Summer 2005 Contest
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 280
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| Sir Auron | Posted 4/1/2006 2:15:34 PM | message detail |
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I think Substance gave him a small boost. It released right around the same time as Subsistence did (March 03 to March 06). --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 2:30:25 PM | message detail |
| If the Top 100 List is any indication, MGS3 is better received that
MGS2, too. Subsistence is PS2-only though, right? That could make a
difference when compared to Substance being for the PS2 and Xbox..... --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Sir Auron | Posted 4/1/2006 2:33:53 PM | message detail |
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The Xbox version was not exactly a massive success in terms of it
sales. The Xbox was also not exactly the most liked system back then. But yeah, Subsistence is PS2 only, but it seems to be "bigger" overall with that whole ability to play online. I would not be expecting anything big from Snake because of it, but something like a 1% boost or something could just be enough to keep him from losing to anyone else below him. --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 2:53:14 PM | message detail |
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True, but at least it went out of his general fanbase. No, please don't retort with the Twin Snakes/2k4 contest. A 1% boost makes Solid Snake noticably competitive with Sonic again though. As-is, Sonic beats Solid with 52% if the stats are 100% lol-free (and they never are, of course, but it's close), so they'd be close anyway. Assuming Sonic doesn't have another boost this year though (he probably will), Solid could be a very reasonable pick in a Solid/Sonic match. It just depends, as always..... --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Sir Auron | Posted 4/1/2006 2:55:31 PM | message detail |
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Maybe I'm out of the loop, but why are some people talking about Sonic
boosting again? I really have a hard time believing Sonic Rush is going
to do anything ... --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 4/1/2006 3:09:49 PM | message detail |
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Because I just saw it on TV ... Cloud, Sephiroth, and Auron are all in the commercial for Kingdom Hearts II. They are so going to benefit from that. Heh. --- "Outside the dream world, life can be harsh -- even cruel, but it is life." -- Auron |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 3:10:59 PM | message detail |
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Sonic/Knuckles made a big jump last year for seemingly no reason, and
since then Sonic Rush was well-acclaimed and Shadow The Hedgehog has
come out on all three systems. Also, I suspect newer gamers that will
be coming because of the 360 will be more familiar with Sonic than most
of the other Noble Niners. I don't expect a big one, but I would take him over Mega Man this year (I got Mega Man > Sonic right last year, for the record -- it's not because I'm stubborn, heh). --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 3:13:12 PM | message detail |
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As a side-note, is anybody else surprised LUEshi is getting its ass handed to it in today's poll? --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 4/1/2006 3:21:49 PM | message detail |
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Eh, I don't see why any people coming in from the 360 are more familiar
with Sonic than any of the other Noble Nine characters. The 360 fanbase
should more or less be the same Xbox fanbase that it was before. Sonic Rush was received well from critics and fans, for the most part, but it sold only about 155,000 copies. I would not worry about that boosting anything unless you also like to look at the Game Boy Advance games as helping him out when they come. And Shadow the Hedgehog ... yeah. I want it to help them out, if only for the fact that the game was so poor that it managed to make people be thankful for what Sonic games they were getting and then vote for him ... or something like that. I would laugh anyway. --- "Outside the dream world, life can be harsh -- even cruel, but it is life." -- Auron |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 3:40:20 PM | message detail |
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I'm speaking of the new gamers it should bring. With each new
generation of systems, a new generation of gamers are bound to follow.
It's hardly begun, sure, but new gamers are going to get ahold of new
systems... ...Mario and Sonic are icons, of course. You cannot think four or more other Noble Niners are more well-known than Sonic, preferences aside, both in and out of GameFAQs. The general Xbox fans I know aren't big into RPGs (plus I wouldn't think new gamers start off on RPGs), so that would make Cloud, Sephiroth, and Crono -- especially Crono -- less likely to be known by new gamers than Sonic. Link and Zelda have always seen people confuse their names when they don't know the series well, and the Metroid series has always been a cliche series that's been behind the LoZ's and Mario's. Mega Man has seemingly died off -- not that games aren't still being made, but rather that old-school collections are his biggest claim to fame in a long while. Last, Solid Snake is one of the gaming icons of this era, I would say, but he's not been around as long or in as many games as Sonic, not to mention he's never been pushed as the mascot for a system (would it be fair if I said or even as the mascot of Konami?) like Sonic had. Even then, I'll simply leave that one open for debate if anybody wants to go for it. New gamers are going to recognize Sonic better than most Noble Niners. That doesn't mean prefer him to most, make that clear, but new gamers coming in this generation will be more familiar with Sonic than Cloud, Sephiroth, Samus, Crono, Mega Man, probably Link, and maybe Solid Snake. I stand by my point, though it may not help him. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Sir Auron | Posted 4/1/2006 3:52:49 PM | message detail |
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(would it be fair if I said or even as the mascot of Konami?) Who else comes to mind as the mascot of Konami other than Snake? I know when I think of Konami I immediately think of Metal Gear Solid and then Snake. As for the 360, the amount of new gamers would be very nice small, I would wager. New gamers do get brought in with each new generation, but I believe Sony more or less has it right when they say, "The next-generation starts when we launch." Microsoft's Xbox 360 is getting outsold each month by the PS2. I hardly think there are new gamers being brought in from the 360's launch right now. I think it is going to take more time. The 360 has not even gotten to the point where it is constantly being stocked yet. I think the 360 gamers are just as likely to know Sonic as they are Snake and Mario. Are Mario and Snake going to be expecting a boost from the fact that the 360 launched, bringing in supposedly new gamers? I really doubt it. I would not expect that launch to effect any of the characters who are already existing in the contest. If anything, it would have an effect something Xbox related as opposed to some characters who have had little to establish themselves as big parts of the Xbox era. --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 4:04:48 PM | message detail |
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I always think of Solid, yes, and I'm sure many do. I just don't
remember Konami ever pushing for a mascot like we've seen with
Mario/Sonic/Master Chief. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| NewLib | Posted 4/1/2006 4:39:12 PM | message detail |
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Difficulty matters to me. I dont ask for much, but I do ask to be
challenged at one ooint of the other. FFVI, I at least thought I was
going to die at certain points. One of the big reasons why I dont think OOT and TWW are great games is because the lack of any difficulty. |
| Lopen | Posted 4/1/2006 5:05:42 PM | message detail |
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As a side-note, is anybody else surprised LUEshi is getting its ass handed to it in today's poll? Um... no? Only the people on the social boards even know what the hell that means, and even less so (ie probably just mainly LUE) will actually vote for it. I'm surprised it's doing so well. --- Raiden is still [-29] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=25457391 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/1/2006 5:13:29 PM | message detail |
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I agree with that...but, at the same time, look at the other options. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/1/2006 5:16:39 PM | message detail |
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Not surprising to see LUEshi in last... There are alot of LUEsers out
there, and drawball has certainly increased his visibility, but there
are too many SFF options available. Ngage, Snakes, and O RLY have to be
stealing plenty of the LUE vote. --- "lol x-stats" - The Contest Simulator: http://thengamer.com/xstats Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ |
| Sir Auron | Posted 4/1/2006 6:04:26 PM | message detail |
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I'm with Lopen on the LUEshi matter. I was not even aware people knew
what it even meant outside of social boards, or just the boards in
general. When you have a bunch of other options that spread throughout
the Internet as a whole, it makes sense that it would do bad. --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| transience | Posted 4/1/2006 6:08:47 PM | message detail |
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I doubt anyone from LUE voted anything but LUEshi. it's like voting for LUE! if Gordon Freeman Never Wins was on the poll for us, just about everyone on here would vote for it. --- xyzzy |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 4/1/2006 8:26:08 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't take anybody to break the Noble Nine this year. For the
record, if I wouldn't take Squall to beat Snake, you shouldn't either.
I'll take him if he has any realistic chance to win. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Big Bob | Posted 4/1/2006 9:40:33 PM | message detail |
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Gordon Freeman > CATS I was just thinking...Kratos Aurion outdid Ridley's percentage on Diablo. Explanation? --- Currently Playing: Tetris DS, Metroid Prime Hunters WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PIGS? |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 4/1/2006 9:42:19 PM | message detail |
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Ridley sucks, and he's not really that important to Metroid if you don't do anything other than play the game. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Ramza, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| DivineKnight44 | Posted 4/1/2006 10:00:11 PM | message detail |
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It was Kratos Auron, not Kratos Aurion. That give Kratos extra percent.
If Ridley and Kratos fought, Ridley would win with 60% of the vote. --- ZELOOOOOOOOOO |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 4/2/2006 1:07:34 AM | message detail |
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Final votal: 94118 That's pretty insane. There probably aren't more than 2 or 3 non-contest polls that beat that. In fact it's higher than 22 of the Summer 2005 Contest matchs and 217 out of 349 contest matches. --- "Why did I become a lawyer in the first place...? Because someone has to look out for the people who have no one on their side." ~Phoenix Wright |
| Kaxon | Posted 4/2/2006 3:12:21 AM | message detail |
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It looks to me like vote totals in general have been up lately.
Although there's a lot of variance, vote totals over the last month
seem to be averaging around 70k... vote totals a year ago were
averaging right around 55k. If I'm right, that's exciting in terms of
what it could mean for the contest. I guess it would make sense fo the
site to be getting more traffic right now with the release of Oblivion,
KHII, and Suikoden V... I hope it doesn't die down before the contest. --- Nominate Aeris for SC2k6 http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=26571751 |
| transience | Posted 4/2/2006 3:15:09 AM | message detail |
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I wasn't here. What'd I miss? 16.47% 1472 hopefully I'm not reading too much into this, but this option's kinda interesting. it shows that one in six people that vote in polls don't come to the site every day. --- xyzzy |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 4/2/2006 6:35:15 AM | message detail |
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Ganon over Snake is attractive to me for some reason, and I love Snake. --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 "XiC is a little guy. I could probably throw him into a dartboard, headfirst, using one arm." - Ohfennsiv |
| voltch | Posted 4/2/2006 7:27:20 AM | message detail |
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anyone wana bet on how fast this topic will fill up when CjayC announces a new contest? --- Kilroy:Their fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft. BrentfordFC-championship here we come |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 4/2/2006 7:29:02 AM | message detail |
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500 in 10-45 minutes. Possibly less. --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 "XiC is a little guy. I could probably throw him into a dartboard, headfirst, using one arm." - Ohfennsiv |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/2/2006 8:23:49 AM | message detail |
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Meh, I'm having little faith in him announcing anything at all.. --- "People who play RPGs are depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games" - Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| Buy A Dreamcast | Posted 4/2/2006 9:03:33 AM | message detail |
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=6&topic=20298276 --- "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be." MasterMage119 |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 9:16:59 AM | message detail |
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...it really is amazing how many people say there's not going to be a
Spring Contest and yet last years was announced even later than it is
now. I'm expecting one later today actually... but if I don't see one I'm not losing hope. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| charmander6000 | Posted 4/2/2006 9:18:31 AM | message detail |
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If there's no anoucement this week then there will be no spring contest. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 9:19:47 AM | message detail |
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I'll agree to that. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Buy A Dreamcast | Posted 4/2/2006 9:20:52 AM | message detail |
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It'll be announce either tomorrow or Wednesday. Ceej likes to announce things on Mondays and Wednesdays. --- "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be." MasterMage119 |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 9:23:02 AM | message detail |
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It was a Thursday for the Spring Contest ! ! --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Buy A Dreamcast | Posted 4/2/2006 9:24:14 AM | message detail |
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It was a Thursday for the Spring Contest ! ! Yeah, that's pretty strange actually. I don't remember, did he announce it on the board the day before on MBA? --- "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be." MasterMage119 |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 9:28:01 AM | message detail |
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XD... are we seriously discussing this right now? --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Buy A Dreamcast | Posted 4/2/2006 9:29:03 AM | message detail |
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XD... are we seriously discussing this right now? <_< Yep. I think that Thursday probably get around 42% on Wednesday, but it definitely gets doubled by Monday. --- "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be." MasterMage119 |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 9:30:36 AM | message detail |
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Bull****. Monday would be lucky to get 60 on Thursday, you're delusional if you think it could double it with ease. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Who Cares? | Posted 4/2/2006 9:41:03 AM | message detail |
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| Who Cares? | Posted 4/2/2006 9:43:51 AM | message detail |
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If there's no anoucement this week then there will be no spring contest. My thoughts exactly. And wow, it was announced on the 7th last year...for some reason I remebered the 4th. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/2/2006 9:55:58 AM | message detail |
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Post #180 just completely had me thinking we were having another Villain Contest this year, heh. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 4/2/2006 10:52:46 AM | message detail |
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^Ditto --- Sign my petition! Topic ID: 22242738 "XiC is a little guy. I could probably throw him into a dartboard, headfirst, using one arm." - Ohfennsiv |
| Applause Sign | Posted 4/2/2006 2:40:55 PM | message detail |
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Me too actually... >_> I was seriously pissed. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/2/2006 8:11:16 PM | message detail |
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I'm honestly hoping for a female bracket. Any contest is better than nothing. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Kingdom Hearts 2, FF4A, Deus Ex, C&C |
| Sir Auron | Posted 4/2/2006 8:12:39 PM | message detail |
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I would take a female contest over nothing as well. But something just tells me we aren't going to be getting one. --- "This is my story -- and you're not apart of it." -- Auron |
| Buy A Dreamcast | Posted 4/2/2006 8:13:18 PM | message detail |
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I'm honestly hoping for a female bracket. Any contest is better than nothing. Ew. I hope he can think of something better than that. --- MasterMage119/Adept of Aiur |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/2/2006 8:14:16 PM | message detail |
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We all gave up last year and look what happened. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Kingdom Hearts 2, FF4A, Deus Ex, C&C |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/2/2006 8:17:42 PM | message detail |
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I'm running on good faith we're close to one. Don't know what, don't
know when nominations would be up...but I feel fine right now when I
think about a contest starting in May. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Janus5000 | Posted 4/2/2006 8:18:57 PM | message detail |
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Maybe it'll be a 128 character or 128 game contest that takes the place of both contests. --- It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. - Macbeth |