Board 8 > what match brought you to this board

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iirc in 2003 I came to the board during CATS' match, I was 13 and I asked "who is CATS" and the only response I got was "a type of AIDS" and in that moment I knew I had found the community for me
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Some L-Block match I think. At least something 2007.

But it's weird, I remember following contests before that just not coming here to post about them.
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I believe it was Frog/Master Chief, although I didn't start coming here regularly until the villains contest.
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Axel/Frog/Samus/Kerrigan

Had no idea who this "Frog" fellow was but boy was my middle school self unhappy at the end of the day.

Of course, I didn't stick around until some years later, but yeah.
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A mafia game

I think it was based on Umineko

Missingno/Crono

The_Ctes posted...

But it's weird, I remember following contests before that just not coming here to post about them.

Also this tho
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I think it was Ryu vs. CATS.
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Mario vs. Servbot
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Starcraft vs Windwaker was the first match I remember wanting to check out the message board reaction for to it. Not sure it was actually the first time I visited the board though or what/when actually made me stick around. All I know I was a regular by the 2004 character battle cause I remember following along with most of the matches there.
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I don't remember when I actually came to board 8 for the first time but the first match that I really followed all day refreshing like a madman was CT/LttP

the earliest I have memories of being on board 8 is during BGE2k9

I remember irregularly following since the 2003 contest but I didn't make a bracket or check board 8 until the series contest for some reaaon... no idea why
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Mario RPG vs. Street Fighter 2

wondering how on earth this game i'd never heard of (on accounts of it never being released in Europe) was beating Street Fighter 2. I was in for a much bigger shock when Chrono Trigger turned out to have strength...
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I have no idea.

The only thing I remember from back then is that I clicked through out of curiosity and started reading the board more regularly because I found AT and Aeon funny.
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Probably Mario/Servbot, but I don't think I became a regular until a bit later because of the projects. I almost settled on Random Insanity instead!
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I found GameFAQs in 2003, and was an avid user before the contest that year.
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Undertale's second match
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I don't recall if there was a match going on at the time, a user brought me here

specifically you, Zen
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I didn't stay here because of any match. I only stayed because the people seemed fun and also were massive Phoenix Wright fans, which was basically my life back in 2007.
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Mario vs Servbot
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I came because the board link switched with PotD
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Another message board I frequented linked me here near the beginning of 2003. My first match was Fox/Pikachu, and then the rest is history.
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No specific match, just a desire to discuss the 2004 contest
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I distinctly remember another account I had being modded because I made an anti mario topic to insight trolling and such during Mario and Crono.

Since the contest ended soon after that I didnt actually come back until the next year when it happened again.
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Pretty sure I came before the first contest. At the very least I remember the first contest being announced and putting my bracket in as well as where I did it.
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Not any specific match, but I started coming here around before the 2007 contest after the bracket came out. I followed the contests a bit before that though; Knuckles/Magus is the first match I remember well (because I had no idea who Magus was and how he could be so close to winning).
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Izzyzy in the closet vs. his roommate
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NFUN posted...

Undertale's second match

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I think I first started voting in BGE 2004 but checked the boards for SMRPG/SF2.
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Mega Man vs. Zero vs. Charizard, Character Battle IX

I had followed along with the board for a few matches before that, but that was when I started posting
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It was a user contest that spanned multiple boards that brought me here. I think it was a best TV show contest.
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No idea. I used to come here for game guides and I must have found the contest board during a contest match. I have no idea which one though. Ive had an account for 11 years now

DK vs Aya, which i think was the first match close enough where the outcome was in doubt
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Magus VS Sam Fisher.
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I think brackets for Summer 04? Not sure though
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Crescent-Moon posted...

A mafia game

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Magus vs Knuckles?
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Solid Snake/Mega Man 2006. Was a young teen who had no idea what a Snake was and why he was more popular than Mega Man, the true hero of Marvel Vs Capcom 2. Read up, lurked until the 2008 contest, then kept lurking and saying things, like, once a month.
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Carrier has arrived. What now, Link?
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I don't think it was a match and if it was I don't remember
L-Block kept me around though.
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A 2002 match. And an early one at that. I was definitely here for Jill vs. Kirby, so it might have been that.
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Must've been a 2007 match, might been Axel v Frog v Samus v Sarah Kerrigan
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Whatever day 2 was in 2002
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ah yes Spyro vs Morrigan and 16 year old me was confused as hell how Spyro was losing
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Scorpion/Pac-Man

@AquaArcane posted...

I don't recall if there was a match going on at the time, a user brought me here

specifically you, Zen

I am so sorry

what witchcraft did I use?
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it was a penny arcade strip about scorpion/pac-man that brought me here, but i think the first match i actually saw was sonic/samus.
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Link/Aiai.

I had heard of the contest beforehand and made a bracket. (I didn't do well.)
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I remember Day One, but I didn't become a full on regular until 2004.
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ZenOfThunder posted...

what witchcraft did I use?

Dark Tournament board was dead so I gave in and followed you here
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I think it was Ness vs CJ 2005, but it just happened to be the first time I noticed the link to the board so I decided to check it out and thought it was a fun place so I stuck around
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