GameFAQs Contests
*-*-* The Top 50 Users of 2006 (and more!) Part 2 *-*-*
| MyworldisSmurf | Posted 1/4/2007 11:54:17 AM | message detail | #401 |
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Ahh yes, the top 500 users. Wouldn't see it through to completion they said. BUT I SHOWED THEM. o_o --- Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism. Wii Code - 2163 7956 7898 5795 (Ask to be added) |
| Holy Excalibur | Posted 1/4/2007 11:55:50 AM | message detail | #402 |
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Starcraft killed the ladder both times >_> Each time I had started a starcraft tournament, and almost nobody finished their matches. --- I own an N-Gage- CjayC |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 11:58:16 AM | message detail | #403 |
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4. Most Powerful Fictional Hero. Contests of all sorts are a dime a dozen on Board 8, but what the Most Powerful Fictional Hero tournament apart from the others was a number of things. First off, the admin, a12340001, produced an outstanding and balanced bracket which led to a number of great matchups. Secondly, many of the voters involved went into great detail with their analyses and logic for voting, which led to some of the most well-organized and compelling arguments on the board all year. From joke matches like Superman vs. Kim Possible to the impossible arguments like Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Lain Iawkura, the tournament was always, always interesting. Its successor, the villains tournament, currently run by smit_massacre, is an admirable successor, but a12340001's initial attempt remains one of the best tournaments ever run on the board. 3. Boxing League. If you want an in-depth project with an inordinate amount of strategy and planning involved, the Boxing League is right up your alley. Originally Shake's baby and currently PhantomLink's, the Boxing League asks users to create a mock boxer and a "fight plan" for competing against other boxers. The numbers appear daunting at first - and they are, at first! - but the rewards, including the ability to customize your boxer down to very minute details and the satisfaction of success, are vast. Few projects ever give users that much to work with in terms of immersiveness, and the Boxing League definitely delivers on that end. 2. Ultimate User League (UUL). What Ayvuir (creator) and yazzy14 (current runner) realized about the inherent flaw in most user contests is that there's little room for flexibility - the popular ones blaze through the fodder, and that's that. Yet the UUL posits that there can be another way. Similar to the legendary RPG Dueling League, the UUL places users in different tiers based on their rough level of popularity, and has them compete there; thus, even in the weakest user can hope to win at least one match. The top users move up a tier and the bottom ones move down. It's an absolutely fantastic way of giving even in the little guy his day in the sun. yazzy even insists that people don't just vote in the higher division matchups, insisting on giving the "lower-tiers" their recognition as well. Users who kvetch about not being recognized would sincerely do well to pay attention to and sign up for the UUL - everybody has a chance. --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| yazzy14 | Posted 1/4/2007 12:03:55 PM | message detail | #404 |
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Woohoo! Free advertising! --- Check out the Ultimate User League! http://scriptor-clausus.com/uul/ |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:05:52 PM | message detail | #405 |
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Aaaaand the best project of the year! 1. Board 8 Wiki. http://www.board8wiki.com/Main_Page The one-stop repository for pretty much everything Board 8-related, the Board 8 Wiki was originally conceived of by Zachnorn, who sought to get the board more "organized," perhaps in response to the immense success of PotD's Wiki, the PotDPedia. Along with admins SA2Tails, X_Dante_X, and Repus Yortsed, Zach created a Wiki in which, as with Wikipedia proper, anyone could edit or add information. Certain users (first tranny, then others, including myself) would often go on "page-creating sprees," making a slew of user pages at once. charmander6000 added a crap-ton of info about the GameFAQs contests. Others worked on getting up info about Board 8's history. The Wiki has always been the subject of some controversy, particularly over Zach's policies on editing and vandalism, although some (like Shake) decried its existence in the first place. But there's no denying its usefulness. The Wiki is truly a Board 8 community effort, even when people screw around with it. User profiles, contest records, memories... the Wiki can (and does) capture a lot of what makes the board function well. Well, that's the list. Like I said, it was hard, and a lot of deserving stuff didn't make it. Feel free to post your own faves and harass me for my choices. It was a good year overall for both creativity persistence on the board, methinks. --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| ShatteredElysium | Posted 1/4/2007 12:06:06 PM | message detail | #406 |
| Needs more SE >.> (Just kidding) |
| Vlado | Posted 1/4/2007 12:07:15 PM | message detail | #407 |
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The VAPE project isn't in the top 10? I doubt you could honestly look
me in the eye and say the reason for that is not bias against me. --- Vlado's Awards for Posting Excellence: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30885086 |
| yazzy14 | Posted 1/4/2007 12:07:16 PM | message detail | #408 |
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<3 the Board 8 Wiki! Way to go guys! --- Check out the Ultimate User League! http://scriptor-clausus.com/uul/ |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:08:25 PM | message detail | #409 |
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Breakfast time. Argue away! --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| MyworldisSmurf | Posted 1/4/2007 12:08:57 PM | message detail | #410 |
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While Rising Stream getting outdone by the freakin NCAA seems like an injustice to me, there can be no denying that the UUL and Board8wiki are deserved top 2 finishers. --- Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism. Wii Code - 2163 7956 7898 5795 (Ask to be added) |
| adamjaxe | Posted 1/4/2007 12:08:58 PM | message detail | #411 |
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I have no problems with the Wiki being number 1. I've learned about a lot of stuff I wouldn't know about otherwise from there. --- \ Axe With Tha Hax / Play me on Pro 6! |
| transience | Posted 1/4/2007 12:13:17 PM | message detail | #412 |
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projects of the year? ehh.. 1 - board 8 wiki (not really a "board project", per se, since it's not on the board, but eh) 2 - ncaa games 3 - deathmatch 4 - wwyd 5 - ulti's PCAs I'd struggle past that --- yzzyx |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:21:49 PM | message detail | #413 |
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Heh, I barely even read the PCAs any more. They're still awesome, but sometimes some of the writeups just... grate on me. --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| wavedash101 | Posted 1/4/2007 12:22:40 PM | message detail | #414 |
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Top 10 most random topics...plz --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| neonreaper | Posted 1/4/2007 12:35:58 PM | message detail | #415 |
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The ending of the NCAA ruined the effort, in my eyes. --- Stonehenge, where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:43:11 PM | message detail | #416 |
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The winner of RPGuy's attempts at removing the votes, neon? --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 1/4/2007 12:47:42 PM | message detail | #417 |
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From: XxSoulxX | Posted: 6/30/2006 3:24:53 PM | Message Detail YOU'RE GOING DOWN TRANNY! ATTN: To all Board 8ers reading this. I'm so, so sorry. *Spins record* H-H-H-HERE WE GO! So tranny man, you know what's lame? This rap will suck, I have no game. Interesting rhyme huh? You jealous yet? Well prepare for this one, it's good I bet. *INTERESTING GUITAR SOLO* I had this rap, written in my head. My memory sucks, I forgot what I said. I'm making this up, right on the spot! It's gonna be great, yo, it's gonna rock-ot! SOUL! SOUL IS RAPPING! SOUL! SOUL IS RAPPING AGAIN! Tranny pants, won't know what hit him! I'll finish this up, and eat a kitten! Nah man, just kiddin, I'm not that playa. As you can see man, DK > NINJA. HUH! *Fade to black.* --- - "ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune ^5 SOWL IMHO - Explicit Content Best.Rap.Ever! --- - "Ha, the gaming industry, PS3 included, just got Wii'd." - Wanglicious |
| neonreaper | Posted 1/4/2007 12:47:43 PM | message detail | #418 |
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Yeah, removing votes based on arbitrary criteria is bad enough. But
further, posting the match on this board as "FF7 vs ____" and then
being unhappy when people click on the topic and vote? --- Stonehenge, where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 12:48:28 PM | message detail | #419 |
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Yes! STD made it, and managed to beat my bitter rival Winning Streak >_>. I liked the concept when I thought of it, and it was awesome when it was getting 200+ votes a chick. It was really unexpected how a lot of the topics turned into big arguments, especially during Asian week, or if I did a black chick <_<. So yeah, good times, thanks for the placing. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:48:28 PM | message detail | #420 |
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SOUL! SOUL IS RAPPING! SOUL! SOUL IS RAPING AGAIN! --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| ShatteredElysium | Posted 1/4/2007 12:49:47 PM | message detail | #421 |
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SOUL IS RAPING AGAIN! That's something interesting that I didn't know about Soul >.> |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 12:50:15 PM | message detail | #422 |
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XD >_> --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| swirIdude | Posted 1/4/2007 12:51:17 PM | message detail | #423 |
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Yeah, removing votes based on arbitrary criteria is bad enough. But
further, posting the match on this board as "FF7 vs ____" and then
being unhappy when people click on the topic and vote? I'm not sure what you mean, and I probably don't want to. --- ENTER THE KAIBA CAVE! Rufus Shinra owns me like my Wii. |
| ff6man | Posted 1/4/2007 12:51:20 PM | message detail | #424 |
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<3 That winning streak made it on there. --- RUFUS SHINRA 777 = Winner at life! ff6man = Phailure at guru contest. :( |
| swirIdude | Posted 1/4/2007 12:51:39 PM | message detail | #425 |
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and tranny is right about #10 not being #1 >.> --- ENTER THE KAIBA CAVE! Rufus Shinra owns me like my Wii. |
| neonreaper | Posted 1/4/2007 12:58:08 PM | message detail | #426 |
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I'm not sure what you mean, and I probably don't want to. Votes were removed from FF7 match, were they not? --- Stonehenge, where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well |
| swirIdude | Posted 1/4/2007 1:07:10 PM | message detail | #427 |
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FFT match. And it's always fairer to have a rule for removing votes than just going "oh, I don't recognize this name, your vote doesn't count." Especially when during the tournament, we received higher votals, some of which coming from regular Board 8 lurkers that I would have just thrown out as part of the rally efforts. --- ENTER THE KAIBA CAVE! Rufus Shinra owns me like my Wii. |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 1:11:30 PM | message detail | #428 |
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As a thanks to Bellis for his efforts, I have decided to critique his review (some thanks >_>). -First off, the intro is a little boring, anyone who has heard of the game pretty much knows this, next time you should try and find a way to say something different, something that will grab the readers attention. -For gameplay, there is pretty much no way more boring to go about describing the gameplay than to go about it button by button. Instant turn-off. About the only time I think it's not completely boring to go about what the controls are, is if you are describing some of the special Wii actions (which you did, in that case, I thought the descriptions were good), or if the controls do something very different from the norm of its genre. For example, if I write a Gears review, I may quickly mention how well it works to have the reload button on the right shoulder.button, instead of sticking with the standard Halo X for reload that most FPS have stuck with. -When you aren't going about the controls button by button, I think you do a good job, like talking about the Wii controls being overly sensitive at times. -However, the review also doesn't flow particularly well. You start the gameplay off by doing the button by button thing, then you have a paragraph about some control problems, then you go right back to button to button. I don't know, it felt weird to me. -Once again, I started liking the review a lot more once I got past the button to button stuff. However, you could have gone into more detail on some occasions. I would've liked an example of one of the obnoxious "puzzle" boss fights for example. -One of the problems with going by Ceej's little review scheme, is that it doesn't work well for various games. If I were you I wouldn't have wasted as much time on the irrelevent story section. -The graphics/sound is pretty good. Although IMO you should pay a little more attention to graphics and less to sound. -Overall, it's a lot better than most of the crap GameFAQs reviews, it's well written, and I feel like you did a good job backing up your position on the game. I just think you should work on making the read itself a bit more interesting somehow, and on making it flow better. You really should consider doing essay style reviews. They give you a lot more freedom, and you won't always feel compelled to waste too much space on story or sound. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 1:17:26 PM | message detail | #429 |
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And after looking at some screens, those graphics are really horrible
O_O. They are more like launch PS2 games even than launch GC games. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 1:22:24 PM | message detail | #430 |
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Oh wow, that was unexpected! Thanks for the feedback. =) Yeah, it's the first review I wrote and nobody had anything to say at the Peer Critique board (well, only one person said anything at all). I guess you're right about the format not really working for everything. I suppose I wrote the review from the perspective of a college essay, trying to explain everything and making sure everything I said was backed up. Next review I write I'll try to take that into account. Valuable feedback, thanks! --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| Dilated Chemist | Posted 1/4/2007 1:23:37 PM | message detail | #431 |
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I would so own Ed in a rap battle. --- DC |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 1/4/2007 1:26:43 PM | message detail | #432 |
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Quiet, noob. --- - "Ha, the gaming industry, PS3 included, just got Wii'd." - Wanglicious |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 1:26:48 PM | message detail | #433 |
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I would so own Ed in a rap battle. That's just because your name is difficult to rhyme. And even then, I doubt it !! --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 1:29:26 PM | message detail | #434 |
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Out of curiosity Bellster, how many hits you getting on that review a
day? It has to be a pretty fair amount, being the only review for the
game, a relatively popular one at that. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 1:30:24 PM | message detail | #435 |
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A little over a hundred a day, honestly. Is that normal? --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| ShatteredElysium | Posted 1/4/2007 1:31:18 PM | message detail | #436 |
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I would so own Ed in a rap battle. Screw that, didn't you read Ed's post? That clear Freundian slip is where the future is at. We'll have none of this sissy rap battle nonsense, we want a rape battle. The person with the most rapes before being sent down wins. Bonus points for hawtness, body disposal technique and time elapsed between rapes. |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 1:32:40 PM | message detail | #437 |
| Thats a lot. I haven't written a review for a game
just as it came out before. The most hits I get is 2-3 from my negative
Mega Man 2 review. And about the same from my negative Actraiser review. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 1:34:10 PM | message detail | #438 |
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Yeah, I really wanted to get it up, since I figured a lot of people
would read it while deliberating about the game and that I could help
them decide. --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| Icehawk | Posted 1/4/2007 1:35:09 PM | message detail | #439 |
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You know what else you should get up? Your peni.... more users >_>. --- hay guyz iv ben havng tuff times lately so be niec to me lol : ) |
| neonreaper | Posted 1/4/2007 1:54:03 PM | message detail | #440 |
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And it's always fairer to have a rule for removing votes than just
going "oh, I don't recognize this name, your vote doesn't count."
Especially when during the tournament, we received higher votals, some
of which coming from regular Board 8 lurkers that I would have just
thrown out as part of the rally efforts. Yeah. Don't put it up as a match for the public if you don't want it to be a public match. My vote was thrown out and I had actually participated from time to time in the NCAA contest. It was a sad ending for what could've been an awesome project otherwise. --- Stonehenge, where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 1:59:38 PM | message detail | #441 |
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OH IT'S UP ALRIGHT OH WATE --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| neonreaper | Posted 1/4/2007 2:00:16 PM | message detail | #442 |
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Mega Man 2 is soooo good --- Stonehenge, where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 1/4/2007 2:01:57 PM | message detail | #443 |
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In before massive XD Sine. --- Rufus Shinra won the Guru Contest. I didn't. Rufus > Kleenex. Now playing: Final Fantasy XII, Portrait of Ruin, Final Fantasy V Advance |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 2:02:12 PM | message detail | #444 |
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oh sine --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| pikaness | Posted 1/4/2007 2:02:18 PM | message detail | #445 |
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XD Sine --- My name is Pikaness...and I love to fight. FAHtastic makes me touch myself at night |
| MyworldisSmurf | Posted 1/4/2007 2:08:12 PM | message detail | #446 |
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XD Sine --- Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism. Wii Code - 2163 7956 7898 5795 (Ask to be added) |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 1/4/2007 2:15:49 PM | message detail | #447 |
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From: neonreaper | Posted: 1/4/2007 9:35:58 AM | Message Detail The ending of the NCAA ruined the effort, in my eyes. Very, very true. Having my vote tossed simply because I hadn't voted in the previous matches, because I was in class? Horrible ending to an otherwise solid project. Though they said there was a method to their madness, throwing on regular posters votes made no sense whatsoever in my eyes. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 2:18:29 PM | message detail | #448 |
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20. Tom Bombadil Best Evangelion fanboy on the board. We've reached the top 20, and we're reaching the tops of every "class" on the board, one of which is the "average" user class. These are users who don't go out of their way to do bizarre, attention-seeking things or projects, users who always rate just below the upper echelons of popularity. Tombolo is one of the best of these users. Always entertaining to read, Tom was infamous this year (and last) for his rants about Evangelion and his ability to start up numerous creative user contests, only to let them fall by the wayside. He's one of those users that seems to be everywhere at once, and he always has the ability to say something witty and/or engaging. In terms of being a great casual user, Tombolo was one of the best. --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
| wavedash101 | Posted 1/4/2007 2:26:52 PM | message detail | #449 |
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>>>>>>>>>>XD Sine --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 1/4/2007 2:26:52 PM | message detail | #450 |
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I like how every time I post a new writeup there's this pause. Then I bump it and like five people post. Let's see if that holds true !! --- This was Ed Bellis. Rufus Shinra 18 took a shotgun to my bracket. Congrats, Guru champ! |
