And while I'm thinking of it...where are all the votes? This match is off nearly 15% from yesterday's pace.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

Well, obvoiusly, Sigma and Andross are no Bowser, so that's gonna hurt...and I think the traffic-charts had GameFAQs taking a small hit today, too.
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Well, obvoiusly, Sigma and Andross are no Bowser, so that's gonna hurt...

True, but Bowser's first round match last year was one of the lowest draws in the entire contest...I mean, his match against Threepwood got beaten by Fisher/Freeman. And vote totals have never dropped off this much from match #1 to match #2, even though the opening match ALWAYS has a bigger draw.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

sigma still has a sizable margin over andross so he should be ok
does anyone think we will have in this contest a match that will be as close as frog vs master chief that was really close win for frog
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Yeah, tnote definitely did change his bracket at the last minute. I decided to just hedge my bets this way. If Ghaleon wins, not having the chance to win this contest is worth seeing the 2nd best villain ever advance. If he loses though, and I have him in my bracket, I have no chance to win AND I am depressed. Make no mistake: I still think Ghaleon will win the match, I just decided a missed point was worth it.

As for the best villain ever, even I know that it is hopeless to think Luca Blight would ever be even marginal in a popularity contest =(

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Fighting Illini (37-2): #2 in the nation, #1 in our hearts

Frankly, I'm dissappointed in Sigma. Kinda funny saying that, as I said this match was a bit up in the air the day the bracket came out. I made my pick and stuck with it, but all along I was correct in thinking that this match had surprise potential. I said the same of Ultro/Wily. I have far more respect for Wily than Sigma, though, and have always expected him to be stronger (and by always I mean even before this contest was concieved). Wily is not going to have a cake walk of a match with Ultros unless he's quite a bit more formidable than Protoman.

Well, this one's over, let me know when the next match starts (don't, I already know). I gotta get ready for work and head out, but I'll check back in a few.
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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?

Wow, I was watching the poll for a while just now, and Andross picked up about 30 votes to Sigma's 5. Rather odd.
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Ghaleon = gutter.
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Go, Go Ghaleon!

Still think he's got a wonderful shot at winning.
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That 30 vote gain is a product of the Koreans.
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If Ceej continues his Google Image Search tradition, this is what we might see for Ghaleon: http://www.evilminion.com/gallery/screencaps/ghaleon2.jpg
I can't find a Vergil head shot.
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That's a fat-headed mix of Link and CATS. Boo.
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Kefka doesn't suck. He went from struggling with Pac Man in 2003 to being projected to score about 63% on him. We have yet to see Kefka's potential, but it'll show up in this contest.

*cough*Luigi/Pac-Man*cough*

And even if there was no irregularity there, Kefka's percentage on Pac-Man only goes up because the latter dropped, not because the former rose.
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Unless Kefka has the Crono ability to gain strength year by year, which has yet to be seen. Regardless, Pac-Man probably did drop a lil'.
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We accounted for Crono SFF based off of a constant Pac-Man, and it gave Kefka about the same percentage he was expected to get against Knuckles. He didn't increase, and I'm wondering why people seem to think he did.
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The same? No...Kefka went from about 20.7% up to 22.75%.
Put '04 Kefka against '02 Pac-Man, and Kefka wins wiith more than 55%. Of course, since our measurements of these two characters were two years apart, it's very prone to error.

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Unless Pac-Man dropped a lil' from 2k2 to 2k3...it wouldn't be much, obviously, but it's possible. Plus, for Kefka coming from being the under-dog against Pac-Man to the favorite against Knuckles, I think he gained a lil' bit through that...again, it wouldn't have to be much (probably to the point of being insignificant, really), but it's plausible.
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Ceej will probably just increase the size of the Vergil pic on the Meet the Villains page and use a headshot from it come match time.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20784873

I made a pre-poll for Ridley vs Diablo, and Diablo has jumped out to a nice lead after some early struggles.

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I'm skeptical. I seriously doubt even 27 people on this board have played a Diablo game.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 01/01 - Matches: 01/01 - Rank: ?????/????? - Today: Sigma - Tomorrow: Ocelot

Regarding Vergil, what's stopping Ceej from using his DMC1 form? There are a few good pictures from that one.
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Sigma's percentages by timeframe:

0:00 - 59.80% (I took this one 5 minutes in), lead of 80
1:00 - 56.58%, lead of 341
2:00 - 56.57%, lead of 539
3:00 - 56.32%, lead of 672
4:00 - 55.39%, lead of 785
5:00 - 54.88%, lead of 953
6:00 - 54.78%, lead of 1186
7:00 - 54.64%, lead of 1412
8:00 - 54.69%, lead of 1714
9:00 - 54.59%, lead of 1963
10:00 - 54.66%, lead of 2268
11:00 - 54.66%, lead of 2534
Currently - 54.74%, lead of 2692

Sigma's percentage slowly dropped throughout the late night, but he's recovering a little bit with the late morning/early afternoon vote.
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I have!

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Heh, I was just teasing the idea that Andross would be in the same ranks as Pyramid Head (won't happen, I know; just screwin' around)...and I remembered that Captain Olimar is -unfairly- ranked below him, so I wanna ask this...

...Andross or Captain Olimar?
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Andross...by a whole lot.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA... Andross, of course.
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YOU'LL NEVER DEFEAT ANDROOOOOOOOOSSS!!!

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Meh; wasn't sure if he'd be THAT favored, considerin' CO had two of his own games while Andross is the lil'-camera-time boss of two, maybe three games? Andross all the way, but still...ah well. Just thought I'd ask.
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I've not been watching the votes all that much, but Andross has jumped in percentage pretty quickly (about .12 in afew minutes).
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And just for fun, Bowser's percentage and lead on Pyramid Head by timeframe...

0:00 - 81.28%, lead of 264
1:00 - 80.55%, lead of 1728
2:00 - 80.03%, lead of 2725
3:00 - 79.99%, lead of 3620
4:00 - 80.91%, lead of 5154
5:00 - 81.70%, lead of 7075
6:00 - 82.24%, lead of 9107
7:00 - 82.60%, lead of 11323
8:00 - 82.95%, lead of 13753
9:00 - 83.08%, lead of 16152
10:00 - 83.04%, lead of 18464
11:00 - 83.01%, lead of 20708
12:00 - 83.23%, lead of 23453
13:00 - 83.54%, lead of 27184
14:00 - 83.76%, lead of 31108
15:00 - 83.86%, lead of 34733
16:00 - 83.96%, lead of 38321
17:00 - 84.01%, lead of 41516
18:00 - 84.03%, lead of 44321
19:00 - 84.04%, lead of 46771
20:00 - 84.05%, lead of 48945
21:00 - 83.97%, lead of 50452
22:00 - 83.95%, lead of 51578
23:00 - 83.94%, lead of 52415
24:00 - 83.88%, lead of 52993

As expected, Bowser benefitted greatly from the daylight hours, though Pyramid Head got a little help during the latest hours of the poll to keep the Koopa King under 84%.
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Heh, in the last five minutes, Andross gained ONE WHOLE VOTE on Sigma, which is why he took a noticeable leap in percentage.
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An entire vote?

*pulls the comeback alarm*

He he he.
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Andross is starting to break into the lead though. He gained 21 votes in the last 5 minute frame.
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HM will be absolutely FURIOUS if Andross actually wins some 15-minute updates on Sigma here...


...


...let's rally.

Much love, HM, believe it or not.
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Yeah, we love ya, HM, but come on, it's ANDROOOOOOOSSSSSS!
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Screw a percentage push, I want to see a full-on comeback attempt that falls just short.

Sigma to win by 3 votes!!1!1

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Andross won that last 15 minute timeframe, gaining 27 votes and 0.20%.
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Everybody together now.

YOU'LL NEVER DEFEAT ANDROOOSSSSSSS!!!
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And school's just now ending here on the east coast...is this possibly the sign of a decent after-school push? Of course, not enough to win (though how I do wish so), but Andross has the potential to make this much more interesting.
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Andross is not going to do **** to the lead if he didn't do it before.

Although, Sigma's constant failure to break 2700 is showing in the percentage.

At this rate, Sigma will surely fall under 54%.
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I'm gonna guess Sigma won't keep a lead of 53% by the end of this match, even.

Bold AND daring.....
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The better Andross does, the more likely it is that Wily will bomb. And the closer Ultros gets to Wily, the more likely it is that Robutt will bomb.

Robutt's fat ass bombing may risk splitting the earth in two, but seeing Sin beat him would be worth it.

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I think Dr. Robotnik will be stronger than Dr. Wily and I have no idea what correlation Kefka and Ultros will have, so I'm not all that worried...but if Ultros gets close to Dr. Wily, then that'll still open my eyes.
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HOLY ****, Andross has the afterschool vote. I expected it to stay the way it was before...
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Last night, I figured Sigma would have made this into a 59-41 match after it stayed close for so long...but, wow.

Choke-artist...hey Slow, call this match already, Sigma's got it won. =)
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Yikes, this match is making me afraid for my bracket. Andross is doing WAY better than expected. I don't see any reason whatsoever why Andross should have much strength, seeing how weak Fox is, and there is no way I'll believe that Andross > Fox. The only way I see this match going the way it's going is for Sigma to be much weaker than expected.

And if Sigma is that weak, Dr. Wily and Dr. Robotnik are likely to be weaker than we thought. I would now say Ultros has a decent shot at upsetting Wily, and I would be very happy to see that happen (FFVI is IMO the Best. Game. Ever.), but it would mean the loss of a point. Heck, my bracket originally had Uncle Ultry getting by Ocelot, mostly because I have not played any of the MGS games and am unfamiliar with the characters' popularities except for Solid Snake.

If Sin can steal enough of the FFX votes, Robotnik is toast, and that would NOT make me happy. Sin is a giant whale with no character, not to mention that FFX sucked (though not as badly as FFX-2). I am a big fan of the Genesis Sonic games (I still have a Genesis with S2, S3, S&K (that lock-on technology was awesome!), Sonic Spinball, plus some other games), and from those experiences alone I would vote for Robotnik over a lot of characters. IMO, Sonic > Knuckles > Tails > Robotnik > all other Sonic characters (including Shadow).
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Does Andross today make Master Hand look better if Sigma today makes Dr. Wily look worse?
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HOLY ****, Andross has the afterschool vote. I expected it to stay the way it was before...

At 9 AM PST, it was about the same %
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Music to my ears, aprosenf. Music to my ears. It's always good to hear other people repeat what I've been saying for weeks. Wily and Robutt are both going to stink it up, and Wily will be lucky to make it past Ultros. I went with Wily to beat Ultros anyway, but Robutt has a world of problems.

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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

Does Andross today make Master Hand look better if Sigma today makes Dr. Wily look worse?

Why would it? The only thing Andross and Master Hand have in common is a company.
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I wouldn't worry too much about Eggman. There's nothing whatsoever he shares with Megaman characters that could make him prone to early ousting just because Megaman characters are weak.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 01/01 - Matches: 01/01 - Rank: ?????/????? - Today: Sigma - Tomorrow: Ocelot