Just curious, but when are you going to start taking predictions for Link/Cloud?
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For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener

Bowser did better against Ryu than Snake did? That's not a good sign.

Snake with 51.99%
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. -Douglas Adams

Snake with 53.05%
Crono with 57.86%
Mega Man with 51.60%
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You fought well, Yoshi =(. We'll see you next year.
Current score: 83. Today's pick: Samus

Snake with 51.23%


but go Bowser!
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

Hey, my Mega Man with 51 was for round 4. See:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/detail.php?board=8&topic=23379999&message=256554510

I changed it for you manually. This is why you weren't supposed to post a prediction for that match yet when you did (before the start of Mega Man's round 3 match).

Just curious, but when are you going to start taking predictions for Link/Cloud?

At the same time I take predictions for the final, which will probably be at the end of round 4. If you need to make a prediction earlier, let me know.
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow for SC2k6

kawaiifan's predictions:

Solid Snake with 53%
Crono with 57%
Mega Man with 54%
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow for SC2k6

Solid Snake - 50.00%
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"Tenko sleeping on me = Cowboy Ackbar! (proof inside)" - perdevious
Level 5: "Digital Watch" (560 points)

*frown* That Bowser/Kirby match is really holding me back here...those low vote totals can't be a good thing, can they? But that pic looks very promising for Bowser.

*sigh* Screw it. Snake has looked very good this contest, but I thought he was going to lose to a non noble-niner somewhere along the line, so I'm going to stick to my guns.

Change:

Bowser with 50.00%
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

CHANGE
Bowser with 50.00%
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
SC2k4 - 12th place

NEW ROUND 4 PREDICTIONS:

Bowser with 53.29%
Crono with 60.63%
Mega Man with 56.19%

Solid Snake with 54.44%
Crono with 57.77%
Mega Man with 53.33%
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"Let's drop this Xbox statue on Naomi's head! Oof! This thing's big! It'll take over 3 years for it to start selling!" ~ Jaguar, Sega Fantasy VI

I have nothing to lose except everything I haven't lost yet!

Bowser - 50.00%
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"Tenko sleeping on me = Cowboy Ackbar! (proof inside)" - perdevious
Level 5: "Digital Watch" (560 points)

Solid Snake with 52.00%
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''If I were the rain that binds together the earth and sky, who in all eternity will never mingle, would I be able to bind the hearts of people together?''

CHANGE
Bowser with 51.00%

At this point, it's not changing anything is it?
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
SC2k4 - 12th place

Change:
Snake with 50.50%
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Champions of Time and Space: The Summer Contest 2003 Fanfiction Project
http://crolapras.tripod.com/ffproj.html

Solid Snake with 52.93%
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I'm charming, but I dip into the Prozac now and then.
I did pretty good in the guru challenge but yoblazer did slightly better.

It's hard to know what to do this match. On one hand, I was sure Snake was going to win it. On the other hand Snake's match picture is atrocious - very nearly as bad as last year against Frog, and we all know Bowser would stomp Frog. On the third hand, Bowser looks pixelated and ugly, but he does look like Bowser (whereas Snake looks almost as generic as Tanner did).

I guess I'll put my trust in the power of the Noble Nine.

Snake with 50%
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow for SC2k6

I still almost can't believe that this match pic is real... it's real bad for Snake. Bowser is at least recognizable, and it's his stage. And most people don't know what to think of 'I feel asleep'... thus I'll lower my pick, but Bowser won't be that much stronger than Zelda, despite his spring contest boost.

Snake with 53.14%
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SC2k5 Prediction Percentage Challenge:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=23266034

Crono with 58.99%
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Uh oh, they started moving their legs back and forth while standing in place. You're about to fight aren't you? - My friend watching me play FFT

Looks like we're back from our 14 hour downtime.

Match #57 Results:
Mario 59.79%
Samus Aran 40.21%

In what was supposed to be the biggest match of the contest, Mario cruises to an easy victory (and I have the feeling I'll be typing that phrase a few more times before the end of the contest), winning nearly 60/40 against Samus. The predictions were nearly evenly split, 35 for Mario and 33 for Samus. The consensus was Mario with 50.37%, and the average score was 32.54.

