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Dear Gordon,
Please come to the castle. I've baked a pancake for you.
Yours truly,
- Princess Peach

~*creativename's contest site (all things contest!)*~
www.gamefaqscontests.com

~*The Board 8 Wiki (lots of useful contest and board information, including all past Post-Contest Analysis from Ulti, transience, Ed Bellis and others)*~
http://board8.wikia.com/

~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~
http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/
http://thengamer.com/xstats
http://thengamer.com/stats

~*Character Contest Histories (Thanks to Raven 2 for the info transfer)*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories

~*Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings*~
A = Strongest Character
B = Character Weaker than A
C = Character Weaker than B
To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA
To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB
To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA

~*All the match pics*~
http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/index.php

~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages

~*Poll Start Times*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Character_Battle_8_Poll_Start_Times

~*Say What? Some Common Stat Topic Lingo Defined*~

SFF (Same Fanbase Factor) - Same Fanbase Factor is the theory that, if two contestants share a common fanbase, the weaker of the two options will underperform in a direct matchup. For instance, Link was expected to defeat Ganon with 65% of the vote in 2004, based on their 2003 values. Instead, Link collected near 88% of the vote, because the Zelda fanbase so clearly sided with him. However, take some SFF labels with a grain of salt, as many people will slap it onto any match that doesn't make total sense. This has caused a few SFF jokes, with LordOfDabu's "Some Frivolous Factor" being the funniest of them.

X-Stats - Short form of Extrapolated Statistics, aka the mathematical "strength" of a contestant that can be determined based on their performance in any given matchup. See above for a detailed explanation of the x-stat process.

Noble Nine - Link, Cloud, Sephiroth, Mario, Crono, Solid Snake, Sonic, Samus and Mega Man.

Near-Elite - The Squall, Auron, Tifa, Vincent, Zelda, Kirby, etc group that has come at, near or even ahead of Noble Nine characters in the past.

The Fodder Line - A final X-Stat value of 15% or below.

For other information, surf the contest sites a bit. They have everything.
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The Gamer In Me
"Ike and Ash and co. saw a Yoshi and didn't catch it" - Mer telling us his dream

Nice?
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GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~

That is an AWESOME opening. Probably because I'm suffering through M64DS (first time playing).

It's the same game obviously, but it really wasn't meant to be played on that terribad DS's d-pad.
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ ; Rest in peace, Mitch Stuekerjuergen :(

Ha, Mario 64 DS. Good luck adjusting to playing it on the DS.
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

So...

WCC vs. The Boss, does she have a chance?

WCC is more likely to double The Boss than it is to lose that match.

Oh ho ho ho.
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

From: LeonhartFour | #005
WCC is more likely to double The Boss than it is to lose that match.

I can't believe you invoked that.
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Damn you Revan!

WCC is more likely to double The Boss than it is to lose that match.

Oh ho ho ho.

lol at that. Boss is taking it

More like Tifa > Vincent!

I'm not entirely opposed to this, but Guybrush > Yuri is clearly the superior option.
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Mustache...and Green...

So yeah, I've already decided: From this contest on, Peach can count on my nomination.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

WCC is more likely to double The Boss than it is to lose that match.

...

The Boss vs. HK-47 and by how much?
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Character Battle VIII - 51/62 - Today's Winners: Tifa and Gordon Freeman

It's the end of the first round, so prepare for some votal-stats tonight. Let's see how they are compared to the votal-stats for the games contest (and prepare for Missingno and Crono to be #1 and #2).
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

http://www.gamefaqs.com/images/cb8/cb8-66.jpg

...wow

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Such an angry picture.
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If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer!

VOTE FOR ME OR DAI!!!!

>_>
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Character Battle VIII - 51/62 - Today's Winners: Tifa and Gordon Freeman

From: red sox 777 | #011
It's the end of the first round, so prepare for some votal-stats tonight. Let's see how they are compared to the votal-stats for the games contest (and prepare for Missingno and Crono to be #1 and #2).

I knew you'd find a way to fix something so Crono looks good!
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Red Sooooooooox!

Tag

And Ezio got turd of the division. :)
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

Yes. Anger. Feel it flowing through you. Search your feelings, and embrace your fear, let it simmer into anger, and boil into hate. Attack, and be destroyed, deal out your righteous judgment and be condemned. You, and all these characters are doomed to die, to be fuel for the fire. Kneel before your masters Link and Missingno and suffer your penance!
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

I knew you'd find a way to fix something so Crono looks good!

V-stats actually had nothing to do with making Crono or CT look good. I came up with them during round 2 of the Games Contest last year, and it just happens that this year they really do make Crono look good.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

So I think its official... in Bacons eyes, Red is the Pokemon Trainer in Brawl.
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I Am Albion Hero!

Sephiroth knows no master.

The Masamune shall revel in the blood of the glitch.
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How much stronger is Prince of Persia than Yuri Lowell?

Normal Prince? A decent bit.

Tauntaun Prince? Possibly not at all.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Percentage that Bacon will give us the Sonic/Knuckles pic we're all pining for?

I'd say under 50% at this point.
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Yoblazer: http://i38.tinypic.com/2s024p4.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

0%. Let's be realistic.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

From: PartOfYourWorld | #023
Percentage that Bacon will give us the Sonic/Knuckles pic we're all pining for?

I'd say under 50% at this point.

0%

He's too much of a stickler for format to change the format for one pic.
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I Am Albion Hero!

You mean with Sonic the Werehog, or the Sonic and Knuckles logo thing people were talking about?
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

From: red sox 777 | #026
You mean with Sonic the Werehog, or the Sonic and Knuckles logo thing people were talking about?

The logo I assume.
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I Am Albion Hero!

Because if it's the werehog, I think Knuckles takes this one.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

S&K logo imhoooo
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Best ever.

Red had a nose when I made that picture, I swear.
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ ; Rest in peace, Mitch Stuekerjuergen :(

Hopefully he uses my Knuckles:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6443/knucklespaleyellow.png

It's probably my favorite round 2 image so far.
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(|| ' ' ||) Visio Vestri - Character Battle VIII Fanfiction Project
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So Tifa > Gordon is pretty much confirmed now.

Poor Gordon, poor lower half of my bracket. This one and the Varia division I knew would be troublesome, and it looks like this one is going to kill me. Had I stuck with my intial picks I'd have had Tifa or Ness in there, IIRC.

Also, I'd like to note that it's hard to make face pics for Sonic characters. Their heads are bigger than their bodies and their heads alone look really big and silly and augh
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(|| ' ' ||) Visio Vestri - Character Battle VIII Fanfiction Project
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...Damn, I just remembered that I forgot to hype up Peach > Gordon as my upset spectacular.

Figures that this is much closer than most of my upset spectaculars. <_<
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Stay a while and breathe me in.

Heart Division Grades!

Sora - I heard a lot of people saying they were disappointed with Sora's performance here, but he did about what I expected. Midna's not as bad as people think she is. Still, nothing too impressive. Just average.

Grade: C

Midna - Not much to say about this match. It was pretty boring. I think Midna did well enough to confirm that her match against Mewtwo last year wasn't a total fluke, which is good enough for me.

Grade: C

Laharl - Congratulations, you won a match after six years of trying.

Grade: B

Neku Sakuraba - Congratulations, you lost to Laharl. Now wait for another 5-6 years and you'll get to win one, too!

Grade: F

Kefka - He pulled one of the bigger shockers of round 1 by not only beating Arthas, but by absolutely demolishing him. Ike's underwhelming performance should have been a bit of a clue for us, but still, this is Kefka we're talking about, right? Then DISSIDIA happened, or something. I'm curious to see how well he does against Bowser next round to see if this was Kefka getting stronger or Arthas just being awful, but still, this was only Kefka's 2nd good performance ever (The other being Kefka/Wesker, of course).

Grade: A

Arthas Menethil - I'm still confused as to how Arthas managed to lose this one, and not just lose, but not even break 40% on Kefka. Easily in the top (or bottom) 5 worst performances of the round.

Grade: F

Bowser - Like Sora, Bowser did just about what I expected him to (My Oracle was only .02% off!). 63% on Frog certainly isn't as impressive as it used to be, especially as we've seen Chrono Trigger bomb left and right in recent years. He did what he needed to going into that showdown with Sora, but he's still the underdog. The match against Kefka should be pretty telling, I think.

Grade: C

Frog - Is it an accomplishment when you put up the least embarrassing Chrono Trigger performance? It's a bit of a disappointment when we see Frog have a contest appearance where he doesn't have a close match. I guess my expectations are too high!

Grade - C

L-Block - Well, the Cube and GlaDOS beating bottom feeding fodder was one thing, but HK-47, while not particularly strong, was another thing. How would the Block do? Well, it did just fine, thanks for asking! 64% on HK-47 isn't particularly great (Less than 2004 Sora got and he probably did that on a stronger HK-47 than L-Block faced), but it proved that it's a solid midcarder and not just a total 4-way wonder.

Grade: B+

HK-47 - He was never competitive in this match against L-Block, but I'm not sure why anyone actually expected him to be. He's just not known enough to beat something virtually everyone knows. The apathy votes will go to L-Block, and after seeing Missingno, the anti-joke vote doesn't seem to be much of a factor.

Grade: D

Isaac - Isaac did a good job of dismantling a bottom feeding fodder character, but he doesn't have a chance of beating L-Block next round. He's in the same position HK-47 was. He's just not known enough. At least he got a win though!

Grade: B

Professor Layton - Critical thinking is not the key to contest success.

Grade: F

Charizard - Charizard won the NRT, and he proved that Board 8 made the right decision with a completely dominant performance of the Duke (IN AMERICA). I wasn't entirely convinced that Charizard would be the strongest Pokemon (Of course, this was when I was assuming Pikachu was the strongest, and so Charizard probably still isn't the strongest indirectly, I guess!), but at the very least, he proved he's probably on Pikachu's level, if not above. I'm still somewhat skeptical of the Duke's strength at this point, but it's hard to take anything away from how good the 'Zard looked.

Grade: A
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"The great GF...Bahamut."
"...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..."

Duke Nukem - This was a pretty sad performance from the Duke, but I'm not entirely surprised, despite my low Oracle prediction for Charizard. There was a part of me that questioned the Duke's 4-way strength and wondered if he wasn't just a product of 4-ways. I know a lot of people doubt the format making a whole lot of difference, but there are a couple of characters who make me wonder (Hayabusa and Arthas are two others). Either way, this wasn't a good showing for Duke unless Charizard turns out to be a world beater.

Grade: F

Kratos - Speaking of characters who feel like 4-way wonders, we have Kratos. Only 61% on Tails? After how bad Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow looked, and how bad Tails looked last year? Suddenly, Kratos goes from being a decent favorite against Charizard to an overwhelming underdog with this performance, coupled with Charizard's dominance of Duke Nukem. That's how bad this match was. I won't give him an F though, because at least he won.

Grade: D-

Miles "Tails" Prower - Like with Frog and Chrono Trigger, is having the least embarrassing performance for Sonic Team something to be proud of? Most people expected Tails to get doubled, and instead, he nearly broke 40% here. Not bad.

Grade: B

Stars of the Division: Kefka and Charizard
Turds of the Division: Arthas Menethil and Kratos
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"The great GF...Bahamut."
"...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..."

From: red sox 777 | #028
Because if it's the werehog, I think Knuckles takes this one.

Well, if we can't have the logo, this is our next best option!
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

Kratos - Speaking of characters who feel like 4-way wonders, we have Kratos. Only 61% on Tails? After how bad Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow looked, and how bad Tails looked last year? Suddenly, Kratos goes from being a decent favorite against Charizard to an overwhelming underdog with this performance, coupled with Charizard's dominance of Duke Nukem. That's how bad this match was. I won't give him an F though, because at least he won.

