Not too much for Link that time, though I'm thinking that was just an anomaly.
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*is Karma Hunter*

And some folks on the board had the ******* temerity to call it at a 200 vote spread for Cloud. That ain't a steep hill for either of these monsters to climb.

Depending on how dire things get, I wouldn't call it in favor of Link or Cloud until late into the match, when the result's beyond all doubt. Cloud's not out by a long shot.

Only count him out once he gets said long shot thru the cheek. And Link would have to really, really break away for that to happen this early.
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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

Or he pulls a Marion against Crono, and he builds slowly but constantly >_>

Oh yeah, and Mario beat Crono. I just want to rub that in.
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Mario is Winnar
Next victim: Mistress Crono

Good match.

I'm still not on the leaderboard.. :(
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MARIOWNED

Feh. Cloud gets a lucky spike.

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Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!?
Squall: ...Flower.

We're ahead of Snake/Zelda at the moment, but it's by an underwhelming amount...ick, that's the depressing thing about this match. I expected a bigger votal.

Oh, and Cloud is finally able to stall Link, he only gains a vote that update.
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*is Karma Hunter*

hello day vote! this match is officially over. congratulations Nintendo!

Uh... morning vote and this match is far from over.

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

Link gains, but Cloud is still stalling. If this is more than an anomaly, then it's impressive, and Link could be in a lot of trouble.
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*is Karma Hunter*

Haha this is sweet. I bet Cloud is doing this just to spite people counting him out. <_<

But even if Cloud loses, this pretty much proves AC is having a decent influence and Sephiroth is gonna own Mario.
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"Legend? A legend is nothing but fiction. Someone tells it, someone else remembers, everybody passes it on." ~Solid Snake

I greatly enjoyed that update.
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Mario is Winnar
MARIO WINS SUMMER 2005 TOURNAMENT.

Link says "the hell with it" and gains more, the spiteful green bastard. ^_^
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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

Uh... morning vote and this match is far from over.

well...day vote probably isn't going to overly favor Cloud...
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

I'm looking at last years poll updates. Link exploded on Cloud with the morning vote and the day vote. Cloud was only able to slightly raise his percentage later on in the afternoon, and not significantly until well in the evening. He only began to gain on Link's lead in the second night vote.
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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."

They day vote won't favour Cloud at all.
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Mario is Winnar
MARIO WINS SUMMER 2005 TOURNAMENT.

well...day vote probably isn't going to overly favor Cloud...<

The day WILL favor Cloud and it isn't like he has to have it dominantly favor him either. This isn't a 1500+ deficit and building that he has to overcome. Cloud has done a damn fine job of holding Link down this far and if he can continue to do such he'll most definitely be in a good position to not allow this thing to be "over" for a long while. Calling it now is simply jumping the gun completely.

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

Sure, Cloud is good with the day vote.

however, he's up against Link who's a monster with it. He's not going to gain on Link any votes. At most, he'll snip a small percentage.

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Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!?
Squall: ...Flower.

They day vote won't favour Cloud at all.

Yeah, we'll see about that.

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

You guys aren't thinking straight. Link/Cloud II was on a weekend. Cloud will gain with the day vote. Link will EXPLODE with the after-school vote.
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*is Karma Hunter*

Link wins this.


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The day WILL favor Cloud and it isn't like he has to have it dominantly favor him either.

Ummm.... have you SEEN last year's poll update? Slightly raising your percentage by .5% in a near 50/50 match while your opponent builds a 4000+ vote lead is not what I call favoring... Especially when you did much better against said opponent during the first night vote.
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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."

If Cloud had fallen that've hurt big time. As it is he's only down 22 more.
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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

You guys aren't thinking straight. Link/Cloud II was on a weekend. Cloud will gain with the day vote. Link will EXPLODE with the after-school vote.

If that's the case, Link gaining NOW isn't good for Cloud at all...
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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."

Then it's good Link didn't win that one then.
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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

If that's the case, Link gaining NOW isn't good for Cloud at all...

Also not thinking straight. This is the *morning* vote, which is basically a mini-afterschool vote.
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*is Karma Hunter*

Lead drop.

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

Ummm.... have you SEEN last year's poll update?

Yeah, the one's where Link was so FAR better throughout the night, day, and even doing quite well into the second night. Link didn't really have any time of serious weakness. Crono held Mario to, what, a few updates last year? And we saw what Mario did yesterday. When the difference in strength is like that things are not always going to be what should usually happen. To add to that, Link/Cloud last year was a on weekend, not a weekday. Cloud WILL be able to get the day vote, considering he's far closer to Link and its a weekday, whereas Link will be able to get the after school vote in a fairly large manner. Then it turns into whether or not Cloud can use the night vote to bring the lead that Link will have built down.

There's simply no way, at all, that Link will continue to increase from now until the after school vote is ended. How one can believe that, I don't know. But hell, there were people expecting Link to just breeze through this match even easier than last year, so perhaps it isn't too surprising.



Oh and Cloud wins that update! Brings it down from 240 to 226.

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

If that's the case, Link gaining NOW isn't good for Cloud at all...

Everyone in the damn world knew that Link would be gaining with the morning vote. This and the after school votes are going to be his biggest opportunities to gain something. Luckily, they also happen to be when the biggest "boom" happens in vote totals.

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

...and back up to 260.

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

There's simply no way, at all, that Link will continue to increase from now until the after school vote is ended. How one can believe that, I don't know. But hell, there were people expecting Link to just breeze through this match even easier than last year, so perhaps it isn't too surprising.

No way that Link increases his lead from now until the afterschool vote? Okay, we'll see later this afternoon after I make my roadtrip. And I never said a thing about the Link/Cloud match other than I expected Link to 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."

*reads transience's X-Stats on the first page*
You only have one Kratos on the list...

So Cloud actually took the lead with the night vote. Interesting.

Looking to be epic. All Cloud needs to do is stall the day vote, or win it himself, and he's got the match.

Push Link!
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RIP Samus: Mario, you better take down Seph.
Link vs. Cloud - Bracket: Link - Vote: Link (124/192)

Looks like Cloud really needed his own AC juice to keep up with Link, and well, he's doing just that. Of course, we'll probably need to wait until tomorrow for the final verdict: Sephiroth brutalizing Mario would be a far bigger omen.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

Quite the update for Link. ;)

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Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!?
Squall: ...Flower.

Alright Link, nice going here. Keep on building a steady lead, then you can just start kicking some ass after school.

And, an alt of mine is on the leaderboard! Heck yes, #44! Too bad that bracket has Cloud winning today... It was my "What if Mario and Cloud won?" bracket, and Mario did win.
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Vote for Mario, this year's contest champion!
Mario > Crono. Bank on it.

FACT or FICTION: If AC had been released in America at the same time as Japan, Cloud would be winning this match right now.
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*is Karma Hunter*

So Cloud did have lead at one point good for him.

This is going the way of Mario vs. Crono so I would like to say it's over, but I fear of getting attacked in this topic.
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17 have challenged Nintendo in the handheld market, 17 have failed. (see quote for list)

This is going the way of Mario vs. Crono so I would like to say it's over, but I fear of getting attacked in this topic.

Because Crono was leading Mario at night.
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*is Karma Hunter*

No because Crono did good during the night a died off during the day.
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17 have challenged Nintendo in the handheld market, 17 have failed. (see quote for list)

FACT or FICTION: If AC had been released in America at the same time as Japan, Cloud would be winning this match right now.

Fiction.

Anyone who would have bought the DVD would have already obtained AC online.

Link's updates keep getting better, yo.

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Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!?
Squall: ...Flower.

So when does this so-called "day vote" for which Cloud gains on Link actually start? Apparently it's sometime in between the "morning vote" and the "afterschool vote"...
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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."

No because Crono did good during the night a died off during the day.

...yet didn't do good enough to take the lead during the night. This isn't Mario/Crono, this is Link/Cloud, and while I doubt Cloud's ability to come back as well, I'm not parading around any catcalls of 'it's over'. Yet you seem compelled to do that at the most inopportune times of every match.
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*is Karma Hunter*

This is going the way of Mario vs. Crono so I would like to say it's over, but I fear of getting attacked in this topic.

...This match is nothing like Mario/Crono... at all. And you should fear about getting attacked for saying that, it's just ridiculously stupid. Everyone knew, even before the match started, that Link's two biggest times were going to be now and the afterschool vote. The fact that he's doing this now shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Yes, it would have been nice if Cloud could have managed to get a 300 vote lead or so last night in order to make Link's lead smaller, but by no means is that going to kill.

Cloud has to weather the storm right now and then use the time in between the morning and afternoon vote (day vote) in order to get this thing back down to a more reasonable level in preparation for the afterschool vote. Hell, I would even say that he'll take the lead and gather something small before it arrives. After that, he'll rely on the night vote to either win this or fall short. But by no means is this thing over. Calling it now was just as foolish as saying Link was going to get 55%.

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

Apparently it's sometime in between the "morning vote" and the "afterschool vote"...

...Yes, we generally call that the "day vote."

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

FACT or FICTION: If AC had been released in America at the same time as Japan, Cloud would be winning this match right now.

Sweet mercy fact. How someone could say differently is beyond me.

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

And when is it supposed to start?

...Not that I believe Cloud will do anything whatsoever with it.

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Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!?
Squall: ...Flower.

It is night in Australia - so approximately how many hours from now until the day vote?
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That's like violating yourself so you'll be ready if Michael Jackson victimizes you. - Terragen

...Yes, we generally call that the "day vote."

This was the first I've ever heard of the day-vote specifically referred as being different from the after-school vote. And I'm still waiting to hear on the actual time during which Cloud is supposed to start gaining on Link.
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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."

Look at yesterday's trends. Crono was able to stall Mario's percentage for HOURS after the first morning vote spurts. That's the day vote, where it favored him. It will favor Cloud there as well.
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*is Karma Hunter*

...yet didn't do good enough to take the lead during the night. This isn't Mario/Crono, this is Link/Cloud, and while I doubt Cloud's ability to come back as well,

Mario finished with 53.85% that's lots of room for Link to fit in there and still win. Right now Link is gaining madly.

I'm not parading around any catcalls of 'it's over'. Yet you seem compelled to do that at the most inopportune times of every match.

And how many times have I been wrong?
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17 have challenged Nintendo in the handheld market, 17 have failed. (see quote for list)