Beat the Angel.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Here you are, Slow:

2950 - Gordon Freeman
2323 - Sephiroth
2306 - Mario
2299 - CATS
2279 - Magus
2096 - Zero
2031 - Cloud
1988 - Mega Man
1953 - Solid Snake
1933 - Link
1847 - Auron
1835 - Crono
1826 - Alucard
1635 - Ganon
1568 - Kefka
1560 - Samus
1464 - Master Chief
1455 - Squall
1438 - Tidus
1394 - Dante
1393 - Bowser
1341 - Knuckles
1321 - Frog
1318 - Sora
1293 - King of All Cosmos
1251 - Shadow the Hedgehog
1136 - Pac Man
1120 - Liquid Snake
1107 - Kirby
1076 - Vivi
1026 - KOS-MOS
999 - Ryu
998 - Tanner
970 - Vercetti
888 - Luigi
880 - Ness
870 - Vyse
867 - Earthworm Jim
866 - Yoshi
864 - Laharl
857 - DK
849 - Bomberman
787 - Protoman
758 - Max Payne
742 - Viewtiful Joe
736 - Crash
736 - Guybrush
736 - Scorpion
729 - Luca Blight
712 - Conker
695 - Tails
687 - Ryo Hazuki
664 - Duke Nukem
656 - JC Denton
615 - Terry Bogard
611 - Jill Valentine
544 - HK-47
515 - Kain
491 - Ryu Hayabusa
490 - Lara Croft
483 - Pyramid Head
459 - Jak
446 - Sigma
411 - Sam Fisher
375 - Sly Cooper
318 - Ratchet

Obviously there will be a large discrepancy once new bios are put up.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Poor Ratchet. =(
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The October 2005 Guru Contest: Where voltch kicked my ass.

...*bios implode*
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Jman_gamerX8 has owned us with his sexy plumber bracket.

Gordon Freeman features the genius of myself, MMX and Amazing Telephone. I'm not surprised it's #1.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

I'm more surprised Sephy's at #2, really.
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Jman_gamerX8 has owned us with his sexy plumber bracket.

One Winged Angel. Duh.

Um, where's Sonic? I was trying to compare the Noble Niners, but I can't find him.

Besides, um, well, I didn't expect you to write them all up, and sorted at that. Thanks, anyway. It's always cool to see something refreshing like that.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

Ack, sorry about that.

Sonic's page has 2223 total hits.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Updates are done through MC's page, plus I finished the APOM page for the hell of it. G'night.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Sora/Snake is missing from the odd matches list. >_>
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Memories are nice, but that's all they are.-Rikku

the last poll option today should be interesting.. too bad a lot of people will joke vote it.

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xyzzy
voltch: 9% better than me.

oh yeah, since you guys aren't up at night, here's 01:30:

It's just a week away, so do you plan to pick up an Xbox 360?
Yes, I've got it pre-ordered 6.73% 263
Yes, I'll buy it off the shelf 7.78% 304
Maybe sometime next year 21.76% 850
Probably not, but I might change my mind 18.66% 729
No, it's just not for me 29.03% 1134
Never! My fanboyism knows no bounds! 16.03% 626
TOTAL VOTES 3906

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xyzzy
voltch: 9% better than me.

does anyone else think that lnik has gotten strong to the point where only he should be removed? imean when the revolution comes out with SSB:O mario and co will have partially closed the gap on cloud and sephiroth.i mean once TP comes out a fight between link and cloud would be like seeing SSJ 2 vegeta take on Mr satan
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

664 - Duke Nukem

only two more hits and the duke will have somethingquite devilish about him
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

does anyone else think that lnik has gotten strong to the point where only he should be removed?

NO. No one, not ever.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

I knew I was missing something. Thanks, party.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

NO. No one, not ever.

>_>

Have you read Link's bio lately?

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

does anyone else think that lnik has gotten strong to the point where only he should be removed?

No. Link should never be completely removed, unless it were another Tournament of Champions or something similar.

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[Bound Together Remix Project] -- This Is Gonna Be Good -- http://earthbound.joecam.net/

Well yes, but a lot of people used to feel that he should be gone completely.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Done up to and including Ryu, by the way.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Including Ryu? I don't see anything for him.

