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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 296
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| Lopen | Posted 6/28/2006 11:06:25 PM | message detail |
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So am I the only one who hasn't sent any analyses yet? I have 3/4ths of the first round done, but I want to send the first round all at once. But I can send the first division now if you wanted them with a little more breathing room. I've got a gimmick... I'm not linking to any polls in my analyses. I'll reference them, yeah, but no actual links. Okay, maybe it's partially just laziness to not get the actual links as well, but I figure my fellow analyzers will be shoving all polls I reference down your throats anyway. Just trust me, eh? I was gonna mention that in my intro, but since we don't have em, I'll just say it now. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 6/28/2006 11:07:41 PM | message detail |
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Waluigi needs to have an actual game before I'd be comfortable with him
in SSB...he's the product of party games, specifically created so Luigi
could have a similar opposite to himself...kinda like Daisy, except she
actually played a role in a previous game (notably Mario's girl on the
side in SML). And let's not forget Wario has actually had the role of a
major villain in SML2, and the Wario Land games trump any platformer
Mario's had on handhelds. Not that Nintendo probably cares...and that's more or less a good thing, seeing as how Snake's in SSBB, but yeah. As an aside, I realized AGAIN that Snake will actually be in SSBB. Strange times we live in. --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/28/2006 11:07:44 PM | message detail |
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YOUR HEADS!!!!! Oh man, can you imagine Waluigi's taunt? Make it happen, Nintendo! --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. Proud member of the Putty Patrol |
| Master Moltar | Posted 6/28/2006 11:10:25 PM | message detail |
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mnm hasn't sent any yet either. I plan to post the first analyses either the night of lockdown or Sunday, depending on when the Contest begins, so as long as something is in by then, it's all good. --- Moltar Status: Eagerly awaiting for the next Contest to begin. |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:10:51 PM | message detail |
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More like, proof of how strong Mario Kart 64 is! Yoshi's the best in that game, other than maybe Wario. You need to jump off your MK64 horse and convert to Mario Kart DS. I know it's hard to let go. I used to be as high as you on Mario Kart 64. But once I mastered MKDS, I just couldn't go back to MK64. It just seemed so clunky and outdated. All Mario Kart DS needed was to take the good tracks from MK64... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 6/28/2006 11:12:08 PM | message detail |
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More randomness: what are the chances of Wario getting into SC2k7 (i.e., the contest after SSBB's release)? Better question: what are the chances are of SSBB coming out before SC2k7? It can either come out in the spring (when SMG comes out), in the summer (big games are rarely released in the summer), or in the fall, which is most likely. It's not even all that far along in development. People expecting it to come out early in the year are in for a major disappointment, IMO. As for the actual chances of Wario getting in in 2k8...not terribly likely. There are supposed to be even more characters in SSBB than in SSBM, which would decrease his prominence while vaulting others above him. There're going to be tons of other, better contenders (FFXII characters, FFXIII character, Zelda TP characters, MGS4 characters, MP3 characters, even Halo 3 characters). --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 6/28/2006 11:13:05 PM | message detail |
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I find both games vastly inferior to Super Mario Kart. Yeah, I'm crazy, I don't care. I felt so much more...in control. --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 6/28/2006 11:13:22 PM | message detail |
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Diddy Kong Racing > Any Mario Kart --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:14:26 PM | message detail |
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So am I the only one who hasn't sent any analyses yet? I have 3/4ths
of the first round done, but I want to send the first round all at once. But I can send the first division now if you wanted them with a little more breathing room. I've got a gimmick... I'm not linking to any polls in my analyses. I'll reference them, yeah, but no actual links. Okay, maybe it's partially just laziness to not get the actual links as well, but I figure my fellow analyzers will be shoving all polls I reference down your throats anyway. Just trust me, eh? I was gonna mention that in my intro, but since we don't have em, I'll just say it now. I just finished up FF/Diablo. I only linked to polls in like one or two write-ups, so it won't be much of a gimmick for you. Sorry buddy. I figured everyone else would be linking to them, so I thought it would be overkill for me to do it as well. It would be funny if nobody does it thinking that the next person will do the work. I'm pretty happy with my write-ups. The one I'm most proud of is a match I didn't take seriously at all. <3 I'll be done tomorrow. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 6/28/2006 11:14:33 PM | message detail |
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Oh yeah, DKR does > all three. Yup. --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:15:46 PM | message detail |
