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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 343
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| eclipsedv1 | Posted 8/6/2006 1:30:14 PM | message detail |
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What!? The Giant Enemy Crab has a name? Why was I not informed? --- "Silence! You are in the presence of octopus royalty! A lowborn thug like you could never defeat me!" - Ultros |
| Kaxon | Posted 8/6/2006 1:30:37 PM | message detail |
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Besides, I figure there's room for at least 4 joke characters a year,
since someone's got to job to the 1 seeds in the first round. --- Z1mZum is the latest guru to destroy me in the Guru Contest. Congrats! Nominate Aeris for SC2k6 |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/6/2006 1:39:55 PM | message detail |
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What!? The Giant Enemy Crab has a name? Why was I not informed? You were informed. It's just hard to squint at the opening screen for the Genji 2 level. --- After the Series Contest, Z1mZum is now the guy I want to be like! |
| Kaxon | Posted 8/6/2006 1:43:27 PM | message detail |
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In fact, we may already have on in Toadette, especially if she's round 1 fodder for Samus or Zelda. Unless she gets SFFed into the ground, there's no way Toadette comes close to Tanner's level of crappiness. Just by virtue of her name and looking like Toad, she's got ten times as much going for her as Tanner did. I'd easily take her over fodder like Ryo Hazuki or Guybrush. From: Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted: 8/6/2006 12:40:29 PM | Message Detail Jay Solano not getting in is perfectly fine by me. Nothing good at all comes from seeing him in a contest and taking up a spot. Nothing good except fun... which is, of couse, the whole point of the contest. --- Z1mZum is the latest guru to destroy me in the Guru Contest. Congrats! Nominate Aeris for SC2k6 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 8/6/2006 1:44:35 PM | message detail |
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Nothing good except fun Except there's none of that to be had either. Quite frankly, Snake/Tanner was ridiculously boring, as are most 90%+ blowouts. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/6/2006 1:48:28 PM | message detail |
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This is ridiuclous. I can understand the Zolom (It would have been
funny, but whatever), but to discount Solano despite him meeting all
the requirements is absolutely ridiculous. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 8/6/2006 1:49:44 PM | message detail |
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but to discount Solano despite him meeting all the requirements is absolutely ridiculous. Except having any sort of popularity to speak of in a popularity contest. He is a joke, despite "meeting all the requirements." Nobody is nominating him because he's a legitimate character. People are nominating him in hopes they can get him in on technicalities and loopholes. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 1:50:40 PM | message detail |
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Hey, I like 90%+ blowouts. Caters to my sadistic side. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 8/6/2006 1:50:51 PM | message detail |
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You know what match I'd love to see? Face CATS vs Solano. Screw that 97% crap, CATS doubling somebody would be much more entertaining. --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 8/6/2006 1:51:33 PM | message detail |
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90%+ blowouts are entertaining...for about 15 minutes. Once we get over the "Wow" part of it, it's hopelessly boring. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| DeepHyren12 | Posted 8/6/2006 1:52:53 PM | message detail |
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I'm the opposite of XIII. I'm fine with CJayC disqualifying jokes like
Jay Solano, but I wish he would allow some non-character sort of
things. I'd be especially curious how Mass Carriers would do, though
things like Nidoran F and Midgar Zolom are obviously jokes. --- "Civil government is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor" --Adam Smith |
| Master Moltar | Posted 8/6/2006 1:53:02 PM | message detail |
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90%+ blowouts are entertaining...for about 15 minutes. Once we get over the "Wow" part of it, it's hopelessly boring. You might as well say that about 95% of the matches that happen every Contest. --- Moltar Status: Currently the property of the true Master, Z1mZum Final July '06 Contest Score: 62 (Boo) |
| TRE Public Account | Posted 8/6/2006 1:53:33 PM | message detail |
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Considering the most likely candadates to be the four 1 seeds on the
Male side of the bracket, the 1/8 match is going to be a ridiculously
boring, anyways. If the 8 seed is Jay Solano, at least some people will
get some entertainment out of the match. And if nothing else, whiners
about Jay Solano losing will be virutally non-existant (although it may
