LusterSoldier posted...
ShatteredElysium posted...
I feel dirty wanting Mario to win for my brackets sake despite far, far preferring Cloud. Not going to vote though


Or you could hold off until near the end of the match and then vote for Cloud if the match is not close at all.


I never bracket vote so yeah I guess that's an option. Either that or just don't vote
That darn plumber and his darn clutch
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Qwaar 12/11/2018 4:11:06 PM#53
TheOneAboveAll posted...
Mario lost 4.75% from the freeze to the finish against Sephiroth. This is over.

You were saying?
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abdou 12/11/2018 4:11:07 PM#54
damn
...
This makes no sense.

When's the last time Cloud won a board vote, ever? And how did he do it against Freakin' Mario?
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TheOneAboveAll posted...
This makes no sense.


Look at what Cloud did to Link, it's not that surprising...
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Averia 12/11/2018 4:12:43 PM#57
Cloud won the board vote for once;
Sadly, he will steal another win after ruining Samus's chances.
garetha200 12/11/2018 4:13:03 PM#58
What even was that
TheOneAboveAll posted...
This makes no sense.

When's the last time Cloud won a board vote, ever? And how did he do it against Freakin' Mario?

I already explained how. Everything in the last few days, from Link domination, Cloud not breaking 40 on Link, and Mario barely escaping Samus shifted the board vote to Cloud here.
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Advokaiser 12/11/2018 4:14:55 PM#60
ShatteredElysium posted...
I feel dirty wanting Mario to win for my brackets sake despite far, far preferring Cloud. Not going to vote though


I actually feel dirty wanting Cloud to win for my own sake since I still have to play FFVII and I grew up with Mario.
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_SecretSquirrel posted...
TheOneAboveAll posted...
This makes no sense.

When's the last time Cloud won a board vote, ever? And how did he do it against Freakin' Mario?

I already explained how. Everything in the last few days, from Link domination, Cloud not breaking 40 on Link, and Mario barely escaping Samus shifted the board vote to Cloud here.


The board supported Mario over Samus. There shouldn't be any backlash from that in Cloud's favor.
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rofl Rip Cloud, Mario coming for dat Zelda Ass
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Team Rocket Elite 12/11/2018 4:17:13 PM#63
Bandwagon Zelda vs Villainous Mario. That will be a fun board vote to watch.
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Qwaar 12/11/2018 4:17:33 PM#64
Link versus Cloud posted...
rofl Rip Cloud, Mario coming for dat Zelda Ass

Calling the match after 15 minutes?
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Team Rocket Elite posted...
Bandwagon Zelda vs Villainous Mario. That will be a fun board vote to watch.

Zelda had such a strong early vote against Link that she fell 17% after the freeze until the end of the match.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
HaRRicH 12/11/2018 4:18:51 PM#66
charmander6000 posted...
Quick Nintendo, release a water based Mario game.


Quality throwback.
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Advokaiser 12/11/2018 4:20:00 PM#67
Qwaar posted...
Link versus Cloud posted...
rofl Rip Cloud, Mario coming for dat Zelda Ass

Calling the match after 15 minutes?


Welcome to Board 8, lol.
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Or maybe Mario just chokes it anyway
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
Averia 12/11/2018 4:21:33 PM#69
KamikazePotato posted...
Or maybe Mario just chokes it anyway


Maybe he just wants to keep it close to clutch the victory away again and infuriates us even more
Pokewars 12/11/2018 4:21:45 PM#70
f*** villainous Mario.
This early result is pretty ungood for mario

cloud will rise throughout the day so he needs a pretty high percentage at the end of the power hour

55% and I'd feel safeish, 53% and he should be favored, 52% and it's a coinflip
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
As frustrating as this contest has been for someone who doesn't care about Nintendo, a Cloud win would be very satisfying
There's no way Mario gets to 55% before the end of the power hour. He'll struggle to keep percentage nevermind gain it
Qwaar posted...
Link versus Cloud posted...
rofl Rip Cloud, Mario coming for dat Zelda Ass

Calling the match after 15 minutes?


yes, Cloud needs to be blowing Mario out to win this. In a tight match the villainous plumber will for sure find a way.
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Gonna set the vote limit that Cloud needs to keep the match at to have a comeback chance at: 250 votes.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
KamikazePotato posted...
Gonna set the vote limit that Cloud needs to keep the match at to have a comeback chance at: 250 votes.


