In this thread we vote for the top five women and top five men of action of gaming, we're going to settle the score among the forum to see who really is the cream of the crop. Screw Consoles, who are the girls with balls and the boys with guns? Vote for your favorite 5 females and favorite 5 males. I will post the results as the thread progresses and to account for the number of possibilities the composit results list will be considerably long.

Example:

5. First Choice (5 points)

4. Second Choice (4 points)

3. Third Choice (3 points)

2. Fourth Choice (2 points)

1. Fifth Choice (1 Points)

I’ll cast the first vote as the thread starter.

Top 5 Gaming Women of Action       Top 5 Gaming Men of Action

5. Samus Aran (Metroid)                      5. Link (Legend of Zelda)

4. Tifa Lockheart (Final Fantasy)          4. Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

3. Felicia (Dark Stalkers)                      3. Master Chief (Halo)

2. Ivy (Soul Callibur)                            2. Kratos (God of War)

1. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)              1. Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)

hmm... seems someone was jealous of my top 5 thread.

This 5 is the highest system screws with my mind...but here goes:

5. Samus (Metroid)
4. Alyx (HL2)
3. Jill Valentine (RE)
2. Eva (MGS)
1. Eri (Metal Slug)

5. Solid Snake (MGS)
4. Gordon Freeman (HL2)
3. Link (Zelda)
2. Raiden (MGS)
1. Master Chief (Halo)

Any characters or characters in action games??

Any Character as long as they can be considered somewhat of a bad-ass or hands on personality.

5. Link (Legend Of Zelda)

3. Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

2. Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

1. Fawful (Mario & Luigi)

5. Midna (Twilight Princess)

4. Viconia (Baldur's Gate)

3. Samus (Metroid)

2. Tifa (FF 7)

1. Chun Li (Street Fighter II) 

Gonna do a top 10 instead, sorry :)

Women:

10. Chun Li (Street Fighter)
9. Lulu (FFX)
8. Dizzy (Guilty Gear)
7. Kerrigan (Starcraft)
6. Bridget (Guilty Gear, I know he/she is a cross dresser, but counts as a girl)
5. Felicia (Darkstalkers)
4. Ada Wong (RE 4)
3. Midna (Twilight Princess)
2. Rikku (FFX)
1. Ayane/Kasumi (DOA)

Men:

10. Kratos (God of War)
9. Auron (FFX)
8. Illidan (Warcraft)
7. Arthas (Warcraft)
6. Solid Snake or Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
5. M. Bison (Street Fighter)
4. Bowser (not man, but male lol)
3. Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
2. Akuma (Street Fighter)
1. Goh Hinogami (Virtua Fighter) and Sergei Dragunov (Tekken)

Took ages to bring it down to 10 on each side, but I tried my best...

5.Link
4.Snake
3.Master Chief
2.Kratos
1.Mario

5.Samus
4.Ada Wong
3.Tifa
2.Jil Valentine
1. IDK, I'll go with Peach (Super Princess Peach FTW!)

Last Girl doesnt have to count. 

Quite an interesting thread. Seems like Nintendo is holding strong in the top contenders.

Any chance that this is going to become a hentai thread ?