my worst loss is probably SM/LTTP, which I absolutely knew was wrong but put it out of pure hope.

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xyzzy

...I don't even want to mention my worst loss in terms of percentage. It's embarrassing to think about in hindsight.

Very embarrassing.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Kerrigan/Vincent, then.
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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''')

No, I had Vincent going to the Sweet Sixteen, losing out to Squall.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've even picked Blizzard to win anything in any contest. Yes, I had Kratos over Diablo. Again, don't ask.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I had Chop Chop beating Lara Croft, Auron beating Cloud, and TV beating Mega Man. I think I win. <_<.
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Chief of Patrol in Sir Chris' police force
www.rpgdl.com

I'm sure there's something worse than Kratos/Diablo.. heck, Vivi lost to Zelda worse then Kratos did to Diablo.
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xyzzy

Okay, okay.

I had Tetris beating Zelda.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

my worst loss is probably SM/LTTP, which I absolutely knew was wrong but put it out of pure hope.

Heh, I'm in that boat too, although it makes no sense since LttP is at the top of MY list. To top it off, I did the exact same thing with WW. Something made me think that OoT was the most popular Zelda game by far, and the legions of fanboys wouldn't support the other Zelda games as much.

Plus I thought that all Metroid fans would rally around SM at least.
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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 had Final Fantasy 1 winning the games contest. I win.

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Anything below an 8/10 is bad. Anything below a 9/10 isn't worth buying.- Liarer

Actually, the 2D and 3D Zelda fans are more mutually exclusive than you'd like to think. How did LttP clinch 4th in the game contest and the anniversary contest, you think?
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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 picked Donkey Kong over Zelda.
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I know you love me... I wanna wad you up into my life...

I had Contra defeating FF7 in the games contest. >_>
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RIP Eddie Guerrero. 1967-2005
I just got GURU'D by voltch!

ooh... Janus might win this one. I put Tetris over Zelda, actually.
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xyzzy

Thanks, Janus. I don't feel quite as bad now.

*thinks back to all of my bad losses*

...Ocelot over Bowser. There's another one.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Well of course I know that NOW. But back then, I thought I was alone in my undying love for LttP, while the rest of GameFAQs was teeming with OoT fanboys. Yeah, sue me.
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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 just shook with disgust when I remembered that I put Kefka over Crono. gah.

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xyzzy

That's also part of the reason I took Tetris over Zelda and why I took Sonic 2 over Mario World.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Thinking back to it...I had tetris beating SMB3.

Yeah, I'm insane. <_<.
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Chief of Patrol in Sir Chris' police force
www.rpgdl.com

I had Mario 3 winning the whole contest, but that was probably more of a fanboyism pick.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Metroid Prime winning Div128, while not terrible in terms of its percentage loss to Wind Waker (or even its extrapolated estimate against SSBM), cost me the most points, and I'm fairly certain Kerrigan over Vincent was the worst I've done percentage wise.
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pi

Outside of what I've mentioned, I don't really have many bad matches. In terms of total correct pics rather than points earned, I have done really well in contests. But I still get owned by yoblazer...
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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."

Everyone gets owned by yo... honestly, does he ever NOT finish in the top 10?

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Explicit Content, Thrusting Harder Than Ever
Cheer Up Emo Kids

Huh? You took Sonic over Cloud?

Leonhart already said he didn't, but I know I did. Not proud of it though; 2k3 just wasn't too great of a year for me. Hell, I don't think it was alot higher than my VILLAIN CONTEST's score.


Wario vs. Shadow. As if I needed more reasons to hate the damn thing.

That was on my birthday, too. That one blew.



As for my worst pick...Cloud/Sonic, Wario/Shadow, and Zero/Scorpion -- in that order. As I just mentioned, 2k3 just wasn't too great of a year for me. I didn't predict in 2k2 though, to be fair; I'm sure I coulda done a LOT worse in that one.
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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 was also one to take Sonic over Cloud.

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

Here's hoping it'll be enough to propel Sonic to a Final Four berth and finally a win over a Noble Nine character.

Hate to burst your bubble, but Sonic Rush only sold 20,000 copies in November.

Oh, and I had Serious Sam beating Mega Man in 2002. Your move.

But seriously, I didn't know that much about video games back in 2002.
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"Heh, heh. The wind. . .it is blowing."--Ganondorf Dragmire

My dumbest mistake had to be Ness beating Cloud back in 2k3... Don't ask.
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Jman_gamerX8 owned me in the Guru Contest!

Just 20,000? Bah, that sucks. Sonic's games have been doing the best on the 'Cube, so I figured Rush would help him out.

I'll still hold out hope. He was so close to beating out Mega Man. Plus, he might get lucky and face Solid Snake so he'll be able to beat a Noble Niner without needing a strength boost.

And here's hoping MGS3: Subsistence helps out Solid Snake, too, with the releases of MG1 and MG2. Now the voters will get used to those awful sprites............
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

In its defense, it did come out pretty much at the same time as Mario Kart DS. But yeah, 20,000 is pretty lousy. Shadow the Hedgehog did enough to sell over 100,000 with all three platforms combined. Just for the other Sonic release that month.

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

Not to mention, Rush is pretty cheap for a new release. I got it for 5 bucks less than Partners in Time.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

If there was a new Sonic game that was going to help Sonic get a rather significant boost, I would wager it would be the next-gen Sonic that's coming out on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Anything other than that probably wouldn't provide anything substantial, at least I wouldn't think anything would.


Looking back, and while it may not be the worst thing I could have done, I did pick Squall to beat Solid Snake back in 2002.

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

Yeah, those early screens for the next-gen Sonic look amazing.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Oh yeah. It's been a while, but this is the first time I'm really anticipating a new Sonic release. The others have ranged from terrible to good, but this one looks like it'll be fantastic. I love how Naka said they're trying to recreate Sonic to make it more like the old games. Appropriate, too, since it'll mark the 15th anniversary of the Blue Blur when it's released.

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

i havent seen a single commercial for Sonic rush and i didnt even know it was out. i think sega is just too busy advertising the mediocre game....... shadown the hedgehog
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"AntiJuggalo is quite a Christian...IN BED!" - Aeon
You mean frigid, timid and apologetic afterwards?-Renmauza

I did a favorites bracket in 2k2 and I had Crash > Sephiroth, but with trying I think my worst pick is Wario > Shadow

The other times I think I picked a loser to win that got under 40% are Luigi > Squall, Mario > Sephiroth (2k3), Phantasy Star > Contra and Laharl > Vyse
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"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush

I remember being puzzled as to why so many people on the board were shocked by Contra beating down Phantasy Star.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I can see why people might've took Sonic > Cloud, Sonic did better against Link (indirectly) than Cloud did, but my reason for taking Cloud over Sonic was Cloud > Sephiroth > Samus = Sonic.
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"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush

I remember being puzzled as to why so many people on the board were shocked by Contra beating down Phantasy Star.

I didn't know much about both games so I took the higher seed and went on with the bracket. It was only one point. Then again I said the same thing about Halo/Starcraft.
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"I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush

Phantasy Star was a 5 seed I reckon.

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

Blowout-wise, my worst pick was Kazuya over Scorpion (71/29 match). I was surrounded by MK hatred. Even worse was that I had Kazuya making it to the ELITE EIGHT...not so much because I thought Kaz was strong, but I thought both Pac-Man and Max Payne were weak. I was right about the weakness in that half-division, at least.

Pointwise, my worst was Magus over Link. I kinda...knew Link would win, but...I just had to pick somebody to beat Link. I also had Metroid Prime winning Division 128...it seems I always overestimate the Metroid series.

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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."

I remember picking Q*Bert to beat Dante, and I could probably find one worse if I looked harder.

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

My most painful loss was Ridley beating Diablo and taking the division in the villains contest.

My whole bracket was slain thanks to that one. ;_;
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Leo: Well, what do you think of the decal? It's a p-
Aeris: I KNOW.

In terms of points, it's not that hard to figure mine. Worst thing is, I knew Samus drew a lot of her strength from SSBM and I didn't remind myself of it at the most crucial time.

Oh well, I can always console myself with the fact that had I picked Mario to win that match, I'd have had him losing to Crono. -_-
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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''')

My biggest loss was when Seph lost to Cloud in 2k4, but I already had a few stupid upsets that didn't happen (Like Frog > Snake)
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transience: I'm in everyone's sig!

Remember that poll? If there was ever a way to ruin a hyped match, this was the one. IIRC it happened near the end of round 1:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1590

Now, keep in mind Metroid Prime was the correct answer, and WW almost had half the votes regardless. Ouch.
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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''')

If there was a new Sonic game that was going to help Sonic get a rather significant boost, I would wager it would be the next-gen Sonic that's coming out on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

No Revolution? I plan on getting both a Revolution and PS3, so it doesn't worry me, but it seems kinds stupid on Sega's part considering how well their Gamecube Sonic games are selling.
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"Heh, heh. The wind. . .it is blowing."--Ganondorf Dragmire

who thinks the PS3 launch will be bigger than the PS2's launch?
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

Yeah, I remember that poll kinda killing the hype MP/WW had. Still, Prime did better than I figured after what LttP did to Super Metroid.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Well, the concept of Wind Waker SFFing anything is striking me as being near the realm of impossibility, so...
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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''')

My most painful loss was Ridley beating Diablo and taking the division in the villains contest.

I thought the winner of Ridley/Diablo would win the division...and picking Ridley instead of Diablo cost me a perfect bracket.
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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.

Do you think Wind Waker would SFF (or even beat) the original LoZ or perhaps a lesser installment?
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."