I would wager that Link and Mega Man share more of a fanbase than Link and Sonic.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

That's my reasoning behind the Link/Mega Man SFF, and I stick by it. It's the same reason that Luigi thrashed Pac Man.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

The day Sonic ever gets completely doubled is the day I start droppin' bodies.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Knuckles
Serious Reminder: Vote for Tifa Lockheart, too

Thankfully, that day won't happen in 2005 as Sonic won't be facing Link this year.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I would wager the opposite, good Sir.

^ Layers of meaning <_<
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

I'm now having a sudden urge to change my MM/Crono pick to MM.

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A E I OWN U

MM is losing to Sonic.

I had that urge too :(

I also have other urges, baby >_>
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

It was the "old school" SFF, wasn't it, Chemist? Everybody loves "old school" SFF. It's just cool to type.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Link/Crono
Link/Mega Man

Compare.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Knuckles
Serious Reminder: Vote for Tifa Lockheart, too

It just proves that Mega Man shares 4% "old school" blood with Link.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Transitivity not applicable?

I certainly hope that's the right word >_>

I mean the whole A > B, B > C so A must > C thing.

That's what I mean.
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

Or Crono cheated somehow.

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A E I OWN U

Crono always cheats, so it doesn't matter. It's automatically factored into his stat number, just like StarCraft.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Crono is a bigger bastard than both Mega Man and Sonic, so I wouldn't put that past him.
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

I would also wager that Link and Mega Man are far more likely to share a fanbase than Link and Sonic. Although the amount they share should be very small in both cases.

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“Yeah, sure. I always see it. But… who cares? I speak with passion, from the heart! That’s what matters most.”
Laguna Loire

I would wager against you, blood traitor.
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

I wouldn't put it above him. In a match between Chrono Trigger and Starcraft, I wouldn't be so sure which one was cheating more.

I may be saying it in a somewhat joking matter, but I really believe in this "old school SFF". Plus, we all know Mega Man should be deemed "the square slayer". He maimed Tidus, and scored 49%ish on Sephiroth in 2002.

Forget about 2003. Nothing interesting happened there.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

I would wager against you, blood traitor.

Beg your pardon?

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“Yeah, sure. I always see it. But… who cares? I speak with passion, from the heart! That’s what matters most.”
Laguna Loire

Forget about 2003. Nothing interesting happened there.

I beg to differ.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1329

</cheap shot>
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

XD. XD indeed.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

I seriously think Raiden would suffer from an anti-vote problem much worst than Squall or Tidus ever had to face. Actually, I think it be closer to Pikachu.
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

'Cos... 'cos you're all, like, anti-Mario now, or something. He's all, like, 9th on your list, or something.

And to think I remember you being blindly optimistic, like an older, more well-known me, for Mario's chances against Crono.

For shame. For shame.

v_v
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

And to think I remember you being blindly optimistic, like an older, more well-known me, for Mario's chances against Crono.

Good memories. That, to this day, is the best match we've ever had in a contest. Mario marched back from those 900 votes after I had left. <3

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“Yeah, sure. I always see it. But… who cares? I speak with passion, from the heart! That’s what matters most.”
Laguna Loire

It was truly glorious.
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

I still remember going to bed with Crono ahead by 800 votes and waking up the next day to see how much he won by.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

It's still 2-1 to Mazza :P

And after this contest, it's going to be 3-1. You diggit?
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

My favorite match last year was actually Link/Mega Man just because I kept waiting for Mega Man to pull Link under 60% and it just kept never happening.
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

Leonhart, I fully expected the link to Squall/Luigi, not Solid/Raiden. Ya got me.
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Knuckles
Serious Reminder: Vote for Tifa Lockheart, too

Raiden anti-votes are overrated. Maybe in 2003, but I don't think it's a huge factor anymore. Visiting the Metal Gear Solid boards these days, there are Raiden haters around, but it's not anything ridiculous. And, they are usually swarmed by Raiden impartials/fans. Heck, check out Leonhart's NCAA thing. Raiden pulled 80% of the vote on that Silent Hill guy. I don't think Pikachu could do that against anyone.

Of course, maybe Pikachu pulled 80% of the vote against someone in that thing too, proving my theory wrong.

We'll never know though. Damn you people and your lack of nominations! (he'll get in next year because of MGS4, yeah...)
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Mega Man/Link never happened in 2004.

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“Yeah, sure. I always see it. But… who cares? I speak with passion, from the heart! That’s what matters most.”
Laguna Loire

I seriously dont see how people can think Mario will beat Crono this year if they face.
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

That Silent Hill guy as you call him is 10 times the character Raiden is.
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

Will MGS4 even be out by next year? I doubt it highly.

Besides, nobody other than Inviso knows or cares about James Sunderland. Regardless, it's still pretty impressive what MGS2 did in Ulti's "Rate the Game" topic the other day. The hate has seemingly died down a lot. The same thing happened with FFVIII as well. The hate is still there but not nearly as strongly as it used to be.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Blind faith.

And magic. 99% of magic is knowing one extra fact, and regarding that match, I know one extra fact, and thus I am confident.

Yeah...
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

From: Sir Crono

Besides, nobody other than Inviso knows or cares about James Sunderland.

I do ;_;
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

Even so, if Raiden hate was what it was chalked up to be James would've pulled more than that on anti-votes alone. I anti-vote all the time on that thing. I surely can't be the only one.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Well a lot of antivoting in that is due to rankings and other crap. Like Zelda got anti-voted out the wazoo. She might not be able to beat Yoshi straight up, but no way she loses by that much if she isnt ranked.
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"Why would the boost from AC be bigger than those?" - Mac Arrowny
"Because (Heroic Mario) just replayed Final Fantasy VII." - Lucid Faia

Although I think I might have figured out what may be one of Raiden's main problems (other than not being Solid Snake, of course). He makes one of the worst first impressions EVER.

"Did you say 'nerd'?"

...
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Link/Ganon type relationship, methinks. Raiden would probably do O.K against not-Solid Snake, but against him, he collapses.

He really is only remotely popular because of being in MGS2, just like Ganon with LoZ.

Not that I don't <3 Ganon.

Not that I do <3 Raiden.

Bah!
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

I'll give you that. Raiden still regrets that line, I'm sure.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

And I agree with Mister Mario. Always have. That's why I projected Raiden to get mid-high twenties in the X-Stats. *ducks*

It just makes sense. The main reason Raiden is hated in the first place is because he isn't Solid Snake. Raiden would get more hate votes than anywhere else in that match. Even the fans often say "he's no Solid Snake, but he was a pretty good character". So obviously when facing Solid Snake he's gonna lose a ton. I think the fact that he held up better than Ganondorf is pretty respectable, actually.

This is what happens when I come in here. The power of my sig slowly moves the conversation in a Raidenesque direction... mwahahaha!
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

I think he could perform around Ocelot's level, but no higher.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Link/Ganon type relationship, methinks. Raiden would probably do O.K against not-Solid Snake, but against him, he collapses.

For fun, assuming Raiden is to Solid as Ganon is to Link (assuming Ganon 2k3 is right):

--If Solid is unadjusted, Raiden gets 17.96% on Link 2k4 (just over Vyse).
--If Solid is adjusted, Raiden gets 19.96% on Link 2k4 (between VJ and Jill).
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Knuckles
Serious Reminder: Vote for Tifa Lockheart, too

See? Above fodder level >_>
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Yoblazer did rather well in the guru contest.
Rather well, indeed.

Doing it all wrong, HaRRicH. The proper way to do it is:

Ganondorf got SFFed down to 37.3% of his X-Stats value. Therefore, Raiden was similarly SFFed. 12.29/0.37 = Raiden gets 32.94% on Link. A few % below Solid Snake. Yeap, that looks about right.

(I don't even know if that's a legal move)
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

I think Raiden would beat post-VJ2 Viewtiful Joe, myself, and I'd probably end up taking him over Revolver too. I wouldn't expect anything more from Raiden than being on par or slightly stronger than Revolver though.

(I don't even know if that's a legal move)

Nah, it's completely legal. Wrong...but legal. =P
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Serious Reminder: Vote for Knuckles
Serious Reminder: Vote for Tifa Lockheart, too

*walks into topic*

Raiden gets 32.94% on Link. A few % below Solid Snake

*walks back out of topic, closes Firefox, shuts off laptop and goes to bed*

Actually, I just wanted to post here before I went to bed so...yeah.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!

Think of the reaction if I was right though... you know you'd eat that up. "Raiden's beating Squall WTF!?!".
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Thankfully, no such thing will happen.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno