Blue Blur vs. Blue Bomber, baby! (That's not easy to say)

Super fighting robot vs. Fastest thing alive!

Man, I really hope this match delivers. It just feels like it should be a classic, you know?

*Creativename's websites*

Everything you could ever imagine:
http://www.sc2k5.com
http://www.sc2k4.com

Summer 2002 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/1

Summer 2003 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/2

Spring 2004 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/3

Summer 2004 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/4

Summer 2005 Contest Information:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/taxonomy/term/5

Sortable Table for Every Contest Match:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/19



*Extrapolated Standings*

Explanation of Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/11

Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings:
A = Strongest Character
B = Character Weaker than A
C = Character Weaker than B
To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA
To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB
To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA

Summer 2002 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/13

Summer 2003 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/14

Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/15

SFF Adjusted Spring 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/16

Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/17

SFF Adjusted Summer 2004 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/18

Spring 2005 Extrapolated Standings:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/27

All Time Extrapolated Standings:
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/alltimexsts.htm



*Solarshadow's Sites*

Summer 2002 Contest:
http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com

Summer 2003 Contest:
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/2003/index.html

Spring 2004 Contest: (not currently updating)
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/sp2004/index.html



*Old Stats topics*

Summer 2002 Contest:
http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com/page1.html

Summer 2003 Contest:
http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/archive/topic1p1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/sum_contest/Page1.htm (See note)

2003-2004 Off-Season:
http://membres.lycos.fr/shindohikaru/stats1.htm (See note)
Note: Don't use the links in the topic to browse through the pages, change the page number in the URL.

Spring 2004 Pre-Season (Chance the number after "Season" to view other pages; there are three of them):
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason1.htm

Spring 2004 Contest (Change the number after "Stats" to view other pages; there are eight of them):
http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats1.htm



*Match Pictures*

All the match pics, save for three from 2002:
http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/index.php



*Miscellaneous*


Creativename's Page of Links:
http://sc2k4.com/links.php

MMXcalibur's Contest Sites:
http://prophetchallenge.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/

A List of Acronyms, A Lesson on Percentages, and Some Odd Matches:
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/acronymspercentsanomalies.htm

Poll Vote Total Updater:
http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/25

All Time Top 25/Top 10 Lists:
http://www.rpgdl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3251



!yawA tsoP
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

LOL HEDGEHOG v. LOL ROBOT ftw
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

Dog **** > the Revolution controller.

Oh, and:

Mega Man > Sonic.
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Return of SF1: YOU DON'T HAVE A CASE!
makeyourchance: Yes I do! It's Samsonite.

Top 10 FAQ Pages (9/14)
01 Radiata Stories - PS2
02 GTA: San Andreas - PS2
03 World of Warcraft - PC
04 Final Fantasy VII - PS

Here comes AC power!

That top FAQ bit aside, almost every single guy around my age or younger within my community has talked about AC, and they all liked it!

My hopes of Cloud > Link has just received a desperately needed fresh breath of clean air!

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

I don't think Cloud beating Link was ever out of the realm of possibility, personally.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Tanner > Revolution controller.

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Alrighty, the two blue video game legends are going to go at it. Should be a great match. The biggest shame is that one of them will have to lose...
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Vote for Mario, this year's contest champion!
Mega Man > Sonic

Of course it wasn't. Hell, yearly variation could have given Cloud the win this year if they stayed constant from 2k4, for chrissakes. Still, AC will help give Cloud the edge against 'The Boost'.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143782
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"ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune
*Waiting for Guru winner's sig*

People automatically assumed the boost applied to Link, yeah. Whatever we saw from Zelda could've happened in 2004 since we never saw her, and the boost wasn't even that big. I'm beginning to think that Ganondorf isn't as strong as the Spring Contest says as well. Besides, I would imagine that the FFVII and LoZ fanbase is VERY split here, so something that AC could swerve it in Cloud's favor.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

I want no part of that pathetic remote control.

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“A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.” – Reno

I'm reserving my thoughts on Zelda until Mario/Snake (hopefully he'll do well enough that I'll have to put an asterisk on the Dream Division). Still, we may be dealing with some characters boosting more than others because they have more room to go up--Samus didn't seem to boost nearly as crazy as Mario, Bowser, Luigi, and even Donkey Kong did. It's possible Link's boost could be minimal, or astronomical. We just don't know.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

Indeed, it looks like Samus didn't experience too much of a boost. The Nintendo characters might be experiencing the benefits of being on the DS, although it's difficult to explain what happened to Donkey Kong. Maybe he pulled a "Felix." I can't imagine Donkey Konga doing that much for him.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

I have a bad feeling that Sonic is going to win by more than 55% tomorrow. I hope I'm wrong.
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That wouldn't be a bad thing though, per se.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Funny, I had that same feeling about Mega Man. I think your fears are unjustified, however. MM has the advantage.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

to you, maybe.
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it's funny, cause you're a Sonic fan and I'm an MM fan, and we both think we're going to get clobbered.
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it's funny, cause you're a Sonic fan and I'm an MM fan, and we both think we're going to get clobbered.

Meh, I tend to have that feeling whenever Cloud goes up against anyone with strength.

It's only been right once, in 2k4.

Back in 2k2, I didn't even dare to expect him to give Mario a challenge.

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Reserved for the winner of the SC2K5 Guru Challenge.

well, I'm not a diehard MM fan or anything. I just think he's better than Sonic. I wouldn't really be upset if he lost, either, because I think Sonic is the favourite. but oh, how wonderful it would be.
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I'm just sad I don't get to stay up for the start, though I figure Mega Man will take the early lead. He's good with the first night vote, and Sonic isn't.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

I was just about to say, if MM isn't ahead after the first 15 minutes, he's fighting a serious uphill battle.
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Nice 500.
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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 truly do feel bad for Deus, though.

Screw him. >_>

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
World Champion: Gyruss, Mega Man X, Solstice, Super Mario World, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

I think it's time for me to go to bed. Who here thinks that this match will be decided by less than 1,000 votes?
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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.

Not me. Unless Sonic can stem the bleeding, and fast (a little more than the last update he got), I don't think he'll be able to make up this ground. I hope it turns out that way, though.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

I still love you Sonic.


Mega Man goes up by 20 or so each update.

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I survived the 301 day NHL lockout
Co-founder of team whoa oh oh ohohohoh oh oh oh

Do the lalalalalalalalala!

Would have been my 500, but I once again barely missed it.
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One guru to rule them all. One guru to find them. One guru to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

For those that asked me in Part 251 who was in my Tournament of Champions, I believe I have Link over Mario in the final.
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Let's get Dangerous.

^^^That might be crazy enough to work...

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I don't have an ego.
I'm way too cool for that.

Okay, newbs and HM, I guess. Sonic is merely good with the dasy, eh's not even to the level of Knux, really. MM doesn't fall apart, I see no reason to say Sonic will win.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Samus would beat Sephiroth. I still believe that. Mario just beat Samus. Mario over Sephiroth just might happen.

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2nd Place, Spring Contest 2005
World Champion: Gyruss, Mega Man X, Solstice, Super Mario World, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

This match will be decided by less than 1000 votes... make no mistake about it... er... I meant... 13000 votes.

Yeah, that would be about what I was expecting.
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Squall: "Hi, like Cloud from the last game, I am full of angst and am named after weather."
- Slow Beef

Since the three in the ToC haven't had any matches before the ToC starts, I feel they're going to dip a bit. It wouldn't matter if the 2005 champion was facing Link or Cloud, but since Sephiroth is the weaker of the three, he might fall.
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Let's get Dangerous.

Excellent... you haven't eliminated me yet either. Heh heh.
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Squall: "Hi, like Cloud from the last game, I am full of angst and am named after weather."
- Slow Beef

I think the opposite. I see no reason for the three biggest characters in the history of the contest to need momentum, in fact I don't think they benefit from momentum and will do much better because they weren't in.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Megaman is not bad with the day vote, but he's bad with the morning vote. I'm talking about the time when Leon went from 34% to 37% and Yoshi went from 31.40% to 33.20%.

This is also the time when from 50% to 56% on Ryu. I think Sonic still can make a comeback.

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

Awesomely enough, Darkwing Duck justified Mario > Sephiroth much the same way I did (though I figured the winner would have a boost from "momentum", not that Seph would dip necessarily). Heh heh.
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Squall: "Hi, like Cloud from the last game, I am full of angst and am named after weather."
- Slow Beef

And what do you know, Sonic wins another update..
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

My darling Sonic can't win :(

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I survived the 301 day NHL lockout
Co-founder of team whoa oh oh ohohohoh oh oh oh

If he can win enough of those, he still has a shot. But...the night is LONG, and will not be kind to him.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

Hmm. This is looking like Magus/Knuckles all over again.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars

What happened in Magus Vs Knuckles?

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I survived the 301 day NHL lockout
Co-founder of team whoa oh oh ohohohoh oh oh oh

Magus had a 600 vote lead on knux but knuckles came back and won
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Mega's not nearly as bad with the day vote as Magus, though, and Sonic doesn't have the comparative edge Knuckles does with the day. The only thing that Sonic has going for him in terms of an edge is that Magus' second night vote is very strong and Knuckles' is subpar. Mega and Sonic should be around the same in the night vote.

Basically, though, Sonic needs to start slicing more than this, and stalling him more often. Mega's too powerful for this.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

1AM Mark:
Ryu vs. Sonic 2k4: 1491 to 1436
Ryu by 55
MM vs. Sonic: 1948 to 1619
Mega Man by 329

Final Ryu vs. Sonic: 43795 to 35057
Sonic by 8738

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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

Awesomely enough, Darkwing Duck justified Mario > Sephiroth much the same way I did (though I figured the winner would have a boost from "momentum", not that Seph would dip necessarily). Heh heh.

Well, I'm doing it to try to justify my personal choice, not because I feel too strongly about it. That pick was a heart pick. I'll choose Mario over Link in the final should it happen that way, but at least my bracket has Link as the winner. I can make correct picks when the obvious is there.

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Let's get Dangerous.

Difference here is that while Sonic is relying on fluke spikes to keep himself from dying, Magus was relying on fluke spikes to keep his lead.

Mega Man isn't going to just die like Magus did.
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Squall: "Hi, like Cloud from the last game, I am full of angst and am named after weather."
- Slow Beef

And that'd be relevant, excaetp MM is far better in the day than Ryu.
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I once made a sig bet with TRE that Ganon wasn't actually over 31 on BL. The jury's still out on the pigman, but props to TRE 'cause I'm a believer again.

Sonic worst hour is soon over, and soon Megaman's worst hour will soon begin. Go Sonic!
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg