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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 305
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| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 5:42:36 AM | message detail |
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It's good to see the predictability of the contest end at least. I
still want to see what halo is capable of in the day before calling it,
but it's probably over. I'd like to see castlevania > KH happen
too... --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 5:44:14 AM | message detail |
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Not unless you're one of those crazy people who try to count the whole Master Hand thing. I never understood why people count this as a 6,000 vote swing. If MH was weak enough to fall behind by that much, it wouldn't have been capable of making up the difference... --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/8/2006 5:44:16 AM | message detail |
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I'm kinda thinking that this is a sign (I know that this has been
mentioned in the other topic)...a sign that more games in a series
actually means
something. So far, we've seen the series with more games win every
single match, and although that trend will end tomorrow (endless
entertainment if it doesn't), it could mean that CV > KH and Sonic
> SSB...maybe even MM > MK and SF > RE (it also assures SF
> ES). And maybe...just maybe...Mario has a chance of winning the
tournament? --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 7/8/2006 5:45:07 AM | message detail |
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Morning? Also, hooray, it's over! Now it's on to KH! --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/RPGuy.jpg |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 5:45:55 AM | message detail |
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I never understood why people count this as a 6,000 vote swing. If
MH was weak enough to fall behind by that much, it wouldn't have been
capable of making up the difference... Indeed. Kuja had, I believe, something like a 500 vote lead before Master Hand started coming back. A favoring of the day vote will bring you back from that kind of small deficit, and it obviously means you weren't weak enough to lose the match. So yeah, I agree completely. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 5:46:01 AM | message detail |
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Speaking of that trend ending tomorrow, I would sacrifice my first born to see HM beat around KH. >_> --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| voltch | Posted 7/8/2006 5:48:02 AM | message detail |
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imagine the uproar if there were cheated votes of epic proportions in this match. --- Kilroy:Their fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft. BrentfordFC-championship here we come |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 5:49:51 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, this is why I took Sonic > SSB, CV > KH, and MM > MK.
HOWEVER, as far as FF vs Mario goes, Mario really has SMB, SMB2, SMB2J,
SMB3, SMW, SMW2, SM64, SMS, and NSMB. Final Fantasy has FF1-FFXI and
FFX-2. So it actually has more games. And I don't think it will matter
in that match. Both of them have enough games to be "established." And
both of them are titans around here. Mega Man strikes me as a series
that will benefit much more from having a ton of games since they're
all so similar, it's kind of hard to pick a favorite. It doesn't have
the advantage of facing a "less established" series though-- MK is
undeniably well known and well loved. Sonic does have that advantage
though. I have, however, been kind of worried about having RE>SF ever since brackets locked down. Really though, Street Fighter doesn't actually have a lot of games. It has a lot of edits of SF2, but they're all the same game with a couple of new characters and gameplay balance fixes. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/8/2006 5:51:25 AM | message detail |
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I'd like to see castlevania > KH happen too I see no reason why it shouldn't. Halo and KH are extremely similar in strength and today's match kills the "will vote for strongest single game" theory. KH2 would have had to have a HUGE effect for it not to happen. I'm very, VERY happy with my picks right now, and since MasterMage has the same bracket as me except for getting Pokemon right, I congratulate him in advance for his perfect bracket. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 5:51:28 AM | message detail |
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So far, we've seen the series with more games win every single
match, and although that trend will end tomorrow (endless entertainment
if it doesn't), it could mean that CV > KH and Sonic >
SSB...maybe even MM > MK and SF > RE (it also assures SF >
ES). And maybe...just maybe...Mario has a chance of winning the
tournament? The only one I feel really safe mentioning something on is Sonic > SSB, which is almost exactly like this match. One series has only two games, the other has a ton of games that span various consoles, both old and new. I think that is the closest comparison to this match. Castlevania/Kingodm Hearts is pretty similar, too, and that one will be interesting to see. I'm almost pretty convinced that Castlevania can take that one. You're starting to make a huge stretch with the others though. Mega Man > Mario Kart? Mega Man has something like nine games in the Classic series. Mario Kart has five games in its series. That's not an instant favoring toward Mega Man. Street Fighter > Resident Evil? Street Fighter has 53 games in its series, Resident Evil has 40. That's not difference enough to start talking about Street Fighter carrying some advantage. It's just older, not necessarily stronger. Super Mario Bros. winning the contest? Eh, no. Final Fantasy and Zelda both have tons of games in their series and both of them have really strong games. We know the top two series in this site prefers; no real new light shed on the winner with this match. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/8/2006 5:51:33 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, this match does make me feel a bit more confident in my Sonic > SSB, MM > MK, and SF > RE picks. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 5:52:52 AM | message detail |
