14) Vincent Valentine
15) Sephiroth
16) Cloud Strife

Evil. <.<

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“What is it that is most precious to you, Cloud? I’ll enjoy stripping that from you!” – Sephiroth

Evil. <.<

Yeah, Cloud should be 17 and Sephiroth 18. Cloud's the less screwed-up of the two.
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George Romero > You.

Just for the heck of it, here it goes:

- really like -
1. Cloud
2. Squall
3. Link

- like them somewhat -
4. Sephiroth
5. Snake
6. Samus
7. Tifa
8. Crono
9. Vincent

- they're ok -
10. Ganondorf
11. Zero
12. Master Chief
13. Sora

- in hate list -
14. Bowser
15. Mega Man
16. Sonic
17. Mario
18. Yoshi
19. Kirby

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1. Mario
2. Crono
3. Link
4. Kirby
5. Samus
6. Bowser
7. Yoshi
8. Sonic
9. Mega Man
10. Squall
11. Ganondorf
12. Sora
13. Zero
14. Vincent
15. Tifa
16. Master Chief
17. Snake
18. Cloud
19. Sephiroth

Because Nintendo > all.
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George Romero > You.

Evil. <.<

Well, at least I have a good FFVII character in the top 5.
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Return of SF1: YOU DON'T HAVE A CASE!
makeyourchance: Yes I do! It's Samsonite.

Hmm, I probably placed Mario a couple places higher than he should be. Luigi would make the top three, but this is his inferior brother we're talking about. >_>
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'The entire world's going to revolve around me, so I'm not gonna let anyone destroy my world. If they even try, I'll blow them away with my magic.' ~Mint

HGR is winner.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

Hmm, I probably placed Mario a couple places higher than he should be. Luigi would make the top three, but this is his inferior brother we're talking about. >_>

If Luigi had beat Tifa, he'd be #1 on my list.

Hell, he'd be #1 on a 67-char list. Mario and Crono would be 2 and 3, still.
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Awesome characters

1. Ganondorf
2. Kirby
3. Yoshi
4. Samus
5. Sonic
6. Bowser
7. Mario
8. Snake

Alright characters

9. Link
10. Master Chief
11. Tifa
12. Zero
13. Crono
14. Vincent
15. Mega Man
16. Cloud

Meh Characters
17. Sora

Eww Characters

Burn in Hades characters
18. Squall
19. Sephiroth

<3 Nintendo, and <3 the top 3 for having 3 of my 5 favorite characters.
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Samus vs. Ganondorf - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Ganon (60/68)

i'm rather pleased that Crono isn't very popular in this topic after all. good.

my list, using Moltar's format:

Awesome characters

1. Mario
2. Vincent
3. Bowser
4. Sephiroth
5. Cloud
6. Zero
7. Megaman
8. Tifa

Alright characters

9. Samus
10. Sora
11. Solid Snake
12. Link (but ONLY because of SC2)
13. Kirby
14. Yoshi

Meh Characters

15. Ganondorf

Eww Characters

16. Crono
17. Master Chief

Burn in Hades characters
18. Sonic
19. Squall

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

Unpleasant.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

Really...
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pretty much the only characters that i despise as much or more than Squall are:

Champo (Suikoden IV)
Noa (Legend of Legaia)
Irvine
Rinoa
Pichu
Tails
Tingle

good God, what was Nintendo thinking with Tingle? or worse yet, that guy who cosplayed as Tingle.

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

You use my format and put Ganondorf in "meh"!?

=(
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Samus vs. Ganondorf - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Ganon (60/68)

Gear Division Round 3 - Match 51 – (1)Solid Snake vs. (2)Sora
Metal Gear Solid vs. Metal Gear Keyblade

Snake
Round 1 – vs. Manny (Snake: 84.09% - Manny: 15.91%)
Round 2 – vs. Zelda (Snake: 54.41% - Zelda: 45.59%)

Snake silences the doubters and easily beats Zelda.

Sora
Round 1 – vs. Agent 47 (Sora: 70.73% - Agent 47: 29.27%)
Round 2 – vs. Alucard (Sora: 55.36% - Alucard: 44.64%)

Well, Snake was in little position to lose this from the start. I mean, the only way he could possibly lose is if he got a crappy Sprite picture again, and Sora got an awesome one. That didn’t happen. Snake is recognizable, right there in the front, while Sora has a cute little arrow over his head.

Besides, you know if the biggest threat here to Snake is his own sprite, you know he’s not losing this match. Snake just needs to impress, because Bowser is looking pretty darn scary right now.

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Snake will win.

Moltar’s Prediction is: Snake: 59% - Sora: 41%



Ulti’s Analysis

I don't know how he does it, but Sora constantly kicks ass in this contest. I didn't think he had a prayer against Alucard, yet he wound up beating him with ease. In fact, Sora beat Alucard so badly that one could almost give him a fighter's chance in his match against Snake. A 55-45 beating of Alucard puts you rather close to the elites, and Solid Snake hasn't been showing any signs of being impressive in this contest. This will be yet another match in which Snake tries to show that he's as strong as he was in his 2002-2003 days, but ultimately fails. I'm thinking that Sora will make this a closer match than people think.



Prediction: Snake with 50.47%



Soul’s Analysis

Round 2 Results

Snake defeated Zelda: 54.41% - 45.59%

Sora defeated Alucard: 55.36% - 44.64%

Pretty similar results in the round 2 matches from these two. Snake defeated Zelda by 54.5%, while Sora defeated Alucard with just a bit more then 55%. Both matches could have gone 50/50, but didn't.

Solid Snake was expected by some to lose to Zelda. Even I predicted that the Hyrulean Princess would defeat Snake. Surprise, surprise, Snake managed to shock all those people by getting nearly 55% against her. That's an amazing number, considering she was backed by a Nintendo boost and a Legend of Zelda boost. That basically means that Snake also must have had a boost from somewhere. Most people are looking at MGS3 for it, and I agree with them. How else would he have got that boost?

Sora crushed my bracket, so therefore, I hate him. He was supposed to lose to Alucard, but somehow pulled out a 55% win against him. No problem, I'm sure it was part of the plan. Make Sora look strong until he gets his ass completely owned by Snake.

Really, this is just a boring match anyway you think of it. Zelda and Bowser are both stronger then Sora. Basically, this is just filler until the Snake/Bowser match next round.

My prediction: Snake wins with 60% of the vote.



Outback’s Analysis

Snake showed that he's not going to be a pushover of any sort in this contest, and without the Solid **** factor, a Snake victory is pretty much guaranteed.

Snake with 57.00%
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Samus vs. Ganondorf - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Ganon (60/68)

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Inviso’s Analysis

Well, Solid Snake, like last year, scored a very large blowout in round 1, against a character that could be considered cult at best, a character that only made it in because of Shake. Then he went on to the next round and beat Zellie, but not before she put up a damn good fight. Sora, in the other half of the division, faced the character considered to be “Neo-Tanner” and broke 70% on him. If Agent 47 really was Neo-Tanner, then this would’ve looked bad, but he had to have some sort of fanbase to make the bracket without the board’s support. Sora then went on to beat Alucard and make the sweet 16 for the second time in a row. Sora looked pretty strong, or Alucard pretty weak after that performance, but it became clear that Snake was winning this match. If Zelda, with a Nintendo increase, couldn’t do it, then a non-Nintendo character didn’t have a chance. Sora will still perform well, because he’s not fodder, and it’s Snake, master of the bad showing.

My Bracket: Solid Snake
My Vote: Sora
My Prediction: Solid Snake with 56.81%



Tnote’s Analysis

Well, I spent the past two weeks yelling from the rooftops how, with the Solid **** picture and the kickass CoM sprite, Sora would defeat Snake. After seeing the picture, it is a pimp Snake, against a 'about to have his neck broken' Sora. Perhaps this is CJayC's way of making up for Solid ****. In any case, this picture definitely favors Snake, and this match will definitely not be close. Yeah, I think Snake's horrible old-school sprite is a full 5% swing.

Pick: Snake with 54.83%



Vlado’s Analysis

Well, this match is pretty much clear. Both contestants defeated their opponents in Round 2 with similar scores, however, Snake beat Zelda, fully benefiting from the Nintendo increase, while Sora beat Alucard, who, as much as I hate to say it, has been dropping in popularity. I read some bull**** about Snake possibly losing here and stuff... All I can say is NO. He beat Zelda, no way he falls to Sora. OR Bowser, for that matter. I'm pretty sure that Zelda is about as strong as Bowser, maybe just a little bit weaker. Anyway, my point is that Sora will lose worse than Zelda did. It was common sense right before Snake vs. Zelda that the winner would make the Final Four. And the winner was Snake.

What interests me the most is whether Snake has gotten stronger since last year. So far, we have no indications towards a boost or a fall, though I must say that he handled Zelda in a very comfortable fashion, giving me some hopes of a rise. But I can't be sure... Either way, there's no way Snake makes the final. Mario will crush him in the semis, and he'll be lucky to even get past Bowser. As for Sora, I must say that he has been a very lucky little ******* these past two years, making it to the Sweet 16 without being really strong. But that's the end of the road for him.

Predicted percentage: Solid Snake with 58.67%.

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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Samus vs. Ganondorf - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Ganon (60/68)

meh, i'm indifferent towards Ganondorf. he never did much of anything memorable to me in any of the Zelda games and he's too slow for me to use in SSBM.

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

A 55-45 beating of Alucard puts you rather close to the elites, and Solid Snake hasn't been showing any signs of being impressive in this contest.

So...Beating a character stronger than Alucard (and who beat a character of Alucard's level 60/40) by a similar margin doesn't qualify as impressive?
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

That didn%u2019t happen. Snake is recognizable, right there in the front, while Sora has a cute little arrow over his head.

and it's an exclamation point, not an arrow. >_>

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

Ulti continues to underestimate Snake... ;_;
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Only the Snake is the true hero. Solid Snake to the Final Four!

