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charmander6000
12/12/18 4:45:49 PM
#404:


Match CXLIX: (4) Zelda vs. (7) Mario

Zelda
Defeated Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 75.33% - 24.67%
Defeated The Boss, 70.70%, 29.30%
Defeated Squall Leonhart, 63.32% - 36.68%
Defeated Aerith Gainsborough, 62.19% - 37.81%
Defeated Solid Snake, 50.32% - 49.68%
Defeated Sonic the Hedgehog, 56.45% - 43.55%
Defeated Mario, 50.91% - 49.09%
Lost to Link, 36.44% - 63.56%

Mario
Defeated Sephiroth, 59.25% - 40.75%
Defeated Samus Aran, 51.42% - 48.58%
Lost to Zelda, 49.09% - 50.91%
Defeated Samus Aran, 50.03% - 49.97%
Defeated Cloud Strife, 50.1x-49.8x

Analysis

Zelda was able to hold Link off for about five minutes before crashing down to Earth. Overall, she did quite well, avoiding the brunt of the SFF hammer. Mario on the other hand is coming off of another close match. Will he be able to get his revenge on Zelda?

That depends on whether or not Zelda retains her bandwagon. Her loss to Link was quite demoralizing to the point where it was quite clear she would lose again if she tried. At the same time, she only needs to retain a small portion of that bandwagon to hold off Mario whom is regaining his reputation of being a bit of a villain in these contests. You clutch out three wins over 15 years ago and youre branded a villain for life. If Cloud wins this match as he is leading and I dont have time to redo my analysis, Id give him a better chance at winning, but in the end, I still think Zelda has this.

charmander6000s Bracket: Solid Snake > Mario

charmander6000s Prediction: Zelda wins, 53.73% - 46.27%
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NowItsAngeTime
12/12/18 4:49:00 PM
#405:


charmander6000 posted...
Match CXLIX: (4) Zelda vs. (7) Mario

Zelda
Defeated Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 75.33% - 24.67%
Defeated The Boss, 70.70%, 29.30%
Defeated Squall Leonhart, 63.32% - 36.68%
Defeated Aerith Gainsborough, 62.19% - 37.81%
Defeated Solid Snake, 50.32% - 49.68%
Defeated Sonic the Hedgehog, 56.45% - 43.55%
Defeated Mario, 50.91% - 49.09%
Lost to Link, 36.44% - 63.56%

Mario
Defeated Sephiroth, 59.25% - 40.75%
Defeated Samus Aran, 51.42% - 48.58%
Lost to Zelda, 49.09% - 50.91%
Defeated Samus Aran, 50.03% - 49.97%
Defeated Cloud Strife, 50.1x-49.8x

Analysis

Zelda was able to hold Link off for about five minutes before crashing down to Earth. Overall, she did quite well, avoiding the brunt of the SFF hammer. Mario on the other hand is coming off of another close match. Will he be able to get his revenge on Zelda?

That depends on whether or not Zelda retains her bandwagon. Her loss to Link was quite demoralizing to the point where it was quite clear she would lose again if she tried. At the same time, she only needs to retain a small portion of that bandwagon to hold off Mario whom is regaining his reputation of being a bit of a villain in these contests. You clutch out three wins over 15 years ago and youre branded a villain for life. If Cloud wins this match as he is leading and I dont have time to redo my analysis, Id give him a better chance at winning, but in the end, I still think Zelda has this.

charmander6000s Bracket: Solid Snake > Mario

charmander6000s Prediction: Zelda wins, 53.73% - 46.27%


Might want to have a backup writeup
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ShatteredElysium
12/12/18 4:49:30 PM
#406:


EpsteinBarr posted...
And Mario is already up to his very shady votestuffing shenanigans in the weaning hours of the match.


Cloud 48 > 57 > 25 > 25
Mario 41 > 26 > 50 > 36

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Moonroof
12/12/18 4:50:34 PM
#407:


Mario cheating again
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Link versus Cloud
12/12/18 4:50:48 PM
#408:


charmander6000 posted...
Match CXLIX: (4) Zelda vs. (7) Mario

Zelda
Defeated Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 75.33% - 24.67%
Defeated The Boss, 70.70%, 29.30%
Defeated Squall Leonhart, 63.32% - 36.68%
Defeated Aerith Gainsborough, 62.19% - 37.81%
Defeated Solid Snake, 50.32% - 49.68%
Defeated Sonic the Hedgehog, 56.45% - 43.55%
Defeated Mario, 50.91% - 49.09%
Lost to Link, 36.44% - 63.56%

Mario
Defeated Sephiroth, 59.25% - 40.75%
Defeated Samus Aran, 51.42% - 48.58%
Lost to Zelda, 49.09% - 50.91%
Defeated Samus Aran, 50.03% - 49.97%
Defeated Cloud Strife, 50.1x-49.8x

Analysis

Zelda was able to hold Link off for about five minutes before crashing down to Earth. Overall, she did quite well, avoiding the brunt of the SFF hammer. Mario on the other hand is coming off of another close match. Will he be able to get his revenge on Zelda?

That depends on whether or not Zelda retains her bandwagon. Her loss to Link was quite demoralizing to the point where it was quite clear she would lose again if she tried. At the same time, she only needs to retain a small portion of that bandwagon to hold off Mario whom is regaining his reputation of being a bit of a villain in these contests. You clutch out three wins over 15 years ago and youre branded a villain for life. If Cloud wins this match as he is leading and I dont have time to redo my analysis, Id give him a better chance at winning, but in the end, I still think Zelda has this.

charmander6000s Bracket: Solid Snake > Mario

charmander6000s Prediction: Zelda wins, 53.73% - 46.27%


posting this while Mario is losing the match, thats an ayyyyy lmao if I've ever seen one.
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TheOneAboveAll
12/12/18 4:57:52 PM
#409:


So this is where the Mario clutch kicks in?
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TheOneAboveAll
12/12/18 5:01:58 PM
#410:


Cloud's bringing the anti-clutch.

These last two hours are going to be insane.
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Team Rocket Elite
12/12/18 5:11:14 PM
#411:


You should read the write up first!

charmander6000 posted...
If Cloud wins this match as he is leading and I dont have time to redo my analysis, Id give him a better chance at winning, but in the end, I still think Zelda has this.

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TheOneAboveAll
12/12/18 5:15:40 PM
#412:


Cloud's 57-vote update ties his biggest update since 10:25 AM.
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:18:05 PM
#413:


TheOneAboveAll posted...
So this is where the Mario clutch kicks in?

with 2 hours to go?

please. this is mario, he'll kick it in with 2 updates to go. regardless of the margin it'll be enough.

he can't keep getting away with it
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haloiscoolisbak
12/12/18 5:18:12 PM
#414:


Yeees
Yeeees
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OrangeCrush980
12/12/18 5:20:46 PM
#415:


Yay, Cloud is in the lead!

If Mario still wins, he'll go down as one of the great GameFAQs Contests villains, up there with Draven and present day Ulti.
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Not_Wylvane
12/12/18 5:21:36 PM
#416:


Cloud has hit his Limit Break.
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LeonhartFour
12/12/18 5:22:01 PM
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hylianknight3
12/12/18 5:22:19 PM
#418:


xp1337 posted...
he can't keep getting away with it


Narrator: He kept getting away with it.
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haloiscoolisbak
12/12/18 5:22:23 PM
#419:


Luckily ulti has already rallied his classmates this time so no last minute bullshit

I'm sure XIII is on his hands and knees at work beggin for people to visit gamefaqs
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ShatteredElysium
12/12/18 5:23:01 PM
#420:


70 votes up? Yeah Cloud has this

RIP my bracket and my hopes of winning this. Needed Mario > Cloud and Zelda > Mario to finish 1st
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XIII_rocks
12/12/18 5:23:17 PM
#421:


haloiscoolisbak posted...
Luckily ulti has already rallied his classmates this time so no last minute bullshit

I'm sure XIII is on his hands and knees at work beggin for people to visit gamefaqs


That would be weird at 1:20 in the morning
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OrangeCrush980
12/12/18 5:23:53 PM
#422:


ShatteredElysium posted...
70 votes up? Yeah Cloud has this

RIP my bracket and my hopes of winning this. Needed Mario > Cloud and Zelda > Mario to finish 1st


Ha ha ha ha.

70 votes is not safe at all. Maybe if there was only 10 minutes left, but this is Mario we're talking about here.
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:25:07 PM
#423:


a 70 vote lead with 10 minutes to go would lead the penultimate update being a Mario cut of 32 to cause maximum sweating.

we know how this guy operates everyone
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LeonhartFour
12/12/18 5:25:18 PM
#424:


*Cloud leads at 7 P.M.*

*match is extended, Mario wins*

SBAllen: It was too close to call and I wasn't ready for the next match yet because I didn't know who would be in it.
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im317
12/12/18 5:26:23 PM
#425:


i know its not technically correct, but Cloud with a stall.
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hylianknight3
12/12/18 5:28:37 PM
#426:


LeonhartFour posted...
*Cloud leads at 7 P.M.*

*match is extended, Mario wins*

SBAllen: It was too close to call and I wasn't ready for the next match yet because I didn't know who would be in it.


This post made me laugh in real life.
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:31:10 PM
#427:


LeonhartFour posted...
*Cloud leads at 7 P.M.*

*match is extended, Mario wins*

SBAllen: It was too close to call and I wasn't ready for the next match yet because I didn't know who would be in it.

6:59:59 PM ET. Cloud leads by 1 vote.

Scene: A dark room, illuminated only by the dim light of a computer monitor. The GameFAQs homepage is displayed and the cursor clicks down on the Vote button, Mario chosen. A voice, off-camera, announces...

???: How long has it been? The work... it is finished.

The camera continues to pan up the screen, stopping finally as it reaches the top line.

CJayC

7:00:00 PM ET. Match concluded. Mario wins by 1. Registered users favor Mario by 1 vote.
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hylianknight3
12/12/18 5:35:54 PM
#428:


*shocked Lapras emoji*
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_SecretSquirrel
12/12/18 5:36:25 PM
#429:


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tgs2
12/12/18 5:38:04 PM
#430:


Almost 100 vote barrier.

Mario has Cloud right where he wants him.
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Jman_maximum
12/12/18 5:44:00 PM
#431:


Zelda has a Sheik and a toon Zelda picture?

rip Zelda.
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DoctorJimmy133
12/12/18 5:44:24 PM
#432:


Has Sheik ever been used before for Zelda?
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Pokewars
12/12/18 5:46:46 PM
#433:


Lmao such blatant pic bias. CorruptFAQs
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_SecretSquirrel
12/12/18 5:46:54 PM
#434:


There could be another Zelda picture hiding somewhere, but since I can only find two foregrounds and 1 background for each character, I'm assuming this is it.

One would think you would throw in a traditional Zelda to balance the two odd choices, but it's not like attention to detail has been had at all in the pic selection process at all this year.
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Ilishe
12/12/18 5:47:27 PM
#435:


95 now.

Come ON MISTER STRIFE
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:47:34 PM
#436:


Oh geez. Zelda getting sabotaged.

Think I want Cloud if I'm her. I've always been nervous about the rematch factor and that seriously isn't helping.
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ShatteredElysium
12/12/18 5:47:48 PM
#437:


Of all the times that Mario has performed shenanigans to win, this is like the only time I've wanted/needed him to win and he's going to fail me.

When he beat Samus I didn't actually think I had a shot of winning so didn't care then
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:50:28 PM
#438:


If this were any other character, I'd say Cloud's lead should be safe at this point since he's not actively facing a comeback and has been gaining/stalling.

but this damn plumber

you'd have to knock an hour off the time remaining for me to feel good about cloud
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ShatteredElysium
12/12/18 5:52:19 PM
#439:


94 votes in 14 updates is a huge ask when both sides are only pulling ~40 an update. That's going to need Mario to have some huge spikes or start lopping off consistently which he's showing no sign of doing
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xp1337
12/12/18 5:53:46 PM
#440:


That's why I said any other characters!

But this guy! He could start breaking out 10-20 vote cuts out of nowhere and I'd be like "yeah of course he is" >_>
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KamikazePotato
12/12/18 5:54:02 PM
#441:


Yeah those are some sabotage Zelda pics. Yikes.
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im317
12/12/18 5:57:08 PM
#442:


i thought Shiek was very popular in the Smash community? will that pick really hurt Zelda?
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_SecretSquirrel
12/12/18 5:57:32 PM
#443:


I'm actually really curious about Sheik. I actually submitted one myself, and I think there's potential for Sheik to be just as strong.

Just, put it alongside an Ocarina or BotW Zelda, not Toon Zelda.
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Captain_Sorzo
12/12/18 5:58:24 PM
#444:


Is Sheik really pic sabotage when the site is riding on Smash high?
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ExThaNemesis
12/12/18 6:00:28 PM
#445:


Guys it's Zelda

you should be thrilled with sabotage at this point
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Zylothewolf
12/12/18 6:00:40 PM
#446:


Final hour and Cloud's lead isn't even over 100.

Mario got this. :(
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ExThaNemesis
12/12/18 6:00:53 PM
#447:


Alright Cloud. 12 more of those and we're gold!
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BlAcK TuRtLe
12/12/18 6:01:30 PM
#448:


I'm just tired of this blatant FF7 domination. Wish someone would take Cloud down a peg
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Jman_maximum
12/12/18 6:02:14 PM
#449:


Mario gained less than 100 votes on Sephiroth last hour

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swirIdude
12/12/18 6:03:40 PM
#450:


Captain_Sorzo posted...
Is Sheik really pic sabotage when the site is riding on Smash high?


Sheik has been a separate character for about a decade now.
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snake_5036
12/12/18 6:03:59 PM
#451:


ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys it's Zelda

you should be thrilled with sabotage at this point

I'd rather see Zelda/Link again than the 15th Cloud/Link final

So yeah, to see Toon Zelda and Sheik picked over BotW Zelda or Smash Ultimate Zelda, by far her best looking appearances ever, it's miffing.
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Ilishe
12/12/18 6:05:14 PM
#452:


snake_5036 posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
Guys it's Zelda

you should be thrilled with sabotage at this point

I'd rather see Zelda/Link again than the 15th Cloud/Link final

So yeah, to see Toon Zelda and Sheik picked over BotW Zelda or Smash Zelda, by far her best looking appearances ever, it's miffing.


We don't need or want Zelda FAQs. Or am I wrong?
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xp1337
12/12/18 6:06:03 PM
#453:


Mario cutting 6 is far too close to what he needs per update.

why am i worrying this is madness
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