If Lavos can keep Liquid Snake under 60% (very doubtful, but not impossible), then I'd say things are definitely looking good for Diablo.
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At this rate there's not much chance Lavos will keep Liquid under 64%.

The pic is very much in Lavos' adantage...Liquid looks shirtless (is he?) and stupid, while Lavos is very recognizable and dominates the pic. That might be worth a couple points.
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Yes, Liquid is topless in that pic.

He has TJF wtfhax
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I don't think anyone has a pic advantage, but this is as close as one could come for Lavos.
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I doubt pics are worth anything for characters as well-known as those two. However, if Liquid Snake's extrapolated value was accurate, Lavos would be stronger than Vercetti, and Mother Brain would be stronger than Kefka. It has to be L. Snake's weakness here. Oh, great, and now here comes the "Told ya so!" comments.

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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."

Liquid is now under 58%
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Go Lavos.
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Under 57%. And I wouldn't have totally discarded Lavos doing this well before the contest...Lavos vs. Mother Brain really threw me off. :[

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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."

Now he's under 57%. Lavos may be stronger then we gave him credit for.
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At 1000 votes...

Lavos 41.1% 411
Liquid Snake 58.9% 589
TOTAL VOTES 1000

And it's gotten closer since then. Hmm. And I don't think this is just a night vote thing, cause MGS is strongest during the night too. I think Lavos must be Kefka level at the very least, like we hypothesized at the start.
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Liquid can't seem to build his lead past 170.
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Wow...just wow.

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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."

Gah! Lavos!
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If Lavos is on Kefka level than Mother Brain could be stronger than Ridley...

Wow...how close to Frog could Lavos possibly be?
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Frog > Liquid Snake
Frog = Same game as Lavos

WIN DAMN YOU!
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Lavos is actually gaining...the hell?

Haste2:
Lavos would be stronger than Vercetti, and Mother Brain would be stronger than Kefka. It has to be L. Snake's weakness here.

I wouldn't be convinced of that. I've said before that I could see Lavos as being relatively strong, and that Mother Brain was being underestimated.


MegaTokyoed:
If Lavos is on Kefka level than Mother Brain could be stronger than Ridley...

Quite possible. Or, maybe Diablo lived up to the hype and is the (relative) powerhouse many speculated.
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Just kidding. But still, Peach would bomb.

100 bucks says you don't get the pun behind that statement.

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I'm still doubting that Lavos can pull 40% here, but he might get close to it.
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Liquid muscles his way back to 56% for the moment...
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Wow, almost dipped below 55% there. Lake taking it back up now though...

I still say this was just the strong CT Board Vote we've seen so often in the past, and Lake will pull away during the day to well above 60%.

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I still say this was just the strong CT Board Vote we've seen so often in the past, and Lake will pull away during the day to well above 60%.

Indeed. Lavos lost a ton of percentage throughout the poll in Lavos vs. Mother Brain, as well. Oh, well...

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Say, we've got a direct comparision here... might as well use that.

The first two hours of Lake v Frog:

00:15 | Frog | 00823 | +0823 | 54.00% | Liquid Snake | 00701 | +0701 | 46.00% | Lead of 0122 | (Up 122)
00:30 | Frog | 01372 | +0549 | 53.24% | Liquid Snake | 01205 | +0504 | 46.76% | Lead of 0167 | (Up 45)
00:45 | Frog | 01848 | +0476 | 52.41% | Liquid Snake | 01678 | +0473 | 47.59% | Lead of 0170 | (Up 3)
01:00 | Frog | 02279 | +0431 | 52.52% | Liquid Snake | 02060 | +0382 | 47.48% | Lead of 0219 | (Up 49)
01:15 | Frog | 02644 | +0365 | 52.08% | Liquid Snake | 02433 | +0373 | 47.92% | Lead of 0211 | (Down 8)
01:30 | Frog | 02973 | +0329 | 51.71% | Liquid Snake | 02776 | +0343 | 48.29% | Lead of 0197 | (Down 14)
01:45 | Frog | 03281 | +0308 | 51.73% | Liquid Snake | 03062 | +0286 | 48.27% | Lead of 0219 | (Up 22)
02:00 | Frog | 03587 | +0306 | 51.69% | Liquid Snake | 03353 | +0291 | 48.31% | Lead of 0234 | (Up 15)

And as we all know, that ended with

Frog 50.05% 43913
Liquid Snake 49.95% 43820
TOTAL VOTES 87733

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'Bout to go to bed, but Liquid should pull away a lil' by the end of it all. Lavos very well may stay over 40% though, which isn't unbelievable considering all three of the other CT character we've seen have beaten, could beat, or almost beat SOLID Snake. Lavos surely can't be all that far away from Liquid afterall, which is kinda weird.
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Jeez, Liquid, very sad. Very sad.

