Match 26: (4) Kratos Aurion vs. (5) Diablo

Past Performances

Kratos Aurion

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2004
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Spring 2005
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Diablo

Summer 2002
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2003
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Summer 2004
Did not attend
Ranked: N/A

Spring 2005
Beat Ridley, 57.65% - 42.35%
Beat M. Bison, 52.88% - 47.12%
Beat Kefka Palazzo, 54.09% - 45.91%
Lost to Ganondorf Dragmire, 34.80% - 65.20%
Ranked: 4th

Analysis

Diablo is the second of three characters to be only in the villains contest and make an appearance on this contest. Diablo did very well in that contest and made it to the final four beating out characters such as Ridley, M. Bison and Kefka who may not be very strong, but is very impressive compare to the other contestants. Kratos is a new character from Tales of Symphonia and like I said both characters here will be overrated (and Lloyd’s match proved it to be true). This is the first time I have a Blizzard character winning, but I can’t help feeling that this is going to shoot me in the ass later on.

If we look at Lloyd’s match against Wesker and baring that he didn’t mysteriously gain a lot in 2 months Lloyd is almost at Mithos’ ranking. We could rank Wesker by using Luca’s adjusted stats, but if anybody saw Magus vs. Knuckles a few days ago would know that might not be the case, but if it is Lloyd would still be very close to Mithos. Now from what I’ve heard many people like Kratos over Mithos and Lloyd, but in the end I don’t think that he’ll be very far off from both of them.

Diablo’s only contest was the villains contest, which has been getting a lot of talk about whether or not we should believe the x-st. Sure I know many matches didn’t go as expected, but since we can relate to Mithos I don’t think we have to say whether their x-st mean anything or not. Diablo is expected to double Mithos, but if he manages to do the same to Kratos then I would be surprised.

Like I’ve said this is the first time I’ve picked Blizzard to win and from the looks of it this will be Diablo’s first match where he breaks 60% against an opponent. I know what to expect of Diablo, but for him to impress me he would have to easily double Kratos. IIRC Diablo and Lloyd (also probably Mithos) are strongest during the day so it will be interesting to see if Diablo can run with the day vote tomorrow. I don’t know why, but I have the strangest feeling that Diablo is going to flop and lose this match, but if that were to happen I will be the first person the destroy the spring’s x-st and will be almost willingly to call Ocelot/Pac-Man a nail-biter.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Diablo over Kratos Aurion

charmander6000’s Prediction: Diablo wins, 64.29% - 35.71%

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

Didin't Tekken 4 sell pretty well? I know it sold over 500k.

Dante improves after mediocre sequels, so Jin can too!
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Knuckles the Echidna's road to the Sc2k5 Title!
Round 2: (2)Squall Leonhart

Hm...so, guys, who would you take between Kratos and Vyse? I'd say Vyse...I mean, Vyse is a main character and he's probably got the edge on looks.

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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."

Kratos, mostly due to bias. <_<
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"Chiri to kashinasai! Kore de... owari desu! HIEN MESSHOUJIN!!! Toki wa modoranai, sore ga sizen no setsuri." ~Presea Combatir

Tekken 4 is arguably the worst in the whole series. I haven't tried 5 yet but 3 was the highlight of the series.
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Lonely Angel
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I could see Kratos above the VFL, but I'd still take Vyse.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

Jesus. 100,000 posts, guys. On a series of internet polls.

Let's give ourselves a pat on the back.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

*pats back*

Now, back to gettin' pissed about tryin' to get ring-tones to download...and, almost as important, finding more ring-tones worth downloading.
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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.

Back from a day long date. I went to see Four Brothers. It's actually a pretty good movie. Anyways, did I miss anything interesting? I'm not really motivated to read through the last two topics...
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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

Kratos over Vyse.

ToS was a hit, and Kratos is the obligatory badass everyone can't get enough of.

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

Anyways, did I miss anything interesting?

Not really. The last couple of days have been pretty ho-hum.

Looks like this match will barely break 90,000 and Sonic himself won't even get 70,000 total votes.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

Meh. Kratos was okay, but I didn't even like him at all until AFTER he left the party. He seemed to cliche a character at first. It's the same reason I don't really care for Auron. Typically badass character that knows more than he is letting on.

Tekken 4 almost killed the entire series, how the hell would that give Jin a boost?

Jin was only introduced in the Tekken 3. He was one of the main focuses in that game, and had one of the cooler endings, with him turning into a devil (or something like that). It's not like he's been around as long as Yoshimitsu or Heihachi. If Tekken 3 only introduced him, I'm sure Tekken 4 and 5 did SOMETHING to boost his popularity, at least for those who played them.
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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

With the way Jin's done today and considering both the Tekken favorites poll and the fact he's in both Tekken and SC2...would anybody think Yoshimitsu could prevent a doubling from Sonic?
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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.

Nah, he's nowhere near Ken.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

Yoshi would probably break 30%, but I don't know if he could avoid a doubling.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

Nowhere near Ken? A lil' harsh...but then again, I think Yoshimitsu'd be stronger than Ken.
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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.

Well, I tend to be biased towards Ken and the way people are underestimating him. I could see him beat Tails and KOS-MOS.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

I still have my doubts about Ken's 2003 ranking. There's just too drastic of a difference from his 2002 ranking, and for no reason at all.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

Didn't he do better than what he was expected to do against Sonic? Cause people thought Sonic would make it a blowout.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

No, he did much worse.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

I'd think Ken's 2K2 value would be more accurate...I just can't buy Ken being weaker than M. Bison. Okay, so I said the same thing about Chun-Li...but, this is KEN. And, with that in mind, I'd probably take Ken over Yoshimitsu. (as opposed to what I said in the 4-pack 'o fun)

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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."

Something's wrong then.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

http://a425.v8384d.c8384.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/426/8384/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/

wmp/1/485/2119_1_7_05.asf

Put them together...and then go to sleep. Its past your bedtime damnit!*sullen 80s music plays and drifts to sleep*
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HaloKiller: Gamefaqs user who got owned in the span of two posts.

Well, Ken would be expected to get 35% on Bowser, though that's the 2003 version. Against Sp2K5 Bowser, it'd be much worse.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

Actually, Ken is another one of those characters who deserves another shot at this contest. If he could get decent seeding, he could win a match.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

Would you guys consider this as an underperformance for Sonic?

Sure, Jin is new, but Sonic should have done a little better than this.
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

Nah, I wouldn't really call it anything.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

Yes, of course. I just don't see any support for him at all, I bet CJayC just slapped him in 2k3. In 2k4, Terry got in over him, and that's odd cause both are liked about equally on this board. Now this year Chun-Li gets over him.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

I'd call it underestimating Jin more than anything else.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

Would you guys consider this as an underperformance for Sonic?

Sure, Jin is new, but Sonic should have done a little better than this.

We can't really draw anything from this. As you said Jin is new. It could be that our expectations were off rather than Sonic being weaker than usual.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

I'm thinking perhaps my "wild card" in the SC2K6 nomination contest will be reserved for a "return character." We've already got plenty of nominees for that: Ken, Raiden, Strider, Morrigan, Aeris.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

and Knuckles
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Knuckles the Echidna's road to the Sc2k5 Title!
Round 2: (2)Squall Leonhart

Who were the new entrants that the board was pushing highly for?
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

From my contest: Revolver Ocelot, Tifa Lockheart, Sarah Kerrigan, Leon Kennedy, and Lloyd Irving.

Elsewhere on the board: Terra and Manny Calavera immediately come to mind. I'm sure there were more, but I can't think of them.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

I made a topic for the King, but that wasn't exactly a huge movement.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

James Sunderland and Strider come to my mind.
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Lonely Angel
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/973/rockwin026il.gif

I'd like to think Raiden would be better to see come back than Ken (strength-wise, anyways), but Ken would probably be a lil' out of reach for him. Regardless, he's the comeback character I wanna see again...

...him or Protoman.
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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.

I say Raiden.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

91.77% have Sonic over Jin 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.

93.01% for Sonic.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

After seeing how Wily and Sigma performed (and how unlikely Mega Man/Zero SFF looks), I have my doubts that Protoman is any stronger than what he put up last year.

Nothing against Protoman. I love him and all. I just don't think he should come back, at least over someone we know for sure could succeed.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

95.18% for Sonic.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 1: (2) Squall Leonhart 74412 (74.84%), (7) Geno 25022 (25.16%)

96.00% for Sonic
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

92% Sonic.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 22/24. Today: Sonic, tomorrow: Diablo

This is completely non sequitur, but I was just thinking about what would have happened if Magus was in the Spring Contest this year.

Would there have been any warning signs, and if so, would anyone have listened to them?

I probably picked the worst time to post this...
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.nS) quote of the week:
"I don't know how to work the machine. I just act like I know what I'm doing, and people tip me." - syst

I still want Fox to come back... and given a decent seeding! Not just winning a match against a scrub before bowing out to an elite. I'd at least want him to get the same type of chance Ryu Hayabusa got at making the Sweet 16 in 2k4.

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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

I'd like Raiden/Aerith back.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 22/24. Today: Sonic, tomorrow: Diablo

I wouldn't at all mind Protoman coming back, he's awesome.

92% for Sonic.
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

This is completely non sequitur, but I was just thinking about what would have happened if Magus was in the Spring Contest this year.

Would there have been any warning signs, and if so, would anyone have listened to them?

I probably picked the worst time to post this...

There would have been warning signs, and I think I'd probably have taken them into account, seeing as I love taking upset picks.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119