I think the first true secert character that isen't a boss is Akuma in X-Men COTA.

Would it be smarter to rally for Raiden after MGS4 comes out?
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Well, there's no telling when MGS4 will come out. If the gap between the previous three games is any indication, it won't come out until '07.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Perhaps, but there'd be no shame in trying before-hand, too; if enough people nominated him in (much like how all five of the ones from Leonhart's list), then it'd still give us a chance to judge him by where he should really be.
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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.

Wasn't Smoke a secret character in MKII? It's been a long time since I've played the game, but I seem to remember that

Smoke, Jade, & Noob Saibot were the hiddens from MK II.

Actually, the first secret character that isn't a boss is Kuroko in Samurai Shodown 2.
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Lonely Angel
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You know, I'd be happy to just see Raiden get into the contest again... BUT... a big part of the reason I want him in again is to see just how far Solid Snake put him below what he was supposed to be.

If he gets in after MGS4 people will be all like... "OMG MGS4 BOOST!". Totally giving people an excuse to discrediting my claims of Raiden at 32.95 on the X-Stats. Heh heh.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Yeah Smoke, Jade, and Noob Saibot I beleive.

Where did that come from?
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Tripling Gordon Freeman.

Actually, the first secret character that isn't a boss is Kuroko in Samurai Shodown 2.

Mortal Kombat was in arcades in October of '92. Wasn't the second Samurai Shodown not until '94, same as Super Street Fighter II: Turbo?

happy 100k!
Bowser 65.95% 65947
Chun Li 34.05% 34053
TOTAL VOTES 100000

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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

Kuroko was the referee guy.
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Lonely Angel
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Bowser 65.95% 65948
Chun Li 34.05% 34053
TOTAL VOTES 100001
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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.

Bowser 65.95% 65948
Chun Li 34.05% 34053
TOTAL VOTES 100001

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

I win. no 1 vote miss for me =P
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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

84.55% have Bowser over Chun-Li in their brackets.
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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.

88.75% for Bowser
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I've been Pwned by KoaC. He really is the king of all cosmos.

Bowser is still > Ryu. 52.5-48.5.

~*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

52.5-48.5.

A mathematical genius is amongst us.
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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.

Between 23:48 and 23:49 Chun-Li had two more votes than Bowser.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Ryu is still more than capable of winning that match, especially if Chun-Li < Ken, as many would expect.

88.16% for Bowser.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

*47.5

~*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

Ryu will start out with around 70%, but Rikku will cut it down to about 40%. If she gets any more than that and I'll be really worried about Ryu > Bowser.
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76% for Bowser.

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"It takes but a man to gaze into his own twilight and approach it with fear. It takes but a legend to approach it with open arms." - The Unheard Z

If Rikku does better than expected, chalk that up to her being stronger than expected. Ryu isn't budging.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I expected Chun-Li/Rikku to get 41% against Bowser/Ryu, myself. While I realize both are new characters and that we SHOULDN'T judge Bowser/Ryu off of them, I'll be more impressed by Bowser unless Ryu matches on Rikku what Bowser's done on Chun-Li.
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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.

Yeah, that's true too. Ryu's consistency will likely show through again.
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I need to put something here.

84.99% for Bowser.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

He did gain two percent last year, you know.
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Summer Contest 2005: 13/14
Today: Bowser, Tomorrow: Ryu

85% For Bowser.
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Summer Contest 2005 - Points: 13/14
Today's Prediction: Bowser - Tomorrow: Tidus

I don't think Ryu will outdo Bowser with Rikku (except during the beginning of the match), but he'll be close
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I've been Pwned by KoaC. He really is the king of all cosmos.

84.84% for Bowser >_>

And I'm voting for Rikku, you guys better too!
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

You know, Ryu does have a reason to increase...SF Anniversary Collection was introduced to the XBox audience, and the game has sold pretty well.

Yeah, it did nothing for Mega Man last year (as far as we know), but it was too new and didn't sell enough to do anything worth noting. SFAC is a year old now.

Not saying it'll do anything, but it's something to keep in mind.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Not to mention, it was the first opportunity for most to play SFIII: 3S.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I hate matches where I feel the urge to bracket-vote/vote for a character solely because you've played their game, regardless if you actually LIKED them or not.
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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.

Ryu 62.5% 5
Rikku 37.5% 3
TOTAL VOTES 8

Ryu 69.53% 89
Rikku 30.47% 39
TOTAL VOTES 128
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It's MOOOOOOOLLLTTTAAAARRRR!!!!!!!!!!

Ryu 70.73% 58
Rikku 29.27% 24
TOTAL VOTES 82

Bowser had 88.07% of the brackets on his side against Chun-Li.
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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.

88.07% for Bowser. Man, I was close.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Ryu 100% 22
Rikku 40.91% 9
TOTAL VOTES 22

Lol, Ryu has 100% >_>

But seriously, vote for Rikku.
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

Holy crap at that prediction percentage.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Ryu 70.14% 101
Rikku 29.86% 43
TOTAL VOTES 144

Crono and Mario are still squaring off on the leader board...
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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*

Ryu 66.67% 200
Rikku 33.33% 100
TOTAL VOTES 300

Random Refresh'd!
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Summer Contest 2005: 13/14
Today: Bowser, Tomorrow: Ryu

Yay Leon!

~*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

Heh...if Ryu isn't dominating now, he's not keeping her under 40%
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

Looks like we lost a few more perfects today.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

How in the world is Ryu not destroying this match? I have Bowser beating him and all, but from a favorites perspective, Rikku just stinks. I can't stand her character in either FFX game, while Ryu is the prototypical noble fighter.

~*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

Score-Brackets-% Right
14-----1216-----97.2039474
13-----4867-----96.4454489
12-----6594-----94.2371853
11-----7063-----91.2643353
10-----5770-----87.0883882
9------3890-----81.9537275
8------2376-----76.9360269
7------1139-----71.9051800
6------429------62.7039627
5------145------49.6551724
4------65-------30.7692308
3------46-------6.5217391
2------63-------0.0000000
1------117------0.8547009
0------13-------0.0000000

Heh, not only were the 0s perfect, so were the 2s. The perfects were close but still not at 100. Nobody fell off the Top 50 today.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

Yeah Rikku's defiantly getting over 40% when the day vote hits.

Hmm, I expected Ryu to do a little better with the night vote, but oh well.

Interesting to see who gets the day vote here. Both Yuna and Chun got it in their matches.
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It's MOOOOOOOLLLTTTAAAARRRR!!!!!!!!!!