GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 432
| SecksThaNemesis | Posted 11/16/2006 10:31:25 AM | message detail |
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Also, Seph has shaved off 30 votes in hte last 10 minutes? Comeback? YOU BETCHA --- New York Mets: 97-65: At least we had a better run than the Yankees! # 1 Fan of the best video game character, Squall Leonhart <3 |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 10:36:46 AM | message detail |
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Regardless of how possible you think it is, Cloud's not going to beat Link. He stands no chance, and I've thought that since before the contest started. There's been no evidence to change my mind so far, and I don't see why I should do so now. That match is as over as can be. So Link is getting 50% or more of Snake's votes? --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| H__RR____H | Posted 11/16/2006 10:37:07 AM | message detail |
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And yet...A Nintendo character won the main bracket, debated matches
usually ended in the nint character winning (Yoshi/Dante being the most
obvious - everything pointed to Yoshi and yet the N character won),
Zelda made most of the male bracket look pathetic and also turned a
debatable match with Aeris into a blowout, despite Aeris having much
more reason to boost, Ganon - despite losing to Vincent - has also
boosted, Luigi beat two characters who should have been stronger than
him - and didn't Kirby do better on Luigi than Zero? Don't forget that Dante/Yoshi was heavily debated and expected to be close before the bracket started, the LoZ series just got done winning so Zelda and Ganon boosting weren't surprises (plus it was our first good read on Ganon), we hadn't seen Aeris since 2k3, and Kirby > Zero according to the stats last year so what's the problem with Kirby outdoing Zero (who is mainly on Nintendo systems, mind you) against Luigi? Sure, Luigi "pulled the upset", but with increased DS ownership and NSMB, not to mention Luigi barely being behind Zero last year...come on, I'm a stats-junky and I still knew Zero never should have had that kind of support our board gave him. No, actually I was too busy watching how much of Samus' and Mario's support went to Link, and how Snake did better as the votals dropped. If Snake was a Nintendo character, he would have went out first, you're seriously being dense here. Any support he got from the SSB tralier means absolutely nothing when he goes against a person who's already been in the first two, and you can play as them. Link has already taken away any Nintendo support Snake had from SSB, it's still not going to split 100% in Cloud's favor as he's not from FF7/Square, but FF/MG has shown to have serious overlap in the past, acting like he's a Nintendo character now is just stupid. He still has his base strength from before this year, which was built on being a MGS character, and that portion is much more significant than any bonus he might have felt from SSB this year. Thank you. Yeah guys, remember FF7/MGS? Sephiroth/Liquid? Solid/Sora? Hell, you could say Solid/Squall TWICE if you like. Remember all the theories we were making about Solid essentially being a Square character? Also remember how -- despite Samus beating him head-to-head -- Solid has outlasted both Samus and Mario even though Cloud AND Sephiroth are in the same BR alongside the strongest Nintendo character we've ever had right before potentially his biggest release to date? Solid very well may outlast Sephiroth, too. Pssh, and it's being said this is because Solid has Nintendo backing now? Seriously? Let's not be stupid. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 10:44:14 AM | message detail |
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What the hell is wrong with GameFAQs being NintendoFAQs. I'm sick of real life, where everyone is a Sony or Microsoft fanboy that still believes graphics > gameplay. At least in order for one to like Nintendo, he would have to prefer gameplay over graphics. That for me is enough reason to believe NintendoFAQs > any other possible fanboy domination on GameFAQs. Just imagine if Microsoft fanboys were the majoriy. That would just suck, and I like the Xbox 360 too. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/16/2006 10:44:18 AM | message detail |
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So Link is getting 50% or more of Snake's votes? Possibly. I'm more of the opinion that he'll be getting a lot of Sephiroth's votes, though. Many people believe that Link will finish tomorrow with over 50%, and that's entirely possible. --- "Luckily, I brought my smart sword. It won't hurt anyone 'friendly'. In fact, it makes them talk!" - Princess Zelda |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 10:45:52 AM | message detail |
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Why the hell would he ever get a lot of Seph's votes? That makes no sense at all. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 10:46:21 AM | message detail |
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Some people just hate Cloud. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 10:46:58 AM | message detail |
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Thanks for your amazing insight on these contests. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 10:49:18 AM | message detail |
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I've been following this contest since 2002, get off your high horse. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 11/16/2006 10:53:45 AM | message detail |
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Why the hell would he ever get a lot of Seph's votes? That makes no sense at all. If Sephy is ousted today, I think Link is good for 10-15 percent share of Sephy's votes, while Cloud takes the majority. |
| transience | Posted 11/16/2006 10:54:33 AM | message detail |
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this place is Nintendo + SquareFAQs. always has been, always will be. --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 11/16/2006 10:54:56 AM | message detail |
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oh and Cloud has no chance. --- xyzzy |
| Captain_Rockman | Posted 11/16/2006 10:55:37 AM | message detail |
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thinking cloud will get ALL of sephiroth's votes is just silly --- SHINE ALT 64 |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 10:56:03 AM | message detail |
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I've been following this contest since 2002, get off your high horse. Go read at what you posted, no **** some people hate Cloud. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 10:57:41 AM | message detail |
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Go read at what you posted, no **** some people hate Cloud. Read your own question again before talking ****. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 10:58:22 AM | message detail |
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NinentdoFAQs... illogical? Let us look at the main character contests again, shall we? 2002- Link 2003- Cloud 2004- Link 2005- Mario / Link 2006- Samus / Link 6/7 (including ToC and BR) seems to be quite the overwhelming fact to me. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 10:59:51 AM | message detail |
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You forgot Sephiroth and FFVII won the Spring Contest. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| Blade Of Evils Bane | Posted 11/16/2006 11:00:27 AM | message detail |
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If Link somehow manages to get over 50% tomorrow (regardless of who loses today), then Cloud is screwed come the finals. --- Can't think of a good sig. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:00:28 AM | message detail |
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Read your own question again before talking ****. Not people who are hardcore FF7 fans who would vote him over people like Link and Snake to begin with. I'd expect Snake to gobble up far more of Seph's votes before Link would. There's been shown to be obviously overlap with MG/FF, and obviously FF7 and itself. Link has no reason to gain anything tomorrow, and saying "Some people hate Cloud" doesn't mean anything. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:00:43 AM | message detail |
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Do you read? entdoFAQs... illogical? Let us look at the main character contests again, shall we? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:00:57 AM | message detail |
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You forgot Seph winning VC, and FF7 winning games. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:01:26 AM | message detail |
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I read that part, I dont' see why you're purposefully singling out evidences that refute your statement. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:01:53 AM | message detail |
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Main character contests or not, it's still contests that have been run
on GameFAQs. 5-3 for champions in favor of Nintendo isn't exactly
domination. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:02:08 AM | message detail |
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Because this is a 64 character contest, and those were also 64
character contests, and the contests you bring up are NOT 64 character
contest? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:03:47 AM | message detail |
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| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:03:49 AM | message detail |
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Not people who are hardcore FF7 fans who would vote him over people
like Link and Snake to begin with. I'd expect Snake to gobble up far
more of Seph's votes before Link would. There's been shown to be
obviously overlap with MG/FF, and obviously FF7 and itself. Link has no
reason to gain anything tomorrow, and saying "Some people hate Cloud"
doesn't mean anything. 1) FF fanboys vote either Cloud or Sephy 2) With Sephy gone, some goes to Cloud. However, those who hate Cloud will either vote Snake or Link 3) Since Link has a sword, he'll get most of the anti-Cloud votes --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:03:59 AM | message detail |
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Yet you're trying to label the site as a whole as "NintendoFAQs" when
in 8 contests, it's had it's characters/series win 5 times. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:04:50 AM | message detail |
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1) FF fanboys vote either Cloud or Sephy 2) With Sephy gone, some goes to Cloud. However, those who hate Cloud will either vote Snake or Link 3) Since Link has a sword, he'll get most of the anti-Cloud votes ....XD --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:06:58 AM | message detail |
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NinentdoFAQs... illogical? Let us look at the main character contests again, shall we? Evolves into: Because this is a 64 character contest, and those were also 64 character contests, and the contests you bring up are NOT 64 character contest? So are you trying to say NintendoFAQs is logical or Nintendo dominates 64 character contest. Don't back-pedal on me now. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:07:14 AM | message detail |
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What the hell happened here? --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:07:42 AM | message detail |
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ur facve lol --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| transience | Posted 11/16/2006 11:07:48 AM | message detail |
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3) Since Link has a sword, he'll get most of the anti-Cloud votes sign this guy up for the analysis crew, please --- xyzzy |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:08:25 AM | message detail |
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7-3 including ToC and BR. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 11:08:32 AM | message detail |
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Guys, I have a crazy, so out-of-this world idea that it might shock all of you. What if Snake is actually not a Square or Nintendo character, but is instead a Konami character? I know, crazy thinking and all, but if we think of it that way, then maybe his performance right now makes sense, and maybe all of his votes won't go to Nintendo or Square, because he's not affiliated with them! --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:09:00 AM | message detail |
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lol KonamiFAQs --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:10:26 AM | message detail |
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Then how would Snake go from destroying Sonic and Mega Man to losing to Samus if he has zero Nintendo backing. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 11:11:06 AM | message detail |
| Oh, and Link is beating Cloud, no matter of who
gets Snake's or Seph's votes. TP is just way too close to release, and
therefore it will be on the minds of mostly every gamer on this site
(which is the vast majority). Sure, all of them might not vote for Link, but it will be enough to defeat Cloud. --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| TheCruelAngel | Posted 11/16/2006 11:11:31 AM | message detail |
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From Crimson Dragoon Posted 11/16/2006 2:08:25 PM #083 7-3 including ToC and BR. You've got to be joking. Why the hell would you count ToC as separate from SC2K5, and BR separate from this character contest? --- Warden: Talk! What is SeeD all about!? Squall: ...Flower. |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 11:12:04 AM | message detail |
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Then how would Snake go from destroying Sonic and Mega Man to losing to Samus if he has zero Nintendo backing. Maybe, just maybe, Samus is legitimately stronger then Snake? No, wait, that's being logical. That can't be it. It must be... SFF! There you go, you guys love using that term for everything. --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:12:30 AM | message detail |
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SMAUS IS UNDERRATED GRR --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| BeTheMan | Posted 11/16/2006 11:14:47 AM | message detail |
| This may sound a little far-fetched, but my guess
is that tomorrow's poll should indicate how Snake's vote will be split
between Link and Cloud. If there's little-to-no overlap in the
Square/MGS fanbase, then Link should boost more than Snake does
tomorrow, simply because he's the stronger of the two characters. If
Link and Snake have similar boosts tomorrow, that should indicate that
there's some overlap in the Square/MGS fanbase. If Snake gets more of a
boost from Sephiroth's removal than Link does, then we should assume
that there's a significant overlap between the Square/MGS fanbase. So,
in theory, the better that Snake does tomorrow (relative to Link), the
greater the odds are that Cloud can make a run at Link in the final. Of
course, Snake could conceivably benefit from some sort of underdog vote
tomorrow, which would throw everything off. --- ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO Z1mZum FOR ROCKING THE GURU WORLD |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:15:32 AM | message detail |
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Snake performed only 2% less on Sonic than Samus did two years ago.
We're talking about a Sonic on steroids who beat Crono, the character
many people thought would win it all. Even if Samus IS stronger than Snake, there's no way she could've beat him 52-48 unless some SFF is there. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:16:33 AM | message detail |
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You've got to be joking. Why the hell would you count ToC as separate from SC2K5, and BR separate from this character contest? Because the ToC had 75% of it's characters not in SC2K5, and the BR had 67% of it's characters not in SC2K6? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:17:25 AM | message detail |
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I love the steroids arguments. Ceej really needs to get urine samples
from these guys before letting them in the contest next year. --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:17:47 AM | message detail |
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And seriously, if Cloud had won last year or this year, everyone would count it separate too. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| DGZFIGHTERS | Posted 11/16/2006 11:17:57 AM | message detail |
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Because the ToC had 75% of it's characters not in SC2K5 3 characters constitutes for 64...gotcha. --- The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 11:23:42 AM | message detail |
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Snake performed only 2% less on Sonic than Samus did two years ago.
We're talking about a Sonic on steroids who beat Crono, the character
many people thought would win it all. Even if Samus IS stronger than Snake, there's no way she could've beat him 52-48 unless some SFF is there. Is it not possible that you're overrating Sonic and Crono, and overrating Snake a bit? Samus has always been one of the strongest characters in these contests. Even though it looks stupid now, there were a lot of reasons why Samus could beat Mario last year. She was just that freaking powerful. You know, even though I'm very happy that Mario beat Samus, I wish Samus would have won that match just so she wouldn't be so underrated from here on out. She goes out and proves she's strong as hell against Snake, and you people don't believe it for some odd reason. Why? Because she lost to Mario? Come on! --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:24:40 AM | message detail |
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3 characters constitutes for 64...gotcha. Good. I was afraid you'd be too dense to understand. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Yesmar | Posted 11/16/2006 11:28:08 AM | message detail |
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Because this is a 64 character contest, and those were also 64
character contests, and the contests you bring up are NOT 64 character
contest? The Games Contest still had 64 entrants in it. Would it really matter if it wasn't characters? You forgot Seph winning VC, and FF7 winning games. To play Devil's Advocate, you'd have to count the Series contest as well. I would also mention that FFVII won the 10th Anniversary Contest for what that's worth, and that a quarter of the web site lists FFVII as their favorite game. --- Z1mZum totally owned me in the July 2006 Guru Contest The Funky Chickens in Trivia XVIII |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/16/2006 11:39:08 AM | message detail |
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Oh for god's sake, EC. FF7 is the most powerful game on this site. In a
villains only contest, Sephiroth of course is going to slaughter the
opposition because he's the only one in the contest from FFVII. The
villains contest should therefore not be considered in N vs. Square
arguments, because the VC was just blatantly unfair and an auto-Sephy
win from the beginning. 2003 and the games contest are the only "true"
Square victories on this site. Link, Link, Mario, Link, Samus, Zelda (the series), Link. That's SEVEN Nintendo victories - they are the single dominant force in these contests. Square has had...3, one of which was just plain unfair. And oh, of course the ToC/BR should count...I mean, it involved the strongest non-Nintendo competition vs. the strongest Nintendo competition, and the Nintendo competition won. They are big victories. Don't forget that Dante/Yoshi was heavily debated and expected to be close before the bracket started After their R1 matches, it was considered almost to be a Dante lock, yet the N character still pulled through. LoZ series just got done winning so Zelda and Ganon boosting weren't surprises (plus it was our first good read on Ganon) What would that give them? Bracket votes? I know that might be a factor, but not enough to constitute such a boost. we hadn't seen Aeris since 2k3 And by all logic she should have been stronger this year, yet Zelda was so damn strong that Aeris was almost nothing. and Kirby > Zero according to the stats last year so what's the problem with Kirby outdoing Zero (who is mainly on Nintendo systems, mind you) against Luigi? Zero is still a very strong character. Outdoing him is great. And I think Kirby would have lost to Zero last year, despite what the stats say. Sure, Luigi "pulled the upset", but with increased DS ownership and NSMB, not to mention Luigi barely being behind Zero last year...come on, I'm a stats-junky and I still knew Zero never should have had that kind of support our board gave him. Which only makes N look stronger. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz |
