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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 546
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 12:30:26 PM | message detail |
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And by 18-20, I mean 38-40, and by Cloud, I mean L-Block. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/4/2007 12:39:29 PM | message detail |
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Man, I just had a thought. How crazy would the FFP of this contest
have been? Four-way matches aside, creatively writing L-Block into
advancing every round and potentially winning the whole thing would
have been hilarious. Some rounds someone thought it was a weapon and used it to bludgeon their opponents to death. Other rounds it just sat unassumingly in the corner until two of the others had been eliminated. Finally the other contestants realized that it, too, had been invited to fight...and it was winning. So they banded together to stop it, but it was too late. I'd find it hard writing one with the L-Block winning though if Link won I'd just make him the main villain in the contest. --- The Board 8 BOP - http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB6%20BOP.xls Match 63: Link > Cloud Points: 397/640 |
| paraboxx | Posted 11/4/2007 1:05:47 PM | message detail |
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Aw man, I missed out on some good FFX discussion. I've got a 100% file
there myself, of sorts - didn't max out any stats, but still finished
the Arena. And I did get all the Weapons. Butterfly catching was the absolute worst. Lightning and chocobo things weren't too bad, really. Blitzball, meanwhile, I ended up spending more time with than the rest of the game...and I loved every minute of it. I can beat Luca in the first match pretty easily at this point. If Sphere Break had been any deeper, I would've done the same for it; as it is, it still ended up becoming my main source of money for the game. As for the plot twist sucking...all I've got to say to that is, at least it ain't FF8. I thought picking anything but L-Block here was crazy. after what he did to Snake last round, it seemed obvious to me that he was going to walk over Link and Cloud too. Link isn't invincible, he can be beaten. he's not held up as some kind of demigod to anyone but the people who follow these things. Same here, except I didn't have the guts to say it at the time. So sad... Still, that's something to talk about. The fact that this contest and everything we've come to expect from it trend wise has been broken in half. That may be true, but I do have to agree with others that the odds of this happening again are astronomical. Trends will go back to normal next year, I think, and in fact I kind of hope so. I was looking forward to the Link/Cloud match (and the inevitable "lol hochi"). But I'm still thrilled that I was here to see the first successful bandwagon entry of the contest. And that it was a Tetrad. *bows to the Block* |
| Panthera | Posted 11/4/2007 1:11:08 PM | message detail |
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Hmm, I think I've figured out why L Block seems to look stronger with
every passing round. He faces stronger competition every round, and
that's important. Of course, this requires some sort of way to make
MC/Dante somehow superior to Sonic/Squall, which is a little hard, so
that match becomes anamolous. But in general, L Block gets his support
from the "How funny is it to see Big Name Character X lose to a block?"
mindset. In essence, his joke status makes HIM the true "King of SFF",
because his support comes from essentially SFFing everything he sees.
This also explains why Snake beat the block with his awful picture, but
lost with proper pictures: both because Solid **** had weaker non-Block
competition for the L Block to drain, and because he's resistant to L
Block when he's at his "weakest". By that, I mean that more "casual"
Snake fans won't care about the match if he isn't recognisable, or will
vote for a "weaker" alternative like Kratos just because there isn't
the same "L Block>Snake" humour if they don't realise it's the Snake
they like. The people who vote for Snake when he has that type of
picture are primarily very hardcore Snake fans, and while some of those
can still be diverted to L, it seems logical that they'll be less
likely to pick the L than the people who aren't Snakamaniacal enough to
vote for Snake without pictorial reason. So basically, because L Block
works by making voters think of how amusing it is to see him get votes
instead of a bigger name character, putting him against big vote draws
like Link and Cloud simply gives him a much larger audience to appeal
to, thus allowing him to draw away more votes. That also can explain
his rather static percentage; if we assume that a similar proportion of
any given character's fans will be amused enough to vote L, his
percentage logically WILL stay the same in most matches, but his vote
totals will increase as he drains bigger and bigger voter pools. And
that also explains why he would lose for so long and then win; in
earlier rounds, a dominant character can EASILY break the 30ish% L
Block can drain away just by pummeling the non-Blocks. Ramp up the
competiton to where not even Link can break 30% with only 70ish% of the
total votes available, and L Block starts winning. I would be hesitant to give rallying too much credit, honestly. Rallying only brings in more voters, it doesn't make them vote against what they want. Now, if you know who you're recruiting, you can skew the results [see: planetgamecube rally during Mario/Cloud, obviously that's a fanbase that would heavily favour Mario], but it's hard to say what the results of rallying will really do when L Block is involved, since pretty much everyone who might care about a game character poll will have played Tetris, and thus possibly get the joke and vote for him. So all rallying is really doing is bringing people in and hoping they like the joke. I'll grant that rallied voters will probably vote L Block in larger percentages than non-rallied voters, but I don't think that anywhere near every voter a pro-L rallier recruits will abandon a Link/Cloud calibre character. I think L Block's success can mainly be attributed to the fact that he's a universally appealing "joke" that can siphon off a similar percentage of votes from anyone he faces. I would go so far as to say that if L Block shared a poll with CATS, he would do abnormally bad, as I don't think CATS' fanbase can be at all drained in any significant manner. Granted, losing his 30% from CATS only amounts to 3000-4000 votes or so, but you get my point, right? Any thoughts? Am I on to something, or should I definately never again make theories while tired? --- You think, therefore I am |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 2:03:04 PM | message detail |
