I'm going to my final in a little while, and won't have time to make this if the old topic hits 500 before this evening. You can also expect the Guru topic to be posted a tad early as well. I also made some slight changes to the links to make them a little less redundant.

*Stats websites*

Everything you could ever imagine:
http://www.sc2k4.com

Sortable Table for Every Contest Match:
http://sc2k4.com/displaytable.php

Explanation of Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/extrapolated.php

Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings:
A = Strongest Character
B = Character Weaker than A
C = Character Weaker than B
To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA
To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB
To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA

Summer 2002 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/sc2k2_extrapolated.htm

Summer 2003 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/sc2k3_extrapolated.htm

Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/spc2k4_extrapolated.htm

SFF Adjusted Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/spc2k4_extrapolated_sff.htm

Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/sc2k4_extrapolated.htm

SFF Adjusted Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k4.com/excel/sc2k4_extrapolated_sff.htm

*Solarshadow's Site*

Summer 2002 Contest:
http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com

Summer 2003 Contest:
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/2003/index.html

Spring 2004 Contest: (not currently updating)
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/sp2004/index.html

*Old Stats topics*

Summer 2002 Contest:
http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com/page1.html

Summer 2003 Contest:
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/archive/topic1p1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/sum_contest/Page1.htm (See note)

2003-2004 Off-Season:
http://membres.lycos.fr/shindohikaru/stats1.htm (See note)
Note: Don't use the links in the topic to browse through the pages, change the page number in the URL.

Spring 2004 Pre-Season:
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason1.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason2.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason3.htm

Spring 2004 Contest:
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats1.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats2.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats3.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats4.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats5.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats6.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats7.htm
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats8.htm

Creativename's Links Page:
http://sc2k4.com/links.php

*Miscellaneous*

MMXcalibur's Contest Sites:
http://prophetchallenge.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/

Poll Vote Total Updator:
http://sc2k4.com/update.php (add "?pollid=[4-digit poll number]" at the end of url to look at charts from past polls)

Summer 2002 Match Pictures:
http://sc2k4.com/frog/view.php?gid=15

Summer 2003 Match Pictures:
www.angelfire.com/games5/heroicmario0/contestpictures.htm

Spring 2004 Match Pictures:
http://sc2k4.com/frog/view.php?gid=17

Summer 2004 Match Pictures:
http://sc2k4.com/frog/view.php?gid=18

All Time Top 25/Top 10 Lists:
http://www.rpgdl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3251

!yawA tsoP
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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

Stupid Lag. I wanted first post.
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Nominate Ghaleon for SC2K5. I eat lard.
(4/05/05 - 5/05/05)

Hurray! 12 hours to go!
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Nevermind >_>
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Nominate Ghaleon for SC2K5. I eat lard.
(4/05/05 - 5/05/05)

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

Pyramid Head for SpC2K5 Winner!

>_>
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Guru topic 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

Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 1 – (1)Bowser vs. (8)Pyramid Head

Moltar’s Analysis

Bowser
Game/Series Known From: Super Mario Series

Well, well, well, look who we have here. The King of the Koopas kicks off the Spring Contest. Will he be as strong as his seed suggests?

Pyramid Head
Game/Series Known From: Silent Hill 2

Wow, looks like all of Inviso’s begging DID pay off! Silent Hill enters onto the GameFAQs Contest scene for the first time, with Pyramid Head as the rep.

Well, just like a 1 vs. 16 match, 1 vs. 8 matches just aren’t that exciting. So instead of talking about this snore-fest, I’ll talk about how I feel about the Contest in general.

If there are two words that you should see a lot in this Contest, those words should be “Fanbase Leeching”. I mean, sure people will use other words like it, synonyms I guess, but you all catch my point. Most of the characters here have never been in a GameFAQs contest so far. Hell, the only people that we’ve seen already are the 1 seeds, Liquid, Luca and CATS. The other 25 characters are brand spankin’ new to GameFAQs Contests. This should turn out to be very interesting. Most of the time, we’ll be guessing about certain characters strengths. The only way to somehow estimate how strong a character is, is to compare them to a character from the same game/series that was in a previous Contest. How strong is Wily compared to Mega Man or Zero? How about Ridley or Mother Brain to Samus? Ocelot to Liquid or Solid? Vergil to Dante? Robotnik to the other Sonic characters? The list could go on and on. We all know that most of these new villains won’t be as strong as their previous Contest counterpart, but all we can do for now is assume that these villains are somewhere in the range. This is where the Fanbase Leeching fits in. With Link and Cloud not in the Contest, could this mean Ganondorf could leech off of Link’s fanbase enough to win the whole thing? Will Seph leech off Cloud’s fanbase to be an unstoppable force in this Contest? How about Bowser with Mario’s fanbase? How about the lesser characters? Will Ocelot and Liquid leech off of Solid’s fanbase, and become just like Solid clones for this contest? And will Sigma and Wily be looking like Mega Man and Zero? Does Ridley have “Samus” written all over him? All these questions, and more will be answered eventually in this contest.

