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| - So hey, remember this match? A lot can change in four years. Aeris not only doubled Sora, but in all likelihood she SFFd him into the ground during that match. That's a lot of ground to make up, even though Sora had trended way up since 2003 and Aeris way down. Sora upset Ryu Hayabusa in 2004, survived Alucard before getting SFFd by Snake in 2005, broke 45% on Mega Man in 2006 and scored a very good percentage in the first round of this contest. Aeris meanwhile wasn't even being nominated for contests and only had the 2003 match and 43% on Zelda in 2006 to hang her hat on. 1 on 1, Aeris might actually still be able to beat Sora. Because 1 on 1, not many things can beat Final Fantasy 7. Add Squall into the poll however and it becomes exceedingly obvious Aeris is in trouble. Who is Squall going to SFF more, Aeris or Sora? Come match time, the whole debate ended in seconds. Sora led by near 100 at the freeze, and basically dominated from there to bury Aeris. Even more impressive is what Sora did to Squall during the ASV. Squall's peak lead this match was 5100 votes, but he only won by 4343. Cutting 650 off the first place lead like that when the match is long over is no joke. Sora obviously wasn't going to survive next round against the Squall/Sonic combo, but he was still very impressive this year. I suppose I should say something about Lara Croft here, and to be fair her being that close to Aeris shows just how badly Aeris did in this match.
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