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I find both games vastly inferior to Super Mario Kart. Yeah, I'm crazy, I don't care. I felt so much more...in control. Super Mario Kart kicks ass and don't let anybody ever tell you any different. I just beat 150 again the other day. I always get enjoyment out of that. No worrying about power slide boosts. Just pure racing! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Lopen | Posted 6/28/2006 11:16:46 PM | message detail |
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It would be funny if nobody does it thinking that the next person will do the work. With HaRRicH and Leonhart on the crew, I would be very surprised, to say the least. --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/28/2006 11:16:58 PM | message detail |
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I've got a gimmick... I'm not linking to any polls in my analyses. I'll reference them, yeah, but no actual links. Too bad. Since I sent mine in first and did the same thing, it is now MY gimmick! Bwahahaha! Oh, and Mario Kart 64 > Mario Kart DS. I own both and have put plenty of time into them. I still feel comfortable saying that. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:17:50 PM | message detail |
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I pray that Harrich doesn't have any more of that comparing 1% performances nonsense in his write-ups! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 6/28/2006 11:18:11 PM | message detail |
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Err... I'm not linking to anything. I had no idea people were actually linking to stuff. >_> Anyway, I just might have to agree in Diddy Kong Racing being better than any and all Mario Kart games. The major downside to DKR is the inclusion of only two true battle arenas, but that's not a big deal when you look at all it offers. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. Proud member of the Putty Patrol |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/28/2006 11:19:08 PM | message detail |
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Like Lopen, I was too lazy just to find them in the midst of a
write-up, so I didn't bother going to find them. Besides, by this
point, the point of old polls has been so driven into our minds that we
know what someone else is referring to when they mention one. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Lopen | Posted 6/28/2006 11:19:12 PM | message detail |
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*rewrites analyses to link to polls like mad* Guys, I've got a gimmick. I'm linking to polls in all of my analyses! ... --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:19:24 PM | message detail |
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Maybe its because I hadn't played Mario Kart 64 in years when I played
Mario Kart DS. When I went back to MK64, I was like "Wait, what
happened?" Everything just seemed... worse. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/28/2006 11:21:19 PM | message detail |
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Hmmm...Well, I still play Mario Kart 64 semi-regularly, so maybe that was the difference. You know, I've heard GoldenEye has aged horribly. I haven't played that game in at least 6-7 years. I wonder what it'd be like if I picked it up now. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Master Moltar | Posted 6/28/2006 11:21:20 PM | message detail |
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MK64 was great. Biggest flaw is the darn rubberband AI. Seriously,
instead of making the same two characters keep on your tail for the
whole circut no matter how well you're doing, why can't all the
opponents be that good. Though, once you got a big lead, it would feel
pretty good. It's toned down in Double Dash!! and DS, which is good. Still, the AI needs to be better. And DKR, while great, still falls a bt short of MK64 for me. --- Moltar Status: Eagerly awaiting for the next Contest to begin. |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 6/28/2006 11:22:13 PM | message detail |
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I find that happening a lot with N64 games of mine lately, most are
losing their luster or look pitifully bad, unlike my SNES or even NES
games. A few gems are the exception, like Majora's Mask and some weird
ones...like Shadows of the Empire. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, which is actually better to me now than when I played it before (finally beat that bastard on Jedi mode). --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/28/2006 11:22:16 PM | message detail |
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One satisfaction I always got from Super Mario Kart was when I lapped
the entire field. One version of Bowser's Castle was the best for such
a feat, I recall. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/28/2006 11:23:34 PM | message detail |
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Ahh, Shadows of the Empire. Man, that game was infuriating sometimes. Of course, I really suck at FPS games, so perhaps that was part of the reason. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 6/28/2006 11:24:25 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and how could I forget Goldeneye? Yeah, it's nigh unplayable for
the first ten minutes, until you get deep in the zone against your
friends and suddenly all you see are flashes...blurs...pretty colors... hay guyz im gonna go play sum gamez latorz --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/28/2006 11:29:58 PM | message detail |
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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, which is actually better to me now
than when I played it before (finally beat that bastard on Jedi mode). Hard mode was actually harder than Jedi Mode to me. Jedi Mode really wasn't that bad at all, since it was one hit kills going both ways. In hard mode, enemies could kill you in 3 or so hits while you had to hit them like 20 times to kill them. It got really annoying once I got to the Imperial Freighter Suprosa. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/28/2006 11:37:40 PM | message detail |
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More like, proof of how strong Mario Kart 64 is! Yoshi's the best in that game, other than maybe Wario. I believe in this theory that Yoshi's won those polls because of Mario's spin-off games, especially Mario Kart...but you know what could be scary? Mega Man SFF'd Yoshi. I pray that Harrich doesn't have any more of that comparing 1% performances nonsense in his write-ups! Ruh-roh. I had to do SOMETHING for that damned match. You know, I've heard GoldenEye has aged horribly. I haven't played that game in at least 6-7 years. I wonder what it'd be like if I picked it up now. I did earlier this week for the first time in probably five years...and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It takes some getting used to, but if you ever had the feel down before, you can get right back into the rhythm with just a bit of time. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/28/2006 11:39:58 PM | message detail |
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Shadows of the Empire sucked on numerous levels. Goldeneye also sucks
nowadays. It is so incredibly dated -- most games didn't age well back
then anyway. And I linked to a few polls in my write-ups. Nothing overly excessive, I don't think. --- "A legend is nothing but fiction. Someone tells it, someone else remembers, everybody passes it on." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/28/2006 11:43:02 PM | message detail |
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In the seventeen matches I've done, I've linked to nine polls...six of which were in the same match. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 6/28/2006 11:58:41 PM | message detail |
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"Mega Man SFF'd Yoshi." So what? SFF always goes like this: The contestant that is legitimately stronger always takes advantage of that fact. If MK is legitimately stronger than MM it still wins, and we have to guess about how badly it SFF'd MM. --- Take a hike, and don't forget the trail mix *****. Hijack - MC Chris Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/29/2006 12:07:16 AM | message detail |
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Hmmm...Contest awareness is up compared to the usual polls (mostly due
to the big banner, I imagine), but roughly 1/3 of the site isn't
interested in the Series Contest. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 6/29/2006 12:13:56 AM | message detail |
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"but roughly 1/3 of the site isn't interested in the Series Contest" I bet most of them still vote. --- Take a hike, and don't forget the trail mix *****. Hijack - MC Chris Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/29/2006 12:15:43 AM | message detail |
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Well, I should say they're not interested in competing. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 6/29/2006 12:16:30 AM | message detail |
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That's the ticket! Your Contest Gurus 1 - UltimaterializerX 2 - Team Rocket Elite 3 - Ngamer64 4 - yoblazer33 5 - transience 6 - Heroic Mario 7 - Viviff 8 - silverkiller 9 - Undeniable 10 - Kaxon 11 - Applekidjosh 12 - HaRRicH 13 - Lopen 14 - Z1mZum 15 - Chinballz 16 - A World's Envy 17 - Zylothewolf 18 - greatone 19 - cavedog0 20 - DomaDragoon 21 - Big Bob 22 - Ed Bellis 23 - expaniol 24 - Buzzup 25 - Radix 26 - RPGuy96 27 - Dethwing 28 - soiledtrousers 29 - consolefreak 30 - SephirothG 31 - ExquisiteSamurai 32 - Dark115 33 - NewLib 34 - Draco1214 35 - jonthomson 36 - MegatokyoEd 37 - Voltch 38 - Lucid Faia 39 - Master Moltar 40 - KleenexTissue50 41 - red sox 777 42 - Mithrandir1331 43 - arkenaga 44 - Tai 45 - Mario Superstar 46 - neonreaper 47 - XxSoulxX 48 - SonicRaptor 49 - ChichiriMuyo 50 - OMG its Pale! 51 - dragoontheguy 52 - XIII is cool 53 - Shivan Reincarnated 54 - outback 55 - DarkLink89 56 - dethfdddddh 57 - Ayvuir 58 - Janus5000 59 - War13104 60 - andaca 61 - swirldude 62 - Explicit Content 63 - Meche313 64 - HeroicVivi 65 - FastFalcon05 66 - Tnote 67 - Yesmar 68 - Mac Arrowny 69 - MasterMage119 70 - King Morgoth 71 - Aprosenf 72 - Phediuk 73 - charmander6000 74 - Rufus Shinra 18 75 - Mister Mario 76 - Luis Sera89 77 - longbladeofhiko 78 - shadow8021 79 - Lieutenant Kettch 80 - RPGGamer0 81 - WiggumFan267 82 - MetaRidleyX 83 - chocoboslayer 84 - FFDragon 85 - GrapefruitKing 86 - Lagoona 87 - The CruelAngel 88 - Fett0001 89 - cyko 90 - Dunkeroo23 91 - Bobby200614 92 - Tediz247 93 - Samurai7 94 - Jman_GamerX8 95 - ps2rulezzz 96 - Dilated Chemist 97 - Guess how many Teens 98 - Prometheus321 99 - Steinershocker 100 - TheLivingDemon 101 - Tirofog 102 - TheRye 103 - Vile Requiem 104 - rpgapzx 105 - Pathetique 106 - Brett with Atreyu 107 - outsider920 108 - raytan7585 109 - Acronym 110 - BeTheMan 111 - TLO 112 - Black_Turtle 113 - Tequilla Gundam 114 - Fantusta 115 - tsunami70 116 - Tjian 117 - _Harmonica_ 118 - Yoshifan823 119 - Sephirot1 Returns 120 - ff6man --- "lol x-stats" - The Contest Simulator: http://thengamer.com/xstats Ngamer's Contest Archives: http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ |
| Lopen | Posted 6/29/2006 12:18:33 AM | message detail |
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Eh, those numbers aren't that far removed from how the others did. The day vote will massively favor "Contest? Where?", buh-lee dat! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| Lopen | Posted 6/29/2006 12:21:31 AM | message detail |
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Hmmm... well it appears that "Contest? Where?" needs to gain about 25%.
Guess I was off. It'll try its hardest though, I bet. Watch it gain 10%
during the day! Watch it! --- Raiden is still [!!] nominations short! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=27664244 |
| transience | Posted 6/29/2006 12:33:42 AM | message detail |
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*Its (hides from tranny) <3 *goes back to lurking while patiently waiting for the contest* --- xyzzy |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/29/2006 12:33:45 AM | message detail |
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Yes, and I'll be in the top scores 16.38% 273 Yes, but I don't have a chance of winning 18.84% 314 Not yet, I'm waiting until the last moment 6.36% 106 No, I'm just not interested in it 32.81% 547 Contest? Where? 25.61% 427 TOTAL VOTES 1667 Disappointing result, but all the people not participating are still going to vote. I'm also thinking that we'll see low-ish votals, and thus some whacko results. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), FE8, WC3: Frozen Throne |
| greatone10 | Posted 6/29/2006 1:11:30 AM | message detail |
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Considering only Board 8 and oddly enough, Random Insanity, knew about
the contest during the nomination phase, it wouldn't be a surprise if
the Where? option made a huge gain. --- RIP Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 "I set my ATM card's number to "0001" because I'm number one!" - Manfred von Karma |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/29/2006 1:13:52 AM | message detail |
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I wonder if the people voting for the last option are under the
assumption that the contest has already begun and they can't find it. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| greatone10 | Posted 6/29/2006 1:22:39 AM | message detail |
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I would hope the huge colorful banner to the left, as well as the
"waiting for the last minute" option would be enough to clear up any
confusion. --- RIP Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 "I set my ATM card's number to "0001" because I'm number one!" - Manfred von Karma |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/29/2006 1:23:56 AM | message detail |
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You never know. The way the question is worded seems to imply that the contest is going on somewhere. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Aprosenf | Posted 6/29/2006 1:27:17 AM | message detail |
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I decided to one-up TRE: I've wrote some scripts to download all of the
poll data up to the present and parse it into a nice little text file.
For a listing of all polls (pollid + date + question + results), goto http://www.geocities.com/aprosenf/allpolls.txt (668 KB) Note: their might be some missing/garbled data, due to inconsistencies in the HTML used to render the poll results. I tried to quickly look through it to make sure there were no gaping holes, but there could be some errors. Most notably, several polls in the 1800s and 2000s were missing their titles because of ads or something, and I had to add them in by hand. If you see anything, let me know and I'll fix it. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| Aprosenf | Posted 6/29/2006 1:29:03 AM | message detail |
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Oh yeah, and best viewed with a tab size of 8. I'll need to clean it up
to get rid of tabs and make it look pretty regardless of tab size, but
for now, some much-needed sleep. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| LightningHD22 | Posted 6/29/2006 1:30:33 AM | message detail |
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| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/29/2006 1:31:30 AM | message detail |
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For what it's worth, the four "Have you played?" polls' vote totals go in this order: 1. Zelda 2. Mario 3. Final Fantasy 4. Metal Gear There is only a 4000 vote difference between Zelda and FF, for what it's worth, but Metal Gear is about 10,000 behind. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| jonthomson | Posted 6/29/2006 3:18:06 AM | message detail |
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Mega Man completely pwned Yoshi legitimately without a hint of SFF whatsoever. FYP. And Wario > all on MK64. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Gooper Blooper | Posted 6/29/2006 4:46:42 AM | message detail |
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*tags* --- 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 |
| sidharta | Posted 6/29/2006 7:03:21 AM | message detail |
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Did Slowflake create a BOP for this Game contest? If he did, can someone kindly direct me where I can see it? --- I... am... your greatest nightmare! |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 6/29/2006 7:06:07 AM | message detail |
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http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=28564011 --- "People who play RPGs are depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games" - Hiroshi Yamauchi * Is Dranze * |