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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 296
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| TheKeyofDestiny | Posted 6/30/2006 8:03:44 PM | message detail |
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Well, I'd expect the series to do considerably better than the character as well, for what it's worth. --- "You make a good other." |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/30/2006 8:12:52 PM | message detail |
| I used a Final Fantasy VII vs. Half-Life comparison as a start to
determine how Diablo will do. I figure that Half-Life and Diablo are
probaby close in popularity. I just took it from there. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Slowflake | Posted 6/30/2006 8:15:50 PM | message detail |
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| Slowflake | Posted 6/30/2006 8:16:11 PM | message detail |
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Diablo's able to win matches though. HELLO MY NAME IS EUUUUUUUUUGENE. --- Everything is "Ridiculous! Nonsense! If you believe that, you're a fool! How can that be when..." You'd make a great PW witness. -Shake to Vlado |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 6/30/2006 8:34:26 PM | message detail |
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Why would Starcraft be stronger than Diablo 2? D2's a far more GameFAQs
friendly game than Starcraft, and it's also newer. It's population is a
lot more concentrated in America than Starcraft's as well. I don't see
why RPGFAQs would choose SC over Diablo 2...adding Diablo 1 in only
makes the difference larger. I can see FF winning with somewhere
between 65-69% there, and I'd bet on it being closer to 65. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| TheKeyofDestiny | Posted 6/30/2006 8:37:59 PM | message detail |
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Well, I say that partially because I have a hard time seeing Diablo II
being a member of the Super Seven, and partially because of (*ducks for
cover*) the list. --- "You make a good other." |
| cyko | Posted 6/30/2006 8:49:30 PM | message detail |
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I don't know about the "only" one. If I recall, the last perfect went down on Zero/Sonic. i meant in the still young "Stats and Discussion Topic". and actually, the last TWO perfects both went down on Zero vs. Sonic. as far as nervous matches, i'm the most nervous about Street Fighter vs. Elder Scrolls. so far, the only reason i've seen from anyone supporting Street Fighter is that Street Fighter is a more recognizable name than Elder Scrolls. and that's the kind of reasoning that cost some of us matches like Wario vs. Shadow. it doesn't feel right to pick against SF, but Oblivion is currently the second most popular game (at least out of this year's games, for sure) on the site and has been since it came out. but, on the other hand, the name "Elder Scrolls" doesn't seem to be used that much in connection to Oblivion and the series pretty much relies on Oblivion...........bah. this match has me quite nervous. --- "In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...." - Homer Simpson |
| TheKeyofDestiny | Posted 6/30/2006 8:51:03 PM | message detail |
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I don't know if I've ever been completely certain about
Street Fighter, but I refuse to second-guess myself because I usually
end up getting it wrong then. If anything, this is a matter of "Who can
you see winning this match more easily?" In my mind, that's Street Fighter. --- "You make a good other." |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/30/2006 8:53:04 PM | message detail |
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So...will this upcoming poll be the first to start at midnight EST, or
will it begin with the contest? From what it sounded like on the Daily
Grind, Ceej wanted to get it started as soon as possible. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Aprosenf | Posted 6/30/2006 8:55:16 PM | message detail |
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Apro's Half-Assed Analysis (AHAA) It's ****ing Zelda. No contest. The only question is how badly is Civilization going to lose. From what I've heard from my friends, it's a pretty darn good series. Only problem is it's a PC series. It won't be a super-blowout à la Adventure, but Civ will perform better than expected. Look for Zelda to win with 82-85%. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| Slowflake | Posted 6/30/2006 8:55:58 PM | message detail |
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It's starting in 24 hours, I think. Brackets aren't even locked down yet. --- Everything is "Ridiculous! Nonsense! If you believe that, you're a fool! How can that be when..." You'd make a great PW witness. -Shake to Vlado |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/30/2006 9:04:01 PM | message detail |
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Actually, I was asking if CJayC was going to start this upcoming poll at midnight, or if he was going to wait until the contest started to implement the change. Looks like it starts with the contest. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| dethfdddddh | Posted 6/30/2006 9:16:28 PM | message detail |
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Come on, upset poll..... --- Just Got Owned By Guru winner Voltch. |
| Slowflake | Posted 6/30/2006 9:17:06 PM | message detail |
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Or this poll runs for 45 hours. --- Everything is "Ridiculous! Nonsense! If you believe that, you're a fool! How can that be when..." You'd make a great PW witness. -Shake to Vlado |
| Slowflake | Posted 6/30/2006 9:17:37 PM | message detail |
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Which, by the way, is highly likely, since the top 10 list changed at midnight. --- Everything is "Ridiculous! Nonsense! If you believe that, you're a fool! How can that be when..." You'd make a great PW witness. -Shake to Vlado |
| LegendarySnake | Posted 6/30/2006 9:20:43 PM | message detail |
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I was about to say that David Hayter had better top that list or all is lost. --- I am the man who makes the impossible possible. I am the man, the legend: Solid Snake! |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/30/2006 9:22:33 PM | message detail |
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Hey, one of these lists got the top choice right! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/30/2006 9:22:57 PM | message detail |
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Also enjoy seeing Manny's VA up there. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/30/2006 9:27:48 PM | message detail |
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Wait... Snake is the "EA Sports, it's in the game" guy???? --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/30/2006 9:31:50 PM | message detail |
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Heh. It seems not too many people knew that. Sir Chris didn't realize it until I showed him the list either. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| LegendarySnake | Posted 6/30/2006 9:32:34 PM | message detail |
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I've known that for quite a while. --- I am the man who makes the impossible possible. I am the man, the legend: Solid Snake! |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/30/2006 9:33:11 PM | message detail |
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and actually, the last TWO perfects both went down on Zero vs. Sonic. Three. ~*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 |
| Aprosenf | Posted 6/30/2006 10:09:29 PM | message detail |
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Another interesting fact about David Hayter that I found out last
month: he wrote the screenplays for the first two X-Men movies. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| LessThan3Presea | Posted 6/30/2006 10:10:04 PM | message detail |
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Another factoid that I've known for a long time, heh. --- "A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/30/2006 10:25:27 PM | message detail |
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I want to see a list of interesting factoids for him, ASAP. Please. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| LessThan3Presea | Posted 6/30/2006 10:28:43 PM | message detail |
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Though born in California, Hayter's parents were Canadian. He did some
live acting in the early 1990s, but became interested in voice acting
after appearing in an episode of the sitcom Major Dad as a character
with a Russian accent. This led to his role as the voice of Captain
America in the popular 1994 Spider-Man animated series. Hayter is known to be a huge fan of the Black Widow comic books. It is said that he named his daughter Natasha after "Black Widow's" main character with the same name. For some voiceover projects, Hayter used the alias Sean Barker, the name of the character he played in the 1994 movie Guyver: Dark Hero. He also used this alias for his anime dub work in YuYu Hakusho when he voiced Kurama. --- "A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul |
| LessThan3Presea | Posted 6/30/2006 10:31:03 PM | message detail |
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According to GameFAQs user Chris Ho's audio interview with Paul Eiding,
David Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back
the cast of Metal Gear Solid for The Twin Snakes. This may be the
reason why the voice acting in The Twin Snakes was completely redone
with the same actors. An interview with David Hayter by Game Informer in 2001 showed that Hayter wished for the then-unconfirmed Metal Gear Solid movie to be animated or made in 3D. He also wished to be the screenwriter under the possible supervision of Hideo Kojima. --- "A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 6/30/2006 10:32:57 PM | message detail |
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If he is open, and if possible, he wants to play the role of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid movie! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 6/30/2006 10:52:34 PM | message detail |
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.. So, anyone notice the poll yet? --- "People who play RPGs are depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games" - Hiroshi Yamauchi * Is Dranze * |
| LessThan3Presea | Posted 6/30/2006 10:53:59 PM | message detail |
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Huh? When did he change it? Either way, not surprising results. I would've expected Metal Gear and None at all to dominate. --- "A huge void in her heart. It is filled not by darkness, but kindness from others." - Presea Combatir, the Empty Soul |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 6/30/2006 10:56:07 PM | message detail |
| Metal Gear wins a four-way poll between Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Mario...? UPSET |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/30/2006 10:56:55 PM | message detail |
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That's the Final Four, man...hell, the Elite Eight very well could consist of just 1-VS-2-seed matches. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| cyrax dioxide | Posted 6/30/2006 10:57:14 PM | message detail |
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Who is most likely ot upset Metal Gear in their bracket? --- The World is Yours |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 6/30/2006 10:58:16 PM | message detail |
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Either Halo or KH I suppose. --- "People who play RPGs are depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games" - Hiroshi Yamauchi * Is Dranze * |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/30/2006 11:00:36 PM | message detail |
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Either Halo or KH, and I'm goin' with KH... ...but that's an upset I'm not taking seriously. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| Janus5000 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:01:52 PM | message detail |
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Soul Calibur, naturally. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 6/30/2006 11:11:17 PM | message detail |
