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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 219
From: jonthomson | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:23:33 PM | Message Detail
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/28/2005 12:11:25 AM | #379
Ryu would get around 52% on Vivi, I'd say.

Ryu would get 60%+ on Vivi. I'd account bet on Ryu beating Vivi with 52% or more.
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From: Sir Bormun | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:23:55 PM | Message Detail
Regarding tomorrow... I can't see Donkey Kong wasting yet another chance to get in an extremely close match.
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I can't think of anything to put here, but I can't just leave it blank, can I?
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:25:04 PM | Message Detail
Of course, that would suggest that Ganondorf would be equal to MARIO...hence it's only something to think about

That's really the only reason I didn't mention that earlier.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: ChichiriMuyo | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:27:15 PM | Message Detail
Oh yeah, Dk will make it rather close. I don't know why tomorrow's match isn't counted as part of the gauntlet but chances are Dk will make the people who counted him out regret it. Gauntlet pt 6 tomorrow, the forgotten (and closest) match of the bunch. :p
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First you make a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile and presto, it's Kirby!
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:27:36 PM | Message Detail
Eh, I didn't realize you wanted it right away. I'll get on Kirby/Tidus now.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: The n00b Avenger | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:28:15 PM | Message Detail
It's part of the gauntlet. Hell, it'll be closer than any other matches in the gauntlet. They're both just too... unimpressive to pull too much away from the other.
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"No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." - Tom Cruise
From: Sir Bormun | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:30:04 PM | Message Detail
*checks e-mail*

So HaRRicH came through for Mario/Ness. I see no writeups for any other matches :(

~*ST*~


Sora vs. Alucard will be to you by tonight. Merely needs a little polishing.
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I can't think of anything to put here, but I can't just leave it blank, can I?
From: ChichiriMuyo | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:30:24 PM | Message Detail
I'd take on that match write up but I doubt Ulti wants "Hahah! I pwned j00 all with the statzorz!" 20 times in a 500 word writeup. Oh, BTW, in case you all missed it the stats predicted Kirby over Tidus. Invalid my ass.
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First you make a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile and presto, it's Kirby!
From: TheCubeStud | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:33:31 PM | Message Detail
I find your ass to be QUITE invalid thank you!
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From: creativename | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:33:55 PM | Message Detail
Looks like Bowser is being stubborn about the 60% mark, but he'll inevitably drop below it before too long.
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From: ChichiriMuyo | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:35:30 PM | Message Detail
Well my ass is one of the closest to the top 50 across this whole board, thank you very much! :P *shakes his ass in your face*
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First you make a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile and presto, it's Kirby!
From: The n00b Avenger | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:35:37 PM | Message Detail
Yeah. I was kind of hoping he'd manage to drop near 58.5-59% just so the voting trend would be disturbingly close to the one with Chun-Li.

Identical voting trends make me a happy panda.
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"No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." - Tom Cruise
From: ChichiriMuyo | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:38:24 PM | Message Detail
Too bad we have to wait so long for solid answers on what's going on here. This is one four-pack I can't see being clear until nearly the end.
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First you make a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile and presto, it's Kirby!
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:44:52 PM | Message Detail
<3 Chichi
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From: The n00b Avenger | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:49:32 PM | Message Detail
Everyone loves boobs.
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"No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." - Tom Cruise
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:55:53 PM | Message Detail
Ryu finally gets above 40%. He's gonna have to fight to continue his legacy of never being beaten with 60% or more.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:56:41 PM | Message Detail
http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b37.jpg

What the god damn hell is that?!?!

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus
From: Sir Bormun | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:58:02 PM | Message Detail
http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b37.jpg

What the god damn hell is that?!?!


BRAAAAAAAAAAIINNSS...

(I like to think of this as proof of the pic factor being very minimal. Cause c'mon, if a pic really has the power to make a character lose, that right there should have killed Snake.)
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I can't think of anything to put here, but I can't just leave it blank, can I?
From: The n00b Avenger | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:58:45 PM | Message Detail
Solid Snake is used to performing with weird indistinguishable artwork. HE IS NOT PHASED.
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"No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." - Tom Cruise
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 4:58:48 PM | Message Detail
There. I sent the Kirby/Tidus analysis, Ulti.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: Master Moltar | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:03:25 PM | Message Detail
Bowser 60% 44235
Ryu 40% 29496
TOTAL VOTES 73731

Sexy....
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Bowser vs. Ryu - Bracket: Bowser - Vote: Bowser (40/46)
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:04:39 PM | Message Detail
Much obliged, much obliged. And yeah, I did want them early. The earlier people write them, the less likely we are to miss a match.

And I was looking at the pics this round... jeez, most of them are pretty bad. And look at the white spot behind Ryu's head, between the ends of his bandana. Ick.

~*ST*~
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"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus
From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:04:57 PM | Message Detail
Yeah, but this one was easily worse than Solid ****.
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From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:06:21 PM | Message Detail
Eh, I dunno. I got used to that Solid Snake picture before long. The sprite against Frog is just...ugh.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:06:42 PM | Message Detail
Yeah. When CJayC is able to make DK look like the most photogenic character in teh evar, you know there's a problem.

