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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 895

red sox 777 | Posted 3/21/2010 6:25:09 PM | message detail
So we ended up diverging from 2006 trends, but it was by a lot less than I expected before the match, showing that FFVII's day vote hasn't completely tanked, only somewhat.

I completely agree with what creative said in the last topic: Link has a very real chance of losing next year. He looked invincible in 2003 and 2007 also, but unexpected things happen, and this year the Noble Nine has become more closely clustered in strength than in any year since 2002. Clinkeroth domination over the field is gone, and the number of characters worth 40% on Link indirectly has doubled to at least 4- 5 if you think Mario is worth 40% on Link indirectly.
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frisqo | Posted 3/21/2010 6:29:03 PM | message detail
Awww Yeah, first contest to ever make it on the leaderboard and looks like I'll finish in 17th place. I would've some money if I stuck to my Charizard>Sora ultra-upset too!

It was a really fun contest this year. I don't know what the consensus was but I thought having two matches a day/the 12 hr format was really aweseom.

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Hvv0l24n9 | Posted 3/21/2010 6:29:23 PM | message detail
Dammit, Dante...

We need us some DMC5, Capcom!
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red sox 777 | Posted 3/21/2010 6:30:43 PM | message detail
I liked the 12-hour format too. I think ideally, I would want to make the switch to 24-hour matches beginning in round 4 of a 128-character bracket. At that point there are no boring fodder matches left, and it's better to have full matches.
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PiGuy96 | Posted 3/21/2010 6:34:11 PM | message detail
12 hour matches are pretty sweet, but I'd like to see the trends even out a bit. Something like 6-6 instead of the current 12-12.
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red sox 777 | Posted 3/21/2010 6:36:05 PM | message detail
Has there been any word on the bonus poll? Link vs. Everyone and Snake vs. Mario would both be really sweet.
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Calintares | Posted 3/21/2010 6:54:16 PM | message detail
I finished up the Asia X-stats, though the upper half is still not set in stone for obvious reasons.

in the entire upper half, Zack is the strongest and gets 32,05% and number two is Mega Man X who gets 28,34%
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 3/21/2010 6:54:47 PM | message detail

From: PiGuy96 | #055
12 hour matches are pretty sweet, but I'd like to see the trends even out a bit. Something like 6-6 instead of the current 12-12.


Ew no, leave the midnight start time alone. You're basically asking Bacon to be up until 3-4 am PST every day in case something does wrong.
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TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 3/21/2010 6:55:59 PM | message detail

From: red sox 777 | #056
Has there been any word on the bonus poll? Link vs. Everyone and Snake vs. Mario would both be really sweet.


I think its gonna be Link vs Batman

I pray to GOD its Link vs Batman
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SonicRaptor | Posted 3/21/2010 7:02:16 PM | message detail
I like 12 hour matches and hope they stay, it was really nice waking up in the morning to see how last night's match went and how the current one is going.

Stick with the 1v1 format for at least another year if not forever.
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Hvv0l24n9 | Posted 3/21/2010 7:04:56 PM | message detail

From: Calintares | #057
in the entire upper half, Zack is the strongest and gets 32,05% and number two is Mega Man X who gets 28,34%


Aww yeah. This is the best news I've heard all week.

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Calintares | Posted 3/21/2010 7:11:52 PM | message detail
I'm also doing X-stats for Europe, since those might actually be relevant and I found a rather quick way to do it
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voltch | Posted 3/21/2010 7:13:28 PM | message detail
Link vs Ocarina of Time.
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/21/2010 7:16:19 PM | message detail
Has there been any word on the bonus poll? Link vs. Everyone and Snake vs. Mario would both be really sweet.

Not that I know of yet. No match picture has been uploaded yet.
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 3/21/2010 7:16:19 PM | message detail

From: red sox 777 | #054
I liked the 12-hour format too. I think ideally, I would want to make the switch to 24-hour matches beginning in round 4 of a 128-character bracket. At that point there are no boring fodder matches left, and it's better to have full matches.


Personally I like 12 hours for every match but the final.
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voltch | Posted 3/21/2010 7:17:45 PM | message detail
I'd have switched to 24 hours straight after the divisional finals, but meh.
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HaRRicH | Posted 3/21/2010 7:20:20 PM | message detail
I'd have switched to 24 hours straight after the divisional finals, but meh.

Likewise. Of course, the more full matches the better, but I think the division winners is a fair cut-off point.
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/21/2010 7:23:23 PM | message detail
I'd object to that. I love the quick pace of 12-hour matches and think three 24-hour affairs are just fine. It really speeds up obvious matches, and exciting matches are still exciting.
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voltch | Posted 3/21/2010 7:39:18 PM | message detail
I dunno, the quarters, we can still see some good matches here and there if we can get the closer NN tiers together.
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MegatokyoEd | Posted 3/21/2010 7:42:14 PM | message detail
I had a horrible bracket with dumb upsets like Gordon > Tifa and Zack > MMX and still would have made the leaderboard if I just took the Charizard > Sora upset in the division final like I had originally. Ughh.
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TheOneAboveAll | Posted 3/21/2010 7:43:42 PM | message detail
But even if Link is beatable, he's really only going to be beatable by one or maybe two people (i.e. in the finals if the bracket is seeded properly). So once a free path to the finals is set, we may as well leave Link out of the bracket until the finals.
While it's true that many characters are guaranteed not to lose in the first round or two (though we would have included Crono in that category, and see how that worked out), there's no one else who we can guarantee (as much as anything in these contests is guaranteed, I agree that it's not 100%) will reach the finals unscathed. Therefore there is no reason to have Link in the bracket until the finals.
LOLContests | Posted 3/21/2010 7:43:53 PM | message detail
24 hours > all. It makes each match more important, and makes the best matches even better. Of course, if you're going to have so many matches in a contest, 12 hours are probably preferable.
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paraboxx | Posted 3/21/2010 7:45:50 PM | message detail
Well, my third contest is coming to a close. I can't say it was as good as my first one, when L-Block shocked the world and made the board hilarious for four days straight. But it had its moments. We saw shades of L-Block in Missingno, along with some legit surprises in Charizard and Old School Square. We saw a few epic matches, even if none of them really went down to the wire. For a few characters, we even got to see with certainty that they'd improved or declined. So all in all, CB8 was good, and I'm glad I followed it.

That said, I was hoping for more out of this year. At the end of last year, when Link crushed the bracket so hard the bonus match was between four versions of him, I remember wanting two things out of the next contest: 1) less Link, and 2) a format that would give us better reads on the characters. Well, we got just as much Link, and he did almost as good a job crushing the bracket as last year. We did get a new format, but I don't think it helped much as far as readings go. Even the adjusted x-stats are going to be filled with questions. That's a good thing in terms of unpredictability, but a bad thing if you're interested in where these characters really stand on this site, like I am. So the format change was a wash as far as I'm concerned.

As for next year, I'm not sure what I want this time. I still want Link gone, but it's obvious that others don't, and taking him out might undermine the contest just as much as leaving him in. None of the other options I can think of to spice things up excite me much, though. I could care less about the format at this point, and a different subject (like Fictional Characters or Best Genre Ever) isn't that appealing either. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what Bacon comes up with and go from there. Whatever it is, I hope he listens to the users again, even if they don't end up agreeing with me.

In case I don't post again, it's been real, and see you next year!
charmander6000 | Posted 3/21/2010 7:46:27 PM | message detail
I can't see the bracket returning to 64 characters without facing massive snubs.
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Calintares | Posted 3/21/2010 7:52:56 PM | message detail
Europe X-stats top 10 (Link might be subject to changes)

Cloud 50,00
Snake: 47,21
Link: 46,93
Sephiroth: 44,51
Samus: 42,27
Squall: 40,10
Pikachu: 39,73
MissingNo: 38.99
Crono: 37,82
Yoshi: 37,36

I might post the entire thing, but I'd like for the finals to finish plus it's really annoying to get them in the right order
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TheOneAboveAll | Posted 3/21/2010 7:54:41 PM | message detail
I think the top 32 from the X-stats (unadjusted of course, otherwise it wouldn't be fair) should get automatic bids into next years contest and should automatically be the top 4 seeds in each division. That way we won't get too many underseeding issues like Crono and Mega Man usually get (though SFF will mess that up a little) and we won't have ridiculous overseedings like Master Chief either. Unless we want that to mess up the casuals who will look at seedings as a determining factor, but I personally would rather not have debated first-round matches with top characters. Being at the top should be worth something in who you get to face, at least to start.
I don't know. That was my idea, though I think it would give MissingNo. a 1 seed, which might harm him more than help.
charmander6000 | Posted 3/21/2010 8:01:41 PM | message detail
When I usually make a mock bracket (assuming it's 128 characters) I start off by automatically including all of the characters that made it to the third round. If you can make it that far you deserve to return. Should it be only a 64 character bracket I use the characters that reached the fourth round.
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ZenOfThunder | Posted 3/21/2010 8:03:24 PM | message detail
Mock bracket! Keep in mind this is next year so some characters will fluctuate in potential seeding strength.

DIVISION 1

(1) Cloud Strife
(16) Mike Haggar

(8) Riku
(9) Fox McCloud

(5) Ryu Hayabusa
(12) Cid Highwind

(4) Leon Kennedy
(13) Chocobo

(3) Bowser
(14) Shadow the Hedgehog

(6) L-Block
(11) Midna

(7) Tidus
(10) Pokémon Trainer Red

(2) Dante
(15) Chun Li

DIVISION 2

(1) Samus Aran
(16) Gray Fox

(8) GLaDOS
(9) Ratchet

(5) Chuck Greene (Dead Rising 2)
(12) The Boss

(4) Phoenix Wright
(13) Bahamut

(3) Kirby
(14) Frog

(6) Missingno
(11) Magus

(7) Mega Man X
(10) Donkey Kong

(2) Auron
(15) Crash Bandicoot

DIVISION 3

(1) Mario
(16) Garland

(8) Alucard
(9) Weighted Companion Cube

(5) Kefka
(12) Fighter

(4) Sazh Katzroy
(13) Ken Masters

(3) Snow Villiers
(14) Scorpion

(6) Princess Zelda
(11) Miles Edgeworth

(7) Bayonetta
(10) Terra Branford

(2) Squall Leonheart
(15) The Heavy

DIVISION 4

(1) Vincent Valentine
(16) HK-47

(8) Soap MacTavish
(9) Laharl

(5) Ganondorf
(12) Aerith Gainsborough

(4) Big Boss
(13) Red XIII

(3) Luigi
(14) Seifer Almasy

(6) Albert Wesker
(11) Epona

(7) Ness
(10) Cecil Harvey

(2) Mega Man
(15) Arthas Menethil

DIVISION 5

(1) Link
(16) Laguna Loire

(8) Diablo
(9) Raiden

(5) Oerba Dia Vanille
(12) Mewtwo

(4) Gordon Freeman
(13) Rikku

(3) Master Chief
(14) Rydia

(6) Oerba Yun Fang
(11) Chris Redfield

(7) Zack Fair
(10) Ike

(2) Kratos
(15) Goomba

DIVISION 6

(1) Sonic the Hedgehog
(16) Liquid Snake

(8) Dark Link
(9) Knuckles the Echidna

(5) Crono
(12) Guybrush Threepwood

(4) Captain Falcon
(13) Revolver Ocelot

(3) Altaïr
(14) Meta Knight

(6) Zidane Tribal
(11) Balthier Bunansa

(7) Vivi
(10) Nathan Drake

(2) Charizard
(15) Miles 'Tails' Prower

DIVISION 7

(1) Sephiroth
(16) Nightmare

(8) Jecht
(9) Roxas

(5) Yoshi
(12) Big Daddy

(4) Commander Shepard
(13) Max Payne

(3) Pikachu
(14) Lloyd Irving

(6) Ezio Auditore da Firenze
(11) Duke Nukem

(7) Amaterasu
(10) Pac-Man

(2) Sora
(15) The Spy

DIVISION 8

(1) Solid Snake
(16) Axel

(8) Travis Touchdown
(9) Isaac

(5) Squirtle
(12) Niko Bellic

(4) Ryu
(13) Kratos Aurion

(3) Tifa Lockheart
(14) Princess Peach

(6) Zero
(11) Yuna

(7) Jill Valentine
(10) Sub-Zero

(2) Lightning
(15) Akuma
creativename | Posted 3/21/2010 8:07:44 PM | message detail
Congrats to andylt for the best season anyone has EVER had in one of these contests - winning the Oracle championship and #3 on the bracket leaderboard.

The greatest single season ever. Well done andylt.
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/21/2010 8:14:17 PM | message detail

From: creativename | #079
Congrats to andylt for the best season anyone has EVER had in one of these contests - winning the Oracle championship and #3 on the bracket leaderboard.

The greatest single season ever. Well done andylt.


Absolutely, andy rocked it. It's weird... I know I've had a good contest, but it feels like I've come up short because at least one person has owned me in EVERYTHING.
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XIII_rocks | Posted 3/21/2010 8:18:39 PM | message detail
Just reading through the last tic and seeing people argue against Link's exclusion: I just don't get why.

I mean KP brought up his two defeats and how they've come down to two utterly extraordinary circumstances. The counterargument seemed to be that those extraordinary moments are worth keeping Link in for, that they prove his vulnerability...how exactly? Everything going against him (WW pic/KH) and the entire internet rising against him is vulnerability? Batman or Darth Vader would lose in similar circumstances.

Link can't be kept in these anymore. His dominance is now total and I really don't think he'll lose again. He's the face of a series which keeps churning out games. Snake is as good as done for new stuff now, FF7 can only receive a remake which might not even propel Cloud over him. Mario and Samus will always leech off Link. No new character could appeal to the range of ages Link can (eg, new Zelda players with TP, old ones with OoT and before).

Basically, a bracket where the winner is actually in doubt > waiting an average of four years for a perfect storm or freak internet bandwagon. I don't know about anyone else but I'm tired of seeing Link 50 times on the leaderboard. Cloud would still likely win, but he's vulnerable. Cloud losing only needs a slight tweak of circumstances. Link losing requires something biblical.
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charmander6000 | Posted 3/21/2010 8:19:51 PM | message detail
DIVISION 1

(1) Cloud Strife
(16) Mike Haggar

(8) Riku
(9) Fox McCloud

(5) Ryu Hayabusa
(12) Cid Highwind

(4) Leon Kennedy
(13) Chocobo

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(3) Bowser
(14) Shadow the Hedgehog

(6) L-Block
(11) Midna

(7) Tidus
(10) Pokémon Trainer Red

(2) Dante
(15) Chun Li

DIVISION 2

(1) Samus Aran
(16) Gray Fox

(8) GLaDOS
(9) Ratchet

(5) Chuck Greene (Dead Rising 2)
(12) The Boss

(4) Phoenix Wright
(13) Bahamut

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(3) Kirby
(14) Frog

(6) Missingno
(11) Magus

(7) Mega Man X
(10) Donkey Kong

(2) Auron
(15) Crash Bandicoot

DIVISION 3

(1) Mario
(16) Garland

(8) Alucard
(9) Weighted Companion Cube

(5) Kefka
(12) Fighter

(4) Sazh Katzroy
(13) Ken Masters

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(3) Snow Villiers
(14) Scorpion

(6) Princess Zelda
(11) Miles Edgeworth

(7) Bayonetta
(10) Terra Branford

(2) Squall Leonheart
(15) The Heavy

DIVISION 4

(1) Vincent Valentine
(16) HK-47

(8) Soap MacTavish
(9) Laharl

(5) Ganondorf
(12) Aerith Gainsborough

(4) Big Boss
(13) Red XIII

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(3) Luigi
(14) Seifer Almasy

(6) Albert Wesker
(11) Epona

(7) Ness
(10) Cecil Harvey

(2) Mega Man
(15) Arthas Menethil

DIVISION 5

(1) Link
(16) Laguna Loire

(8) Diablo
(9) Raiden

(5) Oerba Dia Vanille
(12) Mewtwo

(4) Gordon Freeman
(13) Rikku

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(3) Master Chief
(14) Rydia

(6) Oerba Yun Fang
(11) Chris Redfield

(7) Zack Fair
(10) Ike

(2) Kratos
(15) Goomba

DIVISION 6

(1) Sonic the Hedgehog
(16) Liquid Snake

(8) Dark Link
(9) Knuckles the Echidna

(5) Crono
(12) Guybrush Threepwood

(4) Captain Falcon
(13) Revolver Ocelot

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(3) Altaïr
(14) Meta Knight

(6) Zidane Tribal
(11) Balthier Bunansa

(7) Vivi
(10) Nathan Drake

(2) Charizard
(15) Miles 'Tails' Prower

DIVISION 7

(1) Sephiroth
(16) Nightmare

(8) Jecht
(9) Roxas

(5) Yoshi
(12) Big Daddy

(4) Commander Shepard
(13) Max Payne

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(3) Pikachu
(14) Lloyd Irving

(6) Ezio Auditore da Firenze
(11) Duke Nukem

(7) Amaterasu
(10) Pac-Man

(2) Sora
(15) The Spy

DIVISION 8

(1) Solid Snake
(16) Axel

(8) Travis Touchdown
(9) Isaac

(5) Squirtle
(12) Niko Bellic

(4) Ryu
(13) Kratos Aurion

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(3) Tifa Lockheart
(14) Princess Peach

(6) Zero
(11) Yuna

(7) Jill Valentine
(10) Sub-Zero

(2) Lightning
(15) Akuma

FINAL

Cloud Strife
Bowser

Samus Aran
Auron

Mario
Squall Leonhart

Vincent Valentine
Mega Man

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Kratos

Sonic the Hedgehog
Charizard

Sephiroth
Pikachu

Solid Snake
Tifa Lockheart


Link > Cloud
XIII_rocks | Posted 3/21/2010 8:20:10 PM | message detail
I know that's probably already all been said but I thought I'd drop in my 2p.

(and before anyone hounds me I'll change my sig tomorrow. No GameFOX on this pc. Dr_Football was the winner right? Did Palmer not enter?)
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/21/2010 8:21:16 PM | message detail

From: XIII_rocks | #082
I'm tired of seeing Link 50 times on the leaderboard


Me too, I can only jerk the curtain to it for so long before needing a damn break.
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charmander6000 | Posted 3/21/2010 8:24:36 PM | message detail
I'm tired of seeing Link 50 times on the leaderboard

You're right. Stop picking Link so I can win for a change.

>_>
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voltch | Posted 3/21/2010 8:25:55 PM | message detail
Yeah, why can't all u guys on the leaderboard pick cloud, then I'll be on the leaderboard....with Link.
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XIII_rocks | Posted 3/21/2010 8:28:11 PM | message detail
Funny thing is, I'm indifferent to Link/the Zelda series (I found OoT a little boring, but not offensively bad) but I loathe FF7 with every fibre of my being. Cloud winning again would be rubbish, but at least I can realistically delude myself (hmm, oxymoron?) that he could lose.
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Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/21/2010 8:37:40 PM | message detail
The stats topic should collaborate on a mock bracket during the off-season. Not a bracket made by one person like most mock brackets, but one where we all give input on what matches we want to see and set up the most exciting, potentially awesome bracket imaginable.

That way we have something to be proud of next contest when Bacon releases the bracket and we have the final eight set up like this:

Link
Snake

Mario
Samus

Cloud
Mega Man

Sephiroth
Sonic
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creativename | Posted 3/21/2010 8:39:04 PM | message detail

From: PartOfYourWorld | #401
Absolutely, andy rocked it.


Yeah, and for some reason it seems his season is getting heavily underappreciated.

You know what, I'm gonna voluntarily devote my sig to the dude. Because the best season of all time deserves major props.
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ZenOfThunder | Posted 3/21/2010 8:39:25 PM | message detail
bacon needs to let us make the bracket
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LeonhartFour | Posted 3/21/2010 8:39:53 PM | message detail
Aren't there legal reasons why we aren't allowed to help him make it?
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vcharon | Posted 3/21/2010 8:40:41 PM | message detail
So there's still no hint if we're getting a post-contest poll? Looks like no still?
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LeonhartFour | Posted 3/21/2010 8:41:33 PM | message detail
Well, we'll find out in 20 minutes. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get one though.
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tee316 | Posted 3/21/2010 8:43:21 PM | message detail
Nice to see Link win. Wonder how high he will go once more information about Zelda Wii is released in the coming months.
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LeonhartFour | Posted 3/21/2010 8:43:57 PM | message detail
Nice to see Link win.

Heh.
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creativename | Posted 3/21/2010 8:45:57 PM | message detail

From: Not_Wylvane | #409
The stats topic should collaborate on a mock bracket during the off-season. Not a bracket made by one person like most mock brackets, but one where we all give input on what matches we want to see and set up the most exciting, potentially awesome bracket imaginable.


It would be interesting to see some sort of project where people submitted their rankings of the top 64 characters in terms of raw (indirect) strength. That would probably be the best approach to a consensus bracket.
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Sonic_Druid | Posted 3/21/2010 8:46:25 PM | message detail
---Mock bracket! Keep in mind this is next year so some characters will fluctuate in potential seeding strength.

DIVISION 1

(1) Cloud Strife
(16) Mike Haggar

(8) Riku
(9) Fox McCloud

(5) Ryu Hayabusa
(12) Cid Highwind

(4) Leon Kennedy
(13) Chocobo

(3) Bowser
(14) Shadow the Hedgehog

(6) L-Block
(11) Midna

(7) Tidus
(10) Pokémon Trainer Red

(2) Dante
(15) Chun Li

DIVISION 2

(1) Samus Aran
(16) Gray Fox

(8) GLaDOS
(9) Ratchet

(5) Chuck Greene (Dead Rising 2)
(12) The Boss

(4) Phoenix Wright
(13) Bahamut

(3) Kirby
(14) Frog

(6) Missingno
(11) Magus

(7) Mega Man X
(10) Donkey Kong

(2) Auron
(15) Crash Bandicoot

DIVISION 3

(1) Mario
(16) Garland

(8) Alucard
(9) Weighted Companion Cube

(5) Kefka
(12) Fighter

(4) Sazh Katzroy
(13) Ken Masters

(3) Snow Villiers
(14) Scorpion

(6) Princess Zelda
(11) Miles Edgeworth

(7) Bayonetta
(10) Terra Branford

(2) Squall Leonheart
(15) The Heavy

DIVISION 4

(1) Vincent Valentine
(16) HK-47

(8) Soap MacTavish
(9) Laharl

(5) Ganondorf
(12) Aerith Gainsborough

(4) Big Boss
(13) Red XIII

(3) Luigi
(14) Seifer Almasy

(6) Albert Wesker
(11) Epona

(7) Ness
(10) Cecil Harvey

(2) Mega Man
(15) Arthas Menethil

DIVISION 5

(1) Link
(16) Laguna Loire

(8) Diablo
(9) Raiden

(5) Oerba Dia Vanille
(12) Mewtwo

(4) Gordon Freeman
(13) Rikku

(3) Master Chief
(14) Rydia

(6) Oerba Yun Fang
(11) Chris Redfield

(7) Zack Fair
(10) Ike

(2) Kratos
(15) Goomba

DIVISION 6

(1) Sonic the Hedgehog
(16) Liquid Snake

(8) Dark Link
(9) Knuckles the Echidna

(5) Crono
(12) Guybrush Threepwood

(4) Captain Falcon
(13) Revolver Ocelot

(3) Altaïr
(14) Meta Knight

(6) Zidane Tribal
(11) Balthier Bunansa

(7) Vivi
(10) Nathan Drake

(2) Charizard
(15) Miles 'Tails' Prower

DIVISION 7

(1) Sephiroth
(16) Nightmare

(8) Jecht
(9) Roxas

(5) Yoshi
(12) Big Daddy

(4) Commander Shepard
(13) Max Payne

(3) Pikachu
(14) Lloyd Irving

(6) Ezio Auditore da Firenze
(11) Duke Nukem

(7) Amaterasu
(10) Pac-Man

(2) Sora
(15) The Spy

DIVISION 8

(1) Solid Snake
(16) Axel

(8) Travis Touchdown
(9) Isaac

(5) Squirtle
(12) Niko Bellic

(4) Ryu
(13) Kratos Aurion

(3) Tifa Lockheart
(14) Princess Peach

(6) Zero
(11) Yuna

(7) Jill Valentine
(10) Sub-Zero

(2) Lightning
(15) Akuma

Are you sure this is really next year's bracket? Or was it just made up?
BFC: 2492-6375-2047 (Sonic)
charmander6000 | Posted 3/21/2010 8:47:48 PM | message detail
The stats topic should collaborate on a mock bracket during the off-season. Not a bracket made by one person like most mock brackets, but one where we all give input on what matches we want to see and set up the most exciting, potentially awesome bracket imaginable.

I wouldn't mind having this though maybe we should wait a couple of days just so we can cool off.
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ZenOfThunder | Posted 3/21/2010 8:48:05 PM | message detail
uh

it says "mock bracket"
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