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Maybe. That PSP Port is borderline unplayable. Stasis Sword taking half a minute no thanks.
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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

I also blame the fact that Ramza has no nose. GameFAQs has a problem with that.

I need a factor name, stat!
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"I can set you free, mate."
"My freedom was forfeit long ago!"

NNF

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wheresoever you go, go with all your heart

AJF
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For your health.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, KrahenProphet

...Apollo Justice Factor?
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"The great GF...Bahamut."
"...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..."

HHF
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The question to everyone's answer.

"He always had a strong sense of justice, just like Balbanes"

It all makes sense now.
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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

Watch out, ARGATH! Here comes Justice!

*activates bracelet*
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"I am lightning...the rain transformed."

...Apollo Justice Factor?


sure, let's go with that
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For your health.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, KrahenProphet

Whoo, Cid's coming close to 40% somewhat regularly per update now.
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

Man, Cid might hit 38% at this rate.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Love the dead night vote.
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Contest score: 16/19 Today's picks: Zidane & Ike

Cid's now winning in the UK (hint: probably best not to take our results too seriously for the first 2 hours of the match, all those who were using that against Cid).

taggage
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What's the chance that Tifa fails to double Yuri? Also, Revan or Terra, who ya got? Personally, I think Revan will win, since I can't trust any FF6-related characters to win anything *coughKEFKAhack*.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

You know I called this for Cid. Well I didn't call it, but I said I wouldn't be surprised if Cid didn't break 40%. I'm expecting Zack to beat Yuna easily in a couple of hours, and to get mid-40s on Mega Man.

Tifa is also going to obliterate Gordon, and Sephiroth is going to beat Snake. This match means nothing.
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Hello, Dexter Morgan

Cid above 36% now. Just 0.14% left until he outdoes what Lightning got on Sonic.
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Thanks Anagram!

Considering it's Yuri Tifa will more than likely triple him. Unknown factor plus some RPG SFF to go along with it?

I mean really all this time later and still people don't "get" Cid doesn't equal Tifa/Vincent/whoever.
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:>

I really wonder just how bad Yuri's gona be, without the support of either the nintendo hardcore like ToS(game) or the sony fanbase, there might not even be enough fans for there to be an overlap, just a straight brutal squash.
I think this contest, Tifa's gonna pull in some impressive enough performances, will they be able to stir some Vincent/Tifa debate? maybe not, but if she hammers gordon enough, who knows?
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Shakes Fist!

Well, if Samus can get 85%, Tifa would at least need the tripling to not look bad.
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http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg

That's .. not the same Yuri.
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

Yuri hyuga vs yuri lowell....less than 30k votes in a night match?
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Shakes Fist!

It's not the guy from Yuri's Revenge? Whatever
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tell me what to put here in my sig!

It's not the dude from that crappy game that board 8 liked 3 years ago that's fallen off the map because it became too popular here and you didn't get nearly enough indie cred for liking it?

*investigates*

Oh wow, another Fails character? Really? Did we REALLY need another ****ing fails character, not even from the one game that wasn't a complete failure in these contests? Tifa is breaking 90% then losing to Gordon Freeman.

Match XXII: (6) Zack Fair vs. (11) Yuna

Information

Name: Zack Fair
Game/Series: Final Fantasy VII
Previous Contest: 2008
Performance: 3rd in round 4

Name: Yuna
Game/Series: Final Fantasy X
Previous Contest: 2007
Performance: 4th in round 3

Analysis

In addition to this being the only hyped match in the division this round people want to see whether or not Zack Fair can legitimize his performance of last year. Yuna on the other hand is back after a break from going against Master Chief three times, though that doesn’t mean that she is weak. This is also the first of many Final Fantasy battles, though this one will probably end up even rather than being full of SFF.

