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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 229
From: Master Moltar
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:44:20 PM | Message Detail
Chaos Division Round 2 - Match 46 – (3)Tifa Lockheart vs. (2)Luigi
Tifa - No boob jokes here.
Round 1 – vs. Vyse (Tifa: 78.07% - Vyse: 21.93%)
Tifa treats fodder like fodder should be treated.
Luigi - He used to be cool, then his career on the Cube came along.
Round 1 – vs. KOS-MOS (Luigi: 66.00% - KOS-MOS: 34.00%)
Luigi impresses against KOS-MOS. That’s a surprise.
Final Fantasy is strong at GameFAQs. FF7 is a behemoth. Luigi has fallen to the power of Final Fantasy once before, but will he fall to the behemoth that is FF7?
Tifa faced Vyse last round, and made mince meat out of him. Those are near Cloud-like numbers on him. Tifa was destroying Vyse, while Luigi had to go in what was considered a toss-up match with KOS-MOS. Luigi not only won the toss, he won the coin and the game. Luigi nearly doubles KOS-MOS, and scores 4% better on her than Ryu did. Luigi might get praise for that, but the praise will be short lived.
Yep, Tifa is looking to win this match. At first she was being compared to Aeris in terms of Contest strength, but now she’s looking to not only give Sonic a run for his money, but the whole damn bracket! Luigi showed that he’s not going to roll over and die though. I’m going to say if Tifa can pull a doubling here, Sonic might want to start packing his bags.
Moltar’s Bracket Says: Tifa will win.
Moltar’s Prediction is: Tifa: 60% - Luigi: 40%
Ulti’s Analysis
(Special note from Ulti: I'm either getting married or on my honeymoon as you're reading this, so know that all of my second round writeups will suck. I'm doing the same short writeups that I did for the last round, because I don't have time to be extensive.)
(Special note from Moltar: I’d cover Tifa in chocolate and eat her all up, because I am a cannibal.)
Bewbs versus a boob. Two > one.
Prediction: Tifa with 58.35%
Outback’s Analysis
Tifa and Luigi both had very impressive performances against their first round opponents. However, no matter how much I hate to do it, I have to go against my heart and pick Tifa with my head (and perhaps a certain other body part). It still disappoints me that the character from the superior games loses once again.
Tifa with 56.50%
Inviso’s Analysis
Here’s my girl, Tifa Lockheart. She’s one of the three characters I’m mainly supporting in this second round, alongside Zelda and Knuckles. She, along with the other two, had the best chances of upsetting certain characters that have been deemed quite strong. She proved to be up around Cloud’s level in strength against Vyse, getting only a few points lower on Vyse than Cloud did. Luigi performed better than expected on KOS-MOS, but that’s only if you don’t realize that Luigi is Nintendo, which has definitely increased recently, and KOS-MOS is from a non-Square RPG, and hence, was lucky to get what she did. Now, Tifa is definitely from a Square RPG, and she is from the biggest of them all, Final Fantasy VII. After the match with Yoshi, any question over the winner was over. It’s a simple statement of facts. Tifa got 78% on Vyse. Yoshi got less than that against Laharl. Vyse beat Laharl. Therefore, Tifa is stronger than Yoshi. And Yoshi beat Luigi last year, hence Tifa is stronger than him as well, and she has a good chance at beating Sonic.
My Bracket: Tifa Lockheart
My Vote: Tifa Lockheart
My Prediction: Tifa Lockheart with 62.34%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
Tifa - No boob jokes here.
Round 1 – vs. Vyse (Tifa: 78.07% - Vyse: 21.93%)
Tifa treats fodder like fodder should be treated.
Luigi - He used to be cool, then his career on the Cube came along.
Round 1 – vs. KOS-MOS (Luigi: 66.00% - KOS-MOS: 34.00%)
Luigi impresses against KOS-MOS. That’s a surprise.
Final Fantasy is strong at GameFAQs. FF7 is a behemoth. Luigi has fallen to the power of Final Fantasy once before, but will he fall to the behemoth that is FF7?
Tifa faced Vyse last round, and made mince meat out of him. Those are near Cloud-like numbers on him. Tifa was destroying Vyse, while Luigi had to go in what was considered a toss-up match with KOS-MOS. Luigi not only won the toss, he won the coin and the game. Luigi nearly doubles KOS-MOS, and scores 4% better on her than Ryu did. Luigi might get praise for that, but the praise will be short lived.
Yep, Tifa is looking to win this match. At first she was being compared to Aeris in terms of Contest strength, but now she’s looking to not only give Sonic a run for his money, but the whole damn bracket! Luigi showed that he’s not going to roll over and die though. I’m going to say if Tifa can pull a doubling here, Sonic might want to start packing his bags.
Moltar’s Bracket Says: Tifa will win.
Moltar’s Prediction is: Tifa: 60% - Luigi: 40%
Ulti’s Analysis
(Special note from Ulti: I'm either getting married or on my honeymoon as you're reading this, so know that all of my second round writeups will suck. I'm doing the same short writeups that I did for the last round, because I don't have time to be extensive.)
(Special note from Moltar: I’d cover Tifa in chocolate and eat her all up, because I am a cannibal.)
Bewbs versus a boob. Two > one.
Prediction: Tifa with 58.35%
Outback’s Analysis
Tifa and Luigi both had very impressive performances against their first round opponents. However, no matter how much I hate to do it, I have to go against my heart and pick Tifa with my head (and perhaps a certain other body part). It still disappoints me that the character from the superior games loses once again.
Tifa with 56.50%
Inviso’s Analysis
Here’s my girl, Tifa Lockheart. She’s one of the three characters I’m mainly supporting in this second round, alongside Zelda and Knuckles. She, along with the other two, had the best chances of upsetting certain characters that have been deemed quite strong. She proved to be up around Cloud’s level in strength against Vyse, getting only a few points lower on Vyse than Cloud did. Luigi performed better than expected on KOS-MOS, but that’s only if you don’t realize that Luigi is Nintendo, which has definitely increased recently, and KOS-MOS is from a non-Square RPG, and hence, was lucky to get what she did. Now, Tifa is definitely from a Square RPG, and she is from the biggest of them all, Final Fantasy VII. After the match with Yoshi, any question over the winner was over. It’s a simple statement of facts. Tifa got 78% on Vyse. Yoshi got less than that against Laharl. Vyse beat Laharl. Therefore, Tifa is stronger than Yoshi. And Yoshi beat Luigi last year, hence Tifa is stronger than him as well, and she has a good chance at beating Sonic.
My Bracket: Tifa Lockheart
My Vote: Tifa Lockheart
My Prediction: Tifa Lockheart with 62.34%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
From: Master Moltar
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:44:42 PM | Message Detail
Soul’s Analysis
How they got here
Tifa defeated Vyse: 78.07% - 21.93%
Luigi defeated KOS-MOS: 66% - 34%
The last somewhat exciting match of the round comes from two side characters from very popular games. Tifa, from FF7, and Luigi, from the Mario series. Like Vincent, we don't have any history on her other then her first match this year. Luigi, however, has been in many battles.
Both characters were snubbed in 2002, so let's move on to 2003. Luigi made his anticipated debut to the Summer Contest against fodder that is known as Ratchet. After a 74.5% win over him, Luigi made his way to the second round to face Squall Leonhart. What was supposed to come as an easy win for Luigi actually became a loss by the green plumber. In fact, Luigi couldn't even break 40% on Squall, creating one of the biggest explosion ever seen on this board.
In 2004, Luigi was out to show us all that his horrible loss was a once in a lifetime occurence. He defeated Pac-Man by 67%, and was ready to tackle the monster known as Yoshi. After a long fight, Luigi once again was overpowered, and suffered a SFF ridden lost to the loveable pet dinosaur.
Now, this year, knowing full well his strength, he was doubted to beat against KOS-MOS because they place almost even in the stats. Luigi came out of the gates with a vengeance though. What was supposed to be a 50/50 match quickly became a one-sided affair, when Luigi just destroyed KOS-MOS with 66%.
Of course, he wasn't the only one surprising us during the first round. Tifa shocked the hell out of almost everyone when she put up Cloud like numbers against Vyse. Of course, many fans of Tifa began thinking that she can defeat everyone in this contest based on that match. I don't blame them really. I would do the same if Knux, Sonic or Mario got that high against Vyse.
So, what was once a match where it could go either way became a blow-out for Tifa, before becoming a match that could go either way again. After two great performances in round 1, one of these characters have to be eliminated. Who to choose...
Going back to my first paragraph, I explained that Tifa and Luigi are sidekicks to two great games. What I said was true to a degree, but as you all know, FF7 is leagues away from Mario and his series on this site. So therefore, I believe that Tifa is stronger then Luigi. Strong enough to take the division? Highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened I guess (hello Magus!).
My prediction: Tifa wins with 58.00% of the vote. With that ends the exciting matches for a while. Sit back, relax, have a Dr. Pepper, enjoy this time of rest. Squall/Vincent is just around the corner.
Tnote’s Analysis
Well, my account is on the line here, so if you hope to see me any longer, Tifa best prove that her throttling of Vyse had absolutely nothing to do with the enormous jugs she was rolling with in the first round picture. Luigi beat KOS-MOS by more than Haaaaaadoken boy did, slapping up a percentage that has him on the cusp of the noble nine. This fresh off his first round throttling of Pac Man last year, Luigi looks like a first round wonder, and second round fodder. Both Yoshi and Squall had no trouble defeating Yoshi with over 55% of the vote, and while I expect Tifa to be weaker than both of those characters, it should not be by enough to make the match a threat to my GameFAQs lifespan. When Luigi/Tifa ends, either one awesome, well-respected and knowledgeable user will be gone… or I’ll be. I have hitched my trailor to the FFVII bandwagon, and if Vincent>Tifa, then I think I backed the wrong horse. But I doubt that will be the case.
Pick: Tifa with 53.83%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
How they got here
Tifa defeated Vyse: 78.07% - 21.93%
Luigi defeated KOS-MOS: 66% - 34%
The last somewhat exciting match of the round comes from two side characters from very popular games. Tifa, from FF7, and Luigi, from the Mario series. Like Vincent, we don't have any history on her other then her first match this year. Luigi, however, has been in many battles.
Both characters were snubbed in 2002, so let's move on to 2003. Luigi made his anticipated debut to the Summer Contest against fodder that is known as Ratchet. After a 74.5% win over him, Luigi made his way to the second round to face Squall Leonhart. What was supposed to come as an easy win for Luigi actually became a loss by the green plumber. In fact, Luigi couldn't even break 40% on Squall, creating one of the biggest explosion ever seen on this board.
In 2004, Luigi was out to show us all that his horrible loss was a once in a lifetime occurence. He defeated Pac-Man by 67%, and was ready to tackle the monster known as Yoshi. After a long fight, Luigi once again was overpowered, and suffered a SFF ridden lost to the loveable pet dinosaur.
Now, this year, knowing full well his strength, he was doubted to beat against KOS-MOS because they place almost even in the stats. Luigi came out of the gates with a vengeance though. What was supposed to be a 50/50 match quickly became a one-sided affair, when Luigi just destroyed KOS-MOS with 66%.
Of course, he wasn't the only one surprising us during the first round. Tifa shocked the hell out of almost everyone when she put up Cloud like numbers against Vyse. Of course, many fans of Tifa began thinking that she can defeat everyone in this contest based on that match. I don't blame them really. I would do the same if Knux, Sonic or Mario got that high against Vyse.
So, what was once a match where it could go either way became a blow-out for Tifa, before becoming a match that could go either way again. After two great performances in round 1, one of these characters have to be eliminated. Who to choose...
Going back to my first paragraph, I explained that Tifa and Luigi are sidekicks to two great games. What I said was true to a degree, but as you all know, FF7 is leagues away from Mario and his series on this site. So therefore, I believe that Tifa is stronger then Luigi. Strong enough to take the division? Highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened I guess (hello Magus!).
My prediction: Tifa wins with 58.00% of the vote. With that ends the exciting matches for a while. Sit back, relax, have a Dr. Pepper, enjoy this time of rest. Squall/Vincent is just around the corner.
Tnote’s Analysis
Well, my account is on the line here, so if you hope to see me any longer, Tifa best prove that her throttling of Vyse had absolutely nothing to do with the enormous jugs she was rolling with in the first round picture. Luigi beat KOS-MOS by more than Haaaaaadoken boy did, slapping up a percentage that has him on the cusp of the noble nine. This fresh off his first round throttling of Pac Man last year, Luigi looks like a first round wonder, and second round fodder. Both Yoshi and Squall had no trouble defeating Yoshi with over 55% of the vote, and while I expect Tifa to be weaker than both of those characters, it should not be by enough to make the match a threat to my GameFAQs lifespan. When Luigi/Tifa ends, either one awesome, well-respected and knowledgeable user will be gone… or I’ll be. I have hitched my trailor to the FFVII bandwagon, and if Vincent>Tifa, then I think I backed the wrong horse. But I doubt that will be the case.
Pick: Tifa with 53.83%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:45:00 PM | Message Detail
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From: Master Moltar
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:45:23 PM | Message Detail
Vlado’s Analysis
Aah... The second match I've been waiting for. After thoroughly owning Vyse and doing just 3% worse than what Cloud did on him, Tifa showed that she could be a true force in this contest. And while Vyse is quite likely to have remained constant, proving her strength, her next opponent has more than likely become stronger since last year. Surely, thanks to the overall Nintendo increase. Luigi is not the kind of character that can get stronger by himself, he simply rides on the popularity of his company, his games and his brother. Much like Ganondorf, except Link is not Ganon's brother.
So, what do we have as a result? An interesting, close battle? I don't really agree. Tifa should win comfortably here, and she had better do so, because otherwise that might mean that we'd lose another serious contestant for the championship... We've pretty much lost Vincent now, since his win over Dante wasn't all that impressive. However, there's still hope for him, as Dante hugely benefited from the bracket vote, which might have given him a percent or two more than what he would have normally received.
Luigi did pretty well against KOS-MOS, however, I'm pretty sure that she has dropped since last year. People think that's impossible, since she had a new game out, but, let's look at things seriously... Could one gain from a BAD game that sold poorly AND after having a much more minor role in it than in the first? Luigi is stronger, KOS-MOS is weaker, hence the result in their match. Not to mention the seeding. And Luigi didn't even double her.
I'm pretty sure that Tifa is much stronger than KOS-MOS. I believe she's stronger than Vincent, who himself will prove to be stronger than Squall. Which would make her the top Final Fantasy character in the cotnest. Not bad, is it? Her win against Vyse gave me high hopes. Vyse is one of the most consistent contestants and has his solid fanbase behind him, even if he's borderline fodder. To be able to get 78% on Vyse, you just HAVE to be one of the strongest in the contest. And Tifa is. I still believe that she even can beat Sonic. Against Luigi, she'll merely make her second step towards that.
Predicted percentage: Tifa Lockheart with 57.44%.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
Aah... The second match I've been waiting for. After thoroughly owning Vyse and doing just 3% worse than what Cloud did on him, Tifa showed that she could be a true force in this contest. And while Vyse is quite likely to have remained constant, proving her strength, her next opponent has more than likely become stronger since last year. Surely, thanks to the overall Nintendo increase. Luigi is not the kind of character that can get stronger by himself, he simply rides on the popularity of his company, his games and his brother. Much like Ganondorf, except Link is not Ganon's brother.
So, what do we have as a result? An interesting, close battle? I don't really agree. Tifa should win comfortably here, and she had better do so, because otherwise that might mean that we'd lose another serious contestant for the championship... We've pretty much lost Vincent now, since his win over Dante wasn't all that impressive. However, there's still hope for him, as Dante hugely benefited from the bracket vote, which might have given him a percent or two more than what he would have normally received.
Luigi did pretty well against KOS-MOS, however, I'm pretty sure that she has dropped since last year. People think that's impossible, since she had a new game out, but, let's look at things seriously... Could one gain from a BAD game that sold poorly AND after having a much more minor role in it than in the first? Luigi is stronger, KOS-MOS is weaker, hence the result in their match. Not to mention the seeding. And Luigi didn't even double her.
I'm pretty sure that Tifa is much stronger than KOS-MOS. I believe she's stronger than Vincent, who himself will prove to be stronger than Squall. Which would make her the top Final Fantasy character in the cotnest. Not bad, is it? Her win against Vyse gave me high hopes. Vyse is one of the most consistent contestants and has his solid fanbase behind him, even if he's borderline fodder. To be able to get 78% on Vyse, you just HAVE to be one of the strongest in the contest. And Tifa is. I still believe that she even can beat Sonic. Against Luigi, she'll merely make her second step towards that.
Predicted percentage: Tifa Lockheart with 57.44%.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:45:33 PM | Message Detail
you could probably blame Katrina. people are probably watching a lot of news today.
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From: Phediuk
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:45:34 PM | Message Detail
Low vote totals today. o_O
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-Toad in Super Mario Bros.
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From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:45:47 PM | Message Detail
I know FF7 isn't great with the early vote, but I expect Vincent to lead the whole time.
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From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:46:27 PM | Message Detail
yeah, but I'd take Dante over Luigi, and Tifa over Vincent.
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From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:52:40 PM | Message Detail
As would I, so point taken. Luigi still lead Squall for the first
15-minute update though, so I wouldn't put it past him to win a
5-minute update here against Tifa.
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From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:54:46 PM | Message Detail
Luigi is just that good with the first vote. Unless Tifa is stronger
than him by a whole lot, Luigi ought to lead for a little bit.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:57:08 PM | Message Detail
Which is what I'm sayin'. Luigi, at the very least, should lead for a
minute or two, and I'm givin' him the first 5-update. After that, I
think it'll be a battle for the night-vote. I could see Luigi lead for
up to the first twenty minutes, but I'm only gonna give him the first
five.
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From: charmander6000
| Posted: 9/1/2005 6:57:39 PM | Message Detail
Doesn't anyone think it's funny that after losing to Nintendo 6-0,
Square will win it'a first match against them and they probably won't
get to see another Nintendo character until the finals (unless Yoshi
beats Mega Man and Tifa beats Sonic.).
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From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:00:49 PM | Message Detail
Yeah, Nintendo's had Square's number for the most part this year. I'd
blame alot to poor seeding though, despite Square havin' alot more
characters this year.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
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From: Tediz247
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:01:25 PM | Message Detail
She’s one of the three characters I’m mainly supporting in this second round, alongside Zelda and Knuckles.
The Inviso curse? >_>
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]
The Inviso curse? >_>
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]
From: Tediz247
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:02:11 PM | Message Detail
Oh, and I'm seriously surprised that Vlado doesn't have the highest Tifa pick.
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]
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That... was her final mission. And like a true soldier, she saw it through the end.
ZSB [aX]
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:03:19 PM | Message Detail
Oh, and I'm seriously surprised that Vlado doesn't have the highest Tifa pick.
As am I. He's been conservative with his baby.
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As am I. He's been conservative with his baby.
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Hillary Clinton: We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco or alcohol.
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From: Janus5000
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:04:29 PM | Message Detail
Maybe he meant to hit a 6 instead of a 5... for someone who claims her to be able to beat Sonic, that % seems awfully low.
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
From: Master Moltar
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:05:30 PM | Message Detail
Eh, it's a nice pick. I'm expecting anywhere between 55-60 for her tommorrow.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Sonic vs. Diablo - Bracket: Sonic - Vote: Sonic (48/56)
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:07:04 PM | Message Detail
Heh, don't look now (never saw anyone point this out)...
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
...and Sonic STILL beats out Ganon decisively. I wish I knew what time this link went up 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.
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
...and Sonic STILL beats out Ganon decisively. I wish I knew what time this link went up 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.
From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:08:14 PM | Message Detail
How long ago was that posted?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:08:45 PM | Message Detail
And apparently, diabloii.net thinks Sonic is kiddy, too. Some things are the same all across the net.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:08:54 PM | Message Detail
Don't know; that's the problem.
http://www.diabloii.net for those wondering.
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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.
http://www.diabloii.net for those wondering.
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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.
From: Dranze
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:09:09 PM | Message Detail
Wow, I wonder if they'll ever get tired of linking.
From: greatone10
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:10:51 PM | Message Detail
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
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Nominate Jay Solano for SC2K6!
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Nominate Jay Solano for SC2K6!
From: Janus5000
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:11:56 PM | Message Detail
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
Saturday, August 27
19:46 PST today is in half an hour >_>
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
Saturday, August 27
19:46 PST today is in half an hour >_>
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:11:58 PM | Message Detail
Heh, perhaps Sonic doesn't yet deserve to have lost the day-vote to
Diablo. Either way, much like the Ruin Division (except Diablo himself)
could be a lil' under-rated, Kratos Aurion could now look a lil'
over-rated in the stats.
Probably not anything worth ****tin' bricks over, but it's good to keep in mind.
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Probably not anything worth ****tin' bricks over, but it's good to keep in mind.
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From: ShadowOwns
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:12:02 PM | Message Detail
no wonder why sonic is under 69 now -.-
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From: shadow8021
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:12:05 PM | Message Detail
It seems that Diablo gets that same support in every match, making him look even weaker without diablo.net
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SC2K5 Score: 49/56
Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
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Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:12:10 PM | Message Detail
19:46 PST = 7:46 P.M. PST?
It doesn't add up, unless it was posted last night.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
It doesn't add up, unless it was posted last night.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: greatone10
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:13:05 PM | Message Detail
Couldn't be, since he said Sonic already had a lead.
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From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:13:39 PM | Message Detail
Kratos Aurion could now look a lil' over-rated in the stats.
I really doubt it. Sonic is absolutely destroying Diablo, so if anything, I don't expect this to do him any favors regardless.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
I really doubt it. Sonic is absolutely destroying Diablo, so if anything, I don't expect this to do him any favors regardless.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:13:44 PM | Message Detail
Okay, here's what we'll do: does anybody else know what time ANY of the other Diablo links were put up in GameFAQs-time?
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From: Janus5000
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:13:55 PM | Message Detail
Maybe that's for the next article >_>
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
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The King of all Cosmos' route to summer victory:
Round 1: (0) Voters
From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:15:47 PM | Message Detail
I checked diabloii.net several times before I went to bed (7am EST) and
there was nothing up. that's probably a recent development.
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From: Sir Crono
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:17:31 PM | Message Detail
If they just recently put it up, why would they bother considering Diablo has no chance to win...?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Round 2: (2) Squall 53310 (53.80%), (6) Knuckles 45780 (46.20%)
From: ShadowOwns
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:17:36 PM | Message Detail
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
^^^that doesn't make sence because its only 20:17 MST where i live -.-
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^^^that doesn't make sence because its only 20:17 MST where i live -.-
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45/whatever next winner=sonic
WE DO REALLY WANT BRET
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:20:10 PM | Message Detail
Their time-thing is weird; I remember it being screwy in the Villain Contest too.
Again, does anybody know what time ANY of Diablo's other links went up?
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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.
Again, does anybody know what time ANY of Diablo's other links went up?
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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.
From: ShadowOwns
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:22:41 PM | Message Detail
theres more....no wonder why soincs % is dropping like a rock
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From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:22:57 PM | Message Detail
I think it's eastern time, not pacific time. they even note that he has a big lead, so it's obviously some way into the match.
check this out:
Saturday, May 14
Diablo Best Villain Vote - Flux [9:52:PST]
Several readers have mailed to let us know that Game FAQs is running a viewer voting tournament to pick the best video game villain of all time. Diablo is the 7th seed in the current bracket, and you can vote for him all day Saturday against "Ridley," who I have been told is from the Metroid series. If when Diablo wins, he'll take on M. Bison from the Street Fighter series, at a date to be determined. We'll post news when that vote goes live.
Update: Diablo won handily, but since it turns out that there are actually 32 villains in the contest, Diablo has a long way to go yet. You've got to log into GameFAQs.com to view the bracket and contest results, which explains why we didn't see them.
it was put up before the match with Ridley.
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check this out:
Saturday, May 14
Diablo Best Villain Vote - Flux [9:52:PST]
Several readers have mailed to let us know that Game FAQs is running a viewer voting tournament to pick the best video game villain of all time. Diablo is the 7th seed in the current bracket, and you can vote for him all day Saturday against "Ridley," who I have been told is from the Metroid series. If when Diablo wins, he'll take on M. Bison from the Street Fighter series, at a date to be determined. We'll post news when that vote goes live.
Update: Diablo won handily, but since it turns out that there are actually 32 villains in the contest, Diablo has a long way to go yet. You've got to log into GameFAQs.com to view the bracket and contest results, which explains why we didn't see them.
it was put up before the match with Ridley.
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From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:23:11 PM | Message Detail
Diablo Best Villain Vote - Flux [9:52:PST]
Several readers have mailed to let us know that Game FAQs is running a viewer voting tournament to pick the best video game villain of all time. Diablo is the 7th seed in the current bracket, and you can vote for him all day Saturday against "Ridley," who I have been told is from the Metroid series. If when Diablo wins, he'll take on M. Bison from the Street Fighter series, at a date to be determined. We'll post news when that vote goes live.
Update: Diablo won handily, but since it turns out that there are actually 32 villains in the contest, Diablo has a long way to go yet. You've got to log into GameFAQs.com to view the bracket and contest results, which explains why we didn't see them.
Diablo vs. M. Bison - Flux [7:01:PST]
The next round of the GameFAQs Best Villain contest is underway, and today only you can vote for Diablo vs. M. Bison, of Street Fighter fame. I loved Street Fighter II back in the day, but come on, Bison was pretty much a cheesy one trick pony, with his flaming torpedo attack. He doesn't deserve to win, so go and vote; the competitors are neck and neck with around 2500 votes each, as I type this. Thanks to Tom, Steve, Z.M., and several other people for the tip.
