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| Topic | my 5 best and worst picks in contest history |
| LeonhartFour 03/19/20 7:51:31 PM #356: | #2 Bad Pick - Tidus > Ryu (2005) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2104-dream-division-round-2-kirby-vs-tidus https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2105-dream-division-round-2-bowser-vs-ryu Seriously, why didn't I listen to myself about Tidus? I shouldn't have been making this pick if I truly believed Magus were overrated because the cascade effect would trickle down to Tidus. But we supposedly had multiple results "validating" his strength, while Magus just had the one. I willfully chose to disregard the Mega Man/Tidus result as a fluke. Plus, if I believed Squall had near elite strength, that would mean good things for Kirby since he had gotten 45% on him the year before! Regardless, even if you were in the minority of believing in Kirby, very few expected the beatdown that ensued. Only 6 people in the Oracle predicted Kirby to win by more than 52.50% and only two of those went above 55%. Now with Ryu, I believed that Bowser's Villains Contest performance on Sephiroth (where he scored 40%) was a fluke because that was better than Mario had done just two years before. Something wasn't adding up. Well, I was partially right about Bowser's run being a fluke, but I didn't account for it actually carrying over to SC2K5! I respected Ryu's strength. His nickname during the early years was "Mr. Consistency" because you could count on him to be in the same range in the X-Stats every year. He had gotten 45% on Sonic the year before, too, so I knew he had the potential to win this match. Yet much like Kirby/Tidus, this was a runaway victory for Bowser. It isn't often that I don't get either entrant in a divisional final right outside of a rally, but I'm pretty sure I've never been this wrong about it! --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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