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BACK OVER 50%

also squirtle's in 2nd or something idk
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Welcome to the League of Downtime.

Snake back over 50%
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"I am lightning...the rain transformed."

Link got 45% on Cloud and Snake back in 2006. If Sephiroth had beaten Snake I'm not convinced Link doesn't go ahead and break 50% on Cloud and Seph.

Working it out a bit, if Cloud doubles Seph and the votes split 50/33/17 (hypothetically), Link has 60% on Cloud. Remove Seph and our actual result was 54/46. That's actually pretty much the exact amount Cloud lost due to Sephiroth LFF in 2008. So Link would likely have been right around 50% on Cloud + Sephiroth in 2006.
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2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011
10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

Come on, Pikachu!

We need Crono over Cloud in the lol x-stats!
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Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Congrats to the Guru 2011 winner

Snake outperformed the general oracle expectation by 9% but of course this is the worst performance ever, since everyone in the stats topic feels that there's a need to hate on him.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man.

This is a pretty interesting Pokemon battle, honestly.

I don't know about the Oracle consensus, I'm not responsible if it's wrong on a given match!
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2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011
10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

Looks like Squirtle has this
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BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls
Points: 155/330 Today's Pick: Solid Snake

Karma Hunter posted...

I can't believe you Pokenerds are trying to put on blinders for this performance. Last round was more of a question mark but Snake's got close to 50% on what is essentially just POKEMON

Look at the Oracle, look at the Spread Betting, he's doing great

Not a Pokenerd but my Oracle had Snake at 51%!

No idea why people were lowballing him after all the words typed about pokemon drones and pokemon's devoted fanbase and non-pokemon LFF and etc. Of course the third should do well when the other two are pokemon.
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[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]

Squirtle showing he's no fluke, can even beat his mascot.

working on an andy warhol pic, made this to commemorate the season:

http://i.imgur.com/eJLx5Yt.jpg
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~Zen

Hey guys. So I'm #8 in the Expert leaderboards (lol!). I made a poll concerning Mega Man's chances in the next match. I know most people here don't really talk to me, but I'd love your feedback in the poll.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/67221881

Please give it a look and at least vote. Thanks! :)
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FFIXOwner Bracket: 169/270
Expert: 810 (lol?)

Looks like Blue Version>Yellow Version.
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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

The Pokemon fanbase at this point is probably the broadest on the entire site. The insularity is simply not there to give Snake anything other than a dominating win over either of these guys, especially when you consider there's rallies going on for them right now.

oh I almost forgot HOW ABOUT THAT SNAKE FOLDING TO NINTENDO GUYS
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Scarlettail posted...

Squirtle showing he's no fluke, can even beat his mascot.

This has everything to do with the reduced votals for the contest. Pikachu is far more popular to the casual market, simply due to sheer exposure. We're getting fewer and fewer casual votes in this contest, which is giving Squirtle the edge.

This is also why I want Allen to do something with that stupid banner that's completely useless, because nobody sees it while it's blending in with the rest of the web page.
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PSN - Aevio
"I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa

Snake's victory is the least interesting part of this since his death sentence is already ready next round.

Squirtle/Charmander/Bulbasaur for bonus match.

Karma Hunter posted...

The Pokemon fanbase at this point is probably the broadest on the entire site. The insularity is simply not there to give Snake anything other than a dominating win over either of these guys, especially when you consider there's rallies going on for them right now.

oh I almost forgot HOW ABOUT THAT SNAKE FOLDING TO NINTENDO GUYS

snake under 60% obvious nintendo-based underperformance. samus going to crush him in the finals
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GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX

The Pokemon fanbase is NOT the broadest on the site. The Zelda fanbase is broader. So is the Mario fanbase. And the Samus fanbase. Probably the Metal Gear fanbase.

I'm not sure why we would think the Pokemon fanbase is particularly broad at all. I hope it's not because Pikachu beat Sora despite LFF- Pikachu is just that much stronger than Sora.
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10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

Singerton posted...

Squirtle/Charmander/Bulbasaur for bonus match.

Yes.
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FFIXOwner Bracket: 169/270
Expert: 810 (lol?)

Squirtle/Charmander/Bulbasaur would end in a rather predictable Charmander > Squirtle > Bulbasaur. Everyone knows what order the starters fall!
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Singerton posted...

Squirtle/Charmander/Bulbasaur for bonus match.

Let's start asking for it right now.
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"A game with amazing story and mediocre gameplay usually beats a game with amazing gameplay and mediocre story." - Vlado, Gaming Expert

Just came here to say.....

YES! YES! YES!
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The devil is never the maker. The less that you give, you're a taker.

The Pokefanbase is the broadest because its playrate of its core games (RBY and to a lesser extent GSC) are practically unmatched. Heck even I 100%'d both of those games and I'm cheering on a Pokemassacre here.
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Welcome to the League of Downtime.

Trend chart:

Time | Draven | Mewtwo | Sephy | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 39.64% | 45.02% | 15.34% | 1708 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 35.98% | 44.22% | 19.80% | 12267 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 54.46% | 27.02% | 18.52% | 26162 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 57.17% | 24.27% | 18.57% | 15544 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 45.71% | 29.43% | 24.86% | 21573 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 31.02% | 38.16% | 30.82% | 18464 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 20.07% | 41.79% | 38.15% | 3075 | (22:00-24:00)

Behold your contest champion. Literally 617 votes total in the last two hours.

X-Stats:

Draven – 50.00%
Link – 49.65%
Jak – 45.06%
Mewtwo – 41.43%
Chie Satonaka – 39.42%
Sonic the Hedgehog – 37.50%
Sephiroth – 33.85%
Phoenix Wright – 33.41%
Kirby – 31.83%
Vincent Valentine – 30.52%
Marth – 29.99%
Bowser – 29.90%
Big Boss – 29.00%
Luigi – 28.71%
Terra Branford – 28.04%
Raiden – 26.91%
Barret Wallace – 25.71%
Sub-Zero – 24.90%
The Boss – 24.53%
KOS-MOS – 24.51%
Dracula – 24.25%
Waluigi – 23.54%
Yoshi – 22.77%
Morrigan Aensland – 22.73%
Garrus Vakarian – 22.41%
Mega Man X – 22.36%
Elizabeth – 20.57%
Nightmare – 20.52%
Crash Bandicoot – 20.44%
Midna – 20.28%
Commander Shepard – 20.25%
Spyro the Dragon – 19.90%
Professor Layton – 19.75%
Aerith Gainsborough – 19.73%
Chrom – 19.38%
Wheatley – 18.94%
Miles Edgeworth – 18.65%
Poison – 18.26%
Lucina – 18.02%
Ryu – 17.72%
Fei Fong Wong – 17.50%
Isaac BOI – 17.33%
Heavy – 17.19%
Princess Peach – 17.06%
Meta Knight – 17.01%
Agent 47 – 16.63%
Little Mac – 16.22%
Thrall – 15.65%
Balthier Bunansa – 15.09%
Clementine – 14.72%
Captain Olimar – 14.31%
Reimu Hakurei – 14.05%
Tingle – 14.04%
Ness – 13.78%
Solaire of Astora – 13.39%
Tommy Vercetti – 13.34%
Hero – 13.24%
Dan Hibiki – 12.71%
Zero (999) – 12.62%
Tharja – 12.59%
Tiny Tina – 12.43%
Rinoa Heartilly – 12.36%
Archer – 12.11%
Jigglypuff – 12.03%
Yuri Lowell – 11.33%
Locke Cole – 11.12%
Juliet Starling – 11.07%
Dunban – 10.09%
Alan Wake – 9.67%
Kain – 9.47%
Jade – 9.13%
Demi-Fiend – 9.09%
Frank West – 9.03%
Captain Viridian – 8.86%
CATS – 8.56%
Face McShooty – 8.38%
Reyn – 8.04%
Peacock – 7.78%
Welkin Gunther – 6.34%
Caim – 4.96%
Chester – 3.41%

Draven's prediction percentage was 0.93%
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argh back under 50% stop rallying for second place
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Welcome to the League of Downtime.

Chie at number five! WOOOOO!!!
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PSN - Aevio
"I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa

Then00bAvenger posted...

Squirtle/Charmander/Bulbasaur would end in a rather predictable Bulbasaur > Charmander > Squirtle. Everyone knows what order the starters fall!

Hey, fixed that for you.
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FFIXOwner Bracket: 169/270
Expert: 810 (lol?)

The playrate matters less than the likerate. There are still loads of people who dislike Pokemon, or at least are not fans.

An example of something that is really broad and will not LFF much is SMB3 vs. SMW. Link/Mario actually wouldn't be too bad. We did see that Link/Mario/Samus LFF was a lot less severe than Cloud/Squall/Sora LFF.

Pokemon is middle of the road.
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2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011
10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

Bulbasaur more popular than Charmander? That's definitely not what I see from the masses.

In fact, I would give Squirtle a shot to beat Charmander I guess, but Bulbasaur is the one I would confidently rule out to win that match
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

1337gamerpr0 posted...

KamikazePotato posted...

If Pokemon Diamond wins a GotG contest, then I'd just have to simply go 'huh'.

HG/SS, gotta pick up those nostalgia votes :P
(ok but seriously, GotG 4-ways because why the hell not, nobody cares anyway)

Psh, B/W would be stronger than DPP. Pretty sure that the hierarchy goes RBY >>>>>>> GSC >>>>> BW > DPP > RSE. (Not counting the remakes in there, nor am I splitting the third games away from the first two, even though I personally consider Platinum to be far superior to Diamond and Pearl due to the greater emphasis put on actually giving it a strong storyline! That's also why I like HG/SS more than the original GSC. Basically, I consider Platinum the start of "New Pokémon", kind of like FFVII marks the start of "New Square".)
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RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed.

At this point people like me are the holdouts. The vast, vast majority of this site has on their rose-tinted nostalgia glasses for Pokemon and it shows.
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Welcome to the League of Downtime.

Lucina>Ryu, Marth>Bowser/Big Boss/Luigi
not bad for Fire Emblem ;)

Caim – 4.96%
Chester – 3.41%

Ok. How does this compare to the bonus poll?
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Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Congrats to the Guru 2011 winner

Whoa.

I've been a big doubter in Snake all contest, but this is a pretty good show for him.
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tune in tokyo 142.94

DAMMIT.
we were so close to Phoenix Wright > Sephiroth.
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"Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.

TsunamiXXVIII posted...

1337gamerpr0 posted...

KamikazePotato posted...

If Pokemon Diamond wins a GotG contest, then I'd just have to simply go 'huh'.

HG/SS, gotta pick up those nostalgia votes :P
(ok but seriously, GotG 4-ways because why the hell not, nobody cares anyway)

Psh, B/W would be stronger than DPP. Pretty sure that the hierarchy goes RBY >>>>>>> GSC >>>>> BW > DPP > RSE. (Not counting the remakes in there, nor am I splitting the third games away from the first two, even though I personally consider Platinum to be far superior to Diamond and Pearl due to the greater emphasis put on actually giving it a strong storyline! That's also why I like HG/SS more than the original GSC. Basically, I consider Platinum the start of "New Pokémon", kind of like FFVII marks the start of "New Square".)

uh
I clearly never mentioned DPP having strength

FFVII was once liked by the vast, vast, majority of the site, and it was still middle of the road for insularity. If you want to be among the broadest fanbases, you've gotta come quite close to 0 people who dislike you.
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10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Caim – 4.96%
Chester – 3.41%

Ok. How does this compare to the bonus poll?

Chester actually does quite a bit better here. 34.37% on Caim as opposed to 26.71% in the bonus poll.
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YES!

We can still use the unit of Chester!

Karma Hunter posted...

At this point people like me are the holdouts. The vast, vast majority of this site has on their rose-tinted nostalgia glasses for Pokemon and it shows.

Another holdout, eh? Same here.
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Wanglicious posted...

we were so close to Phoenix Wright > Sephiroth.

We were well on our way to Phoenix Wright > Link before the rally started back up. Phoenix was within 1% of Link before the comeback started.
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Mind you, this performance is still definitely good enough for #2! It's just......very uninspiring for a character who seeks to beat Link 1v1.
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2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011
10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

Cloud > Pikachu please
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red sox 777 posted...

The Pokemon fanbase is NOT the broadest on the site. The Zelda fanbase is broader. So is the Mario fanbase. And the Samus fanbase. Probably the Metal Gear fanbase.

I'm not sure why we would think the Pokemon fanbase is particularly broad at all. I hope it's not because Pikachu beat Sora despite LFF- Pikachu is just that much stronger than Sora.

What Samus fanbase? Samus is just plain strong, sure, but she almost always underperforms when faced with a character from another major Nintendo franchise.
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RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed.

red sox 777 posted...

Mind you, this performance is still definitely good enough for #2! It's just......very uninspiring for a character who seeks to beat Link 1v1.

Snake was never in the running for this, though. No character was.
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tune in tokyo 142.94

Snake is currently getting near 50% against 2 of the most recognizable and extremely rallyable pokemon. Pokemon ralliers are already out there rallying for their preferred Pokemon as we speak, this is a pretty good performance by Snake.
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The cycle of life and death continues. We will live. And they will die.

That's exactly why her fanbase is among the most broad. It's so broad it can barely even be identified as a cohesive unit.
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2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011
10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more.

In a stunning twist, we find out why Liquid Snake wasn't in the bracket when an hour into this poll, he replaces Solid Snake.

Does the Snake still win?
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[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]

red sox 777 posted...

Mind you, this performance is still definitely good enough for #2! It's just......very uninspiring for a character who seeks to beat Link 1v1.

We probably will never see the Link that got less on Alucard than Snake or only 60% on Raiden and SFFed Yoshi again, so I figure why bother <_<
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