Board 8 > ExTha vs. KamikazePotato vs. Leonhart4 - The Topic

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oh my word Draven

this is the power of someone getting slaughtered by Chie Satonaka
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welcome to the league of go fuck yourself, Draven
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We should tag SBAllen and ask for his comments after this result goes final.
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LeonhartFour posted...

We should tag SBAllen and ask for his comments after this result goes final.

He doesnt care what happens during the contest.
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Is this the worst contest performance ever?

I know Tanner and Ms Pac-Man did worse but that was against way stiffer competition.
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Ooof, Quiet.

Holy hell she's weak.
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Yeah, even if Aqua is somehow stronger than Riku (unlikely), this is really bad.

Glad I didn't bite on that upset after all!
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I've got her going two rounds.

And I had Ellie beating KOS-MOS

woof. Ouch. Bleck.

Not at all how I wanted to end round one.
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The biggest surprise for me is K. Rool and Shepard being neck and neck. I suppose it could be a Smash Bros. boost + ME3/Andromedia deboost, but I still thought Shepard would be the clear favorite, since I know people actually care about him.

I remember K. Rool simply being there and having no real presence in any of the games aside from the final boss fights, so I figured even most Donkey Kong fans didn't really care about him.

Aqua + Quiet's a bit surprising too, but mostly with how weak Quiet is. I expected Aqua to be the stronger one (and have her winning R2 as well), since she seems especially liked among Kingdom Hearts fans, and even had a pretty big moment in one of the Kingdom Hearts 3 trailers. I figured Quiet would be weak for a MGS character since she seems a bit controversial from what I can tell (a lot that like her, but a lot that seem to hate her too), but I still thought it'd be a close match.

I didn't really have any doubt about KOS-MOS winning this fourpack.
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Also, I think this Ryu performance is kinda bad. He's doing worse against Lloyd right now than Fox did. I think Sephy should be safe from him now.
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every time I go to the front page and see Quiet's picture I am still flummoxed that SBAllen thought that was an acceptable pic
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And yet when I level criticism at Allen you guys line up to tell me to chill out.
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And yeah this definitely isn't the sort of performance I needed to see from Ryu in order to topple Sephiroth.
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well there's a difference between the way that I phrased that and the way you tend to phrase things
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LeonhartFour posted...

every time I go to the front page and see Quiet's picture I am still flummoxed that SBAllen thought that was an acceptable pic

you're right. It's so bad.
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Vivi > Ganon confirmed

Squall > Zelda confirmed
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IDK how you could look at this result and extrapolate any of that.

DK > Vivi is more likely right now than either of those two.
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DK > Vivi is thinking too small.

DK > Ganondorf let's go.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

IDK how you could look at this result and extrapolate any of that.

this is a really bad result for Ganondorf

which means both of Zelda's big wins in round 1 are fraudulent
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Tbf Zelda has way more reason to boost from BotW than Ganondorf

Though I'm still trying to wrap my head around Ganon looking this bad given all of the other Nintendo results.
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either way I cautioned against overreacting to a blowout against bad fodder when it came to Ganondorf/Neku

I believe I had that
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Zelda may have benefited from pure playrate that it doesnt get anymore against even street fighter?
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So who's winning so far in the 3 way fight for board 8 dominance?
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Not me. Goddamn.

And Pikachu is absolutely winning this division, now.
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Yeah, definitely wishing I had pulled the trigger on Pikachu now. Oh well.
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One of the few 7 o'clock starts I'll be home for.
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I need Sora to win this in the worst way y'all.
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I need Big Boss to stop sucking

and that's a big 'whoops' on Yuna from me

weaker than Peach? gross
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Apparently we lost all the people who like FFX.
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Tidus kind of retroactively looks better after what DK did because now he's almost equal to Leon Kennedy, and Auron looked good round 1

Yuna though
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Alucard is in Smash.
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here comes Sora...?
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LeonhartFour posted...

here comes Sora...?

Like I said I'm just stoked he hasn't given up without a fight.
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Sora continues to be one of the biggest teases in contest history
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Sora just didn't have quite enough. I wonder what the registered vs. unregistered votes are gonna look like.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Sora just didn't have quite enough. I wonder what the registered vs. unregistered votes are gonna look like.

Unregistered favors red by a fair margin I'm guessing
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I feel a general apathy toward things now because my bracket is so incredibly wrong. NintendoFAQs getting even stronger didn't seem possible and it's so frustrating that it's what seems to have happened.
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NintendoFAQs wasn't only possible; it was probable because of the Switch and Smash.
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I was hoping against hope, really.
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I think I bought too much into how well old Square did last contest and didn't factor in the Switch (because I only just bought it).

Smash hype is as powerful as its ever been... I can only hope that it works for Snake and Cloud too though. *fingers crossed*
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I think it'll work for Snake. A lot of Smash fans are legitimately excited that he's back.

Cloud, who knows.
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Wreath posted...

ExThaNemesis posted...

Sora just didn't have quite enough. I wonder what the registered vs. unregistered votes are gonna look like.

Unregistered favors red by a fair margin I'm guessing

you mean the opposite?

I mean that's confirmed now but why would you even think that
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looks like Red would've won anyway but by only like 58 votes
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LeonhartFour posted...

I think it'll work for Snake. A lot of Smash fans are legitimately excited that he's back.

Cloud, who knows.

I'm thinking it will, especially with how everyone else from Smash has looked (esp. Bayonetta).
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Except for Ryu

Who shares more in common with Cloud than anyone else
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also these would be bad losses for Smash hype if 2B and Phoenix win
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I can't believe Zelda and Ganondorf are both going to win their fucking divisions.
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Not too confident about Ganondorf myself!

Looks great for Zelda though.
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Is "division" slang for four pack now because round 3 is as far as Ganondorf is getting.
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