Am I the only one thinking Knuckles is a lot stronger than thought, and Magus has only decreased minimally?

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Yes.
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Am I the only one thinking Knuckles is a lot stronger than thought, and Magus has only decreased minimally?

It makes more sense for Magus to actually have decreased as opposed to Knuckles shooting up for no particular reason.

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Its the KCOLTSF: Knuckles Can Only Lose to Snake Factor
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Why am I under the impression that regardless of how astoundingly shocked we are, Knuckles will still have 65% of the brackets on his side?
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Magus appears to be stabilizing a bit. How does Chrono Trigger do with the afternoon vote?
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Well that's why Snake vs Knuckles happened every year.

Am I the only one thinking Knuckles is a lot stronger than thought, and Magus has only decreased minimally?

I think that too...well, it's more because of Knuckles bias, but meh.

Why am I under the impression that regardless of how astoundingly shocked we are, Knuckles will still have 65% of the brackets on his side?

Probably, the casuals might be dumb most of the time, but when they see a Sega big-name vs. Old-School RPG character from Crono's game, you know where they go.
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)

Knuckles mmiigghhtt be the favorite, but there is no way he'll have 65% of the brackets here. I'm thinkin' he'll have just under 40%, myself.
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Master Moltar, most of the people picked KEFKA to beat Knuckles.


KEFKA.




KEFKA.




Yeah and KEFKA.
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Crono won the afternoon vote with Mario.
Magus split the afternoon vote with Ganondorf.
Frog dropped extremely fast with it against Master Chief. (Autumn)
Knuckles did not gain much (at least compared to the morning) with it against Kefka.
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Summer Contest 2005 --- Score: 21/22 --- Rank: T-103

Whoa, Kefka?

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Master Moltar, most of the people picked KEFKA to beat Knuckles.

Kefka = Final Fantasy. There's your explanation.
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)

Cecil = Final Fantasy.

Explain.
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I have no idea why you guys think Knuckles will even approach a 50% prediction percentage. He barely mustered 43% against Kefka last year (with the lower seed). This time, he's up against a guy who nabbed 90% of the brackets last year in a 6/11 match. Magus will easily have 70% of the brackets.
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It makes more sense for Magus to actually have decreased as opposed to Knuckles shooting up for no particular reason.

Honestly, it looks like Magus was never that strong in the first place. He just overperformed against Link, thus making Sam Fisher and Tidus also look stronger than they really are.

Dunno how Ganondorf wasn't affected, though.
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Cecil = Final Fantasy.

Explain.

Kirby = 1 seed

Cecil = FF4, which is MUCH less popular than FF6.
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)

I don't think he overperformed on Ganon and Link. I believe it was a special and severe case of rSFF...

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I wish I had Kirby > Tidus, at the moment.

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Ganondorf was affected, but then just went up with Zelda and Link in 2004. Making the effect appear to be minimal. That's what I'm thinking, anyway.
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Oh, and while I do think this match will fall in the Top 3 worst Round 1 predicted matches ( < 37.66%), I wouldn't be surprised if Knuckles still came out as the favorite.
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)

Fine Master Moltar.

Terra = Explain her prediction percentage.
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For comparisons, here's how bracket-pickers went with Knuckles and Magus over the years...


2002:
Knuckles had 69.02% against Akira Yuki, then Solid had 76.18% to escape his four-pack of those two and Squall.

2003:
Knuckles had 50.22% against Yuna, then Solid had 79.7% to escape his four-pack of those two and Raiden. Magus had 56.92% against Fisher and 24.25% against Tidus/Ganon. Link had 84.53% to escape his eight-pack of AiAi, Fox, Pikachu, Tidus, Ganon, Fisher, and Magus.

2004:
Knuckles had 43.05% against Kefka, then Solid had 68.18% to escape his four-pack of those two and Tanner. Magus had 90.45% against Luca, then Crono had 78.5% to escape his four-pack with those two and Conker.
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Knuckles, STILL the weakest character to win a match in every summer contest. And STILL the Square slayer. He's the only character not named Cloud to win multiple matches against Square without a loss. And with Squall, Vincent, and Crono ahead, Knux is looking good to reach the finals, where he will inevitably lose 60/40 to Snake.
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And with Squall, Vincent, and Crono ahead, Knux is looking good to reach the finals, where he will inevitably lose 60/40 to Snake.

XD

It would be hilarious if instead of getting Mario vs Crono IV, we got Snake vs Knuckles IV.
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Terra = Explain her prediction percentage.

Everyone knew Dante would own her?
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)

Here is something no one is mentioned. For those who follow the NCAA Character Battle, Magus just defeated the undefeated Samus this week?

Samus' revenge maybe?
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Terra = Explain her prediction percentage.

This was Terra's first year. In Kefka's first year, he couldn't even get half the brackets on his side against Pac-Man, and look at him now. Terra's probably a similar case, only when put up against a 1 seed in her first match, she obviously looked even worse.
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Knuckles, STILL the weakest character to win a match in every summer contest. And STILL the Square slayer. He's the only character not named Cloud to win multiple matches against Square without a loss. And with Squall, Vincent, and Crono ahead, Knux is looking good to reach the finals, where he will inevitably lose 60/40 to Snake.

Now if only Tifa pulls off the major upsets.....
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my girlfriend is on the phone, and she just saw the results. She's freaking out. I guess she's a huge magus fan.

"How is knuckles more popular? I don't understand. I'm so sad now."
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No longer on the Leaderboard... but it was fun being on top of the world.

If Magus can keep this lead at below 2000, things might get interesting come 5pm eastern time. I think Magus will start slowly coming back at that point.
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Fine believe that Knuckles have the brackets in his favor...
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
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Say, if Yuna got a boost who would you take in Yuna vs Magus?

CT's first night vote is generally better than the second. At Knux's current pace, Magus will have to take off 1600-2000 votes to win.

In other words, it ain't happenin'. He's not Mario.
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Say, if Yuna got a boost who would you take in Yuna vs Magus?

Magus.
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But Sega's second night vote is also worse than it's first, isn't it? It balances out a bit?
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Knuckles just gained 50 votes in that last update, he isnt slowing down much...
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
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...? No, it's not.

And remember, folks, this is more of Magus's overratedness than Knuckles's underratedness. He shares a common opponent with Ganondorf.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

No kidding... heh.

Like I said, I'm not really screwed by this because I have Squall next round, but even so, I don't think Magus is entirely out of this yet. He just can't have many more of those down 50 updates.
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From: Applekidjosh | Posted: 8/10/2005 2:47:40 PM | #080
my girlfriend is on the phone, and she just saw the results. She's freaking out. I guess she's a huge magus fan.

"How is knuckles more popular? I don't understand. I'm so sad now."

Damn that Alanna.
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You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops. -Samus Aran

Man, what if Magus/Ganondorf had occurred in this contest? What kinda chaos would we have when we saw Ganon with 60%+?
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Round 1: (7) Geno

Damn that Alanna.

Currently laughing my ass off.
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Dont speak of it.

Thoughts too happy.
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
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Now I really regret changing to Magus winning the division right before lockdown. I should have known my man Squall wouldn't let me down. But I had Dante winning over Squall anyway, so no matter what I wasn't getting the points. >_<

Squall will be making his first appearance in the elite eight this contest!
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At least I would have had the good sense to put Ganondorf over Magus this year, especially considering his performance in the Spring.
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Now I really regret changing to Magus winning the division right before lockdown.

I told you not to do it.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (7) Geno

I don't think Ganondorf would have 60%+. All I can say is Auron > Ganondorf feels a bit better now. But at the same time, Tidus > Kirby doesn't. (damn my inconsistency!)
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Raiden fact of the contest: Alucard is a plagiarist, this year Raiden will prove it!

In Kefka's first year, he couldn't even get half the brackets on his side against Pac-Man, and look at him now.

Good call. After all, he's done well against the likes of Knuckles, Diablo, and TOMMY ****ING VERCETTI.
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According to the Molt-Stats, Squall rhymes with fall, meaning he will fall in Round 2 to Knuckles.

Really, don't count Knuckles out yet. I really can see him beating Squall at this point.
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Magus vs. Knuckles - Bracket: Magus - Vote: Knuckles (20/22)