Grade: D-

*struggles within himself*

Isaac - Isaac did a good job of dismantling a bottom feeding fodder character, but he doesn't have a chance of beating L-Block next round. He's in the same position HK-47 was. He's just not known enough. At least he got a win though!

Grade: B

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

Star and Turds of Round 1: Midgar Division

Star of the Division – Vault Boy
In a division of few stars Vault Boy takes the award. While few people thought he was terrible fodder very few didn’t expect him to be much stronger than regular fodder. Instead Vault Boy surprises even his biggest fans by breaking 39% on a well respected character. As finding new good characters has become more of a chore it is refreshing when one of them pans out decently. I’m sure that I’m not alone in that Vault Boy is a great addition to the contest family.

Runner-up – Sackboy
A lot of people were cautious about Sackboy; in most of his previous polls he has looked pretty bad even when you consider that he has been give worst case scenarios as opponents. A lot of people who went with him were riding on the fact that having his game released would make him at least stronger than high fodder and it looks like they were right. Sackboy quite easily won over Kratos Aurion and while a lot of people like to blame the opponent I feel that it was Sackboy that won this match.

Turd of the Division – Cloud Strife
Blowouts at this point were a thing of the past, but this was Cloud, the second strongest character of the bracket against a fairly weak opponent. So what does the guy do? He fails to double Ridley for 40 minutes and comes nowhere close to the high 70s prediction which was deflated after so few blowouts. Was it people recognizing Ridley because he has a Smash Bros. picture or has Cloud developed even more anti-votes.

Runner-up – Riku
This was expected to have been an easy win for Riku, Ramza was after all as weak as Laharl, as weak as Laharl should not get you above 37.5% on Riku. Had Captain Falcon not look so hot in his match as well I think a lot of people would have switched sides in that second round match. Riku has taken quite the fall from grace since the release of Kingdom Hearts 2; I guess most people haven’t noticed since he still manages to do what people expected of him though with a less than convincing win.

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Character Battle VIII - 51/62 - Today's Winners: Tifa and Gordon Freeman

Varia Division Grades

Samus Aran - Scored one of the biggest blowouts of the round and put up one of the more impressive performances from a Noble Niner in the first round. I doubt Samus does quite that well against PoP with his Sands of Time pic, but strong showing.

Grade: A

Prince of Persia - Yikes, what an abysmal picture and an abysmal performance. Not much more to say than that.

Grade: F

Niko Bellic - I had a bad feeling. This is the way!

Grade: F

Jill Valentine - Shut up, yoblazer.

Grade: A+

Roxas - He did a good job of beating Heavy despite some early rallying and put up nearly 57% by the time it was all said and done. He seems to be stronger than ever after 358/2 Days, but it's probably not enough to beat Sub-Zero.

Grade: B-

Heavy - LOL ExTha picked you to win.

Grade for Heavy: C
Grade for ExTha: LOL

Tidus - Bah, another year, another early loss. I was hoping he would at least be competitive against Sub-Zero, but alas, it was not meant to be. At least he didn't get blown out. One of these days!

Grade: C-

Sub-Zero - He continues to prove year in and year out that he's a solid midcarder in these things. The guy never seems to have a bad performance, and he beat Tidus pretty easily. I'll be interested to see what he can do against Samus.

Grade: A-

Phoenix Wright - I was pretty impressed with how close Phoenix was able to keep this match. He prevented Jecht from pulling away too easily, though the fact that he got to avoid the day vote probably helped him in that regard. In a 24 hour match, he probably only gets 45% or so, but in a 12 hour night match, Wrighto is probably a decent low midcarder.

Grade: C+

Jecht - He withstood and overcame the early Phoenix Wright board vote and slowly pulled away the rest of the match. I kinda thought he'd do better than this, but like I said with PW, in a full 24 hour match or in a day match, he'd probably get 55%+, so this isn't too bad. He wasn't going to be as strong as Tidus, Yuna, or Rikku, but he showed he wasn't total fodder, at least.

Grade: B-

Ratchet - Friendly reminder: If you haven't played a Ratchet & Clank game yet, you should. Preferably immediately and in sequential order. Oh, and Ratchet finally won a match after 7 years. This is a bigger surprise than Laharl being put in a winnable match, by the way.

Grade: A
Ratchet & Clank Series Grade: A+++ (Play it now)

Eddie Riggs - Have you ever wondered how bad someone would have to be to get doubled by Ratchet? Well, now we know! We'll probably never see Eddie Riggs again either.

Grade: F

Travis Touchdown - He did a lot better than I thought he would against Zelda. I was pretty confident that she'd at least triple him with ease, and he nearly got 30% here. It's hard to chalk that up entirely to NMH2 considering it only sold 30,000 copies that first week, but who knows?

Grade: B

Princess Zelda - Pretty underwhelming performance by Zelda here, to be honest. If her path weren't completely set in stone, I'd be worried, but since it is, it doesn't really matter.

Grade: C-

Ezio Auditore da Firenze - Not even 60% on Simon Belmont? Gross. As much damage control as Curt has tried to lay on this match, there's no getting around how bad this performance was. You'd think AC2 being better received and Ezio looking just like Altair would have helped him out more, but I guess not. Just drop the "da Firenze" from his name next round because that's a ridiculously long title.

Grade: D-

Simon Belmont - Well, he looked pretty decent in the vote-in poll, and apparently, it wasn't a total fluke. Not entirely sure what to make of this match though.

Grade: B
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"Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!"
"Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!"

Star of the Division - Jill Valentine
Turd of the Division: Ezio Auditore da Firenze
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"The great GF...Bahamut."
"...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..."

V-stats for the first 2 divisions, assuming 50,000 as the minimum number of votes a day match can receive, and normalizing the night matches by multiplying by the ratio between the average day match votals and average night match votals:

Link 50.00
Megaman X 45.99
Amaterasu 39.57
Altair 39.10
Luigi 38.78
Shadow the Hedgehog 37.12
Red 36.00
Revolver Ocelot 35.85
Sonic the Hedgehog 35.49
Weighted Companion Cube 32.80
Vivi 32.66
Kirby 32.61
Knuckles the Echidna 32.30
Ken 32.07
Wesker 31.80
Ganondorf 31.74
Captain John Price 30.76
Liquid Snake 30.75
Cecil Harvey 30.57
The Boss 30.31
Nathan Drake 28.34
Donkey Kong 27.35
Alucard 27.04
Rikku 26.32
Meta Knight 24.86
Mewtwo 24.69
Lightning 23.74
Magus 20.81
Thrall 20.19
GlaDOS 19.99
Sandal 12.04
Fawful 11.06

Note: I think a lot of voters the first day weren't aware that there were 2 matches a day, which is why the votals were low and all the characters from that day look bad here.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

Heavy - LOL ExTha picked you to win.

Grade for Heavy: C
Grade for ExTha: LOL

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

What is the ratio between average day votes and average night votes sox?
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Por favor.

Eddie Riggs - Have you ever wondered how bad someone would have to be to get doubled by Ratchet? Well, now we know! We'll probably never see Eddie Riggs again either.

Grade: F

That's what I'm talking about!
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

Shadow the Hedgehog 37.12
Red 36.00
Revolver Ocelot 35.85
Sonic the Hedgehog 35.49

Huh......did not expect that.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

LOL SNOIC
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I Am Albion Hero!

What is the ratio between average day votes and average night votes sox?

1.32 over the first 2 divisions. Still working on the other divisions since I'm entering in all these votals by hand.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi
'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared....

Grade for ExTha: LOL

HAHAHAHAHAH XD SO GOOD
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If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer!

Grade for ExTha: LOL

Nice!

Although, still <3 for ExTha going with the better character!
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