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here's more proof to the idea of a diluted ASV - both Brawl and SM64 went on a tear and then just got stonewalled before finishing it out at a slower pace.
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xyzzy

Lead under 400 now.

What are the odds on its chances? Did the slowdown before drastically damage Brawl's chances of advancing, or was it doing well enough before that it was able to weather that?
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
SC2k6 (190/240) 99.4958 Percentile

I honestly think it's a toss-up at this point
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The Rye - The one and only...
http://backloggery.com/the_rye/sig.gif

Er, not Brawl's chances of advancing, winning. Whoops.
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
SC2k6 (190/240) 99.4958 Percentile

If MGS4 keeps stalling like that, Brawl wont get 1st.
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

Well, yes. Which makes the question, "Will it?".

In the last 10 minutes, Brawl cut 2 votes. In the 25 before that it was 112. In the 20 before that it cut 2. In the 25 before that it cut 114. Brawl just seems to enjoy alternating between doing nothing and absolutely destroying the lead.
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
SC2k6 (190/240) 99.4958 Percentile

Its sure as hell teasing us thats for sure..
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

Brawl's the favourite. four hours, 400 votes. in the last hour of this 'stall', it cut 130 votes.
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xyzzy

but I expect MGS4 to get some shenanigans so whatever, it's a tossup
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xyzzy

114 votes in the last hour, over 90 per hour requiers at this point, plus a dwindling gain as time goes on with the possiblity of the last 2 hours being a complete stall would all make MGS4 the favorite at this point
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Yeah, I agree MGS4 is the favorite. Brawl needs some big gains soon
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http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/110/akaitsuki02avi0001540295ns.jpg

I just realized... bacon doesn't work sundays, so I wonder how he's gonna get the finals pic up.
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http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/110/akaitsuki02avi0001540295ns.jpg

I think he'll make an exception, it only takes maybe 30-60 minutes to find good pictures and upload them for the next match.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls
BGE2 - Today's Match: RE4 > LoZ: TP Points: 355/480

Yeah MGS 4 has this one.
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You can't run away from trouble, there ain't no place that far.

So what matches so far have defied expected trends?
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

Brawl still showing some life. Could be 50-50 after all
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

I would have to go with LoZ's comeback. Sure it was expected to do better in the ASV than the DSV, but I never thought it could comeback from 1400 votes.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls
BGE2 - Today's Match: RE4 > LoZ: TP Points: 355/480

all Zelda 1 did was follow what it's been doing every match. not too surprising there.

Mario 64/LTTP kinda defied expectations. I'm sure there's a few others.. maybe SMK/SM.
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xyzzy

I think brawl is done. At this point, I'd be very surprised if it won. ITs just died off too much after starting off the asv with guns a blazin'
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http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/110/akaitsuki02avi0001540295ns.jpg

The only one i could think of was Symphonia killing GOW and GTA in the first round. Lot of people lost points on that match.
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

Yeah you can't make a 30 vote cut and then a 20 vote loss. X_X False alarm
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

oh, as far as pure pre-match expectations go, Galaxy or GTASA win this.
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xyzzy

this is why 15 minute updates are nice

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/images/poll_graph.php?matchnum=3505&type=1&seconds=900&max=0

check out that amazing Brawl day vote -- not even Zelda can compare
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xyzzy

and then my personal favourite, by the hour -

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/images/poll_graph.php?matchnum=3505&type=1&seconds=3600&max=0

this is a lot easier to read than a mass of squiggles
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xyzzy

Dang it Brawl, quit pretending to make a move at the lead, if your gonna go forward, go all the freakin way.
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

Looks like a good match. This will go down to the wire. The victory will go down whichever fanbase wants it more.
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http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147

You finally waking up there Brawl?
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

there's another 130 vote hour.
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xyzzy

!!!!!!!!!
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These are my friends, I have there backs, they are the closest thing to blood that I have!!!

Back to back stalls by MGS4...
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You can't run away from trouble, there ain't no place that far.

This match is over and has been over for quite some time.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1340/bgesf1.png

Finished this like 15 minutes ago. The two things I didn't like were the trademark in SMW (Should've removed that now that i think about it) and the text in the Zelda logo being too small.
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The Gamer In Me
I've lost the guru. How? I don't know (lol).

The SMB3 text blends into the background color. Could you add more contrast there?
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http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147

It's only been over for like 2 hours. Specifically the hour after Brawl went from averaging over 200 cut per hour to just 100 with no gradual slow down
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

wow nintendos day vote is more impressive than i thought,last time i looked at these RE4 was taking third and MGS4 was at 29%,BOTH nintendo games made 4% increases
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KOTOR most game ever!

The only time RE4 was in third was during the first 5 minutes. Yeah I imagine thinks change quite a bit from there
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

either way if brawl comes in first or second this round, this is as far as Brawl goes after this round right?

Brawl will not go down quietly. It's still making some good cuts.
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Current Score: 360
Today's pick: SSB Brawl > MGS 4

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5377/bgesf1b.png

It looks worse to me. I'll try editting it one more time.
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The Gamer In Me
I've lost the guru. How? I don't know (lol).

Probably, though if it goes farther I'll certainly be happy.

I can't believe I'm actually rooting for a MGS game to win, but it'd be great for my bracket (which won't mean **** if Brawl doesn't place in the finals anyway, but...)
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Wylvane's current main account.

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Good cuts?

It cut 10 votes in the last 20 minutes and we're just half an hour from what's looking more and more likely as a guaranteed stall from there to the end.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Live to win Brawl, live to win!
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Oh, sorry, I got distracted by FastFalcon.
http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=169

48 vote cut. Brawl wins.
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Character Battle V (2006): 37th place

And now it's under 200.
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Current Score: 360
Today's pick: SSB Brawl > MGS 4

Last edit: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6747/bgesf1c.png
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The Gamer In Me
I've lost the guru. How? I don't know (lol).

Wow, I guess I spoke to soon WTF was that
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

What would be real shocking would be Brawl somehow beating FFX and MGS4 in the semis to prove it was only TP that was the only Zelda game to LFF it.
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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus

37.73% update? That's bigger than anything it's had since the start of the ASV X_X
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

9:25'd

I dunno why people are calling this over, it's a 200 vote match with 3 hours to go that's not trending towards MGS4

then again I've seen multiple people call it over both ways so I'll just assume people want to be the first to call something and move on
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xyzzy

Looks good!

I would suggest a light yellowish background, but the main focus of the pic is going to be the character portraits, so this is a minor point anyway.
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http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147