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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 286
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| Sir Auron | Posted 6/1/2006 12:15:34 AM | message detail |
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I sent one of those feedback tickets to him some time ago, but it
hasn't been looked at yet though. It would just be nice if he would
post something
showing he hasn't forgotten about the contest or that it's still on or
something. Being left in the dark after three weeks sort of sucks. --- "This is my story -- and you're not a part of it." -- Auron |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 6/1/2006 12:18:02 AM | message detail |
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I just don't understand why he posted the nominations so early if he
intended on starting the contest so late in the year. I mean, I really,
really doubt that the results change all that much in terms of what
series make it in between one week or so after opening and onward. The
fact that it's only been posted on this board would also mean that he
isn't trying to maxinmize the amount of nominations coming in. Even if the contest were to start in July, I would mind, I'd just like a bracket to be released so we can start debating the controversial matches/ make really crazy ass predictions that large sums of people get behind. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Gooper Blooper | Posted 6/1/2006 3:38:38 AM | message detail |
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That's it, I give up. Contest is cancelled, you can all go home now. --- 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 |
| Who Cares? | Posted 6/1/2006 5:13:37 AM | message detail |
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^^^ Indeed, call me when the character nominations go up, cuz I've just about lost all interest in this phantom contest. --- Nominate Guilty Gear! Let's Rock! |
| ToadYoshi | Posted 6/1/2006 6:09:21 AM | message detail |
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I still have faith this will happen! Ceej has never done anything like this before, has he? I can't see him starting now. I really want to support Mario Kart. This has to still happen. --- Yoshi > most. Toad > All. Mario Kart 64 is amazing. Supporting Fire Emblem and Mario Kart in SpC2k6! |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 6/1/2006 7:45:10 AM | message detail |
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Seeing Leon's retooled brackets (not to rain on his parade or anything)
has inspired me to post a retooled bracket of my own - 2005, with all
different first-round matches but the same seeding. I wanted to try and
imagine what we would have thought had the bracket looked like this: Mushroom Division: 1. Mario 8. Yuri Hyuga 4. Riku 5. Carl Johnson 3. Kefka 6. Chun Li 2. Lloyd Irving 7. Rikku Mario takes it, of course, but the bottom four-pack could be really interesting - would Rikku, the 7-seed, be the most likely candidate for victory? I could see Kefka/Chun Li being a good match as well. Also, Riku gets to prove himself early with a potentially decisive victory - and, perhaps, a chance to pull a Shadow on Mario? 20XX Division: 1. Mega Man 8. Cecil 4. Gordon Freeman 5. King of All Cosmos 3. Tifa Lockheart 6. Ryu Hayabusa 2. Sora 7. Pac-Man I tried so hard to givce Gordon a match he'd be close with, but this was the next-best thing. :-( Tifa/Sora was interesting before I found out Tifa was in KH2; now it's likely to be another Sora/Aeris affair. Either way, Mega Man gets yet another potential SFF beatdown after he takes the division. Hooray! Chaos Division: 1. Sonic the Hedgehog 8. Conker 4. Kratos Aurion 5. Sam Fisher 3. Kratos (God of War) 6. Tommy Vercetti 2. Revolver Ocelot 7. Zidane Fairly straightforward first four-pack, but a twisted bottom one. Who even takes this? My money's on Kratos (GoW), but the last match confuses the pants off me. Also, this way, we could hopefully see both Kratoses against a common opponent. Gear Division: 1. Solid Snake 8. CATS 4. Donkey Kong 5. Vincent Valentine 3. Ganondorf 6. Vyse 2. Luigi 7. Albert Wesker Easy first-round matches to call, but it's hell for Snake after that. This is your standard "Let's pit Snake against Vincent and/or Ganon" division, with a potentially interesting match with Ganon/Luigi thrown in. It's not even over for Snake after this - if he beats this division, he's got Sonic to contend with for title of "weakest of the Noble Nine." Dream Division: 1. Kirby 8. Manny Calavera 4. Sarah Kerrigan 5. Zelda 3. Yoshi 6. Knuckles the Echidna 2. Auron 7. Agent 47 Holy midcarder division, Batman! This reminds me of the actual Devil Division in that there are five characters who could probably put in a good show for control of the division. Knuckles/Yoshi could be hell, Zelda/Kerrigan might have been a tough match to debate (but then Kerrigan would get, what, two percent on Zelda?), and then we get all-out midcarder hell in the semis. Auron/Zelda is probably the safest bet, but don't count out Kirby. Devil Division: 1. Dante 8. Jin Kazama 4. Vivi 5. Frog 3. Magus 6. Alucard 2. Ryu 7. Big Boss Another toughie. Now there's six potential division winners! Were this before 2005 actually happened, I'd bet anything the "clear winner" would have Magus over Frog, but now almost anything's possible. Would Frog even make it past Vivi, let alone the boosted Dante? Does Magus's overrated bust give Alucard and Ryu - who also seemed to drop in the stats - a chance? And what about JIN KAZAMA?!? With any luck, we'd get a chance to settle Dante/Magus debates and avoid a repeat division final of Dante/Ryu. And hey, this may very well be the closest we'd get to a Dante vs. Kirby match. --- This was Ed Bellis. |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 6/1/2006 7:45:17 AM | message detail |
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Flood Division: 1. Master Chief 8. Terra 4. Tidus 5. Leon Kennedy 3. Bowser 6. Laharl 2. Squall Leonhart 7. KOS-MOS Some potential upsets here. Master Chief/Tidus/Leon could potentially be rather interesting, and were this pre-contest, I'm sure many would have considered taking Terra over the Chief. And Bowser/Squall is a match I've wanted to see for quite some time. Zebes Division: 1. Samus Aran 8. Joanna Dark 4. Ness 5. Diablo 3. Zero 6. Yuna 2. Crono 7. Geno So this is the price for all those midcarder division - stacking the last one to holy hell! This division belongs to the winner of Samus/Crono, of course, with poor Zero being thrown to the wolves in the middle. Ness/Diablo might turn some heads, but overall it's an uneventful division, with the winner here getting basically a bye to Mario in the finals. --- This was Ed Bellis. Summer 2005 Fanfiction Project: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=28403845 |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 6/1/2006 8:48:35 AM | message detail |
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Bracket plz --- The WWEGSB Hardcore Legend Masa |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 6/1/2006 10:51:35 AM | message detail |
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Cool bracket, Ed! See, this is why CJay ought to consult at least a
couple people from the Stats topic when putting his brackets together.
He's getting better at it, but is still a long way from crafting
something where as many matchups as possible are in doubt, or at least
statistically interesting. --- "lol x-stats" - The Contest Simulator: http://thengamer.com/xstats Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 6/1/2006 10:52:11 AM | message detail |
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Awww, thanks, Ngamer! :-) --- This was Ed Bellis. Summer 2005 Fanfiction Project: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=28403845 |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/1/2006 11:16:59 AM | message detail |
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You know, Ed's bracket just made me realize something... Gordon Freeman vs. Carl Johnson would be the ultimate test of racism on GameFAQs. Would the GameFAQs population ignore the rule of GFNW just to hold the black man down? <_<; --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: KH2, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC (wow, my PS2 is actually getting play!) |
| TransgenderLove | Posted 6/1/2006 12:02:15 PM | message detail |
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Yes! --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Trannys. |
| Lopen | Posted 6/1/2006 1:24:25 PM | message detail |
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That's a good bracket, no doubt, but I wouldn't say it's necessarily
better than the one CJay gave us, CJay can make a good bracket if he
wants to. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| TransgenderLove | Posted 6/1/2006 4:13:52 PM | message detail |
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He could also make an entire board of hundreds have a brain aneurysm simultaneously. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Trannys. |
| ToadYoshi | Posted 6/1/2006 6:51:04 PM | message detail |
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Well, if the contest is cancelled, we can look forward to... Jay Solano! 1. Will he get in? 2. How much will he lose by? --- Yoshi > most. Toad > All. Mario Kart 64 is amazing. Supporting Fire Emblem and Mario Kart in SpC2k6! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 7:17:15 PM | message detail |
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1. Yes. 2. Lots. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| heroic tranny | Posted 6/1/2006 7:19:47 PM | message detail |
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I made this recently: http://board8wiki.com/index.php/Jay_Solano I'd say he'll be making the field, assuming he's allowed in. --- xyzzy |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 7:35:37 PM | message detail |
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Jay Solano once ate three 72-ounce steaks in an hour. He spend the first forty-five minutes ****ing the waitress. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/1/2006 7:36:12 PM | message detail |
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What a loser. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| heroic tranny | Posted 6/1/2006 7:38:35 PM | message detail |
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precisely. --- xyzzy |
| Big Bob | Posted 6/1/2006 9:28:14 PM | message detail |
| Hypothetical situation: Sora is in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. How does this affect the contest? |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/1/2006 9:51:14 PM | message detail |
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Sora for the Noble Nine!! --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Some bloodlines must come to an end. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 6/1/2006 10:09:02 PM | message detail |
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Being in SSBB might not be as big of a deal as some people think. After
all, Pikachu was in SSB and SSBM, but is hardly inspiring in the
contest. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/1/2006 10:12:45 PM | message detail |
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That's because he's hardly popular outside of it, and he's already
Nintendo. I doubt it would provide a large boost one way or the other,
but every little bit helps, especially when your franchise is primarily
non-Nintendo. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Big Bob | Posted 6/1/2006 10:13:45 PM | message detail |
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If Ness wasn't in SSB, Pikachu would beat the crap out of him. --- GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL! Long live Monkey D. Luffy! |
| greatone10 | Posted 6/1/2006 10:13:51 PM | message detail |
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That is not exactly the best example in the word. Pikachu was widely despised well before the SSB series began. --- RIP Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 "I set my ATM card's number to "0001" because I'm number one!" - Manfred von Karma |
| Janus5000 | Posted 6/1/2006 10:16:04 PM | message detail |
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Well, Pikachu's fans were already primarily Nintendo fans, as opposed
to Square/Disney. This would be exposing Sora to a new audience, and
exposing him more than Chain of Memories did, in all likelihood. It also doesn't really help Pikachu that everyone hates him and he faced someone else who was in both SSB games in 2003. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/1/2006 10:16:05 PM | message detail |
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Pikachu is already from a Nintendo established franchise and is still
absolute fodder. I doubt Nintendo characters coming from established
franchises are going to get any notable boosts from being included in
the game. I do think it has the potential to do a lot more for people
like Snake and Sora, who come from other franchises that are not really
associated with Nintendo. It probably would not be astronomic, but Sora
would likely get a nice solid boost from being in the game ... if he
actually makes. Man, I hope he does. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Some bloodlines must come to an end. |
| greatone10 | Posted 6/1/2006 10:18:49 PM | message detail |
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If SE got on board, I think they'd be more likely to give Nintendo the
rights to characters that appeared on Nintendo consoles (Crono, Locke,
Terra, Cecil) than those that are primarily associated with the
Playstation. --- RIP Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 "I set my ATM card's number to "0001" because I'm number one!" - Manfred von Karma |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/1/2006 10:19:54 PM | message detail |
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The more I think about it, the more Sora seems like a natural fit. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 10:21:49 PM | message detail |
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Crono's the fit if any Square character fits, though Geno's probably the most likely. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| swirIdude | Posted 6/1/2006 10:21:52 PM | message detail |
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The current discussion is too tempting to NOT post this. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=59 --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/1/2006 10:22:52 PM | message detail |
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He would definitely fit really well. It doesn't take much thinking to
come up with his move set either. I'm glad he's pretty popular
everywhere, too. Maybe that'll help influence things. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Some bloodlines must come to an end. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/1/2006 10:23:18 PM | message detail |
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I mean, in terms of the style of the gameplay, Sora fits. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 10:28:57 PM | message detail |
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I've not played KH or KH2 yet (though I may be buying a PS2 from a friend for $40 soon...if so, I'm definitely checking them out), so I can't really say. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/1/2006 10:34:15 PM | message detail |
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You need to look into both of those games as soon as you get a PS2. =p --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Some bloodlines must come to an end. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/1/2006 10:47:29 PM | message detail |
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I would also like to take this time to make a comment about how CJayC still hasn't posted the bracket or given an update. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Some bloodlines must come to an end. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 10:48:56 PM | message detail |
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If only he cared. I wish he cared. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/1/2006 11:55:17 PM | message detail |
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Let's see what today's farce of a poll is about... --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/1/2006 11:56:53 PM | message detail |
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If it's not "Nintendo franchise VS fodder franchise", I'll be upset. Again. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/2/2006 12:03:39 AM | message detail |
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CJay's lack of producing a bracket and/or updating us on its status has
now -- if it hadn't already -- become stressful. Bah, I say. CJay, please, give us some kind of ****in' word on the matter. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/2/2006 12:04:20 AM | message detail |
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Price wars suck. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/2/2006 12:09:52 AM | message detail |
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So, another day goes by without any contest information. Fact of Fiction: This will end up being a traditional 32-entry contest. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/2/2006 12:10:31 AM | message detail |
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I just don't care anymore. BAH! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/2/2006 12:12:26 AM | message detail |
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I agree with Leon. --- The closer you get to the light, the larger your shadow becomes. |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/2/2006 12:12:41 AM | message detail |
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='( --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| TheLastOblesik | Posted 6/2/2006 12:20:39 AM | message detail |
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^ To answer Leon: It's definitely fact. Based on CJay's word that a
Summer Contest will ensue whenever the hell the "Spring" Contest
begins, it should only be limited to 32 entrants. Unless it's TAG TEAM SERIES OMG FNIAL FANTASY AND HYDILIDE FTW |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/2/2006 12:21:07 AM | message detail |
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The sad thing is that we'd be getting into the 3rd round of a 32 entry
contest just by the amount of time nominations have been open. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| TheLastOblesik | Posted 6/2/2006 12:35:08 AM | message detail |
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Yeah...but who knows what Ceej is up to. I mean, we don't want the
contest cancelled. I'd fill out a bracket just for the hell of it
regardless of prizes or not. I mean, prizes are nice, but I just want
the contest to be up and running. On a side note, Agent 47 vs. Gordon Freeman! |
| Chinballz | Posted 6/2/2006 1:16:51 AM | message detail |
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Agent 47 with between 50 and 59.99 percent of the vote. --- MK:DS Name & Code (Hungus, 124616-763503) Nominate Jay Solano from Operation Shadow (N-Gage) for SC2K6! |