Lurker > Cloyenne

Update: not doing this. I'm officially confident that my bracket is relatively disaster-proof and am locking it in unless something noteworthy happens.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

SuperNiceDog posted...

She is strong, I admit that. Also very iconic. To me though, my gut instinct was to pick Spyro, that was my first feeling.

Go with your gut then. At least it will be a match you can look forward to and hope for the upset.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

I have Crash over Cecil to scratch the PS1 nostalgia itch; although I'm more of a Spyro fan, ChunLi is just too strong a character.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

Chun-Li is more iconic.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

Estimated contest strength (from memory, probably inaccurate):

Sephiroth > Squall > Tifa > Vivi > Auron > Vincent > Aeris > Tidus > Kefka > Yuna > Lightning > Zidane > Noctis > Cecil > Terra > Ramza

Personal favorites:

Tidus > Yuna > Cloud > who cares
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

Im probably going to be looking at a lot of red once all is said and done, folks!
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

Sounds like a classic case of Basement Jaxx Wheres Your Head At
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

With that new TJ&E game on the horizon I'm sort of kicking myself for not making a push to get ToeJam in.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

TTIF

Information about Tommy Tallaricos Intellivision is revealed on October 20, which stuns and captivates the masses causing them to turn against Nintendo and JRPGs for the duration of the contest.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls. [I'm Abomstar.]

I would play.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls.

https://imgur.com/zrf7tbU

DK, Dedede, and SubZero are all characters I like a bunch despite not making it out of R1.
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Q: What's the difference between an actor and a baker?
A: An actor has roles, a baker has rolls.

This season is refreshing. Early favorites are Nick, Natalie, Davie, John, and Lyrsa, and there's no one I'm actively rooting against (yet). Lets hope there will be enough drama to keep things entertaining.

Tom Bombadil posted...

Link>Snake
Snake>Mario
Link>Snake

Yep. Nothing fancy

Kalas from Baten Kaitos.

Someday.

Im slightly concerned Yakuza fans could generate just enough buzz to turn MC vs. Goro into a nailbiter. While Ive never played the series, it seems to have solid crossover appeal while maintaining enough of a cult status feel that fans could be motivated to action. Yakuza players seem to embrace the characters and tone for striking a memorable balance of seriousness and goofiness, in stark contrast with the generic Chief.

I think Kiryu, too, could fare surprisingly well in the right context, but will fall to either L-Block or Kefka. LBlock should prove inherently weak this year but would benefit from the juxtaposition of a vs. Kiryu match pic.

D.Va has the potential to go far and should do pretty well in her earlier matchups even if no significant organized rallying takes place. D.Va > Aloy remains one of the easiest decisions on the entire bracket, imo.

Vivi
Pikachu
Sora
Kirby
Squall
Geralt
Luigi
Sephiroth

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Hello.

Phantom Dust.

Robazoid posted...

I don't think we ever interacted much but lcad was my good online friend like a decade ago so if you remember next time you're talking to him, tell him Robazoid says hi

Done.

Janus5k posted...

Oh hey. I mostly remember you as one of the other big Guitar Hero fans on the board.

Janus, yes! You were/are cool.

I wish I could remain motivated to play Rock Band 4 but they make it so difficult to stay engaged given the rate at which DLC trickles out. Those who are playing GH/RB at the highest levels nowadays are absolutely astonishing.

Heroic Bigpun posted...

Was brak the guy that posted the p1zza guy everywhere?

Or am I bring racist and thinking of someone else

Myself or LCad would have been the most likely culprits of any forced Spiderman Donnell Rawlings P1ZZ4related content.

ninkendo posted...

it's that Abom guy on twitter

This guy gets platinum trophies. I wonder if he then melts them down to construct his distinguished SHINE awards?

Heroic Bigpun posted...

Hello I am Punny

Hello Bigpun. I remember you being kind of a big deal. That's cool that you responded to my topic from your cellular telephone.

pxlated posted...

i remember you very fondly! i doubt you have any idea who i am

You invited me to a certain music tracker and for that I am eternally grateful.

who was the third member of your little group

abom, brak, ____________

i cannot remember for the life of me

LCad. He's an amazing person and we are all still in touch, but we don't chat as regularly anymore.

XIII_rocks posted...

Oh hey man

How've you been

Always good to see old faces back for the contest. Well, almost always anyway

Thank you! Reasonably happy and doing well overall. Just taking things easy and discovering new music to appreciate, mostly.

There were a couple of years when I was really determined to make music in a serious sense as an experimental rock artist, but it hasn't happened yet. Work takes so much out of me and I tend to get mentally fatigued really quickly, even just from playing games. I'm still so obsessed with music and games that it's difficult to focus on much else, and it's not like I'm going to settle down and start a family any time soon, so there's still hope.

VintageGin posted...

were you the guy who was really into ween

Yes, that was me, and I still am! I was such an annoying proselytizer about them back then, but that's rad you remembered.

Easily the most influential band of my life, but nowadays I'm probably even more into Death Grips.

Dantezoid posted...

I'll never forgive you for voting me out in the SHINE award contest

Im sorry.

Hey, whaddup, this is the user formerly known as Abomstar(runner). Few will remember the name and fewer still will remember anything about me, but I spent nearly all my free time on this board from 20052006. I met a few awesome friends on here but eventually just splintered off from the larger board dynamic. I'm 27 now and have led a remarkably uneventful life, currently working an office job at a college. In 2008, Giant Bomb replaced GameFAQs as my primary source for gaming info and I've kept up with everything they've done.

Needless to say, Character Battle X has gotten my nostalgia centers churning again. I totally missed out on LBlock, Draven, Undertale, and all of that, so its been fun to research on Board 8 Wiki and try to piece together a decent bracket. Ive been enjoying reading Leonhart4's bracket analysis particularly.

Just wanted to introduce myself since Ill probably be a lurker throughout this contest. If anyone wants to add me on Switch (SW-4423-2271-4148) or on Glitchwave (username Abomstar) thatd be cool.