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wouldnt be that mad at this result if i didnt have WoW winning the 2nd match too. SMRPG looks great here and should be the favorite to the division finals.

At first I thought: "Man, SMW might be too hard to mount a successful rally against."

Then I remembered how much percentage New Leaf shaved off SMW in a few measly hours.

I think TRE is right on this one.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

Hopefully enough people screwed up this eightpack for me to finally get on the leaderboard. Too many 43s!

Same.

Over 33% of the Gurus will fall behind us. I'm guessing a larger percentage of people on the leaderboard will screw up since they typically aren't as savvy. So we better get up there...
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There are actually people voting for Shovel Knight, a 2D metroidvania game, over GTA San Andreas, a 3D large-scale open-world game?
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AbsoluteDenial posted...

There are actually people voting for Shovel Knight, a 2D metroidvania game, over GTA San Andreas, a 3D large-scale open-world game?

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AbsoluteDenial posted...

There are actually people voting for Shovel Knight, a 2D metroidvania game, over GTA San Andreas, a 3D large-scale open-world game?

are you in denial absolute? I voted shovel nihght

Updated Top 10

Top 10 Biggest Blowouts
1. LoZ: Ocarina of Time – 91.03% vs. Hearthstone – 8.97% - Round 1 – 82.06%
2. LoZ: Link to the Past – 88.02% vs. Cave Story – 11.98% - Round 1 – 76.04%
3. Chrono Trigger – 85.85% vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA – 14.15% - Round 1 – 71.70%
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 – 84.17% vs. Age of Empires II – 15.83% - Round 1 – 68.34%
5. Final Fantasy VII – 84.07% vs. Journey – 15.93% - Round 1 – 68.14%
6. Super Mario 64 – 80.04% vs. Mario Kart 8 – 19.96% - Round 1 – 60.08%
7. Super Metroid – 79.46% vs. CoD4: Modern Warfare – 20.54% - Round 1 – 58.92%
8. Super Smash Bros. Wii U – 79.05% vs. Planescape: Torment – 20.95% - Round 1 – 58.10%
9. SMT: Persona 4 – 77.80% vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors – 22.20% - Round 1 – 55.60%
10. Final Fantasy VI – 77.03% vs. Assassin’s Creed II – 22.97% - Round 1 – 54.06%

Top 10 Largest Vote Gaps
1. LoZ: Ocarina of Time – 36560 vs. Hearthstone – 3604 – Round 1 – 32956
2. LoZ: Link to the Past – 32386 vs. Cave Story – 4410 – Round 1 – 27976
3. Chrono Trigger – 33415 vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA – 5506 – Round 1 – 27909
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 – 32381 vs. Age of Empires II – 6091 – Round 1 – 26289
5. Final Fantasy VII – 31574 vs. Journey – 5985 – Round 1 – 25589
6. Super Mario World – 40067 vs. Animal Crossing: NL – 14616 – Round 1 – 25451
7. Super Metroid – 31806 vs. CoD4: Modern Warfare – 8220 – Round 1 – 23586
8. Fallout 3 – 37861 vs. Life is Strange – 14324 – Round 1 – 23537
9. Super Mario 64 – 31065 vs. Mario Kart 8 – Round 1 – 23320
10. Super Smash Bros. Wii U – 29287 vs. Planescape: Torment – 7761 – Round 1 – 21526

Top 10 Closest Matches
1. Donkey Kong Country 2 – 50.36% vs. Xenoblade Chronicles – 49.64% - Round 1 – 0.72%
2. Mass Effect – 50.83% vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 49.17% - Round 1 – 1.66%
3. Undertale – 50.95% vs. Mass Effect 3- 49.05% - Round 1 – 1.90%
4. Final Fantasy IX – 51.09% vs. Kingdom Hearts – 48.91% - Round 1 – 2.18%
5. Paper Mario: TTYD – 51.87% vs. Tales of Symphonia – 48.13% - Round 1 – 3.74%
6. Sonic 2 – 53.17% vs. Portal 2 – 46.83% - Round 1 – 6.34%
7. Star Wars: KotOR – 53.65% vs. Xenogears – 46.35% - Round 1 – 8.37%
8. Metal Gear Solid V – 54.67% vs. Perfect Dark – 45.33% - Round 1 – 9.34%
9. Dragon Quest VIII – 54.72% vs. SMT: Persona 3 – 45.28% - Round 1 – 9.44%
10. Final Fantasy XII – 55.59% vs. Bloodborne – 44.41% - Round 1 – 11.18%
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BGE3: Today's Matches GTAV>Shenmue, SMRPG>Oblivion, GTA:SA>SK, CC>WoW
Points 42/48

