*sigh*

Pokemon Yellow's 15 million > Vice City's 13 million, if it even is 13 million.

Moving on.

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

Tch. NOW I see HM's post. Oh well.

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

I'd love for the second round to be sprites. It's quite obvious that the sprite round is Ceej's favorite when it comes to making match pics, so having the sprite round earlier in the contest wouldn't surprise me if he enjoys making the pics so much. I do wonder what he'll do later, though.

Maybe we'll finally see a .gif pic.

~*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 posted this on the other topic, but I at least want my analysis on the same topic of when the match starts.

Match 1: (1) Mario Mario vs. (8) Joanna Dark

Past Performance:

Mario Mario

Summer 2002
Beat Servbot, 74.11% - 25.89%
Beat Morrigan, 66.81% - 33.19%
Beat Donkey Kong, 81.98% - 18.02%
Beat Cloud Strife, 50.11% - 49.89%
Beat Crono, 50.05% - 49.95%
Lost to Link, 37.47% - 62.53%
Ranked: 6th

Summer 2003
Beat Captain Olimar, 88.42% - 11.58%
Beat Shadow the Hedgehog, 55.10% - 44.90%
Beat Crono, 50.05% - 49.95%
Lost to Sephiroth, 38.40% - 61.60%
Ranked: 5th

Summer 2004
Beat JC Denton, 83.54% - 16.46%
Beat Bowser, 70.65% - 29.35%
Lost to Crono, 46.76% - 53.24%
Ranked: 6th

Spring 2005
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Joanna Dark

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2004
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Spring 2005
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Analysis

Here we have one of the strongest characters in the contest against a new character. Mario has a lot of matches under his belt and with Clinkeroth out of the way Mario now has a good chance of winning this contest. Joanna Dark has been in only one game, which was Perfect Dark, a rather popular game during the end of the life for the Nintendo 64. Joanna could be considered a cult character do to people don’t really know her, but those that do really liked her.

Now we all know that Joanna has no chance of winning this match, but the real question is how much will Mario beat her by? Over the contest we’ve seen some cult characters do rather well, but we’ve also seen them crash and burn like mad. Now we have to consider a few factors to determine her strength.

First of all sales for Perfect Dark were over 2 million in the US. Now that’s pretty well for a game near the end of the Nintendo 64 era. But as we may all know sales don’t give the full picture or else Pokémon characters would do very well in these types of contest. Also in the games contest Perfect Dark may have done well again SotN, but the Castlevania game didn’t do as well against GoldenEye.

Second, Joanna Dark is from a FPS game and unless your name is Master Chief you’re not going to do to well in these contests. Take a look at Duke and Lara they’re both from popular game series yet they do poorly in the contest, but then again both of those characters are hated by many people so Joanna might not do worse then them.

There is also a possible chance of SFF happening on that match. Even though the game was made by Rare, the game was on the system where almost everyone had some kind of Mario game. Whether it be Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64 or even a Mario Party game I can tell you that at least 80% Nintendo 64 owners had some kind of Mario game. Though if there was going to be SFF in this match it will be fairly small.

Finally there are Mario anti-votes. Personally I don’t think that’s true and it’s only an excuse used during Mario’s first match because he did so poorly and even if there was any anti-vote it will be fairly small and would most likely be cancelled out by Joanna’s anti-votes.

I’m going to expect something around 80-20, but there is no way Joanna is going to escape a tripling by Mario. This may be the first match of the contest, but it won’t be the most interesting.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Mario Mario over Joanna Dark

charmander6000’s Prediction: Mario wins, 80.29% - 19.71%

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17 handhelds Nintendo has taken down 1 more to go (see quote for rest)

Oh no. I just realized something.

Tifa's sprite. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 0/0 points
Current Match Prediction: Mario vs. Joanna Dark

I'm playing GTA:SA for the first time in a few months now, and I must say CJ is a pretty damn good character. The script in the game really develops him better than any other character in GTA history (not saying much, I know). I am very glad to see him in this contest, shame Mario is going to kill him.

Anyone else feel the same way? I'm also pretty much finishing up my 100% completion run...finally.
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Today's subliminal thought is:

There was no pack-in game at launch for the N64. The frst game it came packaged with was Shadows of the Empire. I believe beyond that the only games to come packed with the system in no perticular order were Episode I Racer, DK64, and Hey You, Pikachu!.
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"Have you missed me? Was I there? I was dreaming... someone cared" - Iio "Give it Up"

I hope Ness destroys CJ.

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

Oh no. I just realized something.

Tifa's sprite. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

It's really not gonna affect the outcome, though I'll be glad to see the great Luigi sprite. It'll be good to see Kirby's sprite, too. If only Knux had gotten a winnable first round match, we could behold his awesome sprite as well.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I wonder what Ceej will have in store for Mario/Samus. That's the picture that I really want to see most.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

I've got a little "Road to Victory" to bring back. Man, it's so great that another Summer Contest is here. These are kick ass. <3

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 1 - (8) Joanna Dark
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6734/cunning9ej.jpg

Guru
Oracle
Spread Betting
Prophet
Prediction Percentage

Anything I'm missing guys?
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!

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

Come to think of it, has Joanna been on the Xbox yet?

No, she hasn't. Perfect Dark Zero is currently set to launch with the Xbox 360, which doesn't come out until November of this year.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 1 - (8) Joanna Dark
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6734/cunning9ej.jpg

Did the BOP too, forgot to include it in that list.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!

<plug>
Don't forget to enter your predictions in the Oracle Challenge!
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=21991821
</plug>
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I've been officially pwned by yoblazer, best Guru of 'em all.

im tempted to make a last minute change in my bracket... grrr i might regret it though

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Don't do it! IT'S A TRAP!
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I'll pass on most of those contests. I always forget about keeping up with them halfway through, anyway.

~*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

Guru
Oracle
Spread Betting
Prophet
Prediction Percentage

Anything I'm missing guys?

Steve Illumina Speaks!The commentary that is adored all over this very thread...I have already written 23 of the 32 matches in round 1...so these are ready to bash the hopes and dreams of the fanbabies with a vengeance in 2005!

Who is excited!?
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Steve Illumina: 'Sage of Board 8', Renowned Author, MK Master, Noob Basher & Fanbaby Smacker! Score: 0/0

I'm PUMPED!
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Changed Cloud as winn4r..
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May 05 NPD Sales - PSP - 250k. DS - 57k.
PSP trumps DS by 4.38x in sales for the month of May.

From: Sir Crono | Posted: 7/18/2005 6:48:54 PM | Message Detail
Don't do it! IT'S A TRAP!

i was gonna put Squall > Magus.... i had Squall winning up until today, then changed to Magus. i just know i'll hate myself if Squall wins (im a huge Squall fan). i dunno what to do >.<

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Oh, then you'd better change it back. I thought you already had Squall > Magus. Didn't know you'd changed it.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

i just can't see Squall = Ganondorf

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

Don't bother going with Squall > Magus. It's a stupid pick.

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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

Don't listen to Ulti. He's got his blinders on.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

i think it's a good upset pick though. i just don't know if KH: CoM can give Squall a big enough push to beat Magus

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Nominate Cecil from Final Fantasy IV for the summer contest

I swear to God, you're never hearing the end of it after Magus wins.

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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

You know, I really couldn't care less. This is all just for fun to me anyway. I'll be able to have a good laugh regardless of what happens.

Still, I'd be able to laugh even harder if Squall won.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Locked on time!
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!

*tag*

I know I messed up on Kratos/Diablo and Sora/Alucard.
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Volgin is one sexy beast....

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/detail.php?board=8&topic=22205558&message=241525181

For those who care about seeing my bracket.

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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

As he walks the path of life...his name is called for..chanted by those, his fellow Elites, his equals, who know the power of his prose...as the noobs, fanbabies, and nerdboys cower in the darkness...afraid the truth of their blind loyalty will be brought forth before their judgment clouded eyes...

He answers the call with a tip of his BoSox cap...draws forth his pen to compose the very column that has increased Stats thread readership by 23.39%... He is...

The Sage of Board 8, Steve Illumina

Hahahaha, greetings gamers the world over...the time has come to write once more...be afraid kiddies, be very afraid indeed...

And so for 2005 it begins, in the 'Shiitake' Mushroom Division..

(1)Mario vs (8)Joanna Dark

Steve's Pick: Mario
Fanboy-O-Meter: Favors Mario!
Upset Odds: Nil
Match Fun Factor: 6/10: Pretty fun...but Mario vs Karnov would have been closer! :)

Comments: In DigiPen, the hallowed video gaming design and programming school, every student must take a class called 'Intro to Gaming History'. And in said class, on the 1st day of the semester, after roll call and the obligatory distribution of the course syllabus, a question is posed by the instructor to the gaming industry hopefuls. The question...

"Who is the father of gaming?"

Some might say Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and the Chuck E Cheese pizza chain. Others may pipe in with Ralph Baer, who designed many pre-Atari gaming gadgets and concepts. But the truly smart kids will say...MARIO!

Thats right kiddies...none of us would be here today, if not for the gaming revival spurned by the undisputed King of Platformers. In 1985, games were as dead as the Furby is today, and headed for the back aisle of K-Mart forever, until a mustached plumber changed all that. (You dont really think it was that dumb duck or that lame-o robotic thing do ya?)

So then, it is because of Mario we are all here now. But you know what...too many gamers forget this fact. These, the ones raised on a healthy dose of Halo, with a side of Metal Gear. These, the ones who think less than 6 buttons on a joypad is 'primitive'. To you fools, I say...show the proper respect to the King who gave you all the hobby you so truly love today, no matter the genre you happen to play!

The King is bitter after his defeats in 03 and 04, and he is riding high, aboard his trusty steed the Red Yoshi, and he is tossing hammers at all who get in his path, starting with this jobber Joanna Dark.

Joanna Who??? How did this chica make it this year to be Fodder #1? A 1-game series that has been dead for 10 years...and yes I know a sequel is coming...but still. This spot should have been given to Karnov! Now HE would have drawn some votes...

Prediction: Mario cruises, breaking the admittedly shallow hopes of the GameFAQs Goldeneye fanboy contingent of 432 fans.

Quote of the Day: "Itsa me...Mario!"
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Steve Illumina: 'Sage of Board 8', Renowned Author, MK Master, Noob Basher & Fanbaby Smacker! Score: 0/0

Pretty damn cutter...

Esp with most pros going Mario > Sammy and Bows > Snake.

Too bad Bows wont even beat Ryu :)
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May 05 NPD Sales - PSP - 250k. DS - 57k.
PSP trumps DS by 4.38x in sales for the month of May.

err Forgot to revise my bracket and left Sam over DK :(
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May 05 NPD Sales - PSP - 250k. DS - 57k.
PSP trumps DS by 4.38x in sales for the month of May.

So, since the brackets had been locked, where should the guru contestants post our brackets?

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Posts without a sig looks ugly, so I guess I need something here.

match pic up for mario vs joanna

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b01.jpg

He answers the call with a tip of his BoSox cap...draws forth his pen to compose the very column that has increased Stats thread readership by 23.39%...

Good to see another Sox fan. And 37% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

As for the N64's initial release, it was not packaged with any game at first. It's initial release lineup consisted of a whopping two games: Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64, the latter of which is a very underrated game, IMO. A few weeks later, a second wave of about eight or so games came, on of which was Wave Race 64. Note that this information is all from memory, so I might be wrong about it, but I'm positive there were only two games on the first couple of days.
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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

Heh, Ulti has the exact same bracket as me, except I have Samus > Mario and Crono, and Vincent over Magus. His tiebreaker is also dangerously close to mine... <_<
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Graduation: April 30, 2005 "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

well, i gotta say that the only matches i considered changing at the last second was changing to were:

Ryu over Bowser
Kefka over Vercetti

man, i am slightly depressed that i had to listen to reason and logic and pick against my main man Kefka. but at least there are no sprite pics this round, so it looks like we won't be seeing Angel Kefka in this contest. with that pic, i honestly think Kefka would have a decent shot at Vercetti, but with Lettuce Kefka/ Dee Snider Kefka, it just ain't gonna happen. =/

VIVA Summer 2K5!!

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Official Co-Host for PUB TRIVIA XV
Yoblazer is officially THE MAN for beating us all in SpC2K5!!

I feel cursed sharing the exact same bracket as Ulti. Nobody has ever had the winning bracket twice.
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BertTheOne | Can't hurt this Bert
Never eat a stoner. We have powers you havent even seen!

What pic do you think Ceej will use for Big Boss?

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A E I OWN U

Probably the one in his profile.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

tag
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Currently: 0/0 | Next: Mario | Contest Corner:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=22284362

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=22287789

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
My Video Game World Records: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&p=35289

I didn't even realize the contest started tonight.
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www.SC2K5.com

I swear to God, you're never hearing the end of it after Magus wins.

Werd. Toast to http://cunningplan.ytmnd.com . :-)
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PETITION: Ability to preview contests to moderators before posting it. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=19643565 (198 Signs!)

That YT is hilarious.

~*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