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imagine the uproar if there were cheated votes of epic proportions in this match. Well, Halo is going to need to cheat if it wants to win. =p --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 5:54:37 AM | message detail |
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I see no reason why it shouldn't. Halo and KH are extremely similar
in strength and today's match kills the "will vote for strongest single
game" theory. KH2 would have had to have a HUGE effect for it not to
happen. I'm very, VERY happy with my picks right now, and since
MasterMage has the same bracket as me except for getting Pokemon right,
I congratulate him in advance for his perfect bracket. XD Since you're so kind, I'll tell ya what. If I do get a perfect bracket, I'll let you help me pick one of my games. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| ThatsRidiculous | Posted 7/8/2006 5:54:47 AM | message detail |
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imagine the uproar if there were cheated votes of epic proportions in this match. If Castlevainia keeps this up for another hour or two, I'll seriously be doubting its credibillity... ...or maybe Castlevainia the series rocks the night and day. --- cavedog0: Dec. 2003 - Oct. 2005 Now that USA and Holland and Australia are out, is currently rooting for: France |
| Layzerbeam | Posted 7/8/2006 5:56:24 AM | message detail |
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I don't understand why this board thinks RE will beat SF. I just don't understand. --- ROCKET TROUSERS! im not making these lies up ~ ertyu |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 5:56:32 AM | message detail |
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...or maybe Castlevainia the series rocks the night and day. Well if you people would stop thinking SotN and Alucard predict the trends of a series that spans every console imaginable, maybe we would all be thinking this!! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 7/8/2006 5:56:42 AM | message detail |
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So um, do you guys think Soma could be someone interesting (read not completely fodder) in the next character battle? --- 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 5:57:45 AM | message detail |
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If Castlevainia keeps this up for another hour or two, I'll seriously be doubting its credibillity... ...or maybe Castlevainia the series rocks the night and day. Well, 25% of Castlevania fans have their favorite Castlevania game as one on NES OR SNES... --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 7/8/2006 5:57:47 AM | message detail |
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well, the only pick that doesn't look good right now is SSB > Sonic. --- * Is Dranze * |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 5:58:25 AM | message detail |
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I can't say I would draw that conclusion from this match here. He wouldn't be complete fodder, but I doubt he's something really noteworthy in strength. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 5:58:57 AM | message detail |
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I don't understand why this board thinks RE will beat SF. I just don't understand. Well, RE4 is really a big reason. It just seems to have an overall bigger presence at GameFAQs to me. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 5:59:09 AM | message detail |
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Street Fighter has 53 games in its series More like 53 versions of five or six games. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Who Cares? | Posted 7/8/2006 6:00:01 AM | message detail |
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I'd much rather see what Soma can do than see guys like Vyse, Laharl,
& Conker stink up the contest for yet another year...and I like
Vyse & Laharl! --- Character Noms: Ken, Chun-Li, Kasumi, Morrigan, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 6:00:06 AM | message detail |
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I don't understand why this board thinks RE will beat SF. I just don't understand. Neither do I. How n earth can RE beat SF if TES does it first? --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/8/2006 6:00:15 AM | message detail |
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I don't understand why this board thinks RE will beat SF. I just don't understand. Resident Evil has had multiple games on multiple consoles, including the huge RE4. SF won't be much stronger than SF2, if it's stronger at all. Nobody really cares about fighting games here apart from SSBM. FWIW, I did have SF as my original pick. Then I remembered RE4 and swapped to RE. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 6:01:41 AM | message detail |
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More like 53 versions of five or six games. Oh, definitely. Hell, various versions of SF2 account for 14 million of the 24 million sales for the series. >> --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 6:01:46 AM | message detail |
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Ya know what sucks? If I ever get on the leaderboard, I don't get any
fame or glory because my universal name on this account is JDMS. No one
will have any idea that's me. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/8/2006 6:02:52 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, I was pretty much stretching things on most of those matches. I
do think that this match eliminates all doubt on SF vs. ES though. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 7/8/2006 6:02:54 AM | message detail |
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SF won't be much stronger than SF2, if it's stronger at all. Nobody really cares about fighting games here apart from SSBM. Just like Castlevania won't be stronger than Sotn right? >_> --- 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d |
| Layzerbeam | Posted 7/8/2006 6:04:41 AM | message detail |
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I think you are giving RE4 too much credit. --- ROCKET TROUSERS! im not making these lies up ~ ertyu |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/8/2006 6:04:46 AM | message detail |
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Just like Castlevania won't be stronger than Sotn right? Castlevania has god knows how many games and they're all different. Street Fighter has trillions of incarnations of effectively the same game. Two games if you count SFA as being different. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 6:05:03 AM | message detail |
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Just like Castlevania won't be stronger than Sotn right? >_> Really not such a great comparison. :P If you actually think about it, Castlevania is kind of like two different series rolled into one. You have the pre-PSX sidescrolling platformers, and the post-SNES Castleroids. Street Fighter, as a series, is really just two games. Street Fighter 2 and Street Fighter 3. Outside of them, no one really cares too much. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 6:05:57 AM | message detail |
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I think you are giving RE4 too much credit. Resident Evil has at least three extremely popular games though. RE, RE2, and RE4. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| Starion | Posted 7/8/2006 6:06:22 AM | message detail |
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Then I remembered RE4 and swapped to RE I also factored in the RE remake and the not as good but still decent RE0 when deciding Resident Evil's chances. Figured that the more hardcore Nintendo fans would support RE with that reason in mind. |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 7/8/2006 6:07:08 AM | message detail |
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That's nonsense, that's just like saying that Resident Evil just are 3 games. The traditional Re games, Re outbreak and RE4. Heck RE has one game going for it. No one would even consider RE > SF if it wasn't for RE4. --- 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 6:08:02 AM | message detail |
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wtf at that last update. Some of these spike in votes castlevania is
making seem less then legitimate somehow. I really don't want there to
be cheating in this match... but this just seems really damn odd. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 6:08:10 AM | message detail |
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Resident Evil 4 was huge. We're talking series "revival" -- perhaps not the best word, but hopefully you get the idea -- huge. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/8/2006 6:09:40 AM | message detail |
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Some of these spike in votes castlevania is making seem less then legitimate somehow. It's pretty normal fluctuation really. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/8/2006 6:10:09 AM | message detail |
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Eh, Castlevania has some inconsistent updates every now and then, but nothing that makes me think "cheating." --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 7/8/2006 6:10:52 AM | message detail |
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I've noticed that every match we pay close attention to,
we notice strange patterns and suspect cheating. That leads me to
believe that they're actually not strange patterns at all. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 6:10:54 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, RE4 was definitely very big for the RE series. It needed a title
of that magnitude to revive it, or it wouldn't have a hope in hell in
being remotely strong in a contest setting. I'm talking SH except ever
so slightly less pathetic here. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/8/2006 6:11:27 AM | message detail |
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Nominate Soma Cruz for SC2k6! --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Starion | Posted 7/8/2006 6:12:31 AM | message detail |
| It does seem strange but Castlevania doesn't strike me as a series that would garner a massive amount of cheat votes. I'd expect Halo, GTA , or any Blizzard game to possibly have those but it sounds too farfetched for Castlevania. |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/8/2006 6:12:58 AM | message detail |
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I've noticed that every match we pay close attention to, we notice
strange patterns and suspect cheating. That leads me to believe that
they're actually not strange patterns at all. Such as? The lastmatch I remember being this suspect was kefka vs. vercetti. I'm not sure what's going on; it just seems strange. Maybe I'm being paranoid though, but CV fluxuates hugely on some updates, to the point where it's hard not to suspect something. I have no idea why on earth anyone would cheat for something already this far ahead though. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| jonthomson | Posted 7/8/2006 6:17:00 AM | message detail |
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5,500 lead now and no signs of CV slowing yet. --- Jon Thomson - CATS, Jay Solano, Ridley, Scorpion, Alien Hominid, Duke Nukem, The Prince, Johnny Rocketfingers, two TBA |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/8/2006 6:18:14 AM | message detail |
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5,502 vote lead, huh? I woke up just in time. CV's dark soul is about to be filled with LIIIIIIGHT. --- Moltar Status: #37 on the Leaderboard!! Castlevania vs. Halo - Bracket: Halo - Vote: Halo (6/6) |
| Layzerbeam | Posted 7/8/2006 6:19:33 AM | message detail |
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Hay guyz look what the cat dragged in! fedor | Posted 7/8/2006 6:07:11 AM | message detail | #010 and i'm winning this whole damn tournament. There's no more M Bison to slow me down this time. --- ROCKET TROUSERS! im not making these lies up ~ ertyu |
| Phediuk | Posted 7/8/2006 6:20:14 AM | message detail |
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Halo, you're breaking my heart! ;_; </Padme> --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/8/2006 6:20:33 AM | message detail |
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Wow. Looks like my 6000-vote lead projection wasn't fiction. But still, it looks like it's way too much for Halo to overcome. --- I do declare, old chap! Even a Doom score could not possibly justify the unwarranted combustion of kittens! |
| voltch | Posted 7/8/2006 6:21:12 AM | message detail |
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omg castlevania is winning updates by 20 votes instead of 40! --- Kilroy:Their fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft. BrentfordFC-championship here we come |