Heh, I was fairly confident in Link rising back to power in 2k4. I didn't think Cloud had a chance to win that match. I may be in the minority, but I think Link was handicapped in 2k3. I hope Cloud proves me wrong this year though and makes a match out of it, although Link still gets my support!
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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."

That lightning pic is awesome.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b63-8.jpg

Let's go Crono!

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The pics are pretty good. Overall my favorite is the first one, but I like #8 as well.
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pics are what you'd expect - they look good. Mario always seems to have an edge picture-wise, but maybe that's because he's Mario.

ff10 is better than ff7 to me, or 6. 9 and 10 all the way.

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b63-7.jpg

Isn't that RPGuy's pic? Hell of a job!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b63-8.jpg

Pure ownage. Where the hell did that Mario pic come from?

The rest of the match pics are okay, but the whole box within the pic thing is getting kinda played out. It was done with Mega Man/Crono, and apparently everybody decided to jump on the bandwagon.
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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."

Mario/Crono have met more often and had more interesting matches than Link/Cloud. Mario/Crono had TWO oh-so controversial matches (which many consider to be two of the greatest matches we've had, especially #2), whereas Link/Cloud were decided not long after the matches started (though they are 1-1 against each other, granted). Link/Cloud is a good feud, but next-to-nothing can beat the Mario/Crono feud for the best feud in my book.
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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://marioevolution.ytmnd.com

Mario FTW
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oh, Mario/Crono is the best feud by far. I'm not sure about history though, especially when you consider that they'd both get destroyed by Link or Cloud.
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Mario Vs. Crono is nice and all, but... Knuckles and Snake, yo. Now that's a rivalry.
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Mario is Winnar
Next victim: Mistress Crono

Mario had to blow through Cloud to get to Crono his first time. I have no doubt that not even the whole of Clinkeroth could stop this fated duel from happening.
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True.

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Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2

Mario.
Crono.
Five minutes.

Mario/Crono IV. Let's ****ing do this.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/shared/sum05/b63-1.jpg

Words can't express how awesome this picture is... especially since Crono looks like he's about to smack Mario back to the 8-bit era.

Go Crono!
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Mario > Cloud. =P

Seriously though, I don't think their strength comparisons to Link/Cloud play much of a part in their history anyways; they're elites and top-of-the-line in the brackets they're in anyways, despite them not being #1 and #2.
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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.

Leroooooooooooy Jeeeeeenkiiiiiiins.

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Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2

I'm all kinds of excited right now. Let's get this thing rolling...

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Mario/Crono IV. Let's ****ing do this

amen!
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XD

Should have expected that.
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someone should make the next topic, jic...
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

I've stayed up on this school night just to support Mario...

Yeah, I'm crazy like that.
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I love pic #8. No frills, just a WWF style "You don't scare me, punk" mentality.
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Bold Prediction!

This match will be a dud. ;_;
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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."

Mario/Crono is our best rivalry. Having it as the championship match is very appropriate.

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World Champion: Gyruss, Mega Man X, Solstice, Super Mario World, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

*swings arms from side to side in show of support*
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Mustache...and red...
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Mario 70% 7
Crono 30% 3
TOTAL VOTES 10

24.49% of the brackets have Crono in the finals.
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MARIO/cRONO, BAY-BEE!!!!!


Mario 73.33% 11
Crono 26.67% 4
TOTAL VOTES 15

Crono had 24.49% of the brackets on his side to get to the finals. Kinda low, but such is the way of Crono.
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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.

You know where anticipation of the final match kind of fizzles out a few days prior to it usually? Yeah, nice to break tradition for once.

Go Crono!
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Mario 65.22% 15
Crono 34.78% 8
TOTAL VOTES 23
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I've never been so confident in calling a match after two minutes.

It's OVER.
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Heh...Crono is doing horrible, and this is the NIGHT vote we're talking about here...okay, we'll just half to wait until the board vote wears off.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Uh, did Mario go SSJ during this contest or something? Christ...
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I vaguely remember being laughed at when I initially said that I was going with Mario > Crono in the finals of this contest, by this very stats topic.

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So far, Mario has the lead...didn't Crono get the lead damn-near everytime on Mario with the board-vote? Or was it just the night-vote I'm thinkin' of?
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

Fight, Mario! For 57.22+% on Crono!!! <________<
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I vaguely remember being laughed at when I initially said that I was going with Mario > Crono in the finals of this contest, by this very stats topic.

I have Mario > Crono, never tell the board your secrets!
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not by me, I had Samus > Mario > Crono.

here's the x-stats of the bottom half:


Crono: 50.00
Mega Man: 48.65
Sonic: 48.29
Vincent: 44.62
Squall: 44.09
Tifa: 42.11
Dante: 41.05
Knuckles: 40.74
Magus: 40.03
Luigi: 39.28
Master Chief: 38.71
DK: 38.10
Leon: 34.48
Yoshi: 31.06
Diablo: 30.38
Tommy: 29.15
Gordon Freeman: 28.58
Kefka: 28.49
Sam Fisher: 26.85
KOS-MOS: 26.72
CATS: 24.13
Terra: 23.40
Conker: 23.33
Zidane: 23.28
Jin: 23.03
Geno: 22.19
Kerrigan: 18.74
Vyse: 18.47
Pac-Man: 16.88
Ocelot: 16.45
Laharl: 16.36

I am lovin' GF over Kefka.
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I vaguely remember being laughed at when I initially said that I was going with Mario > Crono in the finals of this contest, by this very stats topic.

Myself and yoblazer have had Mario > Crono for a long time now.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

I vaugely remember hearing a common consensus of anyone who would take Mario over Samus should take Mario over Crono, too.
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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.

Crono's not going to let it this get any worse. I would have imagined Mario doing something like this within the first minutes, or that initial board vote, anyway. What with how favored he is here over Crono.




Oh and first 5 minutes.

Mario 54.26% 376
Crono 45.74% 317
TOTAL VOTES 693

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“I think my burden has lightened… Maybe I dragged it along so much that it wore down.” – Cloud Strife

Come on, it's time to go, do the Mario!

Crono tripped on the first step. He'll have to get up again.
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Go ahead ********! Fire away! I've got a big turkey dinner here that says you don't have enough bullets to take down my hungry ***! ~ MG2 Run

Crono showed signs of live there from 0:04 - 0:05... we'll see if it's a blip or the board vote wearing off...
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I had Crono over Mario for the longest time, then I switched to Crono over Mario. In either case, anyone who thought it was farfetched was a fool. That was apparent from the beginning.

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“I think my burden has lightened… Maybe I dragged it along so much that it wore down.” – Cloud Strife

I would have taken Mario over Crono this year. A Nintendo boost should have been seen coming with the release of the DS and a bunch of Nintendo games over the past year.
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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."

I had Crono over Mario for the longest time, then I switched to Crono over Mario.

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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

I agree, Crono really started killing percentage, this next update is huge.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

I'm in that "Support Crono" mood, I suppose.


That second one should be "Mario over Crono."

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“I think my burden has lightened… Maybe I dragged it along so much that it wore down.” – Cloud Strife

ha, GFA had CATS/Sonic tie 80-80, yet Sonic moves on to face Mario. that ain't right, yo.
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Like transience, I had Samus > Mario > Crono. I really thought that Crono winning last year was due to people aware of the contest getting tired of it, thus finally giving Crono the win.
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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."