Seems about right to me

I don't think anyone has turned a bigger difference around yet?
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Keltiq 12/11/2018 4:31:30 PM#77
charmander6000 posted...
What contest do we want for 2019?
1. Best Console Contest
2. Villains Contest 2
3. Female Contest 2
4. Series Contest 2
5. Character Battle XI
6. Best Game Ever 4
7. Quotes Contest
8. Wait until 2020 for Game of the Decade 2


I'd like to see Villains or Female as a mini-contest, personally. With Sephiroth's weird performances in Legends this year, the winner of a villain bracket might even be in doubt.
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Tifa trailed X by 460+ votes and came back with the Europe vote but Mario is much better in Europe than Mega Man
Averia 12/11/2018 4:32:14 PM#79
Keltiq posted...
charmander6000 posted...
What contest do we want for 2019?
1. Best Console Contest
2. Villains Contest 2
3. Female Contest 2
4. Series Contest 2
5. Character Battle XI
6. Best Game Ever 4
7. Quotes Contest
8. Wait until 2020 for Game of the Decade 2


I'd like to see Villains or Female as a mini-contest, personally. With Sephiroth's weird performances in Legends this year, the winner of a villain bracket might even be in doubt.


Female Villains Quotes Contest
The Mega Men choked away pretty big overnight leads (especially X), but they would lose the night vote to an inanimate piece of stale toast.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
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I think I'm coming around on the idea that banning Link from future contests might actually be a good idea.

Samus/Mario/Zelda/Cloud all seem to be on a similar level and could all possibly beat each other in the right circumstances. Mario is a good villain that represents a powerful final boss that is actually possible to beat.
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Averia posted...
Female Villains Quotes Contest


brb looking up tron bonne quotes
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Calintares 12/11/2018 4:35:46 PM#83
Averia posted...
Female Villains Quotes Contest


Since this is ZeldaFAQs I assume this will win

Thank you, Link! You allowed me to pass through the sacred barrier! I've been waiting for this moment! I am Veran, Sorceress of Shadows! Nayru! Oracle of Ages! I shall make your body my own! Ah hah hah hah!
ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die.
Advokaiser 12/11/2018 4:39:04 PM#84
Keltiq posted...
charmander6000 posted...
What contest do we want for 2019?
1. Best Console Contest
2. Villains Contest 2
3. Female Contest 2
4. Series Contest 2
5. Character Battle XI
6. Best Game Ever 4
7. Quotes Contest
8. Wait until 2020 for Game of the Decade 2


I'd like to see Villains or Female as a mini-contest, personally. With Sephiroth's weird performances in Legends this year, the winner of a villain bracket might even be in doubt.


Consoles would be my favorite mini-contest of the bunch!
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lordjers 12/11/2018 4:40:28 PM#85
I'm up for a "Modern looking dudes" contest so Snake can finally win it all.
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I would prefer Series Contest 2 as the next mini contest. It would be possible to increase the number of entrants up to 64 game series while running the contest in under 1 month by doing multiple matches per day.
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Luigiman59 12/11/2018 4:44:05 PM#87
Link absolutely needs to be permanently retired. You remove him and the contest becomes unpredictable and more fun.

I’m not sure how even the biggest Link fanboys can look at his performance and be like “yeah knowing who is going to win before the contest even starts is much more entertaining”. Selfish.
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Villains and females would be bad, best series boring, no point in another character contest so soon, and games should wait for GOTD.

And is quotes a joke choice...?

A best console mini contest or no contest are the only sensible options IMO.
Cloud just needs to be able to keep this close until the dead of night vote comes.

Of course, he'd need to be able to build up a lead of his own, too, so who knows.
Luigiman59 posted...
Link absolutely needs to be permanently retired. You remove him and the contest becomes unpredictable and more fun.

I’m not sure how even the biggest Link fanboys can look at his performance and be like “yeah knowing who is going to win before the contest even starts is much more entertaining”. Selfish.

The notion of a popularity contest with the most popular characters removed is such a silly idea.
creativename posted...
Villains and females would be bad, best series boring, no point in another character contest so soon, and games should wait for GOTD.

And is quotes a joke choice...?

A best console mini contest or no contest are the only sensible options IMO.


What would be wrong with a Link-less full-on characters contest?
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character of the generation

only characters that first appeared on games released this gen allowed.
creativename posted...
Luigiman59 posted...
Link absolutely needs to be permanently retired. You remove him and the contest becomes unpredictable and more fun.

I’m not sure how even the biggest Link fanboys can look at his performance and be like “yeah knowing who is going to win before the contest even starts is much more entertaining”. Selfish.

The notion of a popularity contest with the most popular characters removed is such a silly idea.

We've done this in many brackets, and each time in resulted in a better contest than if we hadn't. All these late game matches are 1/3 as exciting as they should be because the final winners spot isn't on the line.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
Averia 12/11/2018 4:49:48 PM#94
creativename posted...
Luigiman59 posted...
Link absolutely needs to be permanently retired. You remove him and the contest becomes unpredictable and more fun.

I’m not sure how even the biggest Link fanboys can look at his performance and be like “yeah knowing who is going to win before the contest even starts is much more entertaining”. Selfish.

The notion of a popularity contest with the most popular characters removed is such a silly idea.


The notion of contest when the winner is decided before it starts is also silly.
We can just put Link in a bonus match if we wanna see what happen (spoiler alert : he wins)
Luigiman59 12/11/2018 4:50:59 PM#95
Frankly I think the idea of having a popularity contest when you already know the most popular character is even more silly.
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red sox 777 12/11/2018 4:51:07 PM#96
Mario vs. Cloud wouldn't be any more exciting if it was the final of the #2 Best Character Ever contest instead of the semifinal here.
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creativename posted...
Luigiman59 posted...
Link absolutely needs to be permanently retired. You remove him and the contest becomes unpredictable and more fun.

I’m not sure how even the biggest Link fanboys can look at his performance and be like “yeah knowing who is going to win before the contest even starts is much more entertaining”. Selfish.

The notion of a popularity contest with the most popular characters removed is such a silly idea.


We know Link wins. He's the most popular. It's established. It's over. He's #1. It's just a lot more fun for everyone fighting for #2 to not have to get taken out earlier by facing him. It's a wasted space.

The final battle can be just Link vs the winner. Just to show how far away Link is from everyone.
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Averia 12/11/2018 4:53:32 PM#98
red sox 777 posted...
Mario vs. Cloud wouldn't be any more exciting if it was the final of the #2 Best Character Ever contest instead of the semifinal here.


And if it was Samus vs Mario from yesterday ?

And this match is still not decided right now which is far more than any of Link's matches
When Link is involved, you can turn off your analysis, not even read the stats and pick him to win easily. You could find reasons for both Mario and Cloud to wins in that match.
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creativename posted...
Villains and females would be bad, best series boring, no point in another character contest so soon, and games should wait for GOTD.


Villains would be an even worse contest today than it was in 2005 because it just feels like the site doesn't seem to like villains as much as they used to (see Sephiroth getting weaker the past few years).

A Female character contest doesn't seem to be as terrible now because the site seems to be more comfortable with female characters in their video games. The history of this poll is very interesting:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6262-

Going back to the 2009 poll, there's a huge change in voters playing a custom made female character, which I take as a proxy for the site being more comfortable with female characters in lead roles in their video games.
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Villains might actually work now, because Bowser and Ganon could be within striking distance.
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