Since the vote totals seem to be good so far.. Will this help our Square characters more??

I wouldn't book anything, but if high totals continue, I'm predicting a Vincent/Squall final for the Devil Division.
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SC2K5- Mario, Frog, Snake, Tidus, Crono, Knuckles, Sonic, Ocelot
I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

Now it is only 1,316 behind Cloud vs. Samus (at 10:40:00). It seems to be gaining rather fast.
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

Hot damn. That picked up quick.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 1 - (8) Joanna Dark
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/135/cunningplan32kw.jpg

You guys forgot that the peak of every match is the afternoon into the early evening. This match should be able to break 100k.

~*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

well looks like joanna is preventing mario gettin 83% on her so far
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

This could change a lot of things if we're back up to 2k3 vote totals. >_>

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

Vincent for the win?
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Yeah, I'm happy with my somewhat high tiebreaker.


~RPGGamer~

You guys forgot that the peak of every match is the afternoon into the early evening.

I don't see how. We're compaing vote totals from the same period of the day.
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"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Poor Kerrigan. She's going to get killed worse than I thought. >.>
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

i reckon in sc2k6 or sc2k7 cloud vs link I's record vote total will be broken if this match is an indication that voting is on the increase since people left this site.
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

These vote totals are helping me cope with the fact that I have Vincent and Squall facing off at the end of the Devil division. The only thing I'm not real happy about is that I have Squall winning that match and I honestly think that FFVII will be victorious. :(

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I got pwned by Yoblazer in the Guru Contest

so out of ten how much would one give to such a match?

i'd give 7/10 for starting the contest with a mario that's back on form and ready to kick his opponent's ass.
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Heh. Why is everyone forgetting about Magus? His numbers were all derived off his match against Link in 2003...
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SC2K5 status - Points: 000/000 - Matches: 00/00 - Rank: ?????/????? - Today: Mario - Tomorrow: CJ

Well I'm always the first to suspect a Magus overperformance just as a fluke/board hype...
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SC2K5- Mario, Frog, Snake, Tidus, Crono, Knuckles, Sonic, Ocelot
I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

Jesus. I just saw three people in the same topic who believe that Kratos (GoW) is going to win. >_>
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

They're going to cry an ocean when he makes Vyse look like a powerhouse.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 000/000 - Matches: 00/00 - Rank: ?????/????? - Today: Mario - Tomorrow: CJ

must be the n00bs flooding board8
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

I wouldn't be surprised if he did well against Vyse... Meh.
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

He won't make Vyse look that good.


~RPGGamer~

now what i do think for sure, is that whoever does better against their second round opponent will be the winner between the two.

Wrong. Frog would beat the holy bajeezus out of CJ, and you KNOW IT



Of course I meant THIRD round.


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All my base are belong to Yoblazer, winner of the Guru Contest.

Mario 82.09% 41047
Joanna Dark 17.91% 8953
TOTAL VOTES 50000

We've hit 50k, and Mario is still doing great! Keep it up!
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this is poll is about half done right?
well if we get as many votes in the second half we get our 100k match
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Second half usually has less votes. Or at least that seemed to be the case when I kept records for the 15 minute updates a few times...

Can The Supercomputer tell us anything about this?
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

I'm gonna backtrack a bit and talk about SFF.

If two characters ae on the same system, there is SFF. Well, two characters from POPULAR games. If a voter likes both games, chances are they like both characters. This is in itself the SAME FANBASE. SFF doesn't mean every voter shares the fanbase, it could mean a portion of voters have difficulty picking their favorite. I believe that Joanna would do "better," in an extrapolated sense, against a Square character.

Do not underestimate how many strictly-nintendo or strickly-PS gamers there are, not everybody has a lot of systems. Same console matches will bring SOME degree of SFF, as long as both characters aren't from fodder games. And Perfect Dark is NOT fodder. Here, a nintendo voter immediately see's joanna, a character they like, and mario, their faithful nintendo powerhouse. But against cloud, squall, etc., the strength/popularity probably wont steal from Joanna.



And this is half "common" sense to me, and half my experience/observation. In the-elite chatroom there was much difficulty picking mario vs joanna (Ive been at the elite for like 5 years now, if you dont know me).



It only makes sense that there is a heck of a lot more SFF in same-console matches than in between-console matches. Mario vs Samus may not be decided by strength as shown in the first 3 matches each, but by which way the SFF goes. Today's % really is irrelevant, Samus hasn't even performed yet..

AWESOME. Looks like we're almost back up to 2K3 vote figures now. ^_^

On a side note, I forgot to enter the Oracle challenge. Damnit.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Mario vs. Joanna Dark @ 11:15:01 - 51,470
Cloud vs. Samus Aran @ 11:15:00 - 52,954

Down by 1,470 now...
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Flee back to your masters, Aldaris, and huddle with them in darkness! For your actions shall set us all unto the Zerg! ~ Tassadar

Mario is doing exactly as I thought he would. GO MARIO!
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Summer 2005 Contest - 0/0 points
Current Match Prediction: Mario vs. Joanna Dark

Just wondering why CJ couldn't potentially be as strong as Master Chief. He comes from a more popular game, after all...
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SC2K5- Mario, Frog, Snake, Tidus, Crono, Knuckles, Sonic, Ocelot
I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

Tidus/Shadow was the most debated first round match, and it was a close one to boot. That's enough for me.

You're just basing that on the board. Tidus had 70% of the brackets behind him. I'd hardly consider that highly debated to the casual bracket maker.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Just wondering why CJ couldn't potentially be as strong as Master Chief. He comes from a more popular game, after all...

Because GTA isn't exactly the face of a system. Halo pretty much represents XBox.
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"Heil Dweebenheimer!"
MasterMage119

Higher vote totals should favor newer Square more. Magus isn't exactly known for being a vote drawer. His matches against Sam Fisher and Luca Blight were among the lowest totals of their respective contests.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

My mistake.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

You guys do know that these vote totals might not stay for the whole thing. If it's just Mario drawing in a lot of these votes, why would Square benefit?
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"Heil Dweebenheimer!"
MasterMage119

Higher vote totals in general should favor Square.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Because people are all too willing to hold on to the past, Mage.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Because Mario is for kiddies.
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SC2K5- Mario, Frog, Snake, Tidus, Crono, Knuckles, Sonic, Ocelot
I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

Except Mario isn't just drawing in a lot of these votes..
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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: Adept_Of_Aiur | Posted: 7/19/2005 2:39:07 PM | Message Detail | #434
You guys do know that these vote totals might not stay for the whole thing. If it's just Mario drawing in a lot of these votes, why would Square benefit?

Because people compare it to 2003 and naturally assume that higher vote totals mean more strength for Square, which I think is pretty stupid. If anything, I'd bet that the higher vote totals are due to a good bracket and the recent upswing in site visitation (check Alexa).

~*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

Ya, Joanna is bringing votes in at a rate Link and Cloud can only dream of.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Why would a good bracket cause an increase in voters? Most don't care about the bracket when they vote, they vote for which of the two characters they like better.
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Because people compare it to 2003 and naturally assume that higher vote totals mean more strength for Square, which I think is pretty stupid.

And then you compare it to 2004 when Square in general seemed to dip a bit in strength.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

So this match puts Joanna at around JC Denton's level.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 0/0 points
Current Match Prediction: Mario vs. Joanna Dark

Maybe we can tie that in with Square not releasing anything worth noting since 2003.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

That really shouldn't have that much of an effect on Square characters in general.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I was expecting Mario to barely be quadrupling Joanna... like 80.1% or so. Joanna about = to JC Denton just seems wrong to me. And it probably is.

Mario > Samus for SC2K5!
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

This is Lettuce Kefka all over again. Joanna got a pic from a game that isn't even out yet (smart move, Ceej). She looks completely different than her N64 counterpart.

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

Second half usually has less votes. Or at least that seemed to be the case when I kept records for the 15 minute updates a few times...

Can The Supercomputer tell us anything about this?

Percentage of total votes at 12:00

Cloud vs Samus 2k4- 56.58%
Crono vs Magus 2k4- 55.76%
Link vs Cloud 2k4- 54.93%
Kefka vs Wesker Sp2k5- 47.94%
Donkey Kong vs Duck Hunt Sp2k4- 45.15%
Frog vs Master Chief 2k4- 41.73%

Mario vs Bowser 2k4- 56.12%
Mario vs JC Denton 2k4- 53.06%
Mario vs Crono 2k4- 44.81%

I just picked a few matches at random and all the 2k4 Mario matches then calculated what percent of the total votes they had at 12:00. The close matches seemed to get more votes in the second half of the day(Surprize! >_>). Of note is the fact that the Cloud vs Samus match that this match is frequently compared to was very front loaded.

As of 12:00, Mario vs Joanna Dark had 56102 votes. As long as it's pre12:00 votes is less than 56.102%, we'll break 100k. So right now, the chances of breaking 100k look pretty good.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Mario for champ!

Wait...that'll kill my bracket...

Who cares? GO MARIO!
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=22134874

we're closing in on 59k and about half an hour past the half way mark so i assume we may break 105k
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft