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TopicCould you perfectly predict our first Character Battle if you warped to 2002?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 8:38:02 PM
#32
Even immediately after doing this exercise I was only able to get 60/64 on the sporcle quiz, haha. (Max Payne, Dirk the Daring, Goemon, Pitfall Harry)

You know what match in 2002 sort of blows my mind? Tidus/Claire. It's like, one of the only first-round matches that seems like it could actually happen in 2018, and yet I don't have any memory of it. It's like one of the least memorable matches of the first round.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 205: A House Divided Senate Stand
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 8:29:00 PM
#424
How long are you guys going to continue to be surprised by this
TopicCould you perfectly predict our first Character Battle if you warped to 2002?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 8:01:22 PM
#16
HaRRicH posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
Gordon > Tina


After this contest? I mean...I think I'm with you, but I'm not ready to rule the original verdict out.

nah, this is an easy pick
TopicI have 77 points, but I'm not on the leaderboard despite some 76s being there
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 7:45:14 PM
#2
You probably need to refresh the leaderboard
TopicCould you perfectly predict our first Character Battle if you warped to 2002?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 7:43:29 PM
#14
By the way, it's interesting to note that these are the ONLY matches I would predict differently if the contest were run today:

Gordon > Tina
Kirby > Jill (and also over Bomberman of course)
Mega Man > Sephiroth (maybe)
Cloud > Mario (maybe)
Snake > Crono
Samus > Mega Man (??? total tossup here)
Snake > winner of Mario/Cloud (maybe)

Only two different results that don't involve noble niners up against each other, and I'm not 100% sure of any of those anyway aside from Snake > Crono. Everything else I would predict exactly the same, although some matches like Spyro/Morrigan and Abe/Kyo are probably worth discussion
TopicCould you perfectly predict our first Character Battle if you warped to 2002?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 7:34:20 PM
#13
HaRRicH posted...
I would have missed out on seven points because of four matches:

Kyo > Abe
Strider > Raziel
Serious Sam > Mr. Driller
Samus > Sonic (biggest closest miss of mine -- legendary when it happened, and yet I forgot who won)

Serious Sam > Mr. Driller was another easy one for me because of remembering Mega Man blowing out Serious Sam in round 2

Strider/Raziel is probably a tough call sorta but I just took Strider without a second thought and I was right
TopicCould you perfectly predict our first Character Battle if you warped to 2002?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 7:31:41 PM
#11
I got 100% correct

It was actually pretty easy since MOST of the matches would go the same way today. The most difficult/surprising results in the bracket are memorable because they're surprising - they either resulted in major memes (Tina > Gordon), or they're generally famous matches/results in their own right (Samus > Sonic, Scorpion > Pac-Man, Morrigan > Spyro) or they can be worked out if you think about the history of the contest and what happened (Crono > Snake for instance - you know that Crono has to meet up with Mario, otherwise that might have been a tricky one to call. I also remembered that Link > Mario was the final so Mario > Cloud was an easy pick)

The only matches that made me really stop and think were Abe/Kyo because that match left absolutely no footprint on contest history in any way and neither character has appeared in a contest since, but I guessed and got it right, and Jill/Kirby, which I was able to remember from thinking that Kirby should have had a shot and indeed he almost pulled off what was an "upset" at the time, but I could easily see misremembering Kirby > Jill just because that would be an easy pick today
TopicCharacter Battle X Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 5-8
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 8:06:26 AM
#23
Luigi - 61%
Miles 'Tails' Prower - 55%
Mewtwo - 52%
Mega Man X - 67%

Sephiroth - 63%
Amaterasu - 62%
Ryu - 60%
KOS-MOS - 54%
TopicHow is IKE losing???
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 6:48:39 AM
#9
Other people might make fun of you but I'm actually really excited to recommend Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney to you
TopicIs masturbating important to you?
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 5:25:32 AM
#15
SuperNiceDog posted...
Vlado posted...
Make it 55, for a start. :)


55 what the h.....??????

How'd you get that type of discipline?

I seriously cannot believe you are engaging this
TopicAce Attorney Topic Part 8: The Announcing (Spoilers for AA1-6, AAI1-2)
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 2:24:24 AM
#196
It's actually great news that AAT is getting released on other consoles, there ARE a couple people I know who I would like to introduce to the series who don't have a 3DS

so it's a pretty damn minor thing for fans but it does mean something to me
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 205: A House Divided Senate Stand
Paratroopa1
11/07/18 1:35:04 AM
#117
Suprak the Stud posted...
Corrik posted...
Rosendale 49 vote lead. According to 2012 votals.and reported votals by CNN now, you appear to be right they don't have all their votes totaled.


I take back all the times I disagreed with republicans.

CNN is freaking terrible. It's like I'm watching the JV team of news reporters.

The worst thing about Trump's attack on CNN is that it's convinced a lot of liberals that CNN is an organization that needs to be rallied around. Haha fucking nope, CNN really is terrible, defend their right to exist without government suppression but don't actually watch them
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 10:49:34 PM
#385
Eddv posted...
I am still surprised Rick Scott is so popular.

He has always seemed like the definition of "snake".

people love slimeballs
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 10:14:29 PM
#314
Crossfiyah posted...
red sox 777 posted...
Jakyl25 posted...
Whats the 2020 Senate map look like for Dems?


There is one seat held by a senator of the party which lost that state in the last presidential election, in the next 2 senate elections. There were around 10 today, almost all held by Democrats. The Republicans should have a permanent majority of 55+ seats in the Senate from their advantage in small states, it's more surprising that this hasnt happened yet.


This is surprisingly insightful no offense.

The Senate is basically impossible for Democrats to hold ever with the current rural/urban divide.

this is what I think

So long as states like Idaho and South Dakota have equal power in the senate as states like California and New York, it should be completely impossible for the dems to win the senate in the current political climate, which isn't about to change any time soon

The senate is completely broken
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 10:05:09 PM
#296
I am fairly certain that the senate flip is nearly impossible for the dems to flip in the foreseeable future
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:38:42 PM
#238
Eddv posted...
LordoftheMorons posted...
Yeah I actually agree with the sentiment, but Trump is the leader of the Republican party and is worse about this than anyone. Everyone is hostile right now, and Trump is the leading order source.


We had this debate immediately after Trump was elected but this is the leading reason Pence would be preferable. He is actually way more conservative Trump but 1) all the ways in which Trump isnt conservative hasn't mattered and 2) We have to turn down the hostility and as much of a shit as Pence is he's not going to call 50% of the country THE ENEMY

yeah, only the gays
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:25:12 PM
#201
actually I said my grandparents are pro-LGBT but they're sort of more hostile towards transgender people than they should be

I think a product again of listening to the wrong people and not having any transgender people in their lives
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:23:40 PM
#198
most of my family is pretty progressive, I think my grandparents are just a holdover from the saner days of the republican party (as much as I hate the republican party pretty much post-nixon but whatever) and they listen to the wrong people on the radio and I can't make them trust me more than some dickshit conservative radio host
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:20:44 PM
#194
StealThisSheen posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
I'm sorry for being an asshole, I don't want to make enemies here

I'm not in a good place right now


I've been an asshole, too. I'm just rather outspoken and aggressive, so don't take anything I say too seriously.

I want to be friends with people it's just very hard sometimes
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:20:09 PM
#193
pxlated posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
I'm sorry for being an asshole, I don't want to make enemies here

I'm not in a good place right now


it's cool. neither am i. i shouldn't have been mean.

that kind of rhetoric just drives me crazy

I don't really believe your parents are evil

it just frustrates me when people who SHOULD be good people, end up supporting an agenda that is anything but, and even when it's through ignorance or through apathy it's no excuse to me - ignorance and apathy are anti-virtues for me, not something that makes a person bad in their own right, but a failure of a person attempting to be good

I have this frustration with my grandparents, who are kind and gentle people who I love a lot but they trust the republican party a lot and even in 2018 I can't pry them away from this, despite the fact that it doesn't seem to serve their interests at all, being that they're pro nationalized healthcare, pro LGBT rights, pro environment, and anti-fascism and white supremacy (although they have bought hook line and sinker for the scary-immigrants vibe going on right now which sucks)
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 9:07:40 PM
#176
I'm sorry for being an asshole, I don't want to make enemies here

I'm not in a good place right now
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:55:15 PM
#147
stop speaking to corrik jfc
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:52:45 PM
#137
pxlated posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
pxlated posted...
Jakyl25 posted...
pxlated posted...

my parents are republicans and they have plenty of morals. they're just old and misguided and set in their ways. not all republicans are the f***ing devil.


