So MC is pretty much completely on fire right now, which makes sense but is still interesting to watch.
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Currently: 16/17 | Next: Donkey Kong
He's the leader of the pack, you know him well.

Shoot! The doubling just blindsided CATS
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Wow, what a thrill to wake up and see CATS only getting doubled (though he will drop a lot in percentage as the day goes on).
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For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener

Following on from my mostly ignored post a few topics ago, here's my pick of the winners and losers of these last two divisions:

1) Kirby

Justifying the 1-seed somewhat, scoring an impressive tripling when the board favourite had previously never doubled anybody.

2) Zelda

The only match in this section that had any real question marks over it, but any questions were quickly answered as Zelda nearly manages a 60-40 over Vivi.

3) Bowser

Could Bowser continue his form from the Spring? Chun Li could have been a potentially strong contender but Bowser makes her look like any non-Ryu Street Fighter, i.e. ordinary.

4) Solid Snake

Didn't have an opponent as bad as Tanner to beat up on, but was widely expected to beat Manny and did so, picking up the most votes of this section in the process.

5) Tidus

Was always expected to beat the King, did so but failed to treble, however this is the first comfortable win Tidus has ever had.

6) Sora

The match with Alucard is still in the balance, but for now all Sora needed to do was dispatch some fodder. Agent 47 provided little trouble as Sora picks up a first doubling.

7) Rikku

Ran a top-20 character close enough, picked up the most votes of a loser so far, and has justified inclusion in the contest.

8) Ryu

Won the match but looked distinctly ordinary in the process, making Bowser a favourite for what looked like being one of the closer second round match.

9) Alucard

Made heavy weather of Kratos but got the victory. All part of the plan? I don't know.

10) Kratos

Picked up over 40,000 votes in defeat against a solid veteran character. A better draw might have seen a win perhaps, but we won't know that. Justifies a return, but not with such a high seed.

11) Chun-Li

Avoided being doubled by one of the genuine threats in her division, but did little to suggest she's any better than any of the Street Fighter pack.

12) Agent 47

Labelled a potential neo-Tanner, but scraped together 25,000 votes out of somewhere. But this was against Sora who isn't hugely powerful.

13) King Of All Cosmos

Would avoiding the tripling count as a moral victory? Who knows.

14) Vivi

Had a chance to win in one of the more interesting first round matches, and completely failed to take it.

15) Manny Calavera

Part of the happy to be here crowd. Never had a chance.

16) Cecil

If Rikku shows the benefit of not having a company cap, Cecil shows why we should have one. Being tripled by Kirby of all things. Nothing to be proud of there.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

You have Manny, Agent 47, Kratos are way too low.

My ranking of the last two divisions would be
1. Zelda
2. Bowser
3. Rikku
4. Kirby
5. Kratos
6. Agent 47
7. Solid Snake
8. King of All Cosmos
9. Tidus
10. Sora
11. Manny Calavera
12. Alucard
13. Ryu
14. Chun-Li
15. Vivi
16. Cecil
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Tripling Gordon Freeman.

so whose currently the star of the first round?
Ness?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Ness was my star of the first two divisions.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

Master Chief's % in the last half hour: 69.99%.

The day vote is starting and MC still can't hit 70%. If he breaks 70% by the end of the match, it won't be by much. Currently, even going through Face CATS, MC is under his 2k3 level.
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Summer Contest 2005: 14/15
Today: Ryu, Tomorrow: Master Chief

well CATS has at least beaten his vote total from last year's match.
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

well CATS has at least beaten his vote total from last year's match.

Link is such a beast. =P
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

And aren't the vote totals in general much higher this year?
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Currently sitting pretty at #18 on the leaderboard

Master Chief 67% 27082
CATS 33% 13340
TOTAL VOTES 40422

Finally.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

MC's % in the last 15 minutes: 67.91%

This is by far and away the worst first round performance we've seen so far. The only other ones to come close are Vivi and CJ.
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Summer Contest 2005: 14/15
Today: Ryu, Tomorrow: Master Chief

And aren't the vote totals in general much higher this year?

Yes, and congrats on making the leaderboard. =)
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

This performance contributes to the growing pile of evidence that Frog is a worthless fraud who had a ridiculous overperformance against Snake. First, Liquid bombed in the Spring, then Frog himself made Riku look stronger than anyone could have imagined, and now MC is completely blowing a match where he should have had no trouble getting a tripling. I can't wait until Samus exposes Frog for the pathetic snot he is.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

Quick question... where would MC currently fall in the rankings through CATS through Ansem through 2003 Ganondorf?
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SC2K5 status - Points: 014/015 - Matches: 14/15 - Rank: 01183/33793 - Today: Ryu - Tomorrow: Master Chief

I'm not hearing any Halo 2 boost stories today.

that said, I don't think this is as bad as you guys are making it out to be. MC would have a hard time tripling anyone.

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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

He came closer to doing it against Crash, though.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 014/015 - Matches: 14/15 - Rank: 01183/33793 - Today: Ryu - Tomorrow: Master Chief

Slow: 24.87%, exactly equal to Morrigan and 1.28% under his 2k3 value.
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Summer Contest 2005: 14/15
Today: Ryu, Tomorrow: Master Chief

Ouch. That's a freaking best-case scenario to boot. If I'm not mistaken DK has a similar ranking.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 014/015 - Matches: 14/15 - Rank: 01183/33793 - Today: Ryu - Tomorrow: Master Chief

Crash was 70-71%, if I remember right. he'll approach that today on CATS. I consider Crash and CATS to be around the same level.
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

DK TO THE SWEET 16!
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Don't even bother reading this sig.

Well, it's under 2k3 DK, and I still don't know what to make of Vivi's match so I'm not going to bother with 2k4 DK. If Donkey Kong actually upset him...wow...
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Summer Contest 2005: 14/15
Today: Ryu, Tomorrow: Master Chief

From: transience | Posted: 8/4/2005 1:18:42 PM | #221
Crash was 70-71%, if I remember right. he'll approach that today on CATS. I consider Crash and CATS to be around the same level.

Just because you consider it doesn't mean it's true. Prior to the villain contest Crash was far and away stronger.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 014/015 - Matches: 14/15 - Rank: 01183/33793 - Today: Ryu - Tomorrow: Master Chief

so we just throw CATS' Spring value out? why, because of Ganon's picture? or because no one likes the Spring stats?
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

This is Super CATS. I peg Super CATS around the level of 15%-17%. CATS with a good pic is not a joke.

CATS> Crash Bandicoot owns though. I love it.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

From: transience | Posted: 8/4/2005 1:24:06 PM | #225
so we just throw CATS' Spring value out?

No, of course not. It was the first time he received such a picture.
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SC2K5 status - Points: 014/015 - Matches: 14/15 - Rank: 01183/33793 - Today: Ryu - Tomorrow: Master Chief

Man I can't wait to see the late afternoon vote... that's going to be freaking awesome. It's already pretty impressive with the morning.

I'm thinking Chief can break 70% with the afternoon vote.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Is it CATS fate to receive a draw where he cannot win?

we should make a petition for a CATS vs Grdon Freeman Match next year
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Wow, DK actually has a shot at taking down Master Chief now...
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Summer 2005 Contest - 14/16 points
Current Match Prediction: Master Chief vs. CATS

Assuming that this match will end up with 95k votes:

For MC to hit 69%, he needs to pull in 70.49% of the remaining votes, ~3% more than he's pulled in thus far.

For MC to hit 70%, he needs to pull in 72.41% of the remaining votes, ~5% more than he's pulled in thus far.

For MC to hit 71%, he needs to pull in 74.34% of the remaining votes, ~7% more than he's pulled in thus far.

I think he'll end up between 69-70%. 71% is out of the question.
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Summer Contest 2005: 15/16
Today: Master Chief, Tomorrow: Donkey Kong

I'm almost tempted to nominate CATS so he can get a decent seed. Meanwhile, Chief's gaining 0.03%+ per update... for a long time. Part of me hopes CATS can stay above Crash Bandicoot but I'm not seeing it.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

hmm CATS has received more votes than in 2003 and 2002
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

About how much of the vote does the late afternoon bring in in general? Because I could definitely see Master Chief pulling 75%-80% of that. No joke.

I still stand by that this is all CATS, and that Master Chief over Donkey Kong is still a total lock.
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

Sorry, this is old, but...

Anti-votes do make a difference!

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I'm almost tempted to nominate CATS so he can get a decent seed.

I'm almost convinced that CATS will never get above one of the bottom two seeds in a Summer Contest regardless of how many nominations he gets.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I hope so. seeing CATS as a 1 seed would be wrong. I like watching him take on midcarders - you never know what's gonna happen
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

Master Chief... very, very unimpressive.

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Takes nothing to realize your Ken.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/480/kensa34mr.gif

I hope so. seeing CATS as a 1 seed would be wrong. I like watching him take on midcarders - you never know what's gonna happen

Wait. What midcarder does he have a CHANCE of beating? I thought we pretty much decided he could take the lowest of low fodder, and that's it.
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Currently sitting pretty at #18 on the leaderboard

Oh yeah another 20XX Character underacheiving. Of course this one also has the Frog Factor to get with him.

But so far 6 20XX Characters and all six underperforming from what we thought they would do.
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Tripling Gordon Freeman.

We're gonna get 2 20XX Division characters underperforming at the same time the day after tomorrow.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 14/16 points
Current Match Prediction: Master Chief vs. CATS

Looks like Tommy is going to have the match of his life similar to Donkey Kong, but Kefka really = Donkey Kong?
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Summer Contest 2005 - Points: 15/16
Today's Prediction: Master Chief - Tomorrow: Donkey Kong

Kefka's not even equal to Tails, much less Donkey Kong.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

But so far 6 20XX Characters and all six underperforming from what we thought they would do.

*whistles*

=p

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Takes nothing to realize your Ken.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/480/kensa34mr.gif

...What about Protoman?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

Oh that reminds me, Kefka was also in the 20XX division...
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Summer Contest 2005 - Points: 15/16
Today's Prediction: Master Chief - Tomorrow: Donkey Kong

Sigma and Wily pretty much prove that Proto Man is probably as weak as he looks.

Nah, I was just wondering why Heroic Mario was whistling.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

He should be higher than Dr. Wily, though, right?
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Summer Contest 2005 - Points: 15/16
Today's Prediction: Master Chief - Tomorrow: Donkey Kong