Yeah, I couldn't see a Goomba taking down Robotnik or MH. A goomba would be decently strong fodder, but not to that degree.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

Considering that just about all a Goomba and Master Hand are drawing from are the popularity of their games, and you're hard-pressed to find a Mario game where there ISN'T a Goomba, I wouldn't be surprised if it beat the glove.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Pff, exposure the goomba's got in spades. But does anyone care? It's uber-generic...at least with the metroid there is at least an air of coolness surrounding them.
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Honorary Spring 2005 Winner - Kerrigan.

Heh, for what it's worth, Goombas are in SSBM as well.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Well, I'd take a Goomba over Kerrigan without thinking twice :)
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If that ever happened I don't know what I would say...

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“But though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light.”
- Zeratul

I do. I think I'd go something like this:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

And then I would die from laughing too much.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

For those who think having your name in a game's title makes no difference, consider this: Would you put Baal over Diablo? Of course not. Baal has as big a role in DII:LoD as Diablo has in DII, but the big difference is his name isn't quite in the title. Yes, Baal is the Lord of Destruction, but the name of the expansion pack is NOT Diablo II: Baal or Diablo II: Baal: Lord of Destruction. The casual gamer, when he thinks about the title, does not immediately make the connection to Baal. Now, the one flaw with this example is that Diablo was around in the original Diablo game, with Baal nowhere to be found. Still, one's name being in the title DOES make a difference.
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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

It does make a difference, but it doesn't make or break the character's strength either. As for Baal, I've never heard of him. I've never played D2 seriously, to be fair, but I understand Diablo's obviously the main focus of the game. Add to it he's apparently got some cool dialouge and was in both of his games, and you have my main reasoning for Diablo > Baal. THEN, we add on top of it that Diablo's the name of the series to seal the deal.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

...I had always thought Diablo was the Lord of Destruction up until a week ago, as well.

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Team Dragostea Din Tei for Trivia XV

M. Bison vs. KOS-MOS, who wins?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

I would probably take Bison...

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Team Dragostea Din Tei for Trivia XV

If Ultros=CATS, what would Bowser be expected to get on Ocelot?

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Team Dragostea Din Tei for Trivia XV

Depends on where Ken really stands and how much stronger M. Bison is than Ken...or how far away Albedo is from KOS-MOS. I'll take Bison with 52%.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

...I had always thought Diablo was the Lord of Destruction up until a week ago, as well.

Nope, Diablo is the Lord of Terror, Baal is the Lord of Destruction, and Mephisto is the Lord of Hatred.
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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

If Ultros=CATS, what would Ganondorf be expected to get on Ansem?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

...how would Ultros help decide Ganon/Ansem? Through CATS though, Ansem gets 20.44% on Ganon.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Wait... I thought through CATS, Ansem should be beating Ganondorf worse than he beat CATS? <_<

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Team Dragostea Din Tei for Trivia XV

As a note, Bison/Diablo here is less than 3,000 votes total away from being the highest vote-totaling match yet (thus far, it's Sephiroth/Ramirez), and there's still more than two hours left.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

YOU STAY AWAY FROM THOSE UNADJUSTED STATS, BOBBY BOUCHER! THOSE UNADJUSTED STATS ARE THE DDEEVVIILL!!!!!!
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

And I stand by that there was corruption amiss to blame for this high vote total.
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He needs nominations, 61! Nominate Raiden (Metal Gear Solid 2) for SC2K5!

Oh yeah, by the way, the main reason Toad would do better than a Goomba is it's not a toad, it's the Toad. It's the same Toad in all of the games. Toad is the name of a toad. (I'm going off on this because Swirldude implied he was generic like a goomba)

He seems a pretty popular choice in most of the games he's in, too. Toad's got a fanbase out there, for sure.
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He needs nominations, 61! Nominate Raiden (Metal Gear Solid 2) for SC2K5!

I adore Toad in MK64, for what it's worth. Otherwise, I don't think much of him one way or another, but I'd likely vote him over many characters.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Wow, Diablo is handily beating Bison.

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

Indeed he is. I wish this contest would have one nail-biter, though our only two real chances for one now is Robo/Hand and Kefka/Diablo. It'll be interesting to see how those play out.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I adore Toad in MK64, for what it's worth. Otherwise, I don't think much of him one way or another, but I'd likely vote him over many characters.

I still have nightmares about trying to win the gold on Mirror Mode in the Flower Cup and repeatedly failing because I could not place in the top 4 on Toad's Turnpike.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Toad and Toad's Turnpike are like black and white to me; I loved Toad in it, but I loathed TT. The only level that ever infuriated me more was Bowser's Castle.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I'd vote for Toad. He's awesome.

"I forgot my Bazooka at home! Sheesh, gimme a break here...."
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L I T T L E M O N E Y

Toad and Toad's Turnpike are like black and white to me; I loved Toad in it, but I loathed TT.

WHITE SUPREMACIST!

Seriously though, I loved Bowser's Castle in Mario Kart 64. I don't like what they did to it in Double Dash though.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b23.jpg

Well, well, looks like we've got Pig Ganon.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/spr05/b24.jpg

And I'm guessing this Robotnik is from Sonic Advance. I don't recognize it.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I was the one who brought up the racist factor about CJ, and I do live in rural Tennessee...

...but no, heh. I've traded off MK:DD!! already so I don't remember much of it. I don't think any of the levels were actually bad though; I just think it was damned senseless to have that one cup where you had to go through AALLLL the tracks.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I'd vote for a metroid over everything in this contest. metroids are the most recognizable enemy in metroid, although recent games seem to want to phase them out for some stupid reason. plus they're just awesome.

I wonder how one of those armoured dudes in zelda would do? a draknut or something?

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http://speeddemosarchive.com/mzm.html

...Robutt is screwed.
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And how many points do you have, again? - fedor
And how many contests have you won, again? - UltimaterializerX

What? No way. Robotnik can't lose as long as he's in his EGGMOBILE.
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L I T T L E M O N E Y

As if Robo's pic was bad; if anything, at least the Doc isn't gettin' friggin' laser-beamed. The pic looks fairly even to me.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

Master Hand is so bland when it's just...floating there. Good thing Robotnik looks equally stupid.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Huzzah for Pig Ganon! And now I kinda hope MH gets to the next round, which was the "interaction" round last summer. Gun Master Hand + OoT Pig Ganon = Instant Win!
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I like traffic lights!

you guys can't be serious. robotnik has oober pic advantage in that one. robotnikmobile > n64 hand. seriously now, without the laser beams and dark background Master Hand has no chance to survive make its time. I would say that Robotnik will win this in a margin that would suggest that Sin is slightly stronger than Master Hand, although I believe Master Hand would win if it came to it in a scrap.


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Against Kefka, HaRRicH said Wesker < 43%. I said Wesker > 43%...
...turns out 29.63% < 43%, as well as HaRRicH > CaptainFlufflez. Learn to love it.

Wow that's awfully lame for MH. Good.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing over half of the brackets that Ridley could win. - Harrich

One thing I'm going to enjoy about the Final Four is (if Ceej decides to do this again) seeing a picture of Bowser owning Sephiroth.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I'd say that Robotnik has the clear pic advantage here.

And that Ganon has somewhat of a pic disadvantage that might keep him from breaking 80%.
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Master Hand is so screwed. You can only see three of his fingers, so I assume he'll be at 60% strength.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Wha? That's a good pic for ganon. I was hoping for the LoZ sprite though.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing over half of the brackets that Ridley could win. - Harrich

As long as Master Hand still has the middle finger, he's good to go.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Ganon has one kick ass picture. It's good to see him get his ALttP sprite.


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“But though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light.”
- Zeratul

There's not really any pic advantage for any of those four.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman

I really cannot imagine how someone could honestly say that Ganon doesn't have a picture advantage of Ansem, who's barely seen in that picture.

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“But though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light.”
- Zeratul

I think Robotnik carries the advantage over Master Hand. It's not so much because Robotnik looks good, but Hand just looks like crap.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Ah, upon further inspection of the picture it looks like Ganon has his fist up ready to give Ansem a beatdown. <3 <3 <3

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“But though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light.”
- Zeratul

I may be wrong, but isn't that the same kind of pic Squall got against Cloud?
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Dr. Robotnik
"What awaits each person in Heaven is eternal peace, divine rest, and $10,000." --Cartman