GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 337
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| ccbfan | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:35 PM | message detail |
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^^ Plus after seeing what Shadow Hearts and Suikoden did in this contest, I wouldn't trust the board either. |
| Matroshka67 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:38 PM | message detail |
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I'm glad nominations are on the poll results. I think it's a great idea. We only want the strongest characters... right? I doubt this is a very good way to get the strongest characters in the field (maybe you were being sarcastic...?), but this is a contest for the masses before anything else, so it certainly isn't a bad idea. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:40 PM | message detail |
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"We only want the strongest characters... right?" Right. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:40 PM | message detail |
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Only? Uh, yeah, it's slowing down from 57% per update. Final Fantasy should start winning updates sometime soon. --- Give you 10G if you act like a chicken! Yes. No. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:43 PM | message detail |
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Obviously, stopping the bleeding against Zelda is going to take a little longer, but I'm still not concerned. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:54 PM | message detail |
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I'm glad nominations are on the poll results. I think it's a great idea. We only want the strongest characters... right? Somehow I feel the appearance of 19,000 FF7 characters in the next contest. Anyway, this is exactly what happened in Mario/FF, except that LoZ is much stronger. It should make things much more interesting, and LoZ has it far from won. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids - Team Tranny Did! |
| TessaTestarossa | Posted 7/31/2006 9:22:55 PM | message detail |
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Damn, we're gonna have to do some outside rallying for Solano... --- Nominate JAY SOLANO and CARMEN SANDIEGO Team Tranny Town AHOY! |
| CountCrazy007 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:11 PM | message detail |
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I don't think the noms being up on the poll page is too
big of a deal. I don't think it's too obvious, and when I vote I just
vote, quickly look at the bars to see who's winning, then click on the
"boards" and get the hell off that page. Maybe I'm wrong, though... --- 4th Place of the Fall 2005 10-Year Anniversary Contest |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:18 PM | message detail |
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The picture I loved was the -8 one. All pics are up on my gallery now. It's fine, but take my name off. The idea is to make it look like you're saying that, not me =p OK. I see now - the point is to get your point across, as well as make me feel uncomfortable with the "best poster" thing. Insidious ;) Anyway, were you at least impressed with Mario yesterday? Even a little? Certainly, yes. Great job by SMB, didn't think it could do it after the SSB thing (so also great by SSB). Even more disappointed with Final Fantasy though. Especially after this start. Both Zelda and Final Fantasy are wonderful and I adore them both, but I root for Final Fantasy more. Seems like this site is now completely NintendoFAQs. I'm not complaining though, just saying that the metamorphosis is now about to be officially complete (barring drastic changes in this result). --- As the best poster in the stats topic, I move that we all stop acting like elitist know-it-alls about matches that aren't horribly obvious. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:36 PM | message detail |
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I feel better about Vincent getting in with the nominations where they are at least. --- Give you 10G if you act like a chicken! Yes. No. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:44 PM | message detail |
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"Somehow I feel the appearance of 19,000 FF7 characters in the next contest." Actually I'm expecting 5, but whatever. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:45 PM | message detail |
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This match has less than a hundred votes more than Mario/FF at this
point. So yeah, I wouldn't expect the totals to be that much higher. I think Mario might keep "Most Impressive Loser" though. --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/31/2006 9:23:49 PM | message detail |
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Somehow I feel the appearance of 19,000 FF7 characters in the next contest. I won't blame Ceej if he pulls a deus ex machina and manipulates the seeding. (Like he should have done for Chrono. Jesus.) --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 7/31/2006 9:24:14 PM | message detail |
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From: CountCrazy007 I don't think the noms being up on the poll page is too big of a deal. I don't think it's too obvious, and when I vote I just vote, quickly look at the bars to see who's winning, then click on the "boards" and get the hell off that page. Maybe I'm wrong, though... Same here, I didn't even notice until people mentioned it. --- Sp2k6: 60/64 Rank: Tied for 1018th Losses: Halo, GTA, SF Nominate Nidoran F and Yesterday's Pick: FF Today's Pick: FF CATS in the character contest! |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 7/31/2006 9:24:35 PM | message detail |
