I hope this means bad things for Wily, me having Ocelot and all. ^.^

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
Cheer up Emo kids. ~This sig was pimped by Icon's sig~

Sorry for the triple post... heh.

Revolver Ocelot
Nemesis 65.11%

Dr. Wily
Ultros 71.73%

That would indicate a small favor in the brackets for Wily would it not?

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
Cheer up Emo kids. ~This sig was pimped by Icon's sig~

To wake up this morning and slowly scroll down the leaderboard to find all 16's until the 50 spot was extremely disheartening. It'll be a long shot if I could pull this off, but I'm still hoping 1 miss won't ruin me.

I just did that too. Sad indeed.

That would indicate a small favor in the brackets for Wily would it not?

Not if 50+% of Revolver's 65.11% took him to get to face Bowser...and really, it can be less and he still have the advantage; it just depends on how much of Wily's 71.73% supports him to get to Bowser.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

I'm also enjoying seeing Sigma be beat pretty bad right now. From this very moment, it doesn't look like Sigma's far away from Tenpenny if you compare Bowser and Liquid.
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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

The fact that almost 40% of people picked Master Hand in the first place says something in and of itself.

Most people on GameFAQs have absolutely no common sense. A hand, an inanimate object who sole purpose is to be a horribly easy boss fight at the end of the two SSB titles, caught the full force of the after school vote and beat arguably Square's best villain. Pathetic.

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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

The fact that almost 40% of people picked Master Hand in the first place says something in and of itself.
Most people on GameFAQs have absolutely no common sense.

No, but they did have whatever sense it took to call the upset. =P I ought to try FF9 sometime if I ever get the chance, just so I can see what the fuss about Kuja is.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

I'm with Ulti on this one... I was caught way off guard by the hand.
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Insomnia is like having immortality, except you're gonna die. ~PepsiPlunge

I don't mind upsets when the winner is deserving, and I stopped caring about my bracket after Sin lost. The point is that a glove beat Kuja. You'd be a little surprised if one of your favorite characters lost to Glove, too.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

I was surprised enough when Perfect Dark lost to C:SotN, so I figure you're goin' through alot worse. I'd be mad too; that's just how it goes 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

As a side-note, is anybody else a lil' surprised that we've just gone through a rough first round and yet there's still several picks that have somebody other than Sephiroth winning it all?
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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

Very Harrich, it's pretty disturbing, that someone could predict the first round perfectly like that, and not know Seph is going to dominate the field. It makes me feel dirty.

On the other hand, I never really doubted my Hand pick, granted I never said, oh god it's over, MH will obviously be the clear winner, blah blah blah blah blah. I had Hand from day 1, and made other tweaks to my bracket after that, so that isn't why I kept MH there, I really felt like FF9 is an outcast in the FF world, and SSB/M's popularity would carry the Hand. I know game=/=character, but it is a major factor.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
Cheer up Emo kids. ~This sig was pimped by Icon's sig~

Yes, it is. Games don't equal characters, but they matter.

On a side note, don't you love wannabe elitists? http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=21057030

Gotta love people who parade around as if getting 16 matches in a row is an accomplishment never seen before. How many perfects did we have through the first two rounds last summer?

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

I know this idea has been thrown out there before, but I really hope this summer is a tag-team character contest. 16/1 seeds together 15/2... and so on. I just think it's the only we can hope to mix things up a little bit, and actually have a winner that's not predictable, while still having characters just about everyone would recognize. The problem arises though, that it may very well make it another 32 battle contest, with 64 characters, unless the field was opened to 128, in which case, I would never stop orgasming.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
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lol... I saw, that guy is the definition of douchebag.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
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lolmg i'm perfect through 16 pixx LOOKIT ME!11

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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

PH almost as strong as Sigma?

Oh man, Bowser you are cruel.
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Out of space....
It's MOOOOOOLLLLLTTTAAAARRRR!!!!

I think it's a degree of SFF, personally.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh!" -Magus Zeal

I know game=/=character, but it is a major factor.

Wesker would like a word with you.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

Heh. Pathetic. I went through 22 matches last summer with a perfect bracket.

And I can just O_O at today's results. Seph's not in any danger though... he'd actually be expected to double Bowser. But imagine if that contest really was for the purpose of banning Seph along with Link and Cloud (I hope to God not), and then Seph actually loses. Oh the hilarity. Wanna keep the champions? Vote Bowser and Ganondorf!
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

I do think today has a dash of SFF in it, but still... This is a trouncing. But hell, whatever makes PH look better in the XStats is a good thing.
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Insomnia is like having immortality, except you're gonna die. ~PepsiPlunge

...and why exactly would Wesker like a word with me?

