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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 473
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/9/2007 11:31:23 PM | message detail |
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GOD EXLAX WHY DO YOU HAVE LAMBS-RAGE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/9/2007 11:32:14 PM | message detail |
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RAAAAAH *strangles my girlfriend* --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| Warsola | Posted 9/9/2007 11:32:16 PM | message detail |
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CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/9/2007 11:33:16 PM | message detail |
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i thought having sex with guys was cruise control for cool. ;_; --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| Chamek | Posted 9/9/2007 11:33:59 PM | message detail |
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I'm curious... considering how well Shadow did on Mario, it wouldn't be
out of the realm of possibility for him to perform just as well (or
maybe even better) on Bowser, despite his diminished popularity in the
Sonic series (he performed well in the past when SA2B was at it's peak,
however I'm sure it's safe to say he's declined since, considering
Sonic Heroes wasn't nearly as popular and his own game wasn't received
well at all). If this is the case, and seeing how poorly Bowser is doing against Ryu due to SFF from Mewtwo (who I'm sure is legitimately strong and I could see performing in the top half of the bracket in a normal contest setting) and Toad, then it's actually very likely that he and Shadow will split enough of the votes in the second round that Ryu gets an easy pass into the third round behind Auron. Hopefully not, and definitely not something I took into consideration when making my bracket (I accurately predicted Ryu > Bowser, but I didn't expect the SFF to be this severe so I put Auron > Bowser for next time with little pause for concern), but it's something I could see happening. Shadow's influence shouldn't be overlooked. --- Upon having Rosie O'Donnell corner him in the forest, the pizza delivery man knew how a Goomba felt when Mario got a star. ~ SSJ3 Popo |
| Warsola | Posted 9/9/2007 11:34:40 PM | message detail |
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WELL THAT TOO, EXPLICIT COOLNESS --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/9/2007 11:35:57 PM | message detail |
| omfg my bracket sucks. See this year I thought I'd
be Mr. cool and not put any thought into it, and now all of my
decisions are looking god awful. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/9/2007 11:36:29 PM | message detail |
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I took it into account... I don't expect it to be anything like it is
today, but I do think he'll be able to take away some of his fanbase,
however minimal it is. You don't get 45% on Mario being that
weak without something funny going on. Ryu still needed to really
impress me today (and he definitely is), for Shadow's presence to
affect Bowser enough, combined with his lack of a solid fanbase, to let
Ryu advance. A lot of things have to come together for him to do it,
and I'm really hoping they do. --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| Warsola | Posted 9/9/2007 11:37:02 PM | message detail |
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like Rams > Not Rams, m i rite? --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| creativename | Posted 9/9/2007 11:38:21 PM | message detail |
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I think people are getting carried away here. This is unquestionably impressive for Ryu, but let's not act like Bowser is all of a sudden a big underdog next round. This contest has had plenty of surprises (as expected - predictably unpredictable), and now people think they can confidently predict Bowser sucking against Ryu next round? I don't know about that. Seems like the typical "The thing I had too much faith in disappointed, so now I'll have too much faith in the thing that beat it" type syndrome. TV sports talking heads always do this. "I won't underestimate that team again!" Adept of Aiur Also, Ryu has seen a significant increase due to the recent release of Super Puzzle Fighter II HD, available at your local XBox Live Arcade. MY. DEAR. GOD. Thank you!! I had no idea a new Puzzle Fighter game was around. I used to play that all the time ages ago, back in Freshman year college. Great game. I'll be sure to get it. ExThaNemesis Yeah. Confirmed that Bowser's fans are just Mario fans going "hmm Bowser, he's from Mario vote for him" in the polls until he's against a character that's actually well liked. Uh, no. Mario vs. Bowser's surprisingly low level of SFF confirms that Bowser isn't a coattails guy. He probably holds off SFF against Mario better than I think Yoshi could. If Bowser gets 65% of Mewtwo+Toad's votes here, he's winning. I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation at all (and by the end of this match, that number probably goes down). 1 on 1 Ryu would do better than when Bowser/Ryu occurred, but I don't think he'd win. There's a slight possibility of Shadow hurting Bowser more than Ryu next round, but outside of that, I think Bowser will in good shape for next round. Auron/Bowser/Ryu is unpredictable - Auron seems like the clear favorite, but anything is possible there IMO. But I don't think Ryu has proven himself enough to be favored over Bowser there. I still give a slight edge to Bowser. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/9/2007 11:40:48 PM | message detail |
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Ryu was nearly even with Bowser in last year stats. Mega Man put up
similar numbers as Samus against (I'd say) stronger overall
competition, so I'm inclined to believe they're legit. Shadow only
needs to take a fraction of Bowser's votes, and even Auron I think
would split with Bowser more than Ryu would. --- FFXII NLB - finished - 39 marks FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan) |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/9/2007 11:40:58 PM | message detail |
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He's enough of a coat tail guy to let Mewtwo and Toad leech him into second place EASILY. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/9/2007 11:46:17 PM | message detail |
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If Auron was in this position, and had Teedus and Midgar Zolom here, I don't think the result would be much different. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. This line reserved for next Guru winner. Unless it's me, therefore reserving plenty of noms for Dixie/DKC2. |
| creativename | Posted 9/9/2007 11:48:16 PM | message detail |
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Shadow only needs to take a fraction of Bowser's votes, and even Auron I think would split with Bowser more than Ryu would. Very possible, but I still think Bowser has a slight edge over Ryu for next round. There's no way Ryu is a clear favorite over Bowser though, unless people read way too much into this match. He's enough of a coat tail guy to let Mewtwo and Toad leech him into second place EASILY. I don't see what this has to do with that. This is a leeching issue, not an riding coat-tails issue. For instance, Ganon is the ultimate coat-tails guy, but in the hypothetical Link/Cloud/Ganon match mentioned earlier, Cloud could well win because the vast majority of Ganon's votes probably come from people who otherwise would have voted Link. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lopen | Posted 9/9/2007 11:50:37 PM | message detail |
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Tell me you did not just compare Toad to the Midgar Zolom! Or Mewtwo, for that matter! Hoo boy, lovin this, though. Ryu dishin out almost as much pain to three entrants as he did to Bowser alone. You know, I had Cloud > Ryu in the quarter finals when I first made the bracket, thinking Mega Man and Samus would split enough for him to vault over them. I ended up changing it, of course. Not to say this is making me very confident of that anyway, but it'd be hilarious if that was the case. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| creativename | Posted 9/9/2007 11:51:47 PM | message detail |
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If Auron was in this position, and had Teedus and Midgar Zolom here, I don't think the result would be much different. Good point. Don't know about Midgar Zolom ;) but Tidus would probably leech enough from Auron for Ryu to win very comfortably in an Auron/Tidus/Ryu/(Mewtwo or whoever) match. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 9/9/2007 11:53:59 PM | message detail |
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Eh, Bowser looks pretty coat-tailsy to me. Not in the league of
Link/Ganon or Mario/Donkey Kong, but this was still a pretty big drop: SC2K3 Bowser: 30.97% SC2K4 Bowser: 20.41% |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/9/2007 11:54:35 PM | message detail |
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Teedus is Mewtwo and Zolom is Toad in that situation. Though I would probably take Mewtwo over Teedus after seeing this. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. This line reserved for next Guru winner. Unless it's me, therefore reserving plenty of noms for Dixie/DKC2. |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/9/2007 11:56:28 PM | message detail |
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You know, aside from Yoshi, Nintendo has been pretty meh in this
contest so far, where-as the Square people have been dominant. Or at
least Cloud and Auron have. Cloud > Link, confirmed? =P --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/10/2007 12:00:16 AM | message detail |
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If Square is so dominant Squall will make the finals instead, nulling Cloud's chances. --- FFXII NLB - finished - 39 marks FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan) |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:01:02 AM | message detail |
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Samus didn't look too bad, Midna was untested, and I knew this was
going to happen and I have Bowser in the Quarterfinals. Just wait until
Mario and Link squash their fourpacks. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. This line reserved for next Guru winner. Unless it's me, therefore reserving plenty of noms for Dixie/DKC2. |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 9/10/2007 12:01:06 AM | message detail |
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MY. DEAR. GOD. Thank you!! I had no idea a new Puzzle Fighter game was around. I used to play that all the time ages ago, back in Freshman year college. Great game. I'll be sure to get it. And with that, my work here is done. I bid you all adieu, because I have class at... 1 tomorrow... So I really don't need to go to sleep right now at all, but I will anyway. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:01:28 AM | message detail |
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Samus and Tom Nook looked fine as well, and like Yoshi, they had no
other Nintendo characters to steal votes from them. The only Nintendo
character to disappoint with no excuse so far has been Midna, and yeah,
that one stung. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Starion | Posted 9/10/2007 12:01:51 AM | message detail |
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Isn't that the same thought process that led to people thinking that Snake would beat Samus? --- 100% Frog Log Quest: Current Progress- 400 of 627 Completed: Jaster, Kisala, Deego |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 9/10/2007 12:04:07 AM | message detail |
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The only Nintendo character to disappoint with no excuse so far has been Midna, and yeah, that one stung. There was an excuse for that though. Everyone just assumed she would be strong for no real reason. Thinking logically, TP was pretty underwhelming, especially in terms of lasting talk about it, and the story, despite being the best Zelda story, still pretty much sucked. And Midna wasn't such an incredible character anyway. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:05:13 AM | message detail |
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Well yeah, the excuse is she's weaker than most people gave her credit
for. At least Bowser's excuse doesn't sound nearly as lame. >_> --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:05:24 AM | message detail |
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I think Scorpion was just as underrated in that match too. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. This line reserved for next Guru winner. Unless it's me, therefore reserving plenty of noms for Dixie/DKC2. |
| Draco1214 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:05:50 AM | message detail |
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TP is probably the quintessential example of how hype can lower people's opinions of a game. --- Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Persona 3 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:05:50 AM | message detail |
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Eh, don't mind me, I just want some reason to hope for Link losing. >.> --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:06:48 AM | message detail |
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But Link did lose last year! --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. This line reserved for next Guru winner. Unless it's me, therefore reserving plenty of noms for Dixie/DKC2. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:10:48 AM | message detail |
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Where do you guys think Twilight Princess ranks on the Zelda power
meter? I figure it easily beats everything outside of OoT and LttP.
