But shouldn't Cloud be taking the night vote?

Final Fantasy VII, as a whole, is usually much better during the day than they are at night. Tifa is the only one who is opposite, for whatever reason.

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

Cloud's looking pretty good here but I think the Day Vote will bury him.

yeah, Cloud's got him right where he wants him.

here they are, unadjusted x-stats:

Mario: 50.00
Crono: 46.15
Mega Man: 44.90
Sonic: 44.57
Solid Snake: 42.79
Bowser: 42.29
Vincent: 41.18
Squall: 40.70
Kirby: 40.50
Samus: 40.21
Zelda: 39.02
Tifa: 38.87
Dante: 37.89
Knuckles: 37.60
Zero: 37.14
Magus: 36.95
Luigi: 36.26
Master Chief: 35.73
DK: 35.17
Ryu: 34.59
Tidus: 34.29
Ganon: 32.44
Leon: 31.83
Vivi: 31.55
Rikku: 30.72
Auron: 29.80
Sora: 29.73
Chun Li: 28.84
Yoshi: 28.67
Diablo: 28.04
Ryu Hayabusa: 27.48
Tommy Vercetti: 26.91
Alucard: 26.55
Gordon Freeman: 26.38
Kefka: 26.30
Yuna: 25.17
Sam Fisher: 24.78
KOS-MOS: 24.66
Frog: 24.09
Kratos: 23.62
Riku: 23.28
CATS: 22.27
Terra: 21.60
Conker: 21.53
Zidane: 21.49
Jin: 21.26
Geno: 20.48
Cecil: 20.08
Lloyd: 19.87
Joanna: 19.10
King: 18.83
Wesker: 18.01
Ness: 17.20
Vyse: 17.05
Agent 47: 17.41
Kerrigan: 17.30
Big Boss: 16.99
Pac-Man: 15.58
Carl Johnson: 15.43
Revolver Ocelot: 15.18
Laharl: 15.10
Manny: 13.62
Yuri: 10.20

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For the record, Link didn't start pulling away until traditional morning vote time, 5 hours in. Cloud had it down to double digits at that point.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Damn. Looks like Link won't be leading much longer. Morning vote to the rescue! <3
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SC2K5 Guru Contest: Where _______ kicked my ass.

I am the prediction master. Cloud 20+ on that one...
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, Pack, Go!

Hell ****ing yes!!


Cloud brings it down to 58! Keep it up!

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

Cloud's looking pretty good here but I think the Day Vote will bury him.

HM's gunna love reminding you about how this is Cloud's WORST time.
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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

Cloud never led last year either, by the way.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Cloud's looking pretty good here but I think the Day Vote will bury him.

Cloud is not bad with the day vote. Right now is the time that he usually does not perform his best in. Link, however, should do well with the morning vote. But by no means will the DAY vote bury Cloud. That's just ridiculous.

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

And Cloud gains. Ladies and Gentleman, we officially have ourselves a match.

Oh, and in case anyone's curious, last year Link's lead was already 160 at this point.
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Vincent WILL break 60% on Dante.
(Place Holder for sig bet with YoYoChamp made 3/24/05)

This Calls for a sig change...

...Pack suck this year anyway
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

For anyone wondering, Link's peak percentage during the day was 52.64%, nearly 11 hours into the poll. Cloud steadily brought the percentage down after that point.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Link gains 6...

Cummmooooooon Cloud...
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

Lead 64 I believe.
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Buy him out, boys!
"My point being im so pretty oh so pretty. and dandy like candy." ~ juicies_rocks

Link gains 6 more votes than Cloud, increasing his lead to 64...
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

Cloud's doing pretty good. I'm impressed.
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I voted cloud, only because link vs sephiroth or mario = overkill. Mario has a shot at sephiroth, mario vs cloud is more fun to watch.
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From: rpgapzx | Posted: 9/20/2005 12:16:17 AM | Message Detail
Cloud's looking pretty good here but I think the Day Vote will bury him.

HM's gunna love reminding you about how this is Cloud's WORST time.

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From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 9/20/2005 12:17:28 AM | Message Detail
Cloud's looking pretty good here but I think the Day Vote will bury him.

Cloud is not bad with the day vote. Right now is the time that he usually does not perform his best in. Link, however, should do well with the morning vote. But by no means will the DAY vote bury Cloud. That's just ridiculous.


I predicted this just like I predict a Cloud win.
50.4/49.6
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Spring Contest 2k5 Score: 76/80 T-117th

I know this won't happen, but I want to see Cloud VS Mario 2.
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

And I'm glad to see that Crono's night vote brought Squall back over Kirby.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

ok, that was just votestuffers! :D
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

Oooooo, Cloud gets hurt. Link streches his lead to 116.
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

What was that about how Cloud was about to come back? I stand by my pick of Link with over 55%.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2

That was Cloud dropping off in votes a bit.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Cloud nooo!
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Nominate Jay Solano for SC2k6!
http://users.ign.com/collection/John_Yossarian (PC not complete)

That Cloud update was bad.
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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

52 vote jump for Link, ouch.
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Vincent WILL break 60% on Dante.
(Place Holder for sig bet with YoYoChamp made 3/24/05)

Dammit. Link increased to 116 and that was mostly due to Cloud having a drop off in votes...

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

What was that about how Cloud was about to come back? I stand by my pick of Link with over 55%.

You stand by it all you want. It's not happening.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Ouch.

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Buy him out, boys!
"My point being im so pretty oh so pretty. and dandy like candy." ~ juicies_rocks

How was Cloud doing right now last year percent wise?
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

Link had 52.79% at this point, and a lead of 163.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

whoa, I take back my Cloud compliment. that sucked.
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You stand by it all you want. It's not happening.

You're the same guy that said Crono would surprise us yesterday, when the only surprising he did was how easily he allowed Mario to whip his ass all over the poll. Link might not break 55%, but I'll be stunned if Cloud turns this into anything but him getting his ass whipped.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, WC3: Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2

Thinking Link will get 55% at this point is just stupidity, plain and simple.

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

I really didn't expect Link to do as well as last year or even win at all with the AC leak and the TP delay. For Link to win this match at all would be impressive to me.

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Can't think of a good sig.

Wait and see. Wait and see. Everyone's so quick to jump to conclusions this early.
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

Cloud wins that update...
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

That's right Cloud, don't let him runaway!
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

Cloud brings it back down to 105 and under 52%.

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

This is really looking like it might be closer than last year. Pretty surprising.
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www.SC2K5.com
www.sc2k5.com/gallery

Link/Cloud 2004 at 0:30 -

Link - 1731 (52.44%)
Cloud Strife - 1570 (47.56%)
Total votes - 3301
Lead - 161

Link/Cloud 2005 at 0:30 -

Link - 1406 (51.94%)
Cloud Strife - 1301 (48.06%)
Total votes - 2707
Lead - 105
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."

For fun, here's how the bracket would look with use of the S-Curve and CJay's ranking (by combining the individual vote-totals of each character in each match):


#1
1-Mario
8-Yuri
4-Pac-Man
5-Magus
3-Luigi
6-Sam Fisher
2-Sora
7-CATS

#8
1-Bowser
8-Zidane
4-Alucard
5-Yuna
3-Ryu
6-Kratos (GoW)
2-Squall
7-Conker

#4
1-Solid Snake
8-Kerrigan
4-Frog
5-Riku
3-Auron
6-KOS-MOS
2-Zero
7-Big Boss

#5
1-Sonic
8-Vyse
4-Diablo
5-Carl Johnson
3-Zelda
6-Kratos Aurion
2-Yoshi
7-Laharl

#3
1-Mega Man
8-Joanna Dark
4-Ness
5-Rikku
3-Dante
6-Chun-Li
2-Ganondorf
7-Terra

#6
1-Samus
8-Jin
4-Tommy Vercetti
5-Revolver Ocelot
3-Donkey Kong
6-Wesker
2-Kirby
7-Agent 47

#2
1-Crono
8-Manny
4-Lloyd Irving
5-Kefka
3-Tidus
6-Ryu Hayabusa
2-Master Chief
7-King of all Cosmos

#7
1-Vincent
8-Cecil
4-Leon Kennedy
5-Vivi
3-Knuckles
6-Gordon Freeman
2-Tifa
7-Geno


Fun-lookin'.
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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.

Argh, could we *please* have good votals this match? Well, for Link/Cloud, I mean...

Also, I'm still O_o'ing at the suggestion, no, the assertment that Link will break 55%. Again, laugh at me if it comes to pass, but I just don't see it happening.
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*is Karma Hunter*

At this rate, Link might not win at all...
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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

Below 100 again.
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When this happened, all of us got PWND by Smurf
http://www.freewebs.com/vgcg/Knuckles.jpg

Cloud brings the lead down to 102...

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"Chief, I smell ass and it's coming from your direction." - FFMrebirth
Go, CLOUD, Go!

If we judge this solely based on how last year went with this percentage, Link wins by about 50.9%
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Leon's Quest For Ultimate Glory:
1. Gordon Freeman; 2. Mega Man

Cloud brings it down to 88!

55%, huh?
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"Stay there for me, trapped in memories."
"I...I won't become a memory."