Please don't tell me you're going to say Suikoden II is more popular than the RE series. Please.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
Cheer up Emo kids. ~This sig was pimped by Icon's sig~

Well, yeah, there's probably SFF there. Hopefully that's proof enough of something going wrong with Link/Megaman. And should Wily beat Ocelot tomorrow... I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

...and why exactly would Wesker like a word with me?

Please don't tell me you're going to say Suikoden II is more popular than the RE series. Please.

No, I'm saying the exact opposite. Luca was in a game that sold, by my own estimates, roughly fourteen copies. And how many copies did the RE series sell? And how close did Luca come to Wesker?

Yeah, popularity of a game has some effect, but its often horribly horribly random. Relying on SSBM's popularity paid off this time, but it was far from obvious no matter how you look at it.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

No, I'm saying the exact opposite. Luca was in a game that sold, by my own estimates, roughly fourteen copies.

I'm sorry but I laughed, and heartily mind you, at this.
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Insomnia is like having immortality, except you're gonna die. ~PepsiPlunge

I don't buy there being SFF today. Sigma let Andross keep up with him and win some updates, afterall. I think if Fox is about 21% on Link, he's lose to Bowser with about 36.36% before SFF comes into play. I can see Andross doing much worse than that, so I'm not surprised at Sigma today.
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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

Okay, thank god that's your reasoning behind it, because it's actually logical. And that's not sarcasm.

I think what it is though, is that Wesker is never really an in your face character throughout the RE series. You really have to pay attention to all the games, and their plot lines, to really appreciate Wesker. The casual gamer is more than likely to not fully grasp that. So when you say "its often horribly horribly random" I don't think it is. If you analyze the characters role in that game, you can see who is, and isn't going to be wildly successful due to their game. Hell, look at Nemesis, his face is plastered on front of Resident Evil 3, it's the subtitle to the game, and that gawky bastard follows you around the entire game. I don't think anyone who is a diehard RE fan is going to say Nemesis is better than Wesker. But when it comes to the casual, you can be damn sure RE is helping out Nemesis a whole hell of a lot.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
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I think it's a degree of SFF, personally.

Oh come on man. Can a Mega Man character NOT get their asses throughougly handed to them without one of you thinking that SFF is to blame?

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5/18/05
Never forget. Never forgive.

On a side note, I enjoy my new time coming on the computer early in the morning. It's slow paced enough where I can keep up multiple discussions, as well as useless fun at the same time in multiple topics. It's good to be able to have a serious discussion around here with people who know what they're talking about... for the most part.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
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Mega Man's #1 in my book and I don't accept the idea it's SFF. Besides, should there be a lil' bit, Planet Mega Man will likely link to here by noon and help even that out. If not, Sigma over-performed against Andross. Imagine that.....
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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

This contest has been full of big surprises so far. Granted, most of us are still 14/16, which is not too bad, but with many entrants fighting for their life when they were supposed to win easily (Ansem, Sigma among others), and of course two favorites to reach the Elite 8 already gone, that was a much, much better contest than last summer only based on what we've seen so far.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

I still don't see Ridley and Kuja as favorite for the Elite 8, but damn, I really can't even see how people thought that, I mean I never questioned either one for a second. But then again I picked Mother Brain, so I have no right to talk.

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It's a Pinball Masquerade
Cheer up Emo kids. ~This sig was pimped by Icon's sig~

Yeah, my Final Four pick is kinda GONE IN THE FIRST ROUND now...but otherwise, I very well could be perfect.
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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

Luca was in a game that sold, by my own estimates, roughly fourteen copies.

>>>>XD

For the interested, RPGDL has Suikoden 2 listed at selling a shade under 92,000 copies.

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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

Well, at least it's not as bad as Panzer Dragoon Saga... ;)
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

That game sold something like 15,000, right?

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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

HAHAHA.

And I thought my oracle prediction of 78% was going to screw me over even more.
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SpC2k5: 14/15 Next up: Ganondorf, DARKNESS, Robotnik, Kuja -.-
*is Janus5000*

That game sold something like 15,000, right?

Nope. 6,000 in the US. After all, it was one of the last Saturn games released in the US, at a time where absolutely no one cared about the Saturn anymore.

