It's still better than enjoying Jim Rome.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Hey, college is all about experimentation... next time I will make sure not to pick a sorority ho from Sigma Tau Delta.

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

Woody Paige is okay, but there are too many times where he makes you wanna say "DOOOOOD, just shut up already!".

J.A. Adonde is my SECOND fave... he throws it down West Coast style. Gotta love the Adonde Lounge.

Jay Mariotti is a conceited idiot. Every good point he makes, he backs it up with something snotty.
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Graduation: April 30, 2005 "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

And I'm pleased with Bison's showing in this poll today. I am still flirting with the idea of taking him over the likes of Diablo/Ridley and possibly Kefka. The odds that I do so probably aren't very likely, but I probably wouldn't be shocked to see something like that go down. Especially given that the whole division is weak.

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“If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh.”

"And what does Diablo have? A piggyback ride from Starcraft, as all of you claim"

It's a little ways back, but is something that should be addressed. Diablo II is far more popular than StarCraft in the United States.

StarCraft is just the more popular game internationally.
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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

01 - UltimateralizerX
02 - Team Rocket Elite
03 - MasterMage119
04 - HaRRicH
05 - Haste2
06 - RPGuy96
07 - H4L187
08 - cyko
09 - Robazoid
10 - Janus5000
11 - DomaDragoon
12 - Mithrandir1331
13 - Nightmare 45
14 - Starion
15 - King Morgoth
16 - Fiop
17 - yoblazer33
18 - Phediuk
19 - FastFalcon05
20 - imdapartystar
21 - smitelf
22 - jonthomson
23 - Mister Mario
24 - nh82
25 - Shake
26 - stepintothearena
27 - Rufus Shinra 18
28 - charmander6000
29 - Sephirot1
30 - Tediz247
31 - ExThaNemesis
32 - Kuge
33 - SwanMocker
34 - JonthePenguin
35 - ChocoCid
36 - Ngamer
37 - CaptainFlufflez
38 - ExquisiteSamurai
39 - Young Boy
40 - Kaxon
41 - Shdwdde
42 - Garsha
43 - FFDragon
44 - Steinershocker
45 - Sir Bormun
46 - swirldude
47 - Heroic Mario
48 - Weird Kirby Dude11
49 - arkenaga
50 - Taslion
51 - perdevious
52 - Meche313
53 - Mumei
54 - MegatokyoED
55 - Z1mZum
56 - RamzaB
57 - nifboy
58 - Paratroopa1
59 - A Hogasm IN POG FORM
60 - greatone10
61 - VicPez
62 - Samurai7
63 - Master Moltar
64 - Yesmar
65 - RPGGamer0
66 - Zylo the wolf
67 - Fantusta
68 - Mac Arrowny
69 - ChichiriMuyo
70 - Redtooth
71 - Blade X
72 - TheCalmness
73 - Qwaar
74 - Tai
75 - Lieutenant Kettch
76 - Neoatomtaco
77 - ScorpionX3
78 - Fett0001
79 - neonreaper
80 - zMega64
81 - Smurf
82 - Aprosenf
83 - Buzzup
84 - mrbird99
85 - octoinky
86 - irriadin
87 - dethwing
88 - Steve Illumina
89 - Cavemanbob
90 - The Wise Tonberry
91 - iGenesis
92 - Heroic Viktor (tnote827)
93 - PugTheNinja
94 - Ringworm
95 - Silverflame
96 - ImSoBlazed
97 - Andaca
98 - Tjian
99 - MacrosTheBlack
100 - Forceful Dragon
101 - red sox 777
102 - NewLib
103 - Sir Chris
104 - Crono801
105 - LuniNutz99
106 - Krahenprophet
107 - Dranze
108 - alpha door
109 - dvoid5951

I'll give this a try.
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Cookies are the best food ever!!!

But still, as we've seen in previous contests, PC games can do well, but PC characters have performed like absolute crap.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

And Diablo has something no other PC character has. His name and picture on both of his 5million+ selling games.

Being from Chicago, I have the <dis>pleasure of reading Mariotti every morning in the Sun Times. And let me just say his article before March Madness about how Illinois was not talented enough to win the national title made for great toilet paper. Sure, we may have lost by 5 points, but missing six wide open threes in the last 4 minutes of the game, and losing by two possessions, to a team with three guaranteed lottery picks and two more sure first rounders, seems to display enough talent for my liking.

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

-----CUTOFF LINE-----

If you haven't signed up for the Guru Contest as of this post, you're out.

~*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

Gordon's picture is plastered on the cover of Half-Life, too.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Mariotti just insulted Tony Kornheiser. That jerkwad.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Alright, Michael Smith is back from vacation. Let's see how he owns Paige and Mariotti today like he always does. Adonde is there too! Watch the brilliance of these two...
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Graduation: April 30, 2005 "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

It's a little ways back, but is something that should be addressed. Diablo II is far more popular than StarCraft in the United States.

... Are you serious, Dabu?
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"I don't care about your instrument! My god is communicating with me!"
- Ludwig van Beethoven

PTI >>>Around The Horn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim Rome is Burning
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I dont like Silent Hill, but come on look at Pyramid Head. His head is a pyramid. How can you NOT vote for that?

This man speaks the truth. Kornheiser + Wilbon = Instant Win
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Judge for yourself. Both screenshots taken right now on USWest:

Brood War: http://img135.echo.cx/img135/9895/bw7ba.jpg
Diablo II LOD: http://img135.echo.cx/img135/7559/screenshot0333uq.jpg
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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

While Diablo II being potentially better than Starcraft in the contest is a bit of an eye-opener, I'm still picking Ridley, only because I don't think PC characters have much strength in a contest setting. Gordon Freeman is a joke, and I'm thinking that Diablo and, if she ever makes it in, Kerrigan will be the same way.

M. Bison over Ridley is starting to be tempting, though. Hmm.
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20388161 - The GameFAQs Fanfiction Project, based off of the Spring Contest!

Heh, taking Bison to win their four-pack might be the "safe" pick in case you get the winner of Ridley-Diablo wrong.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Dabu, I thought that information was a given. You've been telling it to us for months.

Guru Contest is up: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20751617

~*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

Same reason as Kefka > Ruin Division, I suppose.
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"I don't care about your instrument! My god is communicating with me!"
- Ludwig van Beethoven

M. Bison over Ridley is starting to be tempting, though. Hmm.

You're telling me. I'm about to go do something like that. . . <.<

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“If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh.”

I'm not important enough (on Board 8) to have people remember what I say though.

People always act as if it is new information anyway.
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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

I remember what you say >_>
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"I don't care about your instrument! My god is communicating with me!"
- Ludwig van Beethoven

I suppose it's nice to have two fourpacks in the contest that are really up in the air, even with it only being 32-man. We only managed two extremely interesting fourpacks in all of 2k4, heh.
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20388161 - The GameFAQs Fanfiction Project, based off of the Spring Contest!

Well, I've done the deed.

Bison > Ridley.

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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…”

Good job HM. Way to come back down to earth. Diablo/Ridley may be a toss up, but Ridley can EASILY be weak enough for Diablo, Bison. OR Kefka to beat without any trouble. Notice I said "can".
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Graduation: April 30, 2005 "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

*has kept Ridley winning my division*

I don't see where M. Bison's suddenly being so impressive today; nobody's standing out, and the biggest surprise (to me, anyways) is Tenpenny sucking it up.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I think the sudden Bison support is a behind-the-scenes-plot to cause newcomers to change their brackets.
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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

I don't think anybody expected Bison to win a favorite underdog poll, especially considering who else is on there.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I can't imagine why anyone would be surprised at Tenpenny's performance here, he never had a shot and I'm still upset he's even in. Waste of a slot.
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But my silent fears have gripped me, long before I reach the phone, long before my tongue has tripped me. Must I always be alone?

I was contemplating the decision before today's poll. The only thing that held me back from doing so was wanting to get on the top 50 early. ;_;

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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…”

Bison or Kefka, HM?
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"I don't care about your instrument! My god is communicating with me!"
- Ludwig van Beethoven

From: Team Rocket Elite | Posted: 5/2/2005 12:34:48 AM | Message Detail
Hypothetically if you had exactly 50.005%-49.995% and assuming it always rounds up on a 5, wouldn't you get 50.01-50

You're right, I had forgotten about that. But that's not what's going on here; something like that occurring is extremely unlikely. And these 100%+ sum errors actually occur somewhat often.

And the rounding thing is not always true, actually. It depends on the OS. Apparently a little-known suggestion for rounding is that you round to the even number. Some OSes actually do implement this rule; and MySQL's round() function uses the round function of the OS. So in that case, .50005 would be rounded to .5 rather than .5001.

Some links:
http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.mysql.com/doc/en/Mathematical_functions.html
http://lists.mysql.com/myodbc/8

"Note that the behaviour of ROUND() when the argument is half way between two integers depends on the C library implementation. Some round to the nearest even number, always up, always down, or always toward zero. If you need one kind of rounding, you should use a well-defined function like TRUNCATE() or FLOOR() instead."

It can be safely said that CJayC isn't using truncate or floor, because that would become apparent when we saw different sorts of errors.
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In America, men flirt with women. In Shinra Midgar, Don Corneo flirts with YOU!

I'll hold off on answering that question until a little later. . . .

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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…”

Master Hand just took the lead from M. Bison.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1988

CATS 19.86% 5890
M. Bison 24.94% 7399
Master Hand 24.95% 7400
Officer Tenpenny 13.27% 3937
Ultros 16.99% 5039
TOTAL VOTES 29665

Not bad for a glove.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

If Master Hand actually beats Kuja. I think we can look at this poll as foreshadowing.

Considering Master Hand won't get much more than 10,000 votes from this poll, I wouldn't put much stock into it, though it does make for interesting discussion. Heck, CATS is probably getting a higher percentage in this poll than he'll get in his match.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I'd still take M. Bison over MH one-on-one, but hell, even I didn't think the poll would wind up like this. This is...heh, this is interesting.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I'll say right now, Bison would kick the living crap out of Master Hand in a contest poll.

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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…”

Master Hand should easily break 10000. All it needs to do is stay at ~25% and the total votes need to exceed 40000. With that said, the poll still isn't worth too much. It's just kinda funny to see Master Hand winning.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Heck, CATS is probably getting a higher percentage in this poll than he'll get in his match.

So Ansem will do just as well against CATS as Ryu did?
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I'm like a mentally insane girl who keeps running back to her abusive boyfriend. ~ Mars
ZSB [aX]

I think people are overestimating Kuja. I still think he will beat Master Hand (though I think it will be within 58-42), but I dont think he stands a chance againist either Robotnik or Sin.
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I dont like Silent Hill, but come on look at Pyramid Head. His head is a pyramid. How can you NOT vote for that?

I can't imagine why anyone would be surprised at Tenpenny's performance here, he never had a shot and I'm still upset he's even in. Waste of a slot.

Meh, I disagree. I like GTA characters. They work great in fanfiction.

Thing about Bison is, while I think he IS strong, I think that Albedo won't be a slouch either. Also, strong has something of a different meaning in this contest... I mean, Kefka, who isn't top 32 in the real contest, will likely be 6th or 7th in this one.
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I wouldnt go as far as 6th or 7th. I can name atleast 10 other characters in this contest that I have little doubt can beat Kefka and some others are close. It just so happens the division he is in is really weak.
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I dont like Silent Hill, but come on look at Pyramid Head. His head is a pyramid. How can you NOT vote for that?

So Ansem will do just as well against CATS as Ryu did?

Regardless of what the stats say, CATS will generally get a set amount of votes, not a set percentage.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Yeah, Ansem will be no Ryu; Sora's having a hard enough time being Ryu as-is. I'm almost positive it won't happen (if for no other reason than because of CATS's glass wall; he is only capable of getting so many votes), but I'd LOVE to see CATS just not get doubled against Ansem.

M. Bison kick the living crap out of Master Hand? Nu-uh, won't happen.He'd beat him, but you'd be silly to say MH would get the crap kicked out of him.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

Hmm.

First division, I think Bowser and Ocelot can take Kefka, and Wily and Sigma might be able to.

Second division, I think Sephiroth and Liquid Snake can beat him.

Third division, I think no one can beat him... but I guess I could be wrong. That division's up in the air anyway... Mithos and Luca are the only ones that have no chance to win.

Last division, I think Ganondorf can beat him, and maybe Kuja, Robotnik, and Sin can.

So at highest, he's 6th, at lowest, he's 12th. I guess I did exaggerate a bit.
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20388161 - The GameFAQs Fanfiction Project, based off of the Spring Contest!

So, what are everyone's upset specials? You're obviosuly going to need a few if you want to win.

I've got Ridley over Kefka and Robotnik over Kuja. You can make fun of me after they lose. >_>
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Ridley > Kefka, Robotnik > Master Hand.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.