I can't believe some here had Oblivion going to the division finals. Good grief.
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Top 10 Smallest Vote Gaps
1. Donkey Kong Country 2 – 17688 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles – 17434 – Round 1 – 254
2. Mass Effect – 19172 vs. Super Mario Galaxy – 18547 – Round 1 – 625
3. Final Fantasy IX – 20048 vs. Kingdom Hearts – 19194 – Round 1 – 854
4. Undertale – 28218 vs. Mass Effect 3 – 27162 – Round 1 – 1056
5. Paper Mario: TTYD – 18093 vs. Tales of Symphonia – 16786 – Round 1 – 1307
6. Sonic 2 – 20259 vs. Portal 2 – 17840 – Round 1 – 2419
7. Star Wars: KotOR – 18373 vs. Xenogears – 15872 – Round 1 – 2501
8. Metal Gear Solid V – 19285 vs. Perfect Dark – 15990 – Round 1 – 3295
9. Dragon Quest VIII – 20459 vs. SMT: Persona 3 – 16930 – Round 1 – 3529
10. Final Fantasy XII – 21499 vs. Bloodborne – 17178 – Round 1 – 4321

Top 10 Most Popular Polls
1. Undertale vs. Mass Effect 3 – Round 1 – 55380
2. Super Mario World vs. Animal Crossing: NL – Round 1 – 54683
3. Final Fantasy VIII vs. GTA: Vice City – Round 1 – 52753
4. Fallout 3 vs. Life if Strange – Round 1 – 52185
5. TESV: Skyrim vs. Phoenix Wright: AA – Round 1 – 44190
6. Metroid Prime vs. TESIII: Morrowind – Round 1 – 43248
7. GoldenEye 007 vs. Diablo II – Round 1 – 42773
8. Half-Life 2 vs. Demon’s Souls – Round 1 – 42180
9. LoZ: Ocarina of Time vs. Hearthstone – Round 1 – 40164
10. Super Mario Galaxy vs. Dragon Age: Origins – Round 1 – 40050

Top 10 Highest Individual Votes
1. Super Mario World – Round 1 – 40067
2. Fallout 3 – Round 1 – 37861
3. LoZ: Ocarina of Time – Round 1 – 36560
4. Chrono Trigger – Round 1 – 33415
5. LoZ: Link to the Past – Round 1 – 32386
6. Super Mario Bros. 3 – Round 1 – 32381
7. Final Fantasy VIII – Round 1 – 32008
8. Super Metroid – Round 1 – 31806
9. Final Fantasy VII – Round 1 – 31574
10. Super Mario 64 – Round 1 – 31065

Top 10 Lowest Individual Votes
1. Hearthstone – Round 1 – 3604
2. Cave Story – Round 1 – 4410
3. Ratchet & Clank: UYA – Round 1 – 5506
4. Journey – Round 1 – 5985
5. Age of Empires II – Round 1 – 6091
6. Mario Kart 8 – Round 1 – 7745
7. Planescape: Torment – Round 1 – 7761
8. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors – Round 1 – 7897
9. Assassin’s Creed II – Round 1 – 8132
10. CoD4: Modern Warfare – Round 1 – 8220
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BGE3: Today's Matches GTAV>Shenmue, SMRPG>Oblivion, GTA:SA>SK, CC>WoW
Points 42/48

Biggest seeding upset belongs to Chrono Cross

Thank you Allen
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Top 10 Most Impressive Losers
1. Mass Effect 3 – Round 1 – 27162
2. GTA: Vice City – Round 1 – 20745
3. Kingdom Hearts – Round 1 – 19194
4. Diablo II – Round 1 – 18851
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Round 1 – 18547
6. Portal 2 – Round 1 – 17840
7. Xenoblade Chronicles – Round 1 – 17434
8. Bloodborne – Round 1 – 17178
9. SMT: Persona 3 – Round 1 – 16930
10. Tales of Symphonia – Round 1 – 16786

Top 10 Least Predictable Matches
1. Undertale vs. Mass Effect 3 – Round 1 – 23.38%
2. Donkey Kong Country 2 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles – Round 1 – 37.98%
3. Halo vs. Minecraft – Round 1 – 38.88%
4. Final Fantasy IX vs. Kingdom Hearts – Round 1 – 39.04%
5. Sonic 2 vs. Portal 2 – Round 1 – 40.39%
6. Final Fantasy XII vs. Bloodborne – Round 1 – 42.07%
7. Final Fantasy VIII vs. GTA: Vice City – Round 1 – 43.86%
8. Dragon Quest VIII vs. SMT: Persona 3 – Round 1 – 45.85%
9. Mega Man X vs. Batman: Arkham City – Round 1 – 50.66%
10. Suikoden II vs. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Round 1 – 51.43%
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BGE3: Today's Matches GTAV>Shenmue, SMRPG>Oblivion, GTA:SA>SK, CC>WoW
Points 42/48

Qwaar posted...

I can't believe some here had Oblivion going to the division finals. Good grief.

honestly i probably still take it there if you just magically gave it a bye here

I always felt good about SMRPG though.
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pjbasis posted...

Biggest seeding upset belongs to Chrono Cross

Thank you Allen

DKC2 was a 14 bro
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Well.

That's almost as good.
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AbsoluteDenial posted...

There are actually people voting for Shovel Knight, a 2D metroidvania game, over GTA San Andreas, a 3D large-scale open-world game?

Wait Shovel Knight is a metroidvania? Might have to buy it!
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DaruniaTheGoron posted...

LordoftheMorons posted...

Hopefully enough people screwed up this eightpack for me to finally get on the leaderboard. Too many 43s!

Same.

Over 33% of the Gurus will fall behind us. I'm guessing a larger percentage of people on the leaderboard will screw up since they typically aren't as savvy. So we better get up there...

Yeah a lot should fall off, but there are 118 43s at the moment, so even if like half of them drop down that's no guarantee. I personally didn't have a complete entry until at least a day after brackets opened; don't know how long most people took.

Also, looks like we're losing our sole remaining guru with 45
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Well, if you made any last minute changes, that would reset your bracket submission time, too.
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Is there any chance GTA V beats SMRPG with these figures? If not, may as well bin my bracket.
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Qwaar posted...

Is there any chance GTA V beats SMRPG with these figures? If not, may as well bin my bracket.

into bin goes bracket
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Oh is that how it works? I thought it was sorted by the time you first made a pick for all matches, but if you're right I should be near the bottom. I was switching things until probably at least an hour before :\
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So, is Vice City the strongest GTA game now? Or did FF8 really underperform? Compared to these other GTA games, FF8 getting 58% on GTA:VC (pre Undertale rally) looks pretty unimpressive.
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Holy crap, San Andreas is weak.

My oracle might be hurting but I'm glad to know I got this eightpack perfect!
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Oh yea, I guess raytan won.

shovel knight isn't a metroidvania unless you think mario 3 is a metroidvania
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barring a rally, chrono cross has to be the biggest upset percentagewise
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Literal Chrono Cross is going to win two matches.
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I'd like to take time away from discussing the ruination of my bracket at the hands of this horrible GTAV performance to appreciate just how good Shovel Knight is.

Seriously, if anyone here has not played it, you need to buy it immediately. That game made me feel a way I had not felt in a long time about video games.
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transience posted...

barring a rally, chrono cross has to be the biggest upset percentagewise

Only 13% of the site took Paper Mario > WoW last time around
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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Yesterday's charts:

Time | S. Metroid | CoD4 | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 80.57% | 19.43% | 664 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 80.40% | 19.60% | 4118 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 78.58% | 21.42% | 8620 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 79.70% | 20.30% | 5271 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 79.83% | 20.17% | 9936 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 78.99% | 21.01% | 10129 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 81.30% | 18.70% | 1952 | (22:00-24:00)

Not a lot of movement here. Super Metroid locked in at the 79-80% range and didn't deviate too far from there.

Time | SMG1 | DA: O | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 69.59% | 30.41% | 661 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 66.70% | 33.30% | 4123 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 63.17% | 36.83% | 8621 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 63.24% | 36.76% | 5285 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 64.20% | 35.80% | 9929 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 63.90% | 36.10% | 10127 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 64.48% | 35.52% | 1965 | (22:00-24:00)

Galaxy drops off pretty hard after the Power Hour but stays pretty stable otherwise.

Time | Bloodborne | FFXII | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 43.76% | 56.24% | 633 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 43.95% | 56.05% | 3982 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 45.84% | 54.16% | 8355 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 43.49% | 56.51% | 5130 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 44.89% | 55.11% | 9601 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 43.60% | 56.40% | 9731 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 43.34% | 56.66% | 1878 | (22:00-24:00)

What the heck am I even looking at here? A bad night vote and a good day vote? It's like I don't even know you anymore, FF!

Time | Zelda MM | VC | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 75.65% | 24.35% | 657 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 76.36% | 23.64% | 4111 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 73.38% | 26.62% | 8602 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 75.13% | 24.87% | 5235 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 76.72% | 23.28% | 9930 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 77.23% | 22.77% | 10098 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 76.76% | 23.24% | 1962 | (22:00-24:00)

About as expected here, except once again, Zelda is not too impressive with the board vote.
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KamikazePotato posted...

transience posted...

barring a rally, chrono cross has to be the biggest upset percentagewise

Only 13% of the site took Paper Mario > WoW last time around

I think he meant for this contest.
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shovel knight was disappointing, and I backed the kickstarter
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chrono cross disappointing imo
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Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but Shovel Knight did get a physical release across multiple platforms about two weeks ago. I don't know how much it helped, but it probably boosted it's exposure at least a little.
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KamikazePotato posted...

transience posted...

barring a rally, chrono cross has to be the biggest upset percentagewise

Only 13% of the site took Paper Mario > WoW last time around

That was a round 2 match.
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Just imagine CC going through wow and SA to reach round 3

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UltimaterializerX posted...

Literal Chrono Cross is going to win two matches.

yeah it's an amazing game
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Chrono Cross might go from highest percentage of the day to the lowest

what garbage
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What was Golden Sun besting GTA prediction percentage?
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pjbasis posted...

What was Golden Sun besting GTA prediction percentage?

16.05%
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LeonhartFour posted...

Chrono Cross might go from highest percentage of the day to the lowest

what garbage

WoW's actually a pretty fun game!
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I'm looking forward to seeing smrpg's run.

tomorrow we see re4/paper mario. paper mario already did 43% on mgs3 so something like 45% could be in the cards. and smrpg is stronger.

smrpg is currently beating oblivion harder than wind waker did. wind waker is probably about equal to re4.

smrpg might get chrono cross which got 33% on majora's mask. we'll be able to measure through that.

I'm very curious to see if smrpg > re4 gets some traction. I'm guessing that New Vegas puts a scare into re4 as well.
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So basically CC is gonna have like 5% for beating wow and gta
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also - and this is really taking it to the limit - there's a real chance that smrpg makes the semifinals. re4, mgs, mgs3, mass effect 2 -- these games aren't unbeatable, especially given the snes boost we've been looking at for the last 50 matches.
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CC's percentage for winning the fourpack will probably be pretty low. Same for SMRPG reaching the division finals.

And I can get on board with SMRPG > RE4
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Too bad Paper Mario is in such a wasted position in the bracket
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I can see SMRPG beating all of those games, yeah, but I think I'd still back MGS1 over it.

I think it's a step ahead of all those other games.
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Is there a list where the Gurus completely own the casuals and vice versa?
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SMRPG is starting to bleed a bit too much to make it past the likes of RE4 tbh.
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