No internet connections in the Caribbean? I find that a little hard to believe.

Carribean cruise. Which means I could check results/email/sports, but at $.50/minute, I found it to be a wee bit too pricy to actively follow matches for hours on end.

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SC2k5 - 39/42 (Kefka, Magus, Ocelot)

I freaking knew it.. All those times regretting Alucard > Sora holds true.. Eh, but the better character did win..

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

Sora hits 53%! Yaaaay! Hopefully, he can match Ganon's performance!
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

sora, pwning ass! ^_^

I've never even played KH, but go sora! for my bracket may not be completely ruined if you defeated the planning one!
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tomorrows match tidus should win right?
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From: voltch | Posted: 8/25/2005 7:30:49 AM | Message Detail
tomorrows match tidus should win right?

Not sure if he should or not but he will definitely win

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

You know what would really help Alucard right now? DARKNESS!!!

Seriously, with the night-vote gone, he's out of it. I was hopin' it'd stay alot closer than this, but it looks like Sora is gonna bring it home.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

The gauntlet, although close but has been pretty anticlimatic..

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

Well, we really couldn't expect Auron, Zelda, and Alucard to do any damage if we combine stats with logic. We were all hoping for upsets that just weren't realistic.
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

We were all hoping for upsets that just weren't realistic.


As is Kirby > Tidus for this year at least.. =)

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"Life...Dreams...Hope...Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things...I'm going to destroy!!" -Kefka

Well, we really couldn't expect Auron, Zelda, and Alucard to do any damage if we combine stats with logic.

Since when has anything ever gone logically with these contests? :-P
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

Haha, pure ownage here. :-)

I haven't lost a single match in the gauntlet, yet. :D
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Well, uh...it was logical after the matches started. >_>;;
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

Another anticlimactic match, except this time Alucard made it a little more interesting at the beginning, though Sora still has this one in the bag.
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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

Ouch. This match is painful. Alucard's being absolutely killed with the day vote.

Still, it's only costing me two points. -7 is still OK :-)
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

Do you guys think it will be possible to win with an end score of -13?
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

Maybe if some huge upset happens which you happened to predict.
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

Ya know, the lower Sora pushes Alucard down, the better off it looks for those of us who originally thought Kratos and Hayabusa were gonna be near-identicals. Granted, Sora could have gotten a lil' stronger due to KH:CoM, but Hayabusa also could have gotten stronger due to his pic lookin' like it should. Zero performing well on Mario would also make this more believable.

I should note that it'd take Sora to get over 54.5% for a believable chance of Kratos = Hayabusa (and even then, Hayabusa-through-Sora would only have 47.28% on Kratos; it's be up to Mario/Zero from there), but it certainly makes what many of us first believed to be alot more credible.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

From: Adept_Of_Aiur | Posted: 8/25/2005 4:44:40 PM | #417
Do you guys think it will be possible to win with an end score of -13?

Depends. I could still go -9 (I'm conceding Dante>Vincent as a probable lost cause) and I reckon that'd win given that I've got a winner that isn't hugely popular. If you've got Mario, -13 has no chance. Anyone else, maybe. I think -10 will win it to be honest.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

To be honest I'm more than alittle Kratos has any strength at all... coming into this contest I figured he only got the three-seed because CJayC mentioned his name on the nomination form for the spring contest...
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

already a lot of people are going down automatically with magus. luckily i only lost a point with him. go squall
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Well, to clarify, if Luigi beats Tifa, Sonic beats Mega Man, and Cloud beats Link, do you think -13 could win?
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MasterMage119

And Mario beats Crono.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

Oh yeah, and Bowser beats Snake of course.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

I doubt it. Do you know how many people probably have those same picks that have a higher score than you right now?
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No I don't know. That's why I was asking for opinions.
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"All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be."
MasterMage119

with a -7 score with tidus and squall taking there divisions can i get a decent score?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

You might be able to win a prize...mmiigghhtt. I really doubt you could win with that though.
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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 if they happen (which is at this point VERY unlikely) then maybe, but then again as has already been said, someone above probably has those same pics.
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

With those results, no. There will be lots of brackets with Mario winning the main contest on -12 or better.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

Oh, with Bowser beating Snake as well? Still very unlikely.
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Jon Thomson - MARIO, Samus, SOLID SNAKE, Bowser, CRONO, Squall, Sonic, MEGA MAN

I could end the contest with -6, but that's only if Squall takes his division. Oh and Samus wins the whole thing.

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Lunatic Under Narcotic Influence

Well samus has a shot at winning the whole thing, as we really dont know how nintendo SFF works beyond Link>everyone else
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

well todays match ought to kill off a good number of brackets and those with master chief as winners are gonners. he let CATS do his best summer contest ever how the hell can he win?
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

If you thought MC was winning even before his match with CATS you were an idiot. Especially with all of the questions surrounding Frog's match with Snake.
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"The Lotus in Konoha blooms twice..." Rock Lee

hey i have mario winning the main bracket. there is no way i will ever vote for MC he looks like tiny lego blocks assembled together
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Why do all the new-school Castlevania characters look so effeminate?

I forget the name of the artist, but GODDAMN. If you're drawing a man, make him look like a man.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

They copied Square's plan.
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Knuckles the Echidna's road to the Sc2k5 Title!
Round 2: (2)Squall Leonhart

i got it alucard is losing because CjayC is KH fan.
proof? he wrote an FAQ on it
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Kilroy:There fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft

Either this year is the year of casuals like 2k3, or Ganon's standings in the X-stats should really be questioned.

I thought Sora vs. Alucard would be a toss-up, but Sora ended up winning too comfortably.

Assuming a constant Sora from 2k4 and that Alucard ends up with 46.25%, Ganon through Alucard through Sora 2k4 ends up with only 31.23% on Link 2k3.

That's more than 3% worse that what his 2k3 and 2k4 standings project.

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i got it alucard is losing because CjayC is KH fan.
proof? he wrote an FAQ on it

SotN is his favorite game, too.
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

*insert idiotic flames and things that could get me banned here*

Stupid Sora...
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

I really don't think we can rush to judgment that quickly here. Sora has had reason to increase since last year. No offense, but it's ridiculous how often you're assuming constancy.
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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 must say that Sora is doing better with the day vote than I thought he would. This is pretty impressive here.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna

Sora also had tons of publicity from a frequently Disney Channel insider commercial thingy promoting Chain of Memories. Pretty good considering all commercials on that channel are Disney exclusive.
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

That should say "frequently played".
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

It looks like switching to Magus over Squall at the last minute killed an otherwise spot-on push for a fourth straight perfect second round. Darn it, darn it.
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There's always someone better.

So much for the Gauntlet... I'm still saying DK/MC will be the closest of all.

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Cheer up Emo kids.

I really don't think we can rush to judgment that quickly here. Sora has had reason to increase since last year. No offense, but it's ridiculous how often you're assuming constancy.

Same goes with your assumption of increase.

KH2 isn't even out yet, and CoM isn't even a console game.

Disney commercials has been airing since KH.

What reason are there for Sora to increase?

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