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But Preston looks generic (re: realistic) Army. Isn't that like 5% off the bat? The name is perfect, the game is good (the franchise might have fans) but the look worries me. If I really like, let's say, CoD, I might vote Preston.

Though we are really splitting hairs here. Lol at trying for 5%. Darn that the last name Cougar may be good for 4-5% off the bat....

Cougar would obviously appeal to John Cougar Mellencamp fans.
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From: machinegungeek | #351
But Preston looks generic (re: realistic) Army. Isn't that like 5% off the bat? The name is perfect, the game is good (the franchise might have fans) but the look worries me. If I really like, let's say, CoD, I might vote Preston.

Though we are really splitting hairs here. Lol at trying for 5%. Darn that the last name Cougar may be good for 4-5% off the bat....

Actually... I think you might have a point. What if some of the CoD/shooter faithful mistake Preston as one of their own? Very troubling.
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1) Bill Foster: (zzz.....)

2) Jean-Luc: Cool last name but epitome of generic

3) Preston: Generic but generic army equals a couple of votes.

Well, Battlefield:Bad Company has over 13k fans on Facebook..

Winback? 5. Lol....

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Battlefield: Bad Company

Preston Marlowe

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Hmm, I wonder if we are trying for another Link/Jay Solano type bonus match this year? I don't mean we should try to re-run Link/Jay Solano as this year's bonus match, but do some sort of bonus match where Link is against someone that could be around Jay Solano's level or even weaker than him.
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I actually would entertain Ezio > Zelda in a night match after seeing this embarrassing display. But Zelda gets him during the day.
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Do we know if Ezio/Zelda (if it happens) is a night or day match yet... second will there be 24 hour voting at any point... why am I so out of the loop!

I kind of wish I'd kept my initial bracket right now. Sure I had mostly high seeds advancing in every match, but these are changes I made:

ROUND 1 -
1. Pokemon Trainer > Ocelot
2. Nathan Drake > The Boss
3. Cecil > Knuckles
4. Mewtwo > Ganondorf
5. Albert > Ken
6. Jecht > Phoenix Wright
7. Eddie > Ratchet
8. Ezio > Simon
9. Soap > Big Daddy

So far that's cost me 3 points, although I may make up 2 before the end of the round.

ROUND 2 -
1. WC Cube > Nathan Drake, obviously this could help
2. Mewtwo in place of Ganon, this is bad
3. Duke > Kratos, this is bad
4. Jecht > Eddie, this is better than what I had
5. Ezio > Zelda, this I'm still very unsure on...
6. Captain Falcon > Riku
7. Soap > Ness
8. Gordon > Tifa

That's already cost me 2 points, thank you Mewtwo and Duke, damn Pokemon ruining everything. I have no idea what Soap will or won't do... but he has a funny name.

ROUND 3 -
1. Luigi > WCC
2. Kirby > Altair
3. L-Block > Duke, good thing I got away from my Duke fixation
4. Ezio instead of Zelda advancing
5. Gordon instead of Tifa advancing

QUARTERFINAL -
1. Snake > Sephiroth

SEMI-FINAL -
1. Cloud > Snake

On a total non-contest note, there are a lot of manly movies with really sad endings. Pirates 2, Matrix 3, 300, Beowulf and The Ten Commandments are some great examples.
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SONIC FOOOOOOOOOOOOUR

Sonic > Kirby confirmed >_>
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Nice work, Travis. You broke 30%. Keep it up for another six hours.

And I don't trust Sonic 4 to do jack **** in this contest. Brawl did nothing but overrate him in R2 in 2007, after that, the hype left him and he came close to losing to an LFF'ed Squall.
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Sonic to remain in the NN, woooo!

well actually maybe not.
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You know, sometimes I wish there would be mysterious 20,000 vote spikes at times like this in the contest so I can laugh at how superior characters that are getting blown out suddenly have a 20-30% vote swing out of the blue and watch chaos on the board ensue...
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Vote totals are pretty bad, we're heading for below 50k.
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Character Battle VIII - 30/38 - Today's Winners: Zelda and Ezio

Travis's night vote was pretty tame. He barely broke 30% and Zelda's already pushed him back down below it.
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Heh, Sonic 4 is gonna be Mega Man 9 zone. I doubt it does anything for him. Plus, it's not even coming out 'til the summer.

But it's about time, Sega!
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And I don't trust Sonic 4 to do jack **** in this contest. Brawl did nothing but overrate him in R2 in 2007, after that, the hype left him and he came close to losing to an LFF'ed Squall.

He got roughly the same on Sub-Zero between rounds. He was that pathetic in round 1.
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Character Battle VIII - 30/38 - Today's Winners: Zelda and Ezio

Oh, and Squall probably beats the crap out of Sonic if it weren't for the Brawl announcement in 2007.
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I may have been interested until I noticed that Sonic 4 is going to be episodic.

lol sega

Continue that freefall to oblivion Sonic
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Yeah, I doubt the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 makes much difference this contest. Can't hurt to have the first real, good looking Sonic game coming out in a few months, though.

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Wow, Kratos Aurion is the heavy guru favourite? When will you people learn to stop putting faith in the Fails crew?
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As a person who has Sackboy Kratos Aurion can easily win that match. Sackboy needs to hope for a large boost in order to win.
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Character Battle VIII - 30/38 - Today's Winners: Zelda and Ezio

Match XL: (2) Ezio Auditore di Firenze vs. (15) Simon Belmont

Information

Name: Ezio Auditore di Firenze
Game/Series: Assassin’s Creed II
Previous Contest: N/A
Performance: N/A

Name: Simon Belmont
Game/Series: Castlevania
Previous Contest: 2007
Performance: 4th in round 1

Analysis

Being one of the newer characters in the bracket a lot is expected from Ezio, some more than others. Some people are hyping him to be a flop while others expect him to be much stronger than Altair. This match more or less gives Ezio the opportunity for a win and a great way to test his strength. All he needs to do is cross the finish line.

Some people think that Simon has a chance against Ezio based on the vote-in polls. While Simon did put up a decent performance his previous two contest matches show differently and I’m more incline to believe those performances. Unless you want to argue that Crono and Simon share some kind of fanbase it is pretty clear that Alucard is the favourite when it comes to Castlevania.

While I believe that Assassin’s II was better than the original I’m not so sure whether or not Ezio is stronger than Altair. Personally I think that they are roughly equal in terms in popularity and given what Altair did to Liquid Snake a few divisions ago that is not exactly a bad thing. Of course where Liquid ranks is still yet to be determined, but a solid mid-card seems to be the most likely area for Ezio.

Even if Ezio decides to flop I would very shocked if he lost to Simon. To score the Zelda upset that a few people brought up he would need to at least break 70%, something that I think is a bit too high for the assassin to reach.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Ezio Auditore di Firenze > Simon Belmont

charmander6000’s Prediction: Ezio wins, 64.35% - 35.65%

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Character Battle VIII - 30/38 - Today's Winners: Zelda and Ezio

Yeah, the Varia Division is definitely turning out to be quite unpredictable...I can't quite figure out if this means that there are more strong characters in this division than I thought, or more weak ones than I thought...

I'm more inclined to lean towards the latter, though. It's obvious that the two strongest characters in the division are Samus and Zelda, but after that...it looks pretty bad. Unless Ezio (an unknown factor because he's making his debut) turns out to be a solid character, it's quite possible that Jill is the third-best character here. A "group of death", it ain't.

It's actually kind of obvious that they stacked it so the most compelling group would go at the end of the round. Seriously, look at the Jenova Division. There are two Noble Niners and four high or medium midcarders. Round 2 is going to be insanely entertaining.

Ranking the divisions:
1. Jenova
2. Chaos
3. Mushroom
4. Gear
5. Midgar
6. Hyrule
7. Varia
8. Heart
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Incorrect picks: Ocelot, Wesker, Fawful, Tidus (2 rounds), Phoenix (2 rounds)

I think that this game coming out for Sonic is going to be very important. They've said that they are going back to his 2D roots -- with some additions -- so that is definitely going to be a bonus.

If they do this right Sonic might move back up to his previous strength and blow some people away!

Also why does Ezio need to score a 70% on Simon to 'have a chance' at Zelda? I think a 65%+ will do.
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Wow, Kratos Aurion is the heavy guru favourite? When will you people learn to stop putting faith in the Fails crew?

Well ToS didn't embarrass itself in the games contest at least. And who cares about Sackboy?
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From: Scott_Pilgrim | #377
Wow, Kratos Aurion is the heavy guru favourite? When will you people learn to stop putting faith in the Fails crew?

Well ToS didn't embarrass itself in the games contest at least. And who cares about Sackboy?

Black Turtle

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Was Little Big Planet even realeased when Sackboy was in a match?

The Sackboy we see here will bear no resemblance to that Sackboy. Everyone knows Little Big Planet - and people might not know his name, but every gamer will recognize "doll-looking dude from Little Big Planet".

Kratos can win, but I think Sackboy should have that.
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That would matter if LBP had been well-received at all.

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Also why does Ezio need to score a 70% on Simon to 'have a chance' at Zelda? I think a 65%+ will do.

Please don't even mention this Ezio>Zelda nonsense. Or else Ulti will start loudly trolling for some weird reason, and that's vastly more annoying than Ezio>Zelda in the first place...
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It came out 10/27/08, so like 17 days after his match.
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That would matter if LBP had been well-received at all.

Aurion is fodder though. A moderate boost and Sackboy is already at his level I think.

I think Sackboy will still be quite weak, but that he'll be not-Kratos-Aurion enough to win.
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ugh LBP was such a crap game

can't wait for Kratos to crush Sackboy
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Yeah, LBP wasn't out when Sackboy had his match last year. Being paired up with Snake probably didn't do him any favors either. Not that I think there's big overlap with Snake/Sackboy or anything, but that was MGS4 year, so any sort of 'PS3 vote' pretty much went to Snake by default.

The bigger point with Sackboy, though, is that he has a lot of appeal. I think Sackboy's awesome even though I wasn't the biggest fan of LBP. I wouldn't be surprised to find out there's more than a few people in the same boat as me. Kratos can definitely win that match, but that's not a lock by any means. I've got Sackboy and could see it going either way.

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Eh. To me it just seems like another Nathan Drake case - has reason to do better, but his original showing was so awful that he could do a lot better and still lose. Could be wrong though.

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From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #372
Wow, Kratos Aurion is the heavy guru favourite? When will you people learn to stop putting faith in the Fails crew?

How about when it stops advancing in matches I never expected it to win in (GOW/GTASA/TOS/ESO).
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That match could go either way. I think I'll lean towards Sackboy just for being more relevant. Kratos and Lloyd are in danger of suffering from Vyse syndrome sometime soon.
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Sackboy is probably going to go the way of the Jaks, Ratchets, Sly Coopers, and Crash Bandicoots of the world. I don't expect him to be particularly strong, and Lloyd managed to beat Jak a couple of years ago, so...
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My money's on Sackboy. At least other fodder winners like Laharl and Ratchet still get games that keep them relevant. Kratos is fading, and Sackboy should be high enough now to beat him in a 52-48 match or so.
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My money's on Sackboy. At least other fodder winners like Laharl and Ratchet still get games that keep them relevant. Kratos is fading, and Sackboy should be high enough now to beat him in a 52-48 match or so.

The ToS sequel came out on wii just over a year ago.
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Conformity and rebellion...both ways are simple-minded--they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.

Were they even in that game?
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

As for Sackboy.... LBP was regarded as a disappointment. And this might be another Nathan Drake case, where even a boost might not be enough. Though I believe that it might go either way.
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I keep forgetting that thing existed.

I wouldn't have even known there was a sequel if it weren't for this board.
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Kratos is the Hardest boss in Tales of Vesperia, too. Though he is optional in an after game dungeon.
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I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see Kratos win. I mean he did impress against Diablo once upon a time. He at least has potential before fading away
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The Tales of Symphonia sequel is widely regarded as an abomination, so I doubt it'd do anything for Kratos or Lloyd.
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Eh. To me it just seems like another Nathan Drake case - has reason to do better, but his original showing was so awful that he could do a lot better and still lose. Could be wrong though.

I had The Boss there, because Drake had way more distance to close against The Boss than Sackboy does against Aurion. Aurion is crap. The Boss was weak, but not crap.

I wasn't aware of this sequel game though. Doubt it makes much difference but who knows.
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Aurion is crap. The Boss was weak, but not crap.

They're both pretty high fodder. The Boss probably beats Kratos, but I doubt it's in any way decisive.

In fact, let me play the Albion here for a moment:

The Boss (2007c) has a strength of 18.50 against Base Link.
Kratos Aurion (2007c) has a strength of 18.02 against Base Link.

The Boss 51.30% 70,138
Kratos Aurion 48.70% 66,591
TOTAL VOTES 136,729
The Boss wins with 51.30% of the vote!
A 3,548 vote margin of victory.
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Hmmm... Isn't PS3 exclusive support rather low? Look at what happened with Nathan Drake in 2008.
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