GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 337
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| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:03:48 PM | message detail |
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"I just like to say that TRE you are easily one of the most underrated people not only in this thread but on this board." Huh. And here I recall just a couple months ago seeing a series of rate the user polls that had TRE at like #2. I think the board has a lot of respect for TRE, though you may be right about them not having quite enough! --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/31/2006 11:04:11 PM | message detail |
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Except you are a bigger troll than I, Chichi. You flaunt your importance much more than I, thus you are the bigger troll here. How does thoust hypocrisy taste, thou foulest of trolls? --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/31/2006 11:04:41 PM | message detail |
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Going back to the discussion on when to have a games contest...there
will likely NEVER be a year without some huge games. 2005 is the
biggest year I can think of, and even that had RE4. 2006 - TP, MP3, FFXII, KH2, New Sonic, etc. 2007 - SSBB, New Sonic, MGS4, SMG, etc. 2008 - FFXIII, New Zelda, Chrono Trigger DS, whatever. 2009 - New Mario game, Mega Man ZZZ, Metroid Dread, Chrono Break,etc. Okay, so I made some of those up, but it's inevitable that we'll see more great stuff. The best solution, IMO, is to have more games contests. <3 --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 7/31/2006 11:04:57 PM | message detail |
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Eh, I think Shake picks out specific targets, not just anything. 'sides, he's a goblin, not a troll. --- Everything's 10X better with a RKO and Orton pose. ~ Donkey111 |
| NewLib | Posted 7/31/2006 11:05:16 PM | message detail |
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I dont know I must have missed though. I just dont think enough people
get credit for not only discussing the contests and being a member of
Board 8, but actually giving something to board 8 that helps to shape
it. We tend to underappreciate our best users is my point. --- --NL-- Where am I? |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:06:38 PM | message detail |
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You know, Civilization getting 10% on what seems to be the strongest
contest force ever is actually pretty amazing. What happened there? Must've been the awesome picture it had, heh. Really though, that's good. I'm probably going to start playing the original Civilization in a couple weeks too. --- 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. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:06:57 PM | message detail |
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1: At least I don't pretend I'm not the most arrogant bastard around, like some people. 2: At least I stop trolling people before three full years pass, unlike some people. 3: Some people is just you. No one else in their right mind would attempt to troll the same person for 3 years. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:07:24 PM | message detail |
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"How does thoust hypocrisy taste, thou foulest of trolls?" I wouldn't know, I've always admited to what I've done. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| NewLib | Posted 7/31/2006 11:07:39 PM | message detail |
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You should. The Civ series is great. Especally II. Also play Alpha Centrai. --- --NL-- Where am I? |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 7/31/2006 11:08:01 PM | message detail |
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FF7 is still the strongest contest force, ever. Get it right :) --- 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 |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/31/2006 11:08:34 PM | message detail |
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Yet you refuse to admit that you are trolling others right now, in addition to trolling me by insulting me for no reason. --- Nominate Nidoran F. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:09:12 PM | message detail |
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Civ2 is wonderful. Libs is correct. If he's right on that maybe I
should play this copy of Alpha Centauri that's I've left untouched for
years now... --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| NewLib | Posted 7/31/2006 11:09:54 PM | message detail |
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I think Alpha Centrai is the best game that Sid has ever made. Civ 2 being a close second. --- --NL-- Where am I? |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/31/2006 11:10:09 PM | message detail |
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FF's been stalling very well for a while, but it means nothing with a
2000 vote deficit at what is likely its best time. I know I entertained
the possibility of FF coming back with the day vote in superb ironic fashion...but ignoring the staggering size of the deficit, Mario showed that to be very doubtful indeed. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 7/31/2006 11:11:38 PM | message detail |
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FF7 is still the strongest contest force, ever. FF7 is only part of the FF series, and the FF series is losing to the Zelda series, which makes the Zelda series stronger than FF7. --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/contest_nominate.php Please nominate K. K. Slider (Animal Crossing) (Male) and Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie) (Female) |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:12:23 PM | message detail |
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Well, I've heard nothing but good about the game so I'm happy to own
it... but there are dozens of games I own and haven't played. Right on
top of AC is Max Payne, in fact, which I also have not played in the
least bit. It's about a hundred games down on the list, though... --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/31/2006 11:12:36 PM | message detail |
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You know Chi, if you wanted this to be a little "clubhouse", perhaps
you should make your own forum or steal a dead board and try to start
it up there. At least it would take you away from here. TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 Nominate Carmen Sandiego for Character Battle V |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/31/2006 11:13:10 PM | message detail |
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Max Payne is awesome. ;_; --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:13:11 PM | message detail |
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"FF7 is only part of the FF series, and the FF series is losing to the
