twice required a series of unfortunate events, and Ryu was here to put a stop to this nonsense rather coldly.

We had this match once before, too: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1743-chaos-division-round-1-kos-mos-vs-ryu

I blows my mind how close some of these rematch results are even though they're held so far apart. 3% in 14 years, jeez. I also still can't believe to this day that Balrog's one miss in 2004 was Ryu vs KOS-MOS, of all things.

This concluded round 3 of the contest and got us down to the nitty-gritty.