Super Mario 64 won't be 11th. Take that to the bank.

Maybe not, but right now I have high hopes for a low-ranking prize or at least get listed on a Top Fifty list if there's one to be shown...that and me still being a lil' surprised SM64 didn't make it, and that's all the justification I'll bother to make for it (though it very well might not be).....
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Super Mario World will be 11th. Take that to Fort Knox.
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So, if someone says "Who are The Patriots?" people will be able to answer "Oakland"? ~paperwarrior
Jman_gamerX8 + me + Guru Contest = PWNED!

And lock it in the basement, cuz it's ugly as hell.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

The point values here were calculated by multiplying a game's average score by its number of reviews. This is the fairest way to determine the best-reviewed game.

Uh, what? That's just the total number of points given to the game. In other words, getting a 1/10 from somebody increases the game's score using that system.
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Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow for sc2k6!

Ya. Under that system, Big Rigs only needs about 720 more reviews before it beats FFVII.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

11-20?

11. FFX
12. GTA:SA
13. SMW
14. Metroid Prime
15. Halo 2
16. Super Metroid
17. FFVIII
18. KH
19. Tetris
20. LoZ: WW
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I know you love me... I wanna wad you up into my life...

...Wow, forgot SM64 >_>

Put it between SM and FFVIII.
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I know you love me... I wanna wad you up into my life...

Anybody suddenly doubting FF7 getting #1?



Me neither.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
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me!

let me go grab the predictions.

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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

Ocarina of Time - 55
Final Fantasy VII - 14
Super Mario 64 - 5
Starcraft - 5
Final Fantasy X - 2
RE4 - 1
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - 1

the closer 3am comes, though, the more confident I am in FF7.

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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

Heh, your next topic's gonna be a funny one, I already know it. Hell, FF7/LoZ:OoT might not even get to be the favorite tomorrow.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

LttP was too high, FF6 was too low, and CJay's "FF7 all the way!" poll feels somehow... sneaky to me.

I think Ocarina just might be able to pull this off.

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the-elite.net congratulates Jman, Guru Contest Champ!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

hehe, I'm just gonna have people post their favourite game. I've already thrown out a ton of big rigs/zero wing/barney's hide and seek votes as is.

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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

NGamer: those three things are exactly what's been running through my mind all day.

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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

It's OoT.
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If LttP had been #3 over Chrono Trigger, I might have expected an OoT upset....
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MM are my INITIALS "There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those that read binary and those that don't."

Sanity remains, apparently.

Not that I have a preference between FF7 and LoZ:OoT.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Now's your chance to lay your claim to Guru history... by correctly predicting the entire Top 25 of Fall 2005.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=24393304

Only the hardcore need apply.

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the-elite.net congratulates Jman, Guru Contest Champ!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

*applied*

LoZ:OoT is whipping ass with the top two options right now. Unless the day-vote treats it bad, it ought to fair well the rest of the poll too.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
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for me it would suck if i came into a low ranking prize position as i'm not eligible for contest prizes sice i live in UK.
i just wanna be somewhere in the top though
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

I almost wish this poll had gotten the Halo treatment, where one of the options would have been "Yes, and its sequel"...that could have been interesting to see about LoZ:MM.

Gone to bed, g-nite.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
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Oooh, OoT. The moment SMB3 was revealed as #5, the rest became unsurprising.

YOU CANNOT OPPOSE FATE.

By the way, this ought to be the first time I ever see a top 10 fighting game list without SSBM in it. I'm surprised.
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Showing me cleavage is like dangling a juicy steak in front of a large dog that hasn't eaten in a month while you tell it to stay put. -BlAcK TuRtLe

Uh, what? That's just the total number of points given to the game. In other words, getting a 1/10 from somebody increases the game's score using that system.

Uhh, yeah, I knew that. It was just quicker to calculate it that way than add up all the review scores.

1/10 games need a ridiculous amount of reviews to have their scores increased (read: about 400 more for Big Rigs before it makes the list, which of course will never happen.)

Besides, there aren't any Big Rigs-esque games on the list, so it's a moot point to begin with.
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"Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle."
-Toad in Super Mario Bros.

Played - owned = emulated? Nowhere near that many. How many here have played Halo on a friend's Xbox? Lots I'd imagine. Same with any game really.
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Jon Thomson - inferior to Jman_gamerX8. Pesky Crono.

Halo, sure, I'll take that. But Chrono Trigger?
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Showing me cleavage is like dangling a juicy steak in front of a large dog that hasn't eaten in a month while you tell it to stay put. -BlAcK TuRtLe

Yeah; I imagine the people who say "Hey, what are you doin' tonight? Nothing? Me neither, so come down here and we'll play some Chrono Trigger" are vastly outnumbered by the likes of Halo.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

To play Chrono Trigger on an emulator would be a travesty. Not that forking over $40 on eBay wasn't a travesty as well, mind you, but at least I felt like a respectable gamer.
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There's always someone better.

LttP was too high

I'm still puzzled why people think this. It was the 4th strongest game in the Spring Contest. Makes sense that it'd be the #4 game on the list.
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"What's going to happen to this Planet?"
"Who knows...That's up to you, I guess."

For the same reason SSBM is "too low".

Personal preferences got in the way.
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Showing me cleavage is like dangling a juicy steak in front of a large dog that hasn't eaten in a month while you tell it to stay put. -BlAcK TuRtLe

Uhh, yeah, I knew that. It was just quicker to calculate it that way than add up all the review scores.

1/10 games need a ridiculous amount of reviews to have their scores increased (read: about 400 more for Big Rigs before it makes the list, which of course will never happen.)

Besides, there aren't any Big Rigs-esque games on the list, so it's a moot point to begin with.

A better point might be that newer games have an advantage, since they're more likely to get reviews.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

Yeah; I imagine the people who say "Hey, what are you doin' tonight? Nothing? Me neither, so come down here and we'll play some Chrono Trigger"

I think it's rather more likely that those people used to own Chrono Trigger, and sold it. Most people sell their old game systems, why else would there be so many copies of CT on eBay?

There's also renting. I rented CT when it was out, and so did many of my friends. I never owned it though, and neither did they.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

eBay, I'll give ya, but I don't think it'd been more rented than Halo was.
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At noon GameFAQs-time:
Yes, both the original and Master Quest 27.78% 10093
Yes, just the original N64 version 38.67% 14050
Yes, just the GameCube remake 5.42% 1969
No, but I have played it before 15.2% 5522
No, and I've never even played it 12.93% 4699
TOTAL VOTES 36333
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Assuming a top 100 list is revealed, do you expect it to be released tomorrow with FF7 or the day after?

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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=23866059&page=0

some people seem to be theorizing that it'll be done five at a time, but I can't imagine them putting that much effort into it.

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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

If there is a top 100 list released, it will probably be released all at once at the same time as the contest winners are. It wouldn't make sense to release the top 100 list five at a time or anything like that. Hyping them up after already revealing the top 10 would be kind of silly. I still don't think we'll get a top 100 list since this is GameFAQs 10th anniversary and the obvious theme is the number 10.
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''A single arrow, right between the eyes? Who else could make a shot like that? No one, that's who!'' Shinon, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Releasing the top 100, 5 games at a time is completely asanine.

I just hope that it's revealed BEFORE the winners are, so I can build up excitement for myself of whether or not I have a chance at a low prize. COME ON TETRIS AT 11.


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Explicit Content, Thrusting Harder Than Ever
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=23866059&page=0

Well at least the top 50 would be nice.
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GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~

Yeah, it's not a theory to take seriously at all, though it'd still be nice to see the rest released five at a time. Ass-backwards, but nice.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Actually, it'd be rather stupid as it'd just postpone the winner because he couldn't just post the scores when the list has yet to be revealed. He should just do it all at once or not at all. There is little to no drama involved in the order past 11-20, quite frankly.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I think FF7 should go ahead and have its day to shine tomorrow, and then see the rest 5-10 at a time. Even without drama, it could still be enjoyable.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Tetris will be closer to 111. Smooch your entry real hard, because you're screwed.

So, recapping this whole thing... the three filler games were one half the board expected, a small surprise and one no one saw coming, and I didn't have any of the three. Furthermore, the top 6 places were monopolized by six members of the Super Seven, the last one ranking at a lowly 10th place. What happened here? I personally think this is slight evidence that there will be quite a bit of franchise voting in any one-on-one match involving Final Fantasy. That's the sort of thing people were more expecting from Zelda, given the board's underexpectations towards LttP. The fact is, although FF6 gave LttP a heck of a run in the spring contest, when it came to voting for anything among every game ever made, people remembered LttP. They didn't remember FF6.
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Showing me cleavage is like dangling a juicy steak in front of a large dog that hasn't eaten in a month while you tell it to stay put. -BlAcK TuRtLe

As I said, past 20, it's a big waste of time and just postpones finding out who the winner is.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Oh, and besides, didn't CJay mention something about continuing to see lists until November twenty-something? Maybe it was in the rules before the contest, but I'm not sure that CJay's posts are over.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

I think you're reading too much into FF6 being #10. it's still voted the tenth best game ever, which is pretty high.
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xyzzy
"MERE TYPOS WILL NOT STOP ME." -ertyu001

He said different kinds of contest celebrating the anniversary. I doubt he meant the rest of the top 100 games. Nobody outside of this board is really going to get hyped up about the rest being revealed 5 at a time.

Maybe if we had started from 100 and counted backwards, but not when we already know the top 10.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I didn't remember the exact quote...if it's other kinds of contests though, they better start quick if the next one ends on, say, the 29th (and I doubt it'd be mch of a contest, too).
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

I don't expect them to be lengthy contests. Probably more like this one, maybe shorter and not for prizes.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

He said we'd get the opportunity to make other kinds of Top 10 lists. I assume he's talking about the Top 10 lists that have graced the front page each day.
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pi

Yeah, but is he going to just post lists with nothing else at the top of the page now? If he's goin' to, he ought as well post some other games that made the list, too...

...and as for the score issue, go ahead and give us our scores after FF7 is announced. I would think that having five different games at the top of the page would still help garner interest and hits for GameFAQs, which only helps GameFAQs.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.