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I won't blame Ceej if he pulls a deus ex machina and manipulates the seeding. Wait, doesn't deus ex machina mean "sudden and abrupt conclusion"? --- Today's subliminal thought is: |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/31/2006 9:24:54 PM | message detail |
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Besides, you need a GameFAQs account to nominate, but not to vote. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:18 PM | message detail |
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I dunno, latin isn't my thing. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:38 PM | message detail |
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Ahh, good ol' damage control. --- Moltar Status: Wanting you to Nominate Shadow the Hedgehog! Legend of Zelda vs. Final Fantasy - Bracket: FF - Vote: LoZ (62/64) |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:43 PM | message detail |
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Same here, I didn't even notice until people mentioned it. But the thing is, for any casual that wants to keep up with the results, they'll look back at that page to see what the latest update is, we have SC2K5 to rely on. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids - Team Tranny Did! |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:44 PM | message detail |
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Over 1000 now for Zelda, but the gains are getting smaller. --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:48 PM | message detail |
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It also seems like "deus ex machina" is thrown around more than used Gundam parts... --- The *only* good thing about this contest is that Ceej might share with us the split between female/male nominations for Samus. ~creativename |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:55 PM | message detail |
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Lead: 1019. Zelda's slowing down, but it sure as hell isn't done yet. --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| Phediuk | Posted 7/31/2006 9:25:57 PM | message detail |
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Eh, this match isn't nearly as exciting as Mario/FF because Zelda always had a shot at winning. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Matroshka67 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:08 PM | message detail |
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Zelda pushes it to over 1000. Keep in mind that Final Fantasy will have
one hell of a time trying to pull 60% updates on this series. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:24 PM | message detail |
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Besides, you need a GameFAQs account to nominate, but not to vote. Very good point. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids - Team Tranny Did! |
| DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:31 PM | message detail |
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Only increased around 120 that time. It's tapering off. Zelda will need to keep going strong if it wants to win. --- Sp2k6: 60/64 Rank: Tied for 1018th Losses: Halo, GTA, SF Nominate Nidoran F and Yesterday's Pick: FF Today's Pick: FF CATS in the character contest! |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:37 PM | message detail |
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Eh, this match isn't nearly as exciting as Mario/FF because Zelda always had a shot at winning. So this match will make up for it by being exciting for more than an hour! --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| ecyc333 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:48 PM | message detail |
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lol, put a 1 in front of 337 >.> --- Friends are for losers. Enemies are better 'cause you know they'll stab you, and probably in the front. ~Euphoric Ghost |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:50 PM | message detail |
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NintendoFAQs still couldn't stop Snake > Bowser :) --- Scooped in a coupe, Snoop we got news/Your girl was trickin' while you was draped in your county blues I ain't been out a second/And already gotta do some mutha****in chin checkin |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/31/2006 9:26:52 PM | message detail |
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Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an
unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event
introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a
situation or untangle a plot There. Minus the "fiction" part, it's fairly accurate for what I was meaning. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| CompmanJX3 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:15 PM | message detail |
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I never got an answer. What made everyone so sure FF would win in the
first place? Regardless of how this match ends, what instilled this
confidence? I cannot, for the life of me, understand it. --- Two Comps and a Tnote NOMINATE TANYA FROM RED ALERT! |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:22 PM | message detail |
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We only want the strongest characters... right? How does that make sense? I mean, they'll nominate people like Kefka, Carl Johnson and others. Really, they're just as bad as us when nominating joke characters, just they don't know it yet. --- - "ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'." - Topaz Kitsune stingers, Rad, longblade, and Ryoko owned me in a sig bet and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:30 PM | message detail |
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I always relate DEM to Yu-Gi-Oh! --- Moltar Status: Wanting you to Nominate Shadow the Hedgehog! Legend of Zelda vs. Final Fantasy - Bracket: FF - Vote: LoZ (62/64) |
| Villainous Fawful | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:31 PM | message detail |
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You people are hilarious. Over 1000 lead in 25 minutes. FF is dead and buried, get over it. --- I HAVE FURY! |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:48 PM | message detail |
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"Zelda pushes it to over 1000. Keep in mind that Final Fantasy will
have one hell of a time trying to pull 60% updates on this series." It doesn't need updates that big yet. If Zelda keeps this up for 2-3 hours, maybe, but if FF can turn the tide before then it could easily win off of a day full of 53% updates. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 7/31/2006 9:27:51 PM | message detail |
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"Deus ex machina" is a term used for an outside influence that seems to
magically manipulate things, often in stories. It comes from old Greek
plays, where there would literally be a god or gods that would descend
from the heavens and solve everyone's problems without prior
provocation; thus, the name (I believe) literally means "god from the
machine." THE MORE YOU KNOW ~! --- This was Ed Bellis. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:05 PM | message detail |
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OK. I see now - the point is to get your point across, as well as
make me feel uncomfortable with the "best poster" thing. Insidious ;) Exactly. Don't still, I still <3 you :) Certainly, yes. Great job by SMB, didn't think it could do it after the SSB thing (so also great by SSB). Even more disappointed with Final Fantasy though. Especially after this start. Both Zelda and Final Fantasy are wonderful and I adore them both, but I root for Final Fantasy more. Ditto. I love both FF and Zelda (and I'm sure nearly everyone on this site has played an FF, a Mario, and a Zelda title), but FF is my favorite series by a mile. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY) |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:05 PM | message detail |
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I'd rather have someone like Kefka over Jay Solano. --- Give you 10G if you act like a chicken! Yes. No. |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:14 PM | message detail |
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...aw, nuts. --- This was Ed Bellis. |
| Slowflake | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:19 PM | message detail |
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I never got an answer. What made everyone so sure FF would win in
the first place? Regardless of how this match ends, what instilled this
confidence? I cannot, for the life of me, understand it. The contribution for fanbases of games other than FF7 being more substantial than the same for OoT, I'd think. --- i thought people on gamefaqs had good taste in games i guess i was wrong -EstUmbra Oooh... Yeah... I need... condom... sixty nine!! -IENJOYHAM |
| Phediuk | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:27 PM | message detail |
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FF is never dead and buried. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:48 PM | message detail |
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Goodbye Carmen Sandiego dominating the female side ;___; TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 Nominate Carmen Sandiego for Character Battle V |
| Aprosenf | Posted 7/31/2006 9:28:51 PM | message detail |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:02 PM | message detail |
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EBNW! That's not Earthbound never wins, by the way! --- Squall, Tidus, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden Presea, Chun-Li, Tifa, Celes, Quistis, Amy Rose, Mei Ling |
| plasmabeam | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:02 PM | message detail |
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There's still a TON of votes out there. No need to get worried early. --- Best Series Ever Contest - 38 pts, Next: Smash Bros. Jacksonville Jaguars (12-5) Eliminated from playoffs |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:13 PM | message detail |
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"Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an
unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event
introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a
situation or untangle a plot" So most of FF8, then? --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:25 PM | message detail |
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I never got an answer. What made everyone so sure FF would win in
the first place? Regardless of how this match ends, what instilled this
confidence? I cannot, for the life of me, understand it. I said the same thing before, but was quickly shot down. Meh, I'd like to take this chance to say, I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, HAH! Watch FF come back and win this thing now =p |
| BlastTheSpeaker | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:47 PM | message detail |
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Goodbye Carmen Sandiego dominating the female side ;___; Uhh why? --- Blast the Speakers!!(Longbladeofhiko) Hopeful Soon To Be WWEGSB FPV DL Member |
| Who Cares? | Posted 7/31/2006 9:29:52 PM | message detail |
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Hmm, Ceej throwing up a nomination link on the poll page makes me think
he's going throw up a bracket as soon Thursday. (He'll probably wanna
take a breather tomorrow) --- Noms: Ken, Nightmare, Sub Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden(MGS), Knuckles, Sora Chun-Li, Morrigan, Sheena, Cammy, Presea, Talim, Ayane |
| Matroshka67 | Posted 7/31/2006 9:30:25 PM | message detail |
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Zelda gains percentage. This series is a machine. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |