I agree... people are already calling Mario the 2k5 champ after one match against someone who hasn't even been IN the contest yet.

what? who was ******* stupid enough to claim that already? i need some names so i can hand out some floggings....


At the 15:30 mark, this match has 73,567 votes. At this same time, Cloud/Samus had 74,910 votes.

nice. it looks like we might have some 120,000+ vote matches again. ^_^

and if you ask me, these higher vote totals mean that we can probably breathe a little easier about CJ and Vercetti. Kefka and Ness don't really strike me as being very popular with the casual gamer crowd. especially poor Kefka. however, with an extra 20,000 voters, ya gotta admit that close to call matches like Ryu vs. Bowser, Sora vs. Alucard, Ganondorf vs. Auron, and Vivi vs. Zelda are totally up in the air.

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Actually, all four of those matches are set in stone. I'd start worrying about Samus vs Frog if I were you.
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To add on to that, you can look at the Vercetti pics and go hey, it's the GTA:Vice City guy without even playing the game. When you look at CJ's pic without playing the game, the first thing that comes to mind is "oh, a guy with a cap, shades, and a big gold chain.... wait, that's the guy from GTA:San Andreas?"
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I'd start worrying about Samus vs Frog if I were you.

Joke...?
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Vercetti had in game picks and CJ has his.."art"
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The only saving grace for CJ's pic is that you see it in the loading times in the game. But I swear it still looks more like Ryder.
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Actually, all four of those matches are set in stone. I'd start worrying about Samus vs Frog if I were you.

oh, really? and what kind of stone might that be? LIE-mstone? =P

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The only saving grace for CJ's pic is that you see it in the loading times in the game.

I doubt anyone cares about loading times, though.
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People at least notice them in passing.
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I can look at the pic without playing the game and going through the loading times and not think it's CJ until I look at the voting options.
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Vercetti had in game picks and CJ has his.."art"

That's my whole point....

The only saving grace for CJ's pic is that you see it in the loading times in the game. But I swear it still looks more like Ryder.

Another point... In that pic, it's debatable whether the average person would even KNOW it's the main character of GTA:SA. There were plenty of people in 2k3 that didn't know the name Tommy Vercetti, but recognized his pic (and Hawaiian shirt) as the GTA:VC guy.
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Please. We all know that Chun-Li will be beating Ryu, Alucard beating Sora, Ganondorf beating Auron, and Vivi beating Zelda.

I'd start getting worried about Samus/Frog. Now there's a match that could go either way. I mean, look at Lavos vs Mother Brain. Mother Brain kept it close. However, Samus clearly is farther from Mother Brain than Frog is from Lavos. So I'd be careful if I were you.
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I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

knowing CJ's name is no problem though, I can't count the times I heard "CJ".
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Looks like HM's prediction for this match is right on the mark.

It's been a long time since the last time he got his predictions right.

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Guess he'll be on a Mario high for at least a month. Fortunately, I have no problems with that.
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http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~shio/gta/gtasa/j_cj3.jpg

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Ranking the 4 pics of the Mushroom Division

Zero&Ryu>>>Ness&CJ>Mario&JD>Lloyd&Wesker
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Higher vote totals? Sweet.

*checks bracket*

*notices I put Kefka over Vercetti*

Aw hell naw.
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You shouldn't ahve had Kefka over Vercetti either way.
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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

Seeing as how someone did this at 15:30...

Cloud vs. Samus @ 16:30 - 78,973
Mario vs. Joanna @ 16:30 - 77,684

Behind by 1,289 votes.
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Keeping pace rather nicely.
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Very nicely.
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For the pic of Ness vs. CJ...I feel a bit better about picking Ness than earlier, but there's still the fact Gamespot is involved. >.< Of course, I think it's more likely Ryu Hayabusa may be helped by his pic than CJ will be hurt by his...I think Hayabusa should break 35%. =p

However...the better Zero does, the better it looks for my Alucard-over-Sora prediction.

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What the hell.. GAMESPOT IS BARELY INVOLVED! Jesus... A link to the rules won't help anymore than the link from the little gray ****ing bar at the top of the god damn screen. If anything, the BAR is more helpful since you can't help but see it (unless you block like anyone who can, should do).
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I hope you're right. But...Gamespot could push CJ up 1% or so if it ends up being big.

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You know, I was panicking when I realized I set my tiebreaker to 62,000. Ironically, I am also one of the few that made note of the 25% vote total decrease last year. I thought we would only see a 100,000+ vote total match in the finals. Now that we are seeing 2003-level vote totals. I can honestly see a 120,000 vote total final which will make my tiebreaker competitive.
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Mario 81.43% 65320
Joanna Dark 18.57% 14901
TOTAL VOTES 80221

Yeah, we hit the 80,000+ mark.
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2k3 lead off with a 101,800 vote match. If this matches that match then we're in for a good contest. Considering that it's nearly keeping pace with Samus/Cloud, another ~101k match, we're in good shape. Wonderful!
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At the 18:05 mark, this match has 83,508 votes. At the same time, Cloud/Samus had 84,795 votes. Still about the same amount behind as it has been for most of the day.
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Cloud/Samus ended ~108K, right?
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It ended with a tad over 101k.
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Oh, so this might not break... damn.

Well it'll still outscore the finals of 2002 and Spring 2004..
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I prefer to think that SFF stands for Some Frivolous Factor. ~Dabu

Joanna's looking a bit better than she was this morning.

92 Iori Yagami 14.98
93 Albedo Piasora 14.68
94 Q*Bert 14.58
94.5 Joanna Dark 14.43
95 Sigma 14.20
96 Ryo Hazuki 13.93
97 Kyo Kusanagi 13.93
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Joanna being so low is wrong.
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She isn't that low, Mario gained. Ugh... --;
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Well, that doesn't take into account the possibility of a Mario increase. That's based on 2004.
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I think that Mario gained, too, but I don't feel like adding the standard disclaimer (based on static character X, all percentages against 2k3 Link) to all of my posts.
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Prediction: Ness will get 46% on CJ.

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I think CJ will have less than 52% until the day vote hits, and then he will pull away and finish with 53-55%.
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CJ to beat the 16-percent spread.

Ness under 41%.
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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

Ness will probably get the early lead...I think it'll need to be quite sizable if Ness wants to hold on, though.

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"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

PREDICTION: CJ with 57%
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Ness will have to take the match and run with it to survive CJ's inevitable day vote advantage.
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Mario 81.26% 70043
Joanna Dark 18.74% 16150
TOTAL VOTES 86193

Over 70,000 votes for Mario with plenty of time to go. Very impressive indeed. This match will likely end up on the all-time top 25 matches based on total vote differential. He's only about 2500 votes away right now.
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From: Slowflake | Posted: 7/19/2005 1:55:08 PM | Message Detail
Heh. Why is everyone forgetting about Magus? His numbers were all derived off his match against Link in 2003...

And this is why the board will live or die by Magus. My numbers, believe it or not, indicate an overperformance by Magus in this match, which will give Squall the win. Of course, if that's not what happened, then Magus will win, which is exactly why everyone will live or die by this proposition.
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