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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 526
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 10/19/2007 9:57:44 PM | message detail |
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WTF are those hands? --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 10/19/2007 9:58:07 PM | message detail |
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Too bad Magus didn't advance. It'd be interesting to see if he overperformed again with a sprite. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 10/19/2007 9:59:18 PM | message detail |
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If Big Boss Vs. Magus happened this round the percents would probably be reversed >_> --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| BDawg | Posted 10/19/2007 10:00:17 PM | message detail |
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Ok I looked at the pics and Auron is defintely not a "sprite" and I'm loving it. --- Should I start running now? |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:02:21 PM | message detail |
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It's not a sprite, but it is his in-game model. TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:07:29 PM | message detail |
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http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/thumb/0/09/Earlyganon.jpg/120px-Earlyganon.jpg last place here i come --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:07:55 PM | message detail |
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holy **** ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 10/19/2007 10:08:29 PM | message detail |
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If Ganon actually gets that, he is screwed beyond belief. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| swirIdude | Posted 10/19/2007 10:08:43 PM | message detail |
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That would be very bad... --- Jesus never had co-op adventure mode. Brawl is a little bit better. ~McMoogle |
| creativename | Posted 10/19/2007 10:13:09 PM | message detail |
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I actually like the "first appearance" concept a lot better than sprite
round. It makes things more reasonable, and you don't need contrived,
obscure sprites for characters who don't really have sprites. This
might be the first thing where SBAllen has outdone CJayC. Master Moltar Return to Round 1 format YESSSSS Agreed :) Harrich GO L-BLOCK!!! He's a virtual lock now! He can't lose! :) I'm being kinda serious here actually. I think he might totally thrash Kratos and Riku with the in-game pic he has to get here. It would be a NES pic right? I mean, he can't get a black+white pic right? paraboxx For some reason, I almost feel like she'd be better off with a Justin Bailey pic, A what? Haste2 Hey... maybe Subby underperformed against Auron last year, too! Very good chance this was the case. People wondered about that Shredder pic at the time too, though it wasn't really focused on. transcience I like how the board vote went to the obvious favourite for once because he was announced in Brawl. Heh I didn't even think of that :) That's the amazing power of Brawl - it can even overcome board 8 BRACKETS! --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Panthera | Posted 10/19/2007 10:13:50 PM | message detail |
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http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/thumb/0/09/Earlyganon.jpg/120px-Earlyganon.jpg Whoa. Congratulations Ganon, if you got that pic, you could probably lose to CATS. --- You think, therefore I am |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:17:04 PM | message detail |
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I was also going to point out the possibility of fat turd Pikachu from
the original games, but I'm having such a hard time finding it, I doubt
Bacon's actually going to use it. --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:17:59 PM | message detail |
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Like I said earlier, if Ganon gets his LoZ sprite I'm screwed. Luigi
will take second there easily, and it will probably be Chief > Dante
the round after, which puts Ashe comfortably above me. TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| Keno316 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:19:05 PM | message detail |
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So, if sprite Crono manages to survive Vincent...again...The Noble Nine will look to live for another year. --- "Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB *Claims KG's Eclair, C.C. & Tear Grants* |
| creativename | Posted 10/19/2007 10:19:05 PM | message detail |
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Don't know who said this, I saw Seginustemple quote it Anybody who can't recognize classic Metroid or LoZ sprites doesn't deserve to vote. I don't think it's about recognition for someone like Samus, I think it's about likability. An ugly pic might make her less likable. For most fans it wouldn't matter, especially against weak competition, but a relatively small fraction is all that's needed, and Mega Man is obviously not weak. Master Moltar Really, it's just one game. Jeez GameFAQs, a little Nintendo fanservice and you go crazy Pitiful Heh, yeah :) It really shouldn't make this much of a difference. Oh well, I don't mind much. shh i'm being subtle Oh I didn't even notice your sig. But wait...wouldn't you slaughter the innocent for fun and profit anyway? :) Keno So the Finals are looking to be 2 boosted Brawl characters with their own individual fanbase. The Brawl related powerhouse of these contests. ...And the strongest