I'm actually not very surprised about the % of brackets supporting Gordon what with Half Life 2 out. However, I expected a 40% at most supporting Gordon...

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If I'd have known the prediction % before then I'd certainly have enjoyed yesterday's match more. Waiting for tre to produce some %s.
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Either that, or the bracket makers are more willing to trust somebody they've seen before. Well, it doesn't really matter at this point. Leon's done his job. Now all that's left is to bow out to Mega Man.
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Wow, I'm slow. Must be umm... the uh... alcohol! That's the ticket, my thinking was impared by alcohol!
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Leonhart, what was the percentage necessary again for Luigi/KOS-MOS to line up right?
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maybe Leon will get tripled by Mega Man.. 43% is shocking to me. maybe the whole "RE4 for game of the year" thing has gone to my head.

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Close to 80%. At this point, it doesn't look like it'll be happening. It's lining up closer to the 71.01% Yoshi was expected to get based on 2004.
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That Yoshi Vs Luigi match seems pretty weird at this point.
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Yoshi/Luigi seems just fine right now. It's Luigi's last two first round matchups that look odd.
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Yoshi reverse SFFed Luigi... heheh...
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Wouldn't that be awesome?

Yoshi's going to absolutely run with the day vote. I'm expecting around 76/77 at the end of the day.
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Well, that's true. The night should favor Laharl, and he is a board favorite. Yoshi's percentage has been climbing steadily for the last two updates, so we'll see what happens now.
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I've been thinking.. what's going to be the fodder line for this contest? it can't possibly be Vyse, because if it is Tifa is going to annihilate everyone. I could see it being TV, or maybe Lloyd. thoughts?
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Whoever falls closest to the VFL.
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Yep, whoever's closest to 20% when this is all said and done.
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Vercetti Fodder Line... you can't get rid of the V. It's fate..

Oh no... I got it... Vincent Fodder Line. Now that would just make my day.
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I actually do like Vincent... but it'd still make my day.

It'd make my day to see Dante fall below that fodder line, too.
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yeah.. but I can't see Vyse being at 20%. that puts Tifa wayyyyyyyy too high.
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I must have missed a time where anything-FF7 hasn't proven they should be up high, too.

I'm goin' to bed...Yoshi VS Luigi: the rematch. Who do you put your stakes on?
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I still take Yoshi. Luigi looked like a powerhouse after round 1 last year, too, and he still choked.
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Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

I believe Tifa could beat Snake and maybe Sonic... but not Mario and definitely not Samus.

I'll take Yoshi. night all.

Eh, Yoshi should have around 75-76% when this is all said and done. I'd probably take Luigi (again) though. Didn't learn my lesson last time.
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The Vincent Valentine fodder line (it rhymes!) shall revolutionize the contest!

If I were to guess I'd say the chain of power for the Mario franchise goes --

Mario >> Bowser > Yoshi > Luigi >= Donkey Kong > Wario > Geno

Yeah, I lumped DK in there. *shrug*

I get the feeling Peach would fall between Bowser & Yoshi, though that's not anything more than a hunch.

I think Peach would fall behind Luigi.
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I get the feeling that Peach would fall between Wario and Geno. And no I'm not joking. Toad would be more powerful than Peach, I think he'd fall roughly equal to DK.
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Peach would get eaten alive by Toad... yum, fruity.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Toad be stronger than Peach. She just doesn't seem to have a great deal of appeal.
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If it weren't against the ToS, I'd ask Mega (aka Wylvane) to read some interesting Mario series fanfiction in here, and THEN we could decide whether or not Peach has appeal.
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Seeing a match today actually go according to the stats is new and surprising to me. How strange.
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Just you watch. Yoshi gets the DAY VOTE OMEGA and winds up with 90%.
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BWAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA

Gordon Freeman, busting brackets in a town near you.

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From: HaRRicH | Posted: 8/18/2005 8:43:59 AM | #169
I'm goin' to bed...Yoshi VS Luigi: the rematch. Who do you put your stakes on?

I now go for Yoshi after taking Luigi last year. Luigi might have overperformed, but not by much, any non-FF RPG character (may possibly have to include CT there as well, but lets wait for Knuckles/Squall to see just how much Magus was overrated) likely loses popularity *very* quickly. We saw it with KOS-MOS, we're seeing it with Laharl if Yoshi gets towards my Oracle pick or higher, and we probably saw it with Vyse as well. I'm not buying that Tifa performance as purely Tifa's strength. If any Tales characters return next year they'll fall as well and I'd pick them to lose to anyone they could reasonably have a match against.

Yoshi will hopefully push towards the tripling as the day vote kicks in. Not that I like the character, of the 64 in this year he rates at my #64, but just to eliminate this type of fodder for good.
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Top 10 Closest Matches (difference in percentage)

1) 1.72% - Knuckles over Magus
2) 2.28% - Tommy Vercetti over Kefka
3) 3.34% - Frog over Riku
4) 9.38% - Lloyd Irving over Albert Wesker
5) 10.28% - Ness over Carl Johnson
6) 11.04% - Alucard over Kratos
7) 11.44% - Ryu over Rikku
8) 13.52% - Diablo over Kratos Aurion
9) 17.14% - Leon Kennedy over Gordon Freeman
10) 19.12% - Zelda over Vivi


Top 10 Smallest Vote Gaps (difference in votes)

1) 1756 - Knuckles over Magus
2) 2245 - Tommy Vercetti over Kefka
3) 3149 - Frog over Riku
4) 7952 - Lloyd Irving over Albert Wesker
5) 10036 - Alucard over Kratos
6) 10237 - Ness over Carl Johnson
7) 11621 - Diablo over Kratos Aurion
8) 12156 - Ryu over Rikku
9) 16065 - Leon Kennedy over Gordon Freeman
10) 20023 - Zelda over Vivi

Top 10 Biggest Blowouts (difference in percentage)

1) 74.68% - Samus Aran over Yuri Hyuga
2) 68.18% - Solid Snake over Manny Calavera
3) 61.78% - Mario over Joanna Dark
4) 58.00% - Vincent Valentine over Sarah Kerrigan
5) 56.14% - Tifa Lockheart over Vyse
6) 53.44% - Crono over Zidane
7) 52.30% - Sonic the Hedgehog over Jin Kazama
8) 52.04% - Megaman over Conker
9) 50.42% - Kirby over Cecil
10) 49.68% - Squall Leonhart over Geno

Top 10 Biggest Vote Gaps (difference in votes)

1) 63680 - Samus Aran over Yuri Hyuga
2) 62487 - Solid Snake over Manny Calavera
3) 61244 - Mario over Joanna Dark
4) 58142 - Vincent Valentine over Sarah Kerrigan
5) 54045 - Tifa Lockheart over Vyse
6) 51944 - Crono over Zidane
7) 51894 - Megaman over Conker
8) 49390 - Squall Leonhart over Geno
9) 47602 - Sonic the Hedgehog over Jin Kazama
10) 45621 - Tidus over King of All Cosmos

Top 10 Most Popular Polls (by vote totals)

1) 106979 - Ganondorf vs. Yuna
2) 106419 - Luigi vs. KOS-MOS
3) 106264 - Ryu vs. Rikku
4) 104671 - Vivi vs. Zelda
5) 102062 - Magus vs. Knuckles
6) 101195 - Tidus vs. King of All Cosmos
7) 100496 - Bowser vs. Chun-Li
8) 100258 - Sarah Kerrigan vs. Vincent Valentine
9) 99720 - Megaman vs. Conker
10) 99525 - Ness vs. Carl Johnson

Top 10 Least Popular Polls (by vote totals)

1) 84794 - Lloyd Irving vs. Albert Wesker
2) 85306 - Samus Aran vs. Yuri Hyuga
3) 85945 - Kratos Aurion vs. Diablo
4) 87141 - Donkey Kong vs. Sam Fisher
5) 88144 - Sora vs. Agent 47
6) 89823 - Kirby vs. Cecil
7) 90928 - Kratos vs. Alucard
8) 91032 - Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Jin Kazama
9) 91278 - Zero vs. Ryu Hayabusa
10) 91639 - Solid Snake vs. Manny Calavera

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Top 10 Highest Individual Votes

1) 80185 - Mario
2) 79200 - Vincent Valentine
3) 77063 - Solid Snake
4) 75807 - Megaman
5) 75159 - Tifa Lockheart
6) 74580 - Crono
7) 74493 - Samus Aran
8) 74412 - Squall Leonhart
9) 73408 - Tidus
10) 70232 - Luigi

Top 10 Lowest Individual Votes

1) 10813 - Yuri Hyuga
2) 14576 - Manny Calavera
3) 18941 - Joanna Dark
4) 21058 - Sarah Kerrigan
5) 21114 - Vyse the Unimpressive
6) 21715 - Jin Kazama
7) 22267 - Cecil
8) 22636 - Zidane
9) 23913 - Conker
10) 25022 - Geno

Top 10 Most Impressive Losers (by votes)

1) 50153 - Magus
2) 47920 - Kefka
3) 47054 - Rikku
4) 45455 - Riku
5) 44644 - Carl Johnson
6) 42324 - Vivi
7) 41503 - Yuna
8) 40446 - Kratos
9) 38810 - Gordon Freeman
10) 38421 - Albert Wesker

Top 10 Least Impressive Winners (by votes)

1) 46373 - Lloyd Irving
2) 48604 - Frog
3) 48783 - Diablo
4) 50165 - Tommy Vercetti
5) 50482 - Alucard
6) 51909 - Knuckles
7) 54875 - Leon Kennedy
8) 54881 - Ness
9) 56433 - Donkey Kong
10) 57507 - Zero

Top 10 Easiest Matches to Predict (based on entrants choosing the

winner)

1) 97.98% - Solid Snake over Manny Calavera
2) 96.76% - Samus Aran over Yuri Hyuga
3) 96.53% - Mario over Joanna Dark
4) 92.20% - Master Cheif over CATS
5) 92.10% - Sonic the Hedgehog over Jin Kazama
6) 89.87% - Crono over Zidane
7) 89.72% - Tifa Lockheart over Vyse
8) 89.12% - Squall Leonhart over Geno
9) 88.83% - Megaman over Conker
10) 88.33% - Dante over Terra

Top 10 Hardest Matches to Predict (based on entrants choosing the

winner)

1) 35.08% - Knuckles over Magus
2) 37.66% - Tommy Vercetti over Kefka
3) 43.62% - Leon Kennedy over Gordon Freeman
4) 51.31% - Alucard over Kratos
5) 51.90% - Ness over Carl Johnson
6) 53.08% - Frog over Riku
7) 53.88% - Lloyd Irving over Albert Wesker
8) 69.09% - Zero over Ryu Hayabusa
9) 71.08% - Donkey Kong over Sam Fisher
10) 74.98% - Ryu over Rikku

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so, predicting Gordon Freeman to lose was the third hardest pick of the contest so far. what is wrong with these people!!!???

and considering how much of a beast Nintendo is with the day vote, i still expect Yoshi to triple Laharl.

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How is that possible?Leon vs Freeman was more than obvious.Even I had picked that right!Yet only 43% managed to get it correctly?How is that?
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From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted: 8/18/2005 1:00:44 PM | #187
How is that possible?Leon vs Freeman was more than obvious.Even I had picked that right!Yet only 43% managed to get it correctly?How is that?

I'm guessing that it's a mixture of factors - casuals not knowing GFNW, the unknown strength of Leon and a possible HL2 increase.
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Wow...just wow. You think after 3 contests, people would finally learn the simple concept of GFNW. Then again, this IS GameFAQs...

Anyway, good job Freeman. You managed to lose nobly and take out a ton of brackets in the process.

And I hope Yoshi rises, because he's looking pretty bad now.
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43% BAHAHAHAHA!!! And to think, I had started writing the Winners and Losers, and put the casual bracketmakers in the Winners section due to the insanely high percentages they've been racking up consistently since the Ganondorf match.

Oh, and don't worry about Yoshi, he'll be alright with the day vote.

I didn't read much of what's been said except for the stuff shortly after I left, and FINALLY someone seemed to have a clue of what I was saying about ranges.

From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/17/2005 1:25:55 PM | Message Detail | #342
The only thing I can think of would be to list each charactter's lowest and highest strength as their range. Anything other than that is a guess.

And ironically, it's the guy who's been hella out of his mind for the last few days. ;)
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Oh, and for those worried about Yoshi... he was projected to get 71.76%. Another overperformance for Nintendo? Sure looks like it.
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He is getting married in a few days.Don't except him to have a clear mind for some time too.
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He was? Oh...

I wish I would have known that before the match...

Still, 72% just seems like a letdown.
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Yoshi vs. Laharl - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (27/30)

Is Laharl weak? Yes. Is he grade A fodder like he's made out to be? No. Should this be his last contest appearance? Definitely.
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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

If it weren't against the ToS, I'd ask Mega (aka Wylvane) to read some interesting Mario series fanfiction in here, and THEN we could decide whether or not Peach has appeal.

We could have a group reading in the chat sometime. A special reading for stats people, I'm sure they'd enjoy it.

Anyway, the prediction percentage makes baby Jesus cry. I can't believe that people lost their perfects to GORDON FREEMAN. This is the guy who got less than 45% on Sam Fisher. His opponent, the main character from one of the biggest games released this year, definitely would've slaughtered him, even with a HL2 boost.

It's simple logic, folks. Gordon Freeman Never Wins.
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Well, at least we know now why this was not outside 60/40. Gordon with bracket support, I do believe, will be the closest we get to the universe imploding.

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Other than the shock of Gordon Freeman actually being the favorite to win, this match is one of the dullest so far. This topic has definitely slowed to a halt.

Maybe now's a good opportunity to play around with an idea I had. Let's start with the 2002 bracket, and recreate it into a 32-character bracket (dropping out all the worthless fodder besides maybe CATS and Freeman) with new seeding and everything. Using 2002 stats, I'm sure some of you can make some riveting matches.

We could go ahead and do this with all the brackets. Not like this match is riveting or anything.
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Do you want the bracket to be done with the raw stats or not?
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"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

Well, what the heck. I went ahead and did it. Note, there are no adjustments, for Mario/Cloud, WDF, Mario/DK SFF, NOTHING.

/ (1) Link
\ (16) Mr. Driller
/ (8) Ryo Hazuki
\ (9) Duke Nukem
/ (5) Kirby
\ (12) Chop Chop Master Onion
/ (4) Jill Valentine
\ (13) Aya Brea
/ (6) Raziel
\ (11) Q*Bert
/ (3) Solid Snake
\ (14) Gabe Logan
/ (7) Kasumi
\ (10) Kyo Kusanagi
/ (2) Cloud Strife
\ (15) Bub

/ (1) Samus Aran
\ (16) Dirk the Daring
/ (8) Pac-Man
\ (9) Crash Bandicoot
/ (5) Squall Leonhart
\ (12) Kazuya Mishima
/ (4) Claire Redfield
\ (13) Ulala
/ (6) Strider Hiryu
\ (11) PaRappa the Rapper
/ (3) Aeris Gainsborough
\ (14) Gordon Freeman
/ (7) Miles "Tails" Prower
\ (10) Spyro the Dragon
/ (2) Sonic the Hedgehog
\ (15) Terry Bogard

/ (1) Megaman
\ (16) Serious Sam
/ (8) Servbot
\ (9) Max Payne
/ (5) Morrigan Aensland
\ (12) Donkey Kong
/ (4) Ken Masters
\ (13) Abe
/ (6) Scorpion
\ (11) Tina Armstrong
/ (3) Tidus
\ (14) Goemon
/ (7) Lara Croft
\ (10) Little Mac
/ (2) Mario Mario
\ (15) Kane (C&C)

/ (1) Sephiroth
\ (16) Ms. Pac-Man
/ (8) Fox McCloud
\ (9) Simon Belmont
/ (5) Dante Sparda
\ (12) CATS
/ (4) Knuckles the Echidna
\ (13) Iori Yagami
/ (6) Bomberman
\ (11) Pitfall Harry
/ (3) Ryu (SF)
\ (14) Akira Yuki
/ (7) Alucard Tepes
\ (10) Pikachu
/ (2) Crono
\ (15) Guybrush Threepwood
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"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani

WTF? Only 43% picked Leon to win?

Apparently, the rest of the site isn't aware of GFNW.
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