(1) Link
(8) Ryo Hazuki
(5) Kirby
(4) Jill Valentine
(6) Raziel
(3) Solid Snake
(7) Kasumi
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(8) Pac-Man
(5) Squall Leonhart
(4) Claire Redfield
(6) Strider Hiryu
(3) Aeris Gainsborough
(7) Miles "Tails" Prower
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog

(1) Megaman
(9) Max Payne
(5) Morrigan Aensland
(4) Ken Masters
(6) Scorpion
(3) Tidus
(7) Lara Croft
(2) Mario Mario

(1) Sephiroth
(8) Fox McCloud
(5) Dante Sparda
(4) Knuckles the Echidna
(6) Bomberman
(3) Ryu (SF)
(7) Alucard Tepes
(2) Crono

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(1) Link
(5) Kirby
(3) Solid Snake
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(5) Squall Leonhart
(3) Aeris Gainsborough
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog

(1) Megaman
(4) Ken Masters
(3) Tidus
(2) Mario Mario

(1) Sephiroth
(4) Knuckles the Echidna
(3) Ryu (SF)
(2) Crono

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(1) Link
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog

(1) Megaman
(2) Mario Mario

(1) Sephiroth
(2) Crono

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(2) Cloud Strife
(1) Samus Aran

(2) Mario Mario
(1) Sephiroth

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(2) Cloud Strife
(1) Sephiroth

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(2) Cloud Strife
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Currently Playing: Halo 2 (Xbox), Final Fantasy VIII (PS1), Super Mario Bros 3 (GBA)

Here's my 32-character 2002 bracket. Could probably use some tweaking, but I think a lot of those matches would be interesting.

North

(1) Link
(8) Gordon Freeman

(4) Kirby
(5) Dante

(3) Ryu
(6) Duke Nukem

(2) Solid Snake
(7) Bomberman

East

(1) Sephiroth
(8) Donkey Kong

(4) Aeris
(5) Ken

(3) Tidus
(6) Squall

(2) Crono
(7) Fox McCloud

South

(1) Mario
(8) Lara Croft

(4) Jill Valentine
(5) Claire Redfield

(3) Knuckles
(6) Alucard

(2) Cloud
(7) Tails

West

(1) Mega Man
(8) CATS

(4) Morrigan
(5) Strider

(3) Sonic the Hedgehog
(6) Pikachu

(2) Samus
(7) Pac-Man

I didn't really go through the stats to make sure these matches would be close or to see if so-and-so character could double who-and-who. Any suggestions to improve this would be nice.
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Round 1 of the Greatest User Contest Ever Established:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=22870630

I expected Yoshi to do better than this, seeing how he actually beat Luigi, who impressed in the last division. Perhaps rSFF does exist..
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"I dont know what I am talking about? I know more about gaming than 90 percent of the users on the internet." -xmagxus

If Yoshi rSFFed Luigi, then I suppose Squall did too -_-
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]

Yoshi's still outdoing the X-Sts' projection by almost three points, and still rising. When you get past 70%, it gets more difficult 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

57% defied GFNW? Sad. :-)

Funnier than people picking mass carriers to take down a FF7 character. XD
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I thought most people had decided that higher vote totals just favored Nintendo characters, since the lesser known characters receive minimally more support while mainstream characters benefit a lot?

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Worst. Sig. Ever.
Period.

(1) Link
(9) Duke Nukem
(5) Kirby
(13) Aya Brea
(6) Raziel
(3) Solid Snake
(7) Kasumi
(2) Cloud Strife


(1) Samus Aran
(8) Pac-Man
(5) Squall Leonhart
(4) Claire Redfield
(6) Strider Hiryu
(3) Aeris Gainsborough
(7) Miles "Tails" Prower
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog


(1) Megaman
(9) Max Payne
(12) Donkey Kong
(4) Ken Masters
(6) Scorpion
(3) Tidus
(7) Lara Croft
(2) Mario Mario


(1) Sephiroth
(8) Fox McCloud
(5) Dante Sparda
(4) Knuckles the Echidna
(6) Bomberman
(3) Ryu (SF)
(7) Alucard Tepes
(2) Crono

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(1) Link
(5) Kirby
(3) Solid Snake
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(5) Squall Leonhart
(3) Aeris Gainsborough
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog


(1) Megaman
(12) Donkey Kong
(3) Tidus
(2) Mario Mario


(1) Sephiroth
(5) Dante Sparda
(3) Ryu (SF)
(2) Crono

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(1) Link
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog


(1) Megaman
(2) Mario Mario


(1) Sephiroth
(2) Crono

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(2) Cloud Strife
(1) Samus Aran
(2) Mario Mario
(1) Sephiroth

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Cloud
Seph

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"I dont know what I am talking about? I know more about gaming than 90 percent of the users on the internet." -xmagxus

Yoshi's still gainin', hell yes. *knocks on wood* Here's to hopin' he keeps this up.

Can somebody compare the vote-totals of this match though, please? It's lookin' pretty low, I think.
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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.

It has almost exactly the same votes as Mario vs. JD.
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I've been Pwned by KoaC. He really is the king of all cosmos.

Well, well, well. After Bowser impresses against an admittedly unknown Chun-Li and Luigi demolishes KOS-MOS, Yoshi decides to do 3% better on Laharl and is rising fast. Who'da thunk it?
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"It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault: Nibelung Valesti!" ~ Lenneth Valkyrie

Time | Yoshi's percentage of the vote
10:45 | 77.15%
10:30 | 75.03%
10:15 | 76.20%
10:00 | 76.59%
09:45 | 77.07%
09:30 | 76.48%
09:15 | 75.74%
09:00 | 76.69%
08:45 | 74.67%
08:30 | 77.47%

The day vote isn't even in full swing yet and Yoshi's pulling in 76-77% of the vote. He could get a decent amount higher once all is said and done.
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"It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault: Nibelung Valesti!" ~ Lenneth Valkyrie

Is there a link in there somewhere that both yoshi and Tifa did better than they were supposed to (yes I know we didn't where Tifa stood but I don't any of us seriously thought she'd be closer to sephiroth than aeris)
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

There's probably a link to how Yoshi/Luigi are doin' better than expected, and maybe Bowser too.
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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.

This one isn't on for a huge amount of votes either... unless Pac-Man can pull something out of the bag this is going to be dull through Ganondorf/Auron.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

We probably NEED it to be dull before then, too; it's gonna be ****in' hectic, in all likelyhood.
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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.

Sweet, Yoshi's gained almost 3 percent since I left 5 hours ago. I really hope he can keep it up and end in the 76-77% range.

This match has 45226 votes at 10:20

Lloyd/Wesker - 41189
Samus/Yuri - 39663
Gordon/Leon - 43398
Luigi/KOS-MOS - 49217

A little difficult to tell where this match is going to end up now. I'm guessing in the mid-high 90K range
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Yoshi vs. Laharl - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (27/30)

Tifa doesn't look to be so impressive right now :(
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

In 2002, 43.71% predicted Gordon's first round loss.
In 2003, 65.42% predicted Gordon's first round loss.
In 2004, 65.22% predicted Gordon's first round loss.
In 2005, 43.62% predicted Gordon's first round loss.

Ironically, 2003 and 2004 were much closer matches than 2002 and 2005.

GFNW continues to defy all logic.

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

Hmmm....So, if Freeman has a 51/49 match, his opponent will have 85% of the brackets. And if somebody ever breaks 60% on him, he'll have 70% of the brackets.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

How close is Yoshi to Tifa based on their respective matchups with Laharl and Vyse?
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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."

Tifa doesn't look to be so impressive right now

Considering Yoshi's doing worse against Laharl than Tifa did against Vyse and that Vyse beat Laharl 60-40 last year, I would think Tifa's far far ahead of him. To compare though, assuming both Vyse and Laharl are constant, Yoshi's at 29.24% (between Bowser [who he lost to 57-43 in 2k3] and Squall) on Link 2k4...Tifa, meanwhile, would be at 40.86% (between Samus and Sephiroth) on Link 2k4. Using those two values, Tifa beats Yoshi with 64.22%.
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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 admit that less than 50% of people picking Leon was a shock. Ah well, whatever helps my bracket (not that it matters, I had Magus winning his division).
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Today's subliminal thought is:

Using that relationship with a constant Yoshi, that puts Tifa just under Sonic in the 2k4 rankings. Of course, I don't believe Yoshi is constant, seeing how we haven't gotten a good reading on him yet.
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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 think Laharl is a bit weaker than he should be though. In the battle of Vyse vs Laharl, I think bracket voters had a larger effect than usual, because it was cult character vs cult character. Many visitors would be all like "who are those two?", *Votes with bracket*.

Vyse had 67% of the brackets, and I think the reasons he did were... a. He was in the contest once before. b. He was the higher seed.

So yeah, I think if Laharl was the 8 seed vs Vyse, the match may have been a 53-47 match or something like that. What I mean is, Vyse is probably only truly a little stronger than Laharl. Maybe 2% on 2k3 Link difference, rather than 5%.
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He just insulted Vyse the Unimpressive! Get him!

Laharl is increasing percentage?

Isn't this an odd time for that?

