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From: KamikazePotato | #146
FFX needs 25+ votes an update to win. It's not happening.

Only 23.5, but yeah, it looks very unlikely at this point.
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It's the Final Hour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e056R97svz8

The bells are marking the end of this match

If FFX is going to win this it has to make more than one good cut in a row.

I say MM has this. Hooray!
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Match CXXVII: (2) Super Smash Bros. Brawl vs. (1) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

Last Round

Fallout 3 – 45.57%
Super Smash Bros. Brawl – 54.43%

Final Fantasy X – 49.85%
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – 50.15%

Analysis

Final match of the contest and the winner is still quite debatable; we haven’t had that in a while. For the first time in the contest Brawl looks very beatable while Majora’s Mask was able to use the day vote to steal the win over Final Fantasy X. It has been a great contest, but in the end Nintendo shows everyone why it is the number one company on this site.

I guess the main question is which Brawl are we going to see, the one that we saw all contest or the one that let Fallout 3 break 45% on it. Some people were calling that Brawl was getting anti-voted in that match because of its win over Melee, but like I said before if people were really that mad that Brawl won over Melee they probably wouldn’t have voted for it in the first place. Besides if people were anti-voting Twilight Princess probably would have won considering the defeat was really fresh on everyone’s mind. If you blame it on the fact that they were both Nintendo games then take a look at the game Brawl is going up against. I feel that Fallout 3 was the product of last minute craziness that we sometimes see in these contests, but should Majora’s Mask go and break 55% in this match I might believe that anti-votes may have been a factor at the end.

I’ve been underestimating Majora’s Mask for the entire contest; I guess one more time wouldn’t hurt. Personally I find it very hard to believe that Majora’s Mask is stronger than Twilight Princess though from the fact that it won over Final Fantasy X suggests that the two would be equal. Still Brawl didn’t have much problems winning over Twilight Princess as the game was pushing towards 53%. However with it defeating Final Fantasy X in a close match, Majora’s Mask probably does have its best case scenario and really if it can’t win this match I’d doubt it could have won under any kind of scenario.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Super Smash Bros. Brawl > Final Fantasy X

charmander6000’s Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl wins, 53.63% - 46.37%

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BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls
GotD Bracket: 268/352 Today's Winner: Final Fantasy X

Down to 257 now!

XD

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Well, that was 25. But it's not going to get 25 every time. It needs a few 40+ to really have a shot.
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Not this again...there's 11 updates left. Get one MM, or stall it. Nothing more is needed...
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Another 0.02% increase. It needs to make a slightly higher cut than that to pull through.
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A bride?! Roughly translated, it means your life is over!
A bride is a woman that's about to be married || I think my definition is more accurate.

Man, it's kinda fitting that the two games that completely wrecked a lot of our brackets are facing each other in the final match.
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Can you overcome me?

Just stall, Majora. 1 or 2 more stalls will shut this down.
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

That was quite a cut right there. Still I don't thing FFX will be able to keep the pace. 1 stall and this is pretty much over

This match was an excellent example of the difference between night/day matches. It went from 51% in FFX's favor at noon to 51% in MM's favor at midnight. Pretty awesome in that regard.
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Slowed down. Keep stalling MM.
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This match was an excellent example of the difference between night/day matches. It went from 51% in FFX's favor at noon to 51% in MM's favor at midnight. Pretty awesome in that regard.

That's the reason I prefer full day matches instead of 12h, Having advantage if it's day or night seems kinda unfair to me. I rather have 24h and watch both contendants at it's fullest and lowest.

Man it's a shame FFX is so pathetic. If it could've made a last minute push, it could've dragged this match into the top 10 of all time.
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oh no...1 hour left to complete the kafei/anju quest.
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FFX needs 24 votes an update to lose by 1, too little, too late.
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BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls
GotD Bracket: 268/352 Today's Winner: Final Fantasy X

From: Zabie_W | #164
That's the reason I prefer full day matches instead of 12h, Having advantage if it's day or night seems kinda unfair to me. I rather have 24h and watch both contendants at it's fullest and lowest.

I think the advantage of having 128 entrants and getting through **** matches faster outweighs the disadvantages, tbqh.
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For Majora's Mask to win the final it needs three things to happen:

1) Win the board vote and power hour convincingly. An early lead will really help it out, because the night will likely benefit Brawl, and the day vote will probably be closely contested.

2) Not fall too far behind at night. Europe and Asia will be supporting Brawl a lot more than they will be MM. The N64 was not big in these regions, while the Wii is. If Brawl wins, it'll be because of this time period.

3) The day vote needs to go Majora's way. This won't be easy either. From Twilight Princess/Brawl, you can gather that the day vote overall seems to be split somewhat evenly. Majora will need SFF to fall its way and get back anything it lost at night.


My money will be on Brawl, but I'll be rooting for MM.

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From: SecksThaNemesis | #165
Man it's a shame FFX is so pathetic. If it could've made a last minute push, it could've dragged this match into the top 10 of all time.

If just two of the updates in the pathetic 9:00pm-10:00pm were big FFX cuts, we'd be looking at a superb fight to the finish here. As-is, it'll take a miracle from FFX.
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So if this had been a 12h night match MM would have lost right. Because I remember seeing it down by +1500 earlier this morning, came back later and watched MM make a consistent climb throughout the day.

From: Zabie_W | #164
That's the reason I prefer full day matches instead of 12h, Having advantage if it's day or night seems kinda unfair to me. I rather have 24h and watch both contendants at it's fullest and lowest.

It might be unfair to the games themselves, but who cares about them? It makes for a more interesting contest due to more interesting prediction patterns and results.
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I think the advantage of having 128 entrants and getting through **** matches faster outweighs the disadvantages, tbqh.

I agree, just take a look at this contest between the end of round 1 to half way of round 2 we had nothing, but boring matches.
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BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls
GotD Bracket: 268/352 Today's Winner: Final Fantasy X

From: XIII_rocks | #170
If just two of the updates in the pathetic 9:00pm-10:00pm were big FFX cuts, we'd be looking at a superb fight to the finish here. As-is, it'll take a miracle from FFX.

Quite. Someone asked me if this was a top 5 match ever, gut reaction was yes, but realistically, we've had so many great matches that I can't put this in the top ten even.
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From: Hide_The_Butter | #171
So if this had been a 12h night match MM would have lost right. Because I remember seeing it down by +1500 earlier this morning, came back later and watched MM make a consistent climb throughout the day.

Precisely. MM has managed to hold though, and has proven itself to be a shred stronger than FFX overall...and a HELLUVA LOT stronger in the day.
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That's the reason I prefer full day matches instead of 12h, Having advantage if it's day or night seems kinda unfair to me. I rather have 24h and watch both contendants at it's fullest and lowest.

Yeah, having more contestants make things more interesting so 12h are fine, still I think that they are not that fair as 24 are.

And FFX keeps cutting but there's not enough time, the moon will fall before FFX can make the comeback.

I like 12 hour matches, but I'd like the semis to also be 12 hours with the final being the only 24 hour match. I realize that would give day/night advantages to some games in the semis, but I don't really care. 24 hours of a game beating down another game without a chance of winning isn't very fun.
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This is in my top 20 matches all-time definitely. Probably top 10......let's see....

1. CT/LTTP
2. Mario/Crono 2003
3. Starcraft/Wind Waker
4. Mario/Cloud
5. Frog/Master Chief
6. Starcraft/Halo
7. Mario/Crono 2002
8. Starcraft/SSBM
9. MM/FFX
10. Samus/Crono/Vincent/Pikachu
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

FFX Started this surge maybe half an hour too late, I think. If it was a 232 vote lead with 75 minutes left of the poll, it would "only" require 15.5 votes per update - which is almost doable.
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10. Samus/Crono/Vincent/Pikachu

too low
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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?

It's a 4-way. The best 4-way ever, but it's still a 4-way. Hard for it to compete with 1v1s.
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

the tremors are getting worse....
39 mins remain
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The second night vote cometh. But there's no time for you, FFX.

As I said before, I think MM will take the night vote including the deep night and Brawl will take the day. You bet FFX would tear Brawl to pieces in Europe and Asia too.
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

Yep, over.

Host those match pics, Allen, the match was just put beyond any possible doubt I think.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3451

Perhaps, the best poll / match ever.

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From: red sox 777 | #181
It's a 4-way. The best 4-way ever, but it's still a 4-way. Hard for it to compete with 1v1s.

SMB1/SMB3/LoZ/SMW says hi. :P

But yeah, this is one of those Matches of the Forever, and a worthy inductee for next year's Hall of Fame. Excellent showing from both games, and the significance of this match is impossible to understate.
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I have a bad feeling Brawl is a little more respected in Europe than Zelda is. But we'll find out in a few hours I guess
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It's a 4-way. The best 4-way ever, but it's still a 4-way. Hard for it to compete with 1v1s.

Not to be rude, but that's a dumb reason. How does it magically become better if it was only Crono/Vincent? Really that was all what the match was about.
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BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls
GotD Bracket: 268/352 Today's Winner: Final Fantasy X

As I said before, I think MM will take the night vote including the deep night and Brawl will take the day. You bet FFX would tear Brawl to pieces in Europe and Asia too.

I think Brawl may take the night just because MM is going to crush it at the beginning so Brawl will even things out.
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BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls
GotD Bracket: 268/352 Today's Winner: Final Fantasy X

Didn't the final rounds of these contests used to net 150,000+ votes not all that long ago? What's going on here.
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There's no gravity between us. Our love is automatic.

I'm not trolling RedSox here, but this will always be my favourite contest match of all time.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2558

Having picked that, having lost faith in Sonic when he was down by 2200 votes...his comeback was just immense to watch.
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From: SabrielAbhorsen | #190
Didn't the final rounds of these contests used to net 150,000+ votes not all that long ago? What's going on here.

I read that book. I found it mediocre
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From: SabrielAbhorsen | #190
Didn't the final rounds of these contests used to net 150,000+ votes not all that long ago? What's going on here.

It's hard for people to care when Nintendo dominates year after year.
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Not to be rude, but that's a dumb reason. How does it magically become better if it was only Crono/Vincent? Really that was all what the match was about.

It just is. 1v1s just feel more epic. In the same way, any 12-hour match is going to have a very hard time making my top 10 list. Plus, 4-ways are not as legitimate- who knows who Samus's votes would have gone to.
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

Can't wait to see how the stats are going to shift.
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Who cares who Samus's votes would have went to !
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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?

Yeah, I can understand why that'd be your favorite. If I were a Sonic fan over Crono, it'd be in my top 5 too.
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Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest.

From: SabrielAbhorsen | #190
Didn't the final rounds of these contests used to net 150,000+ votes not all that long ago? What's going on here.

I stopped caring and hardly even glance at these contests because I am so fed up of seeing something Nintendo win. OoT may be a fantastic game however it does get redundant when everything Zelda/Mario related wins on this site.
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A bride?! Roughly translated, it means your life is over!
A bride is a woman that's about to be married || I think my definition is more accurate.

Didn't the final rounds of these contests used to net 150,000+ votes not all that long ago? What's going on here.

The amount of traffic that this site has been receiving in the past few months has dropped quite a lot since the beginning of this year. Since like August of this year, regular polls have been struggling to even break 70000 votes when they used to have no problem getting above 70000 votes during the months of April to July.
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If Brawl/MM turns out to be a close-as-hell back-and-forth match, I just hope I'm around for Topic 1000. I'll probably be at work during that time, unfortunately.

Maybe I'll get lucky and Brawl will break 55% on it!
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