Bison gets 53.64% against Albedo, Ridley gets 57.10% against Diablo, Ridley gets 60.53% against Bison.
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And then Knuckles gets 99.99% against Sephiroth.
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(Completely off topic) Heh, I just realized that this contest ends on the 31st of May, the day that I turn 21. It'd be neat if I actually won something from this contest on that day, but what are the chances of that happening?
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"What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease." -- The Art of War

Zero. CJay takes a while before announcing winners.
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The more I look at at that fourpack, the more it seems like Robotnik>Kuja>Sin>Master Hand

Gah. I don't want Robotnik as one of the last five people in the contest.
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That'd be a hell of a birthday present, Dabu. I'll turn 19 on the day Ocelot beats Nemesis, but there's not really anything special about that match.
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Why are you going to follow the finals of a contest instead of going to a strip club? It's your 21st, man.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

Just like your accurate prediction of Mega Man's run is SC2K4, ya?

It'll be as accurate as Mega Man / Tidus. =p

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Because said finals are a lot more exciting. Even if it's ****ing 65-35.
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Oh, I had no intention of sitting around and watching Sephiroth destroy his opponent. I'd imagine that everyone will know the winners of the contest come the 30th.
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Of April.
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SpC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Ganondorf, Bowser, Ridley, Eggman, Dark Samus, Mario, DK, CATS, Kerrigan

It's possible that it would come down to the tiebreaker on determining the winner. Still nothing to stay home and watch, though.

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No one knows Ridley's origin, yet for some reason everyone in the galaxy fears the name "Ridley."

The more I look at at that fourpack, the more it seems like Robotnik>Kuja>Sin>Master Hand

Meh, I'd take Kuja to beat Kefka, and I don't see Robotnik doing the same.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

I meant from looking at the leaderboard on the 30th. ;)
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I can't really tell between Sigma and Andross, though I am leaning toward Sigma. Any advice?
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I'm still catching up, but just to post on the whole donkey kong issue, I'm not sure why people are so suprised he didn't make it in. In my opinion, that could have just been an example by cjayc to show an eligibility rule, and he might have even selected someone he knew wouldn't get in to show the point. I mean Donkey Kong? How many would have even though to nominate him if he weren't mentioned?
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Take Sigma and don't look back. It's not that tough, if you ask me.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

As cool as Andross may be, Sigma is going to kill him.

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No one knows Ridley's origin, yet for some reason everyone in the galaxy fears the name "Ridley."

What are ocelots chances over wily?
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Sin stronger than Yuna? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Robotnik stronger than Tails? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

Yuna and Tails are pretty much equal, so who would get more support from their respective fanbases; Sin or Robotnik? I gotta go with Robotnik, and I'm taking him over Kuja, too.
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What are ocelots chances over wily?

100%
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

Robotnik stronger than Tails? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sin stronger than Robotnok? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.



In other news, Ridley will knock the **** out of Diablo. Book. Now.
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Robotnik
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I still have Sin beating Robotnik. Why? Because I believe Robotnik is the weakest Sonic character yet in the tourney. Yeah...I can't see him beating even Tails. Anyway, while Sin may be a shell, it certainly has a large role in FFX. Oh, and Robotnik is ugly. :x As silly as that sounds, that could be a deciding factor.

Oh, and I think Seph will have about 75% (maybe 80%) of the brackets picking him to win. Bracket-makers have been getting better at this every contest. Not to mention Sephiroth has only 31 characters to beat, and has jokes for opponents. 84% had Sephiroth going past Auron,

Bison does kinda worry in that, even though he's from Street Fighter, I don't think being from Street Fighter guarantees that he'll have a lot of backing like a Nintendo character would. But, most are guessing Albedo isn't anywhere close to KOS-MOS, so...

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I think it's high time somebody mentions Zelda's underwhelming performances...and even then, she may be a bit over-rated. She's strong, but for having her series be called the friggin' Legend of Zelda and has had more than two games released (most/all of which are more well-received here than the Diablo series)...then she has been in SSBM too. Her strength isn't exactly worth bragging about (with or without the theory of her being over-rated)...so why Diablo, a final boss (I think?) from a two-game PC series?

HEY! Back off from Zelda, she did rank 19th for what it's worth, and almost getting 40% on Megaman isn't really "underwhelming." I mean if you had AN EVIL BLUE ROBOT FREAK BOY SHOVING A GUN INTO YOUR FACE, NO NO, THROUGH YOUR FACE, you might be a little weaker too. In all seriousness though, Zelda's pretty strong, she's a solid competitor.
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I've seen several people with faith in M. Bison, and I honestly have no clue why. Just take a look at Sonic/Ken. Now take a look at Sonic/Ryu. That should give you a good idea of the strength gap between the two. The gap between Ken and Bison is probably much, much larger than the one between Ken and Ryu. Albedo is probably about half of KOS-MOS's strength, maybe 3/4 of her SC2K4 numbers now that XS2 is out. Albedo should take it 60/40, then maybe give Diablo/Ridley a run.

whoa, whoa, whoa; hold on there a moment. how the heck could the gap between Ken and Bison be bigger than the gap between Ken and Ryu? are you sure you didn't mean the gap between RYU and Bison would be bigger? because going by your statement that would put Bison roughly below CATS, Ratchet, and Ryo Hazuki. i could see Bison being weaker than Ken, but not that weak.

i'm banking that Bison will be much closer to Ken than Albedo will be to KOS-MOS. i mean, c'mon, she is a hot android chick. i'll admit it - i voted for her over Crash because she is hot. and almost every board contest that she is in, if i don't care about her opponent, i will vote for her because she is hot. am i the only person who would vote for KOS-MOS for that reason? pfffttt..... doubtful. and that's one source of votes Albedo can't draw upon. Kuja maybe, but not Albedo.

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Albedo has an awesome character design. I'd almost want to vote for him based on his profile picture.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

well, to be fair, the only pic of Albedo i've seen is the one in Ceej's list and it didn't impress me.

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If you haven't yet, Leonhart, you should play Xenosaga. Albedo is definitely one of the best villains out there.
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YAY CAUGHT UP

Some thoughts/predictions:

Bowser and Ganon are going to do significantly better on Sephiroth than they would in the Summer contests.

People are underestimating Ansem. Not that it matters; he still loses to Ganon, but I expect a decent showing.

Master Hand could...be...scary if the ssb/m fanbase shows up.

Does anyone even like M. Bison? He could really be quite horrible.

Robotnik is certainly also very very interesting.


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"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

I've heard good things about Albedo. I thought about getting Xenosaga Episode I not too long ago, but decided to get Tales of Symphonia instead.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

Master Hand could...be...scary if the ssb/m fanbase shows up.

I really, really doubt it. Kuja shouldn't have too much trouble with him, unless you want to tell me Master Hand could give Ness a run for his money, meaning you believe nearly ALL of Ness's fanbase comes from Smash Brothers.

And Robotnik will be little more than fodder.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

Firstly, Vivi's performance wasn't at all underwhelming unless you underestimate DK or seriously thought that Vivi was sweet sixteen material.

"I second whoever said picking the pedo over Eggman and Kuja is a no-brainer,"

I'm glad that's not evn an issue. I'm torn enough with Ridley/pedo, let alone Kuja/pedo.

"The more I look at at that fourpack, the more it seems like Robotnik>Kuja>Sin>Master Hand"

You're insane... go ahead and run with it.

"Meh, I'd take Kuja to beat Kefka, and I don't see Robotnik doing the same."

Same here. In fact I think I said I'd take Kuja over Kefka earlier. Of course... I'm getting scared about the chances of Kefka vs the pedo now that I think about it... argh, the ruin division sucks.

"What are ocelots chances over wily?"

I'm saying Ocelot's a house, and hte best match of the contest we be him against Bowser. Wily must make his time.

"i'm banking that Bison will be much closer to Ken than Albedo will be to KOS-MOS."

And that's still not enough to win.
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"Master Hand could...be...scary if the ssb/m fanbase shows up."

He couldn't possibly get more ssb/m repect than Ness, and Ness had his own game to back him up. Would you pick Ness over Kuja? I don't think I would. Kuja is slightly short of Vivi, but I don't think it's enough to put him that far below Ness to where MH can win.
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I really, really doubt it. Kuja shouldn't have too much trouble with him, unless you want to tell me Master Hand could give Ness a run for his money, meaning you believe nearly ALL of Ness's fanbase comes from Smash Brothers.

I do. In fact, I made the argument when people were arguing Ness vs Jak.

In accordance to the prophecy, Dweebenheimer!
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He, like me, is in dream land.

On a side note, I still can't believe that many nominations for Master Hand came in.
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I do. In fact, I made the argument when people were arguing Ness vs Jak.

Earthbound has a decent following here. Not great, but decent. There's no way the majority of his fanbase comes from Smash Brothers.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

"I do. In fact, I made the argument when people were arguing Ness vs Jak."

Well, you're friggin' insane then. Plain and simple. there's no possible way that Ness' fanbase is 100% SSB-centric, In fact I'd say (comparing Earthbound to the very closely ranked Shenmue and its relation to it lead character, Ryo Hazuki) that it's an even 50/50 split. Now, as has been pointed out, the smash games live and breath on their multiplayer, not the bland single player modes, and for this reason alone I have little doubt that every SSB/M player has more exposure to Ness than MH. If this were the big show I'd give MH as much credit as CATS.
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Well, you're friggin' insane then. Plain and simple. there's no possible way that Ness' fanbase is 100% SSB-centric, In fact I'd say (comparing Earthbound to the very closely ranked Shenmue and its relation to it lead character, Ryo Hazuki) that it's an even 50/50 split. Now, as has been pointed out, the smash games live and breath on their multiplayer, not the bland single player modes, and for this reason alone I have little doubt that every SSB/M player has more exposure to Ness than MH. If this were the big show I'd give MH as much credit as CATS.

Did I say it was 100% SSB-centric? No. But Ness gained 5% from 2K3 to 2K4. And he sure as hell didn't actually go up.

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meaning you believe nearly ALL of Ness's fanbase comes from Smash Brothers.

well, I don't want to believe that, but master hand doesn't necessarily have to be weaker than Ness; he just needs to (hell he can only) attract ssb votes better than ness can. i mean, we had other board favorites over master hand, didn't we? It is somewhat odd to have a glove in this contest. and perhaps a bit scary.

And I know we're used to games =/= (hopefully the symbol for don't equal) characters, well I think we're going to see that villain contest =/= character contest.
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"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

I see absolutely no reason for Master Hand to draw more votes from the Melee fanbase than Ness would.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

No. But Ness gained 5% from 2K3 to 2K4

He got SFF'd to death by Bowser in 2003.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

I see absolutely no reason for Master Hand to draw more votes from the Melee fanbase than Ness would.

He embodies the quirkiness of the series better than Ness could ever hope to.

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Kuja shouldn't have too much trouble with him, unless you want to tell me Master Hand could give Ness a run for his money, meaning you believe nearly ALL of Ness's fanbase comes from Smash Brothers.

I'd vote Master Hand > Kuja > Ness, it's not only a matter of exposure, it's how much it's liked.
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He embodies the quirkiness of the series better than Ness could ever hope to.

No, that would be Crazy Hand. Besides, Ness's move set is rather quirky.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

ssbm may live on because of it's multiplayer, but not everyone has access to mulitplayer all the time. It's an unprovable point, but, most players of the game, (and it only needed to be just one) have seen master hand. I think he's a joke contestant, but he is a ssb joke contestant.
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"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

"But Ness gained 5% from 2K3 to 2K4."

He was SFFed in 2k3.

"I see absolutely no reason for Master Hand to draw more votes from the Melee fanbase than Ness would."

Especially since Ness was top tie in the first.
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