To continue the catching-up for Ulti, Leonhart made a list of the most horrible picks CJayC could use for the Gauntlet characters. Little did we know, in Bowser's case our beloved admin went all the way.
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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
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:06 PM | Message Detail
I've actually been thinking about the pic factor a lot, and I'm starting to think it doesn't make much of a difference -- 1 or 2 percent, tops. My reasoning for this is the Spring 2004 Contest. Some of those pictures were nothing more than character pics (and some were downright horrid), yet it didn't really cause any wild swings in any of the matches. I think people vote for the names, not the pics.

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"If my fate is to be destroyed... I must simply laugh!" -Magus
From: yoblazer33 | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:24 PM | Message Detail
Snake deserves more worship! More!
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:32 PM | Message Detail
I don't think it's that Snake was unrecognizable against Frog, but that he was recognizable and ugly. Since Snake looked, to some extent, badass (though nothing like himself), he still did decently.

Just my take.
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From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:38 PM | Message Detail
NO!

Gee, what a surprise. I've been hammering that point for three years.
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"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:40 PM | Message Detail
Where is this list?

~*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
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:40 PM | Message Detail
Yeah, Ceej picked out the pic I thought he would get. Huzzah!

Now if only Diablo or Yoshi would get the pictures I picked...
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Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:47 PM | Message Detail
I'm loving this performance. <3

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From: Aprosenf | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:07:59 PM | Message Detail
I actually think that Bowser's pic is halfway decent. It could be better, but it could also be a helluva lot worse.
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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
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:09:05 PM | Message Detail
Some of those pictures were nothing more than character pics (and some were downright horrid), yet it didn't really cause any wild swings in any of the matches. I think people vote for the names, not the pics.

... we don't know how the games would have performed anyway, not to mention that the poll title said "Best Game Ever" rather than "Character Battle".
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From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:09:10 PM | Message Detail
What's wrong with Bowser's pic?

~*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
From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:09:10 PM | Message Detail
There's a worse pic of Diablo out there than the Diablo/Warcraft crossover wallpaper and Sulfuric Acid Diablo?
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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
From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:09:16 PM | Message Detail
Snake deserves more worship! More!

Snake deserves nothing but to receive horrible picture after horrible picture. Very matching of his character.

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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.
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:10:14 PM | Message Detail
Snake deserves nothing but to receive horrible picture after horrible picture. Very matching of his character.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=999
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From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:10:20 PM | Message Detail
From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/27/2005 8:09:16 PM | #437
Snake deserves more worship! More!

Snake deserves nothing but to receive horrible picture after horrible picture. Very matching of his character.


lolpwned.

I bought a video game, not an interactive philosophy course. Well, rented, but whatever.
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"I'll express my love to you slowly, later." -Setzer Gabbiani
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:10:47 PM | Message Detail
What's wrong with Bowser's pic?

Well, you don't actually see the whole picture there. It's actually a picture of him from Mario Kart, just sitting on the kart. He doesn't really have many bad pictures. I just thought it was funny. Here's the whole picture:

http://membres.lycos.fr/scoubsmk/hpbimg/Bowser-powered.jpeg
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: Draco1214 | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:10:48 PM | Message Detail
Snake deserves nothing but to receive horrible picture after horrible picture. Very matching of his character.

Snake deserves to plaster Bowser en route to a rightfully deserved, long overdue Final Four appearance.
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Summer 2005 Contest - 40/48 points
Current Match Prediction: Master Chief vs. Donkey Kong
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:11:14 PM | Message Detail
... we don't know how the games would have performed anyway, not to mention that the poll title said "Best Game Ever" rather than "Character Battle".

I think you're reading way too far into that.

Look at Starcraft vs Kingdom Hearts. Do you really think Starcraft wins if you rename the header to "Character Battle X", use the exact same match picture and make the choices Queen and Sora? Come on.

~*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
From: Sir Crono | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:11:51 PM | Message Detail
Well, Snake has a history of choking in the Elite Eight, but this will top all of the others if he loses to Bowser.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (3) Mag...Er...(6) Knuckles the Echidna
From: UltimaterializerX | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:11:58 PM | Message Detail
That pic is awesome.

~*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
From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:12:09 PM | Message Detail
Snake deserves to plaster Bowser en route to a rightfully deserved, long overdue Final Four appearance.

Good thing that won't happen!

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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.
From: Slowflake | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:12:37 PM | Message Detail
Heh, just noticed that going by just CJay's headshot, Bowser looks like he has a turd hanging down his cheek.
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From: yoblazer33 | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:12:45 PM | Message Detail
Reminds me of a cranky old man on a lawnmower. <3 Bowser
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From: Draco1214 | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:13:14 PM | Message Detail
Good thing that won't happen!

Actually, it will. And Snake will receive 55% of the vote!
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Summer 2005 Contest - 40/48 points
Current Match Prediction: Master Chief vs. Donkey Kong
From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:14:10 PM | Message Detail
Actually, it will. And Snake will receive 55% of the vote!

And Sephiroth will beat Cloud in the ToC.

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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.
From: Shadowdude II | Posted: 8/27/2005 5:14:50 PM | Message Detail
Look at Starcraft vs Kingdom Hearts. Do you really think Starcraft wins if you rename the header to "Character Battle X", use the exact same match picture and make the choices Queen and Sora? Come on.

Nah, that's clearly not the only factor. However, it's sort of unfair to compare games with characters in the first place.
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