Written by Glenn | 02 August 2011

Being sick has its disadvantages. For me, I start thinking of psychotic stats that might piss a lot more people off than normal.

If you're on the Phoenix-needs-to-be-banned train, here you go. Take it for what you will. I pulled stats from the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Top 8 at Evolution 2011 in regard to first eliminations. How successful are players when they lose their first character?

Maybe I'll find time when I feel better to elaborate more on this.

From the Top 8 at Evolution, these are the numbers.

• Players that lost their first character: 10 for 29 (.345)
• Phoenix-based teams that lost their first character: 8 for 15 (.533)
• Phoenix-based teams that lost Phoenix first: 0 for 5 (.000)
• Phoenix-based teams that got the first knockout: 4 for 5 (.800)

By looking at it, getting the first elimination meant a 2-to-1 advantage to winning the game statistically, and that's pretty much what I figured it would look like. However, by having Phoenix, there was only a marginal advantage after getting the first elimination. (UPDATE: I hate being sick. What I meant to say was, getting the first elimination against a Phoenix-based team gave you almost no advantage).

The obvious kicker is that players who eliminated Phoenix first won every time.

Jean!