I wanna know why voltch ain't on there..

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xyzzy

Voltch won right, so where is he?
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18 have challenged Nintendo in the handheld battle, 18 have failed. (see quote for list)

Whoo-hoo! $150 for me, and I nailed the tiebreaker exactly!

...Can I view my entry?
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

'grats!

no viewing your entry, nope.


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xyzzy

Congrats to prize-winners and voltch (where all signs point to him bein' screwed).
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Crap, I wanna know where my points came from 'cause I can't remember what my final entry was.

...I think my final entry had Kingdom Hearts on it, too. If it did, that means I could've won if I had put something closer like San Andreas (which I considered).
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

...Maybe voltch changed his entry or something?
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Well, at least my tiebreaker was close. I mean, that poll right after the game contest was a dead giveaway that about a quarter of the site would have FF7 on top.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

Maybe, but he won the Guru contest, and transience and BadBFG both got mentions. I know voltch was ineligible, but his tie-breaker of 24 (I think?) beats Bad's 9.


He he he, my tie-breaker was 32. Shame on me, but it still got closer than some of the other guesses on there, so I don't feel so bad.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Heh, that's exactly what I used for my tiebreaker and got it right on the money.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I looked at the 28% of that poll and figured a lil' extra would come its way due to FF:AC.

Bah.
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Serious Reminder: Nominate Jay Solano for 2k6.
Why? Good question...just do it and nobody gets hurt.

Just checked my e-mail, and I've already received the gift certificate.

Go Ceej.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

yeah, I underestimated the tiebreaker. made me lose the Guru contest, but it wouldn't have mattered as far as prizes go.

I'm guessing maybe voltch didn't turn an entry in because he's not eligible? who knows with him.

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xyzzy

http://idontbelieveit.ytmnd.com/

PLAY THAT FUNKY TECHNO BEAT.

And Ceej did his damdest to hide the best entries from us.

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Explicit Content Now With 100% Less Anal Sauce
Cheer up Emo Kids.

I had to wait four months. -__-
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

yeah, I knew from my email before I saw the actual page. still, I'll trade you four months for the 200 extra dollars or whatever you won.

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xyzzy

...huh? Yoblazer's still alive? What about that topic with the FF7 spoiler in the title?
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

He won three nights in Mexico with me.

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Explicit Content Now With 100% Less Anal Sauce
Cheer up Emo Kids.

...huh? Yoblazer's still alive? What about that topic with the FF7 spoiler in the title?

Just a Notification. =)

He won three nights in Mexico with me.

And I'll never be able to thank Ceej enough.
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Board 8: Where people treat each other right.

Man, if only I could get prizes... I was second in the non-eligable ones. Woo!

Woooooooooooo!

I've been all not crap these past few contests. It's been a nice change.
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MARIO WINS SUMMER 2005 TOURNAMENT.
Jman_gamerX8, Lord of all Gurus. Well done!

Ceej has been on the ball lately. He even has F/ROTM winners up for October already.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Congrats to voltch!

Update those sigs, Gurus!

And is this "solar_shadow" really OUR "solarshadow"? Because I googled him, and it would appear to be a different person... Guess we can't be sure though.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:WnI3QGAoKtoJ:www.g-masters.com/forum/index.php%3FPHPSESSID%3D0a96ce93bf69b7002439b3918b9ed276%26topic%3D11892.msg86548+%22solar_shadow%22&hl=en

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the-elite.net congratulates voltch, "Top Ten" Guru Champion!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

Also, thought for sure someone would have done this, but haven't seen it yet, sooooo...


Great Game Contest Xstats (adjusted) VS Top Ten Results

1 Final Fantasy VII 1 0
2 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2 0
3 Chrono Trigger 3 0
4 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 4 0
5 Super Mario Bros. 3 5 0
6 Final Fantasy III (VI) 10 -4
7 Super Smash Bros. Melee 6 1
8 Starcraft 18 -10
9 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 45 -36
10 Halo: Combat Evolved 9 1
11 The Legend of Zelda 30 -19
12 Final Fantasy X 12 0
13 Super Mario 64 13 0
14 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 35 -21
15 Kingdom Hearts 16 -1
16 Super Metroid 24 -8
17 Soul Calibur 51 -34
18 Super Mario World 23 -5
19 Metroid Prime 29 -10
20 Metal Gear Solid 2 41 -21
21 Final Fantasy 76 -55
22 Half-Life 31 -9
23 Metal Gear Solid 8 15
24 Final Fantasy Tactics 19 5
25 Metroid 65 -40
26 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 36 -10
27 Super Mario RPG 26 1
28 Goldeneye 7 21
29 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 89 -60
30 Street Fighter II 47 -17
31 Doom 33 -2
32 Mortal Kombat 58 -26
33 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 15 18
34 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 38 -4
35 Xenogears 32 3
36 Contra 63 -27
37 Perfect Dark 44 -7
38 Skies of Arcadia 68 -30
39 Tetris 34 5
40 Shenmue 69 -29
41 Earthbound 37 4
42 Pac-Man 66 -24
43 Secret of Mana 52 -9
44 Resident Evil 53 -9
45 Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 59 -14
46 Fire Emblem 54 -8
47 Donkey Kong 101 -54
48 Duck Hunt 101 -53
49 Phantasy Star 101 -52
50 Suikoden II 57 -7
51 Metal Gear 101 -50
52 Dance Dance Revolution 101 -49
53 The Simpsons 101 -48
54 Fallout 2 73 -19
55 Phantasy Star IV 93 -38
56 NiGHTS into dreams... 97 -41
57 Pong 101 -44
58 Panzer Dragoon Saga 101 -43
59 Galaga 101 -42
60 Pitfall 101 -41
61 Shining Force 98 -37
62 Gunstar Heroes 88 -26
63 River City Ransom 101 -38
64 Adventure 101 -37


Those not making the final listing were given credit for 101st place; much more than they deserve in most cases, but oh well.

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the-elite.net congratulates voltch, "Top Ten" Guru Champion!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

The Losers (Bottom 20)

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance -60
Final Fantasy -55
Donkey Kong -54
Duck Hunt -53
Phantasy Star -52
Metal Gear -50
Dance Dance Revolution -49
The Simpsons -48
Pong -44
Panzer Dragoon Saga -43
Galaga -42
NiGHTS into dreams... -41
Pitfall -41
Metroid -40
Phantasy Star IV -38
River City Ransom -38
Shining Force -37
Adventure -37
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker -36
Soul Calibur -34


Not difficult to spot the trend here... There are a ton of games from older/lesser known system who by no means should have been involved in a Greatest Game Contest, if the concern had been to actually put the strongest 64 games on the table and let them have at it.

The other major trend is many games were carried along solely by the built-in fanbase their title creates. Metroid, Final Fantasy, and FFTA are fine examples, but the very best would have to be Wind Waker, as it's certainly the most shocking member of the Losers.

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the-elite.net congratulates voltch, "Top Ten" Guru Champion!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

The Winners

Goldeneye 21
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 18
Metal Gear Solid 15
Final Fantasy Tactics 5
Tetris 5
Earthbound 4
Xenogears 3
Super Smash Bros. Melee 1
Halo: Combat Evolved 1
Super Mario RPG 1


Everything else either stayed put or dropped spots.

Huzzah for GE! Once again, the trend here is pretty clear... The Winning games were those with either a dedicated "cult" following (SOTN, FFT, Earthbound, Xenogears) or those with a large/established following, but one that is very, very dedicated. *cough*the-elite.net*cough* GE, MGS, Melee, Halo, and Mario RPG all fit this bill rather nicely. And I'm chalking the Tetris move up to nostalgia, which could also explain in part the big swing for GE.

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the-elite.net congratulates voltch, "Top Ten" Guru Champion!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

Speaking of dedicated fanbases, I should probably mention that if you compare Pokemon's performance against Xenogears against how Pokemon Red did in this Contest, it becomes the 3rd largest swing we saw (+17 positions). Now, that's not exactly apples to apples, since it was technically Pokemon Gold being represented in the Spring, but thought I'd throw it out there just for completeness sake.

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the-elite.net congratulates voltch, "Top Ten" Guru Champion!
Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/

Nice job, Leonheart and transcience! ...okay, Leonhart and transience.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...voltch wins."

The Winners

Goldeneye 21
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 18
Metal Gear Solid 15
Final Fantasy Tactics 5


I hope I'm not the only one who noticed these four games getting the biggest rise.
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

so the entry i take the least time on is the one i the one i do the best on?
i seriously never thought i'd win the guru on this one.
but man how badly did everyone get thrashed by maplejet
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

so, did you just not submit an entry?

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xyzzy

i did do the entry but the only thing is i changed a little bit at last minute.so maybe i might have forgotten to press update entry. that would be the only reason i can think of so far.
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Nominate CATS,Jay Solano,Weedle and Ifnkovhgroghprm for sc2k6

Goldeneye 21
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 18

<3 The Plan
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I know you love me... I wanna wad you up into my life...

The site-wide update is now up to and including Magus's page. I saw that Mario was next and decided to go and play some more DW instead.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Ulti... passing up on an opportunity to blast the living hell out of two thirds of the board?

*sees Satan passing by on skis*
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

Explain.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

lol Mario/Samus <_<

I'm really eager to read the Mario update, if only because of the upbeat contrast it will provide to the existing one. ^_^

Man, reading those updated bios only reminds me of how awesome Knuckles over Magus was.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I'm so happy Knuckles was the one who got to truly expose Magus.


Got a question...Magus or DK? Yeah, DK looks higher in the x-stats, but also keep in mind two things:

1) Magus did better against Sam Fisher than DK did (though, to be fair, DK faced him after he got two more games).
2) DK could be over-rated in the stats thanks to Master Chief, unless you believe Halo 2, SC:CT, the assumed Nintendo boost, and an unexplainable jump from the Villain Contest to two-three months after for a joke character all had the same effect proportion-wise.
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Kudos to voltch, who single-handedly clicked the appropriate games better than us phony gurus.
Voltch: the Red to your loaned account.

DK could be a tad stronger than Magus indirectly, and I'd still pick Magus to win that match. Somehow, some way, I'd expect him to choke in resounding fashion.

The question is...who'd have the worse day vote?
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

Unless Nintendo has another great (and I mean great) year, I'd take Magus. DK will **** it up.
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The October 2005 Guru Contest: Where voltch kicked my ass.

The contest scene's premier choke artist vs. the most overestimated entrant ever?

Hmm. I'd be tempted to pick DK, if only because it's the perfectly doable pick no one will take.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

I'd take Magus purely because I think DK is a bigger choke than he is.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Fun with numbers: Gordon's page has the most total hits of any bio, and by a wide margin.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Interesting. I usually go to those pages to listen to the music, heh. I've probably got a lot of those visits to Snake's, Sonic's, Squall's, Knuckles's, Ryu's, and Tidus's pages.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I do the same, though our tastes differ. I like listening to Magus, Dante, and Samus.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Kratos will also be getting a ton of air time once I get around to his page.

Oh yeah, and Master Chief's page arguably has the best music of them all.

~*ST*~
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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Madden 94, Dragon Warrior

Dante's music hurts my ears. Magus's page never works for me.
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Yuna: "Stay with me until the end. Please."
Tidus: "Not until the end. Always."

I take it you'll be using the battle theme for Kratos, and not his regular one?

Oh, and you can see how many hits each page has? I'd like to see hard numbers, for one.
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Q: Why was Chris Benoit kicked out of the gas station?
A: Because he was carrying matches.

Will it be Beat The Angel or End of a Thought?
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Just Got Owned By Guru winner Jman_gamerX8.