In the Summer 2004 Contest, few new characters made as good a showing as Liquid Snake. His only match was a loss, but he left an everlasting impression on everyone who remembers the Summer 2004 Contest well. He was an 11 seed, and was stuck facing Frog in the first round. Frog was a heavy board favorite, and managed to jump out to a fast lead of 450 votes. However, Liquid Snake refused to go down quietly and soon managed to stall Frog. He then began coming back, albeit very slowly. However even if Liquid's push was slow, it was constant. Liquid would eventually pull even with Frog in the evening and take part in a duel reminiscent of CT/LTTP before finally falling behind by 200 votes late in the match. Liquid made a valiant effort to come back, but fell just short.