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Speaking of which, ToS v GoW will be a fun match....
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It takes a genius to make something simple truly great.
Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though...

Man that was some early vote.

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DFF

Bacon banking huh.
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Uguu~

Just out of curiosity, what has been the largest comeback in a 12-hour match, based purely on number of votes.
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Not sure if we've had any huge comebacks. Hell, it might be Pokemon this contest or Sephiroth (v. Pokemon) in the CB.
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FFX would never kill Melee in a 1v1, it's not FFVII. FFX had OoT in 3 of it's matches last year, stop overrating FFX's strength. It's not even close to being a top 5 game.

Maybe I used the word "kill" wrong. I meant beat. And also, what would the top 5 games be?

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"I remember a time when someone called World of Warcraft 'World of WoW'"

Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy VII

The rest are up for debate, but Zelda: LttP, Pokemon RBY, Mario World/64, and Melee/Brawl are probably the top candidates. FFX might squeeze in there, but I very much doubt it. I'd take LttP, three Mario games, and at least one Smash to beat it without hesitation.
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From: voltch | #053
Bacon banking huh.

The top people on the leaderboard also banked. Only after a pitiful 50-match streak >_<
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It takes a genius to make something simple truly great.
Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though...

i shoulda been on a 24 streak right around now, damn you not paying attention factor.
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Uguu~

That KFChester guy made the right move banking, in my opinion. Sometimes you get a little too full of yourself when you get a streak that high, and then if you make one wrong move, bam, its all gone. Having 120k points puts you in awesome shape, so its an okay time to bank!
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FFX did beat both Smash games, Pokemon R/B/Y, and MGS4 last contest
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R.I.P Halo 2

but OoT was in the matches
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No way FFX will lose GotD

4 way never counts.
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Hau hauu, omochi kaeri!

I would never bank, especially not for round 2. Damn NSMBW messing me up or I would have a huge streak right now.
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There are only 2-3 matches I'm even moderately concerned about in round 2. As long as I can navigate those without a problem, I should be able to streak the entire second round. Course, I'm sitting on zero banked points and only 17k riding, so I have no illusions as to any possibility of getting on the board lol.
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PSN - Aevio
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never banking is the perfect way to lose. you're GOING to lose a match, that is inevitable. So its good to bank after long streaks on debateable matches.
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....is it just me or is it likely that the top 3 spots on the battle leaderboard all belong to the same guy? Kind of odd how the top 3 all banked at once?
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It takes a genius to make something simple truly great.
Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though...

KFChester is in a very good position. Wolf_Kenri (2nd place) would need a 20 match streak just to catch up to KFChester's current point total. Abysia (4th place) needs a 30 match streak to catch up.
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Dr_Football punted my bracket across the field.
Congrats to Dr_Football for winning the Character Battle 8 Guru Contest!

especially if Luster's dozen or so alts don't crash and burn any time soon >.>
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PSN - Aevio
Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

God of War vs Tales is gonna be the make or break match for those going for round 2 streak building.
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Nyoro~n

....is it just me or is it likely that the top 3 spots on the battle leaderboard all belong to the same guy? Kind of odd how the top 3 all banked at once?

It was a very debatable match. Why would that be surprising?
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Just out of curiosity, what has been the largest comeback in a 12-hour match, based purely on number of votes.

Ocelot came back 666 votes against Red, although he ended up losing. Sephiroth also had a ~600 vote comeback against Missingno. Crono's comeback against Missingno was ~500, and Cloud's comeback against Snake was ~400.

Rock Band 2's ~400 vote comeback against Deus Ex is the biggest so far this contest.
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Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest!

Personally, I banked today instead. I'm at the 99.4648 with 23800.
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Bacon is actually playing both the battle and bracket really well, i just think his FFX pick is what kills him.
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Uguu~

never banking is the perfect way to lose. you're GOING to lose a match, that is inevitable. So its good to bank after long streaks on debateable matches.

Depends on how lucky, or how good at predictions you are. Abysia banked when he was sitting at second place a while back, and he's steadily losing spots because of having to start a new streak. At that point, you have to hope the people that are catching up to you screw up, which is a bad place to be in.
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PSN - Aevio
Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

Funny how 2 of the 5 comebacks are against Missingno!
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If you're in a huge hole now, you CAN'T bank. You have to bet on everything and hope for luck to catch up to the guys on the leaderboard.
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Depends on how lucky, or how good at predictions you are

we've had only one contest ever with a perfect bracket iirc, and that was the Series contest which only had 32 contestants and was very predictable overall. Its not just luck, its basically impossible.
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4 way never counts.

If this is true, it would make a lot more sense for R/B/Y to be that strong (because it doesn't count). And wasn't D/P/P the strongest Pokemon generation? And R/S/E the weakest? I'm so confused right now.

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If you're in a huge hole now, you CAN'T bank. You have to bet on everything and hope for luck to catch up to the guys on the leaderboard.

well yeah, if you're at like sub 20k at this point, you can't bank. I'm talking about the top guys though, like people questioning why Chester banked. He banked at 120k and is in a great position now, especially since other top people banked. A lot better than losing a match and being put back down to 0.
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never banking is the perfect way to lose. you're GOING to lose a match, that is inevitable. So its good to bank after long streaks on debateable matches.

By "never" people actually mean something like "not until I hit a minimum of 40+ matches in a row". If you've hit 80 in a row and are way ahead of second place, obviously you're going to bank. If you're just playing for a good score and not to win, the strategy changes and "never bank" is no longer the best strategy.
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Dr_Football punted my bracket across the field.
Congrats to Dr_Football for winning the Character Battle 8 Guru Contest!

Right now it's safe to say you best be begging that the top guys entered for fun brackets.
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From: NoDicePwn | #071
....is it just me or is it likely that the top 3 spots on the battle leaderboard all belong to the same guy? Kind of odd how the top 3 all banked at once?

It was a very debatable match. Why would that be surprising?

It's just odd seeing the three top brackets (having never banked before) all banking at once on the same match. I think at the very least, the second or third place guy would realize that to reach Chester, they would need to continue making picks till he guesses wrong or banks.

Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous, I know, but the similar behavior is a red flag to me anyway.
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It takes a genius to make something simple truly great.
Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though...

If it was all a different guy, they would just make one of the accounts pick the opposite choice and there would be no need to bank
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

er, all the same guy*
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

I'm never banking because my brackets are all for fun. I would have done more research and banked at least once in round 1 if i was serious.
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UC2/SFIV was a sensible place to bank, either if you don't bank there, the ToS/GOW match should be a good place to bank.
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From: The n00b Avenger | #084
If it was all a different guy, they would just make one of the accounts pick the opposite choice and there would be no need to bank

But why even bother wasting a bracket when you hold the top 3 spots on the leaderboard?
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It takes a genius to make something simple truly great.
Dr. Football, you are the man! I'll take you down next contest though...

I will burn in hell before I bank on GoW/ToS. That is such a trap for board 8.
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I am oddly confident in GoW and wouldn't even consider banking. UC2 vs SFIV had me worried though.
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I would be very surprised if GoW lost. It will be one of those 'close but never in doubt' things.

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DFF

It will be a good match to show of how much stock we should really put into 4ways. If its another 50/50 match, I never want to hear "lol 4ways" again
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From: KamikazePotato | #086
I would be very surprised if GoW lost. It will be one of those 'close but never in doubt' things.

I thought the exact same thing for MVC2 vs NSMBW, this contest has had its fair share of tossups and i won't be gambling on it.
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Uguu~

A single 4-way result holding up does not necessarily mean all 4 way results are good. A single 4-way result looking bad doesn't necessarily mean all 4 way results are bad.
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Dr_Football punted my bracket across the field.
Congrats to Dr_Football for winning the Character Battle 8 Guru Contest!

This really just comes down to the trends. If it was a day match, I would support ToS. It's a night match, so I have to go with GoW.

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DFF

Somehow I convinced myself to put Okami and ToS in the division finals. I must have been drunk when I made this bracket.

Man, Street Fighter IV didn't pull through... Uncharted won comfortably as expected based on post-R1 expectations.... so far this round has been too predictable. I -need- unpredictable things to happen this round or else I'm in big trouble!

For instance, I need RE5 to turn out much stronger than what was expected so that ToS can win!

And, why is everyone predicting Okami with 60+% tomorrow? Shouldn't Demon's Souls beat NMH with great ease?

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Capcom SFF, obviously.
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This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists?

Looking good for my testicles!
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##Alec

DMC3 for upset of the contest imo.
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Nipaa~