Yeah, the focus is just an a huge orb o' light.

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Purple ball for the win! But seriously, the focus of the match picture is a bit off. You can't even tell whether Samus or Ganondorf shot that thing.

I like it. Samus shoots, and it looks like Ganondorf's hand is gonna block it.
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Both of them look like their gonna get sucked into that tear in the space-time continuum.
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Speak of Galcian again in that tone and I shall cleave you in two
- Ramirez, Skies of Arcadia

yeah, I thought Ganon did when I saw it.
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I think if you didn't realize it was Samus firing that, you could think it's coming out of Ganon's hand.

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Heh, most voters will realize what Ganondorf will be experiencing in the next second.
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He should have stuck with the cosplay.

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Still, why is it set at the Pokemon stage? If he's gonna go with a SSBM level, at least make it Planet Zebes.
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Actually, this reminds me a lot of the Mega Man/Snake 2004 picture, and we all know how that ended up.
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I thought it was Ganon blocking too...that doesn't look like Samus's beam.
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I know what I'm getting into, I don't care if I die trying!-Peppita Rossetti

Actually, this reminds me a lot of the Mega Man/Snake 2004 picture, and we all know how that ended up.

HE WAS DODGING IT!

>_____>

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If Mr. Space Time Continuim actually looked like what Samus fires... well then she'd have the advantage, but as it is, it just looks like a huge glob.

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I know people were kidding, but I seriously wanna vote for that purple ball; it steals the picture away entirely too much. Otherwise though, it's nice, if not a lil' too much like Mega/Solid #2. I doubt it had an anomoly then though, so I doubt it will here too...and if it does, hey, we're most likely gonna be adjusting for SFF anyways, so bring it on.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

This looks like Ganon is going DBZ on Samus' ass.
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Next victim: Master Zero

Hmm, this match doesn't seem like it's going to beat Snake/Zelda by as much as I thought it was...still, it's nice to have a new vote champion up there. Let's hope we can work toward surpassing 2k3 totals eventually. ^_^
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Only the Snake is the true hero. Solid Snake to the Final Four!

Mario with 82.16% of the brackets.

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Actually, with the way the voting has slowed down, it may not beat Zelda-Snake at all. Looks like a lot of people who vote late voted earlier in the day because of the holiday.
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Vincent WILL break 60% on Dante.
(Place Holder for sig bet with YoYoChamp made 3/24/05)

That's an amazing pic, even if the orb in the middle is just a touch too big. Samus looks damn sexy, and the whole picture is pretty awesome.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~Old Klingon Proverb

Actually, scratch that, it looks like we might struggle to make it. Zero went 50/50 that update, too, another moral victory.
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Only the Snake is the true hero. Solid Snake to the Final Four!

I'm hoping Snake/Zelda holds on. Zero was a terrible draw in the first two rounds; he doesn't deserve to be in the most popular match of the contest.
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Considering how everyone in Zero's four-pack has been under-estimated before, I'm gonna say Mario will have 77.74% of the brackets on his side to win his division.
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When I first saw the match pic, I thought it was coming from a Ganondorf Warlock Punch or something.
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Just fell below Zelda-Snake's total votes at the same point, and the voting pace is about 10 votes per update short. Short of a massive increase during the last two updates, looks like Mario-Zero will have to settle for #2.
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Ganondorf looks like he's trying to reflect the big purple ball. I'd say... the ball has the pic advantage.
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Bah. Unless they really push, Snake/Zelda's got this. A tad disappointing, but at least Snake gets to relish in a bit more glory for his triumph.

I'm going to go with 80% for Mario here.
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Mario will have 79.14% of the brackets on his side.
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Samus Aran 55% 11
Ganondorf 45% 9
TOTAL VOTES 20

Mario had 80.06% of the brackets on his side to win his division. Can't complain.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

Samus Aran 60% 6
Ganondorf 40% 4
TOTAL VOTES 10

80.06% of the brackets have Mario in the Elite 8. Talk about support!
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wow.... 80%. I be the stupid one today.
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Samus Aran 63.64% 7
Ganondorf 36.36% 4
TOTAL VOTES 11

80.06% had Mario in the elite 8.
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Samus Aran 68.18% 75
Ganondorf 31.82% 35
TOTAL VOTES 110

Oh snap.

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World Champion: Gyruss, Link's Awakening, Mega Man X, Solstice, Super Mario World, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Samus Aran 52.63% 10
Ganondorf 47.37% 9
TOTAL VOTES 19

As close as this one is gonna get.

Yay, I was close. And Samus looks to be bringing the ownage home tonight...
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In order to celebrate Mario's victory I'm going to get PM2 today.
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Well, Samus certainly isn't bringing the hurt of SFF during the board vote, it would seem.
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Samus Aran 61.68% 264
Ganondorf 38.32% 164
TOTAL VOTES 428

Just because I got it.
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Got what?

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Well, we are three minutes into the match. 1437 minutes left to go.

Anyway I look at it, Samus is doing outstanding at the moment.

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The 100 vote lead, I would guess.
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Everybody with a score of 13 or less got the match wrong. A very nice performace by the top tiers. The -2, -3s and -4s went perfect. The -5s and -6s were both 1 person away from also going perfect. Then you've got high 90 predictions going down for a few tiers than fading away.

Only 2 people fell off the Top 50 today. minivirus2 and a person who had Zero taking the main bracket, MadMeesecow.
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...I don't know >_>

But Samus was leading by 100 votes when I posted that.
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Samus is doing great right now. If she can get above 60% on Ganny then I would call her the favourite to win this contest.
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I'll take this moment to remind everyone that Sephiroth couldn't break 60% on Ganondorf. If Samus pulls that off (and I think she will), then business is about to pick up.

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In any event, it doesn't look like Samus will "destroy" Ganondorf with SFF at this point.
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*thrusts*

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Nor would I expect her to. Link/Ganon SFF was a given, since Link is the main character of every game Ganon is in. This won't be nearly as severe. In fact, there may not be much SFF at all.

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I knew she wouldn't, just like Link didn't do much to Samus.

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I'm hesitant to call anything on this match, as I'm sure that Ganondorf's suffering *some* SFF. Still, Samus looks in as fine shape as ever to take down Mario, even with the boost he got to take down Zero.

Of course, if Zero was at his adjusted levels for that match, we might be seeing Mario > Sephiroth happen before we know it...
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Only the Snake is the true hero. Solid Snake to the Final Four!

Well, that's what I said before this match started. Some people seemed to assume that Nintendo fans will abandon Ganondorf at the first sign of another one of their own, which seemed ridiculous to me. The match with Link is a special case.
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Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine