October 1998: Select Fighter

Well, the first monthly contest was a doozy! Considering the winner was only decided by a single question, it appears to have been pretty competitive as well!

And the winners are: Kenneth Miller, Ed Derus, and Joel Wu, who were separated by only three points! The prizes, once again, were $75, $50, and $25 gift certificates, which I'm sure they will be happy to spend on even more fighting games...

TOP 30 ENTRIES:

1. Kenneth Miller - 93
2. Ed Derus - 92
3. Joel Wu - 90
4. Mastin Snead - 87.5
5. Mikael Sundberg - 85
6. Galen Komatsu - 83.5 (42 TB)
7. Jeff Weaver - 83.5 (65 TB)
8. Logan Sharp - 81.5
9. Adam Puhl - 81
10. Cameron Chien - 80
11. Nureni Lawal - 78
12. James Hayling - 77.5
13. Vincent Razon - 77
14. Chris Murdock - 76.5
15. Russell Beleski - 75.5
16. Chris Casalme - 74.5
17. Frank Buckley - 74 (70 TB)
18. Mike Uyama - 74 (78 TB)
19. Jayson Ayran - 71 (50 TB, 10/7)
20. George Tunaya - 71 (50 TB, 10/13)
21. Edmund Balan - 71 (65 TB)
22. Kevin Choi - 69.5 (63 TB)
23. Andy Nguyen - 69.5 (65 TB)
24. Khris Gaines - 69 (46 TB)
25. John Lange - 69 (25 TB)
26. Arturo Sanchez - 67
27. Richard Cortez - 66.5 (35 TB)
28. Anthony Coulter - 66.5 (64 TB)
29. Kevin Eav - 66.5 (70 TB)
30. Harry Hu - 65

TB = Tie Breaker guess, the actual number was 38.8. For ties, the first entry received wins (for the purposes of this list only, as contest winners are determined by random draw in case of ties).

CONTEST STATISTICS

• Total Number of Submissions: 253
• Duplicates/Blanks: 41
• Rule-Breakers: 2
• Housepet Entries: 3
• Total Valid Entries: 207
• Average Score: 38.8

Position	Fighter		% Right	Game			% Right
Row 1, Column 1	Ryu		96%	Full: Street Fighter II (Turbo and Super) Half: Every other Street Fighter			76%
Row 1, Column 2	Lee		25%	Full: Art of Fighting 2 Half: Art of Fighting			20%
Row 1, Column 3	Marian		6%	Double Dragon (Neo-Geo)			7%
Row 1, Column 4	Jun		66%	Tekken 2			67%
Row 1, Column 5	Karnov		20%	Full: Karnov's Revenge (Fighter's History Dynamite) Half: Fighter's History			16%
Row 1, Column 6	Chief Thunder		58%	Killer Instinct			74%
Row 1, Column 7	Hoar		14%	Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi			29%
Row 1, Column 8	Kaede		8%	The Last Blade			10%
Row 1, Column 9	Yusaku		8%	Last Bronx			13%
Row 1, Column 10	Ken		89%	Full: Street Fighter EX (Plus/Plus Alpha) Half: Every other Street Fighter			55%
Row 2, Column 1	Hornet		29%	Fighters Megamix			41%
Row 2, Column 2	Dan		77%	Full: Street Fighter Alpha 2 Half: Street Fighter Alpha 1 & 3, MSHvSF, Pocket Fighter			52%
Row 2, Column 3	Kyoshiro		43%	Full: Samurai Shodown Half: Samurai Shodown 2-4			53%
Row 2, Column 4	Mai		51%	Full: King of Fighters '97 Half: Fatal Fury 2/S/3, RBFF Series, KOF 95-96,98			19%
Row 2, Column 5	Sarah		60%	Full: Virtua Fighter Half: Other VFs			70%
Row 2, Column 6	Cheng (a.k.a. Chin)		31%	Full: Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Half: Fatal Fury 2/Special, RBFF2			16%
Row 2, Column 7	Gambit		88%	Full: X-Men vs. Street Fighter Half: Marvel vs. Capcom			70%
Row 2, Column 8	Cloud		80%	Ehrgeiz			54%
Row 2, Column 9	Q-Bee		38%	Vampire Savior (a.k.a. DarkStalkers 3)			39%
Row 2, Column 10	Baraka		84%	Mortal Kombat II/Trilogy			74%
Row 3, Column 1	Eiji		38%	Full: King of Fighters '95 Half: Art of Fighting 2			27%
Row 3, Column 2	Shaky Jake		11%	Way of the Warrior			15%
Row 3, Column 3	Leona		31%	Full: King of Fighters '96 Half: King of Fighters '97-98			22%
Row 3, Column 4	Shade		1%	Cyberbots			2%
Row 3, Column 5	Orochimaru		7%	Kabuki Klash (Far East of Eden)			10%
Row 3, Column 6	Alice		24%	Bloody Roar (a.k.a. Beastorizer)			26%
Row 3, Column 7	Mudman		36%	Full: World Heroes 2 Jet Half: World Heroes 2/Perfect			21%
Row 3, Column 8	Shun Di		20%	Full: Virtua Fighter 2 Half: Virtua Fighter 3/Kids/FMM			15%
Row 3, Column 9	Jack		46%	Tekken			47%
Row 3, Column 10	Ryo		43%	Full: Art of Fighting Half: Other AOF/KOF			43%
Row 4, Column 1	Shuma-Gorath		59%	Full: Marvel Super Heroes Half: MSH vs. Street Fighter			60%
Row 4, Column 2	Unzen		5%	Ninja Masters			5%
Row 4, Column 3	Genma		40%	Full: Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle Half: Other Ranma Fighters			54%
Row 4, Column 4	Bones		14%	Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls			13%
Row 4, Column 5	Seena		2%	Operation Ragnagard (a.k.a. Shin-Oh-Ken)			2%
Row 4, Column 6	Ellis		50%	Full: Battle Arena Toshinden Half: Other Toshindens			51%
Row 4, Column 7	Kage-Maru (Kid)		45%	Full: Virtua Fighter Kids Half: Other VFs			45%
Row 4, Column 8	Tatsumi		7%	Bushido Blade			10%
Row 4, Column 9	Hanzo		55%	Full: Samurai Shodown II Half: Other Shodowns			33%
Row 4, Column 10	Sakura (SD)		70%	Full: Pocket Fighter (a.k.a. Super Gem Fighter) Half: SFA 1-3, MSHvSF			52%
Row 5, Column 1	Rock		53%	Soul Edge (a.k.a. Soul Blade)			58%
Row 5, Column 2	Michaelangelo		80%	Teengage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters			84%
Row 5, Column 3	Jane		16%	Full: Fighting Vipers Half: Fighters Megamix			19%
Row 5, Column 4	Dr. Boskonovich		53%	Tekken 3			55%
Row 5, Column 5	Hsein-Ko (a.k.a. Lei-Lei)		59%	Full: NightWarriors (a.k.a. Vampire Hunter) Half: Vampire Savior			38%
Row 5, Column 6	MidKnight		23%	Full: Eternal Champions Half: Eternal Champions CD			28%
Row 5, Column 7	M.Bison (a.k.a. Vega)		69%	Full: Street Fighter: The Movie (a.k.a Real Battle on Film) Half: Street Fighter II etc. and VS.			59%
Row 5, Column 8	Mauru		11%	Waku Waku 7			12%
Row 5, Column 9	Sentinel		64%	X-Men: Children of the Atom			62%
Row 5, Column 10	J.Maximum		33%	Full: World Heroes 2 Half: World Heroes 2 Jet/Perfect			32%