Tomorrow, two of my favorites face each other. I have no idea who to vote for.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 22/25 points
Current Match Prediction: Kratos Aurion vs. Diablo

Oh. That was the only one I was unsure of. He faced both, ya know.. >__>

Well, if Alucard was my #4, then I'd have another match with my favorites, as he faced Cloud in 2002. It would've been pretty disgusting seeing him lose to Sephiroth. Fortunately, none of my favorites have suffered that fate.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Vote for Vyse. He needs it more.

Hmm... the only times two characters that might make my top 25 have faced off would be Vyse/Laharl and Mario/Bowser >_>
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters

Geez, the vote totals in this match are horrendous. Diablo is gonna get thrashed next round.
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Summer Contest Score: 23/25
Today's Pick: Diablo

Well, that much was obvious.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Will this match have less vote totals than Lloyd/Wesker?
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Summer 2005 Contest - 23/26 points
Current Match Prediction: Tifa Lockheart vs. Vyse

It's behind pace right now.
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Summer Contest Score: 23/25
Today's Pick: Diablo

Ouch. Even for a Saturday, this turnout sucks.
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"You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops." -Samus Aran
"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

Tomorrow, two of my favorites face each other. I have no idea who to vote for.

If you were really a fan of Vyse, you'd already know what you need to do.
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Knights of the Old Republic> Your favorite Square RPG

But if he were really a fan of Tifa, wouldn't he already know what he needs to do?
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"You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops." -Samus Aran
"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

I'll vote for Vyse too. This will be the only time I'd vote against Tifa, though.
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

off topic a little, but Skies of arcadia legends got a 7.5, but still a good game. Wonder if anyone looks at gamespot ratings?
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But if he were really a fan of Tifa, wouldn't he already know what he needs to do?

If he was a big fan of both, I'd think he'd give a vote to Vyse since he's gonna get killed.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Or, how about getting people in a Tifa-over-Sonic buzz? I know I'd be flattered if I were supporting Tifa.
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"You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops." -Samus Aran
"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

I don't think voting Vyse instead of Tifa is going to make all of the difference in whether people think she can beat Sonic.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

And I don't think voting Vyse is going to make all of the difference in whether Tifa dominates Vyse or flat-out destroys him.
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"You can't have gone over a kilometer up. 1500 meters, tops." -Samus Aran
"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

I'll probably vote for Vyse. He needs it more. Though I'll vote for Tifa in all the other matches she's in.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 23/26 points
Current Match Prediction: Tifa Lockheart vs. Vyse

And I don't think voting Vyse is going to make all of the difference in whether Tifa dominates Vyse or flat-out destroys him.

No kidding, but you know Tifa doesn't need the vote.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

I wish Tifa would dominate me. U KNOW WAT IM SAYIN'!?!?!
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

I don't think voting Vyse instead of Tifa is going to make all of the difference in whether people think she can beat Sonic.

Yeah, our votes are worth jack ****.

It's the casual's votes that really matter.

But since I don't care about Vyse, he won't get my pity vote.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

Woah, forget Rikku being more popular than Tidus. I just thought of something.

Magus Vs. Knuckles seems to imply that Tidus's 2K4 value was legit, but if that's the case and assuming Ganondorf increased, wouldn't that place Yuna ahead of Tidus?
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"Heh Heh... The wind... It is blowing..."--Ganondorf Dragmire

Magus Vs. Knuckles seems to imply that Tidus's 2K4 value was legit, but if that's the case and assuming Ganondorf increased, wouldn't that place Yuna ahead of Tidus?

It places them very close together, but I'm thinking she was still behind him.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Magus Vs. Knuckles seems to imply that Tidus's 2K4 value was legit, but if that's the case and assuming Ganondorf increased, wouldn't that place Yuna ahead of Tidus?

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

Wow.. This is a bad vote result. Looks like the polls with the two ToS characters will be the lowest... Oh well, at least Lloyd got a win, and Kratos didn't do too horrible. Go ToS.
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

Also, I'm voting for Vyse. I won't allow Tifa to get a tripling on Vyse... she'd look far too strong, stronger than Sonic and/or Mega Man even, I can't let that happen... <_<
Haha, a bit of a shame. I like Tifa, but I'll be voting against her in each of her three (at most, hopefully) matches...
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

^ Both theories have holes in them, so I don't see why the first one is regarded as the more likely one..

In your first theory, you list one thing that hasn't really been proven (Shadow overperforming on Mario). In your second, you list a lot more.

~*ST*~
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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

Ulti, it's smurf, do you seriously think he'll listen?

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

I think Tifa will fall a little short of the tripling. Vyse looks like he increased a tiny bit (not a lot) from 2003-2004, so he may have increased again. Tifa should also be a wee bit stronger than Aeris was, so she should get around 72-73%.
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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

Hey now, I promised to be nice to everyone. And Smurf isn't that bad when he uses his main.

People were discussing match pics and the difference they make. I've always been one to believe that they do make a difference, and can make a big one. RPGuy's point about Magus/Frog's sprites being better than their actual values is a good one, as is Lopen's point about Dante's sprite causing him to be underestimated in the stats. Viewtiful Dante versus Genesis Sonic is such an easy choice if you don't care about either character that it's ****in' scary.

~*ST*~
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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

But it doesn't underrate Dante by that much regardless.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Vyse goes up by a whopping 0.16% on BL, sounds like year to year variation to me...
Unless you consider Seph to be over-rated in 2k3.

I personally expect Tifa to be slightly weaker than Aeris, but I won't complain if she turns out to be stronger.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

My vote has never once been influenced by a picture. Obviously im not every one, but unless you dont even know who the characters are(and i assume most voters at least know of one character) i cant see a pic making even a .8 percent difference.
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*pacing back in forth waiting for: advance wars ds, twilight princess, ffxii, kingdom hearts 2, castlevania dos*

Ulti, I'll buy pictures making a difference up to 1% in most imaginable cases, maybe up to 4% in the most extreme cases.

But up to a whopping 11%?!
That's not something I'll ever buy in my entire lifetime.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

Chaos Division Round 1 - Match 27 – (3)Tifa Lockhart vs. (6)Vyse

Tifa
Game/Series Known From: Final Fantasy VII
Extrapolated Rank in 2002: N/A
Extrapolated Rank in 2003: N/A
Extrapolated Rank in 2004: N/A
Seed in 2002: N/A
Seed in 2003: N/A
Seed in 2004: N/A

If bra size equaled strength at GameFAQs, we’d have a top contender here.

Vyse
Game/Series Known From: Skies of Arcadia
Extrapolated Rank in 2002: N/A
Extrapolated Rank in 2003: 43rd (19.05%)
Extrapolated Rank in 2004: 39th (17.92%)
Seed in 2002: N/A
Seed in 2003: 11
Seed in 2004: 8
Lost in 2003 to Donkey Kong in Round 1
Lost in 2004 to Cloud in Round 2

Some characters…just don’t deserve it. Vyse is one of them.

One of the hardest matches to watch last year was Vyse vs. Laharl. Two characters who didn’t deserve to make it to Round 2 went at it, and one advanced. That was Vyse. In Round 2, Cloud beat the life out of him. Now he gets Cloud’s ***** in Round 1. So yes, this is one of those rare cases with the newbie will beat the vet, but only because the vet is a weakling.

Thanks for your time, now you can go back to ogling those dirty pictures of Tifa.

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Tifa will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Tifa: 73% - Vyse: 27%



Ulti’s Analysis

(Special note from Ulti: due to me having to take care of a bunch of wedding stuff, my analyses are going to be very lax and short until the end of August, possibly even later. Sorry in advance.)

*looks at Vincent/Kerrigan*

Yeah, this one is over. All this will do is tell us how strong Vincent may be.

Prediction: Tifa with 72.22%



Soul’s Analysis

Vyse is from Skies of Arcadia. If you said "Wtf is Skies of Arcadia?", you're not alone.

Basically, Vyse has been in the contest since 2003, and many people still don't know who he is. That's the problem with cult characters I guess...

Tifa is from Final Fantasy 7. Game Over Vyse. You were all there during the Vincent/Kerrigan match. You know how well FF7 does.

Yeah, that's all my proof on why Tifa will win. Short and sweet.

My prediction: Tifa wins with 71.32% of the vote. BOOOOORIIIIING!



Outback’s Analysis

I don't think Tifa is going to be anywhere near Vincent, and, as such, she won't even scratch Sonic.

Tifa with 65.47%



Inviso’s Analysis

First off, after losing to Donkey Kong in 2003, and then being thoroughly owned by Cloud in 2004, why is Vyse even back in the contest? No matter, he’s facing Tifa, from Final Fantasy VII. The first two years of the contest, Aeris Gainesborough was quite a strong competitor, making it to the sweet sixteen not once, but twice. Tifa is assumed to be even stronger than Aeris, given the fact that she is an even more important part of FFVII, due to her being in the game for a longer period, and being more essential to Cloud. She may not be as strong as Cloud or Sephiroth, but I see no reason as to why she shouldn’t be able to join the ranks of Zero and Snake as one of the contest’s second strongest group of characters.

My Bracket: Tifa Lockheart
My Vote: Tifa Lockheart
My Prediction: Tifa Lockheart with 75.68%
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Kratos vs. Diablo - Bracket: Diablo - Vote: Kratos (22/25)

Tnote’s Analysis

Donkey Kong slapped up 60%+ on Vyse, who has been appointed the threshold between fodder and, well, non-fodder. I suspect there are very few people here who believe Tifa would lose in a match to Donkey Kong. Transitively, the floor I have set for Tifa is Donkey Kong’s performance. The ceiling clearly falls somewhere below Cloud. Where in between is the money question, and I personally think she should have little trouble with a doubling.

Pick: Tifa with 68.27%



Vlado’s Analysis

Aah... The match I've been expecting. My favourite character of all time, Tifa, is finally making her debut in the Summer Contest, and I'm proud to have helped her make it in. Unfortunately, her opponent in the first round is Vyse, another character I really like, and I haven't even played his game, I've based my preference for him solely on what I've read and heard of him and Skies of Arcadia.

Tifa has this, in short. We saw that Vincent will certainly be one of the strongest in the tournament. Sure, Kerrigan is weak, but, as ExThaNemesis said, no matter who you face, scoring 80% is impressive by itself. I still believe that Tifa will be stronger than Vincent, even if most would say otherwise after his win. The only thing that could stop her from doing better than him would be the so-called "sexist vote", a phenomenon that I strongly believe exists, even if it does sound a bit ridiculous, even to me.

I think Tifa will place very high in the stats. She can even come close to Crono's level, in case Chrono Trigger has indeed dropped in popularity, as Frog's struggle against Riku and Magus' loss against Knuckles suggest. She can even beat Sonic and Rockman and make the Final Four, if she really manages to unite the most part of the FFVII fanbase around her like Vincent seems to have. She has the chance to write contest history, and I really hope she doesn't miss it.

Now some words about Vyse... Well, he has a loyal fanbase that gets him in the contest every year. Last year, he even won a match, defeating Laharl, which was another proof that he has some dedicated fans. Surely, Tifa won't beat him as badly as Cloud this last year, but I doubt that he has gotten any stronger than he was in 2004. He will be somewhere around that level again and won't be able to really give Tifa any trouble.

Predicted percentage: Tifa Lockheart with 72.59%.

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Kratos vs. Diablo - Bracket: Diablo - Vote: Kratos (22/25)

I think it's hard to deny that pics can make a large difference. Hell look at today's match. Unless kratos is somehow obscenely higher then Lloyd, kefka overperformed a great deal on wesker.
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Heh, Vlado didn't have the highest percentage for Tifa, like I thought he would.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

IIRC invisio has tifa over sonic, so her expecting huge things out of tifa this round is to be expected, just like anyone else expects the same when trying to justify their upset picks.
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A tripling is simply too much to ask from Tifa, even if I really want it to happen, but Tifa should at least be able to double Vyse, since Aeris is projected to get 70%+ on him.

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I would be surprised if Tifa is weaker than Aeris, so she should get 70% easily.

Granted, I'm kind of torn. The worse Tifa looks, the worse it kinda makes Vincent look (in a roundabout way, I guess), but then that means she can't beat Sonic...
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

I'm expecting an Aeris level performance out of Tifa personally. Not much more, not much less.
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i see several people who think Tifa will be stronger than Aeris because Tifa was more prominent in the storyline. but, am i the only person who believes Tifa will be stronger because she is way hotter? >_>

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

No, the twins can only help.
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Tripling Gordon Freeman.

*shudders at the thoughts of Tifa > Sonic bandwagon as soon as Tifa proceeds to blow Vyse out*
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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 see several people who think Tifa will be stronger than Aeris because Tifa was more prominent in the storyline. but, am i the only person who believes Tifa will be stronger because she is way hotter? >_>

Eh, prominence in the storyline would be cancelled out by the "spoiler," I guess. Still yes, Tifa's hotness does help her. Plus, she seems more likeable than Aeris.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

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I'm hoping Tifa bombs horribly so that she won't annihilate Luigi.
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I'm hoping Tifa mauls Luigi. I can see 60%+ for her.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 23/26 points
Current Match Prediction: Tifa Lockheart vs. Vyse

From: therealmnm
*shudders at the thoughts of Tifa > Sonic bandwagon as soon as Tifa proceeds to blow Vyse out*

It couldnt possibly be more annoying than the Vincent bandwagon.

Especially since I am on board this one.
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Tripling Gordon Freeman.

Sacred Powers, cast your purifying light upon these corrupt souls. Rest in Peace, Sinners! Judgement!

chaos from Xenosaga?