Update: Diablo won the vote, but you must be a GameFAQS member to view the tournament bracket and vote totals, which is why I can't say more than that our guy triumphed. We'll let you know when Diablo is up for another vote, though.
Best Villain Vote - Flux [7:38:PST]
Since several helpful readers have mailed in the schedule for the upcoming GameFAQs Best Villain votes, and I'm going to be out of town until next week, here they are. The only one we're much concerned with takes place Sunday, when Diablo is up again, battling Kefka, a bad guy from one of the innumerable Final Fantasy games. I'd make the joke about "How can there be more than one 'final' fantasy?" but we've all heard it before, and it wasn't funny then either.
May 27th - Bowser vs Ocelot
May 28th - Sephiroth vs Liquid Snake
May 29th - Kefka vs Diablo
May 30th - Ganondorf vs Robotnik -- (Winner goes against Diablo/Kefka in semi-finals.)
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
Maybe this'll help.
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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.
Several readers have mailed to let us know that Game FAQs is running a viewer voting tournament to pick the best video game villain of all time. Diablo is the 7th seed in the current bracket, and you can vote for him all day Saturday against "Ridley," who I have been told is from the Metroid series. If when Diablo wins, he'll take on M. Bison from the Street Fighter series, at a date to be determined. We'll post news when that vote goes live.
Update: Diablo won handily, but since it turns out that there are actually 32 villains in the contest, Diablo has a long way to go yet. You've got to log into GameFAQs.com to view the bracket and contest results, which explains why we didn't see them.
Diablo vs. M. Bison - Flux [7:01:PST]
The next round of the GameFAQs Best Villain contest is underway, and today only you can vote for Diablo vs. M. Bison, of Street Fighter fame. I loved Street Fighter II back in the day, but come on, Bison was pretty much a cheesy one trick pony, with his flaming torpedo attack. He doesn't deserve to win, so go and vote; the competitors are neck and neck with around 2500 votes each, as I type this. Thanks to Tom, Steve, Z.M., and several other people for the tip.
Update: Diablo won the vote, but you must be a GameFAQS member to view the tournament bracket and vote totals, which is why I can't say more than that our guy triumphed. We'll let you know when Diablo is up for another vote, though.
Best Villain Vote - Flux [7:38:PST]
Since several helpful readers have mailed in the schedule for the upcoming GameFAQs Best Villain votes, and I'm going to be out of town until next week, here they are. The only one we're much concerned with takes place Sunday, when Diablo is up again, battling Kefka, a bad guy from one of the innumerable Final Fantasy games. I'd make the joke about "How can there be more than one 'final' fantasy?" but we've all heard it before, and it wasn't funny then either.
May 27th - Bowser vs Ocelot
May 28th - Sephiroth vs Liquid Snake
May 29th - Kefka vs Diablo
May 30th - Ganondorf vs Robotnik -- (Winner goes against Diablo/Kefka in semi-finals.)
Vote for Diablo - Flux [19:46:PST]
GameFaqs.com is running yet another character vote tournament (Do they have no other way to increase traffic?) and since today's matchup features Diablo against Sonic, here's your link. Lots of 11 y/o console kiddis seem to be voting, since Sonic has a big lead, but you can help the Lord of Terror claim his rightful throne.
Maybe this'll help.
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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.
From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:28:42 PM | Message Detail
conclusion: they put it up when they realize it's happening. seeing as
how they didn't link for Kratos, they probably had no idea it was
happening. I don't think it makes much of a difference, and we can
watch the vote totals to see if it makes a big difference. I'm thinking
that very few people would bother voting myself.
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From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:30:14 PM | Message Detail
I'm thinking that very few people would bother voting myself.
I'd think my GFA experiment would show at least 1,000 isn't a problem for diabloii.net to bring over.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.
I'd think my GFA experiment would show at least 1,000 isn't a problem for diabloii.net to bring over.
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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.
From: shadow8021
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:31:28 PM | Message Detail
Wow, even with the link, it speaks wonders for what Sonic is doing in
this match. He might just be strong enough to take down Crono.
Nah...
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SC2K5 Score: 49/56
Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
Nah...
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SC2K5 Score: 49/56
Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:31:43 PM | Message Detail
I should note that 1,000 votes comin' this way wouldn't really change
alot; in this case, it's make about, what, a 1.15% increase for Diablo
against Sonic, which'll then get lowered as the contest goes further?
