Base Link is the basis for all modern X-stats
Base Link (often shortened to just BL) is the solid foundation on which all X-stats values are based. What every value on the All-Time X-stats Listing is saying is "this is the percentage of the vote that this character would manage in a direct matchup against Base Link."
Comparision Between Years[]
The idea behind BL is that Link remained constant between 2002 and 2003, then gained in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Link's exact strengths on BL are
50% -> 50% -> 53.38% -> 54.56% -> 56.33%
The numbers behind each of these adjustments were calculated by creativename using a method known as Least Squared Differences. You may need to be high on LSD to understand exactly how this method works, but it does.
Link-Beaters[]
Aside from Link himself as mentioned above, the following characters/games/series have earned the distinction of "Link-beaters," having finished above 50% on BL.
- Cloud 2003 (beat Link head to head)
- Cloud 2004
- Cloud 2005
- Cloud 2006
- L-Block 2007 (bested Link in the 4-way Final)
- Final Fantasy VII
- Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda (series)
- Final Fantasy (series)
- Super Mario Bros. (series)