60-40 is still way too close

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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

Also Gordon has a generic name (like Sam Fisher and Lloyd Irving), thus making him less recognizable.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 5/6 points
Current Match Prediction: Ganondorf vs. Yuna

And I'm expecting Leon to triple Gordon.

Jill (2k4) is projected to get around 73% (I think, correct me if I'm wrong). And Leon got a boost from RE4. Not to mention he is considered the most popular character in the series.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 5/6 points
Current Match Prediction: Ganondorf vs. Yuna

60/40 only puts Leon at 18.38%, between Conker and Crash, and still way off Jill.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Lets put it this way... If Lloyd = PAC-MAN, Albert Wesker beats 2004 GF.
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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

Man, Frog's lead has been from 2800-3000 for 7 and a half hours now. Talk about holding the fort, heh.

Still, the night vote should be kickin' in soon.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I wouldnt describe anything Frog did today as holding the fort.
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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

Lets put it this way... If Lloyd = PAC-MAN, Albert Wesker beats 2004 GF.

Which is why I love GFNW. I still wish Gordon would have faced Jak though; the people being swerved on this board would have been great.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

I'm pretty sure RIKU is holding the fort moreso than Frog, given the circumstances.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SpC2k4&type=match&match=55
nice memories...

Yep... that's still my personal favorite match in contest history.
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Current Score: 4/5 | Today: Frog over Riku

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k3&type=match&match=35

I'm still partial to that one.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Speaking of the Oracle Challenge, Lopen's prediction loves Riku. Hell, the prophet challenge too. Don't worry, man, I had faith in you. Now just bring Frog down below 51%.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

That's a LOT of zeroes... heh.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Hardest 8 Pack Ever..Good luck!

Magus
Bowser

Ganondorf
Snake

Auron
Zero

Ryu
Master Chief

That would be ****ing amazing..


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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 5/5
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Frog Tomorrow: Ganondorf

w00t <3 #16 in Oracle Challenge..
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 5/5
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Frog Tomorrow: Ganondorf

Ganondorf > Auron O_o
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (4) Tidus... LET ME DREAM :

Yeah, HM named three of us as the three crazies (me, and I think you and FastFalcon).

actually, it was me, you, and MasterMage, HaRRicH. =P

and for the record, i believe that me and MasterMage were about the only two guys to take Master Cheif over Frog, too.

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

Bah, two out of three ain't bad, heh. As for Frog/MC, I remember being a very big advocate of the match being a barnburner, though I kept with Frog. Heh, I did more arguing for MC in that match than anything else.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

From: NewLib | Posted: 7/24/2005 9:34:08 PM | Message Detail | #240
Fact is there is no way Riku > Sora. None.

People said the same thing about Tidus > Auron, and look what happened.

~*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

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k3&type=match&match=35

...Wow, people were predicting Luigi to win with over 70 percent...
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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: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 7/24/2005 8:11:55 PM | Message Detail
From: NewLib | Posted: 7/24/2005 9:34:08 PM | Message Detail | #240
Fact is there is no way Riku > Sora. None.

People said the same thing about Tidus > Auron, and look what happened.

We'll see once Samus exposes Frog.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 5/6 points
Current Match Prediction: Ganondorf vs. Yuna

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SpC2k5&type=match&match=16

64) SuperSmash Master Kuja 78.49%
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"[Zelos] clearly should be writing in his book of dark poetry and slitting his wrists with a cruxis crystal - meisnewbie

This match is absolutely hilarious. Frog goes from having ~75% of the votes to splitting the vote 50-50 during his famed night vote. Awesome stuff.

~*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

before playing Chain of Memories, i would have said there was no way that Riku was more popular than Sora. but afterwards, i do believe it as a possibility. but, i still stick with my prediction that both Sora and Riku recieved a boost over where they sat last year (or where Riku would have performed). i believe CofM sold 750,000 copies or so, so it did give both Riku and Sora plenty of exposure on a new system.

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

...Wow, people were predicting Luigi to win with over 70 percent...

Well, he was supposed to be able to challenge Samus.

Granted, after the match with Ratchet, the odds of him breaking 70% against Squall were highly unlikely, but still.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Magus ~ Magus
Bowser

Ganondorf
Snake ~ Snake

Auron ~ Auron
Zero

Ryu ~ Ryu
Master Chief

Magus > Snake
Ryu > Auron

Magus > Ryu

Damn, that was hard _--.
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 5/5
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Frog Tomorrow: Ganondorf

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=2

The Devil Division is too far away...
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"Luca Blight's insane. He's a wolf raised on the smell of fire and the taste of blood."" ~ Viktor, Suikoden II

Match 7: (3) Ganondorf Dragmire vs. (6) Yuna

Past Performance

Ganondorf Dragmire

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Beat Tidus, 50.68% - 49.32%
Lost to Janus “Magus” Zeal, 49.70% - 50.30%
Ranked: 11th

Summer 2004
Beat Alucard Tepes, 57.16% - 42.84%
Lost to Link, 12.10% - 87.90%
Ranked: 54th

Spring 2005
Beat Giygas, 84.98% - 15.02%
Beat Ansem, 74.44% - 25.56%
Beat Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik, 76.64% - 23.36%
Beat Diablo, 65.20% - 34.80%
Lost to Sephiroth, 41.83% - 58.17%
Ranked: 2nd

Yuna

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Lost to Knuckles the Echidna, 44.68% - 55.32%
Ranked: 34th

Summer 2004
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Spring 2005
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Analysis

Our first Nintendo vs. Square match of the contest. Unlike last year this is only the seventh match and we’re going to see another one in a few more days too. After taking a break from 2k3 Yuna is back and ready to try and get out of round 1. Can she do it? Well... no, but this match can tell us a lot. Also you may notice the ranking Ganondorf got in 2k4, that was because he was badly SFF by Link and after you adjust him he’ll rank 10th.