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We need to play some BUY OR SELL: BUY OR SELL: Metal Gear (Solid) not making the Final Four. BUY OR SELL: Zelda being a real threat to Final Fantasy in the finals. BUY OR SELL: Mario being a real threat to Final Fantasy. BUY OR SELL: Madden suffering the biggest blowout. BUY OR SELL: No series breaking 90% in a poll. BUY OR SELL: No match being decided by less than 2000 votes. Can't think of anything else. ~*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 |
| Draco1214 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:13:15 PM | message detail |
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| HaRRicH | Posted 6/30/2006 11:17:06 PM | message detail |
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SELL: Metal Gear (Solid) not making the Final Four. SELL: Zelda being a real threat to Final Fantasy in the finals. (though it's definitely the biggest threat) SELL: Mario being a real threat to Final Fantasy. BUY: Madden suffering the biggest blowout. SELL: No series breaking 90% in a poll. SELL: No match being decided by less than 2000 votes. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| ESY16 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:22:33 PM | message detail |
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BUY OR SELL: Metal Gear (Solid) not making the Final Four. I will sell this, but it is a hard decision. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if KH or Halo end up beating Metal Gear, but I think that in the end Metal Gear will get its spot in the final four. BUY OR SELL: Zelda being a real threat to Final Fantasy in the finals. Sell, as much as I don't want this to be true. I think that this match will be like FF7 vs. OoT; Zelda will definitely be respectable but will never be a major threat to beat FF. BUY OR SELL: Mario being a real threat to Final Fantasy. Again, I sell. I think that Mario may surprise people in this match and do better than expected. That said, it will still be weaker than Zelda which also won't be a huge threat to FF. BUY OR SELL: Madden suffering the biggest blowout. I'll buy this one. I think that the biggest blowout honor is between Civ and Madden. Although Zelda is better at blowing things out in polls, I think that Civ is more popular than Madden and so Madden gets reamed the hardest. I think that KH vs. Harvest Moon could be a sleeper blowout depending on how much SFF occurs. BUY OR SELL: No series breaking 90% in a poll. Tough, but I will buy this. There will definitely be blowouts in this tournament, but each series in the contest should have some fans that will vote for it, and the popular series will have some anti-votes. These factors should keep the matches away from 90-10 blowout territory. I really wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong here though. BUY OR SELL: No match being decided by less than 2000 votes. I know that I probably should buy this, but my own hopes are making me sell. There should be some close matches in the tournament (MK vs. MM, the Halo-KH-MG series, among others) and I would think that at least one of them will be close enough to be within 2000 votes. --- Visit www.geocities.com/independentgamers |
| Janus5000 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:29:46 PM | message detail |
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SELL: Metal Gear (Solid) not making the Final Four. SELL: Zelda being a real threat to Final Fantasy in the finals. SELL: Mario being a real threat to Final Fantasy. SELL: Madden suffering the biggest blowout. BUY: No series breaking 90% in a poll. SELL: No match being decided by less than 2000 votes. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 6/30/2006 11:30:28 PM | message detail |
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*signs to be a Guru* I will be dead last! --- "If you win, no one will complain. And if you lose, there wont be anyone left to complain."- Jonas Simbacca |
| Janus5000 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:32:15 PM | message detail |
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...Er, BUY MG falling early. Silly, silly me. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| Draco1214 | Posted 6/30/2006 11:32:59 PM | message detail |
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SELL: Metal Gear (Solid) not making the Final Four. BUY: Zelda being a real threat to Final Fantasy in the finals. SELL: Mario being a real threat to Final Fantasy. BUY: Madden suffering the biggest blowout. BUY: No series breaking 90% in a poll. BUY: No match being decided by less than 2000 votes. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| creativename | Posted 6/30/2006 11:46:14 PM | message detail |
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Wait... Snake is the "EA Sports, it's in the game" guy???? LIES. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hayter: A popular myth is that Hayter is the voice of EA Sports (saying "EA Sports: It's in the game!") when in fact it is Andrew Anthony. Not that Wikipedia is infallible, but I could find no original source that said Hayter is the "it's in the game" guy. Only hearsay. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 6/30/2006 11:49:52 PM | message detail |
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Psh, Andrew Anthony? That's a fake name, if I've ever heard one! --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Aprosenf | Posted 7/1/2006 12:03:34 AM | message detail |
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What time did today's poll start? I coulda sworn it didn't start at
9:00 PST, but it also didn't start at midnight. Did it start at some
other time, or am I losing my mind? --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/1/2006 12:07:14 AM | message detail |
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It started at some time other than midnight EST or PST. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/1/2006 12:09:20 AM | message detail |
| It used to start at Midnight Central Time, since GameFAQs was based in Texas. |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 7/1/2006 12:14:36 AM | message detail |
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I remember those days, pardner. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |