Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid series)
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There were three identical siblings cloned from the remains of Big Boss
in a project dubbed Les Enfants Terrible. They are all genetic
identicals of one another, but in the original Metal Gear Solid, Liquid
Snake loses it after Ocelot tells Liquid that he is the weakest sibling
of the project. We later learn that Ocelot was sent by the Patriots to
provoke Liquid, but this is no matter. Liquid, as well as the entire
Genome Army, took over a tiny island
off the northern coast of Alaska entitled Shadow Moses and used it as
their base for a terroristic rebellion. Not only was Liquid threatening
to fire nukes off of Shadow Moses Island, but Metal Gear REX was housed
there as well. The one and only man able to stop Liquid's plans from
coming into motion was, of course, Solid Snake himself.
Despite Liquid thinking in his own mind that he is the weakest of the
three siblings, we learn at the tail end of the game that it is
actually Solid, not Liquid, who is the weak one. Ocelot was simply sent
to provoke Liquid in the manner that he does because it would bring out
all of the abilities that Liquid possesses. As Solid Snake travels
through Shadow Moses in his efforts to stop Liquid, Liquid knows of
everything that Snake does and stays a step ahead of him the entire
time. But even though Liquid constantly stays one step ahead of Solid,
Solid isn't the type to back down from anything. Solid continues going after Liquid with an absolute fury, and the two
eventually clash in one of the single most epic battles in all of
gaming.
Not only is Liquid one of the best villains ever, but he is also one of
the toughest. No matter what Snake does to him, Liquid absolutely
refuses to die. Liquid is shot down from a helicopter, blown up within
Metal Gear REX, thrown off the top of Metal Gear REX, blown up from
within a jeep, and still
manages to be stronger than Solid the entire time. But as strong as
Liquid is in Metal Gear Solid, he winds up suffering a legendary death
as well. Just as he's bearing down to kill a Solid Snake that is stuck
underneath the jeep, Liquid dies at the hands of FOX-DIE. In essenece,
if it weren't for the existence of Naomi Hunter, Liquid Snake could
have easily killed Solid Snake right then and there. But whether you
were a fan of Liquid's or not, his longevity is something that must be
commended.
"Don't kill him yet..." -Liquid Snake
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Liquid Snake's Contest History
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Win-Loss Record
3-3
Summer 2004 Contest
20XX Division - 11 Seed
20XX Round 1 --- Lost to (6) Frog, 43820 [49.95%] - 43913 [50.05%]
Extrapolated Strength --- 15th Place [29.93%]
It's tough to make any noise if your
first contest appearance wasn't in either 2002 or 2003, but Liquid
Snake managed. Never has a character's poll played out to a character's
character more than what
Liquid Snake did against Frog in 2004. As Slowflake so elequantly put
it, Liquid Snake is the official "Why won't you just fucking die,
already?" character of the contest field, much like he is in Metal Gear
Solid. After Liquid fell behind by 480 votes to Frog, he began a
methodical, steady comeback that would see him pull even come the
evening. After a rather long time of the two characters fighting for
control over the poll, Frog managed to save himself with the evening
vote. He built a lead of 170, but Frog didn't win the match with ease
after that. By the time the match was over, Liquid Snake trimmed the
lead from 170 all the way down to 93. Had Liquid began either of his
comebacks a mere hour earlier, he may very well have won the match, and
not only that, but he may very well have taken down Master Chief and
gone on to face his brother in the Sweet 16 as well.
Liquid may have only appeared in one match, and a loss at that, but
this one match may ensure that Liquid is in the contest to stay. He may
not be the 15th strongest character in the field like the stats
suggest, but he's definitely in the top third somewhere.
Spring 2005 Contest
Jenova Division - 2 Seed
Jenova Round 1 --- Defeated (7) Officer Tenpenny, 59138 [79.46%] - 15285 [20.54%]
Jenova Semifinal --- Defeated (3) Lavos, 42224 [55.62%] - 33694 [44.38%]
Jenova Final --- Lost to (1) Sephiroth, 22077 [24.08%] - 69599 [75.92%]
Extrapolated Strength --- 11th Place [24.08%]
After Liquid's impressive performance (even though he was only in one
match, and a loss at that), it would be unthinkable for Liquid not to
be given a second crack at the contest setting in a contest exclusive
to villains. Unfortunately, Liquid would wind up being one of the
biggest disappoinetments of the entire Spring 2005 Contest.
Everything started off well enough. Liquid completely demolished
Officer Tenpenny in the first round, and given that Tenpanny is from
the 2004 GameFAQs Game of the Year, this is an impressive feat.
Unfortunately, Liquid's later performances proved that this was more
due to Tenpenny's weakness than anything else. In Liquid's match
against Lavos, Liquid began the match with 66% of the vote, but fell
all the way down to just over 55.5% by match's end. It was a warning
sign that Liquid was overrated in the 2004 Xsts, and his total bombing
against Sephiroth proved it. Liquid was projected to score ~35% in the
match, but come match time, he underperformed by well over 10% and
completely lost any sort of luster that his 2004 match with Frog had
given him. So much, in fact, that he didn't even make the Summer 2005
field. He was that big a disappointment in Spring 2005, and who knows when or if we'll see Liquid again. Summer 2007 Contest
Division 5 - Fourth Group
Division 5 Round 1 --- 1st place, 35430 [27.787%] - Alucard, 35427 [27.785%] - Ness, 32413 [25.42%] - Zidane Tribal, 24234 [19.01%] Division 5 Round 2 --- 4th place, 19332 [13.04%] - Master Chief, 64881 [43.78%] - Yuna, 35505 [23.96%] - Alucard, 28481 [19.22%] Liquid Snake continues to be an enigma in these contests. He was involved in one of the hardest to predict fourpacks of the first round. He built a small lead over Alucard throughout the day, but he fell behind with only fifteen minutes left. Liquid duked it out with Alucard and eventually came out on top with the smallest margin we've ever seen in these contests: 3 votes. Then he put up a puzzling performance in the second round, barely managing 13% and a full 6% behind the guy he had just beaten the round before. There's really no way to explain what happened to him, just like the Villains Contest. Maybe one of these days, Liquid will do something that makes sense. -Ulti
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