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

Nice mash-up of memes.

Vote Accepted


Samus Aran
36.36%
8 Votes
Your Pick

Isaac Clarke
0%
0 Votes

Sandbag
63.64%
14 Votes
Total Votes: 22

DAT BOARD VOTE
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I pwn you all!

This Isaac fella isn't much good is he.
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We are living our lives
Abound with so much information

ahahahahahaha Issac Clarke
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"Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

1st on Expert. Aww yeah
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And GS Isaac "wins" the battle of the Isaacs this contest

Get ready for the whining threads, gentlemen.

Ya know, the thing I do like about Isaac Clarke is that he's fully aware of how absolutely s*** his day has gone. I mean, he has seen more terrifying life-altering s*** than any normal human should have to process.

Losing to a bag of sand like this seems about right
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F*** BT

Isaac under 8%
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls
Points: 43/54 Today's Picks: Samus and Vaas

wow people don't care about crappy Dead Space protagonist

what a shock

remember when Dead Space got into that one Games contest and Ceej did a spoiler topic to hype the bracket and said "Dead Space got in. I don't know why either."
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~Zen

Is Blue a lock for Round 3?

The real question we can raise from this match is:

Cole MacGrath vs Isaac Clarke: Who ya got?
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~Zen

Seems like I'm the only one who actually likes Isaac. Dude's awesome.

No way he was gonna be any good in this thing, though.
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http://i.imgur.com/l7qqAm1.gif
http://i.imgur.com/dewSt03.jpg

And Blue is the second most unpredictable match in the contest, losing only to MGW.

Round 6 is over, and it had the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th matches with the lowest prediction percentages. Godanmit.

Just noticed there 3 18 seeds named Isaac. LOL
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The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: 48/54 pts
NP: Samus Aran > Sandbag > Isaac Clarke

Hey, if Sandbag can stay near 30% on Samus then Magus will be kind of vindicated at least. That's what Frog got on her back in 2005.

That's probably a big if though
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

welp
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Oh SuperNiceDog's doing it again dude.
SuperNiceDog, you ain't no pimp dude

Wow I'm in the 11 tied for 50th

and Catherine is probably gonna screw me over

I'LL NEVER TOUCH THE LEADERBOARD
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~Zen

If he can stay anywhere near that she'd look absolutely abysmal in light of what Sonic did. Sandbag's almost certainly getting early joke votes.
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www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com
Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin

Sandbag will probably drop from here so Samus is looking good.

And I made the leaderboard until Vaas gets me booted off!
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Demyx is better than Axel.
http://www.last.fm/user/crazydom

ZenOfThunder posted...

Wow I'm in the 11 tied for 50th

and Catherine is probably gonna screw me over

I'LL NEVER TOUCH THE LEADERBOARD

This is your own fault for starting your user name with "Z"
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I pwn you all!

ZenOfThunder posted...

wow people don't care about crappy Dead Space protagonist

what a shock

remember when Dead Space got into that one Games contest and Ceej did a spoiler topic to hype the bracket and said "Dead Space got in. I don't know why either."

It was 2008, pretty weak year coming off the back of 2007. GTA4 and MGS4 both disappointed me to varying degrees after loving their 2004's predecessors, I don't play a lot of RPGs so had no interest in Fallout 3, LBP was creative but the actual platforming was kinda ass...we were kinda short on GotY reps that year

Personally I would have gone with the Gauntlet-meets-Doom awesomeness of Left 4 Dead, or perhaps the amazingness that is Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved
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F*** BT

Sweet back on the leaderboard

oh wait I ****ing picked Catherine what is wrong with me
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Huge drop for Sandbag, while Isaac goes over 10%.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Yeah of all my picks, none make me go "what was going through my head" more than Catherine > Neku.
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We are living our lives
Abound with so much information

Sandbag collapses! Magus even crappier than we thought!

GOOD NEWS FOR CRONO

Conversely, if Sandbag rebounds and holds a steady 30% on Samus:

Sandbag holds up well! Magus is vindicated!