Square character on this site... Yeah...the Finals are looking interesting... I didn't think of this, so that's why people were saying Cloud>Link. Link still has to be the favorite...but it seems as time goes by, Cloud's chances keep squeaking higher. BDawg At this point I can only assume Cloud would beat Link 60-40 if he was in Brawl. I think it would be 55-45 or more in favor of Cloud. MegatokyEd If this is Orange Box though, he might prove himself in the day. Most Orange Box buyers were 360 owners who most likely were being introduced to HL2 for the first time. So he might actually hold up if he gets some semblance of the Xbox vote. Gordon...doing decent in the day? Does...not...compute! That would be a lot more likely to make the universe implode than him simply winning a match. Too bad Magus didn't advance. It'd be interesting to see if he overperformed again with a sprite. I'm pretty confident he would have. n00b Avenger If Big Boss Vs. Magus happened this round the percents would probably be reversed >_> Actually I don't even think this is going out on a limb. We already know Big Boss is pic-sensitive. Lady Ashe You mean Yuna. Maybe. Forgot about her. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:20:07 PM | message detail |
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Don't assume Luigi gets a good pic either! http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9341/luiginm6.png <_< --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| creativename | Posted 10/19/2007 10:20:24 PM | message detail |
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I recall seeing Pig Ganon in these contests before, anyone remember what match? --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:21:18 PM | message detail |
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I just looked at the pics, and wow, the sprite round concept is SO biased toward newer characters. Samus is unrecognizable, which will benefit Yoshi and Mega Man, and Auron might manage to advance after all with Cloud given such a weak picture. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:22:30 PM | message detail |
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LttP Pig Ganon was in the villains contest, but the LttP one is a tad more recognizable. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Lttp-ganon.png --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:24:22 PM | message detail |
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From creativename Just saw the pics. My thoughts (again, haven't really read other people's, so shouldn't be anything new). That pic definitely brings up some concerns for Samus. It's not like she's out of Mega Man's league, and with the new format already adding some variance... Not like Samus is the underdog now, and she win still win easily, but people have to wonder a bit. I'd be very, very surprised now if Ryu ended up beating out Auron. As we've seen, SFF seems to be less important in this format due to the character already largely being reduced to his core fanbase. I already figured Auron would hold up well against Cloud. And with that awful sprite pic, as well as the tendency of 3rd/4th place characters to collapse, I could see Ryu sucking it up badly next round anyway. Also, perhaps the most important thing...I wonder if we will see Pig Ganon? That could actually make Luigi a big favorite in that match. Heh, looks like you just said exactly what I did, but waaay better and sooner <_< --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| ZFS | Posted 10/19/2007 10:25:46 PM | message detail |
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http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/thumb/0/09/Earlyganon.jpg/120px-Earlyganon.jpg Holy what. --- "Ha! No spoony bard could spin a sweeter tale!" |
| Who Cares? | Posted 10/19/2007 10:27:49 PM | message detail |
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I just looked at the pics, and wow, the sprite round concept is SO biased toward newer characters. No kidding. If you're going to put sprites, at least give them sprites that they're famous for. Very dissapointed not to see the classic SF2 Ryu, but I just gotta hope when Ryu got 43% on Snake with that sprite, it wasn't totally because of Solid ****! --- Current Points: 191 -- 35th on Leaderboard 11/17/07: The day Street Fighter 4 became a reality! |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:30:51 PM | message detail |
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I actually like the "first appearance" concept a lot better than
sprite round. It makes things more reasonable, and you don't need
contrived, obscure sprites for characters who don't really have
sprites. This might be the first thing where SBAllen has outdone CJayC. 2003's sprite round was almost a first appearance round - the only exception was Alucard's Symphony sprite. --- Mustache...and green... www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| ZFS | Posted 10/19/2007 10:33:28 PM | message detail |
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I was also going to point out the possibility of fat turd Pikachu
from the original games, but I'm having such a hard time finding it, I
doubt Bacon's actually going to use it. http://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/upload/b/ba/Spr_1b_025.png dun dun --- "Ha! No spoony bard could spin a sweeter tale!" |
| Seginustemple | Posted 10/19/2007 10:34:32 PM | message detail |
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I actually like the "first appearance" concept a lot better than
sprite round. It makes things more reasonable, and you don't need
contrived, obscure sprites for characters who don't really have sprites. You need more obscure pics for characters that have rather unpopular first games, though. I can see why it'd be seen as more fair but I still think it's a bit biased towards newer characters who only have so many pics anyways. --- If you fail at life you try suicide. If you fail at suicide, what's next? Failing at poetry... - Fidormula |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:34:39 PM | message detail |
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Hold on a second, wasn't Master Chief in some really old game that supposedly happens centuries after Halo 3? TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| HaRRicH | Posted 10/19/2007 10:37:33 PM | message detail |
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You know, themes are cool and all...but why isn't there a consistent
effort to get every character a great pic every match? I just don't
like the idea of characters getting practically unrecognizable sprites
for the sake of staying in the theme and such. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Dark_Mits | Posted 10/19/2007 10:39:01 PM | message detail |
| You mean Doom? |
| JaKyL25 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:39:02 PM | message detail |
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2003's sprite round was almost a first appearance round - the only exception was Alucard's Symphony sprite. Damn CJayC and his SotN love! --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. Character Battle V Contest Winner! |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:44:53 PM | message detail |
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At least Bacon has a theme. I still have no clue what in the hell posessed Ceej to use ZSS TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:50:07 PM | message detail |
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On the plus side, I just realized Luigi will be getting his Mario 1 sprite, which isn't much better than pig-ganon. TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| creativename | Posted 10/19/2007 10:50:23 PM | message detail |
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I just love Scorpion's pic. Not that it will matter...though maybe he
has an outside shot to finish ahead of Yoshi, who may be suffering mild
double-SFF here, like Aeris did. If you told me Yoshi would get an SMW sprite, I would normally figure that'd be great for him, but I actually don't love that sprite for some reason. Oh, and I expect an utter Marcus Fenix collapse here. Not only is he by far the weakest character, but his face is very small there, makes him much harder to recognize as Guy From Gears. smitelf and Auron might manage to advance after all with Cloud given such a weak picture. I really think Auron would've advanced anyway. I said after the last round that I thought he deserved to be a clear favorite. I figured this would be a Mega Man/Yoshi situation where he'd resist most of the SFF he'd suffer 1-on-1 due to the format. And the gap between him and Ryu last round was huge. Now yes, this might be a reverse-Ryu/Riku situation (SFF/LFF in the round after, rather than the round before), and Auron/Cloud are in the same game (coincidentally, also the same series as Riku/Roxas), but I still expect Auron to hold up well. It is Auron, after all. And the KH fanbase might not even have a clear preference for Cloud. Kleenex LttP Pig Ganon was in the villains contest, but the LttP one is a tad more recognizable. Ah OK. Yeah, the SNES sprite is much better (though it would still probably hurt him) That NES sprite is just...good grief. Who Cares Very dissapointed not to see the classic SF2 Ryu That would've been cool. HM http://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/upload/b/ba/Spr_1b_025.png Hah!! That's awesome :) It actually doesn't even look that bad...I'd never vote for Pikachu normally, but I might vote for him against meh characters if he had that pic. It makes him a lot more...inoffensive, or something. Harrich You know, themes are cool and all...but why isn't there a consistent effort to get every character a great pic every match? I just don't like the idea of characters getting practically unrecognizable sprites for the sake of staying in the theme and such. Yeah, I'd prefer it this way too. I think the best thing would be for them to outsource the pic creation to users anyway, though. I mean, creating match pics can't be a very productive use of an admin's time. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:53:11 PM | message detail |
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Mega Man is in an extremely good position. Samus will be SFFed by
Yoshi, and that alone would be enough to put Mega Man within a few
percent of her, though with no real chance of beating her. But add to
that the worst pic imaginable for Samus, and first place looks very
attainable for him. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/19/2007 10:53:55 PM | message detail |
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I stand corrected. It seems as though Yoshi got his Yoshi's Island sprite against Snake last year. Not like there's really much difference. TuRtLe ~~~ 189/240 in the contest. Next pick: Squall > Sora BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| creativename | Posted 10/19/2007 10:54:08 PM | message detail |
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On the plus side, I just realized Luigi will be getting his Mario 1 sprite, which isn't much better than pig-ganon. Except that sprite was, like, the iconic Player 2. And someone brought up that poll the other day where SMB had like a 95% playrate at this site. LoZ would have a really high playrate too, but Pig Ganon is only the final boss, so you don't see him for very long. I don't think NES Luigi, while ugly, would be nearly as bad as Piganon. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:54:35 PM | message detail |
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I really think Auron would've advanced anyway. Possibly, but that pic makes him a near-lock - which is a shame, because I would have liked to see him facing a non-crippled Cloud just to see how SFFable he really is. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:55:05 PM | message detail |
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I don't think Samus's pic is that bad. --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 10/19/2007 10:56:25 PM | message detail |
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Scorpion's pic is TIGHT! I like Cloud's too for some reason. Samus' pic is horrible and Marcus looks like LOL. --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:57:01 PM | message detail |
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If you told me Yoshi would get an SMW sprite, I would normally
figure that'd be great for him, but I actually don't love that sprite
for some reason. I don't think anyone else's sprite matters in that match. Samus's is so terrible that the rest are benign by comparison, though Scorpion might get a slight bump from his (I would have taken him over Yoshi anyway, though). --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 10:58:34 PM | message detail |
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From KleenexTissue50 I don't think Samus's pic is that bad. It doesn't have to be a Big Boss-like change. MM would be within a few percent anyway. That pic is definitely bad enough to cost Samus those precious few percent. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 10:59:08 PM | message detail |
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I don't think it will be, but we'll see what happens. --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| ZFS | Posted 10/19/2007 10:59:39 PM | message detail |
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I think some of this picture talk is getting out of hand. Most of these characters aren't in that
bad of shape. Samus' picture may not be good, but it's hardly something
that throws an otherwise unquestionable match into question. None of
these approach the...thing that Ganon could end up getting. That's an
instance where the pic could be devastating, not NES Samus. --- "Ha! No spoony bard could spin a sweeter tale!" |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 11:01:20 PM | message detail |
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Well, I don't mean that Mega Man will definitely beat Samus, just that
the pic is definitely bad enough to cost her the match if I'm not
overestimating Mega Man's base strength or underestimating Samus's. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| smitelf | Posted 10/19/2007 11:04:10 PM | message detail |
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NES Samus wouldn't be devastating if she wasn't already suffering from
SFF, which decreases her padding against Mega Man by a lot. When the
difference between two characters would be maybe 3%ish without pic
factor interference, the pic factor is a big deal. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| JaKyL25 | Posted 10/19/2007 11:13:29 PM | message detail |
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On the plus side, I just realized Luigi will be getting his Mario 1 sprite, which isn't much better than pig-ganon. Wouldn't Luigi get his sprite from Mario Bros.? Not SMB, but the original Mario Bros. Granted, that supports your point even more. And wow, Mario will get his Jumpman sprite. --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. Character Battle V Contest Winner! |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 10/19/2007 11:14:48 PM | message detail |
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I still have no clue what in the hell possessed Ceej to use ZSS To this day, I still don't see why it had such a negative affect on Samus. Ok sure she's a bit unrecognizable, but she still looks pretty badass IMO. But whatever. Also is anyone expecting a bad Fox sprite? I kind of am. --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 10/19/2007 11:16:11 PM | message detail |
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10 people fell off the Top 50 today. EdBellis, lil_leftee, PSU_Jer,
ShadowMario, LeonhartFour, jumpers123, PhiloSOULpher, MarioSuperstar,
Buzzoro and syntaxerror7 did not have Squall > Sora as yesterday's
winners. 12 people stayed on the Top 50 after scoring half points. RyanYeung, PaGz_GF, shadow8021, E_Gadd, hochiminh155, LegendaryGeno, THEVinceYoung, Warning_Cmexy, zorsmobile, warrant6767, Icehawk9902 and One_winged_ange also did not have Squall > Sora as yesterday's winners. --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/19/2007 11:17:59 PM | message detail |
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From HeroicTronBonne | Posted 10/19/2007 11:14:48 PM I still have no clue what in the hell possessed Ceej to use ZSS To this day, I still don't see why it had such a negative affect on Samus. Ok sure she's a bit unrecognizable, but she still looks pretty badass IMO. But whatever. Also is anyone expecting a bad Fox sprite? I kind of am. http://www.n-philes.com/games/SNES/SNES_starfox/star_fox_snes.jpg Book it. --- CB6 - 178/248; Oracle - 31st http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 10/19/2007 11:26:31 PM | message detail |
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That link doesn't work for whatever reason :( --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 10/19/2007 11:28:48 PM | message detail |
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Here are Mario and Luigi: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/MarioLuigi_MarioBrosSprites.png Doesn't look too bad. |
