He did look better than Kirby last round.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Kirby doesn't deserve to be bested by a wild head of lettuce!
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

And now...Lavos will almost undoubtedly rank lower than Kefka, and Mother Brain will be even further off. I would guess that Kefka would end up beating MB as badly as Diablo beat Ridley. If that's the case, it ought to be close.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Fun with numbers: Jenova Division!

Currently, LS has 24.67% on Sephiroth.

XS on Sephiroth:
Sephiroth 50.00
Liquid Snake 24.67
Lavos 21.90
Vergil 21.19
Mother Brain 19.36
Ramirez 16.34
Ghaleon 15.07
Officer Tenpenny 10.09

XS on 2k3 Link if Sephiroth = 2k4 Sephiroth:
Sephiroth 46.56
Liquid Snake 22.97
Lavos 20.39
Vergil 19.73
Mother Brain 18.03
Ramirez 15.22
Ghaleon 14.03
Officer Tenpenny 9.39

XS on 2k3 Link if Sephiroth = 2k3 Sephiroth:
Sephiroth 49.71
Liquid Snake 24.53
Lavos 21.77
Vergil 21.07
Mother Brain 19.25
Ramirez 16.25
Ghaleon 14.98
Officer Tenpenny 10.03

XS on 2k3 Link if Liquid Snake = 20XXDF Adjusted Liquid Snake:
Sephiroth 65.06
Liquid Snake 32.1
Lavos 28.49
Vergil 27.57
Mother Brain 25.19
Ramirez 21.26
Ghaleon 19.6
Officer Tenpenny 13.12

XS on 2k3 Link if Liquid Snake = 2k3 unadjusted Liquid Snake:
Sephiroth 59.93
Liquid Snake 29.57
Lavos 26.25
Vergil 25.40
Mother Brain 23.21
Ramirez 19.59
Ghaleon 18.06
Officer Tenpenny 12.09
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Wow, I didn't realize Vergil was that close to Lavos. That's a bit surprising.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

2k3 unadjusted Liquid Snake

...what?
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

Despite his large inaccuracies in the past rounds, I think HM is right on this one. I also expect Diablo to win with no less than 52%. I would take Bison over Kefka, despite the numbers he put up against Wesker. Wesker is a weakling.
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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

I'm still confident that Bison is not stronger than Ken. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

What Leonhart said.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 30/36 - Matches: 21/25 - Rank: 01386/24748 - Today: Sephiroth - Tomorrow: Kefka

Liquid was there in 2k3, you just didn't see him. It's all part of the Plan...
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

I would take Bison over Kefka as well.

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“You see, at this point… I’m pretty much the Queen ***** of the Universe. And not all of your little soldiers or space ships will stand in my way again.”

Incidentally, if Ridley = Mother Brain and we're looking at 2k4 Seph and adjusted 2k4 Kekfa, then Diablo loses with 46.78%. Ridley needs to be able to get 53.22% on Mother Brain for Diablo to be even with 2k4 Kefka. Considering all the talk that's been going around that MB > Ridley and my guess that Kefka got a nice mid sized boost (as shown by his performance on Wesker), I'm quite confident in Kefka.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Yeah, I'd take Bison over Kefka, I'm actually with HM on this one. And for the record, I don't think Bison's stronger than Ken, I'd take Ken over Kefka too.
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He needs nominations, 61! Nominate Raiden (Metal Gear Solid 2) for SC2K5!

Considering all the talk that's been going around that MB > Ridley

And I have never understood such talk.

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“You see, at this point… I’m pretty much the Queen ***** of the Universe. And not all of your little soldiers or space ships will stand in my way again.”

If Ken and Bison both beat Kefka, Masters doesn't have a lot of breathing room to be stronger.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

DATS COS U IS STOOPID LOL!
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"The PS3 isn't designed to lean towards games. It's not a computer for children."- Ken Kutaragi

The vote total for this match is really high. It may reach 100,000.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

I hope it doesn't.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

I am glad I did change my tiebreaker, but it isn't as though it'll matter considering I'm out of the running.

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“You see, at this point… I’m pretty much the Queen ***** of the Universe. And not all of your little soldiers or space ships will stand in my way again.”

I'm telling ya, the Bat-Cloud sprite in the background is the reason for that.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar (GAC)
Sephiroth vs. Liquid - Bracket: Seph - Vote: Liquid (30/36)

Unless Masters was underrated in the 2k3 stats. In 2k2 he would've had plenty of breathing room against 2k4 Kefka, I'm pretty sure.
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He needs nominations, 61! Nominate Raiden (Metal Gear Solid 2) for SC2K5!

After seeing the supposed dive that Liquid took when he was set up to face Solid Snake in the Sweet Sixteen, I'm almost wondering if he didn't overperform against Frog and if Ken didn't overperform against Samus in 2002 because of a possible setup against Ryu.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Dive he took THIS year when he was set up to face Solid Snake LAST year, that should say.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

So, where does Tenpenny rank on the all time suckiest of the sucky? I'm sure it's not anywhere near Tanner, but would he beat Ms. Pac Man or something?
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Sephiroth is good, if he wasn't good, sephiroth wouldn't have 8.000 fans around the world. ~Siimor11
ZSB [aX]

If this is 2k4 Sephiroth, then Tenpenny would beat the following:
Captain Olimar
AiAi
Mr. Resetti
Dirk the Daring
Giygas [CATS]
Serious Sam
Ms. Pac-Man
Mr. Driller
Tanner

Notice the lack of Pyramid Head, and only the possibility of Giygas. Pretty pathetic.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Based on the current percentage, Tenpenny is either at 9.35% on Link (2004 Sephiroth), which puts him below Gabe Logan. Or he's at 9.98% on Link (2003 Sephiroth), right below Kane.

Either way, Tenpenny would get single digit percentage against Link.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

It still disgusts me to see somebody as weak as Serious Sam and realize he actually won a match.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

I should stop writing those things while tired. I'm fairly sure another character in the Ruin Division has been in one of these things before >_>

~*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

On the flip side, the strongest character to never win a match is...Claire Redfield? After her, you've got to go all the way down to Felix.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Liquid Snake vs. Kefka?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

Felix is stronger than Yuna in the 2K3 stats? I didn't know that.
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Sephiroth is good, if he wasn't good, sephiroth wouldn't have 8.000 fans around the world. ~Siimor11
ZSB [aX]

He's stronger by less than a percent, but still stronger.

Yuna is almost undoubtedly stronger now, what with FFX-2 and Golden Sun dropping off the face of the earth, but still. Either way, based on the stats, you still have to hit Ramza and Wario before you get to Yuna.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Man, you've gotta love awkward phrasing.
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Hi,I'm partystar. ^_^
Or maybe I'm Leonhart. That's for you to decide.

Question is, would Claire be as strong as the 2002 stats, even adjusted for WDF, would indicate? After all, Jill's been falling every year since the first contest...
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 30/36 - Matches: 21/25 - Rank: 01386/24748 - Today: Sephiroth - Tomorrow: Kefka

WDF Claire is at 27.14, give or take half a percent or so, which is coincidentally right next to Jill in 2k2.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Sephiroth 75.64% 60001
Liquid Snake 24.36% 19326
TOTAL VOTES 79327
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Ahem, Liquid vs. Kekfa?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.

I would still take Liquid Snake.

FYI, if Sephiroth can manage to pull in 64,500 votes, he'll make the top 25 for all-time individual vote totals.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Just broke 80,000 votes.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Liquid. Duh. Kefka would be doing worse than this.
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Spring Contest 2005 - Points: 30/36 - Matches: 21/25 - Rank: 01386/24748 - Today: Sephiroth - Tomorrow: Kefka

That's kinda obvious, what with the mass SFF and all.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

I still don't understand how Claire did so well.
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

I'd take Kefka. He'd be expected to get 24.59% on Sephiroth if his 2k4 value is correct, and I think it's higher than that. He made Luca look like one of the worst characters in the contest (just slightly above Giygas [Ganondorf], and about a percent higher than OT and PH), which I don't think Luca is. I don't know how much of a boost he got (certainly not all the way up to 27.75% as Luca suggests), but it could be enough to take out this pathetic shadow of Liquid Snake that we're seeing today.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

but it could be enough to take out this pathetic shadow of Liquid Snake that we're seeing today.

"I'm YOU! I'm your shadow!"

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

Liquid is also closing in on a full 10% drop over his previous contest appearance, by far the worst in contest history. Tidus, Shadow, Lara, and Sam were the previous holders of that dubious honor with between 7-8% drops for all of them.
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If you go to him, he will destroy you. And your last moments will be of shadow and pain.

Maybe Seph just overperforms at will. Or the emo pic is getting Emos.
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O, flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! ~Mercutio

Today's match is crazy. I hope this puts to rest the completely ridiculous Frog>Magus theory that some people subscribe to.
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SC2K4 Oracle Ranking: 4th
Supporting CATS in the Spring Contest.

A drop that large just screams that something is wrong with this match.
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Can't keep a good man down, baby!

More fun/worthless calculations:

If Sin = Lavos, and we're dealing with SC2K3 Sephiroth here, and Sephiroth ends up with 76%, here's the estimated strengths of a bunch of characters:

LSnake: 23.86%
Lavos: 21.18%
Mother Brain: 18.73%
Robotnik: 21.75%
Sin: 21.18%
Master Hand: 17.62%
Kuja: 16.30%

Coincidentally, Dr. Robotnik vs. LSnake would then have a near-identical result as Dr. Wily vs. Revolver Ocelot. :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."

A drop that large just screams that something is wrong with this match.
You sure? The (rough) extrapolated values for Lavos and Mother Brain seem rather fitting to me.

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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."