GOOD NEWS FOR CRONO
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Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer)
http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif

Yeah there we go, your expected... boring match. Tomorrow is a three-pack of fodder but at least it's debatable.
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www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com
Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin

Catherine > Neku is still possible!
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I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword

Kotetsu534 posted...

Yeah of all my picks, none make me go "what was going through my head" more than Catherine > Neku.

We'd all feel better about that pic if Catherine had a nice pair of jugs in the picture.
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Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer)
http://i.imgur.com/gdl8lcn.jpg

Kotetsu534 posted...

Yeah of all my picks, none make me go "what was going through my head" more than Catherine > Neku.

I feel like Catherine > Neku is one of those things some "name" user started, and said it was an obvious pick, and then somebody said "oh YEAH, you're right, totally obv" and they changed their bracket, and it just slowly spread out until it became the consensus for no real discernible reason whatsoever.
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F*** BT

We all felt good about Juliet's jugs when the pic dropped

then Tiny Tina beat her
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~Zen

I think this is the highest I've been on the main leaderboard

No chance of winning though since I have very few upsets and the only one worth a ton of points is MM > Charizard
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I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword

I've got Neku in my bracket. It's a crapshoot though
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The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: 48/54 pts
NP: Samus Aran > Sandbag > Isaac Clarke

nope i had Catherine the whole time, really obvious pick imo and it won't be close
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Zen we still feel good about Juliet's jugs
they're jugs
what more do we need
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www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com
Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin

see this is how it starts
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F*** BT

I still think Catherine has a fair chance.

She has legit reasons to be somewhat decent, unlike Juliet.
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Demyx is better than Axel.
http://www.last.fm/user/crazydom

Score-Brackets-% Right
51------1------------100.00
50------7------------57.14
49------27----------59.26
48------69----------36.23
47------144--------36.11
46------188--------41.49
45------197--------52.79
44------271--------44.65
43------392--------33.16
42------530--------28.87
41------641--------29.64
40------900--------28.44
39------1061------27.43
38------1251------29.98
37------1226------28.63
36------1301------31.36
35------1239------32.04
34------1023------31.57
33------855--------32.75
32------745--------33.42
31------677--------37.37
30------508--------39.17
29------406--------37.68
28------319--------34.80
27------259--------40.54
26------218--------37.61
25------172--------40.12
24------120--------43.33
23------102--------44.12
22------87----------43.68
21------56----------51.79
20------68----------36.76
19------40----------42.50
18------26----------42.31
17------27----------48.15
16------22----------31.82
15------11----------45.45
14------10----------40.00
13------9------------22.22
12------6------------50.00
11------3------------0.00
10------2------------0.00
9--------2------------50.00
8--------2------------50.00
7--------2------------0.00
6--------14----------0.00
5--------2------------50.00
4--------4------------0.00
3--------2------------0.00
2--------4------------25.00
1--------5------------0.00
0--------1------------0.00

The last standing -2 (51 points) lives on and -3s (50 points) and -4s (49 points) do well. Prediction percentage tanks from then on into the 30s and 40s. This is a bit unexpected since the top tiers usual do about as well as Gurus who had 56% support for Blue. The middle tiers don't do very well with sub 30 to low 30s in prediction percentage. Prediction percentage actually goes up for a bit for brackets with around 29 points for some reason before fading out.

8 people fell off the Top 49. Ringworm, TeamRocketElite, -LusterSoldier-, AsurasKordoth, Blairville, Buzzup, creativename and davidponte did not have Blue winning the match. I'm off again by a bit. If Neku doesn't bail me out, I might not be back for a while.

12 people got the match wrong and survived. Former second place Crossfiyah, KCGemini, metaIslugg, AAAMitsugi, alblito, frodragon, greengravy294, Hitagi, Luis_Sera89, MrDew, Pondos and Rainerria also did not have Blue winning the match.
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Pokemon VGC2013 BC Regional - 16th place
Pokemon VGC2013 US National - 39th place

Karma Hunter posted...

Yeah there we go, your expected... boring match. Tomorrow is a three-pack of fodder but at least it's debatable.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Next.
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"Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

Catherine got 27% on Sonic

Neku's projected for 26% on Dante

seems fairly obvious
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I agree with KoolAid, we never seemed to really think about Catherine/Neku

"three niche characters? well, the boobs will win!"

I don't think even boobs could save Catherine. She would need to be stronger than Laharl, as I assume Neku has risen above what he was when Laharl narrowly beat him, what with his KH appearance and his iOS port (that I have somehow seen people playing on their iPhones) AND the fact that TWEWY has had outrageously good word-of-mouth and picks up new fans all the time

So could a lesser, even nicher character than Laharl outdo Neku? The most exposure I've seen for Catherine in the past like, two years or w/e has been a joke side-tourney stream on Twitch.tv

I'm not sure what we were thinking when we all jumped on the Catherine train. I guess boobs. But we're always thinking of boobs.
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~Zen

Updated Top 10 from last 2 matches

Top 10 Closest Matches
1. Lloyd Irving – 23.62% vs. Big Daddy – 23.45% - Round 1 – 0.17%
2. Alucard – 36.32% vs. Captain Falcon – 35.95% - Round 1 – 0.37%
3. Ike – 35.81% vs. Proto Man – 35.26% - Round 1 – 0.55%
4. Tharja – 36.21% vs. Tiny Tina – 35.35% - Round 1 – 0.86%
5. Viewtiful Joe – 25.65% vs. Handsome Jack – 24.20% - Round 1 – 1.45%
6. Missile – 19.26 vs. Sarah Kerrigan – 17.74% - Round 1 – 1.52%
7. Captain Viridian – 13.51% vs. Peacock – 11.60% - Round 1 – 1.91%
8. Hero – 25.76% vs. Rinoa Heartilly – 23.26% - Round 1 – 2.50%
9. Mr. Game & Watch – 39.74% vs. Lee Everett – 37.12% - Round 1 – 2.62%
10. Zack Fair – 32.59% vs. Ryu Hayabusa – 29.59% - Round 1 – 3.00%
10. Nathan Drake – 41.80% vs. Pac-Man – 38.80% - Round 1 – 3.00%

Top 10 Smallest Night Vote Gaps
1. Lloyd Irving – 6223 vs. Big Daddy – 6177 – Round 1 – 46
2. Alucard – 10242 vs. Captain Falcon – 10139 – Round 1 – 103
3. Tharja – 11016 vs. Tiny Tina – 10753 – Round 1 – 263
4. Captain Viridian – 3128 vs. Peacock – 2685 – Round 1 – 443
5. Nathan Drake – 9667 vs. Pac-Man – 8974 – Round 1 – 693
6. Isaac – 4443 vs. Tingle – 3463 – Round 1 – 980
7. Crash Bandicoot – 11242 vs. Wheatley – 9702 – Round 1 – 1540
8. Cole – 5783 vs. Ragna the Bloodedge – 4240 – Round 1 – 1543
9. Midna – 6922 vs. Little Mac – 5098 – Round 1 – 1824
10. Lu Bu – 7509 vs. Groose – 5682 – Round 1 – 1827

Top 10 Smallest Day Vote Gaps
1. Ike – 11023 vs. Proto Man – 10854 – Round 1 – 169
2. Viewtiful Joe – 7315 vs. Handsome Jack – 6901 – Round 1 – 415
3. Missile – 6138 vs. Sarah Kerrigan – 5654 – Round 1 – 484
4. Mr. Game & Watch – 10500 vs. Lee Everett – 9808 – Round 1 – 692
5. Hero – 8311 vs. Rinoa Heartilly – 7503 – Round 1 – 808
6. Zack Fair – 9862 vs. Ryu Hayabusa – 8955 – Round 1 – 907
7. Pokemon Trainer Blue – 14426 vs. Fox McCloud – 13207 – Round 1 – 1219
8. Miles Edgeworth – 8763 vs. Agent 47 – 7350 – Round 1 – 1413
9. Kefka – 11443 vs. Zack Fair – 9862 – Round 1 – 1581
10. Chrom – 9589 vs. Heavy – 7924 – Round 1 – 1665

Top 10 Least Popular Night Polls
1. Lugia vs. Sly Cooper vs. Francis York Morgan – Round 1 – 22481
2. Gordon Freeman vs. Simon Belmont vs. Hades – Round 1 – 22609
3. Yoshimitsu vs. Lu Bu vs. Groose – Round 1 – 23006
4. Nathan Drake vs. Pac-Man vs. Steve – Round 1 – 23129
5. Big Boss vs. Captain Viridian vs. Peacock – Round 1 – 23150
6. Dracula vs. Lucina vs. Caim – Round 1 – 23719
7. GlaDOS vs. Cole vs. Ragna the Bloodedge – Round 1 – 24282
8. Elizabeth vs. Poison vs. Thrall – Round 1 – 24651
9. Shadow the Hedgehog vs. Yu Narukami vs. Kat – Round 1 – 24941
10. Spyro the Dragon vs. Clementine vs. Reyn – Round 1 – 25235

Top 10 Least Popular Day Polls
1. Gilgamesh vs. Booker DeWitt vs. Kaim Argonar – Round 1 – 25976
2. Mr. Game & Watch vs. Lee Everett vs. Meat Boy – Round 1 – 26421
3. Ness vs. Locke Cole vs. CATS – Round 1 – 27607
4. Magus vs. Otacon vs. Jade Curtiss – Round 1 – 28173
5. Leon Kennedy vs. Albert Wesker vs. Oliver – Round 1 – 28303
6. Frog vs. Viewtiful Joe vs. Handsome Jack – Round 1 – 28522
7. Dante vs. Laharl vs. Raz – Round 1 – 28802
8. Altair vs. Ratchet vs. Shulk – Round 1 – 29616
9. Pokemon Trainer Blue vs. Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O’Donnell – Round 1 – 29955
10. Zidane Tribal vs. Ridley vs. Spring Breeze Dancin’ – Round 1 – 30155
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls
Points: 43/54 Today's Picks: Samus and Vaas

Top 10 Lowest Day Individual Votes
1. Spring Breeze Dancin’ – Round 1 – 1587
2. Wolf O’Donnell – Round 1 – 2322
3. Commander Keen – Round 1 – 2769
4. Kaim Argonar – Round 1 – 2994
5. Dunban – Round 1 – 3233
6. Jade – Round 1 – 3753
7. Raz – Round 1 – 4128
8. Alan Wake – Round 1 – 4152
9. Dan Hibiki – Round 1 – 4217
10. Archer – Round 1 – 4767

Top 10 Least Impressive Night Winners
1. Nathan Drake – Round 1 – 9667
2. Yoshimitsu – Round 1 – 9815
3. Elizabeth – Round 1 – 10217
4. Alucard – Round 1 – 10242
5. Tharja – Round 1 – 11016
6. Crash Bandicoot – Round 1 – 11242
7. Phoenix Wright – Round 1 – 11914
8. Sora – Round 1 – 12275
9. Gordon Freeman – Round 1 – 12353
10. Shadow the Hedgehog – Round 1 – 12411

Top 10 Least Impressive Day Winners
1. Mr. Game & Watch – Round 1 – 10500
2. Ike – Round 1 – 11023
3. Kefka – Round 1 – 11443
4. Ness – Round 1 – 12979
5. Altair – Round 1 – 13157
6. Gilgamesh – Round 1 – 13442
7. Magus – Round 1 – 13474
8. Frog – Round 1 – 14305
9. Pokemon Trainer Blue – Round 1 – 14426
10. Leon Kennedy – Round 1 – 14493

Top 10 Most Impressive Night Losers
1. Jak – Round 1 – 13191
2. Garrus Vakarian – Round 1 – 11143
3. Tiny Tina – Round 1 – 10753
4. Chie Satonaka – Round 1 – 10465
5. Captain Falcon – Round 1 – 10139
6. Wheatley – Round 1 – 9702
7. Marth – Round 1 – 9699
8. Scorpion – Round 1 – 9179
9. Pac-Man – Round 1 – 8974
10. Juliet Starling – Round 1 – 8651

Top 10 Most Impressive Day Losers
1. Waluigi – Round 1 – 14794
2. Fox McCloud – Round 1 – 13207
3. Ridley – Round 1 – 13037
4. Terra Branford – Round 1 – 11893
5. KOS-MOS – Round 1 – 10944
6. Proto Man – Round 1 – 10854
7. Professor Layton – Round 1 – 10587
8. Zack Fair – Round 1 – 9862
9. Captain Olimar – Round 1 – 9829
10. Lee Everett – Round 1 – 9808

Top 10 Least Predictable Matches
1. Mr. Game & Watch vs. Lee Everett vs. Meat Boy – Round 1 – 26.40%
2. Pokemon Trainer Blue vs. Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O’Donnell – Round 1 – 32.98%
3. Draven vs. Jak vs. Chie Satonaka – Round 1 – 38.19%
4. Yoshimitsu vs. Lu Bu vs. Groose – Round 1 – 39.13%
5. Gilgamesh vs. Booker DeWitt vs. Kaim Argonar – Round 1 – 40.89%
6. Crash Bandicoot vs. Wheatley vs. Tommy Vercetti – Round 1 – 40.90%
7. Frog vs. Viewtiful Joe vs. Handsome Jack – Round 1 – 41.50%
8. Lugia vs. Sly Cooper vs. Francis York Morgan – Round 1 – 42.40%
9. Ike vs. Proto Man vs. Dr. Robotnik – Round 1 – 42.42%
10. Tharja vs. Tiny Tina vs. Juliet Starling – Round 1 – 42.49%
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls
Points: 43/54 Today's Picks: Samus and Vaas

HOWEVER, because I want to be fair, AND have two posts about this in a row because I love attention:

Catherine does have that Game Name factor, and there was great word of mouth, and really, on the cover of the game she is like taking off her dress and showing her boobs, so when you see her name the first thing that'll likely pop into the head of a casual is the time he saw that cover in GameStop or in an ad or something and "whoa, that's the game with the girl who takes her clothes off. I like it when girls take their clothes off. Maybe if I vote for her, she'll take her clothes off."

I do not give the members of this site that much credit
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~Zen

With all this Catherine/Neku talk, it'd be really funny if Vass wins.

Laharl didn't narrowly beat Neku; he won with over 56%. I still feel pretty good about Catherine - sharing your name with your game's title can't possibly hurt - but now that I see Neku looking so vibrant and Japanese RPG-y in the match pic, I'm a little nervous. Catherine just kinda blends in there and unfortunately doesn't look stereotypically sexualized enough.
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Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer)
http://i.imgur.com/NQTthNf.jpg

I can't take Vaas winning seriously anymore after Handsome Jack lost to Viewtiful Joe

They're like the same thing

Well reviewed, top selling modern FPS games with memorable villains that are introduced early on and are featured prominently afterwards

Except Jack is funny and Vaas is crazy

So if Jack is weak, I assume Vaas is weak, or maybe even weaker than him
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~Zen

I had Neku, but later switched to Catherine.

Truth be told, both characters are going to be very weak. I doubt that whichever one wins tomorrow will win in impressive fashion. I simply went with Catherine on account of the fact that Catherine had a more recent hit along with an increasingly rabid fanbase. Then again, one could say the same for Neku....though it didn't help him win against Laharl.....
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Drop it to the floor...