Destiny Round 1 --- Lost to (2) Mega Man, 35340 [30.13%] - 81959 [69.87%]
Extrapolated Strength --- 38th Place [25.24%]
Axel was a nice newcomer to the field in 2006, but was put in an impossible spot thanks to the female half of the bracket. He did make his one match count, though, in helping to expose Mega Man before anyone else did. Once upon a time in that match, Mega Man was over 75% and climbing. Then the Kingdom Hearts day vote hit, and off Axel went. It would be nice to see Axel in a good spot next year... say, maybe him against Prince of Persia.
Summer 2007 Contest
Division 1 - Third Group
Division 1 Round 1 --- 3rd place, 25282 [18.55%] - Samus Aran, 70546 [51.75%] - Frog, 25410 [18.64%] - Sarah Kerrigan, 15075 [11.06%]
Not many expected Axel to do much here, but he helped give us one of the best matches of the contest. This format was not thought to be conducive to comebacks, so when Frog was up 1900 votes with nine hours left, most people figured this one was over. The problem was that we forgot two things: The powerful Kingdom Hearts day vote and the abysmal Chrono Trigger day vote. At that point, Axel started to rip through that lead as if this wasn't a four character poll. In a matter of FIVE hours, he had completely erased Frog's 1900 vote lead and began to build one of his own, getting as high as 329 ahead with a little more than an hour left.
Then, of course, Frog began to make his own little comeback. The slices that he made on Axel were very...dubious, to say the least, but nothing was done. In the end, Frog had advanced, leaving a bitter taste in the mouth of many when it was all said and done.
And I've gotta say, Axel might have one of the best day votes, period, even amongst Kingdom Hearts characters. The way he began to fly with the after school vote the last two years was very impressive.
-Ulti