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Worst. Sig. Ever.
Period.

But that's still not Laharl's true strength either, if it's based on "Ahh, I'll just vote with my bracket."
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Here's my revised SC2k5 bracket with explainations (I did not change the seeding for any character)

Mushroom Division

(1) Mario
(8) Joanna Dark
Nothing really to change here

(4) Ness
(5) Leon Kennedy
Will the overestimation of Leon make people put him over Ness?

(3) Kratos (God of War)
(6) Ryu Hayabusa
This 4-pack may seem easy, but it’s really not.

(2) Lloyd Irving
(7) Rikku
Will the overestimation of Lloyd make people put him over Rikku?

Zebes Division

(1) Samus
(8) Yuri
Nothing to change here

(4) Vivi
(5) Frog
With Frog’s weakness this might be close and I don’t know where SFF will go to

(3) Ganondorf
(6) Yuna
Nothing will seem better and besides I don’t want to break round 2’s match.

(2) Auron
(7) Big Boss
See above

Gear Division

(1) Solid Snake
(8) Manny Calavera
I shouldn’t really change 1/8 matches since 8 seeds have no chance.

(4) Riku
(5) Zelda
Frog’s weakness or Riku’s strength you decide.

(3) Magus
(6) Alucard
It’s a trap!

(2) Sora
(7) Agent 47
So much for Neo-Tanner

Dream Division

(1) Kirby
(8) CATS
I want to see CATS overperform against Kirby making many people believe that he has no chance against Tidus

(4) Tidus
(5) Diablo
I think it’s better to see what Tidus’ strength is.

(3) Bowser
(6) Chun Li
Nothing to say

(2) Ryu (Street Fighter)
(7) Zidane
Was Zidane SFF by Crono, but even if he was it won’t make much of a difference.

Flood Division

(1) Master Chief
(8) Cecil
Had to move CATS away

(4) Kratos Aurion
(5) Sam Fisher
Who’s stronger?

(3) Kefka
(6) Tommy Vercetti
It was a great match so I won’t change it.

(2) Crono
(7) Albert Wesker
Seems like no one wants to verse Crono

Devil Division

(1) Dante
(8) Terra
People still think this will be a close match

(4) Donkey Kong
(5) Vincent Valentine
Vincent may underperform to some people’s expectations, but I don’t think he’ll lose to DK

(3) Zero
(6) Laharl
And Zero takes the division

(2) Squall Leonhart
(7) Geno
I don’t think there was any SFF in that match.

Chaos Division

(1) Sonic the Hedgehog
(8) Jin Kazama
Go Sonic

(4) Sarah Kerrigan
(5) Carl Johnson
If people had Kerrigan over Vincent there will be more people having her over CJ

(3) Tifa Lockheart
(6) Vyse
...

(2) Luigi
(7) KOS-MOS
I’d like to keep the impression that this will be a close match

20XX Division

(1) Mega Man
(8) Conker
Again no change

(4) Gordon Freeman
(5) King of all Cosmos
Using Tidus’ 2k4 numbers King is very close to Freeman. I know many people will take Freeman in this match.

(3) Yoshi
(6) Knuckles the Echidna
I’ve always wanted to see this match

(2) Revolver Ocelot
(7) Pac-Man
We haven’t seen this match yet, but Ocelot will either lose to Pac-Man or make it to Mega Man

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

We haven’t seen this match yet, but Ocelot will either lose to Pac-Man or make it to Mega Man

You forgot the most likely option: lose to Yoshi (or Knuckles if he managed another upset).
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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.

Woah, new match pics! *realizes these are probably OLD'D'D'D'D/10*

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b33.jpg

Ewww...Mario 64 Mario? Good thing he didn't get something like this against a tougher opponent.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b34.jpg

Much better. Hopefully the other Round 2 pics turn out good like this one.

So, it's back to the face pics. That means no Sprites this round; whew.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Yoshi vs. Laharl - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (27/30)

Good thing he didn't get something like this against a tougher opponent.

...Like Cloud?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Exactly.

Alright, maybe I should've just said the picture looks bad.
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Moltar's Comics - http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/Moltar
Yoshi vs. Laharl - Bracket: Yoshi - Vote: Yoshi (27/30)

That means no Sprites this round; whew.

This is bad news for almost every character I want to win in the close matches :(
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

I wonder what Zelda will get... If she gets a closeup of the TP artwork Snake could be in deep ****.

Zero/Lloyd looks really good.

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To the man whose spirit was so free it was bothersome... Kurosaki Ichigo, my sword has been broken by your freedom of spirit.

