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look I am probably one of the biggest Duke Nukem fan here and he literally stands no chance against Charizard.
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"He scored four at Anfield, he scoooored four!"
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Man, new page, new Pokemon.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCbflBkIgo

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Why why WHY couldn't he have drawn Ezio.
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Only two matches still have me stumped.

Sephy/Snake is going to be the most hyped match in years, and it being a day match is the ONLY thing giving me pause. I don't care if Snake needed Cloud's help, the bandwagon potential is insane here. Snake is bound to start fast, and if it's close late you already know the rallying will be nuts.

And Jecht/Phoenix. Head says Jecht, but I want to pick Phoenix so bad.
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Sephy/Snake is going to be the most hyped match in years

You have no idea. I'm going to treat it like it is MY JOB to make this match have a PPV World Title bout feel. And I won't be the only one.
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I have Phoenix but am thinking of switching to Jecht. Yes, the other two Final Fantasy villains we've seen (Kefka and Kuja) have blown ass, but Final Fantasy X is the only other title in the series where a handful of characters have good strength. I'm not even sure if Phoenix can take Kefka or Kuja, and no one is counting on Jecht to be weaker than those guys. I think I might have just been fearing Phoenix's rally potential a tad much.
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Sephy will probably win 55-45, but Snake can and will jump out to an early lead and scare the crap out of Seph for a long-ass time. And then he has the potential for Brawl's ASV support, and his "clutch".
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What gives me pause over Phoenix/Jecht is that it's a night match.

Remember his match against Bomberman where he gained 800 votes in half an hour and then slowly bled it? If he does the same against Jecht, he's only going to have to hold down the fort for half the time.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Sephiroth will never trail for more than an update in that match.
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Phoenix would own Kuja.
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Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

Kefka and Kuja aren't well-liked and have TERRIBLE pictures. Not a single person who plays FFX doesn't love Jecht to death. It comes down to if Phoenix starts fast and holds off FFX's standard night vote rush afterwards.
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I don't know that most people care about Jecht one way or another. He's got some fans, but he's not universally loved by any means. He's not Auron. That said, he should be able to beat someone like Phoenix. He won't be that strong, but losing to Phoenix would be pretty rough.

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Switched it to Jecht. I'll be rooting for him anyway, so it'd suck if he were to win while I had Phoenix in the bracket. Also, it's getting harder to picture Phoenix beating a guy from a game that's already produced four characters we know are a crapload stronger than he is. It's harder still when remembering 1v1 doesn't favor the guy, even if the duration is halved.
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I can't shed Tidus/The King, either. I mean Tidus is DETESTED by FF fans and beat a beloved cult character. Can't imagine what is basically a redux of that match going the other way.
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"MMOs are not good. Someone can always mess with how you're playing the game." -The Real Truth living up to his name

Here's my take of the divisions, ranked from hardest to easiest (just posted this in Leonhart's topic):


Heart - The only division where not one finalist looks "safe." Sora can lose to Bowser, and Kratos can lose to Charizard. Char also has big range and can bomb to Duke. Laharl/Neku, Kefka/Arthas, and Isaac/Layton are far from locks. Oh yeah, L-BLOCK IS HERE. Nasty division, but one of my favorites; can't wait for it.

Chaos - Sonic has to fight for the Noble 9 twice here. I have him prevailing, but both Ganon and Kirby can be dangerous. The Vivi/DK/Liquid/Altair quartet is very uncertain, and who knows about Fawful/GlaDOS. Dangerous division.

Varia - Samus > Zelda is a safe final result, but we gotta wade through a lot of stuff to get there. Tidus/Sub-Zero and Phoenix/Jecht are both tossups and both 2-round matches. Miss them, and you lose some serious points. The 2/15 between Ezio and Simon also looks good, and it pains me to say that Jill isn't completely safe in her match.

Hyrule - Unless WCC shocks everyone, Link > Luigi is a pretty safe final. Still lots of uncertainty in the earlier rounds, though. WCC/Drake/Boss is very debated. Red is the talk of the town, but he's really only in one debated match - his chances against X, should be pass Ocelot, are practically nil. Other than Boss, the one I'm really digging here is Alucard/Magus. Yes, it's the one-iest of all one-point matches, but I can't wait to see these two go at it. I've been here for over seven years, and these two feel like contest children to me. How lame.

Jenova - Seph's half is completely locked in and wasted (awful top half). Bottom half is very fun, though. The Soap/Daddy/Ness trio is pretty anticipated for fodder crap, and no one knows how that'll go down. The big match here, though, is Tifa/Gordon. Tifa's the huge favorite, but who knows what Gordon can do coming off his big GameSpot win? One of the funnest upsets.

Midgar - Cloud's half is locked (no, I don't trust Cap over Riku). There's only one hotly debated match here, and that's Ryu/Dante. Dante is the favorite, but Ryu is getting some support. The winner here should beat Leon in the next match, so big points are at stake. Apart from that, though, the only other uncertainty is Sackboy/Kratos Aurion.

Gear - Snake's half is locked. In fact, every first match here seems very safe with the exception of Revan's (because he's an unknown). The only debated thing here is Auron/Squall. Yes, it's anticipated and worth good points, but the winner gets rocked by Snake next round. Predictable division.

Mushroom - Mario > Mega Man is locked, I dunno what these Zack supporters are thinking. In fact, almost everything here seems locked with two exceptions: Yuna/Zack and Hayabusa/Chief. Yes, I said Hayabusa Chief. I'm taking that upset and feeling very good about it. Still probably the most predictable division of the bunch.

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You have no idea. I'm going to treat it like it is MY JOB to make this match have a PPV World Title bout feel. And I won't be the only one.

Ours is still on correct Extha?

Cause Seph is gonna be Snake's ho when the day is done.
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Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.

Heart division is a damn train wreck.
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I'd like to hear some more insight on MMX/Red however. I keep going back and forth on that matchup.
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MMX would beat any Pokemon entry we've seen so far (though Pikachu might be a surprisingly close call.)

Add to that that the game is about the Pokemon, not the trainer, and you've got an easy win for MMX
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That's pretty much my logic as well. Any big supporters of Red out there?
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Im taking him over Ocelot, but X Crushes.
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Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.

I could of sworn I saw some Red > X supporters earlier...>_>
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dont see why. X kinda proved last year he means business.
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Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.

I know KP was at a time but even he admitted "a fanboy pick I'm probably gonna get wrong"
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Just looked over my bracket and realized I don't know which fodder is being fed to Pikachu in Round 2. Ellis or Shepard?
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~AK~ // Merc

Shephard was my pick, but between L4D and Mass effect...who to back?
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Shakes Fist!

I think most of B8 is oblivious to the 360 and went with seeding there, myself included. I don't know or care or wins that match.
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oblivious to the 360?
but, but the PS3 is a joke with nails in its coffin so like that means 360 characters should be better respected.

In all honesty these next gen characters mostly suck, only the assassin's creed people have much of a chance.
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Shakes Fist!

Oh and the massive B8 backing for Snake > Seph reminds me of the villain's contest.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3302

Cloud handily beating Snake. The next round, when you remove Cube and add Sephiroth: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3305

This is FF7 fanbase split + Snake getting a TON of bandwagon votes. Square fans really don't know how to fall in line in 4ways like Nintendo fans do, but 1v1 Nintendo v Square with no wonky LFF will change that. This is Snake v Mario or Mario v Sephiroth hype all over again. For 1v1 polling, Snake is starting from way too far behind. He'll probably make it close from massive B8 bandwagoning, but Snake during the day is pretty awful. He'll have to rally his ass off for a solid 12 hours and hold off all the daywalker FF fangirls.
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From: voltch | Posted: 12/18/2009 6:47:20 AM | #478
oblivious to the 360?
but, but the PS3 is a joke with nails in its coffin so like that means 360 characters should be better respected.

In all honesty these next gen characters mostly suck, only the assassin's creed people have much of a chance.

And one of them gets fed to Zelda after one match. Altair and that Soap/Daddy winner are the only ones that have a chance of really doing anything.
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Soap and big Daddy having Ness or geno in round 2 is the one of the worst things the contest has, we get that insteado f Tifa/Vincent?
like SB nooo
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What do you guys have for Geno vs. Ness?

I'm not surre on that one.
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Has Vincent ever faced off with another FF7 character that is not Sephiroth? I think Tifa could beat him in a direct match even if Vincent is stronger indirectly.
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like Mario/Samus heh?
Well I think people underrate Tifa way too much and thats why i want to see that match.
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Shakes Fist!

What do you guys have for Geno vs. Ness?

Ness seems to be the favorite because he has Smash Bros. exposure.
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MASS DEVASTATION

Hmmm, thats true about SSB giving him heaps of votes. I guess I'm just doubting him because I've never played Earthbound and Geno's from SMRPG which was an amazing game.

Aaaahh the difficulties of the bracket.
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I think Shepard/Ellis could be close. ME2 will be out by the time this match happens, the hype of which should easily boost him, but Valve characters should be able to hold themselves up against other fodder I'd imagine, and Shepard's match last year wasn't a very strong performance. It could go either way for me.

Gordon beating Tifa would pretty much redeem him from losing to Tina in 2002. Finally defeating TJF once and for all.

Strongest Valve character: Gordon Freeman or Weighted Companion Cube?
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Not Wylvane

brawl ain't god though, Lucas and olimar suck enough to prove that.
Heck, they aren't that popular to use are they?
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Shakes Fist!

theyre like some of the least the least used people there. Though Olimar is pretty dumb as far as usage goes.
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Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire.

So usage affecting popularity somewhat?
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Shakes Fist!

anyone gave a second thought on Kirby / Rikku?
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From: voltch | #490
So usage affecting popularity somewhat?

So that's why Kirby beat Sonic!

Don't know if I buy it yet, but I can see usage being directly proportional to certain characters boosting. Ike and Meta-Knight are certainly more used than Olimar and Lucas, though they also come from much larger franchises, which kinda makes the point moot.

Then again, most Brawl players here are going to be casual, and they'll probably just use whoever they want anyway. It's just that most casual players are going to play as people with appealing designs, like... Meta-Knight and Ike.

Not sure if I buy it since most people are going to use the characters they like the most anyway. Maybe not Mario and Link so much, but of course you're going to see more Kirby and Pikachu players than Olimar and Lucas players from the casual base. And competitive Brawl isn't nearly large enough for tiers to affect voting, plus even then those players would still vote for which character they like best anyway.

So if anything, I'd say popularity affects usage.
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While tiers don't affect usage some characters are used more because they are easier to play with. No one knew who Marth was when he came to North America, but by the time Brawl came out Marth was one of the most used characters, not a good example since Marth was top tier back then, but you get the point. Sure being from a popular franchise helps, but characters like Mario and Link are often used less than the rest of the roster.
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I just realized I don't have anything crazy to set my bracket apart this year. 2008 I had L-Block repeating and my backing of WCC got me on the leaderboard.

I also had L-Block repeating in my bracket. But not this year. This time, I'm going for an actual serious bracket. I'll still fill out separate brackets with L-Block winning the contest and another one, but for WCC.

2007: Ryu gets his revenge on Bowser and ultimately gets crushed by three noble nine characters. Dante pulled of two impressive wins against weak characters before choking with Leon against the rat. He then took on Steroid Chief and lost in the semi-finals.

Game Fuel Chief would be a better term instead of "Steroid Chief".
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Speaking of Game Fuel, is that WoW Game Fuel still being sold?
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I wish the scoring system wasn't quite so imbalanced towards the later rounds. You could beat everyone by a landslide, take Cloud > Link, and finish behind most people in the Guru.
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6 years later, Crono's quest to defeat Sephiroth -- Round 1: Missingno
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Well, if you're taking Cloud > Link at this point, you don't deserve to win.

I understand what you're saying though, but it makes sense.
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don't remind me, I had prize money until FF7 decided to bomb
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Part of the reason I'm so glad we're back to 1v1 is that we have a scoring system that makes sense again, actually. No more getting more points for getting a match very wrong than getting it only a little wrong.
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6 years later, Crono's quest to defeat Sephiroth -- Round 1: Missingno
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

Ryu > Dante for life
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