I never knew Arthas' last name :O live and learn.

I think it's just because Nintendo keeps hammering us with these franchises that they are just the ones we know the best and therefore are awesome.

Who's the ultimate female badass? Samus, this thread shows that (what, a 30 point lead over everybody else).
Who's the ultimate gaming hero? Link.
Who do we think of when we think video games? Mario.

I don't think it's so much because we're all Nintendo dorks, it's just those characters have become icons for gaming.

 Agree with the Mario thing the other two are opinions that differ from person to person.

Samus and Kerrigan do seem to be on their own plateau of awesome though. Let's have an update to bump the thread. Well Samus seems to dominating not only the girls in points but the guys as well. I guess while the men are measuring in inches, she's measuring in arm cannon ammo. Link managed to tople Snake only to be shoved back in his place once more and the top 5 remains virtually unaffected. Again, no love for Dante, Voldo, Marcus Fenix and Cloud. On a side note I think we need people voting for more "nummilicious" boys instead of these mean grizzly characters.

 In an effort to keep this thread alive and have a little fun, you'll be happy to know that Samus and Gordon were the top two in the game I was playing on the other forums.  It even ended after only 11 pages.  The last page was pretty much a brutal little battle between Samus and Gordon, especailly since we did +1. -2 for the last two characters.

Winner: Samus Aran

Eliminated
1st - Master Chief
2nd - Kratos
3rd - Mega Man
4th - Ryu Hayabusa
5th - Marcus Fenix (TIE)
5th - Jet Set Willy (TIE)
7th - Solid Snake
8th - Kefka
9th - Ulala
10th - Chocobo
11th - Prince of Persia
12th - Lara Croft
13th - Master Higgins
14th - Albert Wesker
15th - Parappa
16th - Tifa Lockheart
17th - Chun Li
18th - Phoenix Wright
19th - Celes
20th - Simon Belmont
21st - Kerrigan
22nd - Mario
23rd - Link
24th - Gordon Freeman

yeah... if I had been paying attention to what the elimination threads were I would have known better than to try and create a thread like this. My prediction for the evolution of the elimination thread:

1. Elimination Game
2. Elimination Game with Games
3. Elimination Game with Consoles
4. Elimination Game with Developers
5. Elimination Game with Generations
6. Elimination Game with Forum Members
7. Elimination Game with Moderators
8. Elimination Game with Monotheistic Religions
etc.

elimination game with moderators??

*runs and ducks*

You miss one:

"... with women"

And the "Moderators Elimination Game" will be more like a High School popularity contest.

Yeah you have a lot fans apparently Gballzack, you were added to the list in the Elimination Women thread.

Side Note: I can't believe Akuma got no love. I mean the guy killed his master, his brother, and goes around killing the worlds best fighters in hand to hand combat.

 That is indeed commendable...