Not necessarily, it depends on where Tidus lands, and what picture CATS gets. Spring Contest CATS ranks comfortably ahead of KoaC through adjusted 2k4 Tidus - CATS would win that one 56/44. If you base KoaC on unadjusted 2k4 Tidus, Spring Contest CATS breaks 60% (but Eggplant CATS would be very close to 50/50).

That sounds about justifiable :P. CATS shouldn't get any more than that.

Board 8 would implode if that match ever happened, though, but that would just mainly be the cause of the people that just joined the fad to think those two characters were actually cool :P
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Ryu is starting to remain static/ come back a bit. Now all that remains is the traditional SF losing the morining vote (relatively speaking at least) and things should stabalize afterwards.
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Rikku has a nice gap.

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Rikku has a nice gap.

Ha.

Ryu 57.14% 5714
Rikku 42.86% 4286
TOTAL VOTES 10000

Sleepy-time now. Percentages should be interesting tomorrow afternoon, should Ryu or Rikku be unable to keep up their current pace.

Rikku's doing damn good here. she even won an update. she's getting 46.5% of the votes since 01:45. nice.
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Just asking, but how do you know what % of the votes they're receiving?
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this match is actually ahead of ganondorf vs yuna so far in vote totals.
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Ryu 56.95% 6455
Rikku 43.05% 4880

Whoa. I did not expect to see Rikku break 43%

I'm going to bed... when I get up, if she's broken 45%, I'll... eat my shoe. Or at least take a bite. But man, I really hope she does. GO RIKKU!
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sc2k5.com does five minute updates. it's a simple process of taking a convenient starting point and checking the percentage during that time.

anyway, I needs me some sleep. night y'all.
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will this break 107k?
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By the looks of it, Rikku will finish the match with atleast 44%. I don't think Ryu can dominate Rikku with the day vote. Rikku might even win it.

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And by win I mean the day vote ofcourse.

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It took chun-li about five hours from now to start stalemating bowser in percentage I believe. Rikku could realistically finish with over 45%
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This is TJF at its finest.
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Wow. This match and the one before it isn't good for those who have Ryu over Bowser. I really expected the Street Fighters to perform better than they have.

Ryu 56.45% 8047
Rikku 43.55% 6208
TOTAL VOTES 14255

Ooh Sacred Bovine, screw my Oracle prediction... I am loving this! And since Rikku should 'win' the day vote, there is no reason that she should not crack 45%. Rikku for the comeback? I could die a happy man if Rikku>Tidus. What do we need for that?

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ANd in the time it took me to post that, she shaved off .05%.

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well looks like this will be the third match in a row to crack 100k we're on a roll no?
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If CATS wins tomorrow the board will implode. Anyone want to do a sweep for how long the lead will last? I'll take 8 minutes.
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Ryu increases his lead 200 votes in 45 minutes. Rikku shaves off .3%. By my count, Rikku has outright won two five minute updates. Not bad at all, especially since I still think we have yet to reach her best time.

CATS should lead for at least a couple minutes, I shall say three.

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Barring an orgasm-inducing Rikku comeback, I have run my 'top half of bracket' predicting to 93/93. It would take an act of God for me to somehow remain perfect through all the landmines laying ahead in the second round, but not impossible. Stay tuned.

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Ouch. Rikku's doing really, really good here. Better than ****ing Yuna, at that. Ryu's going to have a ridiculously tough time with Bowser next round - I'm just being polite here, he's gonna lose. Still, it's not as many of us thought, that Tidus and Auron aside FF10 characters aren't worth that much. Thanks to the FFX-2 effect, it seems as though it's become one of the real major players in the contest, along the likes of Mario, Zelda, and FF7.
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Well...all I can say is good job Rikku, she didn't let him gain during his peak hours and now Ryu is in the middle of the 'morning storm' of all things SF related. Still, he should at least finish above 56% when it's all done.

If this goes anything like Bowser/Chun Li, Ryu will have a difficult time staying over 55%. Rikku has the, ahem, assets to reign in more casuals, who are more likely to be voting during the next 6-8 hours than the hardcores, who are more likely to vote the first and last six hours of the polls. At least the American ones, where casuals will not be up from 3-9am.

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Well if it means anything bowser's percentage was at it's max 10 hours in. From six hours in (around the time were at now) to 10 hours in he increased about 2.5%. Factor this into the fact that Rikku is behind, and bowser was doubling chun-li, and bowser being stronger with the day vote might be negated.
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so is ryu weak or rikku strong thats causing this result?
or a little of both?
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Ryu would need to have fallen a lot to make Rikku look weak. I think it's probably a bit of both. We'll need to wait until bowser vs. ryu to see I guess.
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I haven't read anything of what happened over the night, but it's good to see that the Ryu fanboys will finally admit that he has no chance against Bowser.
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Hahaha. Ryu's been trying to break 3000 for a few minutes now, but Rikku keeps avoiding it, so now the percentage is increasing a bit.
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We'd better hope that Rikku is as strong as Tidus or Ryu's chances against Bowser have just received a major kick in the balls.
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Wow, I can't believe it took ryu nearly 7 hours to get a 3,000 vote lead. I have bowser beating him in my bracket, and I've always been confident in that, but I thought Ryu would get around 60% this match at the very least.
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This is the first I've seen the results, and -- despite not knowing the strength of any of the four new entries -- I'm not too happy about my choice of Ryu taking the division.

Ryu will probably the lowest prediction percentage of the four also. :(
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From: Phediuk | Posted: 8/3/2005 9:52:51 AM | #382
We'd better hope that Rikku is as strong as Tidus or Ryu's chances against Bowser have just received a major kick in the balls.

No need. If Rikku's as strong as Tidus, Ryu's all but a lock for the Final 4.
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No need. If Rikku's as strong as Tidus, Ryu's all but a lock for the Final 4.

Only if you think Tidus is at his 2k3 level for some reason I'm assuming.
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Once again, no need.

You have Kirby beating Tidus, I take it?
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So if we assume a constant Ryu, where would Rikku fall?

And I'm so nominating Rikku for the next contest :D
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hmmm. the CATS army still seems to be sleeping you'd think at thirty topics claiming cats would win by now but less than 20 have been made so far.
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You have Kirby beating Tidus, I take it?

Yes, but that's irrelevent. My bracket is pretty bad anyways. I have a habit at making a completely ridiculous amount of upsets. Why would Tidus be at his 2k3 level?
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So if we assume a constant Ryu, where would Rikku fall?

Between Kirby and Dante.
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O_O Between Kirby and Dante? Great job Rikku! Keep it up!
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So it is Yuna 2k4 = Rikku. I'm not too worry about my Ryu over Bowser pick, but this makes my Tidus over Ryu look much better.
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I've been Pwned by KoaC. He really is the king of all cosmos.

And Ryu falls 3% from when I saw him last. *sigh*

And I would not put Rikku over Dante, in fact, I think she's a little too high, but it's hard to imagine Ryu dropping.

Ah well, Bowser > Ryu never looked so good for me.
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From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/3/2005 2:10:33 AM | #272
...You think Sheena is attractive, of all the video game females out there?

Good grief.

You're one to talk, Mr. I'm Attracted To Jailbait >_>

As for Ulti, I'm surprised Schala isn't on his attractive females list.
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Hm, I have no trouble believing Rikku>Dante. None whatsoever.
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Who's the jailbait?

And I wouldn't take Rikku over Dante. At least not this year.
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Kirby has no chance whatsoever against Tidus

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Kirby has no chance whatsoever against Tidus

Probably not, but since when has this been an issue? Bowser, on the other hand, is going to KRUSH Tidus.
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