Ansem isn't a good comparison for Kuja though, since he only appears at the end of KH, just like FF IX's Necron.
A better comparison for Kuja would be FF VIII'S Ultimecia.

Not really. Ultimecia isn't even introduced until disc 3, and you don't even see her until the last boss fight.

Kuja doesn't really take the spotlight in FFIX until the end of disc 2 anyhow. Plus, he has NO casual appeal whatsoever. Feminine looking guys in thongs don't appeal to the masses, I would imagine.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Ness vs. CJ @ 19:10 - 87,762
Ganondorf vs. Yuna @ 19:10 - 94,468

=D

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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

Has Yuna been vote stuffing all day?
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"Heil Dweebenheimer!"
MasterMage119

Heh, this should hit 100K before midnight EST.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Yuna's supposed vote stuffing spikes only came at those three times. She's been pretty consistent ever since, from what I can tell.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

If that's the case, I hope whoever's vote stuffing likes Sonic. I'd hate to imagine the ramifications of Square vote stuffing in the Sonic/Tifa bout.
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5/18/05
Never forget. Never forgive.

Yuna can't seem to get past 38.37%.
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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*

To tell you the pure truth, Squall has a very good shot at Magus and will probably win. Square SFF is a lot more rare than Nintendo SFF, and the voters generally prefer leads over secondary characters.

The thing is, Squall would need a significant amount of reverse SFF to beat Magus.

While the lead > sides factor will certainly benefit Squall, CT is considered a better game than FF VIII.
So I think those 2 factors will most likely wash each other off.

To be honest I really don't think Squall has any chance at all.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

Oh, Squall has a decent chance. But I just think Magus will pull through.
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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*

Well, Yuna has been going on slow in this last hours. My prediction of Ganon with 61.33% is looking even better now. I hope she continues like this! (or even a bit slower)
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

Has anyone else noticed that we've had more impressive losers so far than impressive winners...?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Mario and Ness were impressive winners. Yuna and Wesker were impressive losers.
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"Heil Dweebenheimer!"
MasterMage119

*points to Riku*
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Ryu was an impressive los-- *gets shot*
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

Ryu was an impressive los-- *gets shot*

*Resuscitates j00*

Ryu was indeed impressive. When people figure out that it wasn't Zero dropping, it will be even more impressive....
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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."

Samus and Mario were impressive winners; while Hayabusa, Riku, Wesker and Yuna were impressive losers.

Ness' win is quite a surprise for me, but it's more of a CJ bombing than Ness being impressive.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

Who's to say that Vivi doesn't have mainstream appeal? He already proved himself by scoring over 57% on DK

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1740

Unless you're seeing a different Vivi/DK poll than I am, he didn't. I also firmly believe that Zelda could do better against DK.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

Zelda would do better on DK, but only because of SFF.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I'm sorry, close to 57% then. Which is impressive nontheless.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 6/7 points
Current Match Prediction: Auron vs. Big Boss

Heh. It's good someone agrees with me. As for what's being debated as of now, I think Zelda is capable of getting close to 60% WITHOUT SFF. So...yeah.
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

on DK obviously...
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

What, exactly, was Zelda projected to get on DK in 2003?
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

Zelda was projected to get 58.17% on DK.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

58.19%.

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err, guess I subtracted wrong. oh well.
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The thing is, Squall would need a significant amount of reverse SFF to beat Magus.

It isn't really rSFF if Squall is the hero and Magus is the secondary character. You also have to realize that Magus could very well be the Xst equivalent to the Yankees (good on paper, ****ty in the field) outside of the Summer 2003 Contest. I'm rooting for Magus, but I would not be surprised to see Squall win. Voters like heroes more than they do sidekicks. This may explain why Tidus was able to do so well against Ganon, yet bomb to hell in every other match he's been in.

By the way, a few topics ago, someone brought up that Knuckles is the most consistent character to grace these contests. HE'S FACED THE SAME DAMN CHARACTER THREE YEARS IN A ROW. Gee, I wonder why he was consistent?

~*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

Zelda will take out Vivi in a match that plays out very similar to Lloyd/Wesker or Frog/Riku.

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 7/7 (empty slots in brackets suck)

By the way, a few topics ago, someone brought up that Knuckles is the most consistent character to grace these contests. HE'S FACED THE SAME DAMN CHARACTER THREE YEARS IN A ROW. Gee, I wonder why he was consistent?

Isn't Ryu the most consistent? I'm not sure on that.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 6/7 points
Current Match Prediction: Auron vs. Big Boss

That's what I said earlier, Tnote. Zelda has pretty much every advantage other than a higher seed going into this match.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

By the way, a few topics ago, someone brought up that Knuckles is the most consistent character to grace these contests. HE'S FACED THE SAME CHARACTER THREE YEARS IN A ROW. Gee, I wonder why he was consistent?

Yep, and got three different results each time. It's got little to do with facing Snake, I think.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

If Vivi wins, we can say that the cursed seed is not the 3, but the 5.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 6/7 points
Current Match Prediction: Auron vs. Big Boss

Sorry Tediz, I sometimes am too lazy to read every post...

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 7/7 (empty slots in brackets suck)

But Vivi's the 4 seed...
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Hence the "cursed 5 seed".
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

From: Sir Crono | Posted: 7/25/2005 7:57:31 PM | Message Detail
But Vivi's the 4 seed...

Yeah, but look at the 5 seeds so far. CJ lost to Ness and Frog did much worse than expected. If Zelda loses, the 5 seedis cursed.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 6/7 points
Current Match Prediction: Auron vs. Big Boss

Sorry. I read that as "If Vivi doesn't win," for some reason.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I'd hate to see the 5th seed curse rule take effect in the 20XX division...
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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*

GFNW > All Curses

Still, it wouldn't bother me if all of the other 5 seeds lost, except for Vincent and Leon.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

It would be hilarious if Gordon made that match close, simply because all signs point to that match being the first Gordon match to be more than 60-40. It's probably expected to be much higher, right?

~*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

From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 7/25/2005 8:23:04 PM | Message Detail
It would be hilarious if Gordon made that match close, simply because all signs point to that match being the first Gordon match to be more than 60-40. It's probably expected to be much higher, right?

Yep, considering Jill would be expected to get around 73% on Gordon. Leon might triple him with RE4.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 6/7 points
Current Match Prediction: Auron vs. Big Boss

Wonder if the poll will break 100k before Yuna breaks 38.5%...
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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'm expecting Gordon to pull it under 60 somehow. He's never lost by over 60 to anyone has he?

Yuna's pretty close to 38.5% now, and we're 1200 votes away from 100k. She ought to get there first.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Nah! Yuna's too close already...
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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 will eat my hat if Leon doubles Gordon (why does everyone forget HL2 just got released as well???). A doubling seems possible, but 62-64% is where my predictions will end up.

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 7/7 (empty slots in brackets suck)

What are Half-Life and Half-Life 2 sales numbers?
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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."

I believe I saw something in a magazine about HL2 selling about 2 or 3 million copies... But I don't know for certain.

And I'm pretty sure HL sold around 6 - 8 million...

... Actually, just wait for Aitch Emm.
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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

(why does everyone forget HL2 just got released as well???)

Probably because it's still the same old thing for Gordon. You never see his face or hear him talk in the game. Either way, as it's been said, Jill 2004 would beat him with over 70% easily, and I can't see Leon being weaker than that.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

That was suppose to be me consuming my hat if Leon TRIPLES Gordon...

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 7/7 (empty slots in brackets suck)

You've really gotta trust the 2k3 Yuna more. 2k3 Dorf puts Yuna way too close to Knuckles.

What wrong with that after FFX-2?


If we assume that SC2K3 Ganondorf is accurate, and the rest of the underperformance today is due to FFX-2, and figure Sephiroth's Spring 2005 value that way, and thereby also Bowser's value, we get the result that Bowser would get 33.57 on '03 Link, which is higher than both Ryu and Snake with 20XXDF.

I'm bankin' on that for Bowser > Ryu, though I'm bankin' on Tidus still being closer to Ganon in 2k3 than Bowser to Ganon by Sephiroth in VC2k5 for Tidus > Bowser...and banking on MGS3 and Tidus possibly dropping against elites for Solid > Tidus, heh.


An underperformance can't be TOTALLY on FFX-2

Why not? It was a big FF game that was a sequel to the PS2's main FF.


Using Shadow, you can prove Tidus > Mario if you wanted..

I wanna hear this one. I realize you were being sarcastic, but I still wanna see how you could twist the stats enough to show Tidus > Mario. [NOTE: Nevermind now, it's been answered...sorta.]


What happens if you have an obsessive need to balance the equation?
For example, right now Ganondorf is leading Yuna, thus Ganondorf > Yuna by 15125
But we could say that:
Ganondorf = Yuna + 15125
Or Ganondorf = 1.661 Yuna's

1.661 Yuna's...he he he.


Squall > Magus

Even in jest, seeing Ulti say such a thing makes my skin wilt in shock.


Um... Yuna voters wake up/vote hourly?

Heh, I'm gettin' a weird visual of this...I'm not gettin' into how my imagination is seeing hundreds of FFX-2 fans with Yuna posters on their wall wake up hourly and immediately log onto GameFAQs to cast their vote. Nope, not gettin' into that one bit.


Not that I have that ability [to cheat], what with my 3 accounts.

Which reminds me: the results of every match is at least 25% Not Dave's opinion.


I would imagine that the Villains Contest either featured a significant amount of franchise voting, or there was a lot of anti-voting against Sephiroth considering everyone knew he was gonna win anyway.

Sephriroth was set up to face the expected-to-be three strongest opponents availible...and I think after he obliterated Liquid, there was an after-effect that had alot of resentment against Sephiroth for his matches against Bowser and Ganon. How much of an effect? I don't know, and I'm not gonna try to guess, but I suspect that the anti-vote effect was equal in the Bowser and Ganon matches. Kind of a weird time to start hatin', yeah, but it was also in the Final Four when WDF took place. [NOTE: therealmnm eventually said this in a different way. Hurrah.]


Speaking of that, I'm really hoping that the Bowser/Ryu match picture has Ryu firing a Hadouken facing SMRPG Bowser throwing Mario.

Ahem, SMRPG Bowser only responds to "ass-chin". Calling him by anything else is wrong and less funny.


[Auron/Big Boss predictions]

I don't care if Big Boss gets 20% or 45% tomorrow, I have the same faith in Auron to have a very close match with Ganon. I just see Big Boss having too big of a range for me to spend much time guessing about...though 38% is my immediate guess.


I have a weird feeling about Ocelot/Pac-Man. I have Ocelot winning in my bracket, but I just have this feeling that it will either be closer than expected or Pac-Man might upset Ocelot. Can someone tell me how much Ocelot would be projected to get on Pac-Man?

If Bowser got too much credit for his match against Sephiroth and/or less people know Revolver than we give credit for, then I could see it turining into Kefka/Pac-Man. I can't see Revolver losing though.