I think 3 out of 4 quarterfinals + 1 semifinal will at least be decent


1996 by the hour:

1:00 | 51.72%
2:00 | 49.29%
3:00 | 49.16%
4:00 | 48.56%
5:00 | 47.89%
6:00 | 51.27%
7:00 | 48.09%
8:00 | 51.22%
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RIPJimmy 5/13/2017 5:12:55 AM#452
96 is about to take the lead if it keeps this up
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RIPJimmy 5/13/2017 5:16:53 AM#453
We're tied!
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Ugh don't do this to me
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1996 takes the lead with 10 votes.
Time for bed

Hopefully I'll wake up to a decent lead for 2000...!
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RIPJimmy 5/13/2017 5:36:23 AM#457
This match is over. F*** allen
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Keep my bracket perfect 96 baby
Started from the bottom now we here
LeonhartFour 5/13/2017 5:43:02 AM#459
Looks like 1996 is getting the day vote.

Also looks like 1997 lost the night vote. It's definitely not just an FFVII proxy.
There's that powerful Mario morning vote. But Zelda's afternoon vote has always been stronger, so this one isn't over yet.
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RIPJimmy 5/13/2017 6:09:07 AM#461
And of course night will be better for 2000 cuz psx actually had games that year
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1996 by the hour:

1:00 | 51.72%
2:00 | 49.29%
3:00 | 49.16%
4:00 | 48.56%
5:00 | 47.89%
6:00 | 51.27%
7:00 | 48.09%
8:00 | 51.22%
9:00 | 54.63%
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That's by far the best hour either game has had so far today. Normally, such a strong hour at this time of day would be decisive as it would indicate that 1996 had a firm grip on the day vote. But this year, the variance in percentages is dramatically higher than before, so a lot of that last hour could be a fluctuation rather than a strong signal for the day vote.
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it'll be interesting to see if this goes past the morning or if it's typical Mario. I think Majora did well in the afternoon hours vs. Super Metroid too, but yeah, I've thought 96 was a slight fave ever since 00 struggled to gain any separation overnight.
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HaRRicH 5/13/2017 6:22:33 AM#465
Great match! I wish Pokemon GSC would have made it into 2000's picture -- once again, a pic snub could have made all the difference -- but 1996 was always going to take a significant portion of the Nintendo-vote. SMRPG + SM64 (+ N64) is a concentrated force that's easy to fall in line for if you like Mario, and nearly everybody's played several Mario games. LoZ:MM (+ the reference of Pokemon GSC) are powerful and varied which is great too, but I feel like the Mario games divided and are currently conquering that Nintendo support.

I also thought 2007 would be doing a lot better than this...oh well!
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North America is at 52% for 1996, for what it's worth. I suppose this match is a true toss-up for me at this point.
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Oxbridge 5/13/2017 6:28:32 AM#467
GSC always gets shafted on this site.
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there's no doubt that Pokemon and/or Diablo 2 would have made the difference here.
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Here's a history of 1996's US percentage since 6:00 AM:

6:00 AM - 52.16%
6:30 AM - 52.15%
7:00 AM - 52.04%
7:30 AM - 51.95%
8:00 AM - 52.23%
8:30 AM - 52.53%
9:00 AM - 52.97%
9:30 AM - 52.96%

This explains the morning vote favoring 1996 here.
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transcience posted...
there's no doubt that Pokemon and/or Diablo 2 would have made the difference here.


diablo 2 for sure.
PSI_NESS 5/13/2017 6:35:17 AM#471
Imagine if SBAllen switches Pokemon and Diablo 2 pics into the match and 2000 makes a furious comeback?
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foxhead84 5/13/2017 6:47:05 AM#472
So, is it safe to say that it's game over? 96 survive the night vote and it's now in the lead
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KingBartz 5/13/2017 7:19:00 AM#473
I think with less than a 100 vote lead and over 13 hours left, you can't say it's over at all
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KingBartz posted...
I think with less than a 100 vote lead and over 13 hours left, you can't say it's over at all
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1996 by the hour:

1:00 | 51.72%
2:00 | 49.29%
3:00 | 49.16%
4:00 | 48.56%
5:00 | 47.89%
6:00 | 51.27%
7:00 | 48.09%
8:00 | 51.22%
9:00 | 54.63%
10:00 | 50.81%
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GranzonEx 5/13/2017 8:08:09 AM#476
the kiddies are waking up
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What's the closest wire to wire record?
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Polycosm 5/13/2017 9:35:35 AM#478
UltimaterializerX posted...
What's the closest wire to wire record?

This is probably wrong but my heart says Vivi versus Mario.
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swirIdude 5/13/2017 9:39:34 AM#479
Polycosm posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
What's the closest wire to wire record?

This is probably wrong but my heart says Vivi versus Mario.


Mario led Vivi at times, so this wouldn't be right.

I wanted to say CT/LttP 2004, but LttP had the lead at times as well.
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Oxbridge posted...
foxhead84 posted...
What is the record for smallest biggest lead in a match.


SotC > MGS2 in 2010 had a biggest lead of 188.
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Any chance 2002 wins tomorrow?
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Safer_777 5/13/2017 9:57:16 AM#483
With so low vote totals, anything is possible.
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This is f***ing sad.

If this were a character or games match we'd have gone through at least two topics by now.
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GranzonEx 5/13/2017 10:34:48 AM#485
the boards are dead because everyone that posts on gamefaqs is treated like a 13 y/o

you can't foster a healthy community when anything you say can be deleted for arbitrary reasons

just look at reddit it's healthy because unless you're being toxic as f*** you aren't getting punished
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LeonhartFour 5/13/2017 10:36:53 AM#486
We went through about eight topics in 2005 on Kefka/Vercetti. Think about that.
Safer_777 5/13/2017 10:52:38 AM#487
8 topics for a match? Seriously? Man the good old times...
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Nanis23 5/13/2017 10:54:04 AM#488
LeonhartFour posted...
We went through about eight topics in 2005 on Kefka/Vercetti. Think about that.

How many were for Link Draven I forgot
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Averia 5/13/2017 11:05:33 AM#489
Nanis23 posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
We went through about eight topics in 2005 on Kefka/Vercetti. Think about that.

How many were for Link Draven I forgot


It started in 1142 and the match ended in 1151. The discussions about it continued during the next match though.

Also I think Vivi vs Mario was like 3 topics.
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those were the days
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Linkzcap 5/13/2017 11:53:13 AM#491
Lol this forum is not only nostalgic about video games but also about itself
GranzonEx posted...
the boards are dead because everyone that posts on gamefaqs is treated like a 13 y/o

you can't foster a healthy community when anything you say can be deleted for arbitrary reasons

just look at reddit it's healthy because unless you're being toxic as f*** you aren't getting punished

"But google hits"

You are exactly right. This forum caters to the far left and rapidly lost its entire audience.
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Safer_777 5/13/2017 12:10:01 PM#493
Man until recently we couldn't even curse! This site is too strict. I don't understand why.
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lightsout06 5/13/2017 12:10:43 PM#494
A lot of the audience has gotten older and/or had moved on to twitch, YouTube and Reddit
Jeff Zero 5/13/2017 12:15:04 PM#495
pyresword posted...
Jeff Zero posted...
pyresword posted...
1996 your days are numbered.

Unfortunately my days are also numbered because even if 2000 pulls through here, my 2000 > 1997 pick is looking pretty sketchy right about now.


Yeah, I can't really see 2000 besting 1997. Why'd you think it would?

My pre-contest thoughts were that having a variety of games was more important than the actual strength of the games themselves. So like in this case an oversimplified version of it is something like "2000 takes a decent chunk (but still a minority) of the Square JRPG vote with FFIX but then wins the entirety of the Nintendo vote through MM and Pokemon GSC." Basically 2000 looks like it has a foothold with every fanbase, whereas 1997 doesn't appear to.

It sort of makes sense to me still, but I think just the gaming community is a lot less segregated than I was imagining it to be beforehand.


Ahhh, gotcha. Makes sense.
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Nanis23 5/13/2017 12:21:37 PM#496
This site dying was already discussed a lot of times
You really don't have to go far in your thinking to make sense of why the site is dying, you can just take yourself as an example and you will understand it
You need to ask yourself, when was the last time YOU used a FAQ in this site? honestly I can't answer this question because I don't remember
I only use wikis for information now, and see a gameplay video if I get really stuck

The only reason to come to GameFAQs is a message board for every game in existence and as much as I am aware this is the only website in the Internet to have something like that
Sadly it's not good enough because Allen never bothers to fix it, he can start it off by the obvious "combining message boards of different consoles to one board" to avoid stuff like this
https://www.gamefaqs.com/search?game=%22mighty+no+9%22
And stuff like this-
https://www.gamefaqs.com/search?game=Fire+Emblem+awakening
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Safer_777 posted...
Man until recently we couldn't even curse! This site is too strict. I don't understand why.

Notice how the most popular sites are mainly uncensored unless you so something illegal.
Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.
ZeldaTPLink 5/13/2017 12:25:00 PM#498
UItimaterializer posted...
Safer_777 posted...
Man until recently we couldn't even curse! This site is too strict. I don't understand why.

Notice how the most popular sites are mainly uncensored unless you so something illegal.


Which I guess it's why reddit has such a bad rep.
shane15 5/13/2017 12:25:25 PM#499
They were too scared of the site getting bad publicity.I think that's the reason why it's so strict.Could do with some sort of publicity at this point though.
ZeldaTPLink 5/13/2017 12:25:50 PM#500
Btw ulti just for information am I on your ignore list?

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