OM NOM NOM NOM NOMinate SBAllen | Posted 8/8/2008 2:45:47 PM | message detail Character Battle nomination form is live! http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html Also just so you know, we'll be doing our next contest early in the year next year. I won't spoil it, but I'll say that it will be really handy if you fill out the My Games section and rank the games. ;) --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Character Battle VII Nominations You may nominate up to 15 of what you consider to be the best video game characters of all time. To nominate a character, simply enter the name and game below in the appropriate box. Please note the following ground rules: * Characters must be original creations for a video game, and not originally appearing in other sources. This excludes licensed characters (Spider-Man, Naruto) and real people (Tony Hawk, John Madden). * Using multiple accounts to nominate more than 15 characters or the same character multiple times will invalidate all of your nominations. * You should enter the character's full name (if it is known), and the first game the named character appeared in. If you don't exactly match our list of known characters, you'll be prompted to select an exact match, or confirm that you're entering a new character. If you enter an wildly incorrectly spelled character name, it is likely that the system will not recognize your entry. --- Entry Form Turn On. SBAllen | Posted 8/21/2008 1:55:37 PM | message detail It's you!! http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/cb7.html --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Character Battle VII Entry Form SBAllen | Posted 8/21/2008 1:57:38 PM | message detail The characters have all been voted on and the entry form is up. http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/cb7.html Have fun, and good luck all! --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Fall 2008: The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII Seventh verse, same as the sixth. 128 characters. 4 characters battle, 2 move on. The users of GameFAQs have nominated 128 video game characters and it's time to let them battle it out. Starting September 16th, the 128-character winner-take-all tournament will begin. Using the Poll of the Day to decide, the most popular character will take the this year's title. Year number seven of the Character Battle is an all-out melee: Each day of the poll, four characters will battle it out, and the top two characters will move on. There's no championship round, no characters are held back, and there's no (visible) seeding. Your mission is simple: Choose which two characters will survive each day's battle, in order. Fill out your best guess at how the final brackets will turn out, and win a prize. Don't forget: This is not a contest to see which character is your favorite, or even which one is the most powerful. It's all a big popularity contest, and visitors who have never visited GameFAQs before will be sure to stop in and vote. For each of the 63 battles, pick the first and second place characters who will move on from each day's poll in order of finish. For the first round of 32 polls, picking each one of the correct characters to move on from day's poll will score two points each for the correct order, and one point for the wrong order (i.e. picking the first place character to finish second or vice versa). For each successive round, picking the winners will earn double the points of the round before (Round 2: 4/2 points, Division Final: 8/4 points, Quarter-Finals: 16/8 points, Semi-final: 32/16 points, Final: 64/32 points). The sum of all points earned is your final score. A valid GameFAQs account is required to create a bracket, and in order to be eligible for the prizes, you must provide your real name and address. Once you fill out your bracket initially, you can make as many changes as you like, but you can only enter for prizes once per household or Internet connection, so if you share board accounts with others, make sure only one of you enters a prizes-eligible bracket. Due to legal restrictions, only residents of the US and Canada may enter the contest for prizes, but anyone with an account may enter a bracket (or more than one) for fun and bragging rights. You may enter as many times with a "Fun Entry" as you like, but only one "Contest Entry" will be permitted. Remember: This is a popularity contest, and nothing more. While we do make every effort to stop individuals from voting numerous times without restricting anyone from voting that wants to legitimately, outside forces can and will attempt to push the vote for their favorite. As in the past, we reserve the right intervene in the daily tally when there is a clear evidence of mass voting fraud, and we will also take action against any users (especially contest entrants) who attempt to vote multiple times. Take all of the above into the account when filling out your bracket! This year's prizes: * First Place: $500 online gift certificate * Second and Third Place: $250 online gift certificate * Fourth and Fifth Place: $100 online gift certificate * Sixth-Tenth Places: $50 online gift certificate If you're up to the task, enter your bracket today. --- Character Battle VII: Contest Entry Remember, you are picking specifically who finishes first and second in each battle, and the order counts! Also, if you don't recognize someone, hover your mouse over their name to see a brief description. --- Ask GameFAQs: More medals than any other website in history! SBAllen | Posted 8/22/2008 6:44:01 PM | message detail It's been a pretty good week here at GameFAQs. We've got the contest up and running for starters. The bracket is pretty interesting this year and I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out this time. I don't expect another off-the-wall upset like last year, but then again I certainly didn't expect it last year either. Only time will tell if people will rally behind a "joke" character again this year. Also, Answers continues to perform just as well as I had hoped for. Even the older new features like My Games keep drawing more and more interest as I continue to revisit and revamp them. Keep sending in feedback for these new features to let me know what improvements you'd like to see. --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Now Accepting Contest Images SBAllen | Posted 9/4/2008 1:05:19 PM | message detail Form, rules, etc can all be found at the following link: http://www.gamefaqs.com/contribute/submit_contest_image.php Have fun! --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Ask GameFAQs: From Single-Celled Organisms to This?! SBAllen | Posted 9/5/2008 5:52:32 PM | message detail This week has been a bit more peaceful than last week. Most of the testing is finally done so I've been able to work much more normal hours. Luckily for me all of this is happening at a relatively slow time so it's not too difficult to manage. The contest start might be delayed a couple of days but that's about it. Of course with Spore coming out, I can't promise how regular my schedule will be, then. ;) --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Now Accepting FREEFORM Images for Round 3! SBAllen | Posted 10/31/2008 4:47:02 PM | message detail For round 3 we have decided to open up the image submission process to allow for any type of freeform submission, rather than sticking to the sprite format. The updated rules for image submissions are still found on the submission form. I'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of submissions people can come up with without the prior limitation. :) http://www.gamefaqs.com/contribute/submit_contest_image.php --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- new SBallin': GameFAQs to have avatars starting in January neonreaper | Posted 10/30/2008 1:15:30 PM | message detail april fools --- cool beans --- SBAllen | Posted 10/31/2008 3:48:01 PM | message detail You joke about it now..... --- Um, not to criticize science or anything, but wouldn't it be easier just to call it "the pink one"? --- Link returns to the throne! A big thank you to everyone who joined in this year's Character Battle!