Good to see I'm not the only one getting "It's going to be closer than we think vibes". I predicted 60% to be safe with Frog, but I have a feeling that Riku will do better than we expect.

As for Snake, he should get 90%. Manny is probably less known than Yuri, and while Snake is weaker than Samus, Manny is just....out there.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

He doesnt look bad. He is the grim reaper, thats got to get him some votes.
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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

we won't know Crono's strength for a while until he gets past all his SFF fest.

We'll know Crono's strength when he faces Tommy Vercetti in Round 2.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 4/5 points
Current Match Prediction: Riku vs. Frog

Manny has a cult following. That alone should keep him above 10%.

I'm thinking Snake gets around 86%.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (4) Tidus... LET ME DREAM :

I just realised that there's a good chance Yuri well fail to break 10k votes. That's got to put him really low in the all time worst vote getters.
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Please sign this petition for a history board:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=21995996

From: Shadow Doom Blaze | Posted: 7/23/2005 3:31:01 PM | Message Detail | #289
The immaturity is killing me..

God damn, you're a hypocrite. Go the hell away.

~*ST*~

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Oh, the irony is amazing..
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 4/4
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Samus Tomorrow: Frog

He is the grim reaper, thats got to get him some votes.

WE know that, but how many casuals out there do you think have played Grim Fandango and know who Manny is? All their going to see is a bone guy.

Hell, Tanner was from Driv-three-r, and that's much more mainstream than GF. His generic picture and name hurt him bad.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

Well if he gets his grim reaper get up, I dont think its going to take much logic for people to figure out who he 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

Oh, the irony is amazing..

It... it just never really ended. Just kept going, and going, and going.

This is the funniest thing that has happened for a while in this topic.
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Mario is Winnar
Next victim: Master Ness

[...] ahead of only Serious Sam, Ms. Pac Man, Mr. Driller, and Tanner.

Somehow seeing Tanner at the bottom of that list always brings a smile to my face..
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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

From: Mister Mario | Posted: 7/23/2005 3:54:58 PM | Message Detail | #309

Oh, the irony is amazing..

It... it just never really ended. Just kept going, and going, and going.

This is the funniest thing that has happened for a while in this topic.
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Glad to be of service, Mr. Mario ^_^
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 4/4
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Samus Tomorrow: Frog

For humor, how much would Gordon Freeman get on Tanner?
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Summer 2005 Contest - 4/5 points
Current Match Prediction: Riku vs. Frog

I know it's over 80%...
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

86.89%
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

Damn, that is just sad..
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 4/4
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Samus Tomorrow: Frog

Ok, I missed the discussion/arguments, does my Vercetti > Kefka pick have any chance? >_>


~RPGGamer~

I doubt he'd get it though.

There was SO SFF in Snake Vs Tanner.
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Mario is Winnar
Next victim: Master Ness

From: RPGGamer0 | Posted: 7/23/2005 5:05:08 PM | #316
Ok, I missed the discussion/arguments, does my Vercetti > Kefka pick have any chance? >_>

Yeah, Vercetti's the favorite.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

Every pick has a chance RPGGamer..

EVERY PICK
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 4/4
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Samus Tomorrow: Frog

So Agent 47 got a chance?
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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

i shouldn't have listened to Heroic Mario last year about how good Mega man is. think i'm screwed on that.
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Don't forget, we live in America, not Soviet Russia.

From: NewLib | Posted: 7/23/2005 4:07:10 PM | Message Detail | #320
So Agent 47 got a chance?
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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
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He has a chance, an albeit miniscule chance, but a chance...

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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 4/4
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Samus Tomorrow: Frog

You listen to HM?

Why?
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Samus vs. Yuri - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (3/4)

i shouldn't have listened to Heroic Mario last year about how good Mega man is. think i'm screwed on that.

You mean, you should expect Megaman to beat both Link and Cloud?
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"Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB
*Claims KG's Eclair & Millia Rage*

I don't know why people are saying that Agent 47 is going to be the next Tanner. Tanner probably is THE most generic looking character we have seen in the contest. A guy in a suit...

Hell, Agent 47's GUNS would double up Tanner. <_<
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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."

Agent 47 is a Bald Guy with Shades and a Suit....

Hmm.... sounds generic to me.
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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

I wonder if someone will confuse Agent 47 with Rude by the picture...
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"Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB
*Claims KG's Eclair & Millia Rage*

From what I've read about Agent 47's character, I can say he's not that generic.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

And like I said, a picture of his guns alone would double up Tanner. <_<
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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."

Hell, Tanner was from Driv-three-r, and that's much more mainstream than GF. His generic picture and name hurt him bad.

Generic name indeed. When I first saw that bracket, I thought Pokemon.

And to celebrate today's match, I had another view of the Metroid DVD I got off the internet. SM should not be completely beaten in under an hour, it's jsut wrong :-)
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

I think that Snake is being overestimated against Manny. I cannot see Manny being lower than Guybrush's 10%. I mean for goodness sake's—he's the friggin' Grim Reaper. That's bound to get him a fair number of votes.


From: Master Moltar | Posted: 7/23/2005 5:52:07 PM | Message Detail
He is the grim reaper, thats got to get him some votes.

WE know that, but how many casuals out there do you think have played Grim Fandango and know who Manny is? All their going to see is a bone guy.

Dude, come one. Everybody knows what the Grim Reaper looks like.

I would really be surprised if Snake broke 90%.
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www.SC2K5.com
www.sc2k5.com/gallery

Dude, come one. Everybody knows what the Grim Reaper looks like.

That's what everyone said about Ryu Hayabusa and the apparant "recognition and love" for ninjas...
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Today's subliminal thought is:

I just beat God of War in two days (7 hours 8 minutes, DAMN it's short) and it's going to be a damn shame when Alucard takes out Kratos.

The ungodly amount of ass that Kratos both owns and kicks is completely staggering.

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Explicit Content, having fun, not being warned.
Cheer Up Emo Kids.

I am so going to buy God of War one day...I just got to save up for my upcoming vacation to Europe.
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Today's subliminal thought is:

Yeah...and from the latest evidence, there was something to that.

Anyway, Grim Reaper goes well beyond video games. The innate appeal of the Manny character should certainly be greater than the innate appeal of the Guybrush character, because of his character model.

I've never heard of either of these two before these contests, but that seems extremely likely to me.
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www.SC2K5.com
www.sc2k5.com/gallery

Aren't you all happy that I have my internet back?
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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

YAY INTERNET!

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Explicit Content, having fun, not being warned.
Cheer Up Emo Kids.

Boy, expected blow outs and weekends sure make this topic slow...
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"Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB
*Claims KG's Eclair & Millia Rage*

When did "Yet another example of government opression [sic]" surpass Yuri? Yuri had the edge last night.
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LordOfDabu.nS)
To be defeated by us is an honor.

I don't know, but it would be hilarious if "Its overblown, but Rockstar's fault" were to beat Yuri as well.
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"Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB
*Claims KG's Eclair & Millia Rage*

heh, you got Red Scarlet's :55 video? that thing's a good time.

this should push to 88% before the night is over. damn unfortunate.
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http://speeddemosarchive.com/SuperMetroid.html#100

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

here's my favourite thing regarding RS's :55 100%:

http://nate.metroid2002.com/scarlet_ouch.png

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err, that's her 1:00. eh, same thing.
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Hahaha, I just saw LUEshi on a completely unrelated website. And then locked the topic for great justice.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

Samus had a very nice day vote gain while I was gone it seems. However, that's about the only thing that was impressive about this match. The reason I say that is that the vote totals are so very low right now and Yuri is pretty much a very low fodder. But yeah, nice day vote gain for Samus. <3

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/135/cunningplan32kw.jpg

Match 6: (4) Riku vs. (5) Frog

Past Performance

Riku

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

Frog

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2004
Beat Liquid Snake, 50.05% - 49.95%
Beat Master Chief, 50.004% - 49.996%
Lost to Solid Snake, 48.61% - 51.39%
Ranked: 14th

Spring 2005
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Analysis:

Here we have the best new comer of last year against a guy from Kingdom Hearts, which rocked 2k3’s Final Fantasy characters. Frog has won two close matches, which when you add them up it’ll equal 100 votes and he did very well against Solid Snake. Frog should be able to win this match because he’s ahead of the main character of Kingdom Hearts in the adjusted x-st and goes 50/50 with him in the unadjusted x-st.

I may be underestimating Riku here, but I don’t really expect him to be all that strong. I would probably rank him on the top of the second half of the x-st. Sora may be a very strong character, but even with that I don’t think Riku is up to the ranks of Yoshi and Dante. Also if you ask me I bet he got some of his nominations from people who spelt Rikku wrong. The game Kingdom Hearts has now become a series this year, with CoM out and KH2 not so far away, but it’s probably not going to help Riku much or hurt him in that case.

In 2k3 Sora was SFF a lot by Aeris. Sure Aeris was in the same game as Sora was, but Frog is also made from Square. If Frog does SFF Riku this will be the first time anything Chrono Trigger SFF other then themselves. I don’t expect to be as much SFF as there was on Aeris vs. Sora, but there will be some kind of SFF in that match. Also if (when) Frog does SFF Riku I can expect there will be a few people expecting Frog to break 45% on Samus or something.

Now if you’ve seen Zero’s performance against Hayabusa a few days ago you would’ve noticed that if you didn’t adjust division 20XX Zero would’ve got about what he did on that day. If that was true then Mega Man performed just fine against Link and we shouldn’t have done that despite almost everyone took a drop. Sure it was only one match and if Frog doesn’t live up to my expectations I couldn’t say it was because of that since Riku is a new character and sadly we won’t have a second look until Magus vs. Knuckles.

There is also a possibility that Frog overperformed on Solid Snake because of the picture, but like I’ve said, the picture vote doesn’t make up much percent. If something weird did happen on that match, it wasn’t because of the picture, but like most people on the board, they must explain something no matter how farfetched it is.

With all of that said, if this is adjusted Frog I’m expecting a doubling here and if it isn’t adjusted I’m still going to expect Frog to break 60%. This may be higher then what most people expect, but that’s probably because I’m expecting SFF to happen on this match.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Frog over Riku

charmander6000’s Prediction: Frog wins, 68.19% - 31.81%

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

I may be underestimating Riku here, but I don’t really expect him to be all that strong. I would probably rank him on the top of the second half of the x-st.

Then there's no way Frog doubles him...
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

The low vote total makes my Prophet Challenge prediction competitive despite thinking Samus would only get 84%. Good stuff.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Then there's no way Frog doubles him...

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