by counter acted a bit by the flood of "Who is Jay Solano?" topic.) --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/6/2006 2:04:20 PM | message detail |
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90% + blowouts are good. I've got a high number fetish, that's why I loved this past contest. >_> People are nominating him in hopes they can get him in on technicalities and loopholes. Explain to me what the technicalities or loopholes are. He's a character...in a game. He originates in said game. He's not a "generic enemy" like the Zolom, and so if he gets enough nominations to get into a contest, he should get in. Full stop. Thinking about it, Solano has more claim to be in this contest than Link. There's a different Link for every Zelda game, but there's only one Solano. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 8/6/2006 2:06:33 PM | message detail |
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90%+ blowouts are entertaining...for about 15 minutes. Once we get over the "Wow" part of it, it's hopelessly boring. So, at what point do matches become entertaining? Once they're closer than 85%? 80%? 70%? 60%? RE vs. SH was far more interesting than Madden vs. SH would've been, if only because we got to see a non-noble niner break 100K votes/85% for the first time. It's not very easy to give a one seed a good match. I'd rather see Snake vs. Solano in the the first round than, say, Snake vs. Knuckles. --- Pity for the Gurus is treason to Z1mZum. |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 8/6/2006 2:08:40 PM | message detail |
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Thinking about it, Solano has more claim to be in this contest than
Link. There's a different Link for every Zelda game, but there's only
one Solano. If CJayC won't separate friggin X from Mega Man, he's not splitting the Links. Though that gives me an idea. We should nominate the other colored Links from Four Swords and see how they do. Would Red Link still be able to beat Mario, or would Mario SCF him? --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 8/6/2006 2:11:12 PM | message detail |
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Nothing good except fun... which is, of couse, the whole point of the contest. ... Uh, there is nothing fun about Jay Solano getting in the contest, buddy. --- The winner begins with Z1m and ends with Zum... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 2:13:26 PM | message detail |
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A "generic character" contest has beed discussed sometime before the series contest. Consensus? Mario stuff crushes everything. Though it might be interesting as a 32-entry spring contest. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/6/2006 2:14:25 PM | message detail |
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... Uh, there is nothing fun about Jay Solano getting in the contest, buddy. Matter of opinion. Unfortunately for GameFAQs, it's usually Cjay's opinion that matters. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/6/2006 2:14:48 PM | message detail |
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XD Imagine seeing five Links in the contest. --- The Summer 2006 Guru Contest: Where Z1mZum kicked my ass. |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 2:16:20 PM | message detail |
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That's probably why he doesn't want X in the contest. Technically,
every Link is different, to the same degree that every Megaman is
different. If you split one, you have to split the other... and as a
result, you get something like five Links. What kind of contest would
that give? --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 8/6/2006 2:16:23 PM | message detail |
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Matter of opinion. Unfortunately for GameFAQs, it's usually Cjay's opinion that matters. Good thing it's the majority opinion, huh? --- The winner begins with Z1m and ends with Zum... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 8/6/2006 2:16:40 PM | message detail |
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Not a single person has yet said who would be a better character to
fight the one-seeds in round one than Jay Solano. Why is that? Perhaps
because there really isn't anyone better? --- Pity for the Gurus is treason to Z1mZum. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/6/2006 2:17:15 PM | message detail |
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What kind of contest would that give? My favorite of all time. --- The Summer 2006 Guru Contest: Where Z1mZum kicked my ass. |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 8/6/2006 2:19:44 PM | message detail |
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Fact or Fiction: If Link was split into LttP Link and OoT Link and were labeled as such, OoT Link would lose to Cloud. --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| CountCrazy007 | Posted 8/6/2006 2:22:14 PM | message detail |
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Yeah... I think so. --- 4th Place of the Fall 2005 10-Year Anniversary Contest |
| Lopen | Posted 8/6/2006 2:22:41 PM | message detail |
