Board 8 > NCAA Characters III - Preliminaries - Discussion Topic

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Sakura voters deserve to be spanked, repeatedly.

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SuorGenoveffa posted...

Sakura voters deserve to be spanked, repeatedly.

...crap, I forgot to vote for Brock.

Sakura voters are still a lot better than Crimson Viper automatically making the field, though.

Running late, so here's the results. If I missed a vote, let me know, but this should be right.

Group A
26 - Amaterasu (Okami) 70.3%
11 - Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) 29.7%

22 - Red XIII (Final Fantasy VII) 61.1%
14 - Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue) 38.9%

Amaterasu (6 pts, +32)
Red XIII (3 pts, -9)
Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (1 pts, -8)
Tom Nook (1 pts, -15)

Group B
14 - Catherine (Catherine) 38.9%
22 - Mew (Pokemon) 61.1%

20 - Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat) 55.6%
16 - Bayonetta (Bayonetta) 44.4%

Mew (3 pts, +6)
Catherine (3 pts, +5)
Bayonetta (3 pts, -2)
Sonya Blade (3 pts, -9)

This group...THIS is a group!

Group C
17 - Raphael Sorel (Soul Calibur) 47.2%
19 - Aigis (Persona 3) 52.8%

9 - Jimmy T. (WarioWare) 25.0%
27 - Magus (Chrono Trigger) 75.0%

Magus (6 pts, +33)
Raphael Sorel (3 pts, +4)
Aigis (3 pts, -17)
Jimmy T. (0 pts, -24)

Group D
13 - Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4) 39.4%
20 - Morrigan (Dragon Age) 60.6%

20 - Bomberman (Bomberman) 54.1%
17 - Blue/Green Oak (Pokemon) 45.9%

Bomberman (6 pts, +12)
Blue/Green Oak (3 pts, +4)
Morrigan (3 pts, 0)
Yosuke Hanamura (0 pts, -16)

Group E
21 - Sora (Kingdom Hearts) 58.3%
15 - Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) 41.7%

17 - Plok (Plok) 50.0%
17 - Caesar (Fallout: New Vegas) 50.0%

Sora (6 pts, +28)
Sephiroth (3 pts, +4)
Caesar (1 pt, -10)
Plok (1 pt, -22)

Group F
19 - Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter) 51.4%
18 - Brock (Pokemon) 48.6%

16 - Princess Peach (Mario) 43.2%
21 - Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island) 56.8%

Sakura Kasugano (6 pts, +8)
Guybrush Threepwood (6 pts, +7)
Brock (0 pts, -3)
Princess Peach (0 pts, -12)

Group G
14 - Midna (Zelda) 38.9%
22 - Rydia of Mist (Final Fantasy IV) 61.1%

18 - Fang (Final Fantasy XIII) 51.4%
17 - Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) 48.6%

Rydia of Mist (6 pts, +18)
Fang (6 pts, +12)
Presea Combatir (0 pts, -11)
Midna (0 pts, -19)

Group H
21 - Tommy Vercetti (GTA:VC) 60.0%
14 - Garcian Smith (Killer7) 40.0%

11 - Chao (Sonic) 29.7%
26 - Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox) 70.3%

Wolf O'Donnell (6 pts, +16)
Tommy Vercetti (6 pts, +11)
Garcian Smith (0 pts, -8)
Chao (0 pts, -19)

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SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Wait, Sakura actually pulled that out. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Disgusting results everywhere.

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The following characters are guaranteed to at least make the playoffs regardless of the outcome of Day 3's results;

Amaterasu
Magus (Assuming he doesn't lose today's match horribly by like 25+ votes)
Sora
Sakura Kasugano
Guybrush Threepwood
Rydia of Mist
Fang
Wolf O'Donnell
Tommy Vercetti

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"Ike and Ash & Co. saw a Yoshi and didn't catch it." - Mer telling us his dream.

Hang in there, Morrigan!

I knew it was a small chance that I could get all 10 nominations in, but even though Garcian is eliminated, Vercetti is guaranteed to make it and Plok, without even looking at how the current day has shaped up, could pull off an upset against the polarizing Sephiroth.

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Group A
23 - Amaterasu (Okami) 71.9%
9 - Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue) 28.1%

19 - Red XIII (Final Fantasy VII) 57.6%
14 - Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) 42.4%

Amaterasu (9 pts, +44)
Red XIII (6 pts, -4)
Tom Nook (1 pt, -20)
Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (1 pt, -22)

Group B
20 - Catherine (Catherine) 62.5%
12 - Bayonetta (Bayonetta) 37.5%

16 - Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat) 48.5%
17 - Mew (Pokemon) 51.5%

Catherine (6 pts, +13)
Mew (6 pts, +7)
Sonya Blade (3 pts, -10)
Bayonetta (3 pts, -10)

Group C
11 - Raphael Sorel (Soul Calibur) 34.4%
21 - Magus (Chrono Trigger) 65.6%

12 - Jimmy T. (WarioWare) 37.5%
20 - Aigis (Persona 3) 62.5%

Magus (9 pts, +43)
Aigis (6 pts, -9)
Raphael Sorel (3 pts, -6)
Jimmy T. (0 pts, -32)

Group D
16 - Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4) 48.5%
17 - Blue/Green Oak (Pokemon) 51.5%

19 - Bomberman (Bomberman) 57.6%
14 - Morrigan (Dragon Age) 42.4%

Bomberman (9 pts, +17)
Blue/Green Oak (6 pts, +5)
Morrigan (3 pts, -5)
Yosuke Hanamura (0 pts, -17)

Group E
19 - Sora (Kingdom Hearts) 59.4%
13 - Caesar (Fallout: New Vegas) 40.6%

8 - Plok (Plok) 25.0%
24 - Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) 75.0%

Sora (9 pts, +34)
Sephiroth (6 pts, +20)
Caesar (1 pt, -16)
Plok (1 pt, -38)

Group F
13 - Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter) 40.6%
19 - Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island) 59.4%

15 - Princess Peach (Mario) 45.5%
18 - Brock (Pokemon) 54.5%

Guybrush Threepwood (9 pts, +13)
Sakura Kasugano (6 pts, +2)
Brock (3 pts, 0)
Princess Peach (0 pts, -15)

Group G
18 - Midna (Zelda) 54.5%
15 - Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) 45.5%

16 - Fang (Final Fantasy XIII) 51.6%
15 - Rydia of Mist (Final Fantasy IV) 48.4%

Fang (9 pts, +13)
Rydia of Mist (6 pts, +17)
Midna (3 pts, -16)
Presea Combatir (0 pts, -14)

Group H
19 - Tommy Vercetti (GTA:VC) 57.6%
14 - Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox) 42.4%

14 - Chao (Sonic) 42.4%
19 - Garcian Smith (Killer7) 57.6%

Tommy Vercetti (9 pts, +16)
Wolf O'Donnell (6 pts, +11)
Garcian Smith (3 pts, -3)
Chao (0 pts, -24)

Advance to NCAA Field: Amaterasu, Catherine, Magus, Bomberman, Sora, Guybrush Threepwood, Fang, Tommy Vercetti
Advance to Playoff: Red XIII, Mew, Aigis, Blue/Green Oak, Sephiroth, Sakura Kasugano, Rydia of Mist, Wolf O'Donnell

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

I thought screwing up the B division was bad.

But Sakura not getting trashed is by far worse.

So mad!1

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And now, your final field is set! Here's the list!


In the Field
Alicia Melchiott
Amaterasu
Auron
Banjo
Big Boss
Blastoise
Blue/Green Oak
Bomberman
Bowser
Cammy
Captain Falcon
Captain Qwark
Catherine
Cecil Harvey
Charizard
Chie Satonaka
Cloud of Darkness
Cloud Strife
Commander Shepherd
Crash Bandicoot
Crimson Viper
Dad
Delita Hyral
Dick Gumshoe
Donkey Kong
Dr. Nefarious
Dunban
Eevee
Etna
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Falco Lombardi
Fang
Felicia
Fox McCloud
Frog
Garrus Vakarian
Ghaleon
GLaDOS
Guybrush Threepwood
Heihachi Mishima
Ike Griel
Jake Peril
Jimmy Hopkins
John Marston
Kanji Tatsumi
Kay Faraday
Kefka Palazzo
Kingler
Kirby
Knuckles the Echidna
Kratos
Kyle Hyde
Laharl
Leon Kennedy
Lightning
Link
Luigi
Magus
Manfred von Karma
Manny Calavera
Mario
Max Payne
Maya Fey
Mega Man
Mewtwo
Mike Haggar
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles Edgeworth
Missile
Mitsuru Kirijo
Mordin Solus
Morrigan Aensland
Mr. Game and Watch
N
Naoto Shirogane
Nathan Drake
Pablo Sanchez
Pascal
Phoenix Wright
Pikachu
Prince of Persia
Prinny
Professor Layton
Professor Oak
Pyramid Head
Raiden
Ramza Beoulve
Recette Lemongrass
Revolver Ocelot
Rikku
Rin Tohsaka
Rita Mordio
Rydia of Mist
Samus Aran
Sephiroth
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shulk
Sly Cooper
Sniper Wolf
Solid Snake
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sora
Spy
Squall Leonhart
Tali
The Boss
Tidus
Toad
Tommy Vercetti
Travis Touchdown
Urdnot Wrex
Victor Sullivan
Vivi Orunitia
Vyse the Legend
Wheatley
Yoshi
Yu Narukami
Yuri Lowell
Zack Fair
Zero

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Rydia and Sakura tied at 7. Recounting again to make sure.

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From: Wizardsfan1000 | #063
Rydia and Sakura tied at 7. Recounting again to make sure.
Nope. Rydia definitely got 8.

Rydia [7] - Shoenin, crazyisgood, linkhatesganon, Admiral, Th3L3fty, SwirIdude, haste

Sakura [7] - TheArkOfTurus, TheNightOfNee, NekoTamago, Wizardsfan, superange, Prince, War

If I'm missing a vote, please point it out; otherwise those are the votes.

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Rydia has 8: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/63043500/704636968

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SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Ytter voted for blue. That Rydia post was a comment on how he/she forgot she was in the playoff.

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Hmm, fair enough. But Rydia wins the tiebreaker due to higher Vote Differential from the pool round. So she's still in.

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Playoff Results

9 - Blue/Green Oak
8 - Sephiroth
7 - Rydia of Mist
7 - Sakura Kasugano
3 - Aigis
3 - Wolf O'Donnell
3 - Mew
1 - Red XIII

A very Squintendo feel to the second place playoff, as Blue and Sephiroth marched in easily, while Rydia came from behind to take the last spot from Sakura via tiebreak.

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

All that to get a Pokemon character and two Final Fantasy characters. Great work everyone!!

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Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...

Several others made it before the playoff too and Sora isn't from Final Fantasy.

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Still smilin'
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Why not just have a vote-off. I mean Rydia would probably still win, but that seems like the fairest way to decide the last spot considering all the other things were head-to-head matchups.

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From: Wizardsfan1000 | #071
Why not just have a vote-off. I mean Rydia would probably still win, but that seems like the fairest way to decide the last spot considering all the other things were head-to-head matchups.
The round whittling down the 150+ contestants down to 32 was far from a head-to-head matchup. At this point, preliminaries have gone on a week, and I need to get started on the pre-season work, which there is a lot of. Spending another day on yet another vote-off would just make that process longer.

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Would one more round between 2 characters that noone is putting in there top 25 anyway really hold things up that much.

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wizardsfans stop being a little girl

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So bringing up an alternative tie breaker scenario is the same as acting like a little girl? Whatever.

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I support any choice that keeps Sakura out of the contest tbqh.

At least ONE thing has to go right, dammit.

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Discussion!

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Stats!

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

See what happens when you don't vote for Plok? Sephiroth gets in

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Initially, I wanted to replicate the first NCAA Characters and have game-related conferences of various sizes. But I realized that scheduling it properly was going to take a while, and I didn't want to keep you waiting. So I've compromised. There will be 10 conferences of 12 characters each. Most of the characters are in conferences with characters from their game/series/company. Those without a good match look a bit out of place, but I tried to make it work the best I could.

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

And with that, the conferences! (Names are preliminary, feel free to suggest better ones.)

Smash Bros.
Mario
Luigi
Bowser
Kirby
Ike Griel
Samus Aran
Yoshi
Falco Lombardi
Fox McCloud
Link
Donkey Kong
Captain Falcon

Just like old times! Nintendo's best are ready to duke it out, but this time, supremacy of one of the two strongest conferences is at stake!

Metal Gear ACE
Solid Snake
Big Boss
Revolver Ocelot
The Boss
Raiden
Sniper Wolf
Phoenix Wright
Miles Edgeworth
Dick Gumshoe
Kay Faraday
Maya Fey
Manfred von Karma

Two series with six characters each. Both featuring drama and hilarity. They go quite well together, and it will be a heck of a show.

Ye Olde Squaresoft
Kefka Palazzo
Cloud of Darkness (FF3)
Frog
Cecil Harvey
Dad
Magus
Rydia of Mist
Cloud Strife
Zack Fair
Sephiroth
Ramza Beoulve
Delita Hyrial

Can you believe FF7 and FFT were released in the 1990s? Makes you feel old, doesn't it?

Playstation All-Stars
Vivi Orunitia
Lightning
Rikku
Tidus
Squall Leonhart
Auron
Sora
Fang
Nathan Drake
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Victor Sullivan
Kratos (GoW)

Newer Final Fantasy characters take on a challenge from the Uncharted duo and a powerful killing machine. (Oh and Kratos too.)

Shadow Bombplex
Yu Narukami
Kanji Tatsumi
Chie Satonaka
Naoto Shirogane
Mitsuru Kirijo
Laharl
Etna
Prinny
Catherine
Rin Tohsaka
Bomberman
Travis Touchdown

The Persona and Disgaea group were having a party, but then Bomberman barged in, looking to claim victory over even more Persona characters.

Tales of Democracy, Ho!
Yuri Lowell (ToV)
Shulk (Xenoblade)
Dunban (Xenoblade)
Rita Mordio (ToV)
Vyse the Legend
Ghaleon
Pascal (ToG)
Recette Lemongrass
Alicia Melchiott (VC)
Pablo Sanchez (Backyard Baseball)
Manny Calavera
Guybrush Threepwood

An eclectic mix of JRPG contestants, point and click adventure heroes, and one of the biggest stars in video game sports. What more could you ask for?

No-Life 2: Effect 3
Garrus Vakarian
Mordin Solus
Tali'Zorah
Urdnot Wrex
Commander Shepherd
Wheatley
GLaDOS
Spy (TF2)
Jimmy Hopkins (Bully)
John Marston (RDR)
Max Payne
Tommy Vercetti

Three giants of Western gaming come together for a new-school showdown!

Game Jumping
Sly Cooper
Crash Bandicoot
Dr. Nefarious
Sonic
Tails
Knuckles
Prince of Persia
Banjo
Captain Qwark
Shadow the Hedgehog
Toad
Jake Peril

It's platforming bliss! Who will complete the speedrun to the final goal? (Tool-Assisted allowed, but frowned upon.)

In-Conference DLC

Mega Man (3)
Morrigan Aensland (5)
Crimson Viper (2)
Mike Haggar (2)
Cammy (2)
Felicia (2)
Zero (2)
Missile (GT) (3)
Leon Kennedy (2)
Amaterasu (1)
Heihachi Mishima (Tekken) (2)
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill) (2)

When asked why Heihachi and Pyramid Head weren't available initially during conference re-creation, Capcom cited the ease of delivery to gamers.

Nintendo Power
Kingler
N
Eevee
Blastoise
Professor Oak
Blue/Green Oak
Pikachu
Mewtwo
Charizard
Mr. G&W
Kyle Hyde
Professor Layton

Of course Nintendo gets two whole conferences to itself. You nominated it that way!

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SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

So many damn Pokemon characters

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ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER.
Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...

Putting Kyle Hyde in the conference with all the Pokemon I see. Other than that, I like the conferences, not that my nominations will be doing well in them.

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Hyped for the start!

Though man some of those divisions are stacked (like Smash Bros).

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(Maniac64 at work)
All the proteins, vitamins, and carbs of your grandma's best turkey dinner, plus 15% alcohol.

Hmm...

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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

I'll go ahead and state I'm not a huge fan of the non-random conferences, but yeah. I get why you do it, but I'm still not totally wild over it.

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Still smilin'
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The beginning is nigh.

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SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Hype!

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All the proteins, vitamins, and carbs of your grandma's best turkey dinner, plus 15% alcohol.

Loads of hype here.

Jesus man, you made those more unbalanced then the real NCAA conferences. >_>

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