Zelda series, which makes the Zelda series stronger than FF7." Unless people are saying to themselves "wow, I loved FF7, but the rest of the series isn't as good as Zelda". --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 7/31/2006 11:14:03 PM | message detail |
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Turtle you act like you're less of a detriment to the board than anyone
else. Please. You annoy me a lot of the time but I don't go telling you
to leave. I don't tell anyone to leave, because it's your perogative to
come post on this board. --- Everything's 10X better with a RKO and Orton pose. ~ Donkey111 |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:14:36 PM | message detail |
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"At least it would take you away from here." Now if only something could do the same to you. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:14:54 PM | message detail |
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If trends from the Mario match hold, Final Fantasy should break 48% by the end, and could push 49%. I tried Alpha Centauri some years ago after hearing wonderful things about it, but I just couldn't get into it. Parts of Civ2 were great (I got it back when it came out, as I had been a Civ fan for a while by then) but I never played it much. I just didn't like it as much as the first. In large part because of the 45 degree skewed map view, it made me mess up moving military pieces IIRC...I liked the top-down of the first. A minor thing, but enough to made me not addicted to the game. --- 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. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:16:39 PM | message detail |
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Hm, I never had trouble working with Civ2's interface. Perhaps you
should try it again without such fresh memories of the first. It's
amazing what a decade of not playing a game will do to your perception
of it when playing again. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Tai | Posted 7/31/2006 11:18:00 PM | message detail |
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OMG comeback! It's not over, yet!! :-))) --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=579987 - Wanna report a TOS violation? Go to Snack Attack and we can help! |
| NewLib | Posted 7/31/2006 11:18:06 PM | message detail |
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You see I thought that was my problem with Civ III, that it wasnt Civ
II. Because I thought Civ III was alright but it just didnt seem to
stand out to me. But I loved Civ IV and I still play Civ II. So I dont know what it was. --- --NL-- Where am I? |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/31/2006 11:18:36 PM | message detail |
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Oh, right, there's my consolation for Zelda winning. Hello, Tai. =D --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:20:17 PM | message detail |
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That's your consolation? In battle square they at least gave you tissues. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:20:43 PM | message detail |
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Karma Hunter: FF's been stalling very well for a while, but it means nothing with a 2000 vote deficit at what is likely its best time. Actually this isn't Final Fantasy's best time. In the Mario match it got 53.28% of the vote from 2am-3am (EST), and finished with 53.24%. So in that match 2am-3am was pretty representative of the total match. Chichiri: Hm, I never had trouble working with Civ2's interface. Perhaps you should try it again without such fresh memories of the first. It's amazing what a decade of not playing a game will do to your perception of it when playing again. Hmmm...very true. However I'll still probably play the first and not the second, because I'm been on a DOS gaming nostalgia kick recently, and I have tons of nostalgia for the first. Just yesterday, gameplay memories came back to me that I hadn't thought of in well over 10 years. (pretty amazing how you can not think of a detail even once for 10 years yet still remember it) --- 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. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/31/2006 11:22:06 PM | message detail |
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In battle square they at least gave you tissues. I just now realized that they gave you tissues because you were crying at your loss. *kills self* --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/31/2006 11:22:12 PM | message detail |
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I never said it was a great consolation. =/ --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/31/2006 11:22:50 PM | message detail |
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I made like 100 gil off those tissues! --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Tai | Posted 7/31/2006 11:23:42 PM | message detail |
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Oh, right, there's my consolation for Zelda winning. Hello, Tai. =D ....What is that supposed to mean? O_o' --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=579987 - Wanna report a TOS violation? Go to Snack Attack and we can help! |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:25:04 PM | message detail |
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You know, there's actually a non-trivial chance we'll see a lead change
before morning. Final Fantasy should be picking up 53+% updates
regularly in its best time. 53% hours, even. --- 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. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:26:04 PM | message detail |
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"(pretty amazing how you can not think of a detail even once for 10 years yet still remember it)" I dunno, I hadn't played the original Zelda in many, many years (probably 7-8) but I could still tell my friend where 95% of the secret doors are on the first quest AND which ones charge you for breaking their doors. It all depends on how important it was to you to learn the details in the first place, and since even at the tender age of 8 I was trying for a "perfect" run of Zelda (best I could do at that age was 8 continues) I did make a point of learning them all. Considering how many times I playe dthe first quest from beginning to end, I don't think remembering those details is amazing at all. Of course, perhaps you're talking about games you hadn't played as much... --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Tai | Posted 7/31/2006 11:26:14 PM | message detail |
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Zelda slapped up FF. :( Ok, it's over. By the time this match ends, I'll be on a plane that's taking me to LA. Try to make sure the board doesn't turn into a **** hole while I'm gone, ok? --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=579987 - Wanna report a TOS violation? Go to Snack Attack and we can help! |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:27:52 PM | message detail |
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It's in the dead zone, though. I believe FF can make a match of this,
but I would like to see some sign it'll fight outside of the dead zone. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:28:39 PM | message detail |
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"while I'm gone" I dunno what you said, but I promise the board will do just fine without you for a few days. Enjoy the smog! --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:29:57 PM | message detail |
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I was thinking about details like the huts. I hadn't thought of those
since I last played the game ages ago, but yesterday I remembered them,
and how you would randomly get 50 gold, cavalry, or get attacked by
barbarians (in which case I cheated and loaded my game...), or (I
remembered just now) a settler. Thinking of those red colored barbarian
units brought back memories. --- 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. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:32:13 PM | message detail |
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Man, you'd have to have not played the game in a long ass time to
forget that, methinks. I mean, I've played Civ2 more recently than 10
years ago (the game is only 10 years old as-is) but that's something I
wouldn't forget. Random chances for "oops, I'm way ahead of the
competition" aren't something I tend to forget though. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:34:27 PM | message detail |
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Well, I didn't completely forget it as I remembered it yesterday
randomly without being prompted by anything, I just had totally not
thought of it once in over ten years. And then randomly I remember it
as I start thinking about the game. Made me pretty nostalgic. --- 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. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/31/2006 11:34:36 PM | message detail |
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From ChichiriMuyo Posted 8/1/2006 2:02:12 AM #399 ExTha, it's Shake, he'd troll a rock if there was a cricket chirping under it. As would I. I hate crickets. And yes, I'm being literal here. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY) |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/31/2006 11:35:08 PM | message detail |
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From ExThaNemesis Posted 8/1/2006 2:14:03 AM Turtle you act like you're less of a detriment to the board than anyone else. Please. You annoy me a lot of the time but I don't go telling you to leave. I don't tell anyone to leave, because it's your perogative to come post on this board. Did I ever say he was a detriment to the board? I just said that if he wants his little clubhouse with a select list of who's allowed in, than he needs to go somewhere else, because as it stands right now, these topics are for everybody. And Chi is the only person who seems to think otherwise. TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 Nominate Carmen Sandiego for Character Battle V |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/31/2006 11:35:31 PM | message detail |
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I sat out for a bit...but once I read everything, here's what I'm gonna
say: I try not to be elitist, but I back Chichiri up in that respected
people in a respected topic shouldn't suddenly be hunted out like
that...or, really, anybody else in any topic usually, but when you
purposefully reach across open turf (not that CS&D is private
property.....) to challenge Chichiri -- somebody known for gettin'
rough in the topics -- that's just trolling. Chichiri could have easily cut off the feedback though and made things easier, though, but I'm not goin' to blame him this time despite his history. ANYWAY, I doubt FF can still win, but it should continuously cut down more. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:36:02 PM | message detail |
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Yes, Ulti, but you'd troll the cricket, Shake would troll the rock. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/31/2006 11:37:16 PM | message detail |
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| Redtooth | Posted 7/31/2006 11:37:21 PM | message detail |
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I just need to jump in and say that the Civ series is a really amazing
series. CivII, CivIII and CivIV have together taken several thousands
of hours, maybe even ten thousand hours, of my life away over the last
decade. I'm just wondering how well it's going to place relatively
if(when) LoZ wins? --- Every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen.G. Norman Collie |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/31/2006 11:38:11 PM | message detail |
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And read only types nothing like Shake. Either Shake is damn good at faking, or it's someone else. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY) |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/31/2006 11:40:17 PM | message detail |
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It's somebody who's been around for a long time and probably kept up
with CS:D topics, since he called him Chi Chi a time or two and I
remember Chichiri saying he gets pissed at that name a long time ago in
one of these topics. That would fit Shake in both the two details and a
way he'd go to annoy him. I dunno if it's Shake for sure, of course,
but those fit at least. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| creativename | Posted 7/31/2006 11:41:29 PM | message detail |
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I just need to jump in and say that the Civ series is a really
amazing series. CivII, CivIII and CivIV have together taken several
thousands of hours, maybe even ten thousand hours, of my life away over
the last decade. I've never played Civ 3 or Civ 4. I'd like to get my little brother to play Civ 4 (rather than brainless junk), but I don't think he'll warm up to the idea :( He's not into strategy games at all. Kids these days... I doubt the ten thousand hours thing ;) That's a 1000 hours a year, and a person who works 40 hours a work only works about 2000 hours a year. I'm just wondering how well it's going to place relatively if(when) LoZ wins? Better than I ever could've thought! --- 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. |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 7/31/2006 11:41:30 PM | message detail |
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"Chichiri could have easily cut off the feedback though and made things
easier, though, but I'm not goin' to blame him this time despite his
history." Why should my history matter at all? I've been quite reserved, after all. I'm not flaming any of these kids to hell and back, just telling it like it is. And besides, even with my reputation it's still quite rare for me to flame anybody entirely unprovoked*. *Idiocy is provocation in extreme cases. Note the lack of flames from me tonight due to the lack of extremity in tonight's idiocy. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |