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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 330
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| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:19:43 PM | message detail |
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I know KH, HM, and Leonhart disagree, but so be it! I just said seeing Solid Snake being as popular as his series wouldn't surprise me. I don't disagree. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:20:58 PM | message detail |
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The reason why you ask if Knuckles has ever won the board vote is
because, except for his match with Squall, the only polls with updaters
we have on him feature him against three characters with some of the
best board votes: Snake, Magus, and Kefka. He's won the board vote before. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:21:34 PM | message detail |
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Heck, I even said in my MG/KH write-up that Solid Snake IS Metal Gear. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/26/2006 8:21:37 PM | message detail |
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Just covering my bases since you three are the more vocal MGS fans in this topic! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/26/2006 8:23:00 PM | message detail |
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yeah, I think MG is a little overrated. I really would be amazed if it
breaks 60%.. statistically, that puts FE on par with Halo. I also don't
see why MG would SFF KH, it just makes no sense to me. simply put, KH
is more popular than Sora while Snake and MGS are about equal. it's
like saying that MGS would whip FF10 because Snake would crush Tidus. I dunno, 55% seems reasonable.. if it goes much beyond that, I'll be impressed. --- NOMINATE JAY SOLANO (Operation Shadow) for 2k6! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=29527124 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:24:03 PM | message detail |
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As I said in my write-up, I almost expect Metal Gear to start that
match with 60% or so. But combine a HORRIBLE day vote against an
AWESOME day vote and that percentage will tumble all day long. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/26/2006 8:24:11 PM | message detail |
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QUICK WITHOUT THINKING: Legend of Zelda's % against Metal Gear? I say 71.45% --- The *only* good thing about this contest is that Ceej might share with us the split between female/male nominations for Samus. ~creativename |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:25:04 PM | message detail |
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There's really no telling with MGS2, because that was part of his
intrinsic strength when he started off in 2k2. But I'd say it's
immensely important -- it's playability,
man. 'Presence' doesn't cut it like playability does, not from where
I'm standing, otherwise we'd have a lot more characters with 'presence'
up there with their playable counterparts. As it stands, the most
powerful NPC is Sephiroth by an insane margin, and he's the exception
to the rule. Imagine if MGS2 was the only MGS game ever made. Snake might still be the most popular character from it (mostly because Snake is so much more likable), but there's no way the difference between Snake and Raiden is immense. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:25:50 PM | message detail |
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And for the record, Solid Snake lost about 4.5% against Sora throughout the day. He started that match with almost 70%. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 7/26/2006 8:27:16 PM | message detail |
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I'm thinking LOZ can get 75% on Metal Gear. --- Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:27:23 PM | message detail |
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I can't understand the reasoning behind Snake SFFing Sora, but MG not
SFFing KH. I can't even think of anything comparable to that. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:27:49 PM | message detail |
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I'm going to go crazy and say...The Legend of Zelda with 91.50% prediction percentage. No perfects lost, obviously. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:29:16 PM | message detail |
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I can't understand the reasoning behind Snake SFFing Sora, but MG
not SFFing KH. I can't even think of anything comparable to that. How often have we seen two characters from the same game face off and then see their games face off? Heck, we have two separate instances within the same contest where Zelda destroyed Metroid with SFF and another where it didn't touch it at all with it. Saying "It's done it before!" doesn't really hold water. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/26/2006 8:30:45 PM | message detail |
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Zelda with 90% of the brackets. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Street Fighter Alpha 3, New Super Mario Bros. |
| creativename | Posted 7/26/2006 8:30:50 PM | message detail |
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I'm smelling a Kingdom Hearts overperformance here. I'd be surprised if
it was held under 42%, and I think it has a good shot at 45-46%. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:31:34 PM | message detail |
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These aren't games, though, these are series. I'm betting the CD-i
Zelda can't do much of anything against most games. We've yet to see a
character get SFF on something that one of their respective games could
not. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| creativename | Posted 7/26/2006 8:31:45 PM | message detail |
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I can't understand the reasoning behind Snake SFFing Sora, but MG
not SFFing KH. I can't even think of anything comparable to that. I think the pic was impactful in that match. So more of a "fishy" than fanbase thing. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:32:49 PM | message detail |
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If it was the pic, then KH should perform far more respectably
today...but I don't think people are going to stop pegging that as SFF
no matter what happens. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| steve illumina | Posted 7/26/2006 8:32:58 PM | message detail |
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Read my nominations column in thread 329 :) And dont forget to nominate Kitana :) --- Steve Illumina: Sage of Board 8 & Elitist Analyst Score: 32/36. Nominate Kitana (MK)! |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/26/2006 8:33:19 PM | message detail |
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Imagine if MGS2 was the only MGS game ever made. Snake might still
be the most popular character from it (mostly because Snake is so much
more likable), but there's no way the difference between Snake and
Raiden is immense. But Snake had already established his popularity from MGS. And it's not like he didn't get a fair share of playtime in MGS2. Sure his part was shorter than Raiden's, but he still gets a fair share of the spotlight. Plenty of Codec time... And it's not like Raiden's actual gameplay time was something that kicks ass. Snake should be fortunate that he didn't have to do all of that stuff! (Fatman, annoying ass Vamp, bombs, etc.) Snake is pimp in that game. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 7/26/2006 8:35:37 PM | message detail |
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This match has now surpassed Mario-Crono II. --- Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:35:58 PM | message detail |
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I'm not saying MGS2 and MGS3 didn't help Snake and that Snake isn't a
big part of them -- he obviously is. But he's not as big as he would be
if he were the main playable character. Sora, for his part, is the main
playable character of EVERY Kingdom Hearts game. He shares the
spotlight a bit in KH2 and a bit more in CoM (and that game's really
negligible), but that's it. Now is Snake more appealing, more iconic than Sora is when compared with his series? Of course he is. But he isn't as big as people give him credit for. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| TheCruelAngel | Posted 7/26/2006 8:37:15 PM | message detail |
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I'm loving Zelda's performance. =) 92.6% have it right, I'm prediting. 2 perfects dropping. --- Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!? Squall: ...Flower. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:37:43 PM | message detail |
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And I wouldn't be particularly saddened by Snake being more powerful
than Metal Gear, but I know I'm out of the norm. Characters mean more
than games to me, and Snake is the most important character of all to
me. I'd vote him over any character, any game, any series. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 7/26/2006 8:39:44 PM | message detail |
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Can anyone even name 32 popular female characters? --- Scooped in a coupe, Snoop we got news/Your girl was trickin' while you was draped in your county blues I ain't been out a second/And already gotta do some mutha****in chin checkin |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 7/26/2006 8:41:25 PM | message detail |
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I'm having the feeling there won't be 32 male and 32 female characters, just the top 64 nominations combined from both fields. --- Today's subliminal thought is: |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/26/2006 8:41:27 PM | message detail |
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Samus Aeris Tifa Peach Zelda Yuna Rikku Chun-Li Uh.... Yeah, I'm spent. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:42:17 PM | message detail |
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The best thing about FF/LoZ is that it has the potential to be INSANE.
We haven't even been in a match where ralliers and/or "ralliers" have
had any incentive to actively campaign for them. This is their raw,
untouched strength (unlike Mario/Crono II, which obviously had
significant rallying). --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| meche313 | Posted 7/26/2006 8:46:00 PM | message detail |
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I'm having the feeling there won't be 32 male and 32 female characters, just the top 64 nominations combined from both fields. My thoughts exactly. I mean you don't have to be a regular on this contest to know that a field with 32 female characters will just ruin the fun of a character battle. --- “Impossible is a word people use to make themselves feel better when they quit.” - Vyse Currently playing: Zelda: Alttp, Donkey Kong Country, Rogue Squadron II. Resident Evil: Code Veronica X, Kirby SuperStar |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/26/2006 8:46:05 PM | message detail |
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You know, the whole Snake only being the main playable character in
only one MGS game is becoming pretty damn overrated... It's not like
Snake doesn't have a large presence in that game. He's still by far has
the most dominating presence in MGS2, even if you aren't playing as
him. It's not like he went AWOL or something. Hell, I've seen many
people say they liked Snake more because of his role in that game. Snake is very cool in Metal Gear Solid 2, but he still wasn't the main playable character that people had gotten attached to in Metal Gear Solid. I would imagine Snake being stronger had he been playable from beginning to end. Kojima has said that Snake is the main character of Metal Gear Solid 2, even if you don't play as him, but I think it would have been better for him contest-wise had he actually been playable throughout. The only time I really even bother making mention of his playability though is in reference to Metal Gear Solid 4. He does have the unquestioned main character role in that game again. From beginning to end, it's all Snake, baby. Sure, it's a technicality that Snake hasn't been a playable main since MGS, but I seriously doubt it makes that much of a difference in his overall popularity. I doubt it is anything drastic, but I wouldn't just discredit it completely. I think Snake is a couple of points higher in strength if he were fully playable in MGS2 as opposed to just being there for a couple of hours or so. But I guess I can see what you're trying to say. ... Wait, why are we talking about this again? >> --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:48:48 PM | message detail |
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The idea that Snake is so much more to MGS than Sora is to Kingdom
Hearts and thus KH will perform a lot better than expected. Personally,
I think it's hogwash. If Metal Gear can't impress here I just won't
consider Snake/Sora as a SFF match any longer (not that I ever have,
but I take the stance for the sake of argument). --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/26/2006 8:48:59 PM | message detail |
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My thoughts exactly. I mean you don't have to be a regular on this contest to know that a field with 32 female characters will just ruin the fun of a character battle. Then why did Ceej say the twist will be "readily apparent" when we look at the nominations page. There is obviously a twist, and it obviously has to do with even amounts of male and female characters. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 7/26/2006 8:50:33 PM | message detail |
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If Metal Gear can't impress here, I think SSB takes the lead for the
"race to fourth strongest." Of course, it has its own advantage because
no one is expecting it to do anything against Mario. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/26/2006 8:52:06 PM | message detail |
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hmm.. Zelda with 91% of the brackets. and MG is going to start out with
a big lead - bracket votes + a strong night vote = KH being way behind
early. so unless this is like a doubling or more, don't overreact. --- NOMINATE JAY SOLANO (Operation Shadow) for 2k6! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=29527124 |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/26/2006 8:52:17 PM | message detail |
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I posted this idea in another topic but I'll repost it here. How
about making the tag-team concept like a real tag? Have one character
start the match (preferably the weaker one), then the "anchor" will
finish the match after 12 hours. This way even the weaker character
can't easily be masked by the dominant partner. Thoughts? At first I thought it might be a pretty cool idea, and we'd see massive and I mean MASSIVE swings, which would be amazingly badass, but people would still know which character is teamed with the other, and vote for them based on that, also, different parts of the day bring in a different amount of voters. Would people be able to vote again after the first 12 hours in the second 12 hours of the match? And so on.... it's a pretty badass idea at first, but it has too many holes to work IMO. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| AmazingKirby | Posted 7/26/2006 8:53:06 PM | message detail |
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Kingdom Hearts will win with 50.00%! --- caps |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/26/2006 8:53:11 PM | message detail |
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The idea that Snake is so much more to MGS than Sora is to Kingdom Hearts and thus KH will perform a lot better than expected. ... Yeah, that's garbage. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:54:23 PM | message detail |
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hmm.. Zelda with 91% of the brackets. and MG is going to start out
with a big lead - bracket votes + a strong night vote = KH being way
behind early. so unless this is like a doubling or more, don't
overreact. Yeah, Kingdom Hearts still has a shot at winning! --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 7/26/2006 8:55:43 PM | message detail |
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It would be awesome if Ceej had a balancing system with the tag idea,
but had both characters in the same pic. Seeing Cloud teamed up with
Nidoran F ;) --- Scooped in a coupe, Snoop we got news/Your girl was trickin' while you was draped in your county blues I ain't been out a second/And already gotta do some mutha****in chin checkin |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/26/2006 8:58:28 PM | message detail |
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That's not the reason WHY Kingdom Hearts will perform better than
expected. It's why Metal Gear won't overperform on it. We've already
seen Sora be highly susceptible to overperformances anyway. --- The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/26/2006 8:58:45 PM | message detail |
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Pair the male with the most noms with the female with the least, and
work the way down/up the list until you get the male with the least
noms and the famale with the most? TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 Nominate Carmen Sandiego for Character Battle V |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/26/2006 8:59:01 PM | message detail |
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You know, the whole Snake only being the main playable character in
only one MGS game is becoming pretty damn overrated... It's not like
Snake doesn't have a large presence in that game. He's still by far has
the most dominating presence in MGS2, even if you aren't playing as
him. It's not like he went AWOL or something. Hell, I've seen many
people say they liked Snake more because of his role in that game. Sure, it's a technicality that Snake hasn't been a playable main since MGS, but I seriously doubt it makes that much of a difference in his overall popularity. His "presence" in MGS2 and MGS3 (yes I count that too dammit) has been more than enough to sustain his popularity. I know KH, HM, and Leonhart disagree, but so be it! Agree'd. People also always want to say Solid Snake wasn't in MGS3, thus he didn't get anything from it, yet Big Boss is a steaming pile of **** in these contests. To the average MGS player, do you really think that they knew that was Big Boss? I know I don't, if I wasn't hardcore into MGS and didn't know the story that well, I'd just assume it was Snake, despite how obvious it is that it wasn't. I'm not saying no one knew, but to a large portion of gamefaqs, I really don't think there is a difference in their mind. Also, before I get hung by my testicles, Snake > Link after Brawl, m i rite? --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 8:59:12 PM | message detail |
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Frankly, Metal Gear not overperforming on it is 'better than expected', in my eyes. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/26/2006 8:59:14 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear will double here!! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:16 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear 75% 15 Castlevania 25% 5 TOTAL VOTES 20 The hell? --- Moltar Status: Wanting you to Nominate Shadow the Hedgehog! Metal Gear vs. Kingdom Hearts - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (34/36) |
| cyko | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:21 PM | message detail |
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ok, so Zelda has 92% of the brackets, no perfects fall, and Metal Gear wins tomorrow with about 57%. --- please NOMINATE BAHAMUT!!! or i will eat your soul. |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:27 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear 66.1% 39 Castlevania 33.9% 20 TOTAL VOTES 59 ...The Plan. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:28 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear 76.67% 23 Castlevania 23.33% 7 TOTAL VOTES 30 XMFD --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Schizophrenic Batman | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:37 PM | message detail |
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Vote Accepted Metal Gear 63.64% 49 Castlevania 36.36% 28 TOTAL VOTES 77 THE PLAN is complete --- Nominate // Midgar Zolom\\ for Character Battle V |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/26/2006 9:00:37 PM | message detail |
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89.78%, lol not 90% --- Moltar Status: Wanting you to Nominate Shadow the Hedgehog! Metal Gear vs. Kingdom Hearts - Bracket: MG - Vote: MG (34/36) |