Yeah... Auron/Ganon isn't anymore decided then it was last week.
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"Love forever, love is free. Let’s turn forever you and me." - Gorillaz "Feel Good INC"

to be fair, Big Boss probably isn't Ocelot's equal, nor is this match over percentage-wise. the only thing that sticks out to me is Ganon's 86% prediction percentage. if that many people have him over one FF10 character, I'd expect a lot to have him over Auron as well. bracket voting could mean something in a match this close; I've got it 53-47 Ganon.
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That all goes without saying, of course... which is why up until that point it wasn't said. :P
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"Love forever, love is free. Let’s turn forever you and me." - Gorillaz "Feel Good INC"

Big Boss is already beginning to fall apart before the major portion of the day vote even gets here. That's pathetic. I am at least happy that MGS characters are constantly putting up repeated weak performances in these contests.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
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Wow, Auron's pounding the everloving **** outta Big Boss here.

But I have a question that may be important in the long run. Is the name Big Boss ever mentioned in MGS3, or is it like Metroid Prime / Dark Samus, where it's never mentioned that the two are the same and you have to link the two yourself?
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SC2K5 bracket: Samus over Snake, Crono over Megaman, Samus over Crono; Link over Sephiroth

At the 5:05 mark, here's the vote total comparison.

Auron/Big Boss - 15,548
Ganon/Yuna - 18,002
Samus/Yuri - 14,766

It has jumped ahead of Samus/Yuri.

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

For the side-poll, I cried the first few times I watched the MGS2 opening cutscene. Happy tears though, so I don't know if those count.

As for actual sadness, Daryl's Tomb is where it's at. I can't think of anything sadder than that, and I don't even really like Setzer.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

But I have a question that may be important in the long run. Is the name Big Boss ever mentioned in MGS3,

(Metal Gear Solid 3 Spoilers)






The name "Big Boss" isn't mentioned until the very end of the game. The President says something to the affect of "You're even higher than The Boss, I give you the title 'Big Boss.'"

Up until that point he's referred to as either Naked Snake or Jack.


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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
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Hmm. So people aren't beaten over the head enough with that point... can't say I'm really surprised Auron's winning so big, since other than that the only mentions of Big Boss, excluding MG and MG2 which no one played, are to his remains in MGS, remains that shouldn't even exist to begin with.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 006/007 - Matches: 06/07 - Rank: 03983/33793 - Today: Auron - Tomorrow: Snake

Oh, I forgot. Damn, Ganondorf totally choked in the second half of the poll. I think Auron should be a slight favorite going into the match.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 006/007 - Matches: 06/07 - Rank: 03983/33793 - Today: Auron - Tomorrow: Snake

I always thought one of the main selling points of MGS was its good gameplay comboed with the good story. If people were playing for the action, they'd stick with Splinter Cell.

And you'd have to like, pretty much ignore the story to not know that Big Boss=Naked Snake. The only excuse is if you haven't even played MGS3. Which, is plausible I guess.
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Xbox fanboys are only slighty behidn the FF ones on this site.... - zidane15

Big Boss getting nominated to be in this contest puts Cjay in kind of a predicament with spoilers. He doesn't really have any choice but to put up an instruction manual picture from MGS, which will obviously be unfamiliar to most. I would say that not getting completely hammered is a good showing for Metal Gear in this contest. Seriously, who's going to vote for that picture thinking that they're voting for MGS3? It's just not the same thing. There was an obvious error on the part of the nominators in their word choice. Had they nominated...

**SPOILERS**


Naked Snake then Auron would probably be pulling in at least 5% less of the vote. No matter what it's difficult to get Metal Gear characters into this contest with all the cloning and complications in the story.

It's probably best to stick with the static characters in the series, like Solid Snake and Revolver Ocelot. The Boss wouldn't have been a bad nomination either.

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

Spoiler? It's a spoiler that 3/4 of the MGS fan population knew before the game was released >_<
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Xbox fanboys are only slighty behidn the FF ones on this site.... - zidane15

They probably nominated Naked Snake, but Ceej knows the spoiler and entered him as Big Boss, to avoid cross-voting shenanigans and whatnot, I suppose. I think if Dark Samus made the villain contest, it would've been under the Metroid Prime moniker.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 006/007 - Matches: 06/07 - Rank: 03983/33793 - Today: Auron - Tomorrow: Snake

Auron is doing way better than I could have ever expected him to do. Now either BB is fodderriffic, or Auron is finally tired of only winning 65/35. This division is going to have two awesome 2nd round matches.

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

*kinda spoilers*

I don't think Big Boss should get a Naked Snake picture, I mean besides him being a different character than Solid, he basically looks identical to him so its unfair. Its the same case why CJayC has never included X in the contest and just put Mega Man, X is not the same person, he just looks identical.
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Spoiler? It's a spoiler that 3/4 of the MGS fan population knew before the game was released >_<

You wouldn't believe what I got modded for earlier. Apparently...


(The Legend of Zelda Spoilers)






Saying that Ganon dies is a spoiler that needs a warning. =p

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
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I don't think Big Boss should get a Naked Snake picture,

Why, though? The two are one in the same. It's silly to not use a picture of Big Boss from MGS3 when it was him. But I'm putting a lot of money on CJayC using a picture of Naked Snake as Solid Snake's picture, which doesn't make a lick of sense.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
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If people were playing for the action, they'd stick with Splinter Cell.

Not I; MGS > SC all day everyday.


Looks like Auron's gonna kick Big Boss's ass with the day-vote...not terribly surprised.
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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.

Not sure if anybody else say this, but Big Boss just dropped .09 in about two minutes. If this keeps up...yikes.
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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.

By my math, Big Boss got 25.6% on the 7:35% update, just to back up what I saw. He seemed normal around him everywhere 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.

Big Boss is probably suffering from Wesker syndrome in terms of game involvement. Hardcore fans of the series know who he is and like him, but the casual fan could care less....

Crying over a video game? DOES NOT COMPUTE! Seriously... I hardly cry at all. I initially thought the Aeris scene was fake, since her expression looked so Barbie doll like. I know it was CRUDE FMV back then, but her smile didn't even change. Plus the music was blah to me because it sounded too much like Aria de Mezzo Caraterre.

Speaking of Aeris's Theme... I've never tried to play that on the piano. I need to dowload the sheet music. I did learn how to play Tifa's Theme though... since Tifa >>>>> Aeris. <_<
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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."

oh well at least big boss's son will show that the family has some actual contest strength.
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Wait, Liquid bombed against Seph and isn't even in this Cont........OOOOOH, you meant Solid...yeah.
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Auron vs. Big Boss - Bracket: Auron - Vote: Boss (6/7)

I really wish Liquid was in Kratos Aurion's spot this contest.
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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.

Sometime today, we should be gettin' to see some upcoming match-pics...and I am hyped. Solid/Manny ought to be an interesting one and I can see both Kratos/Alucard and Sora/Agent being good...but Vivi/Zelda is what I'm hyped to see most, and the picture for it should be 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.

Vivi/Zelda should bring the house down.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Agreed; right now, all signs are pointing to me goin' clubbin' Thursday night...but if the match is still close by the time I get off of work that night, I'll cancel said plans for this one, heh.

Jesus...what a nerd that'd make me. =)
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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.

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Conker's Bad Fur Day (ending... that music is seriously sad)

Forgot about that completely; the whole ending is a weird sad twist, really.
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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 off to work now, but here's an interesting question: do you think Raiden would be doing better than this against Auron?
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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.

the only time i've ever been even remotely close to crying during a video game was when i beat suikoden2 and got the worst possible ending.


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seriously, i'm probably the only person here who is lucky enough to own that entire series, let alone that game.

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

considering no one likes Raiden it would be hard to believe he would be doing much better, but I would say yes by no more than 5%.

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

DAMN YOU TALES OF SYMPHONIA SPOILERS!

I swear, I need to hurry up and beat the game before Kratos/Diablo if I have any hopes of ENJOYING the storyline....
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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."

Aeris' theme is probably the single greatest rpg song, and definately in the top 10 video game songs ever, rivaled in its genre only be frog's theme.

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

BTW what is the strongest family in terms of contest strength. the marios? the snakes? another family?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Cloud married Aeris and had a baby named Sephiroth.

THE STRIFE FAMILY.
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Xbox fanboys are only slighty behidn the FF ones on this site.... - zidane15

Zeldas. Of the three, the weakest, Zelda, was over 30% in 2k3.
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VOTE MARIO IN SC2K5
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Auron through Tails:
68 Servbot 19.40
69 Vyse 19.36
70 Bub 19.28
Big Boss 19.20
71 Isaac 18.17
72 Ansem 18.16
73 Lavos 18.06

Auron through Scorpion:
59 Jak 21.08
60 Ridley 20.91
61 Raziel 20.45
Big Boss 20.44
62 HK-47 20.41
63 Kain 20.18
64 Sam Fisher 20.04

I expected Big Boss to be right around the VFL, so I'm putting more stock in Auron through Tails for now.
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Tag.
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PETITION: Ability to preview contests to moderators before posting it. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=19643565 (202 Signs!)

You damn skippy Raiden would be doing better. I think Raiden at the very least could hold Auron to his traditional 35-65 beating. This match should help clarify that Solid Snake will be getting "Big Boss's MGS Boost", and that most fans think similarly to me.

Raiden over Scorpion or Ness doesn't seem too outta wack to me. Raiden hate is overrated.

Auron's looking pretty good over Ganondorf right now, though.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

At the 9:30 mark:

Ganondorf/Yuna: 43092
Ness/CJ: 39787
Auron/Big Boss: 38288
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Auron's performance is very good against Big Boss, but I wouldn't say he's looking good to win that match.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness
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I'm still confident in Ganondorf, especially with the voting slump today.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

I remember the consensus yesterday: "If Auron manages a doubling, we've got a match". This is nicely above a doubling, at this point.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Just realized the sc2k5 poll updater now has total votes. Magnificent.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

I don't recall that being the consensus, but I might have just skimmed over that for some reason. But I'm not even sure where people actually expected Big Boss to be, though it shouldn't have been high to begin with. The entire cast of MGS is rather lackluster in their contest performances as of late.

Oh, and to expand on what TRE did last night, for those who put vote totals or votes into contest strength here's a comparison between Ganon and Auron at the 9:35 mark.

Auron - 27,605
Ganon - 27,160

Keep in mind that Ganon's opponent was significantly stronger.

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

Just realized the sc2k5 poll updater now has total votes. Magnificent.

So it WAS just recently added! Was it my suggestion?
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Auron vs. Big Boss - Bracket: Auron - Vote: Boss (6/7)

I remember the consensus yesterday: "If Auron manages a doubling, we've got a match". This is nicely above a doubling, at this point.

Yes, if Auron doubles an untrained, uncontested character that we know nothing about, we've got ourselves a match! Gotta love this topic!
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Well maybe it wasn't the consensus, but I do recall someone saying that, and then some others saying "he may not need a doubling".
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!