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octoinky

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« on: November 28, 2009, 04:06:00 pm »
Not enough interest lately to run an elite-contest, but figured there would be enough for a topic.

Nominations are up!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry

EDIT - Noms are now closed, but you can vote in the characters you want all this week in Play-In matches!

http://gamefaqs.com

EDIT2 - Bracket is up, get your picks in!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb8_entry.html


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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2009, 06:39:00 pm »
octo, did you see the Guru nomination topic? If not, this year we're all committed to nomming

Prinny Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Topic is here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52320145

As you see it's been a huge success- will have 149 noms counting yours!

For anyone else, if you run out of people you'd like to nom, feel free to cheat off my list.

Charizard Pokemon
* Char is the best-loved of the original 151 Pokemon (though not as well known as Pikachu, he also doesn't draw the kind of hate that Pika does) and now is also a member of the SSB roster, since he made it in as 1/3 of Pokemon Trainer's team.  Pokemon R/B/Y proved that it's still a HUGE force on GameFAQs earlier this year by finishing behind only Ocarina and FF7 in the Games Contest, so we're excited to see what Char will be capable of.

Pokemon Trainer Red Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
* Again, between nostalgia and its love of 90's RPGs, R/B/Y is a monster on GameFAQs, and so everyone is interested to see what the game's party leader will be able to accomplish.  Sure, everyone hates Ash Ketchum from the anime series (he's probably the only thing that could outdo even Pikachu for anti-votes), but Red himself is a silent protagonist in the Link/Crono mold who people seem to generally like.

Cid Highwind Final Fantasy VII
* Of the 9 playable castmembers of FF7, we know that Cloud is the second most popular character on the site, Vincent is between 7th and 10th, Tifa is about 12th, Aerith is somewhere around 20th.  Even non-playables Sephiroth (3rd) and Zack Fair (somewhere in the low 20s) have enjoyed strong runs.  So now we're giving Cid a try, as we mostly agree he's a more appealing choice than Barrett/Yuffie/Red, plus he might get an additional boost since he's part of the long tradition of "Cid"s appearing in different FF games.

Bayonetta Bayonetta
* Bayonetta is the sexy witch/female lead of Sega's new action game (think Devil May Cry) that comes out in a few weeks.  Check out the crazy trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdMr-uVzxuU

I say it's high time we returned some TJF so the Contest field!

Dan Hibiki Street Fighter Alpha

Alyx Vance Half-Life 2
Seifer Almasy Final Fantasy VIII
Nathan Drake Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Lightning Final Fantasy XIII
Ken Street Fighter
Jigglypuff Pokemon
Darth Revan Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Vault Boy Fallout
Jecht Final Fantasy X
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 03:03:00 am »
Ngamer's such a noob that he thinks Sephiroth is non-playable in FFVII.

Get a clue, N"gamer".

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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2009, 04:28:00 am »
http://www.kuponut.com/games/ff7/rumors.html

Proto-Cloud, Sephiroth, and the Chocobo are all playable characters

Well, Proto-Cloud and Sephiroth are playable during Cloud's recounting of the Nibleheim mission in Disc 1, but even then, Sephiroth is controlled by the computer. And, there is a portrait for chocobos just as their is for the characters in your group. This having been said, you can put Cloud and Sephiroth in your party using a GameShark, but the game will crash if they talk with anything (and since a GameShark can only alter exisiting memory and not 'create' something new, if they were playable, a code that sticks them in your party would work perfectly as well). Even with the code, Sephiroth is still computer- controlled.



Youse, I'm afraid we need you to head downtown and turn in your FF7-fan badge this afternoon.
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 02:03:00 pm »
In your party = playable AFAI'MC!

Not to mention AFA the first sentence you quoted is concerned!

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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2009, 04:13:00 pm »
Bracket is up! Everyone go make your picks!
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2009, 12:35:00 am »
Woooo, 1 v 1!!

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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2009, 12:57:00 am »
Year number eight of the Character Battle is a back-to-basics battle: Each day of the poll, two characters will battle it out, and the winner will move on. With 127 battles to run, it's time to speed things up - there will be two battles per day - one from 9:00PM to 9:00AM Pacific Time, the second from 9:00AM to 9:00 PM, with only the final two rounds being full 24-hour votes.


Ooooh, what a twist!!! "top" matches in every group of 2 matches are the night matches, the "bottom" matches are day matches.

This is definitely something to consider, as the night vote definitely favors certain characters

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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 05:29:00 am »
If you'd like to hear some thoughts on this upcoming Contest, check out my new Show! It's called The Show!

http://board8.speedrunwiki.com/interviews/theshow/20091216-TheShowEP01.mp3

Ed Bellis and I plan to make this a weekly event, so mark your calendars.

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« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2009, 05:08:00 am »
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 08:08:00 pm »
There are only six days left to get your bracket in! Remember that entries are going to lock at 7pm Thursday night, so don't delay much longer if you still don't have yours submitted.

Also, Episode Three of The Show is available for download, hip hip hoorah!

http://board8.speedrunwiki.com/interviews/theshow/20100106-TheShowEP03.mp3

This would be a good EP for someone without much Contest experience to step into, IMO. We go over the 2009 Game of the Year polls that are happening right now, and then I give a bit of a history lesson on past Character Battle before we try to predict what will be the "big story" of 2010.

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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2010, 02:11:00 pm »
Link
Alucard
Red
Megaman X
Luigi
Shadow
WCCube
Nathan

Sonic
Cecil
Ganondorf
Albert Wesker
Kirby
GlaDOS
Vivi
Altair

Mario
Big Boss
Zidane
Ike
Mega Man
Zack Fair
Ryu Y
Master Chief

Sora
Laharl
Kefka
Bowser
L-BLock
Isaac
Charizard
Kratos

Samus
Niko
Roxas
Tidus
Phoenix
Ratchet
Zelda
Ezio

Cloud
MacMillan
Riku
Captain Falcon
Leon K
Sackboy
Ryu
dante

Snake
Fox
Pikachu
Shepard
Auran
Zero
Terra
Squal

Sephiroth
Vincent
Yoshi
Crono
Soap
Geno
Tifa
Gordon

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Link
Red
Luigi
WCCube

Sonic
Ganondorf
GlaDOS
Altair

Mario
Zidane
MegaMan
Master chief

Sora
Bowser
L-Block
Charizard

Samus
Tidus
Phoenix
Ezio

Cloud
Riku
Leon
Ryu

Snake
Pikachu
Auron
Squall

Sephiroth
Crono
Soap
Tifa

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Link
Luigi
Sonic
Altair

Mario
MegaMan
Bowser
Charizard

Samus
Ezio
Cloud
Leon

Snake
Auron
Crono
Soap

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Link
Sonic
Mario
Zharizard

Samus
Cloud
Snake
Crono

Link
Mario
Cloud
Snake

Link
Cloud
Cloud

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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2010, 07:57:00 pm »
Nice bracket octo; here's your Guru version.

http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=230

The Cecil risk looks good after today, Soap certainly has a better chance to make a run now than he did before Price held up so well against MMX, and so few were willing to pick against Link that I'd say you have a strong chance of winning it all should that work out for you. Plus Crono > Seph is probably the most underrated pick of the whole season- I debated it quite a bit, but didn't have the guts to do it myself.

Speaking of my thought process for this season's bracket, you can hear it in detail on the new episode of The Show!

http://board8.speedrunwiki.com/interviews/theshow/20100115-TheShowEP04.mp3

This has been called "the best episode yet" (by me), and I'd have to agree!

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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2010, 09:02:00 pm »
Yeah, this season I refused to look at the boards and leaned hard on some franchises. I'm tired of getting an easy 99% bracket, I want to win!