Metroid, too? Okay, now that's just wrong.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

All site bios = updated

Now I just need to work on adding the missing characters and updating the stats in the RPGDL topic.

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

No, it's perfectly right. Metroid was a better series in 2D. Plain and simple.
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Voltch just gave me my 3rd Guru loss this year.

I don't know who wrote some of this biased trash, but it has a smell of Ulti to to be honest. ¬_¬

Here are some of the "best" bits.


For whatever reason, Sonic cannot seem to shake off the ghosts of his famous choke job against Samus in 2002. He seriously has not been the same since.

Incorrect, Samus has not been the same since.


The time had come! Sonic would finally win a tough match and shed being called a has-been! Or at the very least, he wouldn't be considered more of a has-been than Mega Man was.

Nobody but you and a handful of others call him that. This week alone Sonic Rush (Tipped to be the greatest platform game in years) and Shadow The Hedgehog are being released.

A few weeks ago next-gen Sonic was revealed and it impressed pretty much everyone. If you want 2D kicks, play handheld Sonic, if you want retro get some of the collections (Sonic CD) or if you want new school with a touch of class play Adventure or wait for the next-gen games. How in the hell is he a has been? Sonic hasn't even peaked yet.

I don't it's hilarious that you neglected to mention once of Sonic's leap in popularity this year.

Forget ever seeing Sonic take down Mario; he can't even beat Mega Man.

Shadow 45% on Mario.

No one expected Knuckles to win that match, outside of a few joke posts here and there.

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Again, I had been saying that since the bracket was released. As was many others. I can't remember who they were (charmander maybe?)

Regardless, the only ones who were baffled were the hardcore, due to their Magus bias.

We have that pathetic excuse for a badass, Shadow.

o_0

writeup courtesy of Slowflake

ohh.... =p


Biased write ups are no fun. :(





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Shadow 45% on Mario.

Cloud 51% on Link lol
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The October 2005 Guru Contest: Where voltch kicked my ass.
Rest in peace, Eddie.

Well I think it's more relative that a weaker Sonic character then himself would naturally do worse on any given character.


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http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/927124.asp?q=shadow%20the%20hedgehog

lol 50% average.
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voltch may not pwn with English, but he can certainly pwn gurus.
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Ulti should have left that bit about everyone expecting Sonic to beat Mega Man. That's the hallmark of his analyses, after all: every result is a huge shock, in some fashion. Heck, he made Snake over Bowser an upset.
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There's always someone better.

I could have sworn I fixed that to reflect the fact that most thought Mega would win. Let's have a look-see...

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

In a match that many felt that Mega Man was going to easily win...

I know for a fact I added that in last night, specifically after I saw Leon's post in the other topic.

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

For once I agree with Chichiri - Metroid and Zelda were both better in 2d. That's one of the reasons the GBA has been my favorite system for a while now.
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Voltch kicked my ass in the guru contest!

Well I personally like Prime more than Super and Zero Missions, and I can't imagine Fusion being too much better.

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

Eh, SM's the only really great Metroid game, but 3D and 2D Zelda are both pretty good. All Zelda games after Zelda 2 are pretty awesome, so no problem either way, so long as Zelda's keep being developed.
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voltch may not pwn with English, but he can certainly pwn gurus.
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

You say that as if the first two Zeldas aren't awesome :(

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

I didn't say they weren't awesome...just inferior to the other 8. >_>
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voltch may not pwn with English, but he can certainly pwn gurus.
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

You're nuts. The first one is by far the best in the series.
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Voltch just gave me my 3rd Guru loss this year.

No way - I'll take Zelda 1 and 2 over the Minish Cap any day.
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Voltch kicked my ass in the guru contest!

Minish Cap beats Retro Zelda any day.

but no one seemed to believe that Zelda would increase in strength between 2003 and 2005 at the same rate as Link, assuming she even increased at all.

Umm... the hell? Where did that Zelda-over-Snake hype come from, then?
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

I have issues exagerrating everything.

Anyhoo, fixed that line.

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

I also have issues spelling "exaggerating" properly.

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

You're nuts. The first one is by far the best in the series.

If you mean nostalgia > fun, you certainly have a point. Nostalgia certainly does wreak havoc with out objectivity, regardless of how good the game actually is.
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voltch may not pwn with English, but he can certainly pwn gurus.
Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

if you're talking about Zelda, I prefer the first slightly over the third. 3d Zelda is okay, but nothing special to me.
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voltch: 9% better than me.

Wow, Ulti listened to my suggestion. Yay! ^_^
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Memories are nice, but that's all they are.-Rikku

After a long layoff, pages are being made again. Andross and Joanna Dark are the first contestants.

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

Not only does Tidus fail to blow away a joke entry

*impales Ulti*
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I know you love me... I wanna wad you up into my life...

I love The King and all, but let's get real here. You think Link or Mario would have failed to treat him like fodder?

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

th king of all cosmos could get over 15% in a match with link but not much more i guess.
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

Nah, I really doubt KoaC would crack 15% against Link. Seeing as how the unadjusted x-stats have him at just under 15%, I believe Kirby rSFF'd Bowser a lil', and KoaC could have benefitted from anti-votes against Tidus...I don't see King Cosmos cracking 15% on the site's most popular character.
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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.

FACT OR FICTION:Link would get less than he would be projected to get on tanner due to anti-voting
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

I'll go with FACT, but not so much because of anti-voting as because of joke-votes. Either way though, Link still wouldn't be too far off from the original estimation.
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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.

FACT, easily. Joke voting will do the job, and anti-voting could bring Tanner close to the score he got on Snake. Not that there's a major difference between 3% and 5% anyway, since the other complete losers are so far ahead even Mr. Driller would be projected to get 64%.

No, the question to ask is, would Mr. Driller beat Tanner with 64%, less, or more?
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

I say.. um... more. I guess.

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"Transience for ertyu user contest 2 champion!" ~ Some famous writer
"I believe Yeats wrote that after he penned The Second Coming." -icon

More, if for no other reason than Mr. Driller gettin' a launch-release for the DS. Not that it means alot, but neither does Mr. Driller or Tanner.
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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.

More

While Tanner is probably behind action hero SFF, his series has pretty much hit rock bottom now. The guy is probably more famous now for being ridiculed in San Andreas than his appearance in Driv3r.
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RIP Eddie Guerrero (1967 - 2005)
I am but Jay Solano in the presence of voltch, the Guru champion.

Ridiculed in SA? Explanation. Now.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

During one of the missions in SA, a security guard is playing a video game and starts ridiculing Driver and yells "Tanner, you suck."

In GTA III, there is also a mission called Two-Face Tanner, where you have to rub out an under cover cop who suspiciously looks like Tanner and drives a car resembling Tanner's.
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RIP Eddie Guerrero (1967 - 2005)
I am but Jay Solano in the presence of voltch, the Guru champion.

could it be.. a Tanner boost?!
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"Transience for ertyu user contest 2 champion!" ~ Some famous writer
"I believe Yeats wrote that after he penned The Second Coming." -icon

Oh-kay.

Man, Tanner truly is the loser to end all losers. I mean, you don't see Master Chief making fun of Gordon Freeman... (Though that'd rule if it happened. You know you want to see it.)
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

Here is the full quote from the game script.

"This sucks. I mean, how could Refractions mess up so bad? Tanner, you suck ass!"
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RIP Eddie Guerrero (1967 - 2005)
I am but Jay Solano in the presence of voltch, the Guru champion.

While we're talking about Mr. Driller, I think he might be a bit underrated. =P

Compare Serious Sam's pictures:
http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=25
http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=42

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

yeah, I've always felt that way.. that said, it's Mr. Driller.
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"Transience for ertyu user contest 2 champion!" ~ Some famous writer
"I believe Yeats wrote that after he penned The Second Coming." -icon

It's not like being underrated means Mr. Driller beats somebody else we thought he wouldn't...
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Doesn't MGS3 make fun of Sam Fisher and Gabe Logan?

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

Yep, and rightfully so.
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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.

Snake vs. Monkey dialogue = Awesome!
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Just because I'm bored...All-time winning percentages for characters who have won at least one match and who have been in multiple contests:

94.74% - Link
82.35% - Cloud Strife
81.82% - Sephiroth
80.00% - Mario
77.78% - Mega Man
77.78% - Crono
76.47% - Solid Snake
76.47% - Samus Aran
73.33% - Sonic the Hedgehog
69.23% - Bowser Koopa
66.67% - Ganondorf
62.50% - Zero
62.50% - Yoshi
60.00% - Squall Leonhart
60.00% - Frog
57.14% - Tommy Vercetti
57.14% - Sora
57.14% - Master Chief
57.14% - Auron
55.56% - Ryu
55.56% - Dante Sparda
55.56% - Alucard
50.00% - Scorpion
50.00% - Magus
50.00% - Luigi
50.00% - Liquid Snake
50.00% - Knuckles the Echidna
50.00% - Kirby
50.00% - Donkey Kong
42.86% - Tidus
42.86% - Pac-Man
42.86% - Kefka
40.00% - Ness
40.00% - Max Payne
40.00% - Lara Croft
40.00% - Jill Valentine
33.33% - Vivi Orunitia
33.33% - Shadow the Hedgehog
33.33% - Ryu Hayabusa
33.33% - Albert Wesker
25.00% - Vyse the Legend
25.00% - Sam Fisher
25.00% - Miles “Tails” Prower
25.00% - KOS-MOS
25.00% - Duke Nukem
25.00% - Crash Bandicoot
25.00% - Bomberman
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

solid snake must have had some very favourable brackets to have the same percentage as samus
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Winner of the Top Ten Guru Contest!

I knew Tanner only from GTA3 when the brackets came out.
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Congrats to Voltch for winning the Fall Contest

Yep, Snake's had some lucky draws in the past. Both Samus and he have been in the Elite 8 every year and in the Final 4 once, yet Samus outranked Snake every year. Supposing adjustments for Mario/Cloud and Link/Sephiroth in 2002, as well as Mario/Samus this year, it looks like this:

2002: Samus 7th, Snake 9th
2003: Samus 7th, Snake 8th
2004: Samus 4th, Snake 10th
2005: Samus 5th, Snake 9th

You get the idea. Samus actually fits the 4 Elite 8s, 1 Final 4 mold perfectly, while the only year Snake deserved to make the Elite 8 from a purely statistical standpoint, disregarding bracket placement, was 2003. Well, there's the obvious Clinkeroth-in-ToC thing this year, but he made the Final 4 with Clinkeroth still left to enter the fray, which means final 7 in a way... so Snake still got further than he should have regardless, thanks to Sonic and Samus' early oustings.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.