Nemesis... stronger... then Wesker. The next RE game better feature Wesker on the damn cover.
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"You always were a little chatty about darkness."- Riku to Ansem

I had no idea you were talking about X-Stats.

And you're damn straight it better feature Wesker a whole hell of a lot more. He's the most worthy villain in this entire contest... granted not my favorite, he's probably 2nd to Albedo, but hot damn, he's responsible for everything RE.

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I'm not terribly surprised Nemesis is stronger than Wily. I estimated Nemesis would be just short of 20% against Link while Wily would be around 18-19%. Well, I guess I simply overestimated Ultros a bit and underestimated Ocelot a whole lot prior to the contest. I also expected Nemesis to be slightly stronger than Wesker, but it might turn out he's quite a bit stronger than him.

Nice job Ocelot. I doubted you, but never gave up faith.
Nice contradiction. :P

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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 did underestimate Ocelot, but I still had full confidence in him taking out Wily, simply because I thought Ultros was complete and utter crap, in terms of popularity.

I'd like to see a bonus match of Nemesis vs. Wesker when this is all said and done with. Granted it will never happen, it'd just be cool.

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

I still think that Wily's one of the top three in this division, and no X-Stats are going to change my mind.

I was hoping this match would be closer, though.
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I'm sure Dr. Wily will receive the dayvote. Look at their Round 1 matches. Plus, Mega Man received the dayvote against Solid Snake. Ocelot will probably fall to 53-54%, which will push Dr.Wily just above Nemesis.

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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."

The whole idea between what happened between Link and Mega Man is that most people who like Mega Man happen to like Link better. People just HAVE to give every factor a name. I'd rather say that Mega Man has few hardcore fans to stand up to a popular Nintendo or Square character (outside of Seph/MM 2k2). He is liked and recognized enough to blow by MOST characters, but when you're talking about other popular gaming icons, the priority probably shifts. We'd have to see him against Sonic and Samus to see how that holds up. He does so well against Snake because Snake probably falls in the same category. Too bad Snake had to face Mega Man two years in a row so we have no idea how he'd fare against a Link or Cloud. My thoughts is that he'd crumble worse than Mega Man has....

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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."

Snake faced Crono back when he was at his very weakest, and by that I mean "couldn't even hang around Mario without thousands of cheated votes, at least according to CJayC". And he still lost by quite a bit, too.

So, this brings up something that had never been discussed so far, at least I think so: if there really were 3000 cheated votes for Crono against Mario, and CJayC only removed a few hundred, this makes Snake look that much worse. You could even say the Snake of 2002 was rather similar to the Snake of 2004; as you see, Snake did a LOT better against Knuckles in 2003 than any other time. That would also imply Aeris getting a much bigger KH boost than previously thought. This can also be pointed for Lara and Ryo somewhat falling between 2002 and 2003... though the DMC2 boost Dante had would become unbelievably big for such a slammed game.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

While Revolver > Wily looks nice for my bracket, it's already shot to hell...I want to see a comeback, and I want to see it now, Master Hand style.
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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

...Nemesis >= Wily? That's saddening.
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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

Master Hand style would indicate that the one holding the lead was struggling to build it until the other just decided to blow by him for no apparent reason. That's obviously not the case here.

And don't worry, Wily fans. He's ahead of Nemesis's percentage now.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Oh, and by the numbers, should Nemesis > Wily, I'll be upset...but I am unconvinced of any SFF or rSFF in this four-pack; as far as I'm concerned, it's going to be one accurate four-pack.
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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 know; I wanna see Wily blow past Revolver.
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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

...yep, it'll show Wily's weak as sin, and Bowser will massacre Ocelot when the time comes.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

How do you know how weak Sin is?
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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

Um, no pun intended.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

I hear "bad as sin" used as a phrase around here sometimes; I assume weak as sin's just a variation.
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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

How come everyone's saying Nemesis > Wily when Nemesis was doing worse than Wily at this time?
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For what it's worth guys, when comparing the total votes of individual characters in the first round...


FOUR WORST:
Giygas - 11,966
Pyramid Head - 12,606
Ramirez - 13,720
Officer Tenpenny - 15,285

FOUR BEST:
Sephiroth - 70,458
Ganondorf - 67,715
Bowser - 65,599
Liquid Snake - 59,138


...obviously, our four known power-houses are at the top of the list, and they put their opponents on the bottom hard. However, check out the fifth place one for each...


#5 worst) Albedo - 21,337
#5 best) M. Bison - 46,264


...I'm well-aware that this is anything but a great way to rank/judge characters, but it's worth pointing out.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Wily
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000 cash." --Cartman

Darn, Ocelot is winning.

Even though my bracket has that, it's already ruined :(
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These guards are the most disciplined in the city. They couldn't fight their way out of a broom closet, but they've got discipline.

For whatever reason, Sigma didn't get a link all day long against Bowser from Planet Gamecube, and thus far Dr. Wily doesn't have one against Revolver either. Consider Andross under-rated...just a bit; Ultros too, but much less 'cuz the link Wily got was lower on the front page and focused more on Sigma than Wily.
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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

Could the explanation for this, instead of rSFF in Ocelot/Nemesis, be that MGS3 Ocelot is just noticeably stronger than Shalashaska?
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Current contest score: 15/16
ZSB [aX]

I was thinking about that too, Tediz. Maybe people just don't want to vote for a realistic old man.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

You know, this match does sort of help that baseless assumption I had way back when I said that Wily and Robotnik were likely joined at the hip in strength, and that both would either be weak or strong, and that my assumption is that they were both weak.

I didn't account for Sin and Kuja completely bombing, however. I'm rooting and voting for Master Hand against Robutt.

~*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

*points at my analysis*
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From: Tai | Posted: 5/20/2005 7:36:54 AM | Message Detail
I knew Ocelot would win. :-)

So did plenty of other people. Congrats on... not much of anything.

How is Sin doing for you, again?

~*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

Ocelot's struggling to get a lead of 3000.
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Current contest score: 15/16
ZSB [aX]

So did plenty of other people. Congrats on... not much of anything.

How is Sin doing for you, again?

At least he can spell "tablecloth." :P

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Ocelot has more than put this away now. About time one of my picks was justified. Still too bad about that whole Kuja thing though.
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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?

It looks like the percentage is pretty much stabilized for now.
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Current contest score: 15/16
ZSB [aX]

Still too bad about that whole Kuja thing though.

At least we now know what all Final Fantasy villains are made of.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

No, we know how little taste the general GameFAQs voter has.
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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?

At least we now know what all Final Fantasy villains are made of.

Not fried chicken.
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

I'd say more of rubber chicken, but have it your way.

With all this Master Hand support I'm getting a little scared of my Robotnik > Hand pick.

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

Master Hand has to be the favorite going into the match. Robotnik will likely get some sort of pic advantage, but it's hard to make a hand look bad.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

At the 13:30 mark, this match has 38417 votes. To compare to other matches at the same time:

Ocelot/Nemesis - 43342
Wily/Ultros - 41638
Robotnik/Sin - 40438
Bowser/Sigma - 41695

Can't quite explain those low totals.
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Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

its a friday so not many people are in front of their computers. most are just relaxing for the weekend and the then start voting like mad
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

At least he can spell "tablecloth." :P

You forget that the keyboard i'm on blows. Haven't you caught any of my whining for the last few days?

Damned, stupid hard drive crash.

~*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

*Gives Ulti a sympathy hand job*

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

... This contest is so boring. >_>
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Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni. ~ Dante Alighieri

With all the surprises so far, I beg to differ.

Today's match however... can't disagree. Did you see the speed of this topic today?

I'm still hoping for a Disco Ball Eggman pic. That would absolutely pwn.

Funny how Sephiroth's the only FF villain that can perform decently. We're not fixed on Sin yet, but answers are coming soon.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

Rank the contests in order of awesomeness!

I won't rank SC2k2 because I wasn't around much that year.

SpC2k4 > SC2k3 > SpC2k5 >>>>>>> SC2k4
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

2002 > Sp2004 > Sp2005 > 2003 > 2004. Easy.
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Slowflake here. Thanks to Steinershocker for lending me his alt while I'm in warnination.

sp2k4 > 2k2 > 2k3 > 2k4 > sp2k5

games > characters to me.

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This contest is only a little over half way done. Even if we know a lot of the outcomes it's still fully possible for a huge upset to occur somewhere that catches almost everyone offguard even moreso then master hand did.
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Nothing short of Seph losing would be a bigger surprise than what MH did, and I can't see Seph losing.
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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?

MH upsetting Ganondorf would be the biggest upset besides Seph losing.

Can't quite explain those low totals.

Everyone's watching Star Wars, obviously.
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Wouldn't gannon failing to make the final 2 be a bigger upset then what MH did? After all that final is likely in the vast, vast majority of brackets (I'm thinking over 80%).
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The Finals: Bowser vs Ganondorf
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