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Vivi
Phoenix
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Yuri_LowelI posted...

Zelda wouldnt even come close to Samus. Shes not beating Mario.

we'll probably get to see this in a few rounds in the losers' bracket!
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Zero
Alucard
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I think the mandatory two-match voting system empowers anti-voting, because a bunch of people that normally would skip an FF7 vs FF7 match are being forced to click one of two in order to vote for Snake

Sephiroth is a long time favorite, so why not throw a vote in the opposite direction.

Also note that Snake is kicking Auron's ass- so these 61.96% of forced voters are already proven to generally prefer MGS over FF.
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The Boss
Rosalina
Ganondorf
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I do remember thinking that gta 4 was overhyped at launch when I played it at my friend's place.

There was something weird about the movement, and the driving was super slippery. Maybe it was closer to real life physics, I don't know. But I bought it for 10 bucks a way down the road and don't regret it one bit.

There are definitely degrees of badness
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wait, i was totally talking out of my butt in that last post, and what I stated as fact was apocryphal.

Based off of the board 8 wiki, using my method the noble nine wouldn't have been a thing until the 2006 contest, one year before the L-block situation. so was the term created then, or was it always just a subjective term for the characters that were perceived as strongest?

My bad!

the inductees of the "set" would look like this:
#1: Link (2002 champion)
#2: Cloud (2003 Cloud > Link)
#3: Mario (2002 Mario > Cloud)
#4: Sephiroth (2003 Sephiroth > Mario)
#5: Crono (2004 Crono > Mario)
#6. Sonic (2006 Sonic > Crono)
#7. Samus (2002 Samus > Sonic)
#8. Mega Man (2005 Mega Man > Sonic)
#9. Snake (2006 Snake > Mega Man)

And then... the next year was the 4 way
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I imagine that for the collected data to be compared over time in research, he has to keep the wording absolutely identical

Maybe?
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Make a callout to board 8 in one!

I'm not even sure if you make the videos or if you're an imposter
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Although, to be fair, due to the fluctuating strength of a lot of these characters over time, that set would now be so huge as to be almost meaningless.

Therefore, we are left with the noble nine being an informal title of the strongest, most consistent producers in the contests
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I'd add something about where the phrase came from and why specifically it's the noble nine and not the elite 8 or super 3 or terrific 10 or whatever

I'll have to do more research later as I'm on my phone, but IIRC it was originally just 'link is the best' in 2002, as he was the only undefeated character.

Then, after link lost his first match in 2003, 'link is the best' changed into 'a set of all characters that either are link or have defeated someone in the set.' The first iteration happened to have 9 characters, and so the set was called the noble nine.

It also happened that the set didn't change for roughly a decade or more, so people seemed to forget it could be expanded, and was originally an expansion itself.

Some people add a corollary that the characters have to have been in every contest. If you don't use that restriction, one could now say 'pikachu is in the noble ten', then look and see who has defeated pikachu in the past, forming the noble 11 and so on
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It was more of a fun logical observation- it just happened to take 8 1v1 contests (or however many it has been) for it to no longer apply
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Crono is boring

Chrono Trigger is not overrated
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Are we talking a contest on gamefaqs, something on a dedicated film site, or something else like Twitter or phone polling?
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Shaduln posted...

KeyForge is a fun game, I'll buy your cards for half if it was that bad of a purchase.

It is fun! I just wish there were more people into card games near me. Not quite as good as Netrunner, and of similar length, but pretty close.

Thank you, but I'll get my milage out of it eventually- it'll just take some time to wait for the right moment to suck someone else in
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I impulse pre-ordered a box of KeyForge. This was foolish and a waste of about 90 dollars.

Nobody I know independently wants to play this game. There are clients you can use to play online that don't require you to buy anything. Tabletop Simulator (which I own) is even more reliable. There is a 0% chance the cards ever will go up in value because they're sticky to a particular deck and the set has an unlimited print run.

I think this stands out as the worst purchase I've ever made. A lot of other ones I can write off as at least catering to friends that wanted to play something with me. Prior to this, my worst purchase was probably Star Ocean 3.
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v_charon posted...

I can only think this is some sort of ploy to make Ulti look better to the board by somehow being worse, because no one could really be this bad. If that was your goal, then congratulations I guess.

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I'd buy it to SMASH, except if they're going to release an updated version of the console I'd rather wait for that
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Gold and silver were huge upgrades from r/b/y at the time and are still probably my favorite in the series

But if you've played any pokemon since then it won't have the same effect. Just do the new one, although I honestly don't feel like any pokemon game is a different enough experience to be worth playing through

You've done it all before
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Paratroopa1 posted...

I remain extremely skeptical that you know what optimal play in resistance looks like

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And I agree, super Mario 64 is for sure the first 3d game I'd introduce to people. Controls are flexible enough, it's fun to explore, and if you get stuck you can move on to a different level
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I've never actually beaten it from start to finish. I've played the beginning and I've played the end, but there's a period in the middle there.

The weakness of the game is that there are a few arbitrary logic leaps you have to make to progress in the main world, so it is easy to become stuck and bored- especially if you don't want to look up a guide
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Mafia encourages some really unpleasant internet personalities

Being loud, obnoxious and forceful while ignoring detractors and tooting your own horn is the best strategy, regardless of what faction you are. This has absolutely contaminated the politics threads at the bare minimum
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Super Mario all stars, duh
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Xeybozn posted...

DeepsPraw posted...

Monopoly is a fine game. People have tarnished its reputation with terrible home rules

"Fine" is a bit much, but it's certainly playable and even not guaranteed to be a miserable slog when played correctly.

I'll agree with this, but also add that board game design has made leaps and bounds in the past fifteen years specifically. A lot of the old classics have been put to shame
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None!

My closest was division 6- I had joker over claire.
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That's funny. I chose before reading your little comment at the bottom, and although I haven't played in ten years I used to always use the thimble

I think I liked that it was a little extra symmetrical

If I had to rank.... thimble > dog > iron > boot > wheelbarrow > hat > car > battleship

Still a miserable game, though
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One of each please!

When do the codes expire? I didn't bring my ds to Thanksgiving for some reason
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The tifa/hentai rally is a false narrative

Up to you all whether it's funny enough to perpetuate
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Vivi
Zero
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Also I do enjoy the allening
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Wow 5 comments that must be a huge rally
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Tifa is up by 1 vote
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Tagging for when I have a real keyboard, time and a motivation to share
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barreldragon88 posted...

The situation is you have a busy schedule and you and your partner see each other about once a week.

If someone doesn't want to or can't have sex more than once a week I break up with them.

Whatever the root cause, it really is that easy when it comes to basic compatibility issues
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Ft how much do u get PAID to make these topics??
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And it's not really a "gotcha" when a public figure doing some good things ends up being deeply flawed

Are you going to go around pooping on people that liked Cosby's comedy in the 80s?
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Oh damn it's veered into 'deny' territory. I'll go back to my life that doesn't involve this character and let the courts do its job
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What a fuckin jackass. I wonder if the cases will go to another firm
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I played the butt out of the version of it on one of the demo discs that came with the ps1

I think it was time limited, so I'd race to see how far I could get. As a result, I have absolutely no idea if the game is good past the second or third level
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We will have to wait and see what the effects of the champions bracket are

Some characters can build up steam over time, especially if they haven't placed highly in the past
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i feel like you guys are being a little overdramatic
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WrestleManiaXII posted...

Literally.... unless you subscribe to a fan theory, Toby wasnt.... Toby was a good person, that didnt have any of those flaws. Thats why Michael hates him. That was the entire point of his character. This immensely flawed human absolutely hating this genuinely good man to unhealthy lengths.

IIRC he was terrible at his job and couldn't handle conflict- he threw everyone's HR complaints into the trash

edit: not trash but just a big cardboard box under his desk
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all of the characters are both 'good' and 'bad'
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Tom Bombadil posted...

Eddv posted...

Umm no one on the show is a "good" person thats the entire f***ing point.

I don't REMEMBER Pam being super flawed but it has been a dang while

it does take a little more thinking, because the show was kind of from jim's perspective, who liked her a lot.

it's been a long time for me, too, but- she would harrass coworkers with jim, she gave up on her art school dream at the last second, cheated emotionally on her fiance with jim, did the same thing with another guy in a later season, etc etc
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Nanis23 posted...

Stop complaining about no music
http://vmashup.com/a32bMOSA

this got a chuckle out of me. you're absolutely right
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i mean, you just have to constantly be vigilant and see whichever one has the best deal for new customers in your area currently

and accept the fact you'll have to switch providers every year and/or haggle over the phone if you want to keep paying as little as possible
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Ok I'll order 3
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My last guide purchase:

As a kid, I got stuck in the escher painting room in ff7, so decided to buy the strategy guide for that

Open the guide to that page, it simply says "exit through the other side of the room".

After that I went on the internet and found gamefaqs
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Well, how many rat a$$ do you have, exactly??
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