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From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 5/12/2005 4:46:54 PM | #100
Bison will win with no problem tomorrow and then beat Ridley/Diablo in the upcoming round.

Bison wins 52-48 tomorrow and gets beaten 55-45 against Ridley/Diablo.
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It is obvious that Wesker is far weaker than Nemesis... You don't need to look any farther than the vote totals to tell you that...

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Some out there are toting M. Bison like he's going to be some force. The only reason he could have a chance at winning the Ruin Division is because Kefka sucks. I don't have the calculations in front of me, but I believe Kefka and Ken Masters are close in the rankings. So M. Bison could take that division, but I can't see him stronger than Ken. And even if he did make the Final Four, well, he's making Ganondorf very happy with the impending blowout.
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Wesker couldn't get 60% with the last night vote, so I would imagine that he won't be able to do it with the late vote tonite either. He has from now until about, what, 8-9 PST, before we get back to 'night' voting tendencies?
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Well of course. The only reason this division isn't guaranteed a winner is because how weak everyone is going to end up being. When the #1 seed is weak as hell, you know the division isn't exactly a tribute to strength.

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Wesker barely has 2000 more votes than Nemesis right now despite winning. It's becoming more and more clear that Nemesis is the stronger of the two.
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MetaRidleyX: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=574806

Just beware the topic in relation to Summer 2003, because it completely sucks.

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Surprisingly enough, this match continues to suck. Albedo/Bison, please.
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At the 15:50 mark, this match has 44849. To compare to some other matches at the same time:

Sigma/Andross - 48306
Ocelot/Nemesis - 55129
Vergil/Ghaleon - 48738
Lavos/Mother Brain - 50990
Kefka/Mithos - 52203

Wesker's vote total: 26945
Nemesis's vote total: 24713
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to whoever was saying that noone would like Nemesis more than Wesker after playing Resident Evil, i will openly admit that after playing RE1 and RE2 i didn't care about Wesker at all. the Tyrant, on the other hand, scared the **** out of me on more than one occasion. and yeah, the Tyrant is basically the same enemy as Nemesis. so yeah, i guess i do like Nemesis more than Wesker because i definitely thought the Tyrant was a much better villain than Wesker.

and i'm saying that Nemesis is definitely stronger than Wesker. i mean, come on - Nemesis finished with 35051 votes. at almost 16 hours in, Wesker only has 26981 total votes. he has to make up another 8000 votes in the last 8 hours of the poll to even match the vote total Nemesis managed in a losing effort with only 35% of the brackets behind him AND against a much tougher opponent. there is no way Wesker is as strong as Nemesis.

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We're two thirds through... we might not even break 60000. When's the last time this happened?
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After sixteen hours, this match is about 3500 votes behind Sigma/Andross. At this rate, 65,000 definitely seems out of reach, and there's a chance we won't see 60,000.
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2k2...when Sonic faced Tidus in the second round, it only got 57,118 votes.
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And at least Sonic/Tidus had an excuse. That poll was down for quite some time.
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If memory serves me correctly, wasn't there some controversial twist involved with that match? Something about the poll not being open long enough...?
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I completely forgot about that. We'll rewind afew more days back and point out Scorpion beating Max Payne in a match with 59,925 votes total.
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Wesker dips under 60% again.
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I'm calling Kefka with 57 on Wesker.
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Kefka should get 60% at worst on Wesker.
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So based on this, where are we assuming Mithos/Luca/Wesker are in the XStats?
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Both Mithos and Wesker are between Conker and Sam Fisher, according to last year's stats. Wesker would beat Mithos with less than 51%... o_O

Luca is, well, at Luca's level, that being barely above CATS.
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Assuming the adjusted 2k4 stats are right and that Wesker = Kefka, Luca (who's currently goin' 60-40 with Wesker) suffered enough of that RPG SFF to jump from being between Terry Bogard and Earthworm Jim (12.35%) to being between unadjusted Jak and Conker (16.98%).

No way that's happenin'...and even if it did, today's vote totals are total crap. Kefka'd still have a significant advantage. We all know this now, however, and it didn't even need to be said.
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Thank god I switched that upset. Now for Nemesis to be stronger than Jill...

