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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 284
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| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 4:51:37 PM | message detail |
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27029881 The four from the main tournament blew out the others. Only Laguna was really close to Falcon. Aeris lost to Raiden in the semis of the returner, and Raiden proceeded to outlast Fox in the final. Fox will likely get in, anyway. All things aside, you only missed three days of the tournament. You ran everything else, and for the most part did it very well. I still feel guilty about kind of forcing that thing on you, though. But Leon was nowhere to be found at the time and I figured you were the best choice :( PS - BOP plz ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/20/2006 4:52:21 PM | message detail |
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I forget the five characters that placed. *points to bolded portion of sig* Though the other five are very nomination-worthy as well. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Janus5000 | Posted 5/20/2006 4:52:41 PM | message detail |
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...Oh, right, the returner got a spot. Oops. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 4:53:10 PM | message detail |
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Roxas over Axel? Roxas is cool and all, but it's AXEL. AXEL! A-X-E-L! Got it memorized? ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/20/2006 4:53:58 PM | message detail |
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I don't plan on having kids, because I'm not cut out for them. Very
few once-abused people are, and I'm really scared of being like my
parents. I'd rather have cats. Yeah, I'd rather people abuse cats, too. Dogs > Cats, yo! See, Ceej! This is what happens when you tease us with a contest and don't deliver for nearly two weeks! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/20/2006 4:55:21 PM | message detail |
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Laguna should be nominated, too, Janus, so it's all good. And yes, Roxas > Axel. The Flurry of Dancing Flames was okay, but I didn't see the big deal about him, really. The Key of Destiny appealed more to me. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/20/2006 4:55:23 PM | message detail |
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I'm studying biochemistry (and so we're clear on how tough it is, it's
said to be the second hardest program at the university I go to). And
the only time the grades were a real concern were during my depression
in early 2004. Flunked three courses, but I ended up doing them again,
and kick ass and take names in all of them. Plus now, I'm on
medication. Antipsychotics. Helps a lot with the stress. --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/20/2006 4:56:23 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and you didn't have to defend me. I was in the process of making a
topic, and planning to apologize to everyone in it, among a lot of
other things. --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 4:56:26 PM | message detail |
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That's not even funny. I'm such an animal lover that at work I'll
literally stop everything I'm doing when people bring them in. Which
happens all the time,
oddly enough. Today, some rich lady brought in her two anti-social
midget dogs. They hated everyone else but me. It was awesome. We also
have a nest full of baby birds between two giant flower pots that I
feed worms regularly. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| NewLib | Posted 5/20/2006 4:56:33 PM | message detail |
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Ulti I understand and respect that decision. Actually I think its brave
more than anything. One of the problems with the world is people
bringing life into this world who either cannot handle the
responsibility or wont handle the responsibility. Not saying you are either of these people, but if you dont believe you could be a good parent then it is better not to be one. --- Where am I? |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 4:58:34 PM | message detail |
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Sure I did. And I don't even want to know what "a lot of other things" means. Then again, you're not the aggressive type. But seriously, I'm going to bed. I've been up since 3:30 a.m. ****ing awesome seeing you back, and stay around this time! <3 As long as you're good at time management (which everyone is after a break), you'll be fine. See you. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/20/2006 4:59:04 PM | message detail |
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Hey, I love animals, too, but I can only take cats in small doses, and preferably as kittens. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 5:13:19 PM | message detail |
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I know I could be a good parents. It's just that I was
raised in an environment where the only way to deal with a kid was to
beat the hell out of him when he did anything remotely wrong. Sometimes
it wouldn't even take that much, plus they always made sure to take
away anything I remotely liked. A list off the top of my head, and I'm
not making this up: -All friends (my mom would make up ****ing ridiculous excuses for why I couldn't hang out with people; my best friend in high school was literally a born-again Christian, and she thought he was a drug addict before she ever met him) -Seinfeld -Hot sauce -Sports, both on TV and played, for entire seasons at a time -Video games -Girls (I kid you not, a girl was once forced to move to Washington state, as far away from me as possible in other words, because she was dating me and "we were pulling away from our families"; my parents actually helped pay for this) -Music -My cat -My dog -High school (literally, my mom forced me to drop out of high school junior year, walking me around to every class to made sure I got every teacher to sign; I only got back in because teachers would not stop protesting at the vice principal's office) -Internet No coincidence that my obsessive personality has me now attached to virtually all of it. When my mom got cancer, I was seriously happy about it. When she died, my only regret was never telling her how much I hated her to her face. My stepfather, currently still alive, draws pretty much the same feelings. My only regret is never beating him to within an inch of his life. He still tries winning back my approval every now and then by buying me lunch and stuff. I only agree to it because I'm getting something for free, not because I give two craps about him. I have a ton of deep issues (it's a wonder I'm happy, it really is) and a lot of problems managing it. Even now, anger comes out in very... strange ways. Nothing physically harmful to anyone, but stuff that's embarrassing enough to not talk about. I'm very worried that if I have kids, I'll just randomly take it all out on them. I can't do that to another human being. I'd rather surround myself with things that make me happy and hope it lasts. Love worked, corny as that sounds. The only real issue I currently have is that socially, I'm a complete failure. It's not that I won't go out or anything (I do it all the time), but I'm never comfortable anywhere. I was stuck teaching myself how to be a man, and I did a very bad job. It's why I'll post here when 95% of the time, I could probably be out doing something else. I've cut back a LOT since my wedding (which I'm proud of), but still. ...so, how about those CONTEST STATS AND BRACKET woo ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 5:14:21 PM | message detail |
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Oh and Leon, there's your reason for why I'm cynical. Yes, everything
usually does go wrong eventually. The Colts are the perfect team for me
to root for >_> ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 5/20/2006 5:15:45 PM | message detail |
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You should be a Braves fan, too, then. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 5:16:00 PM | message detail |
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Yankees come close enough. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 5/20/2006 5:17:57 PM | message detail |
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Maybe in the last five years. Try being a Braves fan and your first
memories of sports being the '91 World Series and then having to live
that every year. Granted, being a Cowboys fan evened things out for a few years there, but still. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| Gooper Blooper | Posted 5/20/2006 5:18:45 PM | message detail |
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o_o The link ain't even on the main page. Are we just gonna cut to predictions without letting Mr. Joe Casual nominate GTA and Gran Turismo? Ridge Racer takes the contest. BOOK IT! --- People are going to buy two machines. They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3. - Peter Moore |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 5:19:29 PM | message detail |
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You still won one. The Colts are mental midgets that can't do anything
right when the pressure is on. The refs and Jerome Bettis literally gave that game away last year, and the Colts still couldn't win. I've never cried that much over a sporting event in my damn life. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 5/20/2006 5:21:38 PM | message detail |
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Ehh, I doubt you've been a Peyton Manning fan for as long as I have. He
didn't do much better at Tennessee when it mattered most, you know. Man, four years of watching the Vols fail against Florida was miserable. He beat everybody else but them. Bah. At least he won an SEC Championship his last season. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 5/20/2006 5:22:28 PM | message detail |
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And the funny thing is the Vols won a national championship the year after he left with a nobody quarterback. The Colts will probably win the Super Bowl the year after he retires/leaves. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/20/2006 5:22:44 PM | message detail |
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Peyton is a bad teammate and horrible leader. I still laugh when I see him yelling at everyone during those Florida games. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM, Fire Emblem 7, Larussa 92 |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/20/2006 5:26:13 PM | message detail |
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True, but if the Colts had taken Ryan Leaf...where would they be now? --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 5/20/2006 5:27:32 PM | message detail |
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True, it could be worse. But at least the Chargers ended up getting
Drew Brees and LaDainian Tomlinson due to Leaf's utter futility. Less than three Brees. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| SephirothG | Posted 5/20/2006 5:28:29 PM | message detail |
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OMG SLOWFLAKE POSTED!!!111111 --- [Something clever was here before the sig wipe] http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585012 |
| Aprosenf | Posted 5/20/2006 7:10:55 PM | message detail |
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Once Slow declares that the bracket will appear, Ceej will make it so. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/20/2006 7:18:32 PM | message detail |
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Usually, when I predict something will happen, it instantly swings the other way. Makes me think, anyone called dibs on the BOP yet? --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/20/2006 7:20:53 PM | message detail |
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Nobody wanted to take up the BOP as long as there was still the
possibility you would return in time to do it, so it's all yours. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/20/2006 7:22:03 PM | message detail |
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Works for me. --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 5/20/2006 8:39:09 PM | message detail |
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Dammit. I really thought the bracket would be up today. Ah well, always hope for tomorrow. Oh, and hey, Slow. =) --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| Mister Mario | Posted 5/20/2006 9:43:53 PM | message detail |
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All these posts made me think the bracket was out. :( --- 3rd overall in the "10 Best Games Ever" contest (Score 11/27%). 15th overall in the "Summer 2005 Character Contest" (Score 204). |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 5/21/2006 4:39:29 AM | message detail |
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http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8084/board86fj.png That about sums it up, I think. --- “I haven’t invested as much time into any game as I have [Twilight Princess].” – Shigeru Miyamoto |
| cyko | Posted 5/21/2006 5:18:40 AM | message detail |
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I don't plan on having kids, because I'm not cut out for them. Very
few once-abused people are, and I'm really scared of being like my
parents. I'd rather have cats. heh, for the record, not very many people PLAN on having kids. even with the right planning, people still get stuck with kids anyways all the time. --- "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...." - Homer Simpson |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/21/2006 5:32:41 AM | message detail |
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Everyone in my family has some disease or disorder of some kind. I
never wanted kids, but knowing that, I'll go the extra mile anytime. --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| Applause Sign | Posted 5/21/2006 6:10:00 AM | message detail |
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ZOMG SLOWFLAKE/11 --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| jonthomson | Posted 5/21/2006 6:12:45 AM | message detail |
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All these posts made me think the bracket was out. Same here. It's good to see some old faces back though. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Applause Sign | Posted 5/21/2006 6:16:31 AM | message detail |
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You know... the best thing that probably could have happened to me was
the bracket/contest got delayed this much because I have so much damn
work that I should be catching up on, and this place has been boring as
hell as of late. Now on top of that, all plans with my friends fell
through both friday & saturday night (poker), and I don't feel like
just hanging out and doing nothing with them since I'm sicker than
hell. It's like everything is lining up perfectly for me to get my ass
in gear and actually do something. And I'm still procrastinating. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 5/21/2006 7:45:41 AM | message detail |
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http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8084/board86fj.png XD There it is. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/21/2006 11:49:59 AM | message detail |
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I used to think Final Fantasy lock, but I'm not so sure now. The Zelda
series sports two games that did amazingly well in the Spring Contest:
OoT and LttP. While FF has VI, VII, and X, VI and X didn't do quite as
well as the two Zeldas. Plus, all the FFs are different from each
other, while Zelda games are much similar (Link is always the hero, for
one). I'm still putting FF as the champion, but I am a bit more
concerned now with this revelation. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/21/2006 11:53:48 AM | message detail |
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Plus, all the FFs are different from each other, while Zelda games are much similar (Link is always the hero, for one). Which means more diverse fanbases than the Zeldas have between them. Which most likely means more unique voters pulling for the FF series. It doesn't guarantee anything, but by no means are the FFs being different a hindrance. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/21/2006 11:54:35 AM | message detail |
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Well it could be important for the swing voters who say, like only a certain FF but like Zeldas too. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 5/21/2006 11:57:40 AM | message detail |
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I don't think there are too many of those on this site. Of the six
Spring 2004 Contest games with "Final Fantasy" on the box, I'd say at
least five lived up to or outdid our expectations. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/21/2006 11:58:09 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, you're right, this was a failed way to create discussion. FF wins. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/21/2006 12:00:58 PM | message detail |
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Well yeah, but seeing how Link is pretty much the embodiment of the Zelda series, he isn't that much stronger than Cloud. Granted Zelda as a series should be a bit stronger than Link, FF as a series should be much
stronger than Cloud. Plus we've already seen how the most popular FF
game handled the most popular Zelda game. The diverse FF base should have more of an impact than people who like a lot of Zelda games. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| swirIdude | Posted 5/21/2006 12:03:00 PM | message detail |
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Yeah. . . . . Bracket. --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 5/21/2006 12:03:07 PM | message detail |
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Well, nothing is impossible, but it's very hard for me to picture Final
Fantasy losing. In its arsenal is the one entity that made this site
what it is today along with several other supporting characters. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/21/2006 12:04:35 PM | message detail |
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Of course, if people realized the greatness of games in the Zelda
series not named Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past, Zelda would
win this contest hands down! Link's Awakening was amazing
and Oracle of Ages is awesome as well with the return of LttP's two
world gameplay (not the crap that OoT gave us). Even the Zelda I
enjoyed the least (MM) was pretty solid. The other Zelda games should
be appreciated more... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 5/21/2006 12:16:31 PM | message detail |
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But LTTP and Ocarina of Time are the only ones worth playin far as I'm concerned. --- The WWEGSB Hardcore Legend Masa |
| Slowflake | Posted 5/21/2006 12:23:01 PM | message detail |
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The one thing that could save Zelda is, indeed, the fact that its 2D
and 3D fanbases are more mutually exclusive than for FF. Personally, I
don't think much of the 2D Zeldas and pretty much worship OoT and Wind
Waker, yet Zelda has my vote against pretty much anything not named
Metroid or Diablo. Meanwhile, there are those (and I think there are
quite a few here) who love the 2D ones to death and believe anything
made after the mid-90s is complete rubbish. We already saw that with the Zelda support dividing between LttP and OoT, it allowed FF7 to slip through and win the game contest no problem. As the character battles have shown, once you put those two fanbases together, they're really difficult to stop. Makes you (and me) think twice about mindlessly picking FF to go all the way. --- Also, eat from garbage cans as much as possible, because nobody in America ever throws away anything that can make you fat. -MYC health tip |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/21/2006 12:29:22 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I thought about that. But to counter it, we've never seen the combined strength of the FF games through any representation. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |