NWR_Insanolord-This is his 18th game of playing Safe Words
-Number of Games Hosted: 0
-Number of Wins: 0
-Number of Final Four Appearances: 8
-Number of times he's picked the bomb word this game: 0
It's Mr. Futility himself. Ah, Insanolord, what can we say about this player? What started as a joke about making sure he never won a game seems to have become a curse. I've brought up the lowlights before... so you know I'm going to do it again.
The only player to lose in the opening round in back to back games (SW8 and SW9), he's tied with Lucario and Stratos for the most opening round losses at 3. (1 more and he can have that record all to himself again.
) On the flip side of having a lot of poor starts, he's also had a lot of poor finishes to even things out with 0 wins and 4 losses in the four Final Round appearances he has made (SW7, SW14, SW15, SW17) and the only person to lose back to back Safe Words in the Final Round (SW14, SW15).
And yet, while it is easy to pile on him with these incredible records, I think Insanolord has started to become the lovable underdog of Safe Words and might be everyone else's second choice of who they want to see win a game after themselves. Moreover, due to his perseverance in this game, Insanolord has amassed some pretty impressive stats and records compared to most players. I'll admit right now, Insanolord has better stats than I do at playing this game. This is the 8th time he's made it to the Final Four. That ties him with ShyGuy for the most times a player has made it to the Final Four in Safe Words history. I myself have only made it to the Final Four once in the six times I've played. Insanolord did it in his second game when he placed 3rd in SW2. It took me my 5th game to finally get to the Final Four. (So clearly, I'm the real underdog when it comes to these games.
). He may not have won but he's also the first player to have made it to the Final Round 4 times. The best that other players have done is 3 times. That means that half of the time Insanolord gets to the Final Four, he also gets to the Final Round. That's pretty noteworthy.
Will his perseverance finally pay off? Is 18th time the charm? Will he finally break the Safe Words curse and be Champion? He seemed to imply last game that we were going to keep playing Safe Words until he won a game. Does that mean we'll be playing for years to come? Is this good news for other forum users and Insanolord's therapist or are we at the end of Safe Words time on this forum and we don't even know it yet?