At the peak of his contest Zack Fair was able to go toe on toe with Mario, though that can easily be explained with Link being in the poll. Even disregarding the unfair advantage he was still able to get 30% on Link which puts him just below of the potential noble nine breakers. Personally I would argue that he had a bit of a bandwagon by the time he reached the third round. His first round performance, while at the time was good he was only able to get 59% on Wario and taking that 30% that would put Wario as a mid-carder which is something that I don’t see. You could blame LFF from Cecil, but considering how bad he performed that doesn’t exactly give Zack the boost needed to beat someone at Wario’s strength.

Yuna is a decent mid-card that never really got the chance to show off her strength. She’s always been fed to strong characters all her life, her best performance was in 2006 and even then a lot of people disregard it for what happened in the later rounds. Yuna is a decent mid-card and Rikku’s performance a few matches ago proves that Yuna likely has strength since I would take her over Rikku. If Zack is just a bit overrated from last year Yuna will likely steal the win.

Whoever decides to win in this match will probably do so in a close one. I’m not expecting SFF to occur, but it is possible. Zack I’m sure was overrated last year as he’ll prove in this match that he isn’t quite the near elite status that the previous contest suggested.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Yuna > Zack Fair

charmander6000’s Prediction: Yuna wins, 52.22%

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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

Looks like Megaman is going to end right around 63%. That's a little lower than what he got on Leon Kennedy in 2005.
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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....

Mega Man did well. He's shown that while he's not as strong as Samus, he's still not in the same league as Crono and Sonic. Cid's only weak relative to other FF7 characters, and he should be a decent midcarder anyway.
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Not Wylvane

Yeah Cid is doing fine overall.

Also that Cid > Zack topic was pretty interesting, I guess those people must be pretty worried about Yuna winning.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

I'm so glad Kefka is going to get some non-crappy artwork for a change.

http://i49.tinypic.com/8zgsae.png

He's still probably losing to Arthas though :/
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holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee

I'm waiting for SBAllen to outdo himself for Kefka.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 22 – (6) Zack Fair vs. (11) Yuna

Moltar’s Analysis

Zack
Black-Haired Cloud is back, baby!

Yuna
Well at least you aren’t as screwed as Rikku was…

This is a good match on paper. It would have been a good Round 2 match, but oh well. Having it Round 1 makes it tougher to call since we haven’t seen them in action yet. All we’ve got is 2008 data and hints from one earlier 2010 match. In 2008, Zack…well Zack pretty much coasted his way to Round 4 and nearly beat an SFFed-hammered Mario. Going on that alone, Zack easily wins here.

The problem is that it’s kind of hard to put Zack that high. He gets 58% on Wario Round 1, which I’d easily take Yuna to do. However, this could be explained by Cecil’s presence. We saw a few days ago that he can hang with Knuckles, who’s still likely to be a solid midcarder, these days. If Cecil was hurting Zack, then the 30% not once, but twice, he pulled on Link seems a bit more reasonable. I definitely wouldn’t see Yuna getting that much, and if he really is that strong, then he should have no problem here.

Yuna’s got her match with Zelda…and that’s about it. She’s decent, but Zack looks to be a clear step ahead. The key word there is looks. If Zack really is as strong as 2008 implied, he should win this. If he overperformed and got overrated thanks to Link and all that Nintendo SFF, then Yuna has a real shot.

Moltar’s Bracket: Zack > Yuna

Moltar’s Prediction: Zack: 56% - Yuna: 44%



Lopen’s Analysis

Tough match. On the one hand, you've got Zack Fair who looked better than anything Yuna has ever done last year. Whoo beatin MMX. On the other hand, you could say Zack's performances were either potentially tainted or just not impressive. I mean, the way I see it, outside the first round the guy only managed 23% tops. I know some of you out there are like "don't discard 4 way results" but I haven't really seen much evidence either way at this point, and when you're hyping someone as a powerhouse because of 18-23% rather than straight up wins, I can't really agree with it.

Let's discard that last round for a moment, no MMX victory... that means the strongest dude he beat out was Altair pre AC2. Not really that great. And it wasn't all that decisive either. Now his percentage on Link looked nice, but I would advise against taking straight up percentages against Link to mean much lest you overrate an entire division-- *COUGH MAGUS 2K3 COUGH*

That 23% seems to line up pretty well with numbers I'd expect from the PSP fanbase, and I think he'll be hard pressed in this match to match up with Yuna, whose game really dwarfs his in terms of exposure. He might rSFF her with the Crisis Core fanbase, but I'm not sold Zack is legit enough to win this right now, especially considering that any residual fans he has from the FF7 flashback I have to believe will flock to Yunie here.

Lopen's prediction:
Yuna with 56.10%



Transience’s Analysis

Wow, Cid bombed. I guess we should have taken the vote-in poll seriously. Actually, that's twice that those have come true -- Liquid Snake kinda bombed as well.

Zack/Yuna is a fascinating match. It's a character who's loved vs. a character who's well-known. The loved character is, ironically, the one from FF7: Zack has a very strong fanbase that will support him over Yuna for sure. He's just not as well-known as Yuna is; will people actually vote for him over a well-known main character like Yuna based on a couple of scenes in FF7? It stands to reason that the people that will be voting for Zack are the ones who are familiar with the PSP game.

Yuna is weird. She is likable, but I don't get the sense that people are really all that crazy about her. She doesn't get a lot of love like Auron does. She's not cute like Rikku is. She doesn't have the same pull that Tidus does from being a main character (though you can argue she is the main character, but whatever). She's kind of middle-of-the-road. People will vote for her if they're neutral about Zack though.

Ultimately, this match is taking place on GameFAQs, and we love our RPGs here. I trust the users of GameFAQs to side with the more likable character over the better known one. It's a dangerous proposition, but when that likable character is also from FF7 and has the classic FF7 picture, he should be able to do well. I am not sold on Zack's strength, but I just never feel good about Yuna. I don't think she's that popular, and Zack's run last year was good enough for me.

This percentage could be literally anywhere. Let's go with..

transience's prediction: Zack with 53.33%



Ngamer’s Analysis

Fantastical writeup coming soon!

Ngamer Says: Yuna > Zack, 50.01%



Kleenex’s Analysis

This is it. The match we've all(?) been waiting for. We finally get to see what Zack is made of. Last year he was behind some ungodly amounts of Nintendo SFF so it wasn't a really good read (though nearly beating Mario should give us some indication). Yuna missed the contest last year, but put up some good numbers back in 2006 and 2007.

I'm not gonna try to use stats to justify this one, because Zack is still something of an unknown quantity due to his path last year. My money's on Black-Haired Cloud just because I feel like he's probably pretty close to Yuna strength-wise and FF7 > FF10 in the hierarchy. Doesn't really matter who wins here because they get fed to Mega Man next round anyway. Unless Cid really gives Mega Man a scare and Zack ends up being stronger than Cid. But that's a writeup for another day!


Bracket: Zack Fair
Favorites: Zack Fair
Prediction: Zack Fair with 56.83%



Red Sox’s Analysis

The most entertaining character of 2008 returns! The doubters constantly doubted Zack last year even as he put up impressive performance after impressive performance. Before the contest people thought Zack would lose to Wario or Shadow. He beat Wario with near 60% despite 2 other RPG characters in the poll, and Shadow didn’t even make it to his round 2 match with Zack. Next, people said Zack would fold when he faced strong competition. He faced the strongest competition there is, Link, and…….pulled an excellent 30% on him twice. Next, Zack was supposed to fold to strong competition other than Link, and so he entered a match with Link, Mario, and Megaman X, 2 Noble Niners and a pseudo-Noble Niner, and…..Zack beat MMX with ease, and came within 1200 votes of beating Mario.

There is a theory that Zack would fold to strong Square characters. Well, I agree that he’ll fold to stronger Square characters through SFF, but that’s exactly what any character would do. The other character has to actually be stronger though, and there are not so many of those. Yuna is probably not one of them.

Yet, this match is not a complete lock. Yuna did once put up 43% on Zelda, getting very close to what Aeris did a round earlier. Meanwhile, Auron was projected to about 49% on Ganondorf in 2006, so that actually matches up pretty well with her proportion to Auron in 2005, if you believe Ganondorf = Zelda: she got 39% on Ganondorf while Auron got 46%. Yuna then put 55% on Alucard in 2007, which is pretty impressive after seeing Alucard blast Magus apart. She’s got some strength……but probably not enough to beat THE ZACK UNFAIR, SOLDIER FIRST CLASS, BLACK HAIRED CLOUD.

Prediction: Zack with 55.00%
Upset Potential: 15%
Upper Bound: Zack with 61%
Lower Bound: Zack with 49%

Guest’s Analysis - Chaotic Mind

In 2k8 Zack crushed everyone's expectations, making Cecil look like fodder to most, when in reality he can go toe to toe with Knux (Dissidia might have boosted him a little more, but i think he was already worth 47% on Knux at least in 2k8). Zack continued on to make the quarterfinals, where he nearly defeated Mario. True Mario was being SFF'ed by Link, but even so what Zack did there was no mean feat.

Yuna, on the other hand, didn't even make the field in 2k8, and in 2k7 she was left in the dust by Luigi and Ganon even though they were splitting votes. Still, she does have TJF >_>

So what's going to happen here? Yuna's gonna get hammered by the SFF of ZACK FAIR, SON! OH YEAH, ZACKFAQS IS BACK BABY!

Bracket: Zack
Favorite: Zack
Prediction: Zack 66.70%



Crew Consensus: Yuna’s got some support, but the majority is siding with ZackFAQs

Crap, that means Yuna is gonna win :/
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holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee

No I went with Yuna meaning I cancelled out the crew.

The last time that happened was Nathan/The Boss though. Well there are more of them.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

You know what, Rikku scores 43% on Kirby and would supposedly score around the same percentage on Sonic. Yuna is definetely tougher, and...yep, you're dead Zack. Then again maybe 45% on Sonic isn't worth as much as almost defeating SFFd and LFFd Mario, but I dunno...I'll assume that Mario scored 35% on Link there, and that's probably what Sonic scores on Link before factoring SFF.

Okay fine, Zack wins with 55% just because 35% on Link means more than 45% on Sonic.

Blah blah blah blah.

Red sox must be pretty sure of Zack to think, at worst, he wins with only 49% of the vote!
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Call me numbers.

He didn't say win.

Though it is a bit insulting saying that Yuna almost has no chance at winning.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

Cid ended up looking a lot better...still not great or anything, but he's not embarrassing FF7 anymore. At least we know RANDOM FURNITURE FROM FF7 isn't going to clean house anymore.


Mega Man with 91.47%.
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T E A M C H O C O L A T E
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7355/64590879.png

Mega Man isn't doing that well, he barely got 90% on Axel in 2006.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

Its almost FF vs FF time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDGBUp25i8U
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holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU
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If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE]
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From: FFDragon | #193
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU

Good choice too.

But a sad one ;_;
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holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee

Also random piece of FFVII furniture would still be above the fodderline.
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Character Battle VIII - 15/20 - Today's Winners: Mega Man and Yuna

You're probably right -- I've not been researching my prediction-percentages before guessing. If Mega Man barely broke 90% against Axel as a one-seed, then being a three-seed against Cid isn't exactly going to be better.

Let's go with 86.68%.
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T E A M C H O C O L A T E
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7355/64590879.png

Except that Mega Man was a 2 seed against Axel, and Sora was the 1 seed in that division (wait, second 1 vs. 1 contest in a row that has Sora as a 1 seed?).

75%. I don't remember MM ever having good bracket support in the past.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Ah, he was a two-seed, that's right (curses, Sora!!!).

Whatever, no more changey.
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T E A M C H O C O L A T E
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*FFVII battle theme*
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