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Topic	my 5 best and worst picks in contest history
LeonhartFour 03/20/20 5:31:44 PM #372:	#1 Best Pick - Sonic > Crono (2006) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2558-tournament-quarterfinal-sonic-the-hedgehog-vs-crono This one was so satisfying partly because of all the bad Sonic picks I had made in previous contests, highlighted by the painful loss to Mega Man the year before. However, the fact that Sonic came so close to Mega Man, who also had a close match with Crono the round after that, convinced me that he could beat Crono. Yet despite that, Crono was the overwhelming favorite, but it made sense. Crono had a proven record of winning big matches, while Sonic (as well as Snake, the big breakout star of 2006) had yet to beat a single Noble Niner, despite coming close on a couple of instances. When Sonic had a closer match with Vincent than Crono did the year before, it was looking a bit doubtful. But there was a troubling trend showing itself for Crono. His day vote had become absolutely dreadful. Crono had dropped from 78% to 74% against Captain Falcon in round 1. He dropped from 62% to 57.5% against Bowser. He dropped from 60% to 54.5% against Auron. So even though Crono jumped out to 55% against Sonic at the freeze, I wasn't convinced it was over. However, Crono managed to push his lead up to 2200 votes, but then Sonic started slashing off about 100 votes an hour. Then about halfway through the match, Sonic picked up the pace. Now he was cutting 200-300 votes an hour. When the ASV rolled around, Sonic really hit the afterburners. He cut the lead from 675 to 200 in the space of an hour. Then he chopped off 100 votes in the next update. And then another 100. And then he was up 65 votes and never looked back, winning by over 1900 votes. It's still one of the biggest non-rally-aided comebacks in contest history, and it felt so good to finally get that big Sonic pick right in a way that he should win a big match, by overrunning and overwhelming them with sheer speed. I'm sure a lot of people were probably expecting a Squall match or something at #1, but I think this will always be my favorite "right" pick just for my past history with Sonic and how he finally got that win. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:935960402] in my 5 best ... [t:78448163]...</cite> <quote>#1 Best Pick - Sonic > Crono (2006) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2558-tournament-quarterfinal-sonic-the-hedgehog-vs-crono This one was so satisfying partly because of all the bad Sonic picks I had made in previous contests, highlighted by the painful loss to Mega Man the year before. However, the fact that Sonic came so close to Mega Man, who also had a close match with Crono the round after that, convinced me that he could beat Crono. Yet despite that, Crono was the overwhelming favorite, but it made sense. Crono had a proven record of winning big matches, while Sonic (as well as Snake, the big breakout star of 2006) had yet to beat a single Noble Niner, despite coming close on a couple of instances. When Sonic had a closer match with Vincent than Crono did the year before, it was looking a bit doubtful. But there was a troubling trend showing itself for Crono. His day vote had become absolutely dreadful. Crono had dropped from 78% to 74% against Captain Falcon in round 1. He dropped from 62% to 57.5% against Bowser. He dropped from 60% to 54.5% against Auron. So even though Crono jumped out to 55% against Sonic at the freeze, I wasn't convinced it was over. However, Crono managed to push his lead up to 2200 votes, but then Sonic started slashing off about 100 votes an hour. Then about halfway through the match, Sonic picked up the pace. Now he was cutting 200-300 votes an hour. When the ASV rolled around, Sonic really hit the afterburners. He cut the lead from 675 to 200 in the space of an hour. Then he chopped off 100 votes in the next update. And then another 100. And then he was up 65 votes and never looked back, winning by over 1900 votes. It's still one of the biggest non-rally-aided comebacks in contest history, and it felt so good to finally get that big Sonic pick right in a way that he should win a big match, by overrunning and overwhelming them with sheer speed. I'm sure a lot of people were probably expecting a Squall match or something at #1, but I think this will always be my favorite "right" pick just for my past history with Sonic and how he finally got that win. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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