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My post wasn't related to that question, by the way.
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Still gonna kill me MM? =P
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Assuming the adjusted 2k4 stats are right and that Wesker = Kefka, Luca (who's currently goin' 60-40 with Wesker) suffered enough of that RPG SFF to jump from being between Terry Bogard and Earthworm Jim (12.35%) to being between unadjusted Jak and Conker (16.97%).

Had to correct myself, even if it was incredibly minor.
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Problem there is that Wesker =/= Kefka.
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We are now over 4400 votes behind Sigma/Andross. We may not see 60,000, after all.
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I wish it would end on 60/40 because I would have a perfect prediction.

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I've decided to make a list of how prominent each villain in their respective games. Note that I'm skimming through FAQs for the ones I'm less familiar with, so I may be off on a few of them.

*spoilers, obviously*

Bowser: Umm, yeah, probably the most well-known video game villain of all time. He's the final boss in 7 of the 10 Mario platformers, and he either appears or is a playable character in almost all of the spinoff games.

Pyramid Head: From what I can tell, there's two boss fights against him and he appears regularly throughout Silent Hill 2.

Sigma: He's the final boss in every MMX game...and to be honest, he's not much more than that.

Andross: Final boss in the first three Star Fox games. Is mentioned regularly throughout SF64. Appears as two trophies in SSBM.

Ocelot: Appears on several occasions in all three MGS games. Is also a boss fight.

Nemesis: From a brief FAQ skim, I can tell that he's a very similar case to Pyramid Head: two boss fights, appears periodically throughout RE3.

Dr. Wily: Final boss in all eight original series MM games. Like Sigma, he doesn't appear much aside from that.

Ultros: There's four boss fights against him during FFVI, and he appears as a receptionist in the World of Ruin.

Sephiroth: Aside from the lengthy Kalm flashback, he appears briefly a few times throughout Disc 1 of FFVII. Is MIA in Disc 2. Is mentioned regularly. He is the final boss.

Ramirez: Appears several times throughout Skies of Arcadia, but is a minor character until you near the end of the game. He is the final boss.

Vergil: Okay, from what I can tell, Vergil does not make a true appearance in the first DMC. He doesn't even seem to be mentioned in DMC2. There are three boss fights against him in DMC3, and he is the final boss.

Ghaleon: From reading FAQs for LSSSC, I can assume that Ghaleon starts out as an ally, but is then revealed to be evil later on in the game. He then appears several more times before you fight him as the final boss.

Lavos: Playing through the game "normally", he's mentioned a lot, but rarely appears. You fight him twice. He is the final boss.

Mother Brain: Final boss of three Metroid games...and that's about it.

Liquid Snake: Appears several times throughout MGS and is fought twice. He is the final boss.

Officer Tenpenny: From what I can tell, he's the closest thing to a "final boss" in San Andreas, but you never directly fight him.
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Kefka: Appears multiple times as Gestahl's villainous sidekick throughout the World of Balance in FFVI. He becomes the main villain in the World of Ruin. He is the final boss.

Mithos: Is mentioned regularly throughout Tales of Symphonia, but until the second disc, he barely appears at all. You fight him four times, and he is the final boss-and yes, having him in this contest is a huge spoiler.

Luca Blight: I've never played Suikoden II, so I am once again relying on the FAQs for this. It seems there's only one fight against Luca, and he dies well before the end of the game. He does seem to be mentioned a lot before that, though.

Wesker: He appears in RE, REmake, RE: Code Veronica, and is a playable character in RE4. Oddly, though, you never actually fight him.

Albedo: It seems he appears multiple times throughout the original Xenosaga, but none of the walkthroughs mention him by name until, like, three quarters of the way through. He is the second-to-last boss in the first game. Seems to be the same situation in Episode II, but he's the final boss.

M. Bison: Is a boss in SFII, and is playable from SFII Turbo onwards.

Ridley: Is a boss in 5 Metroid games, and makes appearances at the beginning of Super Metroid and Metroid Prime. He never appears as a final boss, unless you count the robot in Zero Mission.

Diablo: From what I've been told, he's mentioned regularly throughout both games, but only actually appears as the final boss.

Ganon: Final boss in 6 Zelda games. Is mentioned throughout Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Wind Waker. Also appears on the Game Over screen of Zelda II.

Giygas: He's mentioned a few times throughout Earthbound, but only appears as the final boss.

Ansem: From what I can tell, he's the final boss of Kingdom Hearts, and not much else.

CATS: Easily the most minor character in this contest. He appears in the intro of Zero Wing, says a half dozen lines, and is MIA otherwise.

Dr. Robotnik: He's the boss of almost every zone of every Sonic game (well, the 2D ones, anyway.) Aside from Bowser, probably the most well-known villain in the contest.

Sin: From what I've been told, Sin is just a shell and has no personality or dialogue. He's a boss fight near the end of FFX.

Kuja: Appears multiple times throughout FFIX, and is fought twice. He is the second-to-last boss.

Master Hand: the boss of SSB's Story mode, and SSBM's Classic mode.
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Problem there is that Wesker =/= Kefka.

Right; I assumed that both for fun and for purposes of completely shutting down any hope of Wesker > Kefka and/or that there was much RPG SFF against Luca if there was still any of either sentiment left.
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From what I've been told, Sin is just a shell and has no personality or dialogue. He's a boss fight near the end of FFX.

Yes, Sin is basically FFX's version of Lavos, though more present in the storyline and contains a very cool character in its guts.
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I hope my list helps people know a bit more about the villains they aren't familiar with.

Out of all the villains in the contest, only Wesker, CATS, and Tenpenny are never directly fought.

Along with those characters, Pyramid Head, Ultros, Luca Blight, Ridley, Sin, and Kuja have never appeared as a final boss.

In other words, 24 out of 32 characters in this contest are final bosses.
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23, you mean?

Also, about Wesker...what makes him so villainous, exactly?
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Well, he does sorta look like Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2...
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Vergil: Okay, from what I can tell, Vergil does not make a true appearance in the first DMC.

DMC SPOILERS











Vergil is Nelo Angelo in the original Devil May Cry.
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Also, about Wesker...what makes him so villainous, exactly?

RE SERIES SPOILERS!


He's singlehandedly responsible for everything in the RE universe, because he's Wesker. Specifically, though, he operates behind the scenes in RE0 (you see him in a couple of cutscenes), but he's as confused as you are about the events taking place. In RE, he starts off as your commanding officer and you talk to him quite a bit; naturally he turns on you at the end of the game and gives you the Tyrant to play with. He also manages to get stabbed through the chest by the Tyrant, live, and then teleport out of the mansion before it blows up. Because he's Wesker. He's more or less MIA in 2 or 3, and he returns as Uber!Wesker in CV and plays a pivotal role in the last half of the game. In which he regularly defies the laws of physics. In RE4, Ada and Krauser mention him a few times throughout the game (he's their employer), and you get to see him after you beat the game if you beat Assignment Ada or play as him in the Mercenaries if you can unlock him.

Basically, if something bad happens in the series, it's usually Wesker's doing. He also has those sunglasses.
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MORE RE SPOILERS!


Oh, I forgot that he invented or helped invent about 2/3 of the virii present in the series, and he has a sample of just about everything, along with his own Uber!Virus.
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Looks like SOMEBODY is a Wesker fan. <_< It almost sounded like Heroic Mario talking about Ridley's role in the Metroid series. Except that Wesker's involvement in the story actually happens DURING the game....
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Actually, I voted for Luca out of pity and because I really want to play Suikoden II. Wesker is pretty cool, though.
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Yeah; I thought Wesker was helping at the beginnin' of RE1 everytime I used to watch my bro play it. I gotcha' now though...that evil shades-wearin' bastard.
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Wow, for some reason I figured that everyone would vote for Luca...but i'm glad to see Wesker winning.

We are now over 5000 votes behind Sigma/Andross.
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Would it really surprise anyone if Wesker got beat worse than 60/40? Cauz after seeing this crappy performance on Luca, coupled with the horrific voter turnout, added to the fact that we may finally get Sprite Kefka, has all the makings of a Wesker pasting.

Kefka with 57%.
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Nah, I wouldn't be surprised, since that's what the X-Sts are calling. But I wouldn't be surprised by Wesker breaking 40% either.
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I would be very surprised if Kefka broke 63%.
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I'm giving Kefka a range between 58% and 62% when he faces Wesker, especially if he gets the sprite pic; anything more or less, and I'd be surprised...if I had to pick a percent though, I'll take Kefka with 61%.
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