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Not a single person has yet said who would be a better character to fight the one-seeds in round one than Jay Solano. CATS, Phoenix Wright, um... heck... Ky Kiske and Necron. Fodder with some sorta fanbase is better, and I like Necron because you get to see the rock bottom for FF strength. --- Z1mZum whooped me so bad in the Guru Contest that the next Lopen wannabe is gonna feel it. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/6/2006 2:22:48 PM | message detail |
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Fiction. --- After the Series Contest, Z1mZum is now the guy I want to be like! |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/6/2006 2:26:24 PM | message detail |
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Fiction. Make it "Wind Waker Link" and I might consider it. Or one of the Gameboy-exclusive LoZs. That's probably why he doesn't want X in the contest. Technically, every Link is different, to the same degree that every Megaman is different. If you split one, you have to split the other... and as a result, you get something like five Links. What kind of contest would that give? Oh, don't worrry. I wasn't saying that Link /should/ be split, just that there are dozens of Links and only one Solano, making Link almost similar to the Midgar Zolom. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/6/2006 2:39:01 PM | message detail |
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Not a single person has yet said who would be a better character to
fight the one-seeds in round one than Jay Solano. Why is that? Perhaps
because there really isn't anyone better? Keep in mind that I really really want Jay to make it in. However, if CJay is really aiming for the sixty-four most popular characters, he could rather-easily make a bracket where no character would dip below 20%. I don't think CJay's goal is actually that though and I'm sure he still wants the contest to have some fun between the close matches and everybody having some characters they can get behind...and Phoenix Wright is a good choice for characters to get behind -- he's not a joke character, just a board fad that'd be very weak. He's also a new character, and I enjoy seeing new entries in 1/8-seed matches more than the same losers year after year (Ryo Hazuki, anybody? I know he beat Guybrush before, but he still served to do nothing). At least with CATS, we saw a change when he got a much more recognizable picture so that spiced him up...and he's the traditional joke character, so maybe one more contest with him. Those two are the only two I would like to see over Jay if he has to be snubbed as far as this matter goes, and even then I would rather see Jay in than either of those two. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/6/2006 2:41:40 PM | message detail |
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However, if CJay is really aiming for the sixty-four most popular
characters, he could rather-easily make a bracket where no character
would dip below 20%. That sounds impossible to me. It would take an SFF-less bracket and, more importantly, 62 characters who are legitimately strong enough to break 20% on Link/Cloud. --- The Summer 2006 Guru Contest: Where Z1mZum kicked my ass. |
| Lopen | Posted 8/6/2006 2:51:00 PM | message detail |
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That sounds impossible to me. It would take an SFF-less bracket and,
more importantly, 62 characters who are legitimately strong enough to
break 20% on Link/Cloud. Not necessarily. If you have a character that's at 18% on Link fight a character that's at 23% on Link, and then have said 23% fight Link, no character ever fell below 20%, although the 18% character would had he fought Link. Eh, I'm just making a point for the sake of making it. I'm not even sure if that's the best kind of bracket anyway. I really am with the crowd that says "what's the difference between a 80-20 and 70-30 blowout". Though I don't like recurring super fodder with the exception of CATS. (he's like tradition!) --- Z1mZum whooped me so bad in the Guru Contest that the next Lopen wannabe is gonna feel it. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/6/2006 2:57:03 PM | message detail |
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I don't want Solano in more than one contest. It'd be a one-time deal,
just to see how much he gets blown out by. I don't want another spot
wasted in years to come, but as a one-time experiment, I think it's a
great idea. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/6/2006 4:22:18 PM | message detail |
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Random fourpack: (4)Phoenix Wright (5)Gordon Freeman (3)CATS (6)The King of All Cosmos ~*ST*~ --- PWNED BY Z1mZum in the Guru Contest! Congrats! Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), Fire Emblem 8 |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 8/6/2006 4:23:26 PM | message detail |
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Gordon wins and everybody dies. --- WWEGSB Hardcore Legend Masa I jobbed to Z1mZum in the Guru Contest. Did you? |
| Phediuk | Posted 8/6/2006 4:44:50 PM | message detail |
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Even Freeman wouldn't have too much trouble with that fourpack. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Gooper Blooper | Posted 8/6/2006 5:30:16 PM | message detail |
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GFNW would finally die. And that fourpack should be expanded to a full division with Giant Enemy Crab, the gnome from King's Quest, Tanner, and Nidoran F. --- Back in my day, video games had one degree of movement, uphill, through the snow, both ways, and we liked it. - CJayC |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/6/2006 5:30:54 PM | message detail |
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I highly doubt Ceej will ever put Gordon Freeman in a pack where he would be the overwhelming favorite anyways. He must have caught on by now... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 6:03:24 PM | message detail |
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Aside from the fact that 4/5s and 3/6s can't be in the same four-pack,
Gordon over... well, depends if it's a close-up picture. If so, CATS,
if it's full-body, KoaC. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 6:04:37 PM | message detail |
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And seriously, suppose (I mean SUPPOSE) Mukurogani gets in a contest. How much does it score on, say, Laharl? --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 8/6/2006 6:15:32 PM | message detail |
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You might as well say that about 95% of the matches that happen every Contest. It doesn't mean we have to contribute to the cause by throwing in bottom feeders. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 8/6/2006 6:19:04 PM | message detail |
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just that there are dozens of Links and only one Solano, making Link not similar at all to the Midgar Zolom. Fixed. Link is still a unique character, not some nameless monster. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 8/6/2006 8:02:20 PM | message detail |
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It doesn't mean we have to contribute to the cause by throwing in bottom feeders. Replacing a blowout match with a slightly more interesting blowout match doesn't increase the number of boring blowout matches. --- I got pwnt by Z1mZum in the July 2006 Guru Contest. Support Toadette for the Summer 2006 Contest! |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/6/2006 8:03:34 PM | message detail |
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I agree with tre and slow here. Interesting blowout characters are better than "stronger" ones. --- Revenge is a dish best served by Z1mZum in the 2k6 Series Guru Contest. |
| Lopen | Posted 8/6/2006 8:12:55 PM | message detail |
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(4)Phoenix Wright (5)Gordon Freeman (3)CATS (6)The King of All Cosmos I really do think CATS could beat Gordon Freeman. The reasoning is simple... "do I think Ansem would have any trouble taking GF out? Nope, I don't. I'd have Ansem winning by at least as much as Max Payne did. Like I said, I don't trust his 2005 X-Stats value for a second. So yeah, for that 4-Pack I'd take CATS > Gordon Freeman. The only thing I'm pretty sure of is GF beating PW though... and even that I'm not totally sure of... what with that GFNW thing... why do you people keep putting GF in winnable matches!? --- Z1mZum whooped me so bad in the Guru Contest that the next Lopen wannabe is gonna feel it. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/6/2006 8:13:34 PM | message detail |
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Of all the 8 seeds last year, Jay Solano would have made a more
enjoyable entrant than Joanna Dark, Yuri, Jin Kazama, and Conker. He
would have also made more entertaining matches than Manny Calavera and
Cecil, but Manny has his own rally to get in and we weren't sure just
how weak Cecil would be, being Final Fantasy and all. Even with a
32-character limit this year, I'm sure Jay would be a better entrant
than some of the crap that will inevitably get shoveled through. --- The Summer 2006 Guru Contest: Where Z1mZum kicked my ass. |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 8:16:46 PM | message detail |
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why do you people keep putting GF in winnable matches!? Freeman has only been the seeding underdog once. Someday he's gonna get an overseeded opponent. I mean, if we keep on getting middle seeds like KoaC or Kerrigan, someday he's going to face one of these. And win. Provided we get a regular bracket format sometime, which is not for this year. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/6/2006 9:01:22 PM | message detail |
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managed to get this from today's poll: Do you plan to pre-order a Wii? No, I don't want one 100% 20190 TOTAL VOTES 20190 List of All Polls So much for nintendofaqs. --- Revenge is a dish best served by Z1mZum in the 2k6 Series Guru Contest. |
| Slowflake | Posted 8/6/2006 9:02:18 PM | message detail |
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XD Best glitch ever. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/6/2006 9:06:34 PM | message detail |
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omfg what happnd to the graet votals we had in the contest nowuh --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |