I'm willing to bet that Mario will make it closer. For heaven's sake, the guy lost the board vote! This is just FFVII bringing its A game early. In about 15 hours, this match will look very respectable.
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Man, and this is our last chance for a real close match, too. Don't you die yet, Mario!
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

I'm hoping this one turns out Link Mario/Cloud. Mario goes down by 1000, then comes back and pulls off a miracle.

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

Mario losing the board vote speaks *horribly* for his chances later on in the match. I'm starting to think that of the two possible scenarios for Link/Cloud, the latter was the more likely result...
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Sephiroth's lead up to 140. No problem.

63.77% of people picked Link to beat Cloud? Holy freakin' hell.

It was obvious. >_>

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

Sephiroth busting his lead out to 140. <3

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

http://www.fantasyzone.it/ff7/midi/One_Winged_Angel.mid

LET'S GO SEPHIROTH
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"What is most important to you, Cloud? Would you give me the pleasure of taking it away?"

Fact or fiction:

1) AC greatly helped the FFVII characters but Link was so much more of a beast than he ever was.

2) The Spring contest wasn't a reliable source since many of the votes were either substitiution votes or anti-votes.

3) We need to wait a bit longer.



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Squall: ...Flower.

Sephiroth's lead up to 140. No problem.

Hoo boy are you in for a disappointment if you think Mario's going to comeback and do something in this match.

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

Sephiroth, I'm sorry for having doubted you :)

Considering how hyped up Mario was, this is a slaughter.

Gwahahahaha! (<--Bowser laughing giddily)
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Fiction
Fiction
FACT
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

Score-Brackets-% Right
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Still More Fighting > One Winged Angel

1) AC greatly helped the FFVII characters but Link was so much more of a beast than he ever was.

2) The Spring contest wasn't a reliable source since many of the votes were either substitiution votes or anti-votes.

3) We need to wait a bit longer.

Fiction. Fiction. Fact.

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

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Intersting match today. Regardless of any other picks, everybody had Link vs Cloud(and one of the 2s even got the match "right"). Link was heavily favoured by the top tiers and bottom tiers(who anti-picked him to attempt to get a score of 0.) The prediction percentages in the top tiers ranged from the low-70s to low-80s. Cloud wasn't really favoured over Link in any significant way. Almost every group attempting for a high score had a prediction percentage above 50 with the mid-tiers closer to 50 than the top and bottom tiers.

12 people fell off the Top 50. SirBormun, Nerim, Dark115, link2k1, s0berer, ShadowCrono, Lokilus, Mom84, ExThaNemesis, SecksThaNemesis, Dadge86 and imp9824 didn't have Link winning over Cloud. It really must suck to be in contention for prizes after the main bracket only to lose it during the ToC.

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was school still in session for Bowser/Seph?
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Jman_gamerX8:Link::me:Jay Solano.

Hoo boy are you in for a disappointment if you think Mario's going to comeback and do something in this match.

*mutters something about Cloud suffering his worst loss ever*
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

And I find it quite the sweet justice after listening to how Sephiroth was likely to drop again or that it was quite likely taht he would lose today. Always trying to find someone to take him out, but he shall not let it happen! =p

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

oh, I'm very used to it, it's just the idea of him being Heroic and being, well, Mario. we should just ditch calling him HM, because he's clearly not HM anymore.

Heh, of course I knew how inappropriate the Mario part was, but the Heroic part not applying either for this match never occurred to me.

HM, perhaps you should choose a new "official" moniker for yourself? :) I'm sure you could have some fun with that.
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I'm assuming the two guys tied for first will get the next two matches right.

Know what this means? In six contests, one Board 8 reg has managed to finish in first place. One.

Live by the board, die by the board.

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

Well, it was still school season either way.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

Sephiroth out to 185 and keeping that constant 55% per update coming in. Kick ass.

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

...why is Mario doing worse than Bowser?
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Cheh, 55 is no 62!
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

because Sephiroth is weird. he's always been weird and he continues to be weird.

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HM, perhaps you should choose a new "official" moniker for yourself? :) I'm sure you could have some fun with that.

Haha. Indeed. ;)

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

Imma go on to bed, and this travesty better change by the time I wake up, heh.
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Lewis Black: Namely as valued contributors to our re-election fund.

...why is Mario doing worse than Bowser?

I really think it's because Sephiroth's a big-name draw, and he's been sorely absent from the contest thus far. It could be voters are chompin' at the bit to see ol' Sephy once again.

Plus, Bowser rawks Mario's face OLD-SCHOOL, baybee.
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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

HOLY ****! Sephiroth dominated that update with 61% of the vote.


He stretches his lead out to 270 -- nearly 100 votes in 5 minutes.

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

JESUS CHRIST.
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YES! Sephiroth just BLEW THE HELL out of Mario that update! He's not even at his peak yet!
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~*Ex~Tha*~
"What is most important to you, Cloud? Would you give me the pleasure of taking it away?"

jeeeeeeeeeeesus.

despite how badly Seph is destroying Mario, I think Mario will win updates throughout the day. I'll be pretty surprised if Seph keeps getting 62% updates.
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Sephiroth: Hmm...I think I'll do about as well on Cloud as Link. Just for kicks.

*one year passes*

Sephiroth: Eh, that was fun. But I wonder how it would feel to get my ass kicked 56/44 this time.

*a few months pass*

Hey, Bowser! I'll let you lead me for a while and crack 40% on me! You know, for NO REASON WHATSOEVER!

*a few months pass*

Tournament of Champions, huh? Hey, it's Mario. How much of a hoot would it be to beat him worse than I beat Bowser?

...Sephiroth could probably win the contest if he 'felt like it' on the right day. -_-
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*is Karma Hunter*

...Sephiroth could probably win the contest if he 'felt like it' on the right day.

=D

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

XD

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Second rule of war! He who holds the land can conquer heaven!

Sephiroth takes it over 300 already. He had 54% that update though. Still, he's having a very dominative performance.

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

Sephiroth proving that it's 1000 years too early for anyone to touch Clinkeroth.
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Uh oh, they started moving their legs back and forth while standing in place. You're about to fight aren't you? - My friend watching me play FFT

you know, this match is reminding me why we have the term "Clinkeroth". two months of hard work owning the main bracket and Sephiroth is treating him like the Midgar Zolom.
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Now if that day ended up being tomorrow, I'd love to see the chaos.
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I'll echo the "nice post Quaarma Hunter" sentiments.
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I love you Sephiroth, you always **** with those stats just to give these guys headaches. <3333
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~*Ex~Tha*~
"What is most important to you, Cloud? Would you give me the pleasure of taking it away?"

It's not even his best time yet. :)

Sephiroth!

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

you know, this match is reminding me why we have the term "Clinkeroth". two months of hard work owning the main bracket and Sephiroth is treating him like the Midgar Zolom.

If I didn't have a Guru signature coming up, that would SO be in mine right now. =p

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

From: transience | Posted: 9/21/2005 3:31:08 AM | Message Detail | #187
you know, this match is reminding me why we have the term "Clinkeroth". two months of hard work owning the main bracket and Sephiroth is treating him like the Midgar Zolom.

Hah :)

This is awesome. Sweet Square revenge.

Masamune style.

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Jeez, Mario. I can't understand why he's doing this much worse than Bowser was.

But I think I was right... Bowser and Ganondorf did way better than they should have because of people getting pissed that the leaderboard had 48 Sephiroths.
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I'm assuming the two guys tied for first will get the next two matches right.

Know what this means? In six contests, one Board 8 reg has managed to finish in first place. One.

Live by the board, die by the board.

If two guys tied/ahead of me can get Link/Cloud wrong, one of them being a bit of a Board 8 reg himself, I can see these three in front of me now getting at least this one wrong. I mean, face it. The way this contest has been, all you'd have to do is go Nintendo if there's any real doubt.

This is the first time Mario's really been challanged the entire contest. If, by rare chance, they all get it wrong, I win. And you know what that means.

Oh noes. Your ranks have been teh breached.
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Sephiroth continuing to kick Mario's ass by taking nearly 60% of the vote that update and stretching his lead out to 363.


With that, I'm off to sleep. The One Winged Angel should keep this up for a long, long time. Watch out, Link! =p

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

Seriously. 60% 5 minute updates? Sephiroth, you're not facing Bowser, you're facing Mario. Please remember that.
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Uh oh, they started moving their legs back and forth while standing in place. You're about to fight aren't you? - My friend watching me play FFT

Sephiroth exposing Mario for the fraud of a "Champion" he is.

(not like Seph is a real champion either, but at least he's in the discussion)
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*ventilates Mario*

Kneel, and show me your x-stats, begging for forgiveness.

*obliterated by Link the VERY NEXT DAY*

I...I won't become untransient.
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hey, Seph actually lost some percentage there.

I don't think this is going to stay this way, but just for fun.. Seph is currently at 46.78% of 2k3 Link. that's almost a 4% jump on his least squares number from the spring if I remember right.
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