Kaxon hadn't fully updated the database with yesterday's picks, so when the site first came up tonight it registered as 0 points for KM.

Im Ngamer (11:32:28 PM): remind KM to make yesterday's pick!
Im Ngamer (11:32:49 PM): hopefully he can be fairly accurate with it now, for your team's sake!
GFKaxon (11:33:51 PM): Heh =)
I hadn't entered that page yet, I'm doing it now. I didn't realize some of yesterday's picks were on page 8.
Im Ngamer (11:34:10 PM): ah ok
Im Ngamer (11:34:40 PM): I was going to say, normally I'd be upset, but with the lead me and creative have, we can afford to spot you guys 24 hours here and there
Im Ngamer (11:34:47 PM): it's only sporting of us
GFKaxon (11:35:19 PM): Being ahead at the beginning is lucky... we'll see who's ahead of at the end of the contest. =)

Truly, this is the greatest rivalry since Ali-Frasier.

But seriously, the disappointing thing for me about yesterday is for the first time all season I felt sure I had that match pegged. Seph was basically a mortal lock for 60%, CATS' devoted fanbase would thrive in this format to net him a cool 13% or thereabouts, and Peach would take a decent majority of the tablescraps left for Nintendo. It seemed pretty much set in stone, didn't it? Yikes, did MK ever throw a monkey wrench into those plans... But what I'm pleased about is that even with me ending up with such a horrible performance, I still somehow managed to post an average score for the day. That gives me plenty of hope for the future, since I honestly can't picture myself failing too much harder than I just did. Then again, as soon as you think you have this format figured out, it seems to create another mystery...

As for today, what awesome work from my man Fox! Anyone trying to play this off as pure SFF is just being silly IMO; I've been saying for years he'd be a legit contest threat if we could just get him back into the field, and love seeing my thought process validated here today. Bring on Seph/Meta Knight!

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Match # 9 Results
Sephiroth 55.23%
Meta Knight 18.20%
Princess Peach 15.35%
CATS 11.22%

This contest seems to have some kind of upset almost every day. Today it was Meta Knight beating Peach and CATS for second place. 117 predictors had Peach in second, vs 14 for CATS and only 10 for Meta Knight. Everyone had Sephiroth first. The consensus was CATS 11.79%, Meta Knight 12.25%, Princess Peach 17.71%, and Sephiroth 58.30%.

Best Five Picks:
1) WiggumFan267 - CATS 11.44% - M. Knight 20.23% - Princess Peach 15.10% - Sephiroth 53.23% (+48.87)
2) MoogleKupo141 - CATS 10.09% - M. Knight 16.21% - Princess Peach 19.30% - Sephiroth 54.40% (+48.02)
3) MegatokyoEd - CATS 12.00% - M. Knight 14.00% - Princess Peach 17.00% - Sephiroth 57.00% (+47.90)
3) FastFalcon05 - CATS 11.02% - M. Knight 15.01% - Princess Peach 19.54% - Sephiroth 54.43% (+47.90)
5) MJG3456789 - CATS 7.77% - M. Knight 17.23% - Princess Peach 17.00% - Sephiroth 58.00% (+47.79)

WiggumFan is today's top predictor! He's had three previous top 5's in other contests, including two previous #1 picks. MoogleKupo made the second best prediction, his third lifetime top 5 pick. MegatokyoEd and FastFalcon tied for third with two completely different predictions for every character - crazy! MJG3456789 got fifth, making the top 5 on his second prediction ever!

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=9

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 421.36
2) MegatokyoEd - 420.68
3) Haste2 - 419.72
4) King Morgoth - 419.14
5) supdawg - 419.07

The n00b Avenger enjoys his fourth straight day in first place. We don't have anyone new on today's leaderboard, but MegatokyoEd moves up two spots, bumping Haste2 and King Morgoth down one spot each. Supdawg holds on to fifth place today.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=9

Top Team Scores:
1) Mets & Sonic at the Oracle Games! - 96.16 (WiggumFan267: +48.87 / DpObliVion: +47.29)
2) Rage of Warcraft - 95.22 (War13104: +47.57 / DSRage: +47.65)
3) Better Bettors - 94.93 (FastFalcon05: +47.90 / kaonashi1: +47.03)
4) Dartboard - 94.79 (Starion: +46.77 / MoogleKupo141: +48.02)
5) T-REX - 94.02 (Team Rocket Elite: +46.40 / Xcarvengerx: +47.62)

Among the teams we're already seeing a bunch of repeat top-fivers. Team Mets & Sonic at the Oracle Games got the top score, appearing in the top 5 for the second time this contest. Rage of Warcraft also has their second top five of the contest, while team Better Bettors has gotten their third. Team Dartboard (Starion & MoogleKupo) and Team T-REX (TRE & Xcarvengerx) both get their first top 5s.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=9

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 836.59
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 832.86
3) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 831.91
4) Team Drunkadelict Armadillos (Haste2 / Dekar TKB) - 831.79
5) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 829.35

The top two team spots remained the same again today, although Team Predestined Divination has opened up a lead of nearly 4 points. This is Team Predestined Divination's 39th day on the team leaderboard overall, and Team We Used To Be Good's 61st (both teams have been around for all three team contests). Team Rage of Warcraft climbed three spots to third, bumping down Team Drunkadelict Armadillos and Team Big Black Wangs to fourth and fifth. Team OH IT'S NESS fell off the leaderboard by dropping seven spots.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=9

I think team "We used to be good?" has a highly misleading name.

You guys need to change it to "We will be the best!" or something :)

As for today, what awesome work from my man Fox! Anyone trying to play this off as pure SFF is just being silly IMO; I've been saying for years he'd be a legit contest threat if we could just get him back into the field, and love seeing my thought process validated here today.

I had a real good feeling for Fox in this contest, too bad it wasn't until after lockdown. I said it was gonna be Fox's year earlier. He's surpassing what even I expected here though.

This is partially SFF, especially over Falcon (who I think would comfortably win over Wario 1-on-1), but he'd easily beat these other two one-on-one anyway.
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So today I got 9th and War got 12th.

...Coincidentally, the date tonight is 9/12.

Speculate.


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Odds of that: 1 in 17298


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Xuxon | Posted 9/11/2007 9:14:10 PM | message detail
Bet you're kicking yourself for that change now, huh KM?

And finally, I might get an upset right that few others called. Of course my oracle won't be much better to show for it, but same thing happened with Ryu/Bowser.

I figured I was far away enough from the consensus already....my original was just brutal but it was too far away from the pack even for my taste. I wanted what I considered an "easy" 2 points over most instead of trying to go for 4 or something. It's only Day 10 after all....


creativename | Posted 9/11/2007 9:57:03 PM | message detail
I think team "We used to be good?" has a highly misleading name.

You guys need to change it to "We will be the best!" or something :)

We've already got the topic covered for next time. You won't be disappointed ;)


No quickies tonight....
Well just one:
Question
One of the last-day changes I made was switching from Fox>Falcon to Fox>Wario, is it going to come back and bite me? =P
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One of the last-day changes I made was switching from Fox>Falcon to Fox>Wario, is it going to come back and bite me? =P

Heh, I'm in the same boat, that was one of the last changes I made too. People's talk about Wario Ware games meaning Wario is stronger now convinced me. And maybe it was a good change, even though I didn't feel good about it, you know what I mean?

Looks like Wario's going to build up a lead here, but Falcon might slaughter him with the afterschool vote.
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Big Boss - 12%
Mario - 70%
Pac-Man - 8%
Wander - 10%

Bomberman - 9%
Crash Bandicoot - 10%
Phoenix Wright - 25%
Magus - 46%
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MJ, wrong topic buddy.

One of the last-day changes I made was switching from Fox>Falcon to Fox>Wario, is it going to come back and bite me? =P

Gah, I realize I'm 0/1 on calling these, but... today I've got to pick against my bracket, I've just got this feeling that Falcon's going to leg this one out. Crono's one of the worst in the world with it lately, I know, but at least CF has shown he can pull off a nice little Day Vote swing against somebody, whereas Wario strikes me as more of a Night kind of guy. Sure he's got Warioware and all that jazz, but come now, what kiddie doesn't love to FAAAALCON PUUUUNCH?

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Is it just me or is this match absolutely killing other peoples oracle picks? I think I'm at around 42 or something for the day so far.
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I am going on vacation on Friday and I would like to make predictions ahead of time, would it be possible to do that? ^_^
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Why am I not on the ranking for yesterday? I predicted the first 4 divisions in that first topic.
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Tomoyo | Posted 9/12/2007 12:21:42 AM | message detail
I am going on vacation on Friday and I would like to make predictions ahead of time, would it be possible to do that? ^_^

How many to you need to make? >_>
As long as they're Round 1, post them in the predictions topic, we'll deal with them.
If you need to enter Round 2, send an e-mail to oracle(at)oraclechallenge(dot)com with all your picks.


Maniac64 | Posted 9/12/2007 10:54:38 AM | message detail
Why am I not on the ranking for yesterday? I predicted the first 4 divisions in that first topic.

Feel free to browse the archive:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/boards/gentopic.php?board=8
We've got everything from the previous topics archived there and the only post I can find that you made with this account is:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/boards/detail.php?board=8&topic=37564158&message=18933
Maybe you used an alt and we didn't pick it up or something?
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1) Bowser > Auron > Ryu - That's still my call next round. How crazy am I?

I've got Auron over Bowser, with no Mewtwo and Toad bringing him down Ryu won't top Bowser.

2) Alright, now that you've said my bracket's screwed, is yours too?

25/36 is bad, right? And I have Jill and Peach both advancing another round...

3) Toad vs Ness?

Ness.

4) Not bothering to ask if Mewtwo deserves to come back, we all know he will. Easy one, out of those, who would he beat ?
Ness, Gordon, Yuna, Yoshi, DK, Tidus, Knuckles.

Ness and Gordon easily, Donkey Kong and Knuckles possibly. Don't see him taking Yuna, Yoshi or even that other loser.

5) Ngamer suggested poll: Peach or Meta Knight, who'll take 2nd today?

Peach. Duh.
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Well, looks like I was partially right... Wario's getting hit pretty hard in the kiddie vote, having lost nearly a percent already since the afterschool rush started up. Unfortunately Falcon's still falling slowly, while Banjo appears to be the one making a slight move forward. And, of course, Fox just keeps making our low predictions look more and more silly.

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Goodbye 1st place lol
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Well then apparently I didn't predict this round. Which means I'm basically screwed over for the whole thing.

Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
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The n00b Avenger | Posted 9/12/2007 2:33:14 PM | message detail
Goodbye 1st place lol

You've got one of the great predictions actually. Gives you an idea =P
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Well then apparently I didn't predict this round. Which means I'm basically screwed over for the whole thing.

Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

No, you did! I see the post, I'll figure out why it wasn't entered.
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Argh, sorry. I got confused... I saw the post where you predicted the first 8 matches, and I thought that's what you meant.
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Grr, my internet died a few minutes ago and just came back.
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FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan)

Holy worst prediction of the day, Batman! I really let you down, Menji. I've never had the WORST prediction before. I hate Fox. I hate Fox fans. Yep.

And my bracket is screwed too....
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The last 3 posts have been complaints...so...

I ONLY DROPPED TWO SPOTS WOO


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... I doubt I'll even be in the top 10 after today. Frikking Pac-Man.
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Damn it, it looks like I'm gonna drop somewhere around 100 positions with this miss. Ugh, what's the point anymore....

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MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/12/2007 9:40:51 PM | message detail
... I doubt I'll even be in the top 10 after today. Frikking Pac-Man.

Do you have any idea how bad your prediction needs to be for that to happen?
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attn: giggs

we need to step it up.

theme song time?
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Morgoth's Quickie Quick Questions! - Contest Day 10
The feature that gets ignored as time goes by!

1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?
2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?
3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?
4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.
5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P
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1) Fox
2) You'll never defeat ANDROSS!
3) Fox > Ness
4) It's turning out much worse than expected, and it all started with Kefka...
5) screw you M orgoth :P
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1. Fox, easily.
2. Never defeat Andross!!!!!!!
3. Fox > DK, no question. Depending on how Ness does, of course. And how well DK holds up in SFF matches.
4. Tougher for me than it is for everyone else. :(
5. lol Wario
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1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?

Fox. Though I was thinking Meta-Knight right before Fox's match started.

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?

"Do a Barrel Roll!" easily

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?

What the hell is Zelos doing here? Fox > DK

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.

Toughest by far.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P

Wario for last next round! And doing worse than Peach!
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1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?

This is an unpredictable contest, and yet Fox still seems like a virtual lock.

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?

Do a Barrel Roll for sure! One of the great gaming quotes. Always puts a smile on my face.

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?

Tough. (is there a reason Zelos is in here?) No idea really between the other three.

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.

About as tough as any other I guess.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P

I wonder how badly a hypothetical WaPeach would do in one of these.

("hypothetical WaPeach", now that's a term you don't use every day)

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Match # 10 Results
Fox McCloud 45.63%
Wario 22.51%
Captain Falcon 18.79%
Banjo 13.07%

Yesterday Fox put on a clinic against Wario and made us wonder why he hasn't been in the contest for the last four years. Even though there was some debate about whether Fox or Wario would win, Fox ended up doubling Wario. 34 people had Wario > Fox while 89 had Fox > Wario. Another 11 had Fox > Falcon, which looked like a possibility early in the match. The other 8 predictors had various longshot predictions. The consensus was Banjo 17.06%, Falcon 21.47%, Fox 32.27%, Wario 29.07%.

Best Five Picks:
1) hochiminh155 - Banjo 16.08% - Captain Falcon 12.22% - Fox McCloud 47.11% - Wario 24.59% (+46.71)
2) BBallman7 - Banjo 18.64% - Captain Falcon 14.77% - Fox McCloud 42.95% - Wario 23.64% (+46.65)
3) red sox 777 - Banjo 11.00% - Captain Falcon 24.00% - Fox McCloud 40.00% - Wario 25.00% (+46.15)
4) Redtooth - Banjo 20.10% - Captain Falcon 19.88% - Fox McCloud 40.01% - Wario 20.01% (+45.94)
5) Lopen - Banjo 12.11% - Captain Falcon 19.92% - Fox McCloud 38.42% - Wario 29.55% (+45.91)

Today was quite a low scoring day, with no one over 47 points. Hochiminh155 had the best pick for his second top 5 in three days. BBallman got second, his first top 5 ever. Red sox 777 was third, followed by Redtooth (apparently today was a good day for people with "red" in their name). Lopen was fifth, placing in the top 5 for the first time since day 1.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=10

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 465.83
2) King Morgoth - 464.80
3) MegatokyoEd - 464.36
4) Haste2 - 463.40
5) Master Moltar - 463.01

King Morgoth continues to climb the standings, today bumping MegatokyoEd and Haste2 out of his way as he takes second! The n00b Avenger remains in first place for the fifth straight day. MegatokyoEd and Haste2 each drop a spot to third and fourth. Master Moltar moves on to the leaderboard in 5th, displacing supdawg and turing this into an old school leaderboard - everyone except MegatokyoEd has been around since the first Oracle Challenge in 2k3.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=10
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Top Team Scores:
1) The Council of Two - 89.65 (Lopen: +45.91 / satai_delenn: +43.74)
2) We Love the Village People - 89.62 (MegatokyoEd: +43.68 / Redtooth: +45.94)
3) Ghost Cat - 89.37 (Kaidyn04: +44.28 / Biolizard28: +45.09)
4) We Used To Be Good? - 89.34 (Kaxon: +43.68 / King Morgoth: +45.66)
5) Big Black Wangs - 89.14 (Master Moltar: +45.35 / Explicit Content: +43.79)

The Council of Two (satai and Lopen) have the best score, their second team top 5 of the contest! Team Village People (formerly an unnamed team - MegatokyoEd and Redtooth) get their second top five as well. Team Ghost Cat (Kaidyn and Biolizard) made the third best pick, and Team We Used To Be Good? is fourth for the day. Team Big Black Wangs is fifth, and they've now gotten three top 5's over the last five days.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=10

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 923.56
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 922.20
3) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 918.49
4) Team Drunkadelict Armadillos (Haste2 / Dekar TKB) - 917.74
5) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 917.56

The struggle continues! The Oracle hosts make up 2.37 points on Team Predestined Divination, closing the gap to 1.36 points. The top two teams are nearly four points ahead of the field right now. Team Big Black Wangs is in third, moving up two spots from fifth today. Team Drunkadelict Armadillos remains in fourth, and Team Rage of Warcraft drops two spots to fifth.


Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=10
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I wonder how badly a hypothetical WaPeach would do in one of these.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2506
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....great. Fell asleep on the couch. I'm out. ='(
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Tough. (is there a reason Zelos is in here?) No idea really between the other three.

I tried to think, on the spot, of a weakling that had a SMALL shot at going through if the other three split it, and unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything else.
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#110, up one from yesterday. I figured it was a terrible prediction.
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Morgoth's Quickie Quick Questions! - Contest Day 10

1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?

Fox, and I don't even see it being in contention. MK's going to hold up better than Falcon thanks to having a more dedicated fanbase outside of the Smash Bros world, but all that really means for him is that he'll be able to give Wario a run. I foresee Seph disappointing a touch again but still gathering almost half the votes while Fox slaughters, and Wario will hold a slim lead on third before collapsing in the day and letting MK roll over him.

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?

Barrell Roll easily. But my personal favorite is

I admit defeat...


...IF THIS DOES NOT WORK!

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?

Where the devil did Zelos come from? Anyways I'd take Fox over DK in a tight one, with Ness way behind and Zelos way way behind. I'd also take Fox over DK 1v1 as it currently stands, though I think it would be even closer than you'd see in the current format.

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.

It's incredibly tough, and the first five nights or so I was astonished to actually be moving UP in the rankings with how poorly I thought I'd guessed. Since then I've learned not to beat myself up when it looks like my score is going to implode, because my conservative style appears to be well-suited to this format to the point where even a really awful day only turns out an average day, relatively.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P

I worked hard in the rally for him for the sake of Guru winner Rufus, so in that respect I was proud to see him meet expectations (sort of) and post a win here in 2007. But yeah, I'm not too much a fan of him personally, and I love playing as Falcon in SSB, so that upset would have still been cool.

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I tried to think, on the spot, of a weakling that had a SMALL shot at going through if the other three split it, and unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything else.

Should've picked Phoenix Wright. <3

Zidane/Duke Nukem might also fit in there.
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1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?
Right before Fox's domination, I thought MK had a chance. Not anymore...

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?
ANDROOOOOSSSSSSSS....

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?
Zelos > Ness... okay...um... Fox > DK, I guess. I'm amazed he might've increased so much, but considering Kirby did the same, maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.
The Oracle's much easier than the actual contest this time, heh. I don't think it's too hard, since it follows x-stats quite well and all.... heh.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P
lol Wario meaning Wario is the epitome of being awesome, m i right?

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?

I've got the Princess, but out of those two I think I'd take Fox. Meta surprised me, but Fox put up a gangbusters performance.

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?

Guh.

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?

Not Zelos. I like Earthbound as much as the next guy, as long as the next guy isn't one of those people who hate it, but I don't think he could keep up with people he used to be even with any longer.

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.

It'll be the odd answer with this contest being the toughest to predict for, but it's the easiest for me when we don't take scores into account. I spend about ten seconds on my predictions at this point. I used to try and think them out, but I play games a lot less these days and have no clue what's going on with any of the current generation of games, so half the characters I don't even recognize and/or have no clue as to their popularity. So I pretty much fill in percentages for the characters I know and throw whatever else is left to the other characters.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P

lol any Mario abortion that managed to live..
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Earthbound: It's like living inside your gym shoes.
Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud

1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?

Fox. Meta Knight impressed, but Fox was amazing... he doubled the guy who was supposed to be competing with him.

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?

You'll never defeat ANDROSS!

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?

Fox > DK, I'm guessing. DK would try to find way to choke, but I can't see him losing to Ness.

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.

It feels very tough. Coming up with percentages is hard, and then every day it seems like I'm doing bad... until I realize that everyone else is too.

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P

Indeed!
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Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion.

1) Who takes second next round? Fox or Meta-Knight?
Fox, no problem

2) "Do a Barrel Roll!" vs "You'll never defeat ANDROSS!" ?
Do a Barrel Roll!
More comedic

3) 4-way match of the day : Fox vs Ness vs DK vs Zelos. Who do you take for 1st and 2nd?
Fox > DK, despite SFF; I think Zelos is that weak

4) Oracle question: how tough is it to predict this contest, regardless of the scores.
Some matches are relatively easy - when one persons score is basically locked and everybody else is fighting for leftovers - but I think a lot of these matches look easy and end up being WAY off. I love it

5) lol Wario. Alright, that's not a question but I can't stand him =P
LOL

GAWD Giggs, 102 for yesterday?

If you had scored like 1.1 points higher, we'd have been in 8th for the day instead of 22nd.
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Cokes
Jubilant Exuberance

Haste2:
Fox McCloud - 33%
Wario - 21.80%
Captain Falcon - 19.25%
Banjo - 14.70%

Morgoth:
Fox - 34.5%
Wario - 21.25%
Captain Falcon - 18.5%
Banjo - 13.5%

creativename:
Fox - 26.75%
Wario - 20.5%
Captain Falcon - 19.5%
Banjo - 17.75%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

And creativename's works well again. I'd like to see all four adjusted down from that, still.
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FFXII NLB - finished - 39 marks
FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan)