Well, I'm 1:30 in having just beaten the first boss, so take from that what you will. No idea if that's slow or quick.
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Jon Thomson - knows nothing
Ridley's Road to Victory - Round 1 vs. (7) Diablo

With the comletion of Sam Fisher and Lara Croft's pages, the 2004 bios are complete!!

Up next are the 2002-2003 leftovers, though I'm finishing my archive of the 2004 stats first.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

I didn't get to address this in the last topic, but to the person who said EB normally has Final Fantasys and Mega Mans in their PSX inventory, I submit my acquisition of Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden II, Legend of Mana and Tales of Destiny I and II through Gamestop, all for significantly cheaper than you will find out on eBay. Sure, each store and the website normally don't have these gems in stock, but the mere fact that I have found them without much hassle is what has me thankful that Gamestop will be running EB Games now.

Less than two weeks until the tournament starts! And let me say that making the top 50 is so NOT overrated, as I still have the top 50 printed out from the day of the GTA:VC/SSB:M matchup where I cracked the top 25!

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/05
Fighting Illini (37-2): #2 in the nation, #1 in our hearts

I cracked up to #40 after FFX/SSBM, and got #34 after SMB3/LoZ...but then I plummeted when CT barely beat LoZ:LttP. For shame, heh...

...my best run though was being #13 right before Sora/Ryu H.'s match. After that, I thought I could still make it back on the list...then Mario/Crono happened. Bye bye list since then.
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I've..never made it to the top 50!!1!!!! :'(


But..I'm sure I will this contest.
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My best was tied for first all the way up until Master Chief vs Frog.


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Yes, this is MasterMage119.

i was among the others tied for 50th place at Master Cheif vs. Frog. had that panned out for me, i would've been in the Top 6 with MasterMage. >_<

although, i did break the Top 50 in SC2K3. i peaked at #24 and then Cloud beat Link and crushed all my hopes. i seriously kicked myself for months because i was seriously tempted to pick Cloud over Link before the contest started but decided against it. if i had picked Cloud, i would have won the contest with a score of 185. *sigh*

trust me, being in the Top 50 during the contest is nowhere near as satisfying as being in the Top 50 at the end of the contest.


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Trivia XIV: MEATWADD SUCKS!!

I just wanna point out that there is rarely a time that's better than when somebody's tied for first and has Gordon Freeman winning it all. I know you guys remember him...Halosniper, I think? Still makes me crack a smile.
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Ideally I'll be in first for the whole contest.
>_>
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RPG Elite (777) Dragoon Choco-Mage
http://rpgelite.org/join.htm

I know you guys remember him...Halosniper, I think?

I remember him.

Heil Dweebenheimer!!!

XD

i remember when we actually found HaloSniper on the GTA: Vice City board and kept asking him why he picked Gordon Freeman to win. he got extremely angry.

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I beat Chrono Trigger in like 15 hours... did most the side quests but not all... however I always complete RPGs rather quickly.
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Did you know 86% of all statistics are made up on the spot?

I've been in the Top 50 in the last two contests. Dropped out on FFX/SSBM last Spring and I would've won a prize last year if not for Link winning. It's cool to be in the Top 50, but it just makes it feel worse if you don't win.
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Carpe Diem, or so some may say. I don't really know.

I finished at the top of the leaderboard after CT/FF7 >_>

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

*smacks ulti*
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Not to put too fine a point on it, Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet. Make a little birdhouse in your soul.

I finished at the top of the leaderboard after CT/FF7 >_>

Y helo thar, Captain Obvious. :-)
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Heh, I was waitin' for an Ulti response to show us all up. =P

I just wanna see everybody's take on this match; I don't know if it'd be close or not...Sigma/Lavos, what'd be your pick and spread?
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I will be on top of the leaderboard after Sephiroth/Ganondorf. Book it.
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"Impossible is a word people use to make themselves feel better when they give up." - Vyse the Legend

No way, I got this one...I have the only bracket no one else has...and it's not the perfect 0 bracket

Hey, I was just wondering: is there anyone among us who doesn't have Sephiroth winning?

See, this is exactly why I'm opposed to remvoing Cloud and Link from the character contests: because it make the bracket even more predictable, and would continue to be that way until you took out every character with even a hint of strength.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Hey, I was just wondering: is there anyone among us who doesn't have Sephiroth winning?

See, this is exactly why I'm opposed to remvoing Cloud and Link from the character contests: because it make the bracket even more predictable, and would continue to be that way until you took out every character with even a hint of strength.

I am pretty sure here who's with half a brain put Sephiroth as their winner unless they're newbs to gamefaqs.. Even for the summer contest, taking out Link and Cloud will make it an obvious Sephiroth winner too [Samus will not beat Sephy] . But in the summer contest case, there will be a less percentage prediction for Sephy as the winner if both Link and Cloud are removed..

But since CjayC confirmed that he will not remove them, then there's nothing to worry about..
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I think CJay said "not exactly" when Ulti asked him about getting rid of Cloud and Link...so maybe CJay intended to take Sephiroth with 'em? Time'll tell.....
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What do you think of the name "Xbox 360"?
Great name for a great console 1.96% 403
Good name, better than "Xbox 2" 9.14% 1881
I don't care, it's all about the games 25.16% 5178
It sounds like a joke to me 39.22% 8071
Horrible name, worst ever 24.52% 5045
TOTAL VOTES 20578

Yeah, we sure love Microsoft here. I wonder if this will change in any appreciable manner as the day goes on, or will even "the kiddies" think that it's a horrible name?
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

I really like my Xbox, and even then, I think it's a pretty lack-luster name. The kiddies MIGHT help it, but it wouldn't be much if any. Leave it to games and characters, heh.
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Maybe Microsoft just has Xbox 360 as the name for now so that, when the *real* name is revealed, it will look that much better.
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Official Queen ***** of the Universe!

XBox 360 is better than NeXTBox.

As for Sigma/Lavos, I'd probably take Sigma, but not with a high degree of confidence. Lavos will get a lot of the CT vote, but it won't be nearly as strong as CT was in Spc2k4, for the similar reasons people have been saying Sin won't be nearly as strong as FFX - a giant all-powerful spiky whale just doesn't have much of a character. I think Sigma can pull in enough of the MM votes to take down Lavos.
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For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener

1:30 after beating Yakra? I'd say 22 hours, including the sidequests.

And being Top 50 is not overrated. I finished tied for 46th and didn't crack it last year ;_;
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"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
- Darth Vader

I'd take Sigma over Lavos without thinking. Come on, people. We gots to remember the basics. There's a difference between being known and being liked.
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"Impossible is a word people use to make themselves feel better when they give up." - Vyse the Legend

I've been thinking about this, and I know we talk about seeding not being indicative of strength, but I've been looking at the previous results recently.

In all four contests, only one #1 seed has failed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen (the equivalent of the 2nd round of this contest). In any other situation (read: Not facing StarCraft), Halo would've made the Sweet Sixteen.

Only one #2 seed has failed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen: Crash Bandicoot, facing a severely underseeded Sephiroth. Even with the extremely poor seeding of SC2K2, he was the only 1 or 2 seed to lose this early.

Looking at this villains contest, I only see one instance that even comes close to resembling either one of those situations, and that is Ridley-Diablo. The rest of them look like business as usual, regardless of whether it's Link over CATS business as usual or SSBM over MGS2 business as usual.
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"Impossible is a word people use to make themselves feel better when they give up." - Vyse the Legend

Yes, I seriously doubt that even Sephiroth / Ganondorf is somehow a "guaranteed" 100,000 matchup. Look, I would love for it to do so and even hope it happens, but until I actually see the first few matches of the contest I'm not going to jump out and assume that we're going to start seeing insane vote totals again.

Agreed. I think this contest will be slower then even last Spring Contest.

From: HaRRicH | Posted: 4/19/2005 12:59:02 PM | Message Detail | #039
I have saved pictures of every day I was on the Top Fifty list last year (both contests), heh, so it's not all that over-rated I think (unless you're already had your success, like you have)...I vow two things though, now that I've gotten some taste of success:

1) To break the Top Ten one day.
2) To finish in the Top Fifty on day.

Of course, my goal's to win a contest, but only so many people can win, heh

I've finished inside the top twenty, and once more in the top 50. I'm happy with that, and I don't think I'll equal it ever again. I'm entering a very risky bracket this year. Too many gambles. But I want to go for broke just once. Anyh00t, I don't fancy my chances.


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Justice shall prevail!

Oh, and should I win, I'll forego all my prizes and ask him to let me be a moderator for a day. Just to see what it feels like. >.>
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Justice shall prevail!

Shake, you don't even qualify for prizes.
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"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
- Darth Vader

Yeah, well, maybe he doesn't know that. I just want to take a stroll around PotD. I mean, don't I deserve something for winning the contest?

*starts daydreaming*
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Justice shall prevail!

I mean, don't I deserve something for winning the contest?

Well, you would, except that, you know, I'm winning this contest.

Maybe next time though! ^_^
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"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
- Darth Vader

Quit playin', guys, ya know I'm gonna win.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet. Make a little birdhouse in your soul.

Not with Diablo taking that division, you won't.
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"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
- Darth Vader

Et Tu, Chi-Chi?
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Justice shall prevail!

Diablo, or Ridley?
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I'm old.

Diablo will be picking his nose from the sidelines after round one.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet. Make a little birdhouse in your soul.

I'm way ahead of him.
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

Maybe Microsoft just has Xbox 360 as the name for now so that, when the *real* name is revealed, it will look that much better.

Officially confirmed name is Xbox 360, actually. =p

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“Booster has such a nice place…I miss my fortress…I miss the good old days…Toadstool screaming in terror, Mario rushing in to save her…”

Terrible, terrible name.
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SpC2K5 Elite 8
BOWSER, Ocelot, SEPHIROTH, Liquid, KEFKA, Ridley, GANONDORF, Kuja

What does 360 have to do with anything? It's like they're saying, "This system is just the same as the first one, but buy it anyway."
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"It feels as though the raindrops are blessing our victory." - Kuja
"I never trust a Frenchman." - Revolver Ocelot

If there isn't a round shape anywhere on the console, then the name gets worthless x10.

Hopefully Nintendo won't play dumb and keep that horrific codename of theirs as well.
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SpC2K5 Elite 8
BOWSER, Ocelot, SEPHIROTH, Liquid, KEFKA, Ridley, GANONDORF, Kuja

Gone to 2300 for the first time now. It's been OK so far.
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Jon Thomson - knows nothing
Ridley's Road to Victory - Round 1 vs. (7) Diablo

First trip to 2300 is the worst part, actually.
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SpC2K5 Elite 8
BOWSER, Ocelot, SEPHIROTH, Liquid, KEFKA, Ridley, GANONDORF, Kuja

It's been OK to that point. Haven't actually done anything there yet.
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Jon Thomson - knows nothing
Ridley's Road to Victory - Round 1 vs. (7) Diablo

Xbox 360 is definitely not worse than ps3, so, bleh, I can't say I really care about its name.

And I doubt they'll leave it at revolution, again, I wouldn't really care though.
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One who knows nothing can understand nothing.
"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

You know what would be a funny contest?

One where Ceej would use the worst pictures available for each character (or no picture at all; both would work.)

e.g. for Mega Man, the American box art for the original MM, for Mario, a picture from the live-action SMB movie, etc.

A contest like that would really let us know how much the pictures matter.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

What does 360 have to do with anything? It's like they're saying, "This system is just the same as the first one, but buy it anyway."

It's suppose to imply a "turnaround" or "revolution" from what they did with the Xbox this generation. It certainly isn't a good name by any means and even gets worse with the horrible logo they have for it.

http://www.gamereactor.se/media/microsoftse3inbjudandampner_23500.jpg

But it is suppose to be a platnium white console while being concave - quoted as being said "like sucking in its cheeks."

There was some speculation that the console might look similar to what you would see at Xbox.com. Specifically the white, round portion at the top.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/default.htm

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“Booster has such a nice place…I miss my fortress…I miss the good old days…Toadstool screaming in terror, Mario rushing in to save her…”