Still, now I'm hooked on Mega Man's page. Curse you, Mega Man music!
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Oh what the hell, I updated that page.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Have you read Link's bio lately?

Yes, yes I did. That doesn't change a thing, fighting for second place is a snooze. Heck, I had some serious trouble keeping my interest up this year because the main bracket was nothing more than a battle for fourth. I'd rather see Link decimate everything with 55%+ rather than see Cloud win and say, "bleh, Link would've beaten him anyway".

Besides, Cloud and Sephiroth will be able to count on a boost from those who didn't see the leaked AC... now, here's to hope what Vincent did to Crono was just a post-release spike à la Mario or a case of rSFF related to the leak, because if it was an actual boost, then it didn't do a damn thing to Cloud and Sephiroth - meaning AC merely prevented them from dropping.

Of course, this is complete conjecture - we have little data regarding what really happened. Had Vincent had more matches with AC under his belt, we might've been able to figure it out.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

I know what happened. I updated Ryu's bio but never actually confirmed if I wanted it posted on the site. Thankfully all the info was saved, so it should all be there now.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Well yes, but a lot of people used to feel that he should be gone completely.

To me, that just doesn't make sense. I understand the feeling that people are either getting tired of Link dominating everything or that he's winning too much, but you also have to think of what would happen when you do remove him. You get a new winner (Cloud), but the domination will only be a little lesser than what it was when Link was in there. The unfortunate thing here is that if you remove Link, you have to take two others with him or else it becomes no different, really.

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[Bound Together Remix Project] -- This Is Gonna Be Good -- http://earthbound.joecam.net/

Hey, Rikku actually has character...in Final Fantasy X anyway. But for some reason, it's reserved to the optional scenes in Guadosalam and the snowmobile.

And the thing is...Ryu wasn't even really THAT far off his normal self, despite the fact that Bowser beat him down.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

No, you have to take down FOUR others. We saw what happened whe we only took down two... Mario dominated outrageously, and no one will even think about picking Samus over Mario ever again. Take out Mario, and it still remains rather easy, since Crono and Megaman seemed to fade away a bit this year. The highest-level heated battle we could have at this point is the Crono/Megaman/Sonic trio.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

well i reckon that link will dominate for 12 more years until he is finally knocked out.
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

I can see far more fluctuation among everyone else with the exception of Link, Cloud, and Sephiroth. Mario would obviously be everyone's choice and Crono probably doesn't have much room to increase, unless he benefits from some all Square increase. Hmm. I guess you would have to take out Mario as well, but eh, I could live with him in there and the idea of him potentially losing.

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[Bound Together Remix Project] -- This Is Gonna Be Good -- http://earthbound.joecam.net/

Just to go off-topic for a sec and talk about the GFA tag-team contest goin' on there, I'm checkin' out the pics for the first round...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/kaonashi1/JoeCATSvsBombBass.png

...I hope I'm not the only one who thinks VJ/CATS's side looks absolutely bad-ass. Then it's hard to go wrong with Bomberman on the other side, too, though I dunno about Bass...never been too big on him
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

Hey, if one Noble Niner impressed this year more than anyone to me, it was Sonic. If the hedgehog can actually get his ass in gear with his newer/next-gen games (and signs are actually pointing to them potentially being worthwhile), he might be able to make a match with Mario (at least before Mario 128). I know I'm taking him over Crono and Mega Man next year unless his games completely bomb, so I think the potential is there.

Bah, I'm still upset about him losing to Mega Man.

...I always have a problem with overestimating Sonic, so just check to see how far I have him going, and put him one round back.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I fully expect Crono to under-perform next year due to new consoles being released, but, even then, I dunno if I could bring myself to pick Sonic over him (though I would love to, trust me). I would feel better putting Sonic > Crono than Mega > Crono though, for what it's worth.

Speaking about new systems, I had hardly been paying attention I guess, but the PotD had informed me the 360 is a week away...wow. What are the most recent release dates for the other two upcoming systems?
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

The PlayStation 3 had that "Spring 2006" date for a while and the Revolution won't be out until at least Fall I would imagine. The PS3 might be out before or during the next contest, but I would doubt it. I can almost see the Xbox 360 having close to a year on the next-generation consoles. Unless, of course, Sony meets that Spring 2006 date, which I doubt heavily.

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[Bound Together Remix Project] -- This Is Gonna Be Good -- http://earthbound.joecam.net/

Okay, I was under the belief that they were all gonna be released before the Summer Contest next year for awhile...but, damn. Microsoft better take damn good advantage of this situation if they plan to get something more productive this generation than just Halo 2.
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

Have you ever seen anyone take advantage of being first in console wars?
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Voltch just gave me my 3rd Guru loss this year.

Didn't the original Playstation have a significant 'first-strike' advantage on the N64? I can't recall. Other than that, though, being first really hasn't seemed to help much...particularly for the Dreamcast.

I've seen somewhere that the PS3 was delayed all the way to 2007, for what it's worth. Dunno if it's true, though.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

personally i don't mind the ps3 being late. i'm getting KHII and FFXII and MGS3:Subsistence in the meantime
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

I'm getting more and more hyped up about KHII with each passing day. That game is going to be huge.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Funny how KHII and MGS3:Subsistence come out on the same day heh?
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

Does KHII actually have a definite release date yet?
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

One thing that might help Crono a little is if Square decides to release Chrono Trigger on the GBA or DS. Since they're doing it with FF IV and FF VI, it wouldn't surprise me too much.
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Voltch kicked my ass in the guru contest!
Nominate Aeris for SC2k6.

Yeah; Crono is relying on that if he wants another significant boost someday. Certianly not impossible, and, hell, it'd be great for handhelds if that happened, but I just feel like they would have been doing that in place of FF4/6 if they were ready to do that soon. Note that I'm not saying it's hard to port it.
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

Well, it kind of makes sense to do them in chronological order. FF IV is coming out next month and FF V and VI have been announced, so maybe CT will be after those. But in that case it probably won't be out before 2007.
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Voltch kicked my ass in the guru contest!
Nominate Aeris for SC2k6.

And to go off topic, Circle of the Moon is an outstanding game. I was playing it on my trip and I think I like it better than SotN - for one thing, it's not quite such a cakewalk. Too bad the GBA Castlevanias are so hard to find these days...
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Voltch kicked my ass in the guru contest!
Nominate Aeris for SC2k6.

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dawn of sorrow>sotn>aos>cotm>hod
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currently playing: castlevania dos. lunar dragon song, advance wars ds, fire emblem 6, maximo 2

You know, with all the talk about taking out the top 4 characters, I actually don't MIND any of them being in the main bracket. Sure it makes for easy prediction, but there are still some intriguing matches that I'd like to see statswise.

I want to see how Snake would stand up to Clinkeroth. I want to see how Crono would fare against Cloud and Sephiroth with potential SFF, or how Vincent or Tifa would fare against Sephy. Sure most of those matches are meaningless, but I'd still like to see them. And as for Mario, I'd just like to see how he fares against more characters. Would matches against Sonic or Mega Man go screwy and allow him to blow them out? There's still plenty of interest for US in these contests... ;)
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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."

As for consoles, I think the XBox 360 will be closer to the PS2 than to the Dreamcast as far as comparisons go for consoles released earlier than others.

The Dreamcast came without much fanfare, and although it was technically the best system out by far, it still had to compete against a PS1 still in its prime. The announcement and release of the PS2 simply was too much for Sega to handle apparently, although they could have done a MUCH, much better job with the Dreamcast as far as advertising and business as a whole went.

With this generation, EVERYONE knows about the XBox 360, as well as the PS3 and Revolution, so there will be no surprises. We all pretty much know what is out there with the systems, so I think XBox has a huge advantage on Sony in that regards. Everyone thinks about Dreamcast when thinking about if the XBox 360 was released too early, but fail to mention the fact that the PS2 was released a year before the XBox and Gamecube. And look at the market share that the PS2 has as a result. Of course, I don't think that Microsoft will beat Sony this generation, but they will certainly take a larger portion of the market.
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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."