I might agree with your general point but this response does you no favors.

They have morals, theyre just bad morals isnt really a counter argument


that's not what i said.

they have good morals, they just don't realize that the republican party doesn't actually govern in a way that enforces those morals. they're misguided and nothing i say or show them convinces them because they are set in their ways and are sure they know better.

this isn't something to be excused away


i'm not excusing it but it doesn't mean they don't have morals or convictions. it means they're fucking stupid.

I consider awareness of the world around you to be one of the most important morals, so excusing ignorance and misguidance pisses me off
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:51:20 PM
#133
StealThisSheen posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
StealThisSheen posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
pxlated posted...
i swear para and inviso are just as bad as any of the conservatives that post here

your rhetoric helps absolutely no one

I do not care


Fuck off, then

I mean, these topics are a fucking nightmare anyway


Don't get me wrong, I don't disagree. But if you don't care that your rhetoric hurts more than helps, then nothing you say is of substance or value

NOBODY here cares about this shit. If you did, you wouldn't be on speaking terms with the people who need to be fucking cut out of our lives.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:50:35 PM
#128
pxlated posted...
Jakyl25 posted...
pxlated posted...

my parents are republicans and they have plenty of morals. they're just old and misguided and set in their ways. not all republicans are the f***ing devil.


I might agree with your general point but this response does you no favors.

They have morals, theyre just bad morals isnt really a counter argument


that's not what i said.

they have good morals, they just don't realize that the republican party doesn't actually govern in a way that enforces those morals. they're misguided and nothing i say or show them convinces them because they are set in their ways and are sure they know better.

this isn't something to be excused away
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:48:11 PM
#121
StealThisSheen posted...
Paratroopa1 posted...
pxlated posted...
i swear para and inviso are just as bad as any of the conservatives that post here

your rhetoric helps absolutely no one

I do not care


Fuck off, then

I mean, these topics are a fucking nightmare anyway
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:46:51 PM
#114
pxlated posted...
i swear para and inviso are just as bad as any of the conservatives that post here

your rhetoric helps absolutely no one

I do not care
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:45:29 PM
#112
pxlated posted...


can you fucking quit with this shit

no
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 204: Cory in the House of Representatives
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 8:39:14 PM
#93
Jakyl25 posted...
Your transformation into a Trump bootlicker has been truly stunning

no it isn't. republicans do not have convictions or morals
TopicCharacter Battle X Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 1-6
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 6:27:04 PM
#234
CHANGE

Kirby - 75%
Topic~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Day 19 - Round 2 Division 4
Paratroopa1
11/06/18 12:48:31 AM
#5
500 on Charizard (+12)
TopicPlaying Super Mario RPG for the first time
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 9:31:36 PM
#15
prepare to be underwhelmed
TopicIf It Were Up to Board 8: Sora/Red, Crash/Big Boss, Alucard/Godot, Kefka/Bomber
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 9:14:40 PM
#31
Red
Crash
Godot
Bomberman
TopicCharacter Battle X Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 1-6
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 6:55:57 PM
#195
CHANGE

Big Boss - 56%
Topic~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Day 19 - Round 2 Division 3
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 5:51:15 PM
#23
1000 parlay on Red (-4), Yuna (+2)
TopicOut of your 16 division finalists, how many have you lost so far (if any)
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 5:50:42 PM
#13
Just L-Block
TopicWhat's your favorite character design of all time?
Paratroopa1
11/05/18 5:46:44 PM
#8
Me answering this question a week ago: I don't know, I guess I'd have to think about it? Maybe Mega Man or something? I don't know, I just don't really have a favorite in particular, there's a whole bunch of characters I like...

Me answering this question today: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrAkmerW4AM34_J.jpg
TopicWith round 1 over, test your GameFAQs knowledge with this Sporcle quiz!
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 8:38:54 PM
#13
I do think Deckard Cain is actually missing from this list though, can't find a time he ever won anything

? Block and Toad should both be on the list and only aren't because of weird technicalities
TopicWith round 1 over, test your GameFAQs knowledge with this Sporcle quiz!
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 8:26:14 PM
#12
Paratroopa1 posted...
Already found one missing in Hogger

wait, what the fuck, he advanced? nevermind
TopicWith round 1 over, test your GameFAQs knowledge with this Sporcle quiz!
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 8:20:19 PM
#11
I got 215/259 before flat out running out of time. I believe I would have gotten 236 or so with enough time to think about them, but the other 23 I could have sat there all day and not remembered. There's a small handful of ones that I don't remember even now.

Ones I missed:

Characters that I straight up forgot to guess because I missed them in the list and ran out of time:

Chrom
Dirk the Daring
Q*Bert (lol)
Terry Bogard


Characters that I could have gotten with a little extra thought about who from that game was in the contests, but I passed on them initially:

Hades
Marle
Prinny
Sheena Fujibayashi


Characters who I am familiar with, but I have NO memory of them being in the contest at all:

Crazy Redd
Sagat
Vamp


Characters who I was able to think of, but I could not remember their names:

Archer
Booker Dewitt
Cirno
Claptrap
Corvo Attano
Demi-Fiend
Don Paolo
Francis York Morgan
Haseo
LeChuck
Neo Cortex
Ramirez
Saren Arterius
Solaire of Astora


Characters that I remember being in the contests, but it would have taken a very impressive effort of memory to recall:

Eddie Riggs
Face McShooty
Gabe Logan
Iori Yagami
Kaim Argonar
Kasumi
Kazuya Mishima
Ky Kiske
Marisa Kirisame
Nathan Hale
Ragna the Bloodedge
Sandal
Thrall
Vaas Montenegro
Welkin Gunther


Characters who I am not familiar with and have no memory of being in the contest, and therefore could have sat here all day and had zero chance of getting:

Galcian
Illidan Stormrage
Jim Raynor
Rodrigo Borgia
TopicWith round 1 over, test your GameFAQs knowledge with this Sporcle quiz!
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 8:04:57 PM
#10
Also, Felix's first appearance is not Golden Sun: The Lost Age
TopicWith round 1 over, test your GameFAQs knowledge with this Sporcle quiz!
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 7:48:24 PM
#9
Already found one missing in Hogger
TopicFor those of you who played Donkey Kong Country as a kid....
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 6:58:05 PM
#2
I was 6 and instantly recognized it as fake the moment the music didn't change for the credits. The music always changes for the credits!
Topic~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Day 18 - Round 2 Division 2
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 5:43:04 PM
#20
MAX on Wario
TopicCollege Football Ladder Contest Week 10
Paratroopa1
11/04/18 6:29:00 AM
#15
I went 3 for 3 without pleasers - BARELY - but only 1 for 3 with. I did nail that Wazzu/Cal game and I wasn't horribly wrong about the other two but I wasn't quite right enough. I'm surprised Northwestern scored 21 points.
TopicMega Man X shouldn't be in these contests
Paratroopa1
11/03/18 11:50:07 AM
#70
Also, lost in this debate is that basically nobody calls X "Mega Man"
TopicMega Man X shouldn't be in these contests
Paratroopa1
11/03/18 11:49:22 AM
#69
I have mega man winning my favorites bracket but X losing in the first round to isabelle. They're completely different characters to me
Topic~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Day 17 - Round 2 Division 1
Paratroopa1
11/03/18 4:51:31 AM
#9
1000 on Donkey Kong (+10)
TopicCollege Football Ladder Contest Week 10
Paratroopa1
11/03/18 2:44:34 AM
#5
Level 6

California/Washington State UNDER 45
Notre Dame/Northwestern UNDER 48.5
UCLA/Oregon OVER 67.5

California's defense is underrated and should keep that game nice and messy. Notre Dame's defense is not underrated and should prevent Northwestern from scoring pretty much completely. UCLA and Oregon don't have defenses. That's the best I've got.
TopicOh hey the Phoenix Wright Anime has been on it's 2nd season
Paratroopa1
11/03/18 2:17:12 AM
#26
my biggest takeaway from this is that Japan has somehow learned the phrase "fake news" from us

oof.
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