Best Five Picks:
1) Lopen - Mario 61.43% (+48.36)
2) Darkash - Mario 56.92% (+47.13)
3) Ed_Bellis - Mario 55.00% (+45.21)
3) yoblazer33 - Mario 55.00% (+45.21)
5) CaptainFlufflez - Mario 54.96% (+45.17)

The top 5 picks were also the five highest picks for Mario. Lopen was first, as the only person in the field to overshoot Mario's margin of victory. This is his fourth top 5 of the contest. Darkash takes second for his 10th top 5 of the contest - the record in one contest is 11, held by Haste2 and Dilated Chemist in SpC2k4. With 9 days to go, Darkash is currently on pace to tie or break that record. Ed_Bellis ties for third, for his second top five of the contest and second in a row. Yoblazer is the other person tied for third, and this is his first top 5 of the contest even though he's near the top of the overall standings. CaptainFlufflez takes fifth, getting his 7th top 5 of the contest.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=57

Current Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2508.68
2) Master Moltar - 2502.84
3) Haste2 - 2496.80
4) StopPokingMe - 2495.87
5) creativename - 2491.48

Xuxon widens his lead to 39 times its previous size! He now leads Master Moltar by 5 points. Master Moltar, Haste2, and StopPokingMe all move up one spot, but all lose a little ground on Xuxon due to their conservative picks. Creativename drops down to fifth due to picking Samus. Off the leaderboard, there is a fair amount of movement - the biggest gainers are yoblazer, who moved up 6 spots to 6th place, Heroic Viktor, who moved up 7 to 7th, and Yesmar, who moved up 6 to 14th.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=57

Coming soon (hopefully tomorrow): more new leaderboards.
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow for SC2k6

Crono with 60.99%
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. -Douglas Adams

New Predictions

Crono with 57.01%
Sonic the Hedgehog with 53.55%
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Currently playing: Super Mario 64 DS [DS]

Crono with 61%
Mega Man with 60%
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>
Every fanboy war degenerates to a flame war over whether each debater likes the Halo series or not. -Android21A

Crono - 57.00%
Mega Man - 51.00%
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~~Teh Frue Blob of Pwnage~~
http://www.geocities.com/bernardalgain/Lufia2/Lufia2_Wacky/Salient.png

Mega Man with 55%
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Nominate Jay Solano for SC2k6!
*Commits harakiri*

Go Bowser! Make Xuxon and Haste2 sweat!

Crono with 59.59%
Mega Man with 51.51%
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Champions of Time and Space: The Summer Contest 2003 Fanfiction Project
http://crolapras.tripod.com/ffproj.html

GO BOWSER!

Who else picked him?
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>
Every fanboy war degenerates to a flame war over whether each debater likes the Halo series or not. -Android21A

CHANGE

Crono with 55.83%

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RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/2005
SC2k5 - 93/104 (Kefka, Magus (x3), Ocelot, Tidus)

Crono with 57.4%
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>
Every fanboy war degenerates to a flame war over whether each debater likes the Halo series or not. -Android21A

Megaman with 50.05%
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Summer Contest 2005 --- Score: 89/104 --- Rank: T-364

Crono - 59.87%
Sonic - 60.78%
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Holy crap, I was banned! oh well. Life goes on.

Crono - 59.87%
Sonic - 60.78%
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Holy crap, I was banned! oh well. Life goes on.

Change

Crono with 60.00%
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"It shall be engraved upon your soul! Divine Assault: Nibelung Valesti!" ~ Lenneth Valkyrie

Crono with 58.2%
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My goal since I joined the Leafs has always been to have on the ice a team as good as our fans. We have never quite gotten there. Some day we will. - Ken Dryden

Crono with 57%.
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SC2K5 Guru Contest: Where _______ kicked my ass.

Crono with 58.99%
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. -Douglas Adams

:). I love this game!

Crono w/51.36%

Yeah, this is a wild guess.
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1st place in scientist pg's TLoZ MM riddle contest!
12th in the SpC2k4!

A) I believe that Vincent should be a good deal stronger than Master Chief.
B) The sprite match pic is NOT working in Crono's favor...I don't know how that's possible, but whatever.
C) I think SFF in this match will be fairly limited, but it should work in Vincent's favor.

So...change:

Crono with 54.50%
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO...Pac-Man?

Crono with 60.00%
Mega Man with 52.13%

Crono with 61.00%
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''If I were the rain that binds together the earth and sky, who in all eternity will never mingle, would I be able to bind the hearts of people together?''

change: Crono with 57.36%
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Crono with 56.71%
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb

CHANGE:

Crono with 56.98%
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That's right. Cloud N. Candy would get a NEGATIVE percentage, and RPGuy's extrapolated calculator would crash. - therealmnm

CHANGE

Crono with 59.11%
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RIP Samus: Mario, you better take down Seph.
Snake vs. Bowser - Bracket: Snake - Vote: Snake (84/104)

CHANGE:

Crono with 58.11%

New prediction:

Mario with 61.48%
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For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener

crono with 54.99%
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"If it bleeds we can kill it" - My governer, Arnold S.

Crono - 62.13%
Mega Man - 53.22%
Mario - 63.31%

alright change:

crono with 56.78%
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"If it bleeds we can kill it" - My governer, Arnold S.

It's not as if Vincent can do worse than Master Chief, and Vincent survived SFF against Squall (or so it would seem), so no blowout tomorrow...

Crono with 55.11%
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
SC2k4 - 12th place

Crono - 51.00%
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"Tenko sleeping on me = Cowboy Ackbar! (proof inside)" - perdevious
Level 5: "Digital Watch" (560 points)