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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 574
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 5:08:21 PM | message detail |
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If Mudkip loses it's either Tom or Lloyd that win lose-lose situation all around --- Moltar Status: augh Fei/Knuckles/Mario/Zelda - Bracket: Mario > Knuckles - Vote: Knuckles (16/24) |
| Lopen | Posted 9/24/2008 5:09:20 PM | message detail |
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Nothin wrong with Lloyd winnin tbqh. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 1 - Raiden/Kain/Other Dude. Target: 48%. GAME FUEL. Believe |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 5:13:00 PM | message detail |
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VICTORY... --- Moltar Status: augh Fei/Knuckles/Mario/Zelda - Bracket: Mario > Knuckles - Vote: Knuckles (16/24) |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/24/2008 5:13:08 PM | message detail |
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Maybe not ToS Lloyd. But Soul Calibur Legends Lloyd? No thanks! --- CB7 Score: 16/24 - Two in a row. English is my second language. And Sho made me like math. -_HarpuiaX_ |
| swirIdude | Posted 9/24/2008 5:18:51 PM | message detail |
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Nothing wrong with Tom Nook winning. Right Zelos? --- SSBB FC: 4425-1156-3590 Looking for a new sig. |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 5:31:56 PM | message detail |
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Tom Nook advancing here would be the single greatest thing to happen in the history of the character battle --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 5:33:39 PM | message detail |
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oh and also no one seems to notice Knuxxx slowly closing the gap between himself and Zelda we could be seeing a Frog-like comeback ...>_> --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/24/2008 5:34:59 PM | message detail |
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5 Frogs working in unison couldn't make this comeback. --- CB7 Score: 16/24 - Two in a row. English is my second language. And Sho made me like math. -_HarpuiaX_ |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 5:35:31 PM | message detail |
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ATTN everyone in this topic stop crushing my dreams --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/24/2008 5:35:51 PM | message detail |
| 5 Frogs sounds like a crappy band name. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/24/2008 5:36:18 PM | message detail |
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5 Frogs feat. the Comebacks. --- CB7 Score: 16/24 - Two in a row. English is my second language. And Sho made me like math. -_HarpuiaX_ |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/24/2008 5:36:43 PM | message detail |
| Now you're on the trolley. |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 5:36:54 PM | message detail |
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noice --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 9/24/2008 5:37:05 PM | message detail |
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ted crunkensteinsience and the FRAUGHs --- This was KING BELLIS LOL ed status: doin thangs |
| red sox 777 | Posted 9/24/2008 5:38:52 PM | message detail |
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Knuckles needs a fleet of mass carriers piloted by Frogs to turn this around. --- Character Battle VII --- Score: 20/24 --- T-73 (356 way) Bracket: Mario > Zelda --- Vote: Zelda |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/24/2008 5:39:17 PM | message detail |
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don't invoke the holy name of ted crunkenstein when talking about Frog, thanks --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/24/2008 6:07:25 PM | message detail |
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My Soulcalibur Legends Lloyd! Awww yeah. --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 9/24/2008 6:11:08 PM | message detail |
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"Name some useful features he added. I think ignore is about the only
one that sees widespread use on the site. We're going to kiss his ass
for things like "My Games?" Seriously? " The updated review system. |
| ZFS | Posted 9/24/2008 6:25:46 PM | message detail |
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Ha, Lopen. Looks like Zack has incurred some wrath for having beaten Cecil! --- let's mosey |
| Lopen | Posted 9/24/2008 6:28:51 PM | message detail |
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My case against Zack hasn't changed, I just overestimated that four
pack. If Zack refuses to fold next round, I'll be a believer. Not yet,
though. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 1 - Raiden/Kain/Other Dude. Target: 48%. GAME FUEL. Believe |
| ZFS | Posted 9/24/2008 6:30:16 PM | message detail |
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Have a feeling you won't be stop until he gets to the quarterfinals! You'll do this again with Altair. --- let's mosey |
| ZFS | Posted 9/24/2008 6:32:46 PM | message detail |
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On another note, I just noticed Mario barely increased at all from this morning. Whoops --- let's mosey |
| Lopen | Posted 9/24/2008 6:33:13 PM | message detail |
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The only way I'll do this with Altair is if he shows legitimate
strength that I don't believe Zack could based on his first round
match. (Lucario/Isaac/Guybrush vs Wario/Cecil/Jade "hmmm") Don't doubt
Altair country, my friend! --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 1 - Raiden/Kain/Other Dude. Target: 48%. GAME FUEL. Believe |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2008 7:24:20 PM | message detail |
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Guys, I absolutely loved the Frog-band conversation. "5 Frogs working in unison couldn't make this comeback" killed me. And yeah, no, that wasn't happening. Sad but true for all. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| Biolizard28 | Posted 9/24/2008 7:25:29 PM | message detail |
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If Tom Nook advances, I'll eat my hat. --- Biolizard28: The cream of Fire Emblem fanboyism. http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7315/ocelotpartycd1.gif |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2008 7:26:16 PM | message detail |
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Nook > X Come on. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/24/2008 7:28:39 PM | message detail |
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what's with the nook hype? he's getting easily doubled by mudkip and maybe even lloyd. --- DQVIII LLG - level 1/6/10/19, before Captain Crow Brawl FC: 0344-9611-6716 |
| Cloudxsquall | Posted 9/24/2008 7:39:14 PM | message detail |
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Nook isn't gonna touch anywhere close to second imo I think hes doomed for fourth place tommarow Also to the Zack comments think he will also advance round 2 as Link > Zack thinking a lot of Warios fanbase is gonna go to Link is gonna even out Zidane and Zack so I have Link > Zack |
| smitelf | Posted 9/24/2008 8:05:53 PM | message detail |
| Hmm, I'm starting to think that Liquid > Bowser
is a good pick for round 2. It really all depends on Liquid and how
much he's increased . He did so well against Luigi that either Liquid
is hugely better than last year OR Luigi has dropped slightly. Meanwhile, Bowser's competition was inferior, and he wasn't able to do much damage to Geno, which doesn't bode well for him coming out on top of the LFF with Luigi next round. However, if you take a serious look at his performance against Phoenix, he actually put out a solid showing statistically. Either way, that match is going to be great :) --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Biden/Obama...er, I mean Obama/Biden '08! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:12:39 PM | message detail |
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| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:12:43 PM | message detail |
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Division 2: Round 1 - Match 8 – Lloyd Irving vs. Mudkip vs. Tom Nook vs. Mega Man X Moltar’s Analysis Lloyd Game/Series Known From: Tales of Symphonia 2007 Results: 3rd Place in Round 1 vs. Zero, HK-47 and Jak Two wooden swords for twice the power, yep it’s Lloyd Mudkip Game/Series Known From: Pokemon 2007 Results: 2nd Place in Round 1 vs. Luigi, Pit and Tingle 3rd Place in Round 2 vs. Ganondorf, Luigi and Vergil ……………… Tom Game/Series Known From: Animal Crossing 2007 Results: 3rd Place in Round 1 vs. Marcus Fenix, Kefka and Zelos I’m surprised AC characters still get support in these things Mega Man X Game/Series Known From: Mega Man X 2007 Results: N/A Really? Really? Oh fine. Hey look, the first match with no Brawl characters! Seriously though that’s like the most interesting thing about this match. We’ll finally be able to get a glimpse at how MMX does. Most speculate that while he won’t be as strong as Mega Man, he’ll definitely be up there. I mean, in a fairly recent poll, the X series did beat the original MM series in favorability. And then Mudkip for second? Dammit why is this Pokemon back anyway? It’s not as bad as Bidoof (augh), but this joke is oooold. I guess we’ll be able to see how TJF (The Joke Factor but the other one works too) goes this year, but Mudkip would probably take second just on his strength alone. Oh, and Tom Nook has a good shot at beating another Tales character for third. Oh Tales, how about this. When you get the invite, don’t show up. Heck, I love Symphonia and even I’m tired of seeing its annual ass-kicking from other weak characters. Moltar’s Bracket Says: Mega Man X > Mudkip Moltar’s Prediction is: MMX: 43% - Mudkip: 26% - Lloyd: 17% - Tom: 14% Heroic Mario’s Analysis good lord this might be the worst match i've ever seen. why the hell is mudkip back who likes this thing; is that a different variation of Mega Man i see; and we round it off with tales and animal crossing no thank you to this match Anyway, there's not too much to talk about with this one, but a lot to keep an eye on. We'll get some idea of how MMX is going to fare, whether he's a high midcarder or hanging with Mega Man proper. There's been a lot of talk about his range, how far he's going to go, and if he can take advantage of any potential SFF in later matches to beat Mario so he's got some big expectations to fill. I think he'll end up a little below Mega Man, despite there being a poll around here that proves otherwise. I've always thought of "Mega Man" as encompassing every iteration of him, much in the same way that Link does, whether it's TP Link or WW Link. Having them separated could hurt, but who knows. As far as Mudkip is concerned, it's an easy second. The competition here is terrible - Tales and Animal Crossing haha what - and we've seen Mudkip in action before. For reasons unknown, people like this thing, so it should be able to pull its usual 25% in this one. It could go higher, but I think there's a ceiling when it comes to something like this where you only have the same group voting for it each time. damn these pokemon Prediction: MMX - 45%; Mudkip - 25% ; Lloyd - 15% ; Nook - 15% Bracket: MMX > Mudkip Vote: no thx Yoblazer’s Analysis After making it through the most debated match of the division, we're in for what seems to be a breather today. In fact, I'd wager to call this the most widely agreed upon match we've had so far, and that's not without good reason. A quick glance at the characters and their performances last year is enough to figure this one out, but let's do a quick analysis, anyway. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:12:59 PM | message detail |
| Our four competitors are Lloyd Irving (Tales of
Symphonia), Mudkip (Pokemon), Tom Nook (Animal Crossing), and Mega Man
X (Shin Megami Tunsei Nocturne Sunflowers and Bikini Babes A Go-Go:
Serious Lockdown Edition). Unless Mudkip picks up none
of the initial joke support it got last year and Lloyd impresses, this
match seems pretty set in stone. Mega Man X will pick up the easy win,
Mudkip finishes in a distant but comfy second place, Lloyd takes third,
and Tom Nook, the best damn character of the bunch, finishes last
because he's more interested in ACTUALLY WORKING IN HIS STORE than
stupid popularity contests. You tell these young people, Nook. No sense
of hard work, I tell ya. All we really have to debate here are
percentages. X is a guy we've been clamoring for for years now, and we finally got him. His perceived strength range is wide (all the way from stronger than good ol' Mega Man to significantly weaker), but even if he crashes out on the lower end of his potential, he'll win without trouble here. Personally, I'm expecting him to be around Mega Man's level - maybe a bit weaker - so I'll predict his percentage accordingly. Interestingly, it should be noted that Mega Man X's name is fourth among this fourpack. I bring this up because the character order is always alphabetical, yet Mega Man X is fourth, under Tom Nook, implying that he may simply be called "X" for the match. Now, this probably won't have much of an effect on his overall performance, but taking the "Mega Man" out of "Mega Man X" may confuse some voters. On the other hand, there's just something about a guy called "X" that seems forking badass. After X is Mudkip, the little Pokemon who shocked us all with his strength last year. This thing drew loads of joke support last year (enough to challenge Luigi in Round 2), and while I haven't heard much hype about it this time around, Muddy should still have the goods to outpace Lloyd on a bad day. Speaking of which, Lloyd only managed 20% on a comparatively weaker (assuming X doesn't bomb below Zero's level, which he shouldn't) quartet last year, so I'm expecting even less of him this time around, and that won't be enough to challenge Mudkip. Tom Nook, of course, will finish dead last, but he'll get my vote! He also has more money than the other three, so I ask you... who's the real winner here? Lloyd Irving - 17% Mudkip - 24% Tom Nook - 12% Mega Man X - 47% Lopen’s Analysis The "obvious" result in this match is MMX > Mudkip. For the simple reason that Mudkip got around 25% with Luigi and Ganondorf in the polls last year, and has that 4chan BS on his side. He's regarded as a joke entrant.. and tranny insists that the guy has a static 23-25% or something as a result. Now, I won't disagree that a lot of the people who liek Mudkipz (oh gawd shoot me now) are indeed of the joke vote persuasion. However... between contests I've done a little inadvertent research... you see, my roommate has a little brother and the little brother has lots of little friends. Between last year and now, Pokemon became a bit of a fad amongst them. (I personally believe I spearheaded it with my purchase of Pokemon Diamond, impressionable tykes) Now, for them, the game of choice was Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:13:03 PM | message detail |
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| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:13:43 PM | message detail |
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Where am I going with this? Here's where I'm going. Every damn one of them
(and two of my friends who are older than eight what is this crap) were
fans of the bloody Mudkip. I assume he's a starter or something, I
never bothered to ask... I was too busy expressing my disgust of the
matter. Now, I admit, my sample size is fairly small, not something to
base a scientific study on my any means... but it's something to
consider! The thing is like a poison... it's been injected into my
local neighborhood with a 100% accuracy. (except for me, for as the
hero I have immunity) And no, none of the ones affected are at all
aware of what this "4chan" is. So what does this mean? It means that as a partially legitimate competitor all theories of a "vote floor" for Mudkip should be disregarded. It also means that perhaps the foul creation looked better than it should've last year due to being thrown into two SFF matches without people high on the SFF pecking order. It ALSO means that King of SFF™ X MIGHT be able to drive his % down to hell. All of this means that Lloyd Irving, with his superior knowledge of mathematics and how it relates to swordplay, will be able to CAPITALIZE on the Nintendo backlash brewing and a SC Legends boost. That's right. The best two points I've ever lost. Lopen's prediction: Mega Man X – 40.12% Lloyd Irving – 23.87% Mudkip – 19.99% Tom Nook – 16.02% Transience’s Analysis today's match features an obvious first place and three guys competing for second, but the most interesting thing by far is just how good first place is. Mega Man X has been a topic of discussion for about five years now and we're finally going to see him today. there's some polls out there that show Mega Man X as the most popular incarnation of Mega Man and the most popular Mega Man series, so it's possible that X is actually stronger than Mega Man. I wouldn't count on it, though, since I imagine people vote for Mega Man with X in mind. now that we've gotten more specific, Mega Man X probably takes a small drop, but he'll still be plenty strong. he's definitely the strongest new entrant snice Vincent, and I feel that treating him as a second Mega Man is fair. it kinda sucks that we've got two Mega Mans in the bracket when they should probably be the same strength (and the same guy), but whatever. X has a nice trump card in today's match - Mega Man 9 was just released a couple of days ago. X isn't in the game? doesn't matter, Mega Man fans will vote for him anyway. not only do we get to see X for the first time, we get to see Mega Man with his first significant release since the contest started, anniversary collections aside. I'm looking forward to seeing what X can do. anyway, on to the real match. let's start with the two 'real' characters, Lloyd and Tom Nook. last year we got to see Zelos and Tom Nook in the same match, and Zelos bombed hard. Lloyd is probably a good bit more popular than Zelos, but given how the Talesbase has responded to their guys so far I wouldn't be surprised if Nook did beat him out here. Symphonia's a different beast from Abyss, though, so I'm not expecting that to happen. the fourth character in this match is the dreadful Mudkip, one that elicits more anger than any other "character" in the bracket. Mudkip's our first joke entrant, and one to keep an eye on. last year, Mudkip mowed down Pit and Tingle and then held a big lead on Luigi in round 2 for 7 hours before he ran out of gas. Mudkip's a fluky, weird entrant that seems like it's going to get 20% in every match. Lloyd and Nook probably can't get that high. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:14:08 PM | message detail |
| if X bombs, there'll be more percentage for
everyone else, and if that happens Lloyd could advance over Mudkip.
it's really unlikely though since Lloyd is already pretty weak. I
expect people to perceive MMX to have bombed here thanks to joke
characters wrecking percentages, but that's just how joke characters
roll. Mudkip starts ahead falls all day but still beats Tom Nook and Lloyd Irving transience's prediction: Mega Man X with 41.37%, Mudkip with 26.67%, Lloyd with 17.52%, Tom Nook with 14.44% Ngamer’s Analysis Whoops! Guess this won't be the closest #2 vs #3 result so far... or even all that close. I guess that's in line with Link hurting Shadow so badly, but at this point you've really got to start calling Sonic Team as a whole into question. I know this much- certainly feeling better about that Master Chief > Sonic upset than I was a week back! For today we're looking at quite the intriguing matchup. That seems weird to say, given that the #1 spot isn't going to be in question at all, and neither should the #2, really. What lends this match its appeal is the long-awaited Contest debut of Mega Mega X... firstly because we've never seen him in action before and its hard to say how close to the original MM he's going to perform, and secondly because we'll be getting our first taste of how Mega Man 9 will impact this Contest. Talk about exciting! Let's see if the numbers hold any answers for us. Last Known Values Mega Man X - new Mudkip - 21.53% (2007) Lloyd - 19.97% (2007) Tom Nook - 12.61% (2007) Original MM looked pretty darn solid in this format last season, scoring a value of around 39 while doing even more than was expected of him, including seriously contending for the win against Samus (sure he was benefited by the sprite round, but STILL). My best guess is that MMX is going to be a touch weaker than MM in these polls. "But wait! MMX beat MM straight up in that 'what's your favorite version of Mega Man' poll a couple months back!" Well yes, he did, but we've seen how far you can trust favorite character in the series polls as they relate to real Contest strength, and MMX > MM feels like one of those Yoshi > Mario situations to me. Still, it should be fairly close. What really has me pumped is to see what kind of impact MM9 is going to have here- with the Wii release on Monday and the PS3 and 360 versions also arriving this week, you couldn't have asked for a better time for the game to drop. People seem to be genuinely excited about the Mega Man series for the first time in many years, and IMO that's bound to do wonders for everything connected to the games, including MMX and Zero. But we'll see if I'm right about that. What else do we have going on... oh, there's Mudkip. Even though I don't like Mudkipz, I've got to give the guy some credit, as he held up remarkably well against Luigi and some other decent Nintendo competition last time around. I doubt the fad has died off much, so he might even look better than the 22 value he posted in '07 for this one. But golly, I certainly hope not! Lloyd is just... ew. Couldn't we please just use Kratos A as the pinnacle of what Tales is worth in these polls and stop noming everyone else? Actually I could see Mudkip starting fadilly strong before losing ground to Lloyd overnight. Then Lloyd would get all our hopes up like he did last season before allowing Mudkip to easily skate away from him with the ASV, just like HK-47 did. Ugh. Oh and I guess Tom Nook is involved in this as well. Hate to break it to the little guy, but last year was probably about the best performance he could have expected... with Mudkip in the way to steal his Nintendo joke fans, and other decent Nintendo options also present, he could very well have trouble being worth more than 10% in these stats when all is said and done. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:14:58 PM | message detail |
| Sooo, factoring what should be a good MM showing
with what we saw from these last time, it shouldn't take more than a
few minutes of stirring the pot to find: Mega Man X - 48.14% Mudkip - 24.08% Lloyd Irving - 18.42% Tom Nook - 9.36% Yes sir... Realistically, that looks pretty good. Would be so pleased to see MMX perform way above that and Mudkip way below, though! Ngamer Says: Mega Man X > Mudkip Guest’s Analysis - GrapefruitKing Oh, nice. Here's a match in which the upset potential is very low. ... I think I remember the first time I looked at this match: "Ooh, MMX, that's new..." "Tom Nook is getting 4th place..." "hmmm.. Lloyd vs. Mudkip... this will be close." Don't worry, my opinion has changed a lot since then. I like to think of Lloyd as the new Kefka in these contests. He has NEVER put out a satisfying performance in any match. He was probably the most disappointing newcomer in 2k5, and he lost last year to HK-47 in a four-way, and barely edged-out Jak. Ouch. I think people keep nominating Lloyd to ridicule him, and it works. Mudkip came out of freaking nowhere last year and showed that joke or not, any pokemon character can have decent strength. His match against Luigi and G-Dorf last year in which he actually lead for some time will be remembered as one of the creepiest matches in recent contest history along with "IT'S A FREAKIN' HAND". Now I have to admit that last year he probably benefitted from even more support in Round 2, when people realised he could shake down things in the contest. But I'm pretty sure he won't even go near MMX in this match. Speaking of which, I've seen some people say that MMX would be considerably weaker than original Mega Man. Let me tell you: these people are on crack, or strong medicine. Prior to this contest, the casuals who sometimes go to GFAQs probably didn't even know that Mega Man and MMX are two different characters. Hell, I didn't know before posting on the boards. And since they look very similar, MMX will be as strong, if not slightly more than the original. Remember: he has an X in his name. Ooh. And all this talk about Mega Man 9 this week can't hurt even though he's not in it. All that's left is Tom Nook which, I have to admit, would be a lot lower in my prediction if we hadn't seem him last year. Now, he did look pretty weak, and was doubled by Marcus Fenix. But I (and most people) expected him to perform like ****, considering the fact that he couldn't break 15% against Crono in 2k3. Overall his performance was OK and promoted him from low-fodder to mid-fodder. Congrats! P.S. he beat Zelos by 7500 votes. and I wish he could do the same to Lloyd. hahaha Zelos you suck. Overall, MMX wins big time, and Mudkip gets a better percentage than Lucario did, lol What this write-up lacks is structure. But who reads these anyway, you guys only look at the percentages. GrapefruitKing's amazingly accurate prediction Mega Man X 41.70% Mudkip 24.24% Lloyd Irving 19.98% Tom Nook 14.08% Crew Consensus: MMX > Mudkip is favored, but MMX > Lloyd = Lopen upset special |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 8:15:45 PM | message detail |
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Tom Nook is gonna destroy La-Loyd --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:16:26 PM | message detail |
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Match VIII: Lloyd Irving vs. Mudkip vs. Tom Nook vs. Mega Man X Information: Name: Lloyd Irving Game/Series From: Tales of Symphonia 2007 Results: 3rd in round 1 One of Board 8’s favourite games when it was released yet like all other games of the series Lloyd isn’t too strong. However unlike the other games Tales of Symphonia is actually the most popular game of the series. Not that it means much. Name: Mudkip Game/Series From: Pokemon series 2007 Results: 2nd in round 1, 3rd in round 2 Last year Mudkip was a successful joke by making it to round 2 last year and leading over both Ganondorf and Luigi for hours in the poll. The joke’s still here though it may not be as strong as it was last year. That may cause Mudkip some troubles. Name: Tom Nook Game/Series From: Animal Crossing series 2007 Results: 3rd in round 1 Last year Nook showed us the power of a Tales of Symphonia character by crushing it into the ground. Lloyd will be a stronger match though. It was also amusing to note that during the day vote last year Tom Nook was able cut into Kefka’s lead. Remember that at the end of the poll Kefka beat Tom Nook by 13%. Name: Mega Man X Game/Series From: Mega Man X series 2007 Results: Did not enter His name is actually X which explains why he’s here instead of between Lloyd and Mudkip. For the first time in contest history X has been allowed to enter the battle despite the original Mega Man being in the same poll. It’ll be interesting enough to know if he can be stronger than the original. Analysis: Just so you know we are eight matches in and this is the first match that doesn’t contain a Brawl character, Mudkip however keeps the Nintendo streak alive of another four matches. Talk about unbalance. Looking at this match the board is putting a lot of faith into an untested character even though we assumed that Mega Man and X will be equal in strength we also said the same thing for Luigi in 2003. Of course this is different since both characters have the same name I’m assuming since SBAllen had X listed as Mega Man X in the bracket he’ll do the same during the vote. However for whatever reason I don’t see both characters being equal to each other. The original had gained the reputation that he was representing all other forms of Mega Man. Mega Man X only has his series to gain strength from. Of course it’s hard to believe that a substantial amount of people would vote for one version over the other. Mudkip shouldn’t have much problems getting second in this poll. Outside of L-Block Mudkip had the best performance out of the joke characters and even though the joke may be running on thin ice his opponents aren’t exactly pillars of strength. Mudkip should have the same voting patterns as he did last year meaning it will be interesting to see if he could lead against X for any amount of time. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:16:46 PM | message detail |
| Lloyd should take third here, his game isn’t
getting any newer and it’s becoming a contest tradition to watch
characters from this series to fail, maybe Kratos will change that
later this round. I just don’t see him beating a weaker Mudkip here. If
anything we may witness Lloyd struggle against Tom Nook. The guy did
beat Zelos last year with no trouble and Lloyd isn’t exactly the fan
favourite of his game. If Lloyd does somehow manage to lose it’ll be
another nail in the Tales of series’ coffin. Mega Man X will be watched in this match and if he doesn’t prove that he’s as strong as Mega Man himself the board will consider him to be an utter failure. I only see X being as strong as Zero maybe a little weaker, but that will be enough for him to take first in this poll. Mudkip being a joke character for the second year will use the weakness of his opponents to come and second and to look good at the same time. charmander6000’s Bracket: Mega Man X > Mudkip charmander6000’s Prediction: Mega Man X – 39.86%, Mudkip – 26.25%, Lloyd – 18.25%, Tom Nook – 15.64% --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 16/24 Today's Match: Mario > Knuckles |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/24/2008 8:17:28 PM | message detail |
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X>Nook>La-Loyd (wtf)>Kipz --- Bracket: http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=10 |
| Malakuko | Posted 9/24/2008 8:18:06 PM | message detail |
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Kamikaze knows what is up --- http://img.imgcake.com//christ2.gif http://img.imgcake.com//dannynoriegaanimated.gif MerNOICE! |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:18:07 PM | message detail |
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That's Shin Megami Tensei, yoblazer. Get your obscure RPG series names right! --- Mustache...and green... |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:22:32 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and, incidentally, when its (his?) greatest competition was Pit and
Tingle, Mudkip displayed regular Pokemon style patterns. It was only in
the second round that he had very jokey trends, so it'll be interesting
to see what it starts with here. --- Mustache...and green... |
| Scott_Pilgrim | Posted 9/24/2008 8:27:37 PM | message detail |
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Hey look, the first match with no Brawl characters! Nook is in Brawl. --- Oh, sorry, I got distracted by the Internet. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:36:40 PM | message detail |
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oh so it's like that --- Moltar Status: augh Lloyd/Mudkip/Tom/MMX - Bracket: MMX > Mudkip - Vote: Lloyd (18/28) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/24/2008 8:37:32 PM | message detail |
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i mean knuckles is in brawl too but i tend not to mention background stage characters --- Moltar Status: augh Lloyd/Mudkip/Tom/MMX - Bracket: MMX > Mudkip - Vote: Lloyd (18/28) |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:40:00 PM | message detail |
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Anyone else scared of Mudkip in round 2 with Mario, X, and Zelda
abound? He may just gather enough joke strength to advance since those
three will probably be roughly even with each other, and Mudkip held
strong with freaking Luigi and Ganondorf. Mudkip could be a dangerous
threat next round. --- SNES Reviews - http://mega64.20ehost.com/ "[Wylvane]'s the type of guy we probably need more of around here to keep the place interesting." ~Smurf |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/24/2008 8:42:33 PM | message detail |
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hey Mudkip placing in round 2 I remember someone talking about that --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/24/2008 8:43:24 PM | message detail |
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No Mudkip will not beat any of those people LALALALALALALA --- Bracket: http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=10 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/24/2008 8:46:15 PM | message detail |
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Mudkip would ride Nintendo SFF all the way through the Quarterfinals or something stupid like that. We can only hope. --- CB7 Score: 16/24 - Two in a row. English is my second language. And Sho made me like math. -_HarpuiaX_ |
