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When was C.F. Kane born?
When did he take control over the Inquirer?
When did he marry Emily Norton?
When was his son born?
When did he build the opera house?
When did he start to build Xanadu?
When did Susan leave him?
When did he become a recluse?

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Jeff Zero posted...
You like "Otherworld" enough to sig it and hate my second favorite game in the Metal Gear franchise. That's a double whammy, I'm impressed.

I do hate MGS4, but I have no idea of what "Otherworld" even is, I took this sig from Quest for Glory 5

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Also, that "marry me" scene is easily the stupidest thing in that game,

I hate MGS4 with a passion.

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LeonhartFour posted...
From: malyg | #005
Isn't Aerith's mum called Elmyra?

I thought he was talking about her >_>
Same.

I once mistook Emerald Weapon was called Elmyra, so I talked about using KotR on Elmyra, my brother thought that would be overly violent.

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I'm quite good at Arkham Horror, also no-one here could beat me in tic-tac-toe,

I might also have a shot at taking M:TG depending on how hardcore players there are here.

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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, particularily the PS2 version

Also the Quest for Glory games, except for #3

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BIGPUN9999 posted...
didn't Sephy murder some people in the Golden Saucer too?

No, that was Dyne, those people were shot.

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Haste_2 posted...
The site was scarcely established in 1995. I think it would be more interesting to guess on what the strongest characters would have been when the PotDs first started in, what, 1999?

For interests' sake, here was a poll in December of '99:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3

How would you tier the top characters at that time?

In '99 Cloud and Sephiroth would destroy anything in the contest. The guides for FFVII was the reason this site became popular in the first place, and it was the top game on the site for like five years straight.
Squall might take out Link.

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Mario
Sonic
Link
Mega Man
Samus
Donkey Kong
Crono
Alex Kidd
Simon Belmont

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That guy Glass Joe won against

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Iceland has a law that in order to be a citizen you have to change your given name to one of the 5000 approved first names, and your surname into (father's first name + son) if you're a man or (mother's first name + dottir) if you're a woman.

It's a part of their policy of preserving the language.

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Metal Gear 2 onwards all reward tight play

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More of those please

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I'd love to join, and I'd prefer to play something like a Wildshape Ranger --> Master of Many Forms, gives nice versatility, but not worldshatteringly powerful. Problem is I live in Europe and the timezones might crash things.

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The Church of St. Evan (Breath of Fire 2)
ShinRA electric power company (Final Fantasy 7)
Foxhound (Metal Gear)
Encyclopedia Foundation #1 (Foundation)
The Minutemen (Watchmen)
The Weatherlight Crew (Magic: The Gathering)
The Brotherhood of Steel (Fallout)

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Even on 4 ways didn't he take out Tifa and almost beat Auron?

Kratos 1v1 now would be a very good level Mid Carder.

Aren't you conveniently letting out the fact that both Tifa and Auron suffered from being in the poll with Sephiroth

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Throwmasta posted...
who would have ever thought it would be Cloud vs. Link in the finals. that's just...unheard of!!

Don't worry, there's absolutely no way that can happen in this contest.

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Cloud
Cloud/Sephiroth

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The Mana Sword posted...
Well if you're going to put all the Moxen and Sol Ring as one entry, sure! Still, I'd put Vampiric Tutor/Imperial Seal, Time Vault and Tinker all over it as well.

If you'd want to split the moxen then only the Sapphire and maybe the Jet places above the academy. Both white and red are quite bad in vintage.

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Tolarian Academy is no doubt the most powerful land ever printed. Especially when you consider all the moxen and ways to untap it using spells like Time Spiral, it's restricted in Vintage, and if it wasn't you see a swarm of super high.tide-style decks with turn 1 kills being the norm.

It's a tough competition to be on the top 10 list, but I'd say it can do it

(0. Contract from Below)
1. Ancestral Recal
2. Black Lotus
3. Yawgmoth's Will
4. Necropotence
5. Sol Ring/Moxen
6. Tolarian Academy
7. Mana Drain/Force of Will
8. Bazaar of Baghdad
9. Mishra's Workshop
10. Tinker
11. Time Vault
12. Time Walk
13. Demonic Tutor/Vampiric Tutor
14. Strip Mine
15. Oath of Druids

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OctilIery posted...

Morphling is widely considered the most powerful creature ever created, partly because it's incredibly reslient, nigh impossible to kill, and can provide a killing blow for control decks.

This might've been true back in the day, but no-one uses the guy anymore. He's way to expensive. If you play a spell with CMC 5 in an eternal format it better win you the game on the spot eg. Ad Nauseum, just being a useful creature don't cut it. Especially when it requires you to always keep mana open. If control decks nowadays want a killing blow they go for Tarmogoyf, Stoneforge Mystic + Batterskull or just a Jace.

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Dunno about Sephiroth, but Cloud was probably a virgin until the end of disc 2. So I vote for Kratos/Lloyd

Kratos/Zeus is probably going to win this entire thing. It's not like Kratos don't get around, but even he is dwarfed by Zeus, that guy probably beats the entire bracket on his own.

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Metroid: Other M tries to capture the same suspense and intrigue. It fails miserably.

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Canonicaly, Dracula is only confirmed having sex with his first wife (from Lament of innocense) and with Lisa (mother of Alucard, died sometime in the 1500s.) The only canon-relationship Alucard has (since Legends were removed from canon) is with Maria, and that is the origin of Eric Lecarde in Bloodlines

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The major thing is that Advent Children is a movie, a non-interactive medium. So it's ok and in fact necessary for them to decide what they want and then go with it.

FF8 on the other hand, is a game. And the chief characteristic of games that differentiate them from other mediums is that you have (or should have) an impact on what happens. I'm not saying FF7 did it perfectly (Persona 4 on the other hand did that part very well) but the choices you make does have an influence on the outcome. To not have that but still give options that seem like they ought to bring different outcomes is to missuse the possibilities offered by the medium.

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Well, I was sort of counting Advent Children into the equation.

why in the world would you do that? In the game, the difference is huge, if you were nice it's heavily implied that they sleep together, and if you were mean, then those implications are gone. That's the sort of thing you'd look for in a game that gives you choices concerning romance.

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3/10

also

Cloud still ends up with Tifa in the end

The scene at the beginning of disc 3 is very different depending on how you treated her.

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Just out of curiosity, Would Pun-Pun be eligible for this sort of thing?

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That is the most usefull thing you've ever said on this board.

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Mad Max 2
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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Awaiting with interrest

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Scrooge McDuck. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/show.php?s=date&loc=1952/W_OS_386-02R
Goldie O'Gilt. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2005-061
Magica De Spell. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=H89068
Flintheart Glomgold. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=AR102
Donald Duck. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2004-032
Hewey, Dewey & Louie. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D92380
Gyro Gearloose. - http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?s=date&loc=D2001-143

They may no longer be all that popular in the states, but they sure are the most enduring and beloved comic characters in the world.

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Steam.

Sci-fi is my favorite genre, but that's mostly because there are many more and better writers in that genre. (Asimov being my favorite) If there were steam writers of the same quality it would be number one by miles.

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Enough with Snake going against FF7 already, let him have another go at Nintendo. This is getting old.

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The Mysidia elder from FFIV has sort of that "spiritual leader" thing going on, and he's a good guy.

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Nemesis Showdown

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Just so we know where we stand, could you give me your definition of communism? Because you're talking about totalitarianism then we're arguing about different things.

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You're the one who implied that libertarianism was the only acceptable alternative.

And yes, I do believe socialism would do you good, at least way better than what you currently have and I'm not ashamed of that opinion in any way*. But you still haven't explained what would be so wrong if people did want communism.

* I am in no way affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, I don't speak for them and vice versa.

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SmartMuffin posted...
Well good, because I happen to have an alternative for you.

It's called ACTUAL capitalism. Learn about it.

http://www.mises.org/

I find it amusing that the linked site had an article trying to glorify the gilded age as their top article. It should also not surprise you that people don't find the idea of giving the ones with power even more power to be attractive. And yes, that is the consequences of libertarianism in any realistic scenario.

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Even if those people were communists, why would that be a problem? The way "capitalism" works in the US is so corrupt there's no wonder if people go looking for alternatives.

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Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Castlevania 2: Simon's quest
Metroid 2: Revenge of Samus
Pong 2: Left Pong Paddle's peril

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5/10

decent, but nothing great, one of the biggest Gary Stu protagonists I've ever seen, continues the unfortunate power creep in force powers from the PT that sort of undermines the charm of the OT. still, it's fun to run around and be creative with force powers.

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Already did

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I guess one of the most interesting things to find out about this contest is how seriously people take the "rivalry" thing.

I imagine there might exist a sort of hierarchy between the different types of rivalries, that might influence their performances.

Legendary gaming rivalry (Mario/Sonic)
Personal nemeses (e.g. Cloud/Sephiroth Frog/Magus)
Good-guy rivals (e.g. X/Zero, Cecil/Kain)
Hero-Bad guy (e.g. Link/Ganon, Crono/Lavos)
Bad-guy rivals (e.g. Xemnas/Marluxia)
Romantic rivals (e.g. Tifa/Aeris)

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Thirding 12 Angry Men

I never got why people say that To kill a Mockingbird is a good courtroom movie, the courtroom part takes up only about a quarter of the time, it has no back-and-forth, the characters involved are by and large one-dimensional and it ends on a very unsatisfactory note. It's a good movie, but the courtroom part never did anything for me.

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Cloud Strife/Sephiroth
Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth
Pokemon Trainer/Red Pokemon Trainer Blue
Solid Snake/Big Boss
Zidane Tribal/Kuja
Chell/GlaDOS
Mega Man X/Zero
Alucard/Dracula
Sora/Riku
Laharl/Mid-Boss
Mario/Sonic the Hedgehog
Left pong paddle /Right pong paddle
Samus Aran/Ridley
Crono/Magus
Kirby/Meta Knight

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Laharl/Mid-Boss

Because it makes for so much fun, while being a deep relationship at the same time.

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It's one of the rivalries that have most depth to it, and it evolves a whole lot. It's also tons of fun with amusing lines on each side. It's a true rivalry.

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How guns could increase Call of Duty's popularity.

marvelous.

Should every other game be destroyed?

ye-no

Should Rapelay be an action game?

about that...

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