I put arrow? Dammit. I wrote that in like...2 minutes >.>
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SC2K5: Samus is going all the way!
Samus vs. Ganondorf - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Ganon (60/68)

I'm backin' Tnote on this one.
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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, I'm not backing his idea that Snake's sprite costs him 5%.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

Neither am I; I guess I should clarify I merely support his percentage-prediction.
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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 match has picked up the pace considerably in the second half. It's about equal to Ryu/Bowser right now, so we should break 90,000.
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Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

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0_o

you've never played a Megaman game, Yesmar? after the 37,598 Megaman games that have been released, i thought that was statistically impossible....

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

1. Link!!!!
2. Ganondorf
3. Mario
4. Squall
5. Snake
6. Sephiroth
7. Tifa
8. Kirby
9. Sonic
10. Cloud
11. Bowser
12. Samus
13. Yoshi
14. Vincent*

*I only unlocked him towards the end of the game, and that never got that far with him in my second playthrough. Don't worry, HM, I plan to replay FFVII again sometime






Never Played:
Zero
Sora
Master Chief
Crono
Mega Man

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"I don't like it when people I don't like get what they want."--Janelle

Well.. I'm not going to be here to vote for the next match, and I'll likely miss the one after that, so umm.... make sure they aren't too good.
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No balls to be bustin', no fightin', no cussin'... just a love for a drug called contest statin'.

no problem, Chichiri!! ^_^

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

Maybe a bit late but:

1) Cloud Strife
2) Link
3) Mario
4) Mega Man
5) Tifa Lockheart
6) Samus Aran
7) Crono
8) Solid Snake
9) Sephiroth
10) Sonic the Hedgehog
11) Bowser
12) Zero
13) Kirby
14) Master Chief
15) Squall Leonheart
16) Vincent Valentine
17) Yoshi
18) Ganondorf
19) Sora

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http://users.ign.com/collection/Dark115.
Most Wanted: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube), Soul Calibur III (PS2)

I haven't played a Mega Man game either. Well, an official one at least.

I played a Mega Man on a computer once. It was on some website. Basically, you got to choose which enemy you wanted to fight, went through a short level, killed the boss, and took his power. It was really boring, and if all of his games are like that, I don't want to even try them.
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This is not a sig, just felt like writing something down here.

My friend is arguing his points on why he thinks FF8 is > SSBM. His main argument is that SSBM is too simple and has no story. He claims that the creators of melee themselves would like FF8 better if they played it.

What do you guys think?
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

I would bet the creators probably have played big-name games like FF8...and that's why they made SSBM instead. </biased joke>

Seriously though, they're different genres; you can't compare the two. It'd be hard to have FF-influence in a game like SSBM, anyways.
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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.

Hmm, good point HaRRicH. This guy's main thinking is that Melee is good, but Final Fantasy > all. Heh heh...
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Vote for Yoshi
You have no chance to survive make your time.

Ulti has the closest analysis. Sora is going to do far better than the overrated Zelda.
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-Hot Johnny Depp

If Link and Ganondorf gained from TP then why wouldn't Zelda?
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17 have challenged Nintendo in the handheld market, 17 have failed. (see quote for list)

personally, i think that Sora will be right behind Zelda and Snake will get around 56%.

and judging by how many people are putting absurd amounts of faith into Spring's results, i'm guessing that way too many people will have Ganondorf in their brackets. i call Samus with 65% of the brackets.

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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

oh, and half of the remaining characters are represented on the Top 50 (7 out of 14):

Samus - 17
Mario - 17
Crono - 12
Megaman - 1
Solid Snake - 1
Yoshi - 1
Master Chief - 1


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"Start wearing purple, for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, i promise. It's just a matter of time..."

Nah, they still should know that Samus is a beast... 73.53%
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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."

69.87% will have Samus winnin' his division.
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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 think Samus will have less than 60%.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

I think 60% sounds about right for Samus. The support for the Spring Contest entrants has been extraordinary, and Ganondorf was the star of the show (not counting Sephiroth, of course).

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SC2K5 Guru Contest: Where _______ kicked my ass.

69.87% will have Samus winnin' his division.

>_<
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

I wanna drop it from 69.87% to 66.37%, now that I think about it. I'll respect Ganon here a lil' more.
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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.

*sigh*

Dammit. Samus and Sora always make me want to confuse their genders, though I know Samus is a woman and Sora is a male.
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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'm thinking the prediction percentage will be atrocious. High 50s atrocious, actually. How many n00blets have popped up on the board saying Ganondorf would take the division? A ****ing lot, that's how.

Something I don't get. Last year, everyone wanted Mario's head against Crono. This year, everyone wants Crono's head against whoever he meets. Explain that.
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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

People wanted Crono to win just so Mario/Crono would finally stop being set up.
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Squall Leonhart's Road to the Summer Contest 2005 Championship
Devil Division Final: (5)Vincent Valentine

We're emblematic of the voting shift towards Nintendo.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb