At the 21:45 mark, this match has 64294 votes. To compare to other matches at the same time:

Sigma/Andross - 65860
Ocelot/Nemesis - 74510
Lavos/Mother Brain - 68777
Kefka/Mithos - 70092
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

1,600 short of Sigma/Andross? Ouch; didn't realize that. That makes this match slightly less impressive, but gotta give M. Bison credit for impressin' me today still.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Well, I'm out for the night. Good job to the troopers staying up to see the start of Ridley/Diablo. I'll probably wake up early to check.

All the hype and pre-match discussion...ends soon.
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Luca vs. Wesker - Bracket: Wesker - Vote: Wesker (9/9)

That makes this match slightly less impressive

No it doesn't. I thought we went over that vote totals are not indicative of strength, especially when there are two characters who are closer together in strength over the large margin in strength like we're seeing today.

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Gordon Freeman: MIT graduate, Ph.D in theoretical physics, forever loser of GameFAQs.

Is anybody gonna do a chat-thing for when the boards go out?
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

That's why I said slightly, then restated that I was still impressed with M. Bison's performance today. At that mark though, Albedo/Bison was almost 6,000 votes behind Kefka/Mithos, and Kefka's been in general (barely) considered to be the favorite since day one. That's slightly less impressive in my book.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Is anybody gonna do a chat-thing for when the boards go out?

Hmm. That might be a good idea...

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Gordon Freeman: MIT graduate, Ph.D in theoretical physics, forever loser of GameFAQs.

We sorta need a chat to let out our frustrations and emotions once the match starts.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Are we talking about on AIM? Because I could create a chat titled "Stats and Discussion" then we could all proceed in joining that.

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Gordon Freeman: MIT graduate, Ph.D in theoretical physics, forever loser of GameFAQs.

Ill do it atleast. I need somewhere to rant if Diablo starts falling.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

AIM/mIRC is probably the way to go. Since Im sure more people have AIM than mIRC, I think AIM should be #1 option.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Lemme get on ye ole' AIM.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

if there's an irc channel somewhere, I'll pop in. that's probably the easiest way.

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I figure AIM'll be the easiest, what with most people having it and all. Granted, I prefer MSN to anything, but I think AIM'll be the way to go here.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Alright how about the chat Stats and Discussion like HM suggested on AIM?
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Sounds good. Somebody'll have to invite me though, seein' as how I'm an AIM-n00bling.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Whats your AIM name?
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

UTBigOrangeVols
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

I'm thinking my oldass version of AIM doesn't support AIM chat, but you can try inviting me. I'm lyagnow.

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Well, I'm off until the start of the big match. I'll let you guys enjoy my away message until then.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

It's almost time.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Indeed it almost is.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

If everything goes according to plan, I'll see you guys in about 2 hours.

*sits back and gets ready to enjoy*
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

2 minutes and 0 seconds as of this post.
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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

No, you won't. I ain't stayin' up THAT long.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Ridley 50% 4
Diablo 50% 4
TOTAL VOTES 8
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Ridley 55% 44
Diablo 45% 36
TOTAL VOTES 80

Wow.


Bison got 66.45% of the brackets against Albedo. Nice.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

I got the 14th vote, and it was 9-5 Ridley.
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

And it's a knock-down, drag-out fight!

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"Being a Hunter has to be the best job in the world! Well, next to pimp..."

Ridley 49.79% 120
Diablo 50.21% 121

Hehe, looking good.
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

66.45% had Bison advancing, nearly 2/3 of the brackets.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Ah, excellent. Diablo must be a real did in the daytime for Ridley to have a chance.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Hurray! Spring Contest 2005, meet "lead change!"
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

did = dud
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

This has all the makings of an amazing match, assuming that Diablo can gain a bit of a lead now. The day vote shouldn't be as pronounced, given that it is a Saturday, and the kiddies are out of school all day. Come on Diablo!
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Bah, I missed 500.

Ridley 46.51% 233
Diablo 53.49% 268
TOTAL VOTES 501
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

About a 50 vote lead for Diablo right now. Nothing that says this match is going one way or the other, though.

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Gordon Freeman: MIT graduate, Ph.D in theoretical physics, forever loser of GameFAQs.

The votes are pouring in for sure though.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Aw crap, I have Ridley, actually, I diden't pay much attention... I had Bison in the final four....

But no more number 4...
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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

So...isn't the board supposed to be down...or something?
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Supposedly. Methinks it'll come without warning within the next 10 minutes.

(Ok fine, WITH warning)
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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

Ok... what kinda lead do we think Diablo needs come morning for him to be able to hold off Ridley? 1500? 2000?
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a quick recap for those who were wondering how it went during the downtime:

Ridley took a really, really early lead for like a minute. after that, it was all Diablo as it slowly got off to a 150 vote lead. for the next 30 or so minutes, the lead just sat at 150 votes until, suddenly, the lead just got bigger. and bigger. and bigger.

there goes my bracket, it looks like.

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From: Phediuk | Posted: 5/13/2005 8:05:15 PM | Message Detail
I have one last thing to say about Ridley/Diablo:

DIABLO. THE. GAME. SERIES. IS. NOT. FACING. RIDLEY.

DIABLO THE BOSS IS FACING RIDLEY.

Some people just don't seem to get it. The only real arguments I've seen in Diablo's favor are box recognition (easily countered with Duke Nukem and the fact that the game for which he appeared on the box was released in 1996), Diablo II being on the Top 50 FAQs, and comparisons to StarCraft.

This is not the game series Diablo. Remember the guy you fight at the end of the games? Maybe not? Yeah, well that's the guy who's in the match.

*rings the "IT DOESN'T MATTER" alarm*

~*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

Score-Brackets-% Right
10-----1943-----72.2593927
9------4801-----66.0487398
8------6606-----67.8928247
7------5720-----66.5209790
6------3441-----65.5332752
5------1468-----60.4223433
4------492------61.5853659
3------128------59.3750000
2------45-------55.5555556
1------44-------50.0000000
0------60-------20.0000000

The top scores do the best once again.

Seven people fell off the top 50. Alucinor, Plenipotentiary, gotspork, souldiver84, Sir_Alex, sladeviper and the former #1 theohfennsivone. Diablo seems to be doing pretty well so I'll probably be joining these people along with many others tommorow.

Mother Brain made a "comeback" of about 5% on Lavos and if Diablo acts like Starcraft it's night vote is even more skewed than Chrono Trigger's is. Things are still pretty hopeless for Ridley though.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

And now, I go to bed now to wake up later to witness the beginning of the death that does belong to the unlucky victim that is Diablo.

You're in for a shocker when you wake up, Tai.

~*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 expect this to be close, Diablo's doing only a little better than I thought he would. I'm predicting he wins with 54% after the "nintendo day vote".

But it's only because Ridley is just that weak. I'm still not worried about Bison taking Diablo out next round.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Remember all of those "Diablo is nothing but a boss you fight and few people actually care about him" arguments that Phediuk was giving against Diablo's chances? It was a good argument, but it also applies to Ridley. He is mentioned by name within a Metroid game twice in the entire series, and for the most part, he's a no-name boss that isn't memorable to anyone not a Metroid fan. To the average player, he's just a pelican with a big tail that you beat up on a few times.


You're asking a no-name boss to come back from what is almost a 1000 vote lead against Diablo. I'd be beyond shocked if Ridley made a game of this. I love the hell out of him, but I'm also a hardcore Metroid fan. Most people aren't, and by transition, most people don't know or cre about Ridley at all.

~*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 think the prediction percentage for Bison has been understated. I did expect it to be lower than Wesker but jumping up to ~2/3 is quite impressive. His bracket support for the next round will be just as impressive as his showing yesterday...

which spells bad news for my bracket.
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Spring Contest 2k5 Score X Potential: 11/11 X 80/80
Next Pick: Diablo///// Next Vote: Diablo

I consider myself one step down from a hardcore Metroid fan, and I really don't care that much about Ridley. In Super Metroid (the best one), he was quite possibly the least interesting boss battle of them all. Kraid, Mother Brain, and that dude in Maridia were all more interesting. Heck, even that plant had the twilight zone music going on.

Go ahead... kick the poor dinosaur when he's down. Well, I will!
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.