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Alucard or MMX, who ya got?

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~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~
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~*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*~
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~*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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Red ;_;

X, duh.
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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

Mega Man X to approach or exceed 60% with ease. Pokemon is already getting the boostees.
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Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

Wasn't being serious duh.
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[Insult goes here]

More like Alucard vs. Red, who you got?
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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!"

ANYTHINGS POSSIBLLLLEEEEEE
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09-10 Boston Celtics
RAGIN' RONDO

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

We'll hopefully get to see the Sonic/Knux match pic today.
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Yoblazer: http://i29.tinypic.com/dqhyf5.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

I'm hoping we at least get a werehog pic.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

does X stand a better chance to stand up to Link then Mega Man?
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Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die.

If anything, X has more overlap with Link than MM does.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2441

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

Every time I look at the front page, I can't help but think how ugly these pics are. Please, Bacon, at least let Sonic/Knuckles slide.
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Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

I like X's pic.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

I like all the pics. Unique and authentic, and it's a decent twist on the face pic.
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"Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

It's not the character pics, but the frames and that weird texture look.
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Yoblazer: http://i29.tinypic.com/dqhyf5.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

People must be dreaming if they think that Mega Man X would actually beat Sonic (or that Mega Man would for that matter).

So much hate for Sonic. I can't wait until he destroys Ganondorf and Kirby (although I'm sure there will be some way of people making it look like he's still weak despite those performances).
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Curt - PSN - CPhoenixM
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

People must be dreaming if they think that Mega Man X would actually beat Sonic (or that Mega Man would for that matter).

...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2125

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Currently Playing: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ocarina of Time, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Approximately how many of the original 151 Pokemon would you take to beat Duke Nukem?
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Yoblazer: http://i29.tinypic.com/dqhyf5.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

I'm talking now. In the most recent 1 on 1s Sonic indirectly beat MM by outdoing his percentage on Snake. So...
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Curt - PSN - CPhoenixM
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

From: EternalxCourage | #019
I'm talking now. In the most recent 1 on 1s Sonic indirectly beat MM by outdoing his percentage on Snake. So...

That was 3 years ago and before Sonic dropped.
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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

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/452/snk.png

Sonic/Knuckles getting the S&K-picture would be incredible and worthy of an exception. If SB really wanted to, he could just put the logo in one big frame instead of two smaller ones.

If not, werehog-Sonic should happen now instead of against Kirby...or Link...assuming he makes it past Ganon.
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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

Alucard broke 28% on Link eh?

Fact: In this contest, EVERYONE is anti-voted except Pokemon ^_^
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Approximately how many of the original 151 Pokemon would you take to beat Duke Nukem?

All of them >_>

Pikachu
Mewtwo
Charizard
Squirtle
Blastoise
Charmander

Not too sure about Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 53/64 - Today's Winners: Link and Mega Man X

So, did SB ever get back to us on the zero brackets yet?
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Why must people hate on Tidus? I mean you'd complain too if all you did was walk on a super-long straight-forward path.

I'd throw Mew in there as well, and probably Gyarados/Zapdos
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Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

Hmm... I'm not a big fan of the match pic style this round.

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~Wigs~ Current Pick: MMX, Current Points: 58/66
Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05

All of the original 151 can take on Duke Nukem..except for Tangela.No one likes Tangela

(or that Mega Man would for that matter).

OK, EternalxCourage is seriously just trolling us at this point o_O

This is the Ezio obsessed dude right?
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OK, EternalxCourage is seriously just trolling us at this point o_O

This is the Ezio obsessed dude right?

Right. The guy who refuses to accept that Ezio looked like **** against Simon.
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

So if Ocelot = Liquid then Altair ~ Megaman X.

Yeah let's go Altair
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

From: KamikazePotato | #013
I like X's pic.

^_^

I'm 90% sure is mine(same picture/gradient, just flipped), I don't see the picture credits in the Poll Results 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

16.3% of the remaining guru's dont have MMX. Much of people fallin off today!
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Point Total: 56/64. Guru Status: Alive
My Bracket Says: Night: Link Day: MMX

Red has gained over .5% in the hour since the ASV started.
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Pretty damned impressive.

Look how many people will fall tomorrow when Cube dismantles The Boss.
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Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

That many people had faith in Red to beat Mega Man X? Dude's probably not even going to hit 40% here and that's about as good as he could've hoped for - WHY?
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turnturnturn your brain in
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg

Because Red = Crono since they are both silent protagonist from games of similar strength.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 53/64 - Today's Winners: Link and Mega Man X

Red has the Pokemon vote too.I also had him the favorite to win the match.
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I don't think anyone honestly thought Red would win this after last round. And even pre-contest, it was only the Pokefreaks that thought Red would be that strong.

(They'll probably blame the picture, though!)
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If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer!

I swear most of those people who went with Red either never played a Pokemon game or don't know where the loyalty of the fanbase lies.
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Character Battle VIII - 53/64 - Today's Winners: Link and Mega Man X

PokeFEAR also got the best of some people. I think it was red sox that put complete faith in the guy just because he's the playable character from RBY.
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Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

I'm a pokéfreak, I took Charizard > Sora and even I didn't take Red > MMX
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That was just dumb.

I swear most of those people who went with Red either never played a Pokemon game or don't know where the loyalty of the fanbase lies.

Most likely. There was no way Red would be strong in this contest. He probably got most of his strength from SSBB.
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"Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

Yeah don't confuse the people who went with Red as Pokemon fans, we know that the game is about the Pokemon.
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Character Battle VIII - 53/64 - Today's Winners: Link and Mega Man X

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If I could change a single match in my bracket right now, it would be Charizard > Sora.
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Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

From: PartOfYourWorld | #045
If I could change a single match in my bracket right now, it would be Charizard > Sora.

I would pick Tifa > Gordon.
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:/

Charizard > Sora would probably be my change right now.
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Character Battle VIII - 53/64 - Today's Winners: Link and Mega Man X

MissingNo > Crono was my only big miss so far (3 points down the drain if Sephiroth beats MissingNo). Other than that, my bracket is looking pretty good.
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Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever
Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename

I took Red over X because I tend to overestimate the SSB factor.This is why I have DK>Vivi..

That many people had faith in Red to beat Mega Man X? Dude's probably not even going to hit 40% here and that's about as good as he could've hoped for - WHY?

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