www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com

*Creativename's websites*

Everything you could ever imagine:
http://www.sc2k5.com
http://www.sc2k4.com

Summer 2002 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/1

Summer 2003 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/2

Spring 2004 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/3

Summer 2004 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/4

Summer 2005 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/5

Sortable Table for Every Contest Match:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/19



*Extrapolated Standings*

Explanation of Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/11

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://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/13

Summer 2003 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/14

Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/15

SFF Adjusted Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/16

Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/17

SFF Adjusted Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/18



*Solarshadow's Sites*

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



*Match Pictures*

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



*Miscellaneous*

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

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

Poll Vote Total Updator:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/25

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

Wow, this early?

***
Albedo and I got PSYCHO CRUSHER'D by M.Bison and PepsiPlunge.

Whoa.

~*The Metal Gear Master*~
---<3---
SpC2K5 Statistics: 13/13 --- Ansem vs CATS
The Author of Metal Gear Solid: Dawn of the Concealed ... Coming Soon ...

*Insert CATS joke here*
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Insomnia is like having immortality, except you're gonna die. ~PepsiPlunge

Better early then late. At least it's set up before the other one hits 500 this way.
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Please sign this petition for a history board:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=20119594

We'll need this after CATS cruises to a 55-45 victory.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

During contest seasons, I've been making the next topic at 300 posts for what, a year now? I'm shocked it still gets such an odd response.

~*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

Wow... this early?

Ooh, sorry, I thought that was what we were suppose to say.

Stephen Hawking VA>Billy Zane VA

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

oh snap...

C'mon Ansem!
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"Akuma had a hadoken with fire too... and a hurricane kock"- FrostHarpy

May need this soon.

Ansem 49.99% 2956
CATS 50.01% 2957
TOTAL VOTES 5913
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Jon Thomson - 12/13, today: Ansem, tomorrow: Robotnik
14/5 - DIABLO'D

CATS, we love ya.
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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

CATS, we HATE YOU!!! just die already!!

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Official Co-Host for PUB TRIVIA XV
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=579093

CATS should start slowing down any time now, since he only has around 15k people who vote for him anyway...
it'll be closer to 25 this year though.
i figure if vote totals are 50k+ ansem wins.
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"I AM THE BLACK MAGE! I CASTS THE MAGIC SPELLS THAT MAKES THE PEOPLES FALL DOWN!" RPGE777:ChocoCid

CATS!
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Feel the RAWK

Stupid CATS fanboys...so annoying are thee all!
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SP2K Dream Final: Dr. Wily vs Kefka
Read Steve Illumina Speaks! Pub Trivian Forever

There are no words for what is happening.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Ansem 50.34% 7488
CATS 49.66% 7388
TOTAL VOTES 14876

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b16.jpg

<3 Kuja. ^_^
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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

Indeed. I'm so glad Kuja got that picture.

People were saying Revolver might have underperformed in round 1 because those who have only played MGS3 didn't recognize him. We'll see about that now, won't we?
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Woah. Woah. WOAH.

CATS...showing a hint of strength?...how is this possible...?

GO CATS!!
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Well, Ansem looks like he's finally starting to pull away.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Looks like the kiddies have woke up :D
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Just like everything quiet and beautiful on this planet, my thread was ruined by man. Sakura 26
Zelos: Don't hate me just because I'm beautiful.

Leonhart, prediction for Kuja vs. Master Hand? Percentage, I mean...
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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

I almost lose hope on CATS.

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FFVI says "A Love Between Human and Esper".
Current Score: 12/13 Now: Ansem vs CATS

65/35 for Kuja.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

I hope it is even higher for Kuja...
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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

That might be a bit too generous, but I'm willing to do that for Kuja.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Ansem's really starting to take off now.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Almost a 200 vote lead, that was quick.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

Looks like the Kingdom Hearts kiddies have woken up. That game's mystique only continues to grow. Predicting Sora's matches this summer is going to have me worried the whole time.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Ansem 50.64% 7883
CATS 49.36% 7683
TOTAL VOTES 15566

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

Okay, Ansem just lost 17 votes in the last 5 minute timeframe.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

CATS defies all contest logic.
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"I AM THE BLACK MAGE! I CASTS THE MAGIC SPELLS THAT MAKES THE PEOPLES FALL DOWN!" RPGE777:ChocoCid

Actually, he's among the most consistent performers ever. Ansem is probably just a pile of stinking crap that Ganondorf can beat by Giygas-like numbers.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 12/13 - Matches: 12/13 - Rank: 00629/24748 - Today: Ansem - Tomorrow: Eggman

CATS has actually chipped a few votes off Ansem's lead in the past few minutes...

...Come on, we need at least one major upset...
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Honestly, most people probably don't even consider Ansem to be the main villain. He's like Zeromus from FFIV. He just swoops in at the end, and you just have to fight him.

Riku would've done a LOT better.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Over 200 votes now.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

CATS, i think, has to be analyzed in terms of votes, not percent.

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"I AM THE BLACK MAGE! I CASTS THE MAGIC SPELLS THAT MAKES THE PEOPLES FALL DOWN!" RPGE777:ChocoCid

I don't think kingdom hearts has a true villain yet, maybe in kh2 we'll find out who is really behind the darkness.

Ansem is just a host, much like sephiroth (yes, jenova was behind everything).

Wait... CATS... close... only down... 400?

This is the greatest poll in GameFAQs history.
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

Wow, this has been the greatest morning ever for me. CATS close, and then Sin's pic, which literally had me in tears laughing. Best match pic ever.
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I'm like a mentally insane girl who keeps running back to her abusive boyfriend. ~ Mars
ZSB [aX]

Looks like the kiddies have finally woken up. Although for CATS to be within 500 after 20K votes... :-)
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Jon Thomson - 12/13, today: Ansem, tomorrow: Robotnik
14/5 - DIABLO'D

I found some Kuja quotes on a site and I must post them. ^_^

*Final Fantasy IX spoilers*










Rats often look for new homes when they sense an earthquake." (Burmecia)

"Now, what do we have here...? Another filthy rat, and... Hmm... This boy could become a problem..." (Burmecia)

"Not bad... better if I didn't have to see those vermin and the ugly elephant-lady. They offend my senses." (Treno)

"The canary I've been after... She flew into my cage of her own free will." (Treno)

"Fly home to your mother, my little canary. I, too, will welcome you home with open arms." (Treno)

Yes, an act from a beautiful play... There is a knight on a white horse... ...and a beautiful princess. It is a tale of tragic love. Overcome by grief, the princess must sleep for a hundred years..." (Alexandria Castle)

"Silver Dragon, let us watch the drama unfold from the trunk of Iifa. No one shall interrupt us there." (Iifa Tree)

"The weak lose their freedom to the strong. Such is the way of the strong. And it is the providence of nature that only the strong survive. That is why I needed strength. I learned of powers that would daunt even him...over ten years ago. Such a long time... Now my forces are ready to strike! Ahh... The suspense is terrible! So they've come this far, have they? Perfect. I'll warm up on them until the elephant-lady shows up." (Iifa Tree)

"Oh, dear... The princess has such a bloodthirsty little puppet. I don't have the power to do such a thing. I just gave them a little recipe. Begin with broth of Mist, add fermented souls, and boil... Then, pour genuine black magic into a mixing bowl and heat to- (Vivi says: Stop it!) I'm not done telling how to make soulless toys out of the dregs of souls!" (Iifa Tree)

"So the curtain rises! Perfect, my canary. Let me show you the truth about your mother! First Act: The End of the Ugly Desire. It's show time!" (Iifa Tree)

"Her ugliness and stupidity are truly impressive." (Iifa Tree)

"Blood... Hahahaha... Excellent, Bahamut! Power, mobility... You are truly the best! You even hurt me...a little. And you, Brahne... Your tragic role in this drama now comes to an end! I'm sure you'll enjoy the second act from your soul's hellish prison, since the stage will be your former home!" (Iifa Tree)

"It's time to really light things up! Your former master is here, Bahamut. Play a requiem for her and all of Alexandria!" (Alexandria)

"I'm sure that even your feeble mind can grasp what would happen if you were to take that plunge. Ahahahahahahaha!" (Desert Palace)

"I'd watch my mouth if I were you. Surely, you haven't forgotten that I hold your friends' lives in my hands." (Desert Palace)

"Spare me the emotional reunion scene, please." (Desert Palace)

"Poor Garland... Bitten by his own dog... This is no accident. Fate has chosen me to become new ruler of Terra! Time for me to put on the finishing touches." (Terra)

"Should I kill you quickly to show my appreciation for all you've done? Or should I kill you slowly and painfully to show you my love... Oh, I've got a great idea! How's this? I'll make you pillars for my castle! You'll all decorate my castle as a symbol of my eternal kingdom... How do you like that?" (Terra)

"Why should the world exist without me? That wouldn't be fair. If I die, we all die! Zidane, you will be my first sacrifice." (Memoria)

"After you guys beat me, I had nothing left...nothing more to lose. Then, I finally realized what it means to live... I guess I was too late."






*End Final Fantasy IX spoilers*





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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

I see Ceej decided to use my favorite pic of Kuja. I wish he would have zoomed out just a little bit so we could see his Hand. Kuja's Hand >>>> Master Hand.
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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."

Kuja's Hand is definitely better than Master Hand.
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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

And I wouldn't be surprised if one Sonic fanboy took one look at the Robotnik/Sin pic and thought it was Robotnik vs. Perfect Chaos. <_<
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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."

You know, looking at the results of today's poll makes me think back to that Favorite FF Villains poll. Which ones did the worst? The villains who just appear at the end for little or no reason and don't serve much more purpose than a last boss fight (such as Zeromus or Necron). As I said, Ansem may fall into this same category.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

You know, I'm really curious as to which Robotnik we'll see in the next round if he beats Sin. There are a whole lot to choose from. I think Ceej will probably go with the classic swinging ball Robotnik from the Green Hill Zone though.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Nice to see Ansem taking the morning vote
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GO SONICS Second Round: 1-2
Playing: Final Fantasy V

2005-05-16 08:45:00 11256 10590 51.52% 48.48% 666

Coincidence? I think not!
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

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

Doesn't matter whether or not it's from Green Hill Zone or not. It probably WILL be Robotnik in his flying pod. He's in it on a lot more levels though. Ceej will probably take it from one of the levels where he's flying it with nothing attached (Aquatic Ruin?)
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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."

Mumei, you forgot the best Kuja quote, by the way.

"Peace is but a shadow of death,
Desperate to forget its painful past...
Though we hope for promising years.
After shedding a thousand tears,
Yesterday's sorrow constantly nears.
And while the moon still shines blue,
By dawn, it will turn to scarlet hue."

All of the best villains wax poetic at times.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I know it'll probably be Robotnik in his flying pod (unless he decides to have the sprite of Robotnik running from Sonic from Death Egg Zone in Sonic and Knuckles), but I was just wondering if it'd be a specific one.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Wouldn't it be in Kuja's back yard anyway?
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Jon Thomson - 12/13, today: Ansem, tomorrow: Robotnik
14/5 - DIABLO'D

Bwahahahaha!

Ansem is pathetic. Losing to CATS for over 2 hours? This is quite possibly the most humorous match ever.
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

Right now, Ansem is projected to get 13.8% on Link (Tina Armstrong), and is projected to lose to 2k3 Ganondorf with 19.87%.
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Proud supporter of Ghaleon, Kefka, Bowser, Ultros, Liquid, Ocelot, and Wily!

Yes, Kuja would have home field, which actually sorta gives me hope for a Trance Kuja polygon if he sets the background as Memoria.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Yeah, looks like Ganondorf/Ansem will be the largest second round blowout, not Sephiroth/Vergil, like we thought.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

YOGA FIRE
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Jon Thomson - 12/13, today: Ansem, tomorrow: Robotnik
14/5 - DIABLO'D

Don't be so sure. CATS is going to drop like an absolute rock.

Kefka/Wesker is the best second round pic yet.
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Come talk to me for useless information!

At the 9:25 mark, this match has 23836 votes. To compare to other matches at the same time:

Sigma/Andross - 22625
Vergil/Ghaleon - 25965
Luca/Wesker - 21813
Albedo/Bison - 23709

Looks like Luca Blight vs. Wesker will have the lowest output of the contest.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Based on the pictures that just came out, I declare the following will happen:

Robotnik WILL beat Sin
Wily WILL beat Ocelot
Lavos will lose in a more impressive fashion than previously thought to Liquid
Kefka WILL beat Wesker
Bison WILL beat Diablo and then Kefka

That makes a final score of 72/80 for me (my bracket has Ocelot > Wily and Diablo > Bison, Diablo > Kefka).
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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

Is CATS trying to mount a comeback? He's cut off 43 votes from Ansem's lead in the last 10 minutes.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

CATS has the lead under 800. Here we go.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Oh noes!

CATS will get the out-of-school vote.
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*Taps on your shoulder and points* My tuba!

Well I came so very close to actually picking CATS on this one. Somehow I still feel like Ansem is nowhere near safe. For great justice, don't let CATS ruin my bracket after I've supported him so well in the previous contests. >_>

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|| BtT 3:34.65 || HRC 37,592.3 ||
Spring2K5: 13/13 Next Pick: Ansem

It seems CATS wants to come back. Afterschool vote, maybe?
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 12/13 - Matches: 12/13 - Rank: 00629/24748 - Today: Ansem - Tomorrow: Eggman

CATS reaches his highest vote count ever beating his 14168 against Cloud.

Ansem 51.51% 15050
CATS 48.49% 14170
TOTAL VOTES 29220
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Wow, was I wrong or what. Guess that Square characters don't get backed just for being in the games they're in. They need to be prominent in their games. Considering this, we deffinately need to give Kefka the boot in favor of a FF6 character (either Locke or Terra).
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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?

Ansem has been stuck in the 800 range on his lead for nearly 2 hours now. It's almost time for the after-school vote. Let's see who it favors.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Wow, was I wrong or what. Guess that Square characters don't get backed just for being in the games they're in. They need to be prominent in their games. Considering this, we deffinately need to give Kefka the boot in favor of a FF6 character (either Locke or Terra).
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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?

And as soon as I say that, Ansem pushes over 900.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Well, Ansem finally broke 900. Let's see if he can go into 4-digit land.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 12/13 - Matches: 12/13 - Rank: 00629/24748 - Today: Ansem - Tomorrow: Eggman

I've been saying for a while now that Terra or Celes would probably perform a lot better than Kefka. But they need to get nominated. =\

Why is everyone changing their mind about the importance of match pictures all of a sudden? You think a Metal Man background is going to change the minds of Ocelot fans, that a fighting background is going to change the mind of Diablo fans?

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Now Playing: EarthBound, MAME, Tales Of Symphonia
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

Ansem is increasing his % in a fairly steady manner. At this itme of day that takes a bit of effort. Ansem will end up quite a bit more ahead of CATS by the end of the day (as CATS really doesn't get the 2nd night vote like he gets the 1st).
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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?

Bison had one of the best backgrounds in SF2. The nostaligia, but the SFA3 one is better.
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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

1000 vote lead.

*ding ding*

I will not accept Square losing the night vote to Mr. AYBABTU. This match is OVER.

:-)

Next...Sin will win..yes..you know it.. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=20931150
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You think "Who Cares" stands a chance against Dr. Robotnik? It's Dr. Robotnik.

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Now Playing: EarthBound, MAME, Tales Of Symphonia
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

If anything, this match makes Sini look a LOT weaker.
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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

You think "Who Cares" stands a chance against Dr. Robotnik? It's Dr. Robotnik.

Yes, it's Dr. Robotnik. A loser. Sin will win.

That could make a nice hook. :-)

And all people who have Robotnik will be "Not Perfect". *rolls eyes*
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If anything, this match makes Sini look a LOT weaker

Yum, typos. :-) My favorite..

Oh yeah, Final Fantasy>>>>>>Kingdom Hearts. The Final Fantasy series easily trumps any Disney noobies from Kingdom Hearts.
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If anything, this match makes Sin look a LOT weaker.

Ansem is only vaguely referenced for a large part of the game , and only actually encountered at the very end.

Sin, on the other hand, is the giant villian that flys/swims around the world destroying things in a very obvious way, and whom you fight in some sense or other about 8 times throughout the course of the game. The first of which is five minutes into the game. Oh and he's the final dungeon as well.

So, an obscure, rarely seen Square villian has any sort of connection to a Square villian who dominates the conversation of the entire game? I don't think so.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

As said before, If I were to compare Ansem to a villain from the FF universe, it would be Zeromus.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Yeah but Sin's just a big whale, being from Square won't help much if the character is lame.
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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

The problem with Who Cares is that he has no good qualities. The only thing about Who Cares that people care about is... well, you know.

Tai, if you want to know why I use Who Cares and Not Robotnik in place of Sin and Kuja's names, it's because I want the idea to stick. In the first round, Robotnik is going up against a "just happy to be here" opponent, someone who shouldn't have been in this contest in the first place. And in the second round, it's Robotnik versus someone who ISN'T as well-known or popular as Robotnik, and someone a lot less recognizable than Robotnik. In short, it's Robotnik versus Not Robotnik.

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Now Playing: EarthBound, MAME, Tales Of Symphonia
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

Yeah but Sin's just a big whale, being from Square won't help much if the character is lame.

Yeah, but Robotnik's just a big fact piece of **** scientist, being from Sega won't help much if the character is lame.




Oh noes, the reflection!!! :-(((

Seriously, enough with the hating on Sin. This is exactly why he'll punish you now with a blood spot on your bracket.
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Too bad that 2nd round one isn't going to stick.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

It's interesting that people keep using the excuse that no one cares about Sin, as if people actually care about Robotnik.

Anyway...go CATS!!!
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

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Yeah, but Robotnik's just a big fact piece of **** scientist, being from Sega won't help much if the character is lame.

Let's hear it for more typos.

Dr. Robotnik is, perhaps, the second most recognizable and important villain in video game history. Despite what some out-of-touch people here might think, Robotnik is a liked and respected villain, especially among Sonic fans. I've seen more Wily/Robotnik championship matches in favorite brackets than anything else.

Too bad that 2nd round one isn't going to stick.

At least we agree about Sin.

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Tai, if you want to know why I use Who Cares and Not Robotnik in place of Sin and Kuja's names, it's because I want the idea to stick.

What idea to stick? How the hell could your ideas stick when they're just attempts to discredit the **** out of these characters? Hey, I'll play along and call Robotnik "Not Smart". Or is "Not Winning" better for you? Because both actually make sense.

Now, Sin, or "Who Cares" as you call him, got 6 board nominations in my nominations topic, which is very little for my topic, and got a 6th seed, which probably means he got casual support. People CARE. YOU might or might not, but people CARE! So, pick a better name for Sin that actually portrays a correct statement, instead of using names that make you feel better about your picks.

Robotnik is going up against a "just happy to be here" opponent, someone who shouldn't have been in this contest in the first place.

What makes you think that Sin doesn't deserve to be in this contest? If it's a Final Fantasy character, it has to be explained. It just has to. Also, please do not insult the intelligence of the faithful that picked him by saying "Oh he's a big whale lolololol!!1!!1!". That wouldn't be funny.

And in the second round, it's Robotnik versus someone who ISN'T as well-known or popular as Robotnik, and someone a lot less recognizable than Robotnik. In short, it's Robotnik versus Not Robotnik.

Not Robotnik...you blow at choosing nicknames, I'm sorry. :-( The logic behind it blows harder. What are you basing this off?! Neither made the contest, but Kuja has the higer seed...come on, and it's a Final Fantasy character.

Anyhow, Eggman got two more nominations than Kuja, but Kuja has the higher seed. Well, hey, it's Kuja with a 2, and Eggman with a 3, but this means Kuja got more casuals. Or were they split? Sorry, I don't know about you, but I don't see a character from the same game as Vivi losing to Egghead, or will be Eggdead in 11 hours and 45 minutes. We'll see how this turns out, but trust me, if justice is served, this match won't even happen. In other words, Sin will win.

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People STILL haven't learned from AdvanceWarslord?

Well, it makes for good entertainment.
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It's interesting that people keep using the excuse that no one cares about Sin, as if people actually care about Robotnik.

I second that.

Dr. Robotnik is, perhaps, the second most recognizable and important villain in video game history. Despite what some out-of-touch people here might think, Robotnik is a liked and respected villain, especially among Sonic fans. I've seen more Wily/Robotnik championship matches in favorite brackets than anything else.

More Recognizeable than Bowser?

More Recognizeable than Ganondarf?

More Recognizeable than...CATS?! CATS?! CATS??!?!

Ecks..Frickin..DEE!!!

Next Sin hater please, I'll twist a hornea with this one. XD


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Lucid said SECOND. The first is obviously Bowser.

And you think CATS is more recognizable than Robotnik? What are you smoking?
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More Recognizeable than Bowser?

More Recognizeable than Ganondarf?

More Recognizeable than...CATS?! CATS?! CATS??!?!


No

Yes (who's Ganondarf?, if you mean Ganondorf then I'm pretty sure Robotnik is more recongnizeable)

Yes


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Robotnik is easily more reconized than Ganondorf, heck, M. Bison is more reconized than Ganondorf,
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You know what would be really confusing, is if Ansem doesn't do so horribly against Ganondorf next round. If he can avoid getting doubled... oh that would be so awesome.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

No chance of that happening though. If Ansem avoids getting tripled next round, I would be surprised.
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Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Now, Sin, or "Who Cares" as you call him, got 6 board nominations in my nominations topic, which is very little for my topic, and got a 6th seed, which probably means he got casual support. People CARE. YOU might or might not, but people CARE!

If you remember, I made that exact point for Ansem yesterday. Look where that got him.
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Robotnik more recognizable than Ganondorf? maybe.

Not that it'll do him any good. Pac-Man is nearly universally recognizable, and look where it got him. Donkey Kong is recognizable as heck and look where it sticks him every year.

Robotnik may be well known, but I don't think there's any sense of casual's loyalty to him.
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Ansem will get at least quadrupled. Count on it.
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If you remember, I made that exact point for Ansem yesterday. Look where that got him.

You know, I did somehow think today's match would turn out like this.

Either way, Sin > Ansem in too many ways for it to matter.
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The difference between the likes of Pac-Man and Robotnik is that Robotnik has actually appeared in games worth playing in the modern era. Pac-Man's last good game was Pac-Mania, which was released to arcades in 1987.

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I didn't think Tai could possibly get anymore annoying.

Now as soon as something goes wrong with his ranting about all Square characters being so great in this contest, he responds with "Final Fantasy >>>>>>> Kingdom Hearts". Just face it, like I've said before... Square fans will not necessarily back all of their own. It has to be somebody they actually LIKE! Did you see Kefka's match against Pac-Man? Kefka is probably the most popular FF villain outside of Sephiroth! So why did he stink it up? ONLY a Kefka/Square fan would actually vote for unrecognizable Lettuce Kefka, so one would think that any backing Kefka got would be purely his fans. Did you see how much having the Square backing did for him? Bottom line: Being just Square doesn't mean a damn thing. You actually have to be a POPULAR Square character for it to mean anything....

And we've already seen that Sonic fans actually support their own. Why would they stop and not support Robotnik? He may not be a powerhouse, but Sonic fans would not turn and vote SIN over him! Good god! Robotnik is the boss of nearly EVERY Sonic level, been on three cartoon series, and is even PLAYABLE in the most popular next gen Sonic game! I use the same argument I did against Ridley. Robotnik may not be a powerhouse in this contest, but he doesn't need to be to beat Sin....
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Tomorrow, FFX fans are going to wonder what the hell they were thinking when they put Who Cares over Robotnik in their brackets.

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And I wouldn't be surprised if one Sonic fanboy took one look at the Robotnik/Sin pic and thought it was Robotnik vs. Perfect Chaos.

...that's not Perfect Chaos?
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Interesting post I just made in my Update topic for this match.


The Top Ten Most Back-And-Forth Matches of All Time

Samus over Sonic ('02) - ? lead changes (15 minute updates weren't invented yet, plus we kept breaking the server with too many update requests. but this number was high, whatever it really was)
StarCraft over Wind Waker - 4 lead changes (though it did feature one of the biggest comebacks ever)
Mario RPG over Street Fighter 2 - 5 lead changes
Tommy over Donkey Kong - 6 lead changes
StarCraft over Halo - 6 lead changes
Metal Gear Solid over Final Fantasy Tactics - 6 lead changes
Frog over Liquid Snake - 6 lead changes
Mario over Crono ('03) - 6 lead changes (though one of those changes is still the most controversial of all time)

And finally, our new Top Two...

Ansem over CATS - 9 lead changes
Chrono Trigger over Link to the Past - 14(!) lead changes


So yes, this match has earned its place in the record books regardless.

PS - Remember, by lead changes, I'm talking according to 15 minute updates. Of course there were hundreds of ACTUAL lead changes in a match like CT/LttP, but since they would be impossible to track, I'm sticking with the 15 minute format throughout.

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Robotnik may not be a powerhouse in this contest, but he doesn't need to be to beat Sin....

Grr...you don't get it, do you? Sin doesn't need to be a powerhouse, either...TV? TV?! POKEMON has TV...they have everything, except a chance in a GameFAQs Contest!! XD

No, forget Robotnik's air time. If that couldn't help Puke-a-chu, it won't help Eggdead.
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Tai, when we get to tomorrow, and Robotnik beats Sin, remind me to make fun of you. Remind me. I've got a busy day that day.

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I don't think you'll have trouble remembering. You'll probably see a bunch of topics all over the front page.
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Oh, jeez.

Sure, but Sin will win.
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Except Eggman is actually cool and all. Pokémon is a good series of games - though the rest sucks - and I just want to kill the annoying little rat.
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I just want to kill the annoying little rat.

I agree...I HATE Plusle.
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I meant Pikachu, but Plusle goes too.
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Robotnik was cool on the TV shows and the 2-D Sonic games. He is unbelievably lame in the 3-D ones though.
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I could see in SA and Sonic Heroes, but Robotnik actually gave a good performance in SA2. His voice is a little deeper, lower, and darker so it's MUCH better than his voices in SA and SA2. He actually has a motive throughout the game also.

*SPOILERS*

And he actually tries to KILL Sonic. Not just defeat him... KILL. A definite change of pace for a Sonic game, although Sonic does end up surviving... <_< Nonetheless, I think Tails was much worse in the 3-D games....
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Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is the best Sonic game since Sonic The Hedgehog 2 on the Genesis. It's an amazing game, and Robotnik IS a good villain in it.

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Here are some other matches from '02 that MIGHT make the list, if we had full stats on them.

Donkey Kong over Aya - I'd forgotten about this, but it was pretty tight. Might have been 1/2 lead changes here.
Mario over Cloud - Great match, but not as back and forth as you might think, as I recall. Possibly 3/4 lead changes.
Mario over Crono - Not alot of flip-flopping here, it was all about Crono trying to mount a comeback. Under 6 lead changes for sure.
Seph over MegaMan - 1 lead change? maybe?

That's '02 for you. Let's see what could challenge for the Top Ten from '03

Ganon over Tidus - Another great one. Must have been a lead change or two.
Magus over Ganon - I have updates for this somewhere, I'll get them in a sec.
Cloud over Link - Nay, this was never really in doubt.

Clearly, the Great Game Contest is still the king of the Flip-Flops.

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Ok, found my Ganon/Magus stats.

http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/03Summer/GanonVSMagusUpdates.txt

Good match, yet not a single lead change. Mags started strong with the typical CT Board Vote ownage, lost some overnight to the typical European anti-CT vote, and lost even more during the pro-Zelda Day Vote, but always maintained the slim lead.

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I will be very, very happy when Sin gets the hell beat out of him and Tai shuts the hell up.

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GTA Gavin is always right.

You think a Metal Man background is going to change the minds of Ocelot fans, that a fighting background is going to change the mind of Diablo fans?

No, we think it will change the minds of people who aren't fans. Not every voter is a fan of one of the characters. Those are the people that the picture affects.
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Tai is sure making me feel better about Sin losing, because frankly, his "analyses" (if you want to call them that) are among the worst I've ever seen, not to mention some of the most annoying.

Which is even more of a reason I love Hacked. People like him will never be allowed in there.

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That Ail chick is pretty annoying though, Ulti.
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ZSB [aX]

Stop hyping up the Hacked board and making me jealous dammit.
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Oh, and note to self: Make sure to say TAI'D UP AND HANG'D as often as possible tomorrow.
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I'm tired of hyping this match up. It's too much hearing Robotnik getting kiddies crawling him. I need to see that to believe that, now.
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You just reminded me to make a mention for you, n00b <3

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1. They are kids, not "kiddies." Using that term only makes you look like a fourth-grader.
2. I have seen kids mentioned at all when referring to Robotnik's popularity. My friends and I will be voting for Robotnik in each of his matches, and our ages range from 19 to 22.

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From: Tediz247 | Posted: 5/16/2005 4:44:40 PM | Message Detail
Oh, and note to self: Make sure to say TAI'D UP AND HANG'D as often as possible tomorrow.

And all those posts will be marked for harassment by him, I assure you.

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Yeah, I mean, I got modded for calling him a sore loser on Ridley/Diablo. I mean, damn... if he can't take the truth in the face... it's like he's the new Blackscar or something.

Oh, and Ansem's been rising big for the last hour or two. This match is over, and Ansem should win quite big, compared to the first five hours at least. Still, that was the crappiest contest performance since Gordon Freeman lost to Tina Armstrong three years ago.
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You got modded for calling someone a sore loser? That's one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

I detest violation hunters.

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I'm amazed at how well this match is doing in terms of total votes. CATS has a surprisingly good shot at the 30,000 mark.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

Heh, I think it's funny how you're totally opposed to NKLs... yet if you had your way I would be in warned-land and outta this board for a few days. For telling it like it is, no less.

So, if anyone wants to take a pot shot at who's going to be Turd of the Round... ;) Star of the Round is a bit more difficult to predict, though.
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Who is TAI calling kiddie out of all people? I'm 23 myself.... If he's out of high school, I'd be actually quite surprised....
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There are exceptions to that, Slow. People shouldn't be warned and suspended because someone ran around and decided to violation hunt because they had nothing better to do. There's a good reason why no violation hunter has ever been named a mod (as far as I know, at least).

Seriously, you read what CJayC thinks of violation hunters in the MBH topic. There's as bad for a board as anyone else.

Star of the Round = CATS. You cannot deny it.

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From: therealmnm | Posted: 5/16/2005 3:22:04 PM | Message Detail
Who is TAI calling kiddie out of all people?

Projection and/or hypocrisy and/or trolling and/or to be a marking fiend after you respond.

"Ignore it and it'll go away" is hardly viable anymore. On a side note, did you know that Tai was almost banned for underage once? Odd coincidence.

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Why do I have the feeling that Sin will miraculously win tomorrow and we'll all groan inwardly?
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Star of the Round is a bit more difficult to predict, though.

It's gotta be Bison, I think.
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Star of the round is probably Bison, maybe Diablo or CATS. Turd of the round is definitely Ansem, hands down.
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Definitely Ansem? No one was expecting anything besides me him wiinning in the 50's. I say its Ocelot. He had high expectations with many saying he give Bowser a run for his money.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Hmm...I want to wait to see what happens in Kuja/Master Hand before we declare any stars or turds.
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When you need five and a half hours to get the lead on CATS, you're absolute crap. Ansem deserves it. The only way that changes is if Kuja or Robotnik get CRUSHED.
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Is star truly the opposite of turd? I'd think that the opposite of turd would be "cork" or "super glue".

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Kuja is the turd of this round after he beats Master Hand by 5%.

Count it!
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I don't think there are any stars of the round. This round went exactly as I expected it to. Every single match... We just need to see this next round to see where everyone's REAL strength is, rather than relative. I didn't THINK that Diablo would beat Ridley as bad as he did, but it didn't surprise me. I've been playing Xenosaga and LOOKING for a reason why Albedo would give Bison any competition. Didn't find any....

My star would have to be Bowser, just for getting the blowout that he has so deserved....
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Well, that column's a blatant rip-off of somewhere else, and they use "star", but they don't have an award to counter it, just losers. So I made that one up.
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From: The n00b Avenger | Posted: 5/16/2005 5:31:28 PM | #147
Kuja is the turd of this round after he beats Master Hand by 5%.

Count it!

Even if Kuja won with 53%, he couldn't possibly qualify. Most of us expected Ansem/CATS to be a bigger blowout than Kuja/MH. Now if Kuja LOSES, that's another story...
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Well, it'd be my personal turd considering I actually had CATS beating Ansem for the majority of the contest entries. A last minute change that saved my ass that's for sure.

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For Round 2...

For my sake, hopefully M. Bison is the star. It couldn't hurt to help my bracket along the way as well.

If not, I'd go with Kefka. Every other match seems to be an apparent victory. However, Kefka's angel pic will give him glory and maybe even a winning percentage he has never seen before. Maybe not overly impressive, but it's a good moment for Kefka.

Turd will be, eh... Ocelot. Possible loss against wily after pre-contest hype.
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What does everyone think the prediction percentage will be for this match? I want to think it'd be pretty high, but something in my gut tells me it might not.
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I don't think there are any stars of the round. This round went exactly as I expected it to. Every single match... We just need to see this next round to see where everyone's REAL strength is, rather than relative. I didn't THINK that Diablo would beat Ridley as bad as he did, but it didn't surprise me. I've been playing Xenosaga and LOOKING for a reason why Albedo would give Bison any competition. Didn't find any....

My star would have to be Bowser, just for getting the blowout that he has so deserved....

If you're telling me that everyone or anyone for that matter, expected CATS to fight for 5 and a half hours. and hold a lead for about 3 of those hours, you've gotta be kidding me.

Give props where they are due.

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Next Pick: Ansem/ Next Vote: All your base.
Demise: 2:23AM : Revival: 2:41AM RIP: 5:20AM

I was looking at Soul Calibur/Kingdom Hearts, and today's match followed a very similar pattern. Ansem's stalling with CATS and eventual surge into the lead are eerily parallel with Kingdom Hearts. Now granted it took far longer for Kingdom Hearts to actually come back than it did Ansem due to Soul Calibur being >>> CATS, but the pattern is still there.

The main thing is the mid to late afternoon vote. That's when Kingdom Hearts was pulling in 100 votes per update for a time (as well as when our site layout was changed), as well as when Ansem started pushing his lead to above 52% and beyond. Good stuff.

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http://img171.echo.cx/img171/5663/9207698km.jpg

There was talk earlier about the title, but it's confirmed to be The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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Where CATS may stand at the end of the day:

Top 25 Smallest Vote Gaps
22) Summer 2003 - South Round 1 - (5) Pac Man [45905] vs (12) Kefka [47678] - 1773
23) Summer 2004 - 20XX Round 3 - (6) Frog [42563] vs (2) Solid Snake [44992] - 2429

CATS as of 3:00PM (9 hours to go)
Ansem 52.94% 24333
CATS 47.06% 21634
TOTAL VOTES 45967
Difference 2699

24) Summer 2002 - South Round 1 - (7) Strider [30662] vs (10) Raziel [27661] - 3001
25) Spring 2004 - Final Four - (1) Super Mario Brothers 3 [41605] vs (1) Chrono Trigger [45488] - 3883

In this Contest(so far):
CATS as of 3:00PM (9 hours to go)
Ansem 52.94% 24333
CATS 47.06% 21634
TOTAL VOTES 45967
Difference 2699

1. (3) Lavos over (6) Mother Brain: 4762
2. (3) Ocelot over (6) Nemesis: 7211

Point being:
Barring Sin/Robo tommorow, CATS may have the best showing for a loser in the first round.

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Next Pick: Ansem/ Next Vote: All your base. LeadI: 2:23 : Loss:2:41 LeadII:2:54

From: Heroic Mario | Posted: 5/16/2005 6:12:18 PM | #156
http://img171.echo.cx/img171/5663/9207698km.jpg

There was talk earlier about the title, but it's confirmed to be The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Oh ****. You cannot possibly be serious.
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He is. Whoever the hell does the marketing for Nintendo needs to reconsider whether he or she should be allowed to live.

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Is that not... Reggie?
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Honestly, the title's not that bad, people.
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After "A Link to the Past", "Link's Awakening", "Ocarina of Time", and even "Wind Waker", "Twilight Princess" is godawful at best.
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It's certainly better than "Minish Cap" or "Majora's Mask." I don't get what the big deal about this is anyway. The title generally reflects one of the focuses of the game. This probably won't be any different.
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Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Maybe Twilight Princess is part of Nintendo's effort to appeal to female gamers? I don't see how the name matters all that much, anyway...it's going to sell, and it's going to sell big regardless. Ah well...oh, I think the prediction percentage on this match will probably be around 70%.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

Aww, CaATS blew his lead.

Still, what I saw this morning was one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
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The title will probably change for America. I think the original title for Wind Waker was Waker of the Wind or something like that.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

If you're telling me that everyone or anyone for that matter, expected CATS to fight for 5 and a half hours. and hold a lead for about 3 of those hours, you've gotta be kidding me.

Give props where they are due.

I was going by the winners so far.... If I went by your criteria, then CATS would be my star of the round for going against the TURD of the round. But out of the winners, none really shined to me....

And I see nothing with the name Twilight Princess... It implies that Zelda may be VERY involved with the story, as seen by the pic of Zelda with the sword. Ocarina of Time was actually quite generic in my opinion....

Nothing tops A Link to the Past though....
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After thinking about it for more than 30 seconds, I've changed my mind. The title isn't bad at all; most of us are just worried about how it will affect sales. And the truth is, it won't. Maybe if this were another game, it would be a slight problem. But this is the Legend of ****ing Zelda. There's nothing to worry about.

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Slowflake said (in response to Tai):

Now, Sin, or "Who Cares" as you call him, got 6 board nominations in my nominations topic, which is very little for my topic, and got a 6th seed, which probably means he got casual support. People CARE. YOU might or might not, but people CARE!


If you remember, I made that exact point for Ansem yesterday. Look where that got him.


actually, Ansem got a fair amount of Board nominations. he was around 25th or 26th place, so he still would have made the cut. it looks like he did receive a bit of a casual nomination boost, but not nearly as much as Vergil, Nemesis, and Sin.

Ansem will get at least quadrupled. Count on it.

i'm actually counting on Ansem doing better than that; probably closer to 25%. i honestly believe CATS' vastly improved match pic helped him considerably today. i'm willing to bet that his X-stat value will be much higher than it was in the Summer Contests.

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I hope that all those people who ever in any way thought of the idea of a CATS "ceiling"--or ceiling for any cult character--are now sufficiently embarrassed with themselves.

I have in the past called this so-called theory "silly" and "ridiculous", and today I will call it preposterous. It is all just a matter of strength.

To ever have thought such a concept had any validity was absurd and embarrassing. There was never any excuse for it.


As for star of the round, that isn't necessarily the mirror of turd...don't see how CATS can be the star of the round. We have no reason to believe he performed any better than he always has. It's Ansem that has failed to live up to expectations.
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Twilight Princess is a very suitable name for the game. Everything hints at Zelda having far more impact on the game -- I might even assume being playable at some point, or at least joining Link in combat. Either way, I don't see what all the fuss is over a simple name.

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I was personally hoping for Tingle's Wrath.
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Wow, I just saw Heroic Mario's announcement of the Zelda title. No offense, but I can't believe people are pegging it as a tribute to Nintendo's kiddie image. What's so kiddie about "Twilight"?

twilight - The time of the day when the sun is just below the horizon, especially the period between sunset and dark.

What's wrong with Dark Princess? It's implying that there may be something dark and mysterious about the Zelda in this game. I thought the name kinda fit the dark atmosphere that Nintendo wants to portray this new Zelda in. It may not be THAT dark a name, but I see nothing wrong with it.
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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."

Either way, I don't see what all the fuss is over a simple name.

Nintendo has a reputation among casual gamers for being oriented towards a younger audience. That isn't true, except for most new games with Mario in them, but it's their current image. With me, not liking the title was a fan's reaction, thinking that Nintendo wasn't doing anything to help get rid of that image. Then I changed my mind.

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Well you know. Critics of Nintendo's "kiddie image" wouldn't be satisfied unless it was titled

Legend of Zelda: Cop Killing Psycho Bastards from Hell.
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As for star of the round, that isn't necessarily the mirror of turd...don't see how CATS can be the star of the round. We have no reason to believe he performed any better than he always has. It's Ansem that has failed to live up to expectations.

Half the board, heck, half this topic subscribed to the theory that CAT had a ceiling. That there was no way he'd ever be able to break 15,000 votes. Ansem has failed to live up to expectations, true, but CATS himself has beaten the lviing daylights out of what people expected of him. As he's already nearing 25000 votes and not showing any signs of suddenly tanking, CATS could quite possibly double his past record.

With the mostly unsurprising contest so far, CATS being the round 1 star doesnt even seem a question.
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I never thought the so-called "ceiling" existed myself. Give Tanner a suitable opponent, and he'll win.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a terrible name. It won't affect how good the game is at all, but that's still a terrible name.

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CATS's pic isn't why he's doing vastly better than expected. Also, while I was a believer of the CATS-ceiling, I wasn't sure if Ansem would be weak enough to make him hit it; I knew CATS could still get well over 15,000 votes. CATS has absolutely stolen the show so far guys, even though he's gonna lose. The only way he doesn't take Star Of The Round in my mind is if Master Hand beats Kuja or goes toe-to-toe with him. Meanwhile, I'm not sure if Ansem deserves the Turn award or Sigma more.
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Ahem..."Turd", not "Turn".
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Sigma stunk it up, but at least he didn't need 5 1/2 hours to get the lead on CATS.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
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The idea behind the CATS ceiling was that most of the upper characters would be able to blow him out similarly. Although it can't necessarily be proven because he's gone against the top two characters in the round. But the idea was no matter it be a Ryu, Squall, Bowser, or Yoshi, nearly all of the popular characters would be able to get 80% plus on CATS. Of course weak characters won't necessarily do so....
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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."

Ansem also wasn't expected to give a great showing against Bowser.
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i think CATS received quite a bit of help from his picture for two reasons:

#1) there is no way anyone would recognize the eggplant picture of CATS as being the "all your base" guy if they didn't know that his name was CATS. his face, however, is all over all of the "all your base" videos and pictures.

#2) also, CATS face pic actually isn't bad at all. his anime look is definitely cooler looking than Ansem and his receding hairline, IMO. that pic is far more likely to draw in some casual votes than the blob that is usually his pic.

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Ansem also wasn't expected to give a great showing against Bowser.

Only Heroic Mario expected that much from him. I thought 40% max.
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Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

so far, my top 3 turds of the round would be:

#3 - Wesker
#2 - Sigma
#1 - Ansem

my 3 star would be:

#3 - Nemesis
#2 - Diablo
#1 - M.Bison

but those could change after the next two matches.

stupid Sin Fin....... =(

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Twilight Princess is an awesome name, I think...

it sounds perfectly mysterious and alluring; what's wrong with it?
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Apparently having the name of a female royalty figure is fine, but when you include her title with it, it's going too far. You can call it the Legend of Zelda, but don't call her PRINCESS Zelda.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a terrible name. It won't affect how good the game is at all, but that's still a terrible name.

Here's the logo for anyone interested

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/preview_banners/9/920769.jpg

There's some speculation going around about what that name will imply. I'm going to spoiler it because I know there are Zelda fans that wish to not know.

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The title is now leading to rumours that Zelda is a werewolf (Twilight Princess is referencing her, as she becomes a princess at the twilight of day). Again, this is speculation. But look at the logo above, you can see a wolf behind the title. This is evidence that the wolf we've seen means something big.
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Today's subliminal thought is:
Contest Stats: 13/13 Next Winner: Ansem

At the 17:10 mark, this match has 54501 votes. To compare to other matches at this same time:

Sigma/Andross - 53655
Vergil/Ghaleon - 52256
Luca/Wesker - 49242
Albedo/Bison - 52742
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

This match makes me almost certain Wesker will do worse against Kefka than Mithos did.
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Note: If CATS somehow gets 35388 votes (which he probably won't, but just in case), he would eclipse his combined vote total from all 3 contests.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Before I'm asked why, it's because Ansem/CATS already has more than 5,000 votes more than Luca/Wesker at this time, and Wesker's barely expected to beat Mithos as-is I believe.
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If the name were "Twilight", just Twilight, it would kick ass.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight. Simple. Badassed. Mysterious. Twilight Princess just helps to fuel the kiddy stigma that Nintendo refuses to get rid of.

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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

Just Twilight by itself would be worse. The title usually hints at a major focal point of the game. That gives you nothing. What's wrong with adding "Princess" to the title?

In case you haven't noticed, Zelda is a princess, and has been for the entire series.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
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Twilight by itself would be pretty sweet. Oddly enough though, the more I think about Twilight Princess being the subtitle, the more comfortable I am with it. Not to say I like it; I still think it only beats Minish Cap. However, I don't think I'll call it silly anymore.
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Ninja.

Pirate.

Werewolf.

That Zelda sure is a jack of all trades.
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The logo is by far the best Zelda logo ever. Now if they just change that subtitle.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Seriously, "Twilight Princess" is not a bad name. "Ocarina of Time", that's a crappy name. "Wind Waker" is a crappy name. "Minish Cap" is a bad name. "Twilight Princess" sounds downright awesome compared to those... I'd say it's the best name in the series since Link to the Past and Link's Awakening.
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http://img104.echo.cx/img104/7731/050517i4vj.jpg

I can safely say that is the worst designed thing I have ever seen.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Apparently, Shaquille O'Neal was the tester for the PS3 controller.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

While I agree that the game will sell as well and still be as kick-ass, I think it would kick just a little more ass if the name were better. I don't think Twilight Princess is a bad name, but I think it would have a better image if it had a better name. Of course, if that speculation is correct in that Zelda transforms into a wolf or something at twilight, that would kick a TON of ass. I'm ready to see lots of asskicking when this game comes out.
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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

Didn't the Japanese complain about the N64 controller because it was too big? Looks like Sony didn't learn anything from that.
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http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/preview_banners/9/920769.jpg


All this says is "Zelda" in OoT style with a black background.
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I wasn't terribly impressed with ALttP's subtitle, personally. Save the rock-throwing for Tai tomorrow, whether Sin wins or loses.

Apparently, Sony's next system is a game system, DVD player, and comes with a detachable boomerang. Let's hope it's wireles.
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

After the PSP allowed you to shoot UMDs like Shirukens, they had to one up themselves...and Link in the process.
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

Shouldn't CATS be pushing back about now? I'm sad that he crumbled so badly during the day after his amazing morning.
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Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

I'm bored, so here's an all female bracket.

Samus
Amy Rose

Kid
Cammy

Kerrigan
Riku

Yuna
Nina Williams



KOS-MOS
Sonya

Tifa
Roll

Peach
Rinoa

Chun-li
Mai



Aeris
Silvia

Morrigan
Aya Brea

Sniper Wolf
Claire

Zelda
Ms Pac-man



Jill Valentine
Trish

Marle
Joanna Dark

Terra
Kasumi

Lara Croft
Dixie Kong
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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?

No Celes??!?

Explain plz.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

I like seeing Sniper Wolf on there, but not at Meryl's expense.
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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

With a field of 32 I feel that it's much harder to get two entries in and with FF7 and FF10 both being much more of a force on GameFAQs (in terms of characters, at least) I just couldn't see 6 getting two slots.
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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 honestly don't know enough about MGS to make that call. As far as I'm concerned they're easily swapable.
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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?

Sniper Wolf is my favorite character IN Metal Gear Solid. Leave her in...

In other news, a realistically rendered CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW fighting along with Sora in Kingdom Hearts II? Awesome.....
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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 probably debatable in terms of favoritism between Meryl and Sniper Wolf, but Meryl plays a much bigger role in the first MGS than SW does.


*possible MGS/MGS2 s-p-o-i-l-e-r-s*


To compare her to MGS2 if you've played it, I'd compare her role as a mix of Pliskin and Emma. She's like your side-kick that you have to find and protect, and the two different endings involve what happens to her regarding life or death.


*end s-p-o-i-l-e-r-s*


I'd take Meryl, personally, over Sniper Wolf, though I think SW would have more people say she's their favorite from the game.
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"though I think SW would have more people say she's their favorite from the game."

And in nominations that sometimes means more.
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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?

Hmm, I'm kinda bored, so I'll comment on the match pictures


http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b15.jpg

Robotnik looks alright. That's Sin? It's like a blob! Robotnik should SO beat that.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b16.jpg

Kuja looks...*shudders*, Master Hand has a pretty nice picture though.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b17.jpg

Bowser looks awesome there. Sigma is decent...looking a bit constipated...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b18.jpg

I like Ocelot's pic. Wily stands out a bit too much. Looks a bit blurry as well.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b19.jpg

*sigh* I hate that Sephy picture. Vergil looks alright.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b20.jpg

Geez Liquid, you camoflauge with the background. Not good at all. Lavos is ok.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b21.jpg

Oh man Wesker...Kefka IMO has the pic of the round so far. Good luck against that...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b22.jpg

Ugh, I hate Diablo's pic. It looks ugly to me. Bison looks cool though.
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Ugh, I hate Diablo's pic. It looks ugly to me. Bison looks cool though.

agreed, and that isn't good. D-man needs to win this round...

And in nominations that sometimes means more.

Agreed; I just thought I'd throw Meryl's name in there 'cuz she's likely stronger than her. Debatable though.


I think CJay MIGHT have remembered my Metal Man nomination when he picked that background for Revolver/Wily; I know there simply couldn't have been many Robot Masters nominated. I know steve nominated Bubble Man, but Metal Man owns the living hell out of Bubble Man. =P Either way, good pic-pick CJay.
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

No Sheena in that female bracket? Yuck.

Kefka/Wesker and Bowser/Sigma are the pics of the contest so far. Kuja/Glove isn't bad either. Lavos looks horribly out of place.
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ZSB [aX]

Samus
Cammy

Kerrigan
Yuna

KOS-MOS
Tifa

Rinoa
Chun-li

Aeris
Morrigan

Sniper Wolf
Zelda

Jill Valentine
Marle

Terra
Lara Croft

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Samus
Kerrigan

Tifa
Chun-li

Aeris
Zelda

Marle
Terra
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Samus
Chun-Li

Zelda
Marle
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Samus
Zelda

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Samus


Was a pretty fun bracket to go through... Pretty good in terms of difficulty, seed spreading and good 4 packs.

Agrias would be nice though...
and opt Lara out of the 2 spot in Division 4 to create better matchups in that 4 pack.

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Spring Contest 2k5 Score X Potential: 13/13 X 80/80
Next Pick: Ansem/ Next Vote: All your base. LeadI: 2:23 : Loss:2:41 LeadII:2:54

I think I'm the only one unimpressed with Bowser/Sigma. I think Bowser, Sigma, and the background look fine...but the lil' Bowser-bots? Come on...cool, yet over-board.
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I nominated Metal Man....
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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."

Didn't think of Sheena, but frankly I'd be surprised if she made it over Collette if a ToS character made it at all. While Sheena may be considered by you, or even the whole board if it were the case, to be a better cahracter the masses still tend to nominate and vote accordingly to screen time. While that rule doesn't hold true in all cases, it really takes a strong case to overturn it

And as for Lara, well, it does make the first match interesting to some people. Apparently we love seeing "underdogs" winning (Diablo over Ridley, Crono over Snake), and theres a small chance of that happening. The real reasoning for it was more tangible, however. Fact of the matter is, no matter how much hate she's been getting (and I know I give my fair share of it to her) she's still amoung only 4 females to make the 2k4 contest. She's slipping quickly enough that I could actually see her as far down as 4th or 5th seed, but until this year's contest proves me differently I'll assume that the casuals love to nominate her.
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*e-mails you an e-cookie*

Good job, heh. I didn't realize anybody else nominated him...makes me glad I picked him to nominate, 'cuz I tried to pick the one I thought would get the most nominations. Pharoahe >> Ring > Metal = Dive > all else, but I figured Metal Man had both the best chance and the only chance to get in if any of them did.

Dive Man rules, even if he is easy to beat if you know his pattern.
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I can't believe all these fools saying that Sin is going to lose the casual vote tomorrow. You people obviously haven't heard about Frank Miller's plans for the sequel to Sin City.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Ngamer/newsincity.jpg

Go get 'em, Sin!

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Triforce Division: Round 1 - Match 15 – (3)Dr. Robotnik vs. (6)Sin

Moltar’s Analysis

Dr. Robotnik
Game/Series Known From: Sonic Series

Robotnik definitely deserves to be here, but can he make a good impact?

Sin
Game/Series Known From: Final Fantasy X

Watch out hardcore Christians, cause it’s SIN TIME!

Robotnik vs. Sin, alright, let’s get this started. Robotnik is an old-school baddie. He’s been chasing Sonic down since the Genesis era. His inventions are crazy, yet brillant. They never seem to get the job done though…oh well. Sin is a new-school villain, coming from the hugely-popular Final Fantasy X. You know, Sin *SPOILERS! SPOILERS! BUZZ BUZZ! TRUCK GO HONK!* and *DOES IT NEVER END, WHOAMG (>^_^)><(^_^<)*. Anyway, let’s begin the analyzation.

Robotnik comes from the Sonic series, which is good. In fact, it would be really good if your opponent didn’t come from a series called Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy = Instant Win in the series department. No competiton there. In the previous Contests, Robotnik has had Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and Knuckles to look after. That’s good, and it would be really good if his opponent didn’t come from a series named Final Fantasy. I’m not going to even bother naming all the FF characters that have made it into the Contest, so instead, we’ll only look at the FFX characters. That’s Tidus and Yuna. Heck, I’ll give the whole FF vs. Sonic history right here, just because I’m such a good guy

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=984 – Sonic/Tidus
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1314 – Tails/Auron
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1330 – Knuckles/Yuna
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1356 – Sonic/Aeris
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1362 – Sonic/Cloud
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1727 – Shadow/Tidus
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1732 – Knuckles/Kefka

Right now, the Sonic crew is up 4-3 over the FF crew. But now onto the important matter, Sonic vs. FFX. Sonic beat Tidus back in 2002, Knuckles beat Yuna in 2003, and Tidus beat Shadow in 2004. That means, right now, the Sonic series is leading there as well.

Ok, now for all those who say “S1N W1LL W1N C4UZ H3 IZ FR0M TEH 5QU4R3!!111!11shift!!”, let me tell you something, Sin is not a “Sephiroth” or a “Kefka”. We’ve seen lesser known FF characters lose before, and I would classify Sin as one of those. Heck, I haven’t played a single FF game, yet I know about Cloud, Aeris, Seph, Tidus, Yuna, Kefka, etc, yet I didn’t know of Sin until this Contest. Sure, I know I’m probably in the minority there, but it still says that Sin is not a huge FF name here. A win is not guaranteed for Square. In fact, I’m giving this match to Dr. Robotnik. He’s very well known, as he has been around for over a decade. Even if you don’t like the recent turn his character has made…I AM THE EGGMAN!!!, people are still going to vote for him for the Robotnik factor. Old-school Robotnik owned, and as long as that can bring him votes, along with other votes from Sonic fans, he should be able to take down Sin (Not Shenron for you GT fans).

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Robotnik will win

Moltar’s Prediction is: Robotnik 52% - Sin 48%



Ulti’s Analysis

As obvious as it may seem to go with Robotnik in this, I actually see it going in the other direction. Sin may be weaker than the weakest FFX character to have appeared in these contests (Yuna), but I don't see Robotnik coming close to Tails, either. And since Yuna is > Tails as it is, it's tough to see Robotnik doing much damage in this match. He may make it close, but this may play out as Tidus/Shadow close, rather than actually BEING close. Something just strikes me odd about Robotnik doing well for whatever reason, and if this thing comes down to Sonic vs FFX, he has even less of a chance.

Prediction: Sin with 50.79%

Soul’s Analysis

This, is by far, my hardest match to predict for. In fact, I think I changed the winner of this match three times in the last 2 hours. I have no clue who to pick really. Both sides have good arguments and
points about why they're going to win.

Robotnik is a legend. He stars in the Sonic series, a series that once was claimed to be better than Mario's series. He is the main antagonist of the series. Of course, I'm sure you guys already knew that. He also got the three seed, and was predicted to get a 1 seed before the bracket was shown. Does that mean he's one strong competitor?

Sin, on the other hand, is from FFX. He's a big blob of mass, basically. FFX was the only FF game that I have played. It was pretty interesting. My friend, who owns the game, told me that Sin is a really cool boss and will easily destroy Robotnik. Of course, this friend also failed Religion twice in a row, so take his advice for what it's worth… However, FFX is still a very strong game on this website. Tidus can defeat some solid competition on this site. Hell, he even defeated Shadow. Auron is quite strong too. But, Sin does not share the same strength, I believe. Look at him. He's a freaking blob of mass!

Then again, this is GameFAQs. I could make the main character of a FF game trip on a Coke can, and the Coke can would be able to beat half the competitors in the contest. Yeah, that's not true, I know. Anyway, as of right now, I have Sin winning. This match could go either way though. He'll win with 50.02% of the vote.



Outback’s Analysis

My name isn't Robutt!

Another match that is one of the most debated matches in this contest, and this time, it *gasp* deserves the hype! This will be the only close match in Round 1. And after being force to eat my words yesterday on my horrible CATS prediction, I'm not going to get overconfident on this one.

HOWEVER, I can say that I am confident that Robotnik will win. Sin never striked me as an epic villain, and his match pic certainly doesn't strike me as epic. I know Robotnik isn't exactly epic either, but he doesn't need to be. Sin has only appeared in one game; he has no legacy. He's not classic. Robotnik has been around since the beginning, and although he's undergone a name change, I'm positive he'll be around for years to come.

That being said, I think the more colorful of the two whales featured here will win, albeit in a close one due to the FF Mania on this site.

Robotnik 50.85% Sin 49.15%



Inviso’s Analysis

Well, there has been some talk on the board of Sin beating Robotnik based on the Final Fantasy Factor or FFF. Well…I’m here to say that there is no ****ing way in hell that will happen. Robotnik is from Sonic, a classic character with a lot of history behind him, while Sin is new, from Final Fantasy X, not to be confused with Final Fantasy X-2, which is garbage.

Now…in 2003, Knuckles of the Sonic universe faced Yuna, from FFX. Yuna is easily the third most popular character from her game, mainly due to the boost of its sequel. Knuckles defeated her, sending the blue-eyed…green-eyed…some combination-eyed girl packing. And in 2004, Shadow the Hedgehog went toe to toe with Tidus, the hero of FFX, nearly eliminating him. Sin is nowhere near the level of Yuna or Tidus, and Robotnik could easily be as high as Tails.

My Prediction: Dr. Robotnik with 61.23%

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Ya forgot Shadow Man
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...Why is it that Inviso and I have almost backwards tastes when it comes to games, but when the contest comes along I find myself agreeing with her a lot (except her predicted percentages, some of those are ridiculous)?
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

So did Ansem underperform or was 54% a fair guess for his strength?
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I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL
“TheRye is like Jesus, if Jesus ever played video games.” -Inviso

This is rather pathetic, actually.
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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 can't believe how pro-Sin people on this board are...
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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 don't think there are five people on this board who seriously thought CATS would win, and people who thought he would prevent a doubling were a vast minority. I think it's safe to say Ansem's under-performing incredibly bad.
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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

So, based on the results of the Ruin Division so far, how would you guys redo the seeds? I'm thinking something like this

(1) M. Bison
(8) Mithos
(5) Wesker
(4) Ridley
(3) Kefka
(6) Albedo
(7) Luca Blight
(2) Diablo

Maybe switch M. Bison with Diablo, or Mithos with Luca Blight, but I think this is about right, depending on what happens in the next round.
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(1) Diablo
(8) Luca Blight
(5) Mithos
(4) Ridley
(3) M. Bison
(6) Wesker
(7) Albedo
(2) Kefka

Diablo, Kefka, and Bison are very close together 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

1) M. Bison
8) Luca Blight
4) Ridley
5) Mithos
3) Kefka
6) Wesker
2) Diablo
7) Albedo
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

For those interested, Ansem currently looks like Q*Bert.
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http://img68.echo.cx/img68/8400/zeldamoon9up.jpg

Q*Bert? Hell, yes. Also for those interested, it looks like CATS is gonna cut down on the percentage again now.
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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

1) M. Bison
8) Luca Blight
4) Wesker
5) Ridley
3) Diablo
6) Mithos
2) Kefka
7) Albedo

That's probably how I'd do it, but this division is pretty much:

Top Tier: Bison, Kefka, Diablo (Ridley could've been weak, in which case Diablo would be middle tier)
Middle Tier: Wesker, Ridley (could be a flop and actually be bottom tier... we never know)
Bottom Tier: Albedo, Mithos, Luca Blight

Any assignment beyond that is really just personal preference.

And Tai, six board nominations is nothing to be proud of... I managed to get Raikov seven in my nomination topic.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

I don't think he was trying to say it was anythign to be proud of, I think he was saying that it was a sign that Sin has casual suport.
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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 can't believe how pro-Sin people on this board are...

I completely disagree. From the pre-polls I've seen, the board seems to be siding pretty heavily with Robotnik. I expect the non-boarders to be a lot more friendly to Sin than we've been.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

I didin't see one Ansem nomination period and he still got in as a 4 seed so he must of had huge casual support. That sure helped him today. Just because Sin got casuals nominations doesn't mean hes gonna win.

I completely disagree. From the pre-polls I've seen, the board seems to be siding pretty heavily with Robotnik. I expect the non-boarders to be a lot more friendly to Sin than we've been.

I was saying that in response to most of the analysis crew picking Sin for the win.
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By the way, turned out I was wrong; CATS ain't cuttin' down after all.

I do wanna take a moment and point out a lil' Four-Pack Of Fun history. I had a four-pack one day that consisted of Ratchet, CATS, Ryo, and JC Denton (I think even in that order). Ratchet was the heavy favorite, but I took CATS to win the four-pack...and I caught some hell that lasted a topic or two over that (Heroic Dr Wily comes to mind). I wonder if people would still make that same decision in that four-pack now, heh.
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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

Ansem 54.13% 35405
CATS 45.87% 30002
TOTAL VOTES 65407

CATS did it. He finally did it. I also HATE random virus-notices at the worst times possible, but CATS still did it by golly.
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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

30,000 votes, in one match? Ok, do you want to go cap Ansem in the back of the head and put him out of his misery... or should I?

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...maybe cats got really....really....strong....

>_>

*cries*
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One who knows nothing can understand nothing.
"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon Proverb

Ganon's gonna put him out of his misery for us soon enough. Oh, how I do pray that their pic has a Ganon-punch straight to Ansem's face.
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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 don't think he was trying to say it was anythign to be proud of, I think he was saying that it was a sign that Sin has casual suport.

Does this mean Raikov has casual support too? I got what he was trying to say but what I'm trying to say is that nomination topic success means nothing.

Still... Sin got in, Raikov didn't... :(
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

That's saying Raikov DOESN'T have casual support. They were equals on the board, but when the front page got their say one made it and the other didn't. Those that don't come here are at least more likely to be classified as casuals (though I'd bet there are quite a few people who don't come to the boards but take the contest rather seriously), and those people thought Sin should get in. In other words he had casual support.
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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?

Ah, I look back on the post and see I misread it... heh heh. Yeah, it all makes sense now. *grumbles and walks away*
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

No biggie, just makin' sure ya understood me.
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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 will thoroughly enjoy seeing Ganon stomp Ansem into the ground. Another blowout, another day that Heroic Mario is happy.




Especially after tomorrow, Nintendo's press-conference. <3 <3 <3

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Ive noticed over this generation, that I have grown Anti-Sony. I just didnt like anything about the PS2. So I find myself laughing at their lackluster performance today and hope Nintendo has more heavy hitters to add onto Microsoft's list tommorow.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

...Ansem would be expected to beat Ganondorf by about as much as he's currently beating CATS.

*runs*
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

To be fair, both CATS and Ganondorf are jobbers in this contest. Just check out the stats if you don't believe me.
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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 just have this feeling that Ansem is going to surprise in the next match, by pulling about 30% of the vote. I hope so, it would be a blast to see everyone all like... "what the hell happened with CATS"?
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

Easy... all his votes were belong to the DARKNESS, which decided to keep them.
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

I'm expecting Ganon to crack 80% again, myself.

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PS3 & Revolution > > > Xbox 360; Diablo > > > > Ridley
GTA Gavin is always right.

Ganon's gonna spotlight that darkness ass for Ansem next round.

With that said, I'm off to bed; work again in the morning, sunburnt and all. Bring it on...








...and go Dr. Robotnik.
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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

DARKNESS would deserve it.

...Though it would be funny as hell to see Ganon lose in the same fashion as CATS =p
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SpC2k5: Owned by Diablo. Damnit.
Or, the Katamari thing. It's like getting high, withought the death part. - Link the Midgit

...Though it would be funny as hell to see Ganon lose in the same fashion as CATS =p

That would make me even happier than CATS actually winning one. We can always hope for a bizarre shift in voting patterns...

Yeah... that we can.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

heh, that would prove the x-stats right once and for all!

(pre-adjusting, of course)

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It's obvious that Ansem will get...

http://img192.echo.cx/img192/3500/gannonbanned8pv.jpg

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PS3 & Revolution > > > Xbox 360; Diablo > > > > Ridley
GTA Gavin is always right.

I'd laugh my ass off if Ganon lost to Ansem.
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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?

CATS actually is cutting into the lead now... I'd be happy if he could get his percentage over 46.
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SC2K4 Oracle Ranking: 4th
Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

I wrote my writeup before that match pic came around.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

Only 55.93% had Ansem beating CATS?

...Huh?
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Not too surprising.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

That's pathetic.

And Sin has no chance to win with that picture. Good bye, perfect.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

There goes Who Cares.

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XD

Not Robotnik is next, right?
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

That is a ridiculous picture of Sin. Additionally... under 56% taking CATS? Just... wow.

And 21 0s remain. Figuring prolly half will get this match right, and maybe another one taking Master Hand tomorrow, means barring a Hand upset, we should see double digit 0 brackets. And 170ish perfects having CATS? For shame...

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Dr. Robotnik 62% 186
Sin 38% 114
TOTAL VOTES 300

Just checked the results once, and that's what I got.
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SC2K4 Oracle Ranking: 4th
Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

Not Robotnik is next, right?

Yep. :D

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People, CATS pulling 44% is not that surprising. Everyone who's filled out a bracket in the last three years knows who he is. Ansem, on the other hand, is one of the least known people in this contest, and if we take a second to study just how much fodder we have, that's sad. Throw in the fact that it's a 4/5 match, and you have fairly even prediction percentages.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Now I'm thinking I should've stuck with my gut and went with Robotnik over Kuja in round 2.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

I'm going to wait for the board vote to die off/casual vote to pick up before I give up on this match.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

What's with brackets conatantly picking the loser?


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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

yeah, this should get closer as the board vote dies off. the board heavily favours Robotnik.

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Now I'm thinking I should've stuck with my gut and went with Robotnik over Kuja in round 2.

Why? I expect Kuja to be decisively stronger than Sin. And Robotnik might not even maintain 60% here. He's already starting to drop.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

And as soon as I say that, Robotnik indeed drops below 60.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Yes, Sin will undoubtedly gain as the day goes on, considering how much Square sucks at night and how much Sonic sucks in the daytime.

Score-Brackets-% Right
13-----628------72.1337580
12-----2383-----59.8825010
11-----4681-----55.9709464
10-----6328-----54.7724399
9------5222-----55.1321333
8------3171-----54.1154210
7------1405-----56.1565836
6------576------55.2083333
5------173------63.0057803
4------54-------55.5555556
3------28-------28.5714286
2------36-------36.1111111
1------39-------28.2051282
0------24-------12.5000000

Anybody else surpirzed over how low the prediction percentage was? The perfects and the 0's heavily favoured CATS losing to Ansem but all other groups were pretty split.

18 people fell off the Top 50. PhilanthropyX, Plenipotentiary, BelliGod, GTA_GavinE, SephQ, Tyre_Rosen, Voskopf, ZEEKEEHBOMB, LancelotBT, NeomatrixV2, DrewBattousai, orlics101, Angawen, fst_h2o, darklordonix, LeiTauM, cadet128 and ironcally DarknessCallsMe got the match wrong.
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OMG CATS IS WINNING 5 MINUTES INTO THE MATCH ANSEM IS THE SUCK AND HAS NO CHANCE OR SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME LOLOLOLOL!!!!!

Robotnik having the Board vote surprises, um, no one. It's looking pretty tragic for Sin at this point, true, but don't be surprised if by an hour in or so he hasnt knocked a decent percentage off of Robot's lead.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

Both Sonic and Square are good at the day vote, but the Sonic franchise is pretty much the undisputed king of it, I believe.

Not sure if Robotnik will benefit from that though...he's not exactly Knuckles or Shadow. His appeal demographic might be slightly different.
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We lost over a quarter of the perfect brackets? That's awful.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Oh, and let me just say that I hate having that military poll thrown in there during a decent match.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

And the Dr. Robotnik 2005 Victory Tour kicks off, with Who Cares lined up as the first victim. 10 minutes into the match, and Robotnik leads by over 150.

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I saw him at 65%. He's not looking nearly as fearsome now though. Yeah, the sigh of relief is there. Heh heh.
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Vote for Robotnik, he isnt a woman or a giant slug or a .... hand.

actually, his lead is increasing. this is a bit worrisome for anyone who has Sin in their bracket.

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His lead is increasing, yes, but his percentage is dropping.
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Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

not in the last five minutes or so. it's just sitting there at 59%.

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A steady lead by Robotnik at ~59% does my bracket just fine. =P

Now we just need Master Hand to completely blow and watch Kuja's imminent victory past Robotnik in Round 2. Baby, i'm headed to the top with these next two matches!

...hopefully...
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Teenage love was underground...
...tonight I break the surface.

And Robotnik's percentage goes up over 60%.

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I think Robotnik winning is the first thing to go right for me in the entire contest so far (not counting matches all the gurus got right).
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Early Summer contest prediction: Lloyd Irving loses first round.

If there is one thing that makes me feel good about losing today's match, it's Tai. I'm actually pretty damned happy Robotnik is kicking ass when I consider that fact, now that I think about it.

Hey Lucid, you wanted an, ahem, reminder after Robotnik won this.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 5/17/2005 12:26:27 AM | Message Detail
If there is one thing that makes me feel good about losing today's match, it's Tai. I'm actually pretty damned happy Robotnik is kicking ass when I consider that fact, now that I think about it.

What about Tai?
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Teenage love was underground...
...tonight I break the surface.

Hindsight is always 20/20.
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"Sin is our punishment for our vanity. And it will not go away until we've atoned." - Yuna

Go read the last topic.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

Tai has been one of the most arrogant and most annoying supporters of Sin over Robotnik.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

What about Tai?

They say he's six years old.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Robotnik's making a shishcabob with a harpoon with Sin and Tai as the meat.
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BANG BANG BANG VIPER BEAM!

Sound the comeback alert! Robotnik actually lost 2 votes in the last 5 minute timeframe.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

OMG Sin stalled the lead at 300 for 5 minutes he still has chance11!1

....right.

~*ST*~
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Either way, Robotnik has stalled around the 300 mark. He's dropping under 58% now.
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2005-05-17 00:30:01 1020 718 58.69% 41.31% 302
2005-05-17 00:25:06 913 609 59.99% 40.01% 304
2005-05-17 00:20:01 789 519 60.32% 39.68% 270
2005-05-17 00:15:02 625 433 59.07% 40.93% 192


a FAST halt. and I didn't paste the most recent, its 312 at 0:35. So the last 10 minutes, Robotnik has barely pulled in 50%. Loss of board vote?

I'd love to see Sin come back and win this, but because of Tai's constant "analyses", I don't care whether or not he does. We all win either way.

~*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

Yeah. Who cares, right?
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Don't throw in the towel so easily, Ulti. Sin will come through for us yet!

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Robotnik stalls during one of Square's strongest times of the day. Big deal. It's not like Sin stands a chance.

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Exactly! WHO CARES??

Lucid Faia is far more a genius when he isn't even trying than most people.

~*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

Oh yeah. Once the morning vote hits, I expect this to look like Kefka/Knuckles.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

He's increasing, albeit very steadily.
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Man, I love being right. :)

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One out of two ain't bad, I guess. He's still not beating Kuja.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I'm obviously confident in my pick of Robotnik for that match, but I do think it will be close, and good.

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I wouldn't be confident in Robo > Kuja until we see Kuja in action. Robo's occasional stalls here also give me a lot of faith in Ocelot.

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Robotnik just gained 44 votes in the last five minute update. And with that, I'm off to bed; don't want to miss Nintendo's conference. Goodnight, gents.
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I have Kuja over Robotnik. I don't expect Kuja to be a major powerhouse, but relatively I think he can take Robotnik. I'm anxious to see how well he stacks up, as FFIX is one of my favorite games. I don't see why Kuja wouldn't take Robotnik. He's the main villain from a major Playstation era Final Fantasy game who actually has FANS! (Don't wanna sound like Tai with his OMG he's SQUARE rants. Tai is like the only person who literally upsets me over the internet....)
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Robotnik seems to have settled into the 57.8% range. I'm off to bed.
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I'm kind of worried about Kuja myself. if Kefka has trouble getting 65% on Mithos and Robotnik is beating Sin as easily as he is, I have no reason to respect any FF villain besides Sephiroth in this contest until I see proof. I love Kuja and all, but if I had him in my bracket, I'd be a little worried at how strong Robotnik is looking right now. everyone seemed to expect a close match, but the more Robotnik extends his lead, the more this looks like Diablo/Ridley - a hyped match with an obvious winner early on. I don't think you can blame this kind of lead on a picture.

of course, Kuja and Sephiroth are practically the same character (highly unstable girly dude who wants to destroy the world for no good reason), so we'll see if that works to Kuja's advantage or not.

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From: AmazingKirby | Posted: 5/17/2005 12:38:27 AM | Message Detail
Yeah. Who cares, right?

Best post of the topic.
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Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

For the last 20 minutes Robotnik's been increasing his lead AND his percentage. I hope he keeps it up.
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Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

Well, I was dead-wrong. I thought Sin would do better then this.

*dances lionheart dance of joy*

~Shake
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Thought I'd better change my sig.

Now that this CATS "ceiling" theory is out of the window, we should start a petition for CATS vs. Gordon Freeman in the summer. HL2's got to push Freeman up to, ooh, a 7 seed, and with this excellent showing CATS can be justified as a 10. Well, if Guybrush can...

The winner facing Ganondorf, obviously.
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*sigh*

the lead is over 1000 now..... although, Sin is doing respectable for having the WORST first round picture. ugh. had i known i was putting a fin in my bracket, i would have thought twice. ah, well. i should've seen the horrible pic coming. >_<

*waves -1 flag*

-_-

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I'm having a bad feeling about the next match.

The Hand can't possible win, can it?

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The hand can...the hand can.

As for this match, so far so good. I'm curious if Dr. Robotnik can maintain the lead though through-out the day, Sonic day-vote or not.
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Lol, first Ansem blows against CATS, despite winning, and now Sin is losing to a fat piece of ****.

Too bad for my bracket, but I guess Square characters just suck too hard. It's sad how characters like Crono or Sephiroth ever do so well...

I guess Sephiroth has to relieve them, now. XD
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It's not that Square sucks, but that you thought too much of Square. Respect the mustache.
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Well duh. When you go off on stupid rants about crap that's not going to happen, you can expect to be surprised.
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Dr. Robotnik 55.37% 5537
Sin 44.63% 4463
TOTAL VOTES 10000
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Also, for the record, only Sigma/Andross is closer than Ansem/CATS was yesterday so far this contest. Would anybody take Ansem over Andross?
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Not me.

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For the record, if Master Hand wins tomorrow, I am going to be a jackass for the next two days until Ocelot just scrapes by Wily and ****s me over.

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I may or may not be a jack-ass about it; I'll be visibly happy, but Imma keep it down to a minimum if I can. The last thing this board needs is a small flock of crazy-ass Master Hand fans/predicters rubbing it in against a FF character with a following.
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Would anybody take Ansem over Andross?

Not a chance.

Anyone want a sig bet on Master Hand remaining in the lead for longer than CATS does? I'll have CATS, naturally. Offered in the last topic but didn't get noticed.
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No wonder CATS did so good yesterday...lots of bracket support for him there.

And poor Sin...there was no way you stood a chance of winning with a pic like that. Well...I didn't think you had much of a chance anyway. Hopefully Robotnik can increase during the day.
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Looks like I got worried for nothing. Eggman's percentage may be slipping, but he's still raking in the votes.

And good God, I love when some annoying pest gets owned.
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Is there any actual chance of Sin coming back in this?

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Yeah, if Tidus can take Shadow's day-votes. Granted, Shadow took some of the night vote after that, but the point remains; I'm not giving Dr. Robotnik the match just yet. In all likelyhood, he's taking this one home and will probably expand the lead some, but this isn't out of the question for a comeback today.
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XD

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By the way, all people who have nothing better to do than to mark every borderline post, especially after trolling, are the scum of GameFAQs. If you're going to dish it out, learn how to take it like a man.

Of course this also assumes that you're of proper age to take something like a "man" in the first place, but that's a minor technicality.

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I don't know how many of you have/haven't seen it yet, but here is Nintendo's Revolution.

http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/article/615/615008/e3-2005-revolution-revealed-20050517010646774.jpg

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GTA Gavin is always right.

That thing that looks like hardware that goes inside of a CPU tower? Seen it, and it looks slick.

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Question: How do you think Robotniks chance's is against Kuja? (If he wins over Masterhand that is.)

IMO this looks like Kuja has it in the bag if he doesn't do crappy against Masterhand.
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I would say that Kuja shouldn't have any problem with Robotnik after today. There's no way Kuja could possibly be that close to Sin.

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Considering he's crapping out against blowhole extract (Sin's pic looks like what a whale shoots out of his blowhole), if Kuja shows any sign of strength whatsoever against the hand, Robotnik is gone.

On a similar note, I feel a lot better about Ocelot after seeing this.

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What does this match have to do with Ocelot? Oh well Ulti is almost right when it comes to predict character battles, but could yu explain to me what this match has to do with Ocelot.
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I have a theory that Wily and Robotnik are joined at the hip in strength, similar to Sonic and Mega Man. If one is weak, the other should be weak as well.

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This is nonsense..where are the FF supporters? If they can vote for Sephy, they can vote for Sin too...bunch of fair weather fanboys!
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Anyhoo, I'm going back to bed. My hard drive situation has me beyond upset, and it's all I can do.

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The more and more Robotnik pulls away the less confident it makes me in my Kuja>Robotnik pick in my bracket. If Bison doesn't Psycho Crusher my perfect bracket first, that's likely where it's going to fall.
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Damn, even the freaking Revolution looks pathetically bland. I'm aware this is no beauty pageant, but still...
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

Damn, even the freaking Revolution looks pathetically bland. I'm aware this is no beauty pageant, but still...

All 3 are supposed to be "futuristic" and the idea is that in the future, every thing is efficent.

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The way I see it, at least the Revolution doesn't have a boomerang controller.
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From: dragoontheguy | Posted: 5/17/2005 3:02:59 PM | Message Detail
The more and more Robotnik pulls away the less confident it makes me in my Kuja>Robotnik pick in my bracket. If Bison doesn't Psycho Crusher my perfect bracket first, that's likely where it's going to fall.


Me to, I have Ocelot over Wily, Diablo over Bison, Kuja over Robotnik and Kefka over Diablo. And right now it looks like it's 4 upset picks
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If efficiency means putting me to sleep, then sure, the future is now.

And don't look, but Eggman's lead is stalling.
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If efficiency means putting me to sleep, then sure, the future is now.

I prefer to play my systems than stare at them, but to each his own.

And don't look, but Eggman's lead is stalling.

He'll have to work pretty hard to lose 1,300 votes while the sun is out.

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I'm not going to get worried about sin turning things around until I see him win five or so updates in a row.
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Comebacks typically start after a lot of stalling and 50-50 patterns for awhile. If sin is to make a push at this match, he may be about to do it. I don't think he will, but this is usually how these things start.

Even when Robotnik wins, he went from being up 65-35 to what you see now. After the bracket voters were done voting and the true popularity of the characters set in, Robotnik has barely been able to draw in the majority of the votes. That's pathetic, in my view. He's not facing anything special.

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And you PICKED that "nothing special" to win, at that.

It's been 50-50 for over 30 minutes now. If Eggman can just buy as much time as he can until the afternoon vote...
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

I picked him because I thought he would win, not because I think he's anything special.

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I picked Eggman on the sole basis that Sin was nothing special. Had it been Seymour, I wouldn't even have thought twice.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

So... anyone willing to buy the theory that bracket voting is SO prevelant that the 10,000+ brackets that had CATS winning yesterday over what have had him winning in previous years were a large portion of his 15,000+ vote increase from previous years? Just throwin' it out there...

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Even if every single person having CATS win in their bracket voted for him, and nobody had multiple brackets with him winning, his vote total would of been larger then 15k without them.
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453... what do you think that's going to drop to after today?
i'm going to guess around 300 or so.
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Kefka, Wesker, Bison, Diablo||Ganon, Ansem, Eggman, Kuja

Dr. Robotnik 53.84% 10558
Sin 46.16% 9053
TOTAL VOTES 19611

Sin has been gaining in percentage for some time now. I dunno about actual votes.

*waits*

*hits refresh*

Dr. Robotnik 53.84% 10614
Sin 46.16% 9099

Bah, I doubt a Sin comeback. Which is good, because even though my bracket is shot, I like Robotnik.
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I detest Robotnik. Stupid, worthless idiot. >_>

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Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed in Robotnik's performance right now. I hope he doesn't get too shafted in his pic with Kuja.
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Go go Robotnick!
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Robotnik's lead has been steadily growing with the occasional update win being made by Sin. I'd say a comeback is highly unlikely at this point.
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Any indicators of whether Kuja is stronger than Sin or not? Other than nominations and the resulting seeds, is there any reason to believe that Kuja is stronger than Sin?

FFX has traditionally been much stronger than FFIX. Who knows, Sin might put up more of a fight than Kuja. Any thoughts?
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That's what I'm hoping for, Rye.
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I thought the only FFIX related thing to ever be in these contests was Vivi. Didn't he perform around Tituses level?
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Yeah I'm just trying to rationalize my bracket, and praying that the tiebreaker won't matter. Even if I don't win games or whatever, to have one of the only perfect brackets in contest history would make me pretty happy. I feel fairly good as of right now.
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I thought the only FFIX related thing to ever be in these contests was Vivi. Didn't he perform around Tituses level?

Yes, they were almost identical in contest strength.
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Well, Tidus' level may be anywhere between Ganondorf and Knuckles, so it's not like we know anything. The fact that Kuja is so heavily favored is due to the fact that Sin is relatively low on the care-o-meter compared to, say, Seymour. Seymour would probably beat both Eggman and Kuja, but Sin can't do it.
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I thought the only FFIX related thing to ever be in these contests was Vivi. Didn't he perform around Tituses level?

Keep in mind Vivi also had the "black mage" thing going for him. Kuja is at a disadvantage as I've heard nothing but "is he a she?" jokes since FF9's release.
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Keep in mind Vivi also had the "black mage" thing going for him. Kuja is at a disadvantage as I've heard nothing but "is he a she?" jokes since FF9's release.

So you think Vivi really had that huge of an advantage just because he looks like a traditional black mage? I sort of doubt that it really had any sort of huge impact on his votes. Is Sin sort of like Lavos in CT in the way of having very little character, but much of the game revolving around him anyways, or did he have a lot of character like Kuja?
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I think I'm seeing the return of the "His percentage is going up! Comeback!" idiocy. >_>
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Is Sin sort of like Lavos in CT in the way of having very little character

*hands you HM shield*
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Yes, Sin is the current generation's rendition of Lavos.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

Kuja is deffinately stronger than Sin. Sure, FFX is supposed to be stronger than IX, but we're talking about primary antagonist of a game slightly less popular against a background element. Kuja has the upper hand by a long shot.
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I won't be convinced until tomorrow. FFX is easily a more popular game; FFIX is just there. I know Chars =/= Games, but it does make a difference.
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Kuja is going to be a lot closer to FF9 than Sin is to FFX...Yes, FF9 is weaker, but it's still not a pushover, and Kuja is the Sephiroth of his game. You can point to the fact that Zidane hasnt made the contest as a sign of FF9 weakness, but I think that points more to a relative weakness than to actual weakness - the other Final Fantasies would trump it one on one, but there still is a strong fanbase out there, and Kuja will benefit from that.

Just look at Vivi - there must be quite a bit of support for FF9 for him to have ended up where he is. I still don't buy the "Black Mage Factor" as having any real level of significance - I mean, look at where the "OMG TEH NINJA!!!" factor has left some of our other past contestants. The look of Vivi may have drawn in a handful of extra votes, but the bulk of his votes are legitimate support, and Kuja is going to take that to the bank and beat Not Kuja senseless.
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Tai's problem was simply that he was out-of-touch with the Sonic fanbase, and couldn't grasp how popular it was. I made the same mistake two years ago when I said, "Who's Dante?"

Anyways, I don't like Robotnik's percentage. It needs to be higher, though I think he still has a very good chance at beating Kuja.

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The lower I see Robotnik's percentage drop, the more confidence I have in Kuja. I see no reason to believe that he's this close to Sin. Saying FFX is more popular than FFIX is a given, but it's hardly a justification for Sin to be close to Kuja. Even accounting for any possible SFF against Super Mario World, I doubt Sonic 2 is anything more than mid-tier. I guess that means Sonic and company can't be very strong, right?
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You really don't have to worry about Kuja at all, because he isn't getting to Robotnik, remember? And even if he does, I think the winner of this match will beat the winner of the next match either way.

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Yeah, just like Ocelot's beating Bowser, right?
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Great retort. Really, we still haven't the foggiest idea where Ocelot stands. For all we know, Nemesis really is a powerhouse. We can get a better idea after Ocelot faces Wily, and if he double him, I'll get confident in my Ocelot pick again.

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You can say we don't really know for sure all you want, but it's pretty safe to assume that Nemesis wouldn't destroy Jill head-to-head.
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It's entirly possible that Jill is stronger than her stats put her.

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Entirely possible, but she wasn't stronger than Yoshi to begin with.
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I'd put money on Jill being wrong in 2k4.
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I've said her placement is wrong for quite some time now, but no amount of reasonable adjustment is going to favor Ocelot beating Bowser.
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Ocelot has no chance against Bowser.. That's a FACT!!

As for Kuja vs. Master Hand.. If Kuja loses, I'll be vommitting most of the day.. But since I know that won't happen.. I'll be laughing with joy when that freaking hand gets stomped on..

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Of course not, that's sillyness. You didn't tihnk I was backing up that point, did you?
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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?

If Kuja loses, I'm cutting my ass off. A world where Master Hand beats anyone is a world that's not worth living in.

Good to see Eggman's back on the right track.
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Slowflake, would you pick CATS over Master Hand if they were to face off?

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Why the **** would you hate Master Hand so much anyway? It's pretty stupid to dislike a video game character with such vigor...

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It's not that I hate Master Hand. It's just that he's got no business beating an actual villain in a villains contest.
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I was actually referring to Slow.

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Sin would have to pull off a comeback of starcraft purportions to win now. To say the least I'm pretty confident that isn't going to happen
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If Sin loses I'll burn so many people. Robotnik has nothing on Sin, I mean he buried a freaken' city and can end the world with a single attack! Robotnik sends robot goons to a rodent! Wow, big accomplishment there big guy

A video game character with vigor??? How the **** can a hand be a freaking good villain?? It's shameful he made it into this contest..

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I asked how Slow had such vigor in hating a character.

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From: DrP_FFX2 | Posted: 5/17/2005 12:46:42 PM | #412
If Sin loses I'll burn so many people. Robotnik has nothing on Sin, I mean he buried a freaken' city and can end the world with a single attack! Robotnik sends robot goons to a rodent! Wow, big accomplishment there big guy

Someone wouldn't see greatness if it slapped him in the face and said "Hey, I'm great!".
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I am still pissed about how Sin were actually able to get in instead of Seymour

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It's exactly what Leonhart said. Not only is Master Hand lame, he's not even villainous. Sure, you fight him. But he's not exactly what I'd call evil. A child's hand playing with trophies? Hoo la la, that's so evil.
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Slowflake, you have no intelligence what so ever if you think Robotnik is better than Sin. If they really had a fight, who would win? That's right, the big fish thing with world ending attacks! Who would lose? Some fat guy in tights.

Yeah, because this poll is actually who would win in a fight.

...hold the phone... wait... what's that you mean? It's a POPULARITY CONTEST? I'VE BEEN LIED TO!
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

If this contest was about who would win in a fight, Kuja would win. Unfortunately, it's a popularity contest, so that means nothing.
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If this were who would win in a fight?? Sephiroth would still take the win since FF7 is like the mascot of GameFAQS.. and all the fanboys would still rally for Sephy to win..

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Well I guess there are enough "stumpy's" out there to make Robotnik win. But the next generation is coming on, so when it does, the newer games and more innovated titles will rule over the old school.

And so the fanboy arguing descends into the CS+D topic...
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Who do you think is gonna get the most votes overall? I'm just asking, but my vote is on Kefka, or Sephy. They are the most awsome villains, except for the fact Sephy only flies around and laughs at you most of FFVII....

No matter how much I've proclaimed the demise of Sonic, thanks to Sammy, it's still not happening just yet. The next gen systems will have a Sonic game.

Though have you seen those 360 screens? They look like crap. If these were printed articles I'd say okay, but these are coming up on my monitor and looking bad. DoA4 looks like it has as many jaggies as DoA2 did. Shameful.
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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?

Xbox 360 is gonna bomb, bad. Now that they have revealed almost all of their system info, PS3 will be able to swipe up to majoraty of customers with a huge surprise. It might even launch earlier than expected. Sure Xbox 360 will have Halo 3, but it's gonna be so bad, their just milking it now.

If this was "who would win in a fight," Giygas would destroy everyone.

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^^^^err...except Paula, whom many of the villains would easily beat
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no sephiroth would summon meteor and blow up the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!eleventyone
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Kefka, Wesker, Bison, Diablo||Ganon, Ansem, Eggman, Kuja

*spoilers*

Kuja didn't need to summon anything to blow up the world....
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At the 11:20 mark, this match has 30675 votes. To compare to other matches at this same time:

Wily/Ultros - 32036
Lavos/Mother Brain - 30305
Albedo/Bison - 29586
Ansem/CATS - 29397
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WOO HOO! YEAH! BILL FILLMAFF!

Er, anyway, just won a 145 runner $2 online hold'em tourney. Up $87. Excellent :-)
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Nominate Ridley for Summer Contest 2005

From: DrP_FFX2 | Posted: 5/17/2005 12:54:02 PM | #422
Well I guess there are enough "stumpy's" out there to make Robotnik win. But the next generation is coming on, so when it does, the newer games and more innovated titles will rule over the old school.

Wow. Never thought the PSTools could go this far.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

What an odd match. It's like Sin's just barely keeping up, keeping a foot in the door and praying for an FF rally...I still think it's anyone's game, because at this point neither one seems like they'll be able to hit 40,000. It just depends on whether or not there's enough of a voter base out there for Sin to tap in to.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

No. Eggman's lead's reaching 2400. No one has ever come back from this far behind.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

No one has ever completed a comeback from this far down, but a 2500 vote rally would not be unprecedented. I'll consider 3,200 the point of no return.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

What was the largest vote swing ever? Was it Duck Hunts 3,000 vote almost comeback, or did Starcraft having a bigger swing in one of those matches?

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Starcraft had a 3,200 vote swing in the last six and one half hours of the Melee match...though to be fair, both the Starcraft/Melee and DK/DH matches had much higher vote totals than this one does.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO CATS

That 3,200 vote total swing was also the one time Starcraft cheated.

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

Yep. The best try where the losing character actually took the lead was Frog/MC, when MC was 2400 down. Eggman's broken that by now.

Speaking of which, we should get some idea tomorrow if hype is really all it's cracked up to be from a contest standpoint. SSBO. Master Hand. 'nuff said.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14 - Matches: 13/14 - Rank: 00454/24748 - Today: Eggman - Tomorrow: Kuja

YEAH MASTER HAND!!!! But honestly, most casuals probably won't hear about SSBO for a couple of months.

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

Might as well post this now, since the remaining 4 pack doesn't have any previous contestants.

Round 1 Extrapolated Standings:
Sephiroth 46.56
Ganondorf 34.72
Liquid Snake 32.10
Bowser 30.97
Kefka 22.75
Wesker 16.44
Mithos 16.39
Ansem 14.53
CATS 13.36
Luca Blight 13.24
Officer Tenpenny 13.12
Giygas 10.29
Pyramid Head 9.98

This is what we can get so far based on old stats.
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I don't like adjusted LS.
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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?

^^ Missing Ramirez.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

Oh, right. Insert Ramirez at 15.22, between Mithos and Ansem.
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that puts LS up there with Mega Man and above Solid Snake..
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I'm not particularly comfortable with Liquid's adjusting ranking either, though for different reasons than you. Kefka should provide some answers to 20XX in general, and Liquid should provide some answers to the Frog/MC/LS/Crash 4 pack soon enough, though.
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Robotnik just fell under 53% here.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

What in the bloody **** is with people moderating me as of late? Damn, I swear. I've had more moderations in these past month than I've had throughout my entire existence on GameFAQs.

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GTA Gavin is always right.

Well, that means Tai is around but too scared to show himself, because he got TAI'D UP AND HANG'D!
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Better delete that, RPGuy. Tai's getting pissy about his loss and marking the hell out of people. I got a modded message for that.
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Current contest score: Perfect
ZSB [aX]

It's not surprising really. He'll insist that he's absolutely correct that something will happen and then refuses to accept that he was wrong when the time comes.


It's his own fault for acting the way he did. Hopefully it teaches him to shut up about Square characters winning on the merit of being a Square character.

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GTA Gavin is always right.

Go to MBH help and tattle on his ass.
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I'd actually be more amused than angry if that gets modded. It would completely redefine the term "sore loser" for me.
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Tai has been getting a little full of himself, all he has to do is admit when he is wrong and that's it.
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Today's subliminal thought is:
Contest Stats: 14/14 Next Winner: Robotnik

Ok...no Tai comments...no Tai comments...

The percent has gotten closer, but Robotnik has this thing won. GG Sin.
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"Tai has been getting a little full of himself"

It hasn't really helped that there have been about a dozen "Tai'd and Hanged" threads. Just about asking him to go crazy.
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"Eww! What is up with that shirt? Where's the hot looking guy again?" - a girl after seeing his[Vercetti's] pic.

man, in the past 3 hours, Robotnik has only managed to increase his lead by 260 votes. i REALLY want to believe in apossible Sin comeback, but i'm trying not to get my hopes up. mebbe Sin could have made up the difference with a picture of the whole whale instead of just the Sin Fin. >_>

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Robotnik has been stuck in the 2600s on his lead for over an hour now.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

We can do it cyko! Just believe!

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Sin may comeback at some point, but he definitely will not be winning today's match.

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GTA Gavin is always right.

Yeah, Sin pulled up a bit in the last update. But it's too little too late and it looks like Robotnik will edge out a victory.
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Today's subliminal thought is:
Contest Stats: 14/14 Next Winner: Robotnik

Yeah, Sin would have to cut off 300 votes per hour from Robotnik's lead to catch him by the end of the poll. Not likely considering Robotnik himself could barely manage that at any point in the day.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

now, the Doc is down to 2640. bah. it figures that i will wind up missing the closest match of the contest.

ah, well. c'mon Sin Fin!! gotta believe, Luni!!

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whoa, Sin dropped almost 100 votes off the lead in 30 minutes. it's still really unlikely, but something could be happening here.

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Sin could very easily close this within 48 percent, which in my opinion make Not Kuja's round 2 prospects look fairly bleak, but it is far too late in the day for Sin to come back from a deficit this large.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

This is reminding me of Tidus/Shadow.
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Current contest score: Perfect
ZSB [aX]

Well, unlike every other match, at least the loser is going to try to make it interesting.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Any indicators of whether Kuja is stronger than Sin or not? Other than nominations and the resulting seeds, is there any reason to believe that Kuja is stronger than Sin?
FFX has traditionally been much stronger than FFIX. Who knows, Sin might put up more of a fight than Kuja. Any thoughts?

I've said for awhile I think the winner of Robotnik/Sin would beat the winner of Kuja/MH, and I have Robotnik > MH in my bracket. I'd barely take Sin over Kuja simply due to the larger game fanbase and being THE FF game of the PS2 (much like what FF7 was for the PSX, except to a smaller degree and FFX hasn't has as many FF games to compete with for that title). I think Kuja fans are likely more loyal and more vocal, but I don't believe they'll outnumber what Sin draws. To be fair though, this is little more than gut feeling speaking.

I thought the only FFIX related thing to ever be in these contests was Vivi. Didn't he perform around Tituses level?

Depends on which theory you buy that involves him; he ranges from being a lil' above Luigi to a lil' below Bowser.

I mean, look at where the "OMG TEH NINJA!!!" factor has left some of our other past contestants.

THAT factor was always dumb; many people prefer pirates, and look where Vyse is. The anti-stealth bastards.....
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Now the match is stalled in the 2500s.
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THAT factor was always dumb;

Hardly. I was a proponent of that factor, and we never got to see it in action. That was the whole point about so many people throwing fits about Hayabusa's pic, remember?

Regardless, even if the ninja factor is absolutely nothing (which is very possible), it is pretty silly to believe that being a black mage didn't bring Vivi a good number of votes beyond the FFIX fanbase.
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Though Kuja shoul still be stronger than Sin.
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I think him having his NG would have noticably helped him, yes, but not because he looked like a ninja so much as he would have looked like how the almost-certain majority know him to look like.
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Well, I think Hayabusa is much like Ridley. People know the image more than they know the name.
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Perhaps that is where Jill is under-rated in the stats (if she actually is); Ryu H. under-performed against Jill just enough to barely win, then under-performed again to Sora enough to lose badly. This would have to take into consideration that Ryu H. is noticably stronger than Jill if he got his NG pic.
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Well, if he underperforms twice in a row, it's not "under-performing" anymore. It's just his strength.

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

Well, I'd be curious to see if Ninja Gaiden Hayabusa would indeed be stronger.
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True if CJay always used those particular pictures of him. However, if he got pictures from the game he's definitely most well-known from, then it may have only been under-performing in two different matches. Tidus has under-performed in two matches before, and his strength is anything but certain. Therefore, it's not fair to say that's just their strength.
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Sin should be hitting 48% here soon. I keep feeling more and more confident about Kuja now.
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If I'm wrong about Sin > Kuja (which I very well may be), I fear too. If not, well, I don't, heh...I'm worried about Kuja in both of his next matches though. I still stand by my Master Hand pick in a close match (I'm guessing about 52%, maybe a lil' less), but I wouldn't be surprised to see that pick go wrong. I still don't think Kuja will be SO much stronger than Sin to beat Dr. Robotnik though, even if Robo/Sin is already close...but what this depends on is my believe that Kefka > Sin > Kuja; I don't know how far away I'd have Kuja from Kefka yet, but we'll see how that holds.....
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Once again, Sin is not Seymour. He won't be that close to Kuja.

And I know this is off topic, but I have officially wet myself after the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 4.
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am I the only one who thinks Seymour would flop in a contest? I was under the impression that Seymour, well, sucked. I've never seen anyone call Seymour a good character.

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Sin's got the lead under 2500 now.

And Seymour did place 2nd on G4's list of favorite FF villains (behind Sephiroth, of course). I know that means nothing in a contest environment, but it means he at least has some fans.
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Leonhart, just curious, but who would you think would be stronger in a contest, Seymour or Seipher (I think that's how you spell it)?
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Seifer, you mean. My bias would make me pick Seifer, but I don't really know.
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If my calculations are correct, Sin needs to come back by about 30 votes per five minutes. According to the poll updater, he's getting about half that.
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Ouch, Seymour v. Seifer?

I'd give it to Seymour, without much certainty. I felt he had a larger role in his game comparitively, and if nothing else would be slightly more memorable.
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I'd place Seifer and Seymour at about the same level simply because Tidus and Squall are at the same level. Seifer might be slightly higher, as I've seen a fanbase around him, but who knows.

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Sin's under 2400 now and nearly at 48%. This might get interesting, folks.
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If by interesting, you mean, "lets see if Sin can clear 49 percent", then yes. Sin still has 2400 votes to clear if he wanted to make this really interesting, and there just isnt enough time.
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I don't know, Sin's come back about 300 votes in 3 hours. that's not nearly fast enough. he might get it to 51/49, but that's about all I see him getting unless he starts gaining serious ground.

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I'm just saying it'll be interesting to see how low Sin can bring him. A win is pretty much out of the question, but getting into triple digits isn't.
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Unless things pick up, Sin might get it down to 1000 or so, but otherwise he's doomed.
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Sin doesn't have the time to comeback from a 2400 deficit. That's a lot to ask for a time period where voting won't see a burst and will only slow down, for both characters.

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Almost 48% now.
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Dr. Robotnik 52% 30375
Sin 48% 28033
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Current contest score: Perfect
ZSB [aX]

Dr. Robotnik 52% 30381
Sin 48% 28039
TOTAL VOTES 58420

And there it is.
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Rush!
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CATS > Ansem
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"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Kuja is going to wipe the floor with Master Hand. Book it.
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