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I don't think any guru has TOS > Oblivion.

Damnit, and I thought I was going to go through the whole of Round 1 without any 0 point matches.
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The Gamer In Me
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Man, I almost miss the days when ToS was HM's #1 game and half of his top ten list was ToS characters.

Heck, HM only has himself to blame for ToS being popular on Board 8 in the first place!
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If...If HM hadn't hyped ToS so much, it never would've had such a strong board vote. And if it hadn't had that board vote...

Breaking news! Heroic Mario responsible for Tales of Symphonia winning!

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Well Okami = ToS

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3355

>_>

<_<
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BGE2 - Today's Match: GTA: SA > GoW Points: 71/96

Too much SFF for GoW and SA here. Too mainsteam games that don't really have a dedicated fanbase.
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Tales was big here before I got around to playing it. I only even noticed it because this board was crazy about it!

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HM always gets credit. I remember people saying HM was the reason they played Shadow Hearts.

ha!
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two
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The main reason I got ToS was because you wouldn't shut up about it!

I would've gotten it eventually anyway (lol RPGs being my favorite genre while only owning a Cube), but you made me all excitied and stuff.

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Who knew!

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yeah TOS is spiking now. pretty sure it's got it, but I wouldn't count out God of War completely.
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xyzzy

I loved Tales of Symphonia before it was cool.
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Well hopefully I'll get 1 point from this, as long as ToS stays second.
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HM always gets credit. I remember people saying HM was the reason they played Shadow Hearts.

ha!

I'm pretty sure most people played SH because of HM, but I at least played it because of you.

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Oh, hey, Tales is in second now. Guess that's why there's all this talk about Tales advancing.

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That wasn't even really a spike on Symphonia's part. GoW bombed that update.
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Followed by Symphonia returning the favor and bombing itself.
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It had been on my list to play for a while but Heroic Mario was the reason I actually got started on ToS.
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"Chiri to kashinasai! Kore de... owari desu! HIEN MESSHOUJIN!!! Toki wa modoranai, sore ga sizen no setsuri." ~Presea Combatir

This is probably a lot more even from here on out. ToS might not ever even build a lead of 100. Hard to see it losing at this point, though.

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The God of Cutting
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The board, HM included, also got me to play Symphonia

good times
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Match 25 - Bracket: GTA:SA > GoW - Vote: ToS (69/96)

I preordered ToS way back in 2003. I remember I was having a tough decision if I should preorder Tales of Symphonai or Sudeki (for Xbox), but decided on ToS.
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Someone needs post the update graph. I'm curious as to how each game di during certain times.
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The Gamer In Me
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ha ha I was a Tales fan before all of you and couldn't play it til I borrowed a friend's Cube since I wasn't about to buy one of my own

nothing like you guys!
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xyzzy

or 2004, whenever ToS came out ><
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Good memories of Tales of Destiny on PS1 here!
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3 hours; 34 votes.

Who else is expecting last update shenanigans?
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Man this is such a freaking tight battle for 2nd here!
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Not sure the graph would help you that much. It looks like a huge mess because of how close they all are % wise.

Major God of War cut
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10 vote difference, it's a game of chance from here boys.
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why am I expecting/fearing a ToS spike next update
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Today's prediction: OJ Loc 29.39% - Oblivion 26.86% - God of War 26.09% - Symphonia 17.66%
Status: demon fang

I hope God of War takes the lead back, they go back and forth till final update, where ToS gets a 40% vote spike and wins it.
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Let us pray to Frog for ToS's protection
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Oh, why must you tease us, TOS?
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The Gamer In Me
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So guys out of the top 10 closest matches ever, where do you think this one will fit?
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Don't forget Frogs theme in the final hour.
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If god of war comes in 2nd I'm going to get 0 points.
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So guys out of the top 10 closest matches ever, where do you think this one will fit?

The 200-300 mark.
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The Gamer In Me
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Why do people complain about ToS character who keep getting in anyway?

Let's take this year by year:

Sp2005: No one rallied for Mithos as is my understanding (Who gives a **** about Mithos?), but he still did decent compared to the rest of the competition.

2005: After seeing Mithos, there was absolutely NO reason that Kratos and Lloyd did not deserve a shot. No reason whatsoever. The fact that Mithos did so well in 2005 is a gigantic mystery looking at Lloyd and Kratos this year. We had every reason to have high hopes for them and a good part of that *was due to Mithos*, aside from any fanboyism. Plus Kratos, was legitmately above the fodder line. He was not anywhere near "fail" level. Which Lloyd was not at either, I should add.

2006: Sheena was more popular than half of the entrants in the female bracket, and was just poorly placed. Of course, other more popular characters were snubbed, but based on seedings, there's a huge field left before you get to Sheena kicking anyone out.

2007/2008: There is no reason why Lloyd and Kratos can't make a 128 character field. They're both good enough, and Kratos once again appeared to be above the fodder line in 2007, and was stuck behind Nintendo SFF in 2008. Zelos was a disaster though, I'll admit that.

If you want to complain about anything complaining about Jade Curtiss getting in *twice,* not about reocurring characters who are high end fodder at worst.
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yeah Oblivion's dying compared to the shenanigans of these two. this is anybody's match now, probably. I'd feel better about Tales if it could get some separation before the last hour, but then I guess TOS will get more weird stuff in its favour so maybe it'll all balance out.
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Eh, Oblivion's held pretty steady throughout the ASV so far. Heck, the only game that's really dropped very much is (surprise, surprise) GTA.
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Why does San Andreas insist on spiking when I badmouth it?
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GoW shenanigans don't hold a candle to ToS shenanigans, apparently.

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Sp2005: No one rallied for Mithos as is my understanding (Who gives a **** about Mithos?), but he still did decent compared to the rest of the competition.

Mithos getting 36% against Kefka was not impressive, though compare to the rest of the field it was passible

2005: After seeing Mithos, there was absolutely NO reason that Kratos and Lloyd did not deserve a shot. No reason whatsoever. The fact that Mithos did so well in 2005 is a gigantic mystery looking at Lloyd and Kratos this year. We had every reason to have high hopes for them and a good part of that *was due to Mithos*, aside from any fanboyism. Plus Kratos, was legitmately above the fodder line. He was not anywhere near "fail" level. Which Lloyd was not at either, I should add.

Agreed.

2006: Sheena was more popular than half of the entrants in the female bracket, and was just poorly placed. Of course, other more popular characters were snubbed, but based on seedings, there's a huge field left before you get to Sheena kicking anyone out.

lol female bracket, but you have a point.

2007/2008: There is no reason why Lloyd and Kratos can't make a 128 character field. They're both good enough, and Kratos once again appeared to be above the fodder line in 2007, and was stuck behind Nintendo SFF in 2008. Zelos was a disaster though, I'll admit that.

Eh we've seen them enough, sure 2k7 would have been interesting given the format, but we've seen their strength and they aren't getting any more popular. I rather try out new characters or bring back old ones like Ken Masters.

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Mithos getting 36% against Kefka was not impressive, though compare to the rest of the field it was passible

What are you talking about? That was a PATHETIC performance by Kefka. Mithos did better than anyone expected him to, so that's impressive enough for me.
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Mithos not getting doubled by Kefka still makes no sense.

And forget shenanigans, GoW is just dying.

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...Why in the world is San Andreas still spiking at the same rate ToS is?
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Why Kefka isn't more popular is something I'll never know

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Why Kefka seems to be the most popular FFVI character is something I'll never know either
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