CATS would beat Tanner with like 70% of the vote.

IE was coming back for awhile. I figured it would be ahead.

GJ FF

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus

I mean, forget the stats... can Gordon really be weaker than Ansem?

Sure, why not? It's no more crazy then thinking Gordon can lose to Tina Armstrong, Max Payne and Sam Fisher. Even those three could have a hard time beating Ansem.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Jumping back a page here, but Cloud probably missed out on some board noms because of the strong push being made for someone in the Tifa/Aeris/Vincent triumvirate to make the field.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO "CATS" Cats

i would laugh if some of the noble niners got low seeds cause people didn't nominate them since they are believed to be locks
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

I don't think CjayC base the seeds on nominations. I think he base it how fun he thinks the bracket will be, which explains why Crono got a 4th seed in 2003 when Kirby got a 3rd seed.
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Zelos: Don't hate me just because I'm beautiful.

Crono got a 4 for the sole purpose of setting up a rematch with Mario, seeding be damned. Of course, back then we all thought Kefka had a shot at not making it happen. This may still be our biggest collective ****-up to this day.

Regarding today's poll: DAMN THE DAY VOTERS TO HELL. Still, it's better than nothing... last time there was such a poll, it was, like, 70-30 IE. Will Firefox get ahead next time?
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Samus, Link, Sonic, Frog, Knuckles, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

Crono got a 4 for the sole purpose of setting up a rematch with Mario, seeding be damned. Of course, back then we all thought Kefka had a shot at not making it happen. This may still be our biggest collective ****-up to this day.

Same thing with the 3-seed, I'm sure. I almost bet Crono gets a 2-seed this year to continue his lil' trend here.
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Guybrush/Manny? God, that match would be like watching two old people have sex.
--Tnote/Heroic Viktor

I wonder if Ceej will keep up the tradition of having Pac-Man drop 3 seeds each contest. Will he finally be a 16-seed?
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Technically, he drops 4 seeds, so he would be a 17-seed...

Wait, we don't have these.
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Well, when the parents are away... brother and sister can play...
http://www.freewebs.com/mjversion/index.htm

CJay DOES base seeds on nominations. He has said in the past that he only moves a character up or down 1/2 seeds in order to create matchups.

Want my source?

http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/04Summer/04Summer-CJaySpeaks.txt

You stacked the brackets!

Duh. But not as much as you'd think. The seedings are accurate as to the number of nominations
a character got for the most part (with only 3-4 shifts up and down a seed or two, generally
to more accurately reflect the number of expected votes vs. organized efforts to get a
character into the bracket). Of course, I made sure to then arrange the seeds into brackets
where we should get some interesting (read: hard to call) match-ups all the way through the
tournament, and likely avoid a same-game/company final round.

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the-elite.net congratulates yoblazer, winner of the Spring '05 Guru Contest!
Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

Of course, I made sure to then arrange the seeds into brackets where we should get some interesting (read: hard to call) match-ups all the way through the tournament, and likely avoid a same-game/company final round.

That was last summer... oh geez. I wonder how he thought Link/Ganondorf would be hard to call.
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Samus, Link, Sonic, Frog, Knuckles, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

all those SFF matches were lame. i hope he realized how dull they are. the hero/maincharacter will always win.

btw, who is Manny Calavera. ive seen a lot of ppl nominating him, but i have no clue what game hes from.

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Grim Fandango, I believe.

But yeah, I'm kinda wondering where all the "hard to call" matches were last contest. Did Ceej honestly think that all the SFF matches made the contest harder...?
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Heh.

I wonder how would a Link/Bowser match have gone, or Mario/Ganondorf.

BTW, CJayC NEEDS to put "flamboyant cosmic freebooter" in CATS' profile. I'll be a sad panda if he doesn't.
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Samus, Link, Sonic, Frog, Knuckles, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

BTW, CJayC NEEDS to put "flamboyant cosmic freebooter" in CATS' profile. I'll be a sad panda if he doesn't.

As would I now; that just seals the deal on how cool CATS is.
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Guybrush/Manny? God, that match would be like watching two old people have sex.
--Tnote/Heroic Viktor

how crazy would this board go on a scale of 1 to 10 if CATS was to win a match?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

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yoblazer is my god. And your god. But mostly mine since I got PWND by his mad guru skills.
NOMINATE THE KING OF ALL COSMOS

well you saw them when CATS was going punch for punch against Ansem
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17 handhelds Nintendo has taken down 1 more to go (see quote for rest)

Hopefully the lame Summer Contest "traditions" will all end (Mario vs. Crono, Snake vs. Knuckles, Kirby and Bomberman in the same 4-pack, the whole Gordon Freeman thing...)
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As soon as I entered this topic, I farted. If this is a sign of things to come, I'm out. - HaRRicH
Dig Dug for SC2K5!

What's traditional about Gordon Freeman? It's not Ceejs fault that he never wins...
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As much as I want to put something original about the Guru Contest here, I can't, because Yoblazer owned me way too hard.

If Gordon Freeman wins then the unvierse will implode, water will no longer be wet and humans will be able to fly without a machine. Oh and it will rain pigs.
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Zelos: Don't hate me just because I'm beautiful.

Hopefully the lame Summer Contest "traditions" will all end (Mario vs. Crono, Snake vs. Knuckles, Kirby and Bomberman in the same 4-pack, the whole Gordon Freeman thing...)

There's a good chance we won't see Mario/Crono again. After last year's beating, and since Mario has had a major title released in the past year, there's no need to have it again.

Snake/Knux is stupid. Snake will always win by a comfortable margin. Get rid of it.

Kirby/Bomberman... meh, it's not that big of a deal. I don't expect BM to get anything higher than a 14 seed this year, and Kirby certainly won't get a 3 seed or higher.

GFNW... let it live!!

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

The Kirby/Bomberman thing has to continue until those two actually face each other in a match, most likely in Round 1.

And Freeman needs to continue to face beatable opponents in Round 1, but lose anyway. I mean...really, how do you lose to TINA, PAYNE AND FISHER?!
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar (GAC)
Final Sp2K5 Score: 70 points. Yoblazer pwned me harder than Link in a match versus Tanner.

According to 2003 and 2004 stats, Gordon should've beaten Tina - but instead took his worst beating ever. Shows you the power of GFNW.
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Samus, Link, Sonic, Frog, Knuckles, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

I'm really hoping we get the bracket sometime this afternoon.

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“The gate of tomorrow is not the light of heaven, but the darkness in the depths of the Earth.”
Vincent Valentine

of course he got killed by Tina. TJF and GFNW were in play

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Poll re-run tomorrow - Server glitch.
From: CJayC | Posted: 8/30/2004 8:21:45 PM | Message Detail
One of the servers, for some reason, didn't update the home page, so half of the site's
visitors were seeing the wrong poll. Not sure when this happened (nobody mailed me about it
until mid-afternoon), but just to be safe, we're going to have a do-over. Whee!

Whn I was ready that link I saw this and remembered that day... 27 ****ING VOTES!
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The company has not shut down. [The state] can�t do that. It can only let me not let employees
work. Interplay CEO Herve Caen
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Nominate Strider Hiryu from the Strider Series!
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/contest_nominate.php

The board has no effect if Kerrigan isn't in? And Frog means nothing?
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SC2K5 Elite Eight:
Frog, Snake, Link, Sonic, Kefka, Mario, DK, Soma Cruz

Also, Samus was never #4 before SC2K4? What about in 2002? ~_~

And, just to avoid a triple post...

Chichi, you're a Konami fan, aren't you? <3
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SC2K5 Elite Eight:
Frog, Snake, Link, Sonic, Kefka, Mario, DK, Soma Cruz

How long was it between close of nominations and the bracket in the spring? I have a short memory :-)
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Jon Thomson - Ridley, CATS, Gordon Freeman, Scorpion, Kerrigan, Ocelot, Duke Nukem, Jill Valentine, Wario, Dan Hibiki

For the villain contest, it took about an hour after the nominations closed for the bracket to be posted.

But from what I recall of every other time, it took around two days.

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“The gate of tomorrow is not the light of heaven, but the darkness in the depths of the Earth.”
Vincent Valentine

Hopefully the bracket will be up by the time I get home tonight. If it's not, I'll be very disappointed.

Also, The End is a damn unique boss battle. I like it. Unfortunately, I didn't do too well on my first crack at it. I found him asleep, accidentally fired with my sniper rifle which woke him up, and he got me with about three darts. I wasted about 10 minutes finding him, too. Ah well, I'll have a couple of hours to kill later.
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No hard feelings, Colonel. Mother Russia can rot, for all I care. ~Revolver Ocelot
ZSB [aX]

Any and all WDF and Mario/Cloud adjustments send Samus way down to 7th.
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Samus, Link, Sonic, Frog, Knuckles, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

"Chichi, you're a Konami fan, aren't you? <3"

I'm a fan of so many things. I love Konami's music games and I like Castlevania but I haven't played the Metal Gear Solid games (Played the original MG, though). But liking Konami doesn't stop me from likeing a lot of things from others... Nintendo, Capcom, SNK and Square all produce things I'll hump on sight as well.

But since the topic is Konami, buy Beatmania when it's released or die!
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Yoblazer just kicked my ass!

Now that I have returned, the bracket can go up. That's all CJayC was waiting for.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

sounds like a plan.
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Congratulations to yoblazer, winner of the Spring 2k5 Guru Contest!

Between Vivi who destroyed many brackets by giving DK a major beating, and Kuja who destroyed many brackets by jobbing to world-class fodder, how do you think Zidane would perform?

On a totally unrelated note: http://www.diabloii.net/columnists/images/d3-box-mock.jpg
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SC2K5 nominations: Kefka, Magus, Let's see if people fall for that, Bowser, Kerrigan, Yoshi

I think Zidane would be around the level of the likes of Vercetti. He definitely wouldn't be uber fodder like Kuja.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

I agree with Leonhart.

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“The gate of tomorrow is not the light of heaven, but the darkness in the depths of the Earth.”
Vincent Valentine

Vivi >> Zidane > Kuja

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Zidane won't be fodder. I don't know why people think so. Sure, he won't be a powerhouse, but he's got enough to win a match.

Personally, I think he's got 53/47 first round loss to Knuckles written all over him. Since, you know, that's what Knux does, beating middle of the road FF characters.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

I'll sign up on the guru list. Sure. Hopefully I won't come last place or anything.

1 - UltimaterializerX
2 - Ngamer64
3 - yoblazer33
4 - Team Rocket Elite
5 - Ballpoint Pencil
6 - HaRRicH
7 - NewLib
8 - Heroic Mario
9 - RPGGamer0
10- Tirofog
11 - Haste2
12 - Fiop
13 - Starion
14 - Lopen
15 - greatone10
16 - MegatokyoEd
17 - SonicRaptor
18 - Lucid Faia
19 - Draco1214
20 - Gr8CyberMonkey
21 - Heroic Viktor (tnote)
22 - Undeniable
23 - CaptainFlufflez
24 - Dranze
25 - Vile Requiem
26 - Forceful Dragon
27 - Lieutenant Kettch
28 - swirldude
29 - andaca
30 - Ed_Bellis
31 - RPGuy96
32 - Janus5000
33 - Dilated Chemist
34 - Applekidjosh
35 - Mac Arrowny
36 - Z1mZum
37 - Link Jr
38 - Aprosenf
39 - Chinballz
40 - somdude04
41 - Buzzup
42 - Silverflame
43 - cavedog0
44 - Shake
45 - Lettuce Kefka
46 - Rufus Shinra 18
47 - Gooper Blooper
48 - Ringworm
49 - stepintothearena
50 - Zylo the wolf
51 - Fantusta
52 - XxSoulxX
53 - Heroic Gamma Ray
54 - jonthomson
55 - Master Moltar
56 - XIII is cool
57 - Tediz247
58 - charmander6000
59 - plasmabeam
60 - Phediuk
61 - alpha door
62 - ExThaNemesis
63 - Tai
64 - Shdwdde
65 - VicPez
66 - Sir Bormun
67 - Tjian
68 - Brainstruck
69 - ChichiriMuyo
70 - ShinDragon (sidharta)
71 - Brett with Atreyu
72 - Smurf87
73 - DeeJayDragon
74 - Weird Kirby Dude11
75 - DomaDragoon
76 - dragoontheguy
77 - Radix
78 - rpgapzx
79 - PugTheNinja
80 - Kaxon
81 - FastFalcon05
82 - ubarn
83 - King Morgoth
84 - Mithrandir1331
85 - cyko
86 - Fett0001
87 - SecondBest
88 - Shivan Reincarnated
89 - outback
90 - A worlds envy
91 - Crono801
92 - LuniNutz99
93 - Sephirot1
94 - ExquisiteSamurai
95 - SlangEdter41
96 - voltch
97 - transience
98 - igota75
99. dethfddddh
100 - red sox 777
101 - Yesmar
102 - ff6man
103 - arkenaga
104 - meche313
105 - BeTheMan
106 - bigkevinm84
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You have no chance to survive make your time.

Completely unrelated note, but since I'm playing through it for the first time in many years, I feel moved to say that DKC2 is one of the greatest platformers ever.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

Also, after witnessing the success of my fantastically fabulous five, I might make that an annual deal. It went over pretty well, methinks.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

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It will only mean something if any of the four get in (Ocelot got into villain contest with a good seed, so him making Summer wouldn't mean as much for Board 8 support actually meaning something).

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/05
Team Dragostea Din Tei for Trivia XV

Meh, every little bit helps.
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SC2K5 Nominations: Squall, Tidus, Terra, Serge, Zidane, Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, Lloyd Irving

Also, after witnessing the success of my fantastically fabulous five, I might make that an annual deal. It went over pretty well, methinks.

I would. It certainly helps out the characters that win.

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“The gate of tomorrow is not the light of heaven, but the darkness in the depths of the Earth.”
Vincent Valentine

Next year, add Meta-Knight to your fabulous five.
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Trainer: Clinkeroth, do mega fanboy attack!
Clinkeroth: CLINKEROTH! ~Pibb of Truth