"Yoshi 74.64%"

My oracle is EXACTLY right at this point... this is so awesome... I think Yoshi pulling 74.64 came to me in some sort of... biased fanboy vision.... Yes, that is lame. But seriously, I saw him doing exactly what he's doing right now. Good ol' Yoshi. :)
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

I hope Vincent and Tifa get AC pics this round, although it could hurt them.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot

It wouldn't really hurt Vincent. He looks the same.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

ROUND 1:
(1) Link
(9) Duke Nukem
(5) Kirby
(4) Jill Valentine
(6) Raziel
(3) Solid Snake
(7) Kasumi
(2) Cloud Strife

(1) Samus Aran
(8) Pac-Man
(5) Squall Leonhart
(4) Claire Redfield
(6) Strider Hiryu
(3) Aeris Gainsborough
(7) Miles "Tails" Prower
(2) Sonic the Hedgehog

(1) Mega Man
(9) Max Payne
(12) Donkey Kong
(4) Ken Masters
(6) Scorpion
(3) Tidus
(7) Lara Croft
(2) Mario

(1) Sephiroth
(8) Fox McCloud
(5) Dante
(4) Knuckles the Echidna
(6) Bomberman
(3) Ryu (SF)
(7) Alucard Tepes
(2) Crono

ROUND 2:
(1)Link
(4)Jill Valentine
(3)Solid Snake
(2)Cloud Strife

(1)Samus Aran
(5)Squall Leonhart
(3)Aeris Gainsborough
(2)Sonic the Hedgehog

(1)Mega Man
(12)Donkey Kong
(3)Tidus
(2)Mario

(1)Sephiroth
(5)Dante
(3)Ryu (SF)
(2)Crono

ROUND 3:
(1)Link
(2)Cloud Strife

(1)Samus Aran
(2)Sonic the Hedgehog

(1)Mega Man
(2)Mario

(1)Sephiroth
(2)Crono

ROUND 4:

(1)Link
(1)Samus Aran

(2)Mario
(1)Sephiroth

FINALS:
(1)Link
(1)Sephiroth

WINNER: (1)Link
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Summer 2005 Contest - 27/30 points
Current Match Prediction: Yoshi vs. Laharl

It wouldn't really hurt Vincent. He looks the same.

http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff7ac/screens/ff7ac101.jpg

http://eyesonff.com/ff7/images/vincent2.jpg

There's a difference.


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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot

A difference, yes, but it's not like you couldn't tell it was him.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

A difference, yes, but it's not like you couldn't tell it was him.

I actually find Vincent, along with Tifa, Cloud and Sephiroth to have changed the most. It could cost him some votes.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot

I actually had to think for a second when I saw Vincent AC for the first time for who he was. I realized extremely quickly, but still.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot

But that's still not Laharl's true strength either, if it's based on "Ahh, I'll just vote with my bracket."

Yeah but what I meant was, if there was no bracket voting whatsoever it probably would've gone close to 55-45 rather than 60-40, and if Laharl was the bracket favorite it would've went closer to 50-50 than 60-40.

So bracket voting causes Laharl to look a little weaker than he should.
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That's it. No interesting sig today.

His Dirge of Cerberus picture would be a much better choice, if you ask me.

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To the man whose spirit was so free it was bothersome... Kurosaki Ichigo, my sword has been broken by your freedom of spirit.

His Dirge of Cerberus picture would be a much better choice, if you ask me.

If they take the one that you always post and is my wallpaper, then yes. There are some crappy ones, though.
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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot

Sephiroth looks freaking amazing in Advent Children, though. I'm surprised at how awesome he turned out to be in that new design.



I haven't checked up on it, but what was Yoshi originally projected to get this match?

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To the man whose spirit was so free it was bothersome... Kurosaki Ichigo, my sword has been broken by your freedom of spirit.

Wow, I just looked at the prediction percentage for Gordon/Leon. It's funny that the percentage is lower than Gordon/Tina.

And it took out 12 perfects. I can't believe 14 brackets lost their perfect scores to GFNW.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 27/30 points
Current Match Prediction: Yoshi vs. Laharl

*12 brackets
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Summer 2005 Contest - 27/30 points
Current Match Prediction: Yoshi vs. Laharl

Sephiroth looks freaking amazing in Advent Children, though. I'm surprised at how awesome he turned out to be in that new design.

I prefer the FFVII version. It's the only character where I prefer the original.


I haven't checked up on it, but what was Yoshi originally projected to get this match?

Adjusted stats: 71.73%. Unadjusted: 60.98%

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even when a pawn becomes a queen, it's still just a playing piece -President Johnson, MGS2. SC2k5: 28/30. Today: Yoshi, tomorrow: Ocelot