Also, I gotta give props to CjayC for the bracket. It might be small, but it’s shaping up to be one of the toughest yet. We have some matches that are looking tough to predict. Sigma/Andross, Vergil/Ghaleon, Luca/Wesker, Albedo/Bison, Robotnik/Sin, and that’s only in Round 1! Round 1 also holds what could be the most important and closest Round 1 matches EVAR. Ridley vs. Diablo. This match is already getting tons of hype and discussion. The winner here could possibly win the whole division, getting this match wrong will KILL a bracket. Guess that’s why it’s called the Ruin Division. It’s nasty. All the action isn’t in Round 1 alone though, we also have some nice potential matches later on. Ocelot/Wily, Kefka vs. Ridley/Diablo, Robotnik/Kuja. Then we have the Big Three of this Contest, Ganondorf, Bowser and Sephiroth. They will definitely be the Link, Mario and Cloud of the Contest. Those three have the best chance of winning this Contest, and they all have a good chance to. (Yes, I’m crazy enough NOT to call Seph a lock for the winner.) Also, with the smaller 32-character bracket, there might actually be a perfect bracket this time! Heck, we might even have more than 1 perfect! Two things that will play a big part in determining the winner are the tiebreakers and Round 1 choices. It could possibly end up that 1 bad Round 1 pick or 1 bad tie-breaker pick could cost you the top spot. Be careful, folks.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say on the Contest so far. Hopefully, it turns out to be a great one…now there’s something I seem to be forgetting here…..

Oh yeah! The match going on right now! Bowser vs. Pyramid Head. Well, if you honestly don’t know who the winner of this match is going to be, you shouldn’t even be predicting this Contest. Bowser should have no problems destroying the Silent Hill villain. In fact, as a 1-seed, he has to show some massive power if he wants to be looked at as a threat. Getting out of this division isn’t going to be a walk in the park.

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Bowser will win

Moltar’s Prediction is: Bowser 82% - Pyramid Head 18%



Ulti’s Analysis

The ONLY reason Pyramid Head is even in this contest in the first place is because of Inviso's asking people to nominate him, which a lot of people saw coming before nominations even opened. Unfortunately, this match will show that he didn't belong here in the first place. Bowser could very well make this clown look worse than Guybrush.

Ulti’s Prediction: Bowser with 80.05%



Soul’s Analysis

The contest starts out with a rather boring match. I’m very happy that Bowser, one of my favorite villains, got the first #1 seed in the contest. He is facing Silent Hill 2’s villain, called Pyramid Head. To tell you the truth, I loved Silent Hill 2. The atmosphere in that game makes you scared as hell. It doesn’t need random things popping up out of everywhere to frighten you. One problem though, was that I never got to the last boss. That’s the problem with renting games instead of buying them. It was a great game nonetheless, and I’m happy it’s represented in this contest.

However, Bowser, as I said, is one of my favorite villains of all time. I like him simply because he doesn’t act like your typical FF villain. He doesn’t want to take over the world or destroy everything in his way. All he wants is to capture Peach. He goes through great lengths to do it too. Of course, it also helps if you are the main villain of one of my favorite series…

For the actual match, it’s pretty much decided that Bowser is taking the win here. I’ll give him a 77% win, just because.



Outback’s Analysis

Still, Soda Popinski > Bowser

And, as is the custom here at Board 8, the contest season begins with less of a “bang” and more of a “thud.” Here we see one of the classic villains of all time: Bowser. Ranging the gamut of emotions from “angry” to “fire-breathing angry,” Bowser rings in the first one seed and a match against Pyramid Head, a character I’ll skip over because I don’t know who he is. Anyway, this match is a dud, and Bowser will take the huge victory.
Yawn. Pyramid Head gets a bit from anti-votes. Bowser: 86.54, Pyramid Head 14.46



Inviso’s Analysis

Well, this match makes me die a little inside. It’s my favorite villain, Pyramid Head, from my favorite series, Silent Hill, giving it its first representation in five contests on Gamefaqs. Against him, is a villain I consider to have become a joke, and I also think has never exactly been much of a villain to begin with, Bowser. Sadly, my opinion is not that of Gamefaqs.

Bowser is perhaps the most famous video game villain of all time, as Sephiroth is from a relatively obscure game compared to the Mario series, and Ganondorf isn’t as prominent in his games. Anyway, Pyramid Head is from a game that is obscure, and doesn’t get the respect it deserves on Gamefaqs, because it’s not an RPG. Sad as it is to me, Pyramid Head stands little chance. He’s no Starcraft. There are no millions of Korean people waiting to save him.

My prediction: Bowser with 83.56%

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Might as well tag this one.
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Nominate Christian for SC2K5!

Man oh man...it's on.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

12th!
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Nominate Meta Knight (Kirby Series) for Summer Contest!

I never denied that Master Hand could be a threat. It's just that Kuja is the best villain in the series, and the thought of him losing to a glove is sickening.

I hate Kuja; hell, I hate almost all FF villains, but I am in complete agreement on that. Master Hand beating almost anyone would be ****ing sick.

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i was post #501 in the last topic. cool.
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Spring2K5: 0/0 Next Pick: Bowser

*tag*
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Currently Playing: GT4 28.6% done
Next game to get: Xenosaga episode 2

HM you need to get in touch with your Glove side.
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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?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't both polls fairly accurate regarding the top choices?

The first one is from 2003, where Cloud pretty much ran through everything like a monster. The second is more correct along the lines of FF7 and CT, but Halo is already close to CT and is higher than the likes of SMB3.

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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.”

A repost from the last topic, since there weren't enough posts to get a response.

It's just that Kuja is the best villain in the series, and the thought of him losing to a glove is sickening.

First saying good things about OoT, now saying an FF villain other than Sephiroth is the best. Have you been drunk this entire week? =p
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I will happily pass on my "glove" side, unless it involves Glover.

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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.”

Hmm. I was pretty silly in my last post, saying Bison could make the elite eight. I should have looked at the competition more closely.

Still, with that division... There are SIX characters that could make the final four. This is amazing... I only wish that things were that interesting in other divisions. Liquid Snake being in Sephy's division is a shame.

I want to say another thing: I will laugh my ass off if Lavos turns out to be something in the way of competition. I think it would be kick ass and hilarious at the same time.

Hell yes. Go Lavos!
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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!

I like Sephiroth the best, but I can't deny that Kuja is probably the deepest, best villain in the series. You can only make a good argument for Kefka when it comes to accomplishing the most.

~*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

LOCKDOWN'D!
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

Bracket's closed now.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

Hmm. I was pretty silly in my last post, saying Bison could make the elite eight

There's nothing silly about that. Diablo could go the way of every other PC character and stink it up, and Ridley isn't guaranteed to do that well either.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Good deal. Brackets finally closed. =p

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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.”

Just got to looking about CATS here:


2k4 against Link...
Total: 82,369
CATS: 10,025

2k3 against Cloud...
Total: 108,254
CATS: 14,168

2k2 against Ryu...
Total: 58,014
CATS: 11,145


CATS already has about 7,700 of his votes, and the total hasn't hit 40,000 yet. I'm not really sure if this is note-worthy or not, but I didn't wanna waste me looking this up, heh.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

Diablo will not disappoint, especially with a rumored e3 Diablo III announcement. ;)
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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

From the previous topic:
Let's not forget the popular opinion that Sub-Zero > Scorpion and the poll that backed that up, too. Damn...maybe that SF2 poll was pretty accurate afterall. Can someone get that poll?

Mortal Kombat:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1788
SF2:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=840
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Someone inform Leonhart4 that if Master Hand beats Kuja, I'm finding out where he lives. :P

Hey, I'm willing to take my licks when I'm wrong, though if Master Hand wins that match, you'll probably have to wait for about 24-36 hours, as that will be the amount of time I will spend vomiting in disgust.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Heh. I ain't gonna give much hell to anybody if MH does win (still haven't said much about picking Tails over VJ)...and hopefully, I've been humble and respectable enough to not get much hell back.

Let's hope I don't have to worry about that second option there though.....
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I like Sephiroth the best, but I can't deny that Kuja is probably the deepest, best villain in the series. You can only make a good argument for Kefka when it comes to accomplishing the most.

Kuja is the deepest villain in the series... but Sephiroth was the only other villain with any major depth.

There actually aren't a lot of FF characters that are really 3-dimensional. The best example and the only example that is undeniable is Tidus.
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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!

Oh, how that is not the strength of Street Fighter characters. I shudder at how wrong that second poll is.

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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.”

That poll is probably not very accurate, but even though that poll is very old, Bison getting 3% of the vote is not a good sign for him. I mean, he may not even be in the top 5 SF characters, and we know he isn't in the top 3.

He could lose to Albedo, and I think he will. Then again, he could go to the final four. That's just the way the Ruin Division works.
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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!

Bison is very much in the top 5 as far as Street Fighter characters are concerned. I have no doubts about that at all. Although I readily admit that if Akuma were in his place, the Ruin Division would never be in question.

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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 I think Bison is going to beat Albedo with relative ease.

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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.”

Quick, somebody give me a logical spread for Bowser vs. Pyramid Head. 66%, perhaps?

Or, I'm hoping someone has the contest taken care of already.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

I don't think MH's lead will be gettin' any bigger tonight; it's been slowing down steadily, and it's about to stop. Plus, Bison did better than MH during the night-time anyways.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I think Boswer'll get 77%, but 79%-81% would be the best spread number to pick.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I just saw Ulti's bracket a few minutes ago and hm.. He has M.Bison > Diablo > Ridley??

hm.. Quite an upset pick there me thinks..

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Comment about "fanbase leeching". I saw Moltar claim that since Link isn't in the contest, that his fans might support Ganondorf in his place. Um, outside of Ganondorf facing Link, what stopped them from supporting Ganondorf AND Link?
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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."

I just saw Ulti's bracket a few minutes ago and hm.. He has M.Bison > Diablo > Ridley??


WHOAMG I HAVE THE SAME PICK AS ULTI I R TEH WINNAR!!!

It's not that unknown of a possibility.

Heil Dweebenheimer!!! For I am MasterMage119!!!

If Bowser gets less than 80% against Pyramid Head, I will be surprised.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Comment about "fanbase leeching". I saw Moltar claim that since Link isn't in the contest, that his fans might support Ganondorf in his place. Um, outside of Ganondorf facing Link, what stopped them from supporting Ganondorf AND Link?

Nothing. That's why it's a bad argument.

Heil Dweebenheimer!!! For I am MasterMage119!!!

Bowser should clear 80% without much of a problem.

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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 am making a bold prediction. Bowser will pull in 73%! THAT"S RIGHT FOLKS!!! Bowser will perform weaker than you expect, believe you me.

Heil Dweebenheimer!!! For I am MasterMage119!!!

Comment about "fanbase leeching". I saw Moltar claim that since Link isn't in the contest, that his fans might support Ganondorf in his place. Um, outside of Ganondorf facing Link, what stopped them from supporting Ganondorf AND Link?

Thank you. That's my problem with that argument too.
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I think Moltar said such because Ganondorf is his favorite character. =p

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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 am making a bold prediction. Bowser will pull in 73%! THAT"S RIGHT FOLKS!!! Bowser will perform weaker than you expect, believe you me.

You mean Pyramid Head will be stronger than we expect. We pretty much know where Bowser stands.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I think that'd make Pyramid Head = Crash Bandicoot? If so, no, just no. My pick ain't necessarily alot better, but PH won't be CB's equal.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily in 2k5
Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy the contest-hype.

I don't think MH's lead will be gettin' any bigger tonight; it's been slowing down steadily, and it's about to stop. Plus, Bison did better than MH during the night-time anyways.

18:00 | M. Bison | 09291 | +--- | 48.44% | Master Hand | 09888 | +--- | 51.56% | Lead of 0597 |
18:15 | M. Bison | 09401 | +110 | 48.32% | Master Hand | 10055 | +167 | 51.68% | Lead of 0654 | (Up 57)
18:30 | M. Bison | 09530 | +129 | 48.24% | Master Hand | 10226 | +171 | 51.76% | Lead of 0696 | (Up 42)
18:45 | M. Bison | 09649 | +119 | 48.15% | Master Hand | 10389 | +163 | 51.85% | Lead of 0740 | (Up 44)
19:00 | M. Bison | 09755 | +106 | 48.11% | Master Hand | 10523 | +134 | 51.89% | Lead of 0768 | (Up 28)

The 19:00 update wasn't as good as the other ones for Master Hand, but 100 per hour is still good.
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