"Snake! You can't do that! The future will be changed! You created a time paradox!"

Man, I am lovin' MGS3 when I shouldn't be, heh. The game's makin' me entirely too tense though, much moreso than the first two, and I dunno how much I like that.
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*Waits for MGS3:Subsistence*
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If it would be released on the Xbox, I woulda got that instead. As is though, I got no problem paying $10 for a used copy of it for my room-mate's PS2.
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Congrats, for your dominance has now been compared to priest-sex.

That's what I did for MGS2, although I bought it for $20 a year after it was out, rather than $5 now, even though I only got to it this year. The only reason why I'm just waiting out for Subsistence is for the included MSX versions of MG and MG2.
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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."

Since Leonhart has gone AWOL, I'm hoping someone else will be willing to write PCA analyses for me on rather short notice.

I need Samus/Frog, Ganon/Auron and Alucard/Sora. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to bother, and should anyone do this just e-mail the writeups to me at Ultimaterizer@gmail.com as an attachment.

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I'll get ya on Ganon/Auron; I'll try to have it tonight, but it might be tomorrow.
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Congrats, for your dominance has now been compared to priest-sex.

They don't have to be done by tomorrow or anything, but do know that I plan on finishing the first round tonight and will likely be up to Samus/Frog soon. I guess I'll set Wednesay as the time limit before I do the missing writeups myself.

Which I have no issue with, but I'd rather someone that actually saw the match and any big events to comment on the match and hype rather than me simply rattling of filler after looking at the updater.

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You should just write like two lines for Samus/Frog, cause that match was pretty dull. All it did was prove a CT decrease and that uhh....Frog's strength was overestimated >_>
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I'll write-up Sora/Alucard. It's much more entertaining to write for than the boring Zero/Lloyd matchup. I initially wanted to do Ryu/Bowser as well, but I missed the actual match due to Hurricane Katrina. I could have done a lot more with that match.

Sora/Alucard is a nice consolation though. =P
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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've got Ganon/Auron done; I'll send it as soon as G-Mail stops givin' me this "Server Error" crap.
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Aanndd...sent. With that, time for me to either sleep for my 8:00 Spanish/Advertising/Music Voice classes or play MGS3. Can't make up my mind, heh.
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Goin' to bed now...if no one takes up Samus/Frog by the time I get out of classes tomorrow though, I figure I'll write that one too; I'd hate to see a hold-up on some of the most interesting matches of the contest due to that ****-brick of a match.
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Okay, so didn't want to say anything when people were making/predicting/discussing game brackets but the inclusion of WoW bothered me, and the degree to which people expected it to be poweful was distrubing. Now you have this, which says nearly 60% of GF has never saw fit to pay for an online game. And that's any game, let alone WoW. Even if you expect people who only played free trials to fit in that catagory I'm going to have to say far less than half have even played WoW, and those who wouldn't pay for it obviously don't regard it that highly. Not a pony to put your money on.
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I think people give WOW the love because they expect it to be spammed all over the place, which is a possibility. I don't think it'd be that, that, that strong, but I didn't think Starcraft would be, either.

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Mario rawks!
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Jman_gamerX8, Lord of all Gurus. Well done!

I don't think it'd be that strong, but I wouldn't doubt it getting in... though you have to remember these polls don't even come close to the vote totals of a contest match, but I'd still say it's a damn good indicator that it'd be weak.

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Cheer up Emo kids. Nominate Prince of Persia for 2K6.

If it got the spamming people feared it would get, it'd be a powerhouse to be very feared...I, however, question it'd get that kind of spamming.

Then again though, saying that same thing to justify Ridley in the Final Four instead of Diablo cost me a perfect bracket.....
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I doubt WoW would be very strong, simply because the people who play MMORPGs don't care about anything but playing MMORPGs. Getting one of them off the game for even five seconds to vote on a website would be like pulling teeth.

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Okay, so didn't want to say anything when people were making/predicting/discussing game brackets but the inclusion of WoW bothered me, and the degree to which people expected it to be poweful was distrubing. Now you have this, which says nearly 60% of GF has never saw fit to pay for an online game. And that's any game, let alone WoW. Even if you expect people who only played free trials to fit in that catagory I'm going to have to say far less than half have even played WoW, and those who wouldn't pay for it obviously don't regard it that highly. Not a pony to put your money on.


Huh? This poll is really impressive for WoW. In the RO poll, only 2.5% of voters played it, and they were able to get it to the number one FAQ. A game that can get 13% must be very strong indeed.
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Congrats to Jman, for knowing that on GameFAQs, men are always > women.

Pokémon G/S/C
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Halo. Halo 2.

Or hell, let's use Solitaire as an example. Damn near everyone has played Solitaire. I doubt it could beat even three games in the Spring 2004 Contest.

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Kay-o, up to Samus/Frog. If anyone feels like writing for that one, feel free. If no one writes by Wednesday, I'll just go ahead and do it myself.

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Today's poll should have had a "Yes, Xbox Live" option.

I'll cover ya on Samus/Frog; I'll have it probably within two hours from now, and certainly before the end of tonight.
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Today's poll should have had a "Yes, Xbox Live" option.

True. I almost forgot I have Xbox Live. After the debacle that is Conker: Live & Reloaded, I barely touch it. I guess I'm just not really into online gaming. Sports games? I pass. Halo 2? I pass. Conker? Meh. I might give SFAC a chance, but I don't know how well I will adapt to using an XBox controller for a Street Fighter game. I'm just so used to the PS2 controller for those games.

Oh yeah, I'm working on Sora/Alucard right now. I'll be sending it within the hour.
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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."

*sigh*

I always feel dumb for asking the few times I've had to ask, but, what's the site for the BOP stats again?

That would be a link worth having on the first post.
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I keep forgetting. It's Ultimaterializer@gmail.com right?
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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."

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/detail.php?board=8&topic=23796255&message=261105761

Also known as: yes. =P
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Much like priest-sex, Jman_gamerX8 molested gurus by the hundreds.
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I need Samus/Frog, Ganon/Auron and Alucard/Sora. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to bother, and should anyone do this just e-mail the writeups to me at Ultimaterizer@gmail.com as an attachment.

Ummmm.... <_<;
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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."

...

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...whoops. I had over-looked that, heh. My bad. You had it right.
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Sent Samus/Frog now. Assuming Sora/Alucard is done and sent by you, the PCA should be able to carry on as usual now.

Volunteers > all, and I'm not even talking about football this time.
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I lost my internet connection last night when I was about to say it's near impossible to get mmorpg fans away from their games for anything. So, like Ulti said, there isn't much reason to believe they will get huge rally votes going to throw anything off.
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How did the October poll not have Soul Calibur 3 in it!?
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Memories are nice, but that's all they are.-Rikku

I think World of Warcraft would be very strong. Diablo proved to have strength when he was in the villains contest despite the fact that he's from a PC RPG (and in an ensemble cast as well). What's stopping WoW from doing the same?
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Nominate Sub-Zero and The Prince of Persia for SC2k6

Meh, he wasn't a big deal, really. Besides, even if WoW was as good in a sprign contest as Diablo was in a summer contest it'd only barely make it to round two.
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Yeah, but WoW does have the potential of being very strong. I don't think it will be as strong as Starcraft but strong enough to make it past Round 2 at least.
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Pwned by Jman_gamerX8 in the Guru Contest.
Nominate Sub-Zero and The Prince of Persia for SC2k6

Don't relax, stats fans. There's still work to do.

Mainly, study every last poll of the day at every second to determine the demographics of each individual voting frame (day vote, night vote, etc.) and to study long-term shifts in favoritism.

Is anyone up to this great task?
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Currently resurrected.

From: HaRRicH | Posted: 10/3/2005 1:16:18 PM | #325
*sigh*

I always feel dumb for asking the few times I've had to ask, but, what's the site for the BOP stats again?

That would be a link worth having on the first post.

Oh, yeah, that. I changed the file name a while ago.

http://www.freewebs.com/slowflake/bop.xls

It's a little out of date, but I'll upload the most recent data right away. As for the overall prediction percentage for the championship match... God knows if we'll ever get it.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

I don't think anyone actually won sc2k5. it's been two weeks, sheesh.
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Me and those silly typos <_<

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I can't remember the last time the stats topic went six hours without a post.

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Ah, a question.

Let's say I want to make adjustments to my set of stats, like for example adjusting Ocelot and Pac Man based on Spring 2005 Ocelot. How would I go about doing that?

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Use a base Ganondorf and go from there.
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

What does Ganondorf have to do with anything?

Two ways: Slap Ocelot's spring value in there, and calculate Pac-Man from there (BAD IDEA), or run off the assumption Bowser would beat Ocelot with the same margin as this spring, apply the results of that match to find Ocelot's ranking (much better, though this still puts Pac-Man crazy high). I did the latter, but with Kefka/Pac-Man instead.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

I still think Bowser benefited from Solid ****
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

Bowser didn't face Solid ****, though. Frog did.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=66

He's almost camouflage in the background.
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

That's nowhere near as bad as in 2004.

Besides, if you really want to believe someone can get close to 60% on Ryu then NOT have a close encounter with Snake, be my guest.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

Would you take Kirby > Zelda?
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

Yes.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

Ok just so we're clear with that.
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.