HOLD IT!!!

Aside from Phoenix Wright, who's brand new, we're running out of newcomers to campaign for. The big ones all made it this year, without exception.

...

GO ZELOS!
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

I can still think of quite a few who haven't made it yet who at least deserve a chance to show what they can do, and it'd be worthwhile to rally for some who haven't seen action in a couple of years (*coughs*Fox McCloud*coughs*).
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

GO PRESEA!

Fixed. =D
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"Chiri to kashinasai! Kore de... owari desu! HIEN MESSHOUJIN!!! Toki wa modoranai, sore ga sizen no setsuri." ~Presea Combatir

Carmen Sandiego <_<

Seriously... her name is beginning to buzz on the board. Anybody should instantly recognize her name, and she actually looks badass!

http://www.computingwithkids.com/image/carmenchar.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4118/carmentop.jpg

How could you not support the lady in red?
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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."

And don't forget Diddy Kong. He may not be as popular as his DKC days, but he's still Diddy Kong!
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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 still say Serge needs to get his chance, whether he bombs or not. I just want to see him.
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"A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul

My hopes for newcomers this year:

JAY SOLANO
Phoenix Wright
Prince of Persia
Locke
Serge
The Boss
Soma
Mewtwo


Those are the ones that would be the most interesting to see from my view (more from board interaction than match-discussion though). Out of those, I would only have faith in PoP, Mewtwo, and Locke to handle themselves somewhat decently (as in be close to the fodder-line).

I'd also like to see Fox McCloud, Joanna Dark, and Master Hand return (I can't help it; I wanna see the glove in a 1/8-seed SFF-match, heh).
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano in 2k6.
Why? He floats like a butterfly and stings like a...butterfly. Can't match grace like that.

...heh. Looks like it WILL be hard to rally a large contingent of users around one character. What we saw with Kerrigan won't be seen ever again.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

...heh. Looks like it WILL be hard to rally a large contingent of users around one character. What we saw with Kerrigan won't be seen ever again.

*cough*
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Nominate JAY SOLANO for the GameFAQs Summer 2006 Contest!
http://members.shaw.ca/teamrocketelite/JaySolano.html

Oh, and just to preempt the smartass remarks, Kerrigan won't be seen ever again either.

I can't decide whether it's good or bad, though.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

Yeah; after Starcraft's amazing run and Diablo following up with a decent surprise of his own the year after -- coupled with Leonhart's rally -- Kerrigan killed with the nominations board-wise.

She, along with those nominations, got wasted in the first round, too.


Here's to hoping Jay Solano follows suit.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano in 2k6.
Why? He floats like a butterfly and stings like a...butterfly. Can't match grace like that.

Somehow, I doubt we're going to have something of the same magnitude. JS is a joke entry at heart, and I'm pretty sure the board's Kerrigan nominators didn't all post in that tally topic.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

The main thing I'm looking forward to is how the DS will affect everyone's strength. The GBA hasn't had much effect, but look at Kirby...

He had a gigantic boost this year, and it may have been thanks to Canvas Curse. I know he had the Amazing Mirror too, but still, that was some boost.
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Leo: Well, what do you think of the decal? It's a p-
Aeris: I KNOW.

I'm still a believer of Kirby rSFF'ing Bowser. KCC probably helped him some, sure, and I think the DS is largely responsible for the large boost we saw in many Nintendo characters simply by bringing in more Nintendo fans (then, from there, whatever games attract whichever fans more than others). I just think that, for Bowser hardly/not SFF'ing Yoshi and Kirby being stronger than Yoshi (as well as from a different series) -- then add to it Kirby is likely much more prefered from the SSB/M fanbase than Bowser -- and I see rSFF being more likely a solution for Kirby looking more impressive this year than K:CC.

Besides, didn't Kirby get damn-near exactly what he was expected to get on 2k4-adjusted Tidus? If nothing else, how many people would take Kirby to beat Zelda? Unadjusted stats have Kirby winning that battle with 51.82%. If you're about to say Zelda would have the LoZ advantage and would keep it from being like that, well, you're right, heh, but then also look at it like this: Kirby would be expected to get 47.31% against Solid Snake...to compare, Zelda got 45.59% against Solid Snake.


Possible, sure, but I don't believe it.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano in 2k6.
Why? He floats like a butterfly and stings like a...butterfly. Can't match grace like that.

I don't know why, but I'm still having trouble believing Carmen Sandiego debuted in a video game. Along with The Prince of Persia and Ifnkovhgroghprm, she's one of the newcomers I'd rally for most fervently.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

I thought it was common fact that she was a video game character. I used to play the PC games all the time growing up. The only thing I hated was that in order to get promoted from Sleuth, you had to answer a question which required you to have Folger's Almanac. Cheap advertising. I never got promoted, thus never got the chance to actually CATCH Carmen Sandiego. Always got stuck catching her thugs over and over. ;_;
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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'm sure Kirby did overperform a bit on Bowser, as Bowser did on Snake as well, but I would not take Kirby over Zelda. Zelda's working off Twilight Princess hype, and unless Kirby gets a major boost from his Gamecube game next year, I don't think he'd beat Zelda.
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Leo: Well, what do you think of the decal? It's a p-
Aeris: I KNOW.

so if KHII is top of the FAQ chart with the game released in JAPAN! how long will it last at the top when it's realeased in america and europe?
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

O_O

This is just plain SICK. If TP is truly delayed again, next year may be the year of Square. Which would only be fitting considering what happened this year.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

It doesn't surprise me much. How long have Square fans been waiting for that next big release? Three years at least?
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

It's really fun to look at the GameFAQS Top 50 List today.

I predicted Mario Kart DS jumping back into the Top 10, but I wasn't expecting Liberty City Stories.

It's interesting that the Xbox 360 Hardware FAQ actually dropped. PSP Hardware FAQ rose, but that's it. I'm also kinda surprised none of the other console hardware FAQS popped back on to the list due to Christmas. Hell, when the Revolution controller was revealed the Gamecube FAQ catapulted to #10, and the others took big jumps too.

It's also funny to see Final Fantasy VII, Tales of Symphonia and Diablo II collapse.
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"Heh, heh. The wind. . .it is blowing."--Ganondorf Dragmire

wait has FFVII:AC come out in USA&EU yet?
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

Not yet. The time I'm expecting Advent Children to release in America is sometime during the Spring. At the least, there was an American advertisement in EGM not too long ago. It really isn't that far off anymore, which is a good thing.

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Visit the renowned "Tent of Horrors"!!
Spend your 0 Silver Points here -- Parental Discretion Advised.

IMDB has the "DVD premiere" of Advent Children at January 10th. Not sure if that's different from a plain old release or not or if its even correct.
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"Heh, heh. The wind. . .it is blowing."--Ganondorf Dragmire

Besides, didn't Kirby get near exactly what he was expected to get on 2k4-adjusted Tidus?

He nailed the unadjusted Tidus within half a percent, not the adjusted. Still, I guess it's possible that Kirby might have overperformed against Bowser (and/or Bowser against Snake) since Tidus was technically stronger in 2005.
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"A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul

Speaking of which, it is odd to note that Tidus's expected percentage against 2005 Link is nearly equal to what his 2004 self was expected to get against Base Link.
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"A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul

Then again, he and Magus are tightly placed together... grr. I hate you, Tidus.

It is possible he underperformed a bit against Megaman. Just, not by the ten points we thought it was at the time. More like, two or three.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

*jumps in*

Sora for SC2K6 champ!

</monthly stat-topic post>
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Memories are nice, but that's all they are.-Rikku

That would be awesome.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Dragon Warrior, Deus Ex, Perfect Dark, FFTA

I can think of three characters that have beaten Sora that I would rather see win it all before Sora won. Not that I can fairly say this though -- I never played KH.....
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano in 2k6.
Why? He floats like a butterfly and stings like a...butterfly. Can't match grace like that.

If anyone deserves to win something, it's Sonic... Has he even had a shining contest moment yet?
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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 would like to see Crono take one of these someday...

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Visit the renowned "Tent of Horrors"!!
Spend your 0 Silver Points here -- Parental Discretion Advised.

Now that I think about it, Sonic really is the one who deserves it most. Even Snake has a Final 4 appearance and thrashings of Sora and Squall under his belt. Sonic's greatest moment was probably pulling 57% against Tifa; needless to say, an industry icon deserves something far more historic.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Yeah, it seems every Noble Niner has had his shining moment against Sonic...

Link - Overall best
Cloud - Only guy to ever beat Link
Sephiroth - Beat the crap out of Mega Man in 2003, despite having a close match the previous year
Mario - Won in 2005
Samus - Upset Sonic
Crono - Beat Mario in 2004
Mega Man - Broke 90% twice in 2002
Snake - Biggest character blowout in entire contest

Meanwhile, Sonic has choked against Samus AND Mega Man. I love that guy. He needs his moment of glory. ;_;
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Leo: Well, what do you think of the decal? It's a p-
Aeris: I KNOW.

If TP doesn't come out by next summer I might take the risk and take Cloud over Link (If you call it a risk).
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"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush

What about a best Sega character contest? The only ones who has a chance to not get doubled by Sonic will get SFF'D (Knuckles, Tails and Shadow).
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transience: I'm in everyone's sig!

XD. Sephiroth and Mario may be paper champions, but they'd still look like solid gold in comparison.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

The entire stats topic posters should devote itselves to nominating new entrants who have a chance of not getting completely raped (Prince of Persia >_>) and users who we've seen before, but never got a chance to shine (Fox McCloud >_>) as he got owned by Cloud/Link? I'm too lazy to check, when he got in.

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Explicit Content, Thrusting Harder Than Ever
Cheer Up Emo Kids

I'd agree with that to some extent. Other than Gordon and CATS, all my nominations are going to new entrants who will hopefully get rallied into the big dance (even though many of them are fodder >_>). Certainly, I'm not wasting any more nominations on Link and Snake from this point onward.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

*points to Jay Solano army, with 102 members*
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xyzzy

Jay Solano will get in, dammit.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Dragon Warrior, Deus Ex, Perfect Dark, FFTA

Don't forget Pikachu. As much as I hate the little rodent (and its whole evolutionary line by extension), I'd love to see what it's actually worth. From being behind Mario/Cloud in 2002 to being DOUBLE SFFED in 2003, as well as being behind possible FF7/Xenogears SFF in the game contest, we still have no clue what it's worth, and it should only spark even more debate as to Mewtwo as well. It's like Pac-Man, except we actually got a decent read on Pac-Man once. Three ****ing years ago, though.

Certainly, I'm not wasting any more nominations on Link and Snake from this point onward.

I'd like to do the same, but old habits die hard >_> It's just too tempting to nominate my 10 favorites to try and get them a good seed and move on, or in Link's case, just try to do my part to not have Clinkeroth banned outright. And the bad news is, only one of my 10 favorites has never gotten into a contest >_>
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

The entire stats topic posters should devote itselves to nominating new entrants who have a chance of not getting completely raped (Prince of Persia >_>) and users who we've seen before, but never got a chance to shine (Fox McCloud >_>) as he got owned by Cloud/Link?

Yeah, bringing back some snubs would be nice. The problem with new entries is that some people that should be strong could be weaklings in disguise, but a good degree of turnover would be nice.
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This sig on hiatus this week.
www.rpgdl.com

I rather have new fodders than old fodders
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"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush

I think Sub-Zero and Yoshimitsu could do pretty well. Of course, this site doesn't really like fighting games in general, so I don't know exactly how strong they'd be, but intuition tells me neither would be complete fodder.
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Only The Fog knows!!!
http://www.ytmnd.com/users/profile/22637

I rather have old fodder who still have some bracket-wrecking potential in them than new fodder that are sure to fail.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')

I maintain that Nightmare is one of the strongest fighters we haven't seen yet. We really need a Soul Calibur character to get into one of these things.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Dragon Warrior, Deus Ex, Perfect Dark, FFTA

I'd rather have Knuckles get to the Sweet 16.

What? End of topic! <_<
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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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Magus > Knuckles in my heart still.
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Y'know, a girl should really consider a change of career when getting shot out of a mass driver at hypersonic speeds seems mundane.
-Samus Aran (M''')