During the long break Yuna took, she stared in a new game called Final Fantasy X-2. Some people may not like the game so much and it wasn’t as good as Final Fantasy X, but it’s a game and Yuna will gain some kind of an increase. Then again I don’t see her gain more then a couple of percent since most people that bought the game most likely already had FFX.

Now as you may know the most wanted Gamecube game that is coming out this year is the new Zelda game. This may not help Ganondorf as much as it helped Link or will help Zelda, but I do believe that Ganondorf will get some kind of increase as well. If Ganondorf was in Solid Snake’s division this year, he would be a very good upset against Snake.

Another thing that I should mention is that Ganondorf performed rather well against Sephiroth in the finals of the villains contest. I personally think Sephiroth got weaker that year, but it could also mean that Ganondorf meet half way and grew some strength. Even if that was true I would have to point to my last paragraph about his increase from the new Zelda game.

There’s also been talk that this could be the first match to break 100k since both characters are good and it’s a Nintendo vs. Square match. Sadly I don’t think that we’ll break the 6th digit tomorrow since hype for this match isn’t really that high. If a Nintendo vs. Square match was going to break 100k it would probably be Vivi vs. Zelda.

In 2k3 if this match were to happen we were to expect a 66/34 match, but since then two years have passed and things have changed for both characters. Many people expect a doubling is in store, but if that was to happen tomorrow I wouldn’t expect it to be that much higher then 66.66%.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Ganondorf Dragmire over Yuna

charmander6000’s Prediction: Ganondorf wins, 64.71% - 35.29%

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

Magus > Bowser
Solid Snake > Ganondorf
Auron > Zero
Ryu > Master Chief

Magus > Solid Snake
Auron > Ryu

Magus > Auron

Xst order: Magus > Solid Snake > Ganondorf > Auron > Ryu > Bowser > Zero > Master Chief
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Summer 2005 Contest - 5/6 points
Current Match Prediction: Ganondorf vs. Yuna

Heh, as soon as it looks like Frog might actually break 3000, Riku pushes him away.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Magus > Ganondorf > Auron >= Bowser > Snake (finally) > Zero > Ryu > Master Chief
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"Luca Blight's insane. He's a wolf raised on the smell of fire and the taste of blood."" ~ Viktor, Suikoden II

Well, this match has already passed Samus/Yuri and Lloyd/Wesker in votes with 3 and a half hours to go.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Night vote will push it over 90k at least...
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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, there's still actually 14 different characters out of the 59 left represented as someone's champion in the Top 50:

Mario - 21
Crono - 11
Megaman - 4
Solid Snake - 3
Samus Aran - 2
Squall Leonhart - 1
Vincent Valentine - 1
Sonic the Hedgehog - 1
Vivi - 1
Bowser - 1
Kefka - 1
Diablo - 1
Kirby - 1
Dante - 1

i wonder how many of those single reps will fall after today. oh, and i am still a bit surprised that the statistical favorite, Samus, only has 2 picks on the Top 50. sheesh.

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

i wonder how many of those single reps will fall after today.

Squall's there until after tomorrow's match. Whoo.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

I'm hoping a lot of perfects drop this match...I want leaderboard glory, dammit!
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"Luca Blight's insane. He's a wolf raised on the smell of fire and the taste of blood."" ~ Viktor, Suikoden II

Ganondorf will double Yuna. According to the all-time stats, Diablo is higher than Yuna. And we all know what Ganondorf did to Diablo.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 5/6 points
Current Match Prediction: Ganondorf vs. Yuna

I hope EVERYBODY drops after this match...everybody but me, and I get a bonus point for being so damn greedy.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

I say Yuna gets at least 37%, but I'm just going against the curve in every match, just to be bold/different/something similar.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Meanwhile...

FACT or FICTION: Riku will finish with 48% or more today.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

Fact. Riku's still gaining percentage, even during this fabled Chrono Trigger night vote.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Fact, in all likelihood. Frog only gained 300 votes on MC over the same time period, and that's not enough to get him over 52%.
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"Luca Blight's insane. He's a wolf raised on the smell of fire and the taste of blood."" ~ Viktor, Suikoden II

Fact. I'm pulling for Riku to finish with over 49% (though that's probably fiction)
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Ness VS Vivi

Who'd win?
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The NEW Board 8's Best Female Summer Contest Guru

Fact, what Lopen said.
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I need to put something here.

Vivi. Easily.
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"Luca Blight's insane. He's a wolf raised on the smell of fire and the taste of blood."" ~ Viktor, Suikoden II

Riku 48.27% 41802
Frog 51.73% 44802
TOTAL VOTES 86604

The lead hits 3000 again. Let's see if Frog can actually expand on it this time.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5

Vivi with ease; Ness, at his peak adjustments, is about equal to Donkey Kong. Vivi beat DK with about 56.5%.....
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

If Zelda beat Vivi 60-40, how weak would that make DK look?
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Summer 2005 Contest Score : 5/5
Rank : 1/33793 Today: Frog Tomorrow: Ganondorf

Doesn't matter, since it's not going to happen.
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It's just not the same without this name.
Faithful supporter of Squall Leonhart in SC2K5