So... whoa. Whoa whoa whoa. I just took a nap after the last time Slowflake called it and, well I'm sure you can guess my shock. I checked the autoupdater and was like "OMG! Vercetti got 1500 cheated votes all at once! CJayC is gonna own him!"

What a day.
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Kefka with 60% of the brackets.
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Over 2800 topics now.
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if 1800 was indeed the exact number of cheated votes, Vercetti would be up 57. this match could really have been something if no cheating was detected.

we'd probably be on #190.
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

I doubt that yoblazer, but it well take offa point for many serious contenders. Casuals probably favoured vercetti due to kefka's general obsucrity. I think it well be like ness vs. cj with most casuals picking vercetti even if this well ravage the brackets that stand a chance.
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Query: Do you think this match shows kefka getting stronger, vercetti getting weaker, or a bit of both?

A Vercetti drop, easily. Assuming he continues to even make it in the contest, this guy will be complete fodder in a few years. Mark my words.
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Will this screw up the stats? >_>
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Summer Contest 2k5 - Points: 17/18
Kefka Vs. Tommy Vercetti - Bracket: Tommy V. - Vote: Tommy V.

You know, if that topic is true and Romero actually has been cheating for three years in most big matches, it puts into question every close match we've ever had. This is like steroids in baseball all over again, but applied to us.

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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

So -- does Kefka have any chance of returning next year, should there be another contest? Or does this latest loss & besmirchment forever sully his reputation?

Yes and yes. I think that Kefka could get in yet again, but he'd probably need the absence of a cap to do it. Being identified as a cheater is bad, but not insurmountable (hi, Mr. Silent Death).

Query: Do you think this match shows kefka getting stronger, vercetti getting weaker, or a bit of both? I'd say kefka has probably done a bit of gaining myself. More then vercetti has done dropping at least.

As loathe as I am to point at San Andreas as an example, I think there's every indication that GTA as a whole is getting weaker in a contest setting. Kefka may have risen a bit, too, but I put most of the blame on Vercetti in this one.
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If they had a rematch next year, I'd pick Kefka again. So yeah, 'Cetti getting weaker.

And I want to thank George Romero for making an awesome match out of an otherwise Shadow/Tidus affair.
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Next victim: Master Ness

Well, Kefka got 57% of the brackets on his side against Knuckles last year, and that was a 7/10 seed match. This time it's 3/6 in Kefka's favor, so I assume he'll benefit from that yet again. Also, when taking into account Kefka's impressive (relatively speaking) Spring Contest, and the fact that CJ couldn't even get a bracket majority, I think Kefka will have little trouble in netting more bracket support here.
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I'll say Kefka has 57% of the brackets.
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You know, if that topic is true and Romero actually has been cheating for three years in most big matches, it puts into question every close match we've ever had. This is like steroids in baseball all over again, but applied to us.

I really doubt he did. The topic creator likely is just doing it for attention and doesn't even know the vote stuffer (forgot his name already). That should be obvious though, but even if he did know him I wouldn't take the claim too seriously. People who do this kind of thing, regardless of what it's in generally have a very inflated ego that they well attempt to boost with ridiculous statements.
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whoa whoa whoa... Vercetti just jumped 200 votes in five minutes.
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

Is it just me, or is Vercetti going a mad tear right now? Maybe some Kefka stuffers starting to stuff for him so that Vercetti votes will be taken away?
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And I want to thank George Romero for making an awesome match out of an otherwise Shadow/Tidus affair.

Are you kidding me? This dumbass if now my most hated user ever by leaps and bounds. What a pathetic loser.
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Romero should've waited for Link/Cloud or Mario/Samus.
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FACT or FICTION: Tommy's here to stay in these contests.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 16/18 points
Current Match Prediction: Kefka vs. Tommy Vercetti

Yeah, I think people might be trying to get votes taken from Vercetti at this point...for some stupid reason.
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

Query: Do you think this match shows kefka getting stronger, vercetti getting weaker, or a bit of both?

I contribute this to several things: the lack of a Hawaii shirt, Kefka being behind Diablo (who got no linkage when he lost the next round), and that Zero was likely SFF'd by Mega Man (even if just minimally). I don't really contribute this to either Kefka gaining OR Vercetti weakening.
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Well, Kefka got 57% of the brackets on his side against Knuckles last year, and that was a 7/10 seed match. This time it's 3/6 in Kefka's favor, so I assume he'll benefit from that yet again. Also, when taking into account Kefka's impressive (relatively speaking) Spring Contest, and the fact that CJ couldn't even get a bracket majority, I think Kefka will have little trouble in netting more bracket support here.

Good points all around. I didn't realize that he was the bracket favourite against knux. If that's the case then 60% is probably a very conservative estimate. I just figured kefka was probably somewhat obscure to the casual bracket maker.
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Fiction: he'll be forgotten in a couple years.

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Oh. My. God.
Did the PS2's light just change color...?!

wow, 318-72, 77%. I guarantee you nothing will be done about this.
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nominate Jay Solano for sc2k6.

2005-08-06 23:30:01 47495 49534 48.95% 51.05% 97029 2039
2005-08-06 23:25:00 47423 49288 49.04% 50.96% 96711 1865
2005-08-06 23:20:02 47347 49056 49.11% 50.89% 96403 1709
2005-08-06 23:15:02 47269 48888 49.16% 50.84% 96157 1619


o_O That's + 400 for Vercetti in 15 minutes...
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Are you kidding me? This dumbass if now my most hated user ever by leaps and bounds. What a pathetic loser.

No, I'm not. My day would have been utterly boring were it not for him.

How can you say that he didn't make the match more fun?
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Next victim: Master Ness

Fiction: Fedor was much more hilarious and barely anyone remembers him. within a few months nobody well remember him as anything other then that dude who vote stuffed for kefka.
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M4***** (11:18:43 PM): One more thing if you're still there. Do you really talk to Ulti often? Because he makes it seem like you do.

CJayC (11:19:45 PM): He's one of the few on this account's list. Of course, I'm only on this account a few times a month. But, I suppose if you were to add up the time of all the people I talk to who I don't actually work with, he's in the top 10.

By the way, I'm talking to M4 now. He claims that he has cheated in every close match since 2002, and something tells me that he's not lying.

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"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus

Revenge Kefka voters?

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Ulti, ask about SC VS WW, ask about it plllllllllllz!
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Mario is Winnar
Next victim: Master Ness

Well Ultimaterializer is gonne post that convo everywhere now.
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79/80 Spring Contest 2005

Ask him about Ryu H vs Jill
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LMAO@Kefka supporters trying to get votes for Vercetti removed. As if any Vercetti supporter would be idiotic enough to stuff votes now, when Vercetti's got it in the bag.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness

Even if he did cheated in every close match since 2k2, it's too late to rectify anything now anyway.

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Hehehe.

Score 10 for Ulti's ego. =P
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Even if he did cheated in every close match since 2k2, it's too late to rectify anything now anyway.

No, I think CJayC should go back to all those old polls, change the results, and take back the prizes and give them to different people.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness

So Jill, Sonic, Halo, Master Chief, and LttP may have all been robbed victories.
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Any chance he voted about 20,000 times for Zelda? :-P
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

Or perhaps some of those matches were only close in the first place because of vote stuffing...this seems a bit overtly conspiratorial for my tastes, though. <_<
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Man, it's no wonder I never attempted to post in here. It's so tough just to keep up and still be on the rest of Board 8.

Ulti, may I just ask/request of you one thing. In your eventual write-up of this match, are you going to refrain from mentioning names? Because if the vote-stuffer's name is indoctrinated into a contest write-up, no doubt he will be giddy. The man is an attention whore and it would be best if he was not remembered.
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Nearly Mario in 2002 as well.

But Ceej gottem in the end.

Of course, it's not likely that these are the only people stuffing, so any claims they make aren't a part of the whole story.
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Next victim: Master Ness

Well, Vercetti just shot up another 200 votes in five minutes. I wonder if it's Romero?
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Summer Contest 2005: 17/18
Today: Kefka, Tomorrow: Crono

Well, Vercetti just shot up another 200 votes in five minutes. I wonder if it's Romero?

I wouldn't really be shocked...
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I'll go with 41.5% prediction rate, just to change the subject.

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Oh. My. God.
Did the PS2's light just change color...?!

No, it's just disgruntled Kefka fans trying to get Kefka the win.
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Deejay is as serious as they come. Beneath his sexy, stereotypical exterior beats the heart of a true angry black man. - Titan44

Yeah, I'm thinking Kefka fans are stuffing for Tommy now. Most likely, all they'll accomplish is making Kefka look worse.
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Ironic how MMX's analysis said this would be the most quiet division.
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Summer Contest 2k5 - Points: 17/18
Kefka Vs. Tommy Vercetti - Bracket: Tommy V. - Vote: Tommy V.

Now that this match is done with, I can still claim being perfect with predicting anything involving Castlevania or GTA since the voting contests started. :P
Hopefully Alucard will beat Sora next round. >.<

Oh, and after thinking through a little more I suppose Kefka will be the favorite by a slight amount. Urgh...I want there to be at least ONE match with a prediction percentage under 50%. The fewest literal upsets in Round 1 we've had was 2, way back in SC2K2...

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Dp eats poop.

You know, this really does create a bit of a problem, because I can't really say any way in which we can conceivably keep Romero from vote stuffing in future matches -- sure, ban his usermap and IP, but nothing's going to keep him from still visiting the site with a different IP and without logging in.

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Mario's Path to Victory: Round 2 - (4) Ness

Er...I don't know what I was saying. If Kefka was the favorite, obviously less than 50% would have this match called correctly. *smacks forehead*

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