To be honest though, I had a feeling that Mother Brain could be stronger than Ridley. Or at the very least comparable. Mother Brain definitely has the recognition advantage, at the very least.

As for Peach, I think she'd be roughly Wario's equal, maybe a tad stronger. I think that Toad would do better than Peach. Yes, I'm serious. Go Toad fanboyism go!
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At 00:30 of the Lavos vs. Mother Brain match, MB was at 38.09%, and finished with 44.21%.

If Lavos weakens by the same proportion here, Liquid Snake will finish with about 62.53%.
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...I'm starting to think MB > Ridley.
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Jesus Christ... There is no way in hell that Mother Brain is stronger than Ridley. Diablo is just that damn good.

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Liquid just fell below 56% again.
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one only needs to look at CT > ff7 to know about CT's strength in the early hours. this lead should balloon, master hand style.

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Who said it? Who said it? Oh, kick some ass Lavos. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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I am loving this to death. Lavos is showing some very nice strength against Liquid right now. While he should fall tomorrow morning, he should still manage to be above 40% when everything is said and done. That's freaking awesome, too. Because I called a 40% victory for Lavos earlier. <3

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There's no such thing as a 40% victory. :P

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There is when you're Lavos! =p


But I got to thinking, because I cannot possibly see Mother Brain being stronger than Ridley. What would happen if Diablo is far stronger than initially thought? I mean like, "Kefka is nothing compared to Diablo" type strength? With Lavos's very nice showing tonight and the fact that I still believe Ridley > Mother Brain, I think it may be possible....

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Unless your name is CATS

I'm sure that most people would (and still will) laugh at my choice, but I've had Diablo > Ganondorf since day one.

I've never been a big fan of cookie-cutter brackets in contests like these.
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From: Lucid Faia | Posted: 5/22/2005 3:48:36 AM | Message Detail
Nominations and contest appearances are not indicative of strength. StarCraft only barely placed into the 2004 Spring Contest and it was a powerhouse. The same thing can happen with another Blizzard entry, Diablo.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Diablo was a top character. He's the namesake of one of the most popular PC games ever made, one that nearly everyone has played, one that's frequently called the most addictive game ever made. He's obviously a badass character, and is arguably the most recognizable villain in this contest, since "Diablo" isn't limited to just video games.

Quite frankly, anyone who thought Diablo would be another Gordon Freeman was being incredibly foolish.

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My alt bracket has Diablo > Ganon.

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I've long said that Mother Brain would be closer to Ridley than many were saying. Not sure if she will actually be stronger, but it's possible.

But I think that Diablo is pretty strong. Don't underestimate the game named after you factor, especially when it's one of the most well-known games around.
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Diablo > Ganon is a huge stretch though. I can't see that.
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I'm thinking Ridley is roughly equal to Mother Brain.

Ridley has two more games, and is "more liked" (debatable), but Mother Brain has the huge picture/name recognition advantage.
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Mother Brain has been the main villain in what, three Metroid games? Ridley appears in almost every single one, and he IS much more popular.

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There is no way to say Ridley will be more popular on Gamefaqs. Everyone thought Kuja would be more popular than a hand but he still lost.

That's because the board is populated by blind and overzealous FF9 fans who like to pretend that casual gamers give a **** about FF9 and it's thong-wearing villain. Ridley is completely different from Kuja.

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i wonder how many arguments we would have had if liquid was the two seed of the ruin division and ridley the second seed of the jenova division
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That's because the board is populated by blind and overzealous FF9 fans who like to pretend that casual gamers give a **** about FF9 and it's thong-wearing villain.

As opposed to overzealous EB fans. =)

I don't try to do it now. >.>

Also, Ulti, where have you been? I haven't seen you on AIM in days. =\

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Diablo over Ganon is simply something I cannot agree with. I do applaud you for taking the risk, Dabu, but I couldn't see Diablo being that strong. Although I do agree with you that cookie cutter brackets are just... dull. This is a contest where I went with the usual and didn't stray too far away from it and it has been boring as sin.

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u serious?

blizzard fanboys match up with final fantasy fanboys almost

and nonrecognizers will easily vote for a big red devil over an ape
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