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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:03:41 PM | message detail
It was up against KIRBY, for chrissakes.

And, uh...144 zeroes left. WTF mate
Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:04:16 PM | message detail
The better Metal Gear does, the better I feel about Castlevania winning its four pack.

It'd screw my bracket over, but that'd be awesome.

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"Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake
Team Rocket Elite | Posted 7/5/2006 9:04:33 PM | message detail
Score-Brackets-% Right
3------31038----89.9220311
2------11978----89.2386041
1------2920-----85.5821918
0------262------45.0381679

Almost half the 0s died on this match. Favorite bracket gone wrong? Nothing else particularly special about this match.

One person fell off the Top 50 today. StardockMage thought Kirby could take out Metroid.
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BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/5/2006 9:04:44 PM | message detail
So, can anyone else join me in laughing at people who had the winner of KH/Halo beating Metal Gear?


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Draco1214 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:05:06 PM | message detail
Yeah. Even though I have Halo winning, I would gladly sacrifice a point to see Castlevania win that match.
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Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:05:53 PM | message detail
Still safely above 70% after the update. Awesome.

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Master Moltar | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:02 PM | message detail
So...MG over 70%...

Yeah, it's won this division. Consider it booked!!
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Moltar Status: Excited, the Contest is here at last!
Metal Gear vs. Soul Calibur - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (4/4)
dragoontheguy | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:21 PM | message detail
I'll think up a sig later, til then. ^_~

Maybe you should have waited until after the five minute update... snake is always strong with the board vote. Thanks for taking me up on my offer btw, I'll enjoy making your sig.
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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:29 PM | message detail
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY KONAMI BEING A POWERHOUSE LOL CASTLEVANIA'S GONNA WIN

...when will you people realize that Soul Calibur never had any real strength to it, and that Kingdom Hearts was just a chump???
YoFedor33 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:35 PM | message detail
The better Metal Gear does, the better I feel about Castlevania winning its four pack.

Why is that? Realistically, Metal Gear is a fairly new series with three games from which to draw strength. Castlevania is on the opposite end of the spectrum.
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therealmnm | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:38 PM | message detail
Well, the good thing about this is at least something other than a Nintendo series is showing off strength. If Soul Calibur gave Metal Gear a fight, I would have began to question exactly how much of an influence Nintendo had in this contest.
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Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6
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trannyscience | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:49 PM | message detail
wow... this isn't a huge surprise, but I'm definitely scared of KH losing to Halo (or Castlevania) right now.
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charmander6000 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:06:58 PM | message detail
And, uh...144 zeroes left. WTF mate

Only Board 8 does 0 brackets and I bet at least a third are still favorites.
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YoFedor33 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:07:13 PM | message detail
Oh, and still #1
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still #1 on the leaderboard right here
Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:07:37 PM | message detail
Listen people. If I'm arguing against Metal Gear having powerhouse strength, so should you dammit.
Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:07:46 PM | message detail
...I seriously hate the stats topics booking after 5 minutes of a match, for it's path during the rest of the goddamn contest. Seriously though, this is the last time I let you bastards affect my oracle pick. First I lower my Metroid from 69% for 65.9%, and now I lower my MG from 70.18 to 66.67. Sure there's still plenty of time to swing, but damn you anyway!

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CompmanJX3 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:07:53 PM | message detail
Could you put a link to the spreadsheet file for the BOP in the first post in the future? I guess the topic purged, but I'm still interested in the final numbers on that and I don't know where to find it.
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Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:08:07 PM | message detail
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY KONAMI BEING A POWERHOUSE LOL CASTLEVANIA'S GONNA WIN

Why must you joke about something that should be true?! >>

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Janus5000 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:08:11 PM | message detail
Er... um...

*scrolls through list of excuses*

Wait until the kiddies wake up!
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Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:09:18 PM | message detail
Listen people. If I'm arguing against Metal Gear having powerhouse strength, so should you dammit.

Hey, it was always the fourth strongest series, yo.

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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:09:31 PM | message detail
Don't worry Janus, now you know mine and HM's shame.

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RPGuy96 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:09:36 PM | message detail
Why is that? Realistically, Metal Gear is a fairly new series with three games from which to draw strength. Castlevania is on the opposite end of the spectrum.

There's five games of note behind StarCraft. Three of them are Halo, Kingdom Hearts, and Soul Calibur.
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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:10:51 PM | message detail
wow... this isn't a huge surprise, but I'm definitely scared of KH losing to Halo (or Castlevania) right now.

Halo baby!

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Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:11:02 PM | message detail
And that's a percentage increase! Woo!

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BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/5/2006 9:11:25 PM | message detail
I'm still not worried about Halo/Castlevania, but Halo beating KH is looking more and more likely. Hurray for putting the upset in!


TuRtLe
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trannyscience | Posted 7/5/2006 9:11:33 PM | message detail
lol konamifaqs
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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:11:47 PM | message detail
Soul Calibur should be able to get this under 70% with the day vote here. Still...no way this gets under a doubling without a complete MG flop (and I know it happens, whatever).
therealmnm | Posted 7/5/2006 9:12:10 PM | message detail
Truthfully, I didn't think much of Kingdom Hearts back in 2k4. I actually took Soul Calibur over it because I felt that Square fans didn't give a damn about it back then. But since then, it has actually become popular among that fanbase instead of just being a game with a bunch of cameos.
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Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6
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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:12:30 PM | message detail
*Shakes fist*

EC WHY MUST YOU HAVE NO SPINE WHEN IT COMES TO PREDICTION PERCENTAGE?!

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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:13:36 PM | message detail
I was so, so tempted to take Soul Calibur over Kingdom Hearts back in 2k4...completely out of bias, mind you.

But c'mon, people. Can KH2 be enough to make up A TWENTY PERCENT GAP?
SonicRaptor | Posted 7/5/2006 9:13:48 PM | message detail
I just remember Master Chief only doing a little over a doubling of CATS, that was the reason I picked Castlevania.

I still don't know what to think of that. Every contest I make a risky pick like this and every time I pray it'll pay off.
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Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:13:57 PM | message detail
Hopefully Metal Gear keeps this above 70%. It'd be orgasmic to see it keep increasing tonight and into tomorrow and triple Soul Calibur.

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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:14:45 PM | message detail
MC has the inability to ever blow anything out. MC also has the ability to never be blown out. As a result he's always a goddamn anomaly, and will always cause anomalies in the stats.

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therealmnm | Posted 7/5/2006 9:14:46 PM | message detail
But c'mon, people. Can KH2 be enough to make up A TWENTY PERCENT GAP?

Over Halo?
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YoFedor33 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:15:11 PM | message detail
And then watching it get 70/30'D by Zelda! Oh boy!
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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:15:21 PM | message detail
Shut up, mnm. =P
dragoontheguy | Posted 7/5/2006 9:15:21 PM | message detail
Triple it? I need to ask HM, youre joking, right?
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Master Moltar | Posted 7/5/2006 9:16:28 PM | message detail
A doubling is bad enough you crazed MG fanboy. No need for a tripling!
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Moltar Status: Excited, the Contest is here at last!
Metal Gear vs. Soul Calibur - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (4/4)
Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/5/2006 9:16:46 PM | message detail
I said hopefully. That means I want it to happen, not saying it will. But, hey, Metal Gear just increased again. So you know ...

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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:16:53 PM | message detail
Triple it? I need to ask HM, youre joking, right?

You do realize it's only 2% away from a tripling right now, yes?

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YoFedor33 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:16:55 PM | message detail
Well, unless Halo does something ridiculous (like doubles Castlevania), this wonderful performance puts Metal Gear as the Zelda/Mario/Final Fantasy-esque favorite of its division until at least the second round.
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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:16:59 PM | message detail
MG might make the tripling overnight, at least. It's almost about to break 73%.
Janus5000 | Posted 7/5/2006 9:18:08 PM | message detail
Urk.

...George Romero! Koreans! Fanboys! Shenanigans! Fanboys! Credibility! Multiple-word sentences!
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Anal Storage | Posted 7/5/2006 9:19:23 PM | message detail
Well, unless Halo does something ridiculous (like doubles Castlevania), this wonderful performance puts Metal Gear as the Zelda/Mario/Final Fantasy-esque favorite of its division until at least the second round.

I couldn't disagree more. I fully expect Castlevania to hold Halo to under 60%, actually right around 59%, and I expect it to then go on to beat KH, and give Metal Gear a run for it's money. I don't actually think Halo is going to take out Metal Gear, but failing to double CV is by no means a guaranteed victory for MG. Halo does not double anything with a semblance of strength.

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Slowflake | Posted 7/5/2006 9:19:42 PM | message detail
Dammit, after Pokémon and Metroid kicking ass I thought things would go my way again in this match.

Guess not.
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dragoontheguy | Posted 7/5/2006 9:19:52 PM | message detail
You do realize it's only 2% away from a tripling right now, yes?

I'm fully aware, for once. I wouldn't call it impossible if Snake wasn't so nutorious for his crappy day vote.
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo
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Shivan Reincarnated | Posted 7/5/2006 9:20:08 PM | message detail
Sonic > SSB.
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/5/2006 9:20:15 PM | message detail
Glad I didn't take the Halo/KH > Metal Gear upset. Sweet Jesus.

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swirIdude | Posted 7/5/2006 9:20:19 PM | message detail
OBJECTION!!
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Karma Hunter | Posted 7/5/2006 9:20:20 PM | message detail
Too bad he has SSBB behind him!