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You can make them well tired if you use smaller paragraphs. I can't read it in that shape. D: ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 2:04:21 PM | message detail |
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... ... *while I shouldn't criticize others while tired, it seems. <_< ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/4/2007 2:28:39 PM | message detail |
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Hah. I'm guessing L-Block just got a rally or link from somewhere. WTF @ back-to-back 39% updates --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| Lugia2 | Posted 11/4/2007 2:46:36 PM | message detail |
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Heroic Yuna? Hochi lost. EC won. --- Okay, the L-block thing was insane, but not as bad as getting explicitly smashed by Explicit Content in the 2k7 Character Contest! |
| Mumei | Posted 11/4/2007 2:49:58 PM | message detail |
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Patriots @ Colts is even more epic than this. This topic should now be about that game. --- "I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived" - Sensei |
| Merc25 | Posted 11/4/2007 3:12:10 PM | message detail |
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I believe this match has the highest votals in the history of these contests: 159485 --- If you read this signature, then you have wasted your time. vote for L-Block |
| Agent M | Posted 11/4/2007 3:15:43 PM | message detail |
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wow is this topic ever slow today seems like the L Block fanaticism has taken a turn for the worst |
| TRE Public Account | Posted 11/4/2007 3:17:34 PM | message detail |
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Not the highest yet. Yesterday has 164401 total votes. --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| H__RR____H | Posted 11/4/2007 3:22:01 PM | message detail |
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This match is SHATTERING the old vote total record. Brutal. Somebody said it's reasonable for L-Block to have 10k-20k votes rallied for it. For what it's worth, it's beating Link by 7,000 and Cloud by 16,000. It has broken the previous poll record when there's still a quarter of the match left, and L-Block also has nearly as many votes in this match right now as it did at the end of yesterday's match... ...color me suspicious (preferably with a dark blue...!), but methinks L-Block has a lot more rallied votes than 20,000. --- 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 |
| H__RR____H | Posted 11/4/2007 3:23:17 PM | message detail |
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Not the highest yet. Yesterday has 164401 total votes. Wow, didn't even notice that. --- 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 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/4/2007 3:25:45 PM | message detail |
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Panthera's post actually makes perfect sense. --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 3:50:44 PM | message detail |
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new record.... and at least 4 hours to go. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 3:52:39 PM | message detail |
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From Lugia2 Posted 11/4/2007 5:46:36 PM #208 Heroic Yuna? Hochi lost. EC won. Actually, I'm pretty sure that nobody has won until today's poll ends. For all we know, Cloud and L-Block's vote totals have been switched due to a glitch in the Matrix! D: ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| SFF_potential | Posted 11/4/2007 3:57:54 PM | message detail |
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wow, over 1000 topics with L-Block in the title..... --- All hail L-Block, our new champion! Best Website Ever - http://sovietgamefaqs.ytmnd.com/ |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/4/2007 4:08:23 PM | message detail |
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Ugh, the Patriots are winning, if they win this game I'll be sick for the entire game. Damn you New England Links. --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 1-0 |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 4:19:25 PM | message detail |
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I find it neat how today is the day that GameFAQs is Wikipedia's
featured article. Wikipedia goers are infinitely more likely to vote
for L-Block than any of the other three. <_< ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| fallenstar | Posted 11/4/2007 4:32:26 PM | message detail |
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Link's vote total for Cloud Strife Samus Aran Link Sephiroth at 20:16:02 = 49249 total votes at this time = 125878 Link's vote total for this match at 20:15:01 =49812 total votes at this time = 167466 How could there be 42,000 more votes and not a single one go to link? Obviously the rallying occuring here does not just bring visitors to the site, it brings L block supporters. --- Truly if there is evil in this world. It lies within the heart of mankind. - Dhaos |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/4/2007 4:33:08 PM | message detail |
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I find it neat how today is the day that GameFAQs is Wikipedia's
featured article. Wikipedia goers are infinitely more likely to vote
for L-Block than any of the other three. <_< CONSPIRACY! --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 1-1 |
| transience | Posted 11/4/2007 4:33:54 PM | message detail |
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you can't just take two numbers like that and assume they're related.
you could find correlations like that all over if you looked hard
enough. there's some rallying going on, no doubt, but it's impossible to accurately gauge how many votes it is. --- not even the great L-Block messing up the contest could stop Explicit Content, sexiest man of all time, from owning the Guru Contest. 'grats, brudda. |
| Agent M | Posted 11/4/2007 4:34:37 PM | message detail |
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This match will break 180k I don't know if 200k is possible in the future.. a mass rally like this doesn't come every day. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/4/2007 4:43:16 PM | message detail |
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A finals match with a significant percent more votes than any other match really isn't anything out of the ordinary. --- Mustache...and green...Only Explicit Content is more badass than Luigi! www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 4:47:10 PM | message detail |
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Heh, this topic looks like it's become a ghost town. As awesome as
L-Block is, and for how much a vocal minority is enjoying this, he
really succeeded in totally sucking the fun out of this contest for a
majority of people it seems. Somebody needs to make a "Top 10 Reasons This Contest is a Joke", David Letterman style. I'll probably put the good ones on my site :) 10) If not for Donkey Kong, the eventual champion doesn't make it out of the 2nd round --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Keno316 | Posted 11/4/2007 4:51:13 PM | message detail |
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I have to disagree with this being L-Block's fault. If L weren't there, It'd just be Link doing this to Cloud and Co. and we'd be bored out of our minds without anything to say either... --- "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* |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 4:55:49 PM | message detail |
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| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 4:57:13 PM | message detail |
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Or, y'know, the contest is fun but there really isn't anything to talk
about. Just like, y'know, most of the other matches outside of the very
beginning. ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| Big Bob | Posted 11/4/2007 4:57:54 PM | message detail |
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Speculation on Best. Fictional. Character. Ever. Contest! --- Support 2-HOURS-LATE-MAN!!!! (darn sig bets) http://danielyoon10.deviantart.com/ |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 4:58:34 PM | message detail |
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I seem to be unable to write today, so let's try that again! I'm pretty sure this will actually go down in history as "the joke contest." There is no reason why past characters should have their win/loss records affected by this thing, and we already know nobody is seriously going to take this contest in consideration when predicting 1v1 matches. Oh ya, and a Tetris block won. Good times, glad people are having fun, but creative is right when he says that the past week or so feels a bit ruined for at least a few of the people here. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 4:58:39 PM | message detail |
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(That was in response to creativename and yo) ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:02:00 PM | message detail |
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Speculation on Best. Fictional. Character. Ever. Contest! If Bacon is nice enough to give us Block/Link tonight, I'm 100% sure he'll be down with the Best Fictional Character idea. If we do get it, though, I hope gaming characters are limited to no more than half the field. I assume those of us who want this contest to go down want it to truly be a Best Fictional Character contest, not a Best Video Game, Star Wars, and Spider-Man Contest. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/4/2007 5:03:22 PM | message detail |
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But that's what the final rounds would look like anyway! --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 1-1 |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:07:50 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, but it would kill the purpose if the majority of the entrants
were still from the gaming world. In a 64-character bracket, I'd
probably limit gaming entrants to 16 (certainly no more than 32). --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| Sykolan | Posted 11/4/2007 5:15:03 PM | message detail |
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I disagree...having L-Block in the finals was probably the most
hilarious thing a contest has ever done. Seriously, this was just one
of those rare moments you have to appreciate. Whether the Block won or lost; it's done its job...turning this contest upside-down and giving it a breath of fresh air. I would've just stayed away all day if the finale was just another boring Link > Cloud match. Watching this board explode on epic proportions today was just awesome...no way this is going to happen again for a long while. Of course, I'm against the return of L-Block next year. By then, the euphoria will have worn off and it'll never make it past the first round. I'm sure people will find a new character to rally behind to make sure Link suffers another defeat...and hopefully, it won't be a "joke" (using the term loosely) character. If I had my way, Mario or Kirby would be winning these character battles most of the time. >_> But enough of my silly posting. Time to go back to playing Fire Emblem. But before I go... *digs up the slab of Link's win/loss record* Win section reads: Every damn character you can imagine. Loss section reads: Cloud Strife (and Jay Solano in parentheses) *writes under Cloud's and Jay's name "L-Block, Tetris, 2007"* *reburies the slab again* When shall the slab be unearthed for a defeat once again? Only time will tell... --- Pokemon Diamond FC: 0215-7322-4653 SHAPED LIKE A BOOT TO KICK YOUR ASS! VOTE L-BLOCK! |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 5:15:14 PM | message detail |
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Both a Link/L and fictional character contest would be awesome. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/4/2007 5:16:55 PM | message detail |
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Games Contest >>> Fictional Character Contest --- I got surprise sex'd by a Gyrating Grandma in the Guru Contest. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:17:23 PM | message detail |
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Both a Fictional Character Contest and an era-less Games Contest would
be euphoria. Forget about the contests themselves for a minute - can
you guys imagine how bat**** awesome just the prediction period would
be? Mmmm-mmmm-mmm scrum-diddly-umptious! --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| ZFS | Posted 11/4/2007 5:17:55 PM | message detail |
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We need to start talking about a games contest over this fictional character stuff. --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/4/2007 5:18:36 PM | message detail |
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I don't really care about a Fictional Character Contest. There aren't
any real good ones. Unless they count characters played in live-action
like Jack Bauer or House. Then I'd be interested --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| Kratos_42 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:19:17 PM | message detail |
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I haven't posted here since the start of the second round of this
contest, but, dammit, holy **** L-Block. Considering how many points
these last contests are worth, would an L-Block joke bracket actually
have a chance to win this? --- It's difficult sometimes to distinguish between existentialism and a bad mood. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/4/2007 5:20:30 PM | message detail |
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Most L-Block brackets don't have Link in the finals. --- I got surprise sex'd by a Gyrating Grandma in the Guru Contest. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:20:58 PM | message detail |
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If Darth Vader counts, I don't see why Jack Bauer or Indiana Jones wouldn't. I'd be in heaven with either contest, and the thought of them back-to-back is nearly too sweet (sweeter than the nWo days; now you know that's... two... sweeeeeeeeeet!!!). --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| Sykolan | Posted 11/4/2007 5:21:27 PM | message detail |
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Considering how many points these last contests are worth, would an L-Block joke bracket actually have a chance to win this? No chance in hell. Whoever's at the top at the leaderboard right now wins. --- Pokemon Diamond FC: 0215-7322-4653 SHAPED LIKE A BOOT TO KICK YOUR ASS! VOTE L-BLOCK! |
| ZFS | Posted 11/4/2007 5:22:30 PM | message detail |
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A fictional character contest might get less interest from me than a female villains contest!! (Okay, maybe it's not that bad!) --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/4/2007 5:23:26 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I guess it wouldn't be that bad. But for some reason whenever I
see talk about the fictional character contest the only things people
bring up are yawnfests like Star Wars and comic books. Puhleaze --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/4/2007 5:24:54 PM | message detail |
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Wait, you're telling me the thought of Darth Vader, Batman, Spider-Man, and Solid Snake sharing the same bracket doesn't make you giggle like a schoolgirl? --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... Explicit Content pwn me... in the Guru Contest! |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/4/2007 5:25:29 PM | message detail |
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Not at all. --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| ZFS | Posted 11/4/2007 5:26:07 PM | message detail |
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Yeah. The strongest characters you're going to get that aren't from videogames are from Star Wars and comic books. woohoo fun (i think im bitter that indiana jones wouldn't dominate such a contest) --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