Something like that...but still, it's good to know.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.
From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:32:18 PM | Message Detail
possible, but then you're assuming 100% of them would vote for Diablo.
even then, it's only 1% of the vote... though I wouldn't mind it cause
my oracle's about 2% low, heh.
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From: kinsho3
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:33:47 PM | Message Detail
What would Ganondorf be expected to get percentage-wise on Sonic given a constant Diablo?
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From: shadow8021
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:34:39 PM | Message Detail
44.65 roughly.
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SC2K5 Score: 49/56
Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
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Today's Pick: Sonic the Hedgehog
From: HaRRicH
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:39:26 PM | Message Detail
Heh, here's my GFA stats, for kicks, to try to show the volume of this:
2545 - 1st round TOTAL
79.5 - 1st round match-total average
1387 - 2nd round TOTAL
86.7 - 2nd round match-total average
430 - 3rd round so far TOTAL
107.5 - 3rd round match-total average so far
3932 - 1st-2nd rounds TOTAL
81.9 - 1st-2nd match-total average
1817 - 2nd-3rd rounds TOTAL
90.9 - 2nd-3rd match-total average
4362 - 1st-3rd TOTAL
83.9 - 1st-3rd match-total average
84.5 - Mega Man's average turn-out
56.5 0 Mega Man's average votes
103.5 - Arbiter's average turn-out
59.0 - Arbiter's average votes
42 - 1st round match-total minimum
170 - 1st round match-total maximum
67 - 2nd round match-total minimum
125 - 2nd round match-total maximum
76 - 3rd round match-total maximum so far
140 - 3rd round match-total maximum so far
675 - Arbiter/Mega Man's vote-total (poll was up for about twelve hours)
125 - Mega Man's vote total
550 - Arbiter's vote-total
18-60 - Arbiter/Mega Man's scores before the link (don't recall what time link went up now)
March 5, 2005
Arbiter vs Mega Man
Over at GameFAQsASCII.com, there's a Character Battle - Arbiter vs Mega Man. Only 75
people have voted at this point - wouldn't take much to sway this one. Thanks,
Harrison. (I gotta say, I really don't understand the point of polls like this; I'm
posting this one because we got a half-dozen emails about it, and I want them to
stop. In fact, I think I'll take this opportunity to lay down new HBO policy - after
this one, we won't be mentioning Character Battle-type polls any more here. So go
vote in this one; it's the last one we'll cover.) (Louis Wu 11:36:34 UTC)
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2545 - 1st round TOTAL
79.5 - 1st round match-total average
1387 - 2nd round TOTAL
86.7 - 2nd round match-total average
430 - 3rd round so far TOTAL
107.5 - 3rd round match-total average so far
3932 - 1st-2nd rounds TOTAL
81.9 - 1st-2nd match-total average
1817 - 2nd-3rd rounds TOTAL
90.9 - 2nd-3rd match-total average
4362 - 1st-3rd TOTAL
83.9 - 1st-3rd match-total average
84.5 - Mega Man's average turn-out
56.5 0 Mega Man's average votes
103.5 - Arbiter's average turn-out
59.0 - Arbiter's average votes
42 - 1st round match-total minimum
170 - 1st round match-total maximum
67 - 2nd round match-total minimum
125 - 2nd round match-total maximum
76 - 3rd round match-total maximum so far
140 - 3rd round match-total maximum so far
675 - Arbiter/Mega Man's vote-total (poll was up for about twelve hours)
125 - Mega Man's vote total
550 - Arbiter's vote-total
18-60 - Arbiter/Mega Man's scores before the link (don't recall what time link went up now)
March 5, 2005
Arbiter vs Mega Man
Over at GameFAQsASCII.com, there's a Character Battle - Arbiter vs Mega Man. Only 75
people have voted at this point - wouldn't take much to sway this one. Thanks,
Harrison. (I gotta say, I really don't understand the point of polls like this; I'm
posting this one because we got a half-dozen emails about it, and I want them to
stop. In fact, I think I'll take this opportunity to lay down new HBO policy - after
this one, we won't be mentioning Character Battle-type polls any more here. So go
vote in this one; it's the last one we'll cover.) (Louis Wu 11:36:34 UTC)
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From: transience
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:42:17 PM | Message Detail
I heard about this, but didn't know exactly what happened.
ha.
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From: kinsho3
| Posted: 9/1/2005 7:43:26 PM | Message Detail
Thanks.
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