Link vs Cloud vs Samus vs Sephiroth 2007
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| Round | Semi Final |
|---|---|
| Match # | 61 |
| Match Date | Friday, November 2nd, 2007 |
| Oracle Expectations | Link - 35.56% Cloud - 28.23% Sephiroth - 20.64% Samus - 15.58% |
| GameFAQs Expectations | Link first place (32pts) - 18.57% Link second place (16pts) - 30.90% Cloud second place (32pts) - 15.71% Cloud first place (16pts) - 38.20% |
| Advancing Prediction | Link - 49.47% (18,167) Cloud - 53.91% (19,798) |
- Sephiroth underperformed by -4.90%, the #19 most disappointing performance of 2007
here we had, arguably, our four strongest characters in contest history. unfortunately, none of them are particularly close in strength, so the match itself wasn't expected to be all that interesting. Link was going to SFF Samus into oblivion like he always does, Cloud and Sephiroth were going to do a 55/45 split like usual, and Link was going to look fairly unbeatable despite a 53-47 or so split between Nintendo and FF7.
but then, the craziest thing happened -- like Mario, Samus just did not die. Samus came out crushing Sephiroth (which wasn't all that unusual), but she didn't stop. Samus increased or stalled consistently until the last few hours of the poll, where Sephiroth cut 500 votes off the lead and ended up with a 1500 vote loss to Samus.
the amazing thing about this match was that, just a year ago, the board went crazy over the same thing -- Snake vs. Sephiroth -- and just about nobody cared about this one. granted, neither one was going to advance, but still:
transience.paragonsigma.com/screens/DpObliVion-snakewins.JPG
just sayin'.
Samus's impressive showing here was also notable because it didn't really affect Link at all. he went 3% above expectations, and Sephiroth went way below what you'd expect. those votes went to Link, not Cloud. Nintendo was beating FF7 55.8/44.2 -- Cloud was going to need a hell of a performance to top Link in the final.
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