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Kratos Aurion lost to an SFF'd Diddy Kong last year. Sackboy was unimpressive last year as well, but Sackboy didn't even have a game at the time of his match last year. Those votes were based on internet buzz and his picture, and maybe a few anti-votes. Consider that his hardcore fanbase. This time, he gets actual fans of the game LittleBigPlanet plus anti-votes against a Tales of character. It's not a guarantee, but by my estimation Sackboy has a slight edge.
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Guru contest: 41/44 (T7) Misses: Boss, Altair, Kefka.
Next upset: Sackboy > Kratos

Midgar Division: Round 1 - Match 46 – (6) Sackboy vs. (11) Kratos Aurion

Moltar’s Analysis

Sackboy
So how about that LBP everyone.

Kratos A.
ToS representin’

HEY WE FINALLY REACHED THE ONE DEBATABLE ROUND ONE MATCH IN THIS DIVISION! GOOD JOB EVERYONE!

Sackboy’s interesting because we saw him before his game came out, and he…got wrecked by Snake. Then, we saw his game and it…got wrecked by MGS4. Someone doesn’t like LBP! This time though, he’s got no Snake to deal with.

Luckily for the bag of Sack, Kratos A. isn’t that strong of an opponent. Still, I’m going with Kratos here. Take this with a grain of salt, but back in 2007, Kratos performed pretty well on Midna. At the time, it seemed that both were weak as hell, but since then, Midna has looked pretty darn good (solid midcarder at least) thanks to her matches with Cloud and Sora. This could suggest that Kratos and Midna were hurting each other in that match.

“But Moltar!” You shout, “Kratos looked terrible in 2008!” Well, he also had to deal with Diddy and Falcon, two Nintendo characters. It’s not a stretch to think that ToS has a mostly Nintendo fanbase, and the other Nintendo characters made him look bad. Hell, he looked good in 2005 when he faced Diablo. Sackboy may find himself against that Kratos A.

Plus, ToS is a game that refuses to fade away on GameFAQs. Even last year, it managed to pull off an upset and do well in both of its matches. Meanwhile, “LittleBigPlanet who?”

So yeah, I like Kratos’s chances here. LBP has a small, devoted fanbase here, but ToS is the king of small, devoted fanbases. Just like Nathan against The Boss, I believe Sackboy will come up short.

Moltar’s Bracket: Kratos A. > Sackboy

Moltar’s Prediction: Sackboy: 45% - Kratos A.: 55%



Lopen’s Analysis

Slightly tough match on the surface if you subscribe to the Turtle school of teaching in "LOL FAILS OF SYMPHONIA," but Kratos has proven in his last few appearances that he's not fodder. 43% on Diablo, getting close to Midna. The ever elusive win has eluded him till now, but that's about to change.

Sackboy's a kinda tough one to call in that I think the only time we saw him his game hadn't actually come out yet. But just take Nathan Drake as a baseline: Both PS3 exclusives, Drake has had more games to his name, one close to GotY, and yet still lost to the boss. Sackboy really has no chance unless he gets the football vote.

I mean I know I can see Ulti or MWC watching the superbowl, checking the poll during halftime, then saying:

QB SACK FROM INDY SAINTS LINE CAN'T HANG I BETTER VOTE LET'S GO COLTS QB SACKBOY YES.

Lopen's prediction:
Kratos Aurion with 61.61%



Transience’s Analysis

Here's our first real debatable match since Jecht/Phoenix. I've gotten like 15 in a row correct in my bracket and that's not even all that impressive. This contest started hard and got real easy real quick.

Sackboy has to be more recognizable than Kratos Aurion. He's pretty much the face of the PS3 these days, and the PS3 has grown by leaps and bounds in the past couple of years. It's GameFAQs's 2009 console of the year. He's likable and has a much better picture. On a mainstream website, Sackboy crushes this match.

GameFAQs is known for its RPGs, though, and Kratos is one of the few Tales guys that can make a claim to being legitimately liked. He's not super strong, but his game did manage to beat GTA and God of War the last time 'round. That's pretty good. There's a sense that Kratos is fading as he gets older and less relevant, but Tales fans don't seem to be going anywhere and he has a far better contest history than Sackboy does.

Ultimately, I know that people on this site like Tales and Kratos. I'm not convinced they care about LBP at all. It's cute and charming and you can like Sackboy without liking LBP, but a basic platformer with a deep level creator doesn't really scream GameFAQs to me. I'll stick with the more known quantity, even if he is the more niche and obscure quantity.

transience's prediction: Kratos Aurion with 55.71%



Ngamer’s Analysis

Fantastical writeup coming soon!

Ngamer Says: Kratos A. > Sackboy, 51.17%



Kleenex’s Analysis

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Bracket: Sackboy
Favorites: Sackboy
Prediction: Sackboy with 52.01%



Red Sox’s Analysis

Wedged into a long run of boring matches is a debatable match. Kratos Aurion is the heavy favorite in the Guru, and he is my pick too, but this is not a match I have confidence in. Kratos is from Tales of Symphonia, and Tales has never had strong characters. Kratos did decently in 2005, getting 43% against Diablo, but then he looked horrible in 2008, getting more than 60-40’d by Captain Falcon and losing to Diddy Kong.

Meanwhile, Sackboy is the star of Little Big Planet, a game that got a lot of attention if not that many fans. He was fodder in 2008, but that was before his game came out. Now that it has, he might just be able to beat an obscure character like Kratos Aurion, who is probably high fodder. I’m sticking with my bracket and the consensus opinion, but I have no confidence.

Prediction: Kratos Aurion with 51.00%
Upset Potential: 40%
Upper Bound: Kratos with 58%
Lower Bound: Sackboy with 56%

Guest’s Analysis - KamikazePotato


I think Kratos wins easily here. I don't even think it's going to be very close. Sackboy is one of those characters that's so horrifically weak that, even if you were to take his best-case scenario of boosting, he still probably loses this match with ease. Let's take a look at some comparisons:

Dealing with Midna LFF, Kratos Aurion got 36.53% on Scorpion.
Dealing with Diddy/Falcon LFF, Kratos Aurion got 32.52% on Alucard.

Dealing with Snake LFF, Sackboy got 27.73% on Vivi.

Alucard is a bit below Vivi, but yeah. Even with his questionable recent performances with several factors working against him, Kratos has still performed better than Sackboy did. Also,

Dealing with Snake LFF, Sackboy got 44.26% on pre-RE5 Wesker.

Wesker. As in the guy Lloyd got 54% on. Even if it was before Sackboy's game was released, is it really going to matter that much? The game wasn't very well-received, and even if it was I don't think it helps Sackboy much anyway as he's a character based entirely off of design.

And for a final fun X-factor, today is the Super Bowl. Kratos is going to use the early board/morning vote to build a lead, and Sackboy isn't going to have as many people to save him as they'll all be watching football! Won't make that much of a difference as...this is GameFAQs, but it's just another nail in the coffin. Don't worry, Sackboy is a PS3 mascot. He's used to it.

Kratos Aurion > Sackboy, 60%



Crew Consensus: Only one person has Sackboy winning. Everyone else has Kratos.

So close at invoking the crew curse.
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Character Battle VIII - 36/44 - Today's Winners: Leon and Sackboy

Looking back on FFVIII, I'm actually ok if we nominate any of these characters 'cept Rinoa(who is one of the worst vg characters ever). They're actually pretty likable, despite their screw-ups. Hell, Squall is not even that bad. Yeah he's whiny and sulky, but he does care about other people's feelings. He's a nice guy, even if the game doesn't want him to be(like how accepting your classmates requests actually punishes you).

Major points off for falling in love with Rinoa though.Uuuuugh.
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Currently 17th on the CBVIII Leaderboard ^_^
Current Pick: If you have to ask, you're small time.

Dr. Football picked Kratos Aurion so he HAS TO WIN!
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Point Total: 38/44
My Bracket Says: Night: Leon Day: Kratos Aurion

I'm expecting Kratos Aurion to win because lol PS3 exclusive characters.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

The pic could be a deciding factor here. Sackboy's pic is, well... Crazy. Kratos has probably his best pic to boot, so basically, Aaaaargh.

Also, Uncharted is great. Drake sucks. He's an Indiana Jones clone with everything that makes Indy a good character drained from him.

Sackboy is gonna win easily here, I think.
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cmooon sack

Sackboy 33.33%

2
Kratos Aurion 66.67%

4
TOTAL VOTES 6
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Moltar Status: Bracket: Leon > Vault Boy (39/44)
Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/

Sackboy 25%

2
Kratos Aurion 75%

6
TOTAL VOTES 8
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

Sackboy 26.09% 6
Kratos Aurion 73.91% 17
TOTAL VOTES 23

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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....

come onnnnn sack
crawl back up

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Oracle Challenge 2k10 - Rank: 22nd
Today's prediction: Sackboy with 50.24% Status:

sackboy wins

next
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Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism

Sackboy'd
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Mustache...and Green...

Shoulda stuck with the Sack. This won't even be close.
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

wow sack keep going!!!

SACK HAS THIS
yessssssssss
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Oracle Challenge 2k10 - Rank: 22nd
Today's prediction: Sackboy with 50.24% Status:

augh

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Never taking anything Tales to win again.

Ever.
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Sackboy 50% 86

Kratos Aurion 50% 86

oh snap

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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

And Sackboy is in the lead.
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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....

already up to 55%
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Oracle Challenge 2k10 - Rank: 22nd
Today's prediction: Sackboy with 50.24% Status:

Argh, my first incorrectly predicted Tales character.
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

YES DO IT SACKBOY! MAKE ME PROUD!
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Rs Name: Iggly (With an L!) - Skill Total - 1930+ - Combat level 125 - 295/299 Quest Points
CB8 Score: 41/44 Today: Leon/Sackboy

Damn it Kratos ;(
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Sackboy wins!
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At least Dark Link is more of a character than L-Block...Kinda. ~Zen
you mean, he's got LINES? ~voltch

Oh yeah Sackboy ^_^

sack sack sack!
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Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0

that was one scary board vote for Kratos, when I voted he had 70%. great work Sackboy!

This won't even be close. This is GlaDOS/Fawful all over again. Welp, I enjoyed the leaderboard while I could ;_;
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Currently 17th on the CBVIII Leaderboard ^_^
Current Pick: If you have to ask, you're small time.

Man, Sackboy is *winning* with the board vote against Kratos. Something going right for my bracket? o.O
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turnturnturn your brain in
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg

for some reason, calling this upset right feels even better than The Boss's, Altair's and Sub-Zero's

assuming the match stays that way of course
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Oracle Challenge 2k10 - Rank: 22nd
Today's prediction: Sackboy with 50.24% Status:

Score-Brackets-% Right
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Top performers perform well again. Nothing really unexpected.

No one fell off the Top 50.
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"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."
"All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..."

I have to go to lunch with the girlfriend and her parents... be back in a bit. Please keep winning ol' Sacky!
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Rs Name: Iggly (With an L!) - Skill Total - 1930+ - Combat level 125 - 295/299 Quest Points
CB8 Score: 41/44 Today: Leon/Sackboy

The Sack pulling away now. Eh, good for him. He seems really likable.
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

Of course, it is funny that last year Sackboy got stuck with the one character in the whole wide world that could probably have SFFed him.
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turnturnturn your brain in
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg

Since when did the Stats Topic become Sackboy headquarters

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

vault boy woulda beaten both of these losers

sigh
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From: KamikazePotato | #289
Since when did the Stats Topic become Sackboy headquarters

We have a lot of lurkers, and it looks like they're overjoyed.

Also YOU HAD KRATOS WITH 60%, FEEL THE BADNESS
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

I'm just happy I actually called a debated match correctly! (aw yeah now I'll have a whopping 41 points tomorrow)

This match actually sucks for my favoritism, I love Kratos. THIS HAS BEEN A BAD CONTEST FOR CAM CLARKE :(
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turnturnturn your brain in
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg

You had Kratos too.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Not over yet.

I have learned to never call a match less than 200 votes apart at the freeze.

Also I guess this confirms that the board vote is even shorter than we thought. Only about 2 minutes at most.

I just glossed over this match while bracket-making without thinking. 1 point thrown away.....
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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....

vault boy woulda beaten both of these losers

sigh

I agree.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

Wow. I had no confidence in Sack going into this match. I finally get my first debated pick right at least... oh wait I picked Sub-Zero (but it wasn't debated!!!)
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

With 51%, and I said it was a toss-up the whole time.

Feeling of badness not nearly as bad!
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

From: Lightning Strikes | #294
Not over yet.

I have learned to never call a match less than 200 votes apart at the freeze.

Also I guess this confirms that the board vote is even shorter than we thought. Only about 2 minutes at most.

it was over the second that sackboy passed Kratos after the board vote.
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Just wait for that Tales of Symphonia ASV guys!!

....never again.
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