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this is so bad... why are there trailers for final battles now?

Is there any suprirse left in gaming?
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So all the files were saved right?
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

You know itt = "in this topic" right?

no i did not know that
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I still think Kirby got SFF'ed or RSFF'ed in his match with Bowser, that's why I have him so high
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1) Pikachu
2) Crono
3) Sephiroth
4) Tifa
5) Mega Man
6) Mega Man X
7) Bowser
8) Luigi
9) Kirby
10) Ganondorf
11) Yoshi
12) Sonic
13) Vivi
14) Zero
15) Alucard
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(8) Yakuza vs. (9) Drakengard

Both of these are seeded way too high!!!!

Over 11) Street Figther?
Over 10) Bioshock?
Over 12) Devil May CRY???!!?!?!?!?!?!!?
Over 10) Mega Man X??!!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!?!?
Over 11) Kirby?!

continued...
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garetha200 posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

What's 14) the legend of heroes?

Really good jrpg series

really? never heard of it
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I'll see how long I can keep my topic alive now that the countdown is over
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Advokaiser posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

I also thought that the pre-nomination "hype for the contest" period might have been better than the actual contest once it started.

Somehow I missed this comment.

I was about to type "Its official announcement" as one of the options, but I figured it would be kind of pointless.

yea most people forget about the official announcement, but it was so hype. I still have ngamer's email screenshotted
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VeryInsane posted...

Its ok that rallying led to Tifa beating Seph so Extha got his just desserts

was Extha mad on that day?
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bumped
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transience posted...

55.




I'm combining them because they may as well be the same match. The second one was a better fight, complete with a prototypical final Mario update, but the spirit of these are the same.

If you were to write a ten commandments of contest history, one of them has to be "Mario will beat Samus, no matter what other results make you think." I don't know the final order yet but I can pretty confidently say that Mario/Samus 2005 will be in the top ten. It left such an impact that you will never doubt it again. It's not like any other result. You just never doubt that result no matter what.

But in 2018... Samus is basically equal to Mario? That and the Snake result really lent support to the decade-old theory that Samus is indirectly stronger than Mario, one of the longest lingering theories of all time. It seems like Samus might have had some outside help in the latter match, but it's almost perfect that Mario got a last second update to beat her. It's a lot like Crono 2002 but with all of the latent energy that infused early contests stripped from it.

Samus didn't win here but she kind of did spiritually by just being able to match up with her biggest nemesis and look good. I think a common sentiment nowadays is that Samus is our true #2. If she had just a few more votes, we could have seen Samus/Zelda and/or Samus/Cloud which could have sealed it. One of the few things to actively look forward to in Character Battle XI.

combining is not fair!!! 2 matches???
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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

Honorable mention 4- Extha vs rally fanbases





On October 29th and Nov 1 2018, user @ExThaNemesis finally got his revenge after 5 and 3 years respectively against the rally fanbases. He had rose to internet fame back in 2013/2015 due to his negative reactions over those results, but he had his revenge in 2018.

Hilarious that not 2 weeks after this post, ExTha would be rallying for Tifa on reddit

And people wonder why I called him a fucking hypocrite

hahah yea. You probably had a point there. The contest truly makes people go crazy.
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for the bumps
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NFUN posted...

i think youre supposed to be a little more specific about what its referring to...

ADvokaiser!!!!
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What's 14) the legend of heroes?
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NBIceman posted...

Dels posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

this is another example of why video gaming is dying. It's way too hard to surprise people now in the age of pirating, trailers, open betas, alphas, PTR(public test realms).

ok sure you have a point that it's hard to have surprises in this day and age

but how is video game dying

where's your proof of this

There's no proof.

Revenue is growing in the industry every year and it's projected to continue growing faster than most other forms of entertainment.

Yea I have no proof, was more of a feeling or opinion.
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Kosmo Kramer(Seinfeld)
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Logience posted...

I cant remember if I even posted anything worth saving in those topics. But still, thanks for the mention, SND.

Also, why is Advokaiser in your sig? Is that your former account that got banned for starting shit in an earlier contest?

isn't the guru winner supposed to go in sigs?
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Nanis23 posted...

davidponte posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

Link to the Past vs Super Metriod was important?

"Here is why this match was important"

"That match was important?"

?????

Yeah #74 importance is...unexplainable
I would suggest using the word "notable" rather than important, but ok

Edit - oh nevermind looks like you disagree with SND and defend tran
Sorry but that match really was not important

NANIS yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was alone like usual
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wayyyyyy shuuuuhhhhhhmmmmmuuuuuuhh?(WHHHYYYYY? in chinese)
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"relatable personality" lolol
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Underleveled posted...

If the top two are not Mario/Cloud 2002 and Link/Cloud 2003 then this list is a sham.

Had those two matches not gone how they did when they did, odds are these things would have gone the way of the dodo long long ago.

yep. Also, Undertale vs Melee 2015 has to be top 10(eh... 25 would be ok with me, but minimum top 25)
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here's his 2nd topic
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igordebraga posted...

StupidRaptor's second topic (KOS-MOS>Aqua) was also unintentionally hilarious, if not as good - specially as it got closed sooner. Had been a while since I'd seen an angry idiot making an ass of himself over fictional characters online, but lord, how much I laughed.

Oh yea, I have some screenshots from that one too. But ultimately, I went with his first topic. I think it was better. 2nd was good too... just not great like that first one
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Link to the Past vs Super Metriod was important?
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aw one of my honorable mentions got modded. Oh well
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Advo would you feel the same way if you didn't win the Guru though?
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this is another example of why video gaming is dying. It's way too hard to surprise people now in the age of pirating, trailers, open betas, alphas, PTR(public test realms).
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AHAHAHAAHAHAH it got leaked LOL
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I also thought that the pre-nomination "hype for the contest" period might have been better than the actual contest once it started.
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so who won?
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I'm gonna miss the itt topic
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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

SJWFF and hentai rallies

yepppp. SJWs were out in full force this contest. They all rallied for Tifa and Zelda to spite the patriarchy.
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Zen's gifs, also the archiving topic. It really made me feel like a news reporter
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OFool posted...

SuperNiceDog posted...

I think another trend was "badass, traditionally cool, alpha-male lead characters underperforming"

This means Snake, Sephiroth, Zidane, Sonic, Noctis, Squall, Mega Man X, Leon Kennedy, Zero, Big Boss., Mewtwo(I know there's female Mewtwos now... but still he's seen as a guy)

Another one, Riku

Yeah that's a great call actually

Riku was one of the biggest flops of the whole contest.
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Sonic is so alpha
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ExThaNemesis posted...

lmao I love that snake guy's "ok" pretending he wasn't big mad before arguing with me for half that topic.

thx for the archiving, SND

No prob! That was me and zens duty this season
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for the bumps
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ok
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I like Golden Sun over San Andreas, that was a good matchup decision
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middle of the road or slightly below average.
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wooo! That was a fun trip down memory lane.
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Number 1- "Award Winning" Ellie loses, TheStupidRaptor Goes Legend

The moment youve all been waiting for.

On Nov 2 2018, Kos-Mos took on Ellie in what was seen by the Board as likely an easy win for KOS-MOS. It played out that way, yet there was one user who seemed to have extreme umbrage with the result. Enter user TheStupidRaptor.



In what was the topic of the year, TheStupidRaptor faced off against nearly every notable user of Board 8 during the 2018 contest season, including myself, ZenofThunder, Celes, @ninkendo, @pyresword, Safer_777, @Lopen, Weakupedia, @Ngamer64, CaptainOfCrush, @LordoftheMorons, @Logience, johnnymama, and many others.



@CelesMyUserName even posted amazing hentai pictures of KOS-MOS in glory:











The topic was so good and funny even @ZenOfThunder joined in to try to help TheStupidRaptor.





StupidRaptor called everyone on the Board basement dwellers lol.

@Polycosm followed up with an epic Trump status update:



In less than 24 hours the topic had nearly 250 posts.



It was, for me, the most memorable and funniest moment of the 2018 contest season. Only on here could we get into a serious and funny argument like that over a small first round match, KOS-MOS vs Ellie, characters that the mainstream populace have no idea who they are.
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Alright.... it's time to end this countdown.... it's coming soon
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Honorable mention 5- So many bad weeb char

On October 25th 2018, during the Chris Redfield/Phoenix Wright match day, user DirtBasedSoap voiced his frustration at a typical character archetype known in Japanese culture.





It was followed by many users posting their favorite weeb characters in the topic as a response.



lol
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Honorable mention 4- Extha vs rally fanbases





On October 29th and Nov 1 2018, user @ExThaNemesis finally got his revenge after 5 and 3 years respectively against the rally fanbases. He had rose to internet fame back in 2013/2015 due to his negative reactions over those results, but he had his revenge in 2018.
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