Now mind you, seeing as how it's a very sought-after game, those 6,000 copies have likely changed hands a lot, and some people are sure to have imported the Japanese version. Add in pity votes during its match against Goldeneye and I can see how it got 18,000 votes.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

And how many points do you have, again?

I'm going to laugh if he misses something like Lavos/Liquid and no one ever lets him live it down.
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I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL
“TheRye is like Jesus, if Jesus ever played video games.” -Inviso

Can I ask some easy questions for you guys here? Since this is the stats topic I think you guys would know the answers.

-What's the most number of matches anyone has stayed perfect out of all contests?
-What was the first contest to have perfects left after the first round?
-Are last years oracle and guru topics still available?

I just wanted to know
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190/192 points in sc2004
tiebrakowned by nifboy

-What's the most number of matches anyone has stayed perfect out of all contests?
Someone was perfect in SC2K4 until Cloud vs. Sephiroth...the, 58th match, I think.

What was the first contest to have perfects left after the first round?
SC2K2...one user named RPGExpert made it out of Round 1 perfect.

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

I can only answer the second question: the very first one in 2002, with RPGExpert. He lost the perfect when Duke lost to Alucard.

Random fact: Master Hand beating Eggman would be the biggest upset of all time according to the BOP - two brackets have MH winning that match, vs. three for Starcraft over Wind Waker/Metroid Prime.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

Cloud/Seph was #59 last year.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

I have now dedicated myself to making sure that ****ing glove doesn't make it past the Eggman.
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5/18/05
Never forget. Never forgive.

I have now dedicated myself to making sure that ****ing glove doesn't make it past the Eggman.

Good luck, I bet you $100 you won't succeed. Master Hand will ***** slap Eggman. Kuja > Sin, and Master Hand beat Kuja better than Robotnik did Sin.....what more is there to say? It's clear Master Hand has the support of the SSBM fanbase, or the Nintendo fanbase, or both, on his side. No Sonic fanbase that barely gave Robotnik 51% against a "fin" will succeed. But..of course, you knew this already, right?


As a side-note, is anybody else a lil' surprised that we've just gone through a rough first round and yet there's still several picks that have somebody other than Sephiroth winning it all?

That's what happens when characters that people try to portray has a "joke" win. Um, at least, that's what I think happened.

A hand, an inanimate object who sole purpose is to be a horribly easy boss fight at the end of the two SSB titles, caught the full force of the after school vote and beat arguably Square's best villain. Pathetic.

I thought "best Square villian" award belonged to Sephiroth....I mean, at least he made it into a Summer Contest. (Or three, for that matter)

Also, about Master Hand...can someone please define for me what makes him an "inanimate object?!". He fires projectiles with his "hand gesture". He squeezes people. He ***-slaps people. He obviously has _some_ ****ing life in him. Yeah, he's the plumber's glove, then ten times bigger than it's normal size, and then some, but come on.....that's what makes him so bad-ass.
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PETITION: Ability to preview contests to moderators before posting it. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=19643565 (153 Signs!)

*suffocates Tai from behind with a plastic grocery bag*
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Insomnia is like having immortality, except you're gonna die. ~PepsiPlunge

Oh, not this **** again. I'd go on, but this is not my account.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

I thought "best Square villian" award belonged to Sephiroth

I'm referring to the one with the best story and development behind him. Only Magus tops Kuja in that regard.

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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

Robotnik will more than likely have the pissed of FF fanbase behind him too. Might not be enough to beat Master Hand though.
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God could anti-vote Sephiroth and it wouldn't make a damned difference.-ExThaNemesis

What Master Hand did yesterday wasn't really anything special. The scary thing was that with school, the day vote was more concentrated, but otherwise there's not much difference between what Master Hand did to Kuja and what, say, Knuckles did to Yuna.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

Good luck, I bet you $100 you won't succeed. Master Hand will ***** slap Eggman. Kuja > Sin, and Master Hand beat Kuja better than Robotnik did Sin.....what more is there to say? It's clear Master Hand has the support of the SSBM fanbase, or the Nintendo fanbase, or both, on his side. No Sonic fanbase that barely gave Robotnik 51% against a "fin" will succeed. But..of course, you knew this already, right?

No, you won't bet $100, because that's not how you roll. Your style of play is more suited to making wrong predictions and shoving them down people's throats, kind of like you are doing right now. Then, after you're wrong, you go around marking people who point it out to you. You're not a tough guy, and no one in this topic will ever mistake you for one.
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I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL
“TheRye is like Jesus, if Jesus ever played video games.” -Inviso