Ocarina is out of its league, but it might do respectably against LttP. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:12:59 AM | message detail |
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I'd put TP even with, or maybe just above Wind Waker. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:19:37 AM | message detail |
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Yikes, Wind Waker? No way do I take Twilight Princess to struggle against Starcraft. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/10/2007 12:21:04 AM | message detail |
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LoZ:TP smashes every LoZ not named OoT or LttP, but OoT decimates it and LttP would show it's a clear step ahead of TP. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:21:14 AM | message detail |
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I do, and I would. GAH Games contest would've been awesome. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:21:58 AM | message detail |
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I honestly don't think TP would be as powerful as everyone was
originally thinking. Talk about it just absolutely VANISHED after its
release. It was really perplexing to me. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| The Real Truth | Posted 9/10/2007 12:22:32 AM | message detail |
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I'd like a games contest. Didn't get to enter a bracket for the last one. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
| The Real Truth | Posted 9/10/2007 12:23:01 AM | message detail |
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I think I'd take Starcraft over TP. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
| Draco1214 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:23:35 AM | message detail |
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I don't know why Starcraft is treated as such a dud here. Blizzard's
proven time and again it has a very devoted following on this site.
Hold another games contest and I'm sure Starcraft doesn't do much worse
than it did in 2004. --- Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Persona 3 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/10/2007 12:26:59 AM | message detail |
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If I'm taking LoZ:TP to smash LoZ:WW, then Starcraft could have boosted for all I care -- I'm still taking LoZ:TP to win it. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Draco1214 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:28:13 AM | message detail |
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I'd heavily consider taking Starcraft over TP for the same reason ExTha
pretty much gave. Everyone stopped caring about TP after it came out. --- Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Persona 3 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:40:33 AM | message detail |
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And next year there should be some more SC2 hype to help put that match out of question for me. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| jonthomson | Posted 9/10/2007 12:41:41 AM | message detail |
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lol bowser --- Jon Thomson - 22/28, next picks: Ryu beats Bowser Bracket analysis: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=37520975 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:44:19 AM | message detail |
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If Bowser were to somehow out-do Auron next round I think I'd crap my pants. Wait no, that'd be exactly in line with how this contest has gone. --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| Draco1214 | Posted 9/10/2007 12:45:44 AM | message detail |
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Judging from how this contest has gone, CATS is a lock to outlast Peach <_< ...What I wouldn't give to see CATS win that, bracket be damned. --- Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Persona 3 |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:49:23 AM | message detail |
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Well if CATS can somehow manage to get votes at all, considering everyone is only going to vote for Sephiroth. Seriously, the final tally will be something like Sephiroth - 156983 Peach - 23 CATS - 6 Other person that's in the match - 13 --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| PokemonPatriarch | Posted 9/10/2007 12:56:21 AM | message detail |
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RE Yoariel: I'd almost be quick to put TP under LttP and OoT in
popularity, but how many people have actually finished TP yet? I think
the original LoZ and Link's Awakening would at bare minimum give our
Wii/GCN title a huge run for its money. --- Proud fanboy of the Ogre Battle saga!!! ~~~Allah Approves~~~ |
| Gaddswell | Posted 9/10/2007 12:58:18 AM | message detail |
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And there we go. Ryu's lead is now officially higher than Toad's total
amount of votes! Combining both Bowser's and Toad's total, Ryu is up by
27 votes! --- Finally a damn bracket! |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/10/2007 12:58:46 AM | message detail |
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27>?! Jill is not in the match! --- ~*~ExThaNemesis~*~ I do a lot of pushups and situps, and I drink plenty of juice. This bold part is here until the New York Yankees are in first place in the AL East again. 7/2/07 |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/10/2007 1:06:03 AM | message detail |
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Mewtwo just rocked that update, beating Bowser for the second time in a row. Anyone think Ryu could get a 50% update? I'm guessing not, but I wouldn't be shocked. --- FFXII NLB - finished - 39 marks FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan) |
