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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 352
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| Who Cares? | Posted 8/30/2006 6:12:53 AM | message detail |
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speaking of which, Sora, an overseeded 1 seed, has such a
predictable path. it sucks that he didn't get a good 4/5 opponent that
could potentially give him a scare. he's just as wasted as Squall in my
mind. The only good thing about Sora's path is that we're likely to finally have a good reading on his true strength. _ |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/30/2006 6:17:59 AM | message detail |
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Yes, my "Amy gets 45% on Mario" comment was in jest. Heh...had to have a lil' fun with her. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/30/2006 6:42:29 AM | message detail |
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Heh...had to have a lil' fun with her. So easy to misconstrue I'm not even going to bother --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| Aprosenf | Posted 8/30/2006 7:01:22 AM | message detail |
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How convenient that the contest starts at poll 2499, or 2500, or 2501, depending on how badly I count. It'll start on poll 2499 by my count. Also, Spc2k4 started on poll 1601. --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| Kaxon | Posted 8/30/2006 7:05:00 AM | message detail |
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The only good thing about Sora's path is that we're likely to finally have a good reading on his true strength. What's wrong with his 2004 number? --- CATS's Road to the Character Battle V Championship Round 1: Sonic |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/30/2006 7:41:52 AM | message detail |
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| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/30/2006 7:42:42 AM | message detail |
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Is there a gauntlet this year? Where do you think it is and why? (With the exception of the battle royale, obviously) --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| AmazingKirby | Posted 8/30/2006 8:09:30 AM | message detail |
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The only good thing about Sora's path is that we're likely to finally have a good reading on his true strength. Underperforms on fodder, underperforms on fodder, underperforms on elite. I don't think it'll be very accurate. --- caps |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 8:09:37 AM | message detail |
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You know, I picked Chun-Li > Lara Croft without thinking, but then I decided to take a second look at it and wow. We've got pretty accurate readings on Lara from 2k2 and 2k3: 21.8% and 22.85% on base Link respectively. She might be a bit underrated in 2k2 due to being behind Link-Mario and Mario-Crono (though I'm not sure if the latter would overrate or underrate her). Chun-li's only been in 2k5, where she has a respectable Xs of 24.92%, comfortably beating 2k3 Lara with 54.16%. However, Chun-Li was behind Bowser-Snake, and that had to overrate her a little. Other than that, I really can't see Lara dropping from 2k3 to 2k5, so I pretty much see Lara 2k5 being dead even with Chun-Li 2k5. What have the release for Chun-Li been since 2k5, and for Lara since 2k3? Because if you couple a dead even 2k5 to the fact that Lara should be a huge favourite, I'm switching to Lara, and I'm not even kidding. I have to say that I'm a little thrown by all of the debate over Ganondorf/Vincent. Let's consider two matches that took place last year: Ganondorf 54.10% Auron 45.90% Vincent Valentine 54.00% Dante 46.00% If we assume that Vincent was stronger than Ganondorf last year, it would stand to reason that Dante would have beaten Auron heads up. Now, let's think about this "Dante > Auron" matter for a second. In 2003 and 2004, Auron came out ahead of Dante in the X-Stats despite going up against Cloud and Sephiroth, respectively. And while I know that people will argue that the following comparison is sketchy, I'm still going to throw it out there: 2k3 Auron 64.47% Tails 35.53% 2k4 Dante 57.40% Tails 42.60% Yes, Square was strong in 2003. Yes, Dante had DMC3 come out between 2k4 and 2k5. Yes, the voter pool changes from year to year. But how reasonable is it to think that Dante made up that much ground on Auron? I have a hard time buying it. Based on that alone, I would have to believe that Ganondorf 2k5 was stronger than Vincent 2k5, and with GameFAQs suffering from an ever-increasing level of Nintensanity, I can't see Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus swinging things in Vincent's favor. It should still be a decent match, but I would be surprised if Vincent ever leads it. (For those that are wondering why I'm ignoring Vincent's more impressive matches from last year...Kerrigan's worthless for comparison, and there's no certain answer as to how SFF played into the matches against Squall and Crono.) The problem with that is that Ganondorf 2k5 beating Vincent 2k5 isn't an issue to most people -- at least not to me. However, I really don't consider increasing NintendoFAQs to be > DoC and AC. Why? We had NintendoFAQs last year. It wasn't just NintendoFAQs either, it was also "lack of Square releaseses" FAQs. Square has had Kingdom Hearts II, DoC, AC, FFIII & XII (Japan) and DQVIII as opposed to Nintendo's NSMB. If anything, Square's closing the gap this year, at least until TP comes out. --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 8:11:14 AM | message detail |
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Damnit. *releases *releases --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| AmazingKirby | Posted 8/30/2006 8:12:52 AM | message detail |
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*switches to Lara* Chun Li is fodder. --- caps |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/30/2006 8:29:01 AM | message detail |
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There's the little fact that no one gives a crap about Lara Croft
anymore. Her last game was supposed to be the RE4 of her series, and no
one gave it a second look. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: SOTC, KH:COM (Sora), FE8, SFAA, Castlevania: LoI |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 8:51:13 AM | message detail |
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There's the little fact that no one gives a crap about Lara Croft
anymore. Her last game was supposed to be the RE4 of her series, and no
one gave it a second look. ~*ST*~ Anymore? People gave a crap about Lara in 2k2/2k3? She'd have been a lot stronger if that were true. Despite people not giving a crap about her (or at least not to such an extent you'd expect them to, and I'm strictly talking contest strength here), she still had that "strength" in 2k2/2k3. --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| Who Cares? | Posted 8/30/2006 8:52:17 AM | message detail |
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What about 2k4 then? I've yet to see you mention it. I'm curious. --- Chun-Li's Road to the Female Final Four vs Kasumi (Septemeber 26th) |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 8:56:56 AM | message detail |
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What about 2k4 then? I've yet to see you mention it. I'm curious. Heh. I thought she wasn't in 2k4. Wow that 14.91% is looking really bad, no real reason either. Well, that does it. *switches back* --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 9:02:17 AM | message detail |
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Seriously, she got outperformed by Sam Fisher? Ouch. --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/30/2006 9:10:02 AM | message detail |
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*switches to Lara* Chun Li is fodder. Not as much as Lara, apparently. >_> --- "The blood of the weak shall be the ink with which we scribe great Yawgmoth's glorious name." - Stronghold architect, journal. |
| AmazingKirby | Posted 8/30/2006 9:13:43 AM | message detail |
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*switches back* I've never made so many bracket changes in my life. >_> If I go with tons of upsets, I lose most of them, but if I choose all the safe picks, I kill myself for not taking the upset that happens. Stupid bracket. --- caps |
| Aprosenf | Posted 8/30/2006 10:04:34 AM | message detail |
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I've already flip-flopped on The Boss/Celes 4 times. Right now I have The Boss. If Celes wins this I'm going to so angry... --- For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Gordon Freeman versus Tanner as Schrodinger's Match. -Phoenix Flattener |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/30/2006 10:07:44 AM | message detail |
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The Boss was easily the most well-received new character in that game. That seems to be the common consensus, but I feel that Eva was sort of just forgotten about for purposes of nominating in this contests. I rarely see people talk about her, but she's pretty damn cool in mgs3, even despite Spoilers. --- Revenge is a dish best served by Z1mZum in the 2k6 Series Guru Contest. |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 10:54:40 AM | message detail |
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...How? Big Boss has the old-school appeal, which is fairly small
when it comes to Metal Gear, and a small amount of people who connect
him with the protagonist of MGS3. The Boss was easily the most
well-received new character in that game. Ocelot might be more powerful
than her on balance, but he's not exactly...new. I'm fairly certain that the vast majority of Big Boss's votes were from those who associated him with Naked Snake. I highly doubt Metal Gear Solid fans cared enough about Big Boss to vote him over Auron. And for the most part, Naked Snake should be more popular than The Boss. Plus, I don't see The Boss getting 30% on Auron. She may be Metal Gear, but it's not like Metal Gear can't have borderline fodder... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/30/2006 11:10:10 AM | message detail |
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I'd give The Boss a good chance of getting that score on Auron. There's the little fact that no one gives a crap about Lara Croft anymore. Her last game was supposed to be the RE4 of her series, and no one gave it a second look. Proportionally, it was the RE4 of her series. Angel of Darkness was one of the worst games of all time, so anything above average (and Legend was SIGNIFICANTLY so - it's short and mostly easy, but the actual core gameplay is almost flawless) will be a plus. Legend got its fair share of coverage. I don't think she'll beat Chun-Li, even though Consolefreak had me convinced for a few seconds before remembering 2k4, but she stands NO chance of losing to Alyx, nor will her match against Chun-Li be a blowout. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Z1m Zum, Z1m Zum...our guru champ. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 11:40:27 AM | message detail |
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I can't possibly believe Naked Snake does worse than Big Boss in that
match. Naked Snake is so much stronger than Big Boss it's not even
funny. Big Boss may have garnered some
support from Naked Snake fans, but if you don't pay *that* close
attention to the series' plot you may not even make the connection. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 8/30/2006 11:41:54 AM | message detail |
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I can't possibly believe Naked Snake does worse than Big Boss in
that match. Naked Snake is so much stronger than Big Boss it's not even
funny. Big Boss may have garnered some support from Naked Snake fans,
but if you don't pay *that* close attention to the series' plot you may
not even make the connection. First of all, I doubt many people buy Metal Gear Solid games and then don't pay attention to the plot. Second of all, the game TELLS you that his name is Big Boss at the end. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 11:43:46 AM | message detail |
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I can't possibly believe Naked Snake does worse than Big Boss in
that match. Naked Snake is so much stronger than Big Boss it's not even
funny. Big Boss may have garnered some support from Naked Snake fans,
but if you don't pay *that* close attention to the series' plot you may
not even make the connection. I didn't say that Big Boss received the votes of most Naked Snake fans! I said that most of Big Boss's votes were Naked Snake fans. Huge difference. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/30/2006 11:45:40 AM | message detail |
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Lara should beat Alyx on just recognizability alone -- if people say
Gordon is unknown, Alyx has to be too. She's easily more recognizable
than Tina, Max, Fisher...hell, more than Leon too -- all four of which
has beaten Gordon -- and Alyx simply has to be weaker than him. I know
being recognizable isn't the only thing, obviously, but I'd take Lara
over Tina and Max for sure, not to mention that I think Lara would give
Fisher a good match (regardless of what 2k4 says) and could do around
what Gordon did against Leon (give or take a lil'). Add to it Lara has
had a bit of a resurge and should have lots of bracket support, and
she's set; in 2k3, as a 7-seed, the only two women who had more
brackets taking them to win the championship was Zelda and Samus, and
she had very nice bracket support in 2k2 as a 1-seed (though her wins
against pure fodder were unimpressive, she walked out with 75+% of the
brackets and chopped down Crono's bracket-support big-time). Therefore, we should lose lots of brackets when Chun-Li beats that ass for her, not Alyx. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 11:47:12 AM | message detail |
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First of all, I doubt many people buy Metal Gear Solid games and then don't pay attention to the plot. Bull****. The plot is a very integral and important part of MGS, but that doesn't mean that even HALF the people playing it even know what the hell's going on half the time. Not to mention that there are a fair share of people who have only played MGS3 without playing the other games in the series (and being a prequel, MGS3 doesn't really require knowledge of the previous games to enjoy it). And let's not forget you're assuming that people play all the way to the end, or really register that one line in their brains and sear it there until contest time, therby making the distinction, going "Oh! It's _____!", and making their vote. You're not going to tell me that Naked Snake doesn't outdo Big Boss by a LARGE margin. If you do, you're wrong. --- Commit it to memory. |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 11:48:27 AM | message detail |
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I still have no idea who Alyx is. This is seriously one of the first characters in this contest who I'm not familiar with at all.
And I'm at least pretty knowledgable on games to the point where I know
who a character is. That speaks horribly about what I think about
Alyx's chance in any match. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| DpObliVion | Posted 8/30/2006 11:48:38 AM | message detail |
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I don't see any way Alyx Vance beats Lara Croft. I know Lara has
practically no popularity any more and can be easily beaten. But Alyx
is absolutely no threat at all. I could go on, but the rest is obvious
and probably stated already. --- Dp, you are one awesome, sexy bastard. I less than 3 you. -Shadow Ryoko **Character Battle V PRINTABLE BRACKET** See quote for link. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/30/2006 11:49:13 AM | message detail |
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Second of all, the game TELLS you that his name is Big Boss at the end. True, but I don't think how gamers care for a certain character translates over well to how they like Big Boss, plus you also have to assume that not EVERY person who played MGS3 beat it...a nit-picking point, but still a point. As it's been said by many of us, how much gamers liked a certain character translated more to giving Solid Snake strength than Big Boss. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 11:49:30 AM | message detail |
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I didn't say that Big Boss received the votes of most Naked Snake
fans! I said that most of Big Boss's votes were Naked Snake fans. Huge
difference. I understand that, but there's no telling exactly how many of these NS fans in the first place voted for him -- so using that in 'proving' he'll be stronger than The Boss is unreliable. I too expect BB to be stronger than The Boss, but I don't expect it to be anything drastic. Otherwise I'd be expecting Celes to blow her out. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 11:50:46 AM | message detail |
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You pretty much HAVE to know who Alyx is if you've played through HL2,
but this will probably be a testament to exactly how little people have
done so... --- Commit it to memory. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/30/2006 12:03:00 PM | message detail |
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Let me ask this: Liquid Snake or Naked Snake, who wins? I can't imagine Liquid easily winning that, if at all, and Liquid's worst value on Link 2k4/2k5 would come from the Villain Contest (18.98%). If Mario = Samus (and assuming Samus didn't SFF Ganon), Big Boss is at 16.73%...and I'm not sold on Samus staying that strong. I'm just saying that I don't care where Liquid is at, I can see Naked being comparatively strong, and I would think NS > TB > BB. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 12:05:47 PM | message detail |
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Naked Snake, given a Naked Snake picture, would annihilate
Liquid Snake, Raiden, Revolver Ocelot, Big Boss, The Boss, and every
other MGS character not named Solid Snake. He'd also likely garner some
significant SFF in each match. --- Commit it to memory. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 8/30/2006 12:12:01 PM | message detail |
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- Kairi to take care of Claire with little trouble! - GFNW tradition will continue on! - Vincent will defeat Ganondorf! - Zero steamrollls his fourpack! - Jill exposes Peach for the fodder she is! - Dante will defeat Yoshi handily! I find it amusing that every single one of those is wrong, good job Draco! --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids - Team Tranny Did! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/30/2006 12:13:30 PM | message detail |
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Man, I can only agree with one of those..... --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Draco1214 | Posted 8/30/2006 12:18:59 PM | message detail |
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You mean every one of those will be right!! --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Owned by Z1mZum in the Best. Series. Ever. Guru Contest |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 8/30/2006 12:21:13 PM | message detail |
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He got one right at least! --- "Zelda isn't the type of game that can be a 100 on a scale of 1 to 100 -- it has to be 120." |
| Janus5000 | Posted 8/30/2006 12:22:40 PM | message detail |
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Well, the first one's right... though it depends how you define 'little
trouble' - I expect Claire to put up a good fight until morning hits,
at least. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 12:30:58 PM | message detail |
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To all those arguing that a lot of Metal Gear Solid fans probably don't
follow the plot or may not have beaten MGS3 to even see the ending,
wouldn't that hurt The Boss as well? Practically every person I've seen
supporting The Boss here attribute it to the MGS3 ending... --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 12:38:04 PM | message detail |
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To all those arguing that a lot of Metal Gear Solid fans probably
don't follow the plot or may not have beaten MGS3 to even see the
ending, wouldn't that hurt The Boss as well? Practically every person
I've seen supporting The Boss here attribute it to the MGS3 ending... Not I -- while the ending is certainly what catapults The Boss up into the echelons of favorite status, she is still very visible and important throughout the entire game. Heck, her primary role throughout the entire game is kicking Snake's ass. People may not follow the plot closely, but that doesn't stop them from enjoying the kick-ass cutscenes. Big Boss getting strength from Naked Snake requires an active inference on the part of the player, and for a player who doesn't follow the plot closely or know much about the mythos of the series, you're just not going to get that. Every other day on the MGS3 boards you get people asking "What's up with Solid Snake in this game?", despite the fact that from the very first trailer this game ever had it was bloody obvious who the main character was going to be. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 12:40:36 PM | message detail |
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And as for that 'favorite' status, it's not really going to matter much
in a fodder/fodder match like this. I'll bet you anything in this world
over 100 times the people on this site have Ocelot as their one of
their favorite characters as opposed to Pac-Man (heck, I'm tempted to
go 1000 or better), but it's one vote either way. Ocelot would probably
do better against any significantly stronger opponent than Pac-Man
would based on that simple fact, but that doesn't matter head-to-head. --- Commit it to memory. |
| cyko | Posted 8/30/2006 12:44:05 PM | message detail |
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here, you want another reason why there is no doubt in my mind that Naked Snake would do significantly better than Big Boss? this right here: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/629/629401p2.html last July, IGN had their own little tournament called "Battle of the Badasses" to determine who was the most popular "badass" character. the characters had to appear on the PS2, but not necassarily originate in a video game. some of the better performers were: Solid Snake, Dante, Auron, Tommy Vercetti, Wolverine, Goku, and the Punisher. so, whatever, for most of those guys. Solid Snake won the 32-man contest by beating Dante (who was the third strongest character in the contest) with 55% of the votes. who was the second strongest character? that's right - it was Naked Snake. in his first match, Solid Snake only beat Naked Snake with 50.1% of the vote, winning by just a few dozen votes. it was, by far, the closest match of the contest. so basically, Naked Snake was just as popular as Solid Snake, who pretty much dominated the rest of the competition. now, i know that it is a different site with a different voter poll, but would Big Boss have been able to draw as many votes as Solid Snake over there with the name "Big Boss" and a picture of the old guy from MGS2? i seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt it. so, yes - i am seriously convinced that Naked Snake could and would do better than Big Boss. --- i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest. Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!! |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 8/30/2006 12:47:58 PM | message detail |
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_Archvile_ | Posted 8/29/2006 9:36:35 PM | message detail Let me try to figure out what the **** HM is thinking: He thinks Ganondorf will beat Sonic, no? This is the Ganondorf who was ~= Magus 2k3? This was the Magus who got pounded by Knuckles 2k5? The same Knuckles who lost fairly well to Squall in 2k5? Squall, who is < Vincent 2k5? Vincent, who lost by a relatively small margin to Crono in 2k5? Crono, who barely beat Mega Man in 2k5? Mega Man, who is ~= to Sonic 2k5?! Granted, Ganon has grown and Magus has decreased, but still... FLAWLESS LOGIC --- SephirothG: With talent on loan from God. Heroic Mario | Posted 8/29/2006 9:37:31 PM | message detail You should be shot. I laughed waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hard. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids - Team Tranny Did! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 12:48:07 PM | message detail |
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I'm going to have to take a page from Slowflake and question the
legitimacy of IGN's poll -- aside from every other match there being a
barnburner, as he noted, there is the fact that Naked Snake went up
against Solid Snake himself, and him doing that well there just seems
crazy. Maybe if he had done as comparatively well as him without
actually facing him it would ring truer, but I couldn't think Naked
Snake would do anything other than get a brutal SFF beatdown at the
hands of Solid here. Of course Naked Snake is the most popular MGS character not named Solid Snake, but I don't think he's enough to go 50/50 with Bowser. Not by a longshot. --- Commit it to memory. |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 12:48:18 PM | message detail |
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Not I -- while the ending is certainly what catapults The Boss up
into the echelons of favorite status, she is still very visible and
important throughout the entire game. Heck, her primary role throughout
the entire game is kicking Snake's ass. People may not follow the plot
closely, but that doesn't stop them from enjoying the kick-ass
cutscenes. Well yeah, The Boss has a few cutscenes here and there, but she is far from prominent in the game (at least from what I've seen). I'm not saying that she doesn't get anything from him, but I'm getting the feeling that the ending is where she gets the meat of her popularity from. Without it, I can see people saying "yeah, she's cool. She kicked Snake's ass a couple of times." But I don't see it making her stand out. Big Boss getting strength from Naked Snake requires an active inference on the part of the player, and for a player who doesn't follow the plot closely or know much about the mythos of the series, you're just not going to get that. Every other day on the MGS3 boards you get people asking "What's up with Solid Snake in this game?", despite the fact that from the very first trailer this game ever had it was bloody obvious who the main character was going to be. Come on now, you're insulting the intelligence of Metal Gear fans. You're making it seem like those who know the connection between Big Boss and Naked Snake are in the minority or something. Most MGS3 fans should know the connection. If you follow gaming whatsoever, many previews and reviews practically gave it away. Anyone who follows MGS whatsoever should know the connection. Come to think of it, if someone likes Big Boss enough to vote him over Auron, I'm fairly sure they are aware of his role in MGS3, assuming they know anything whatsoever about MGS3. Yeah, it doesn't work the other way around, but without MGS3 I'm betting that Auron beats Big Boss far worse. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 12:53:07 PM | message detail |
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Meh, I would have voted Big Boss over Auron before MGS3 simply because
I had never played FFX (now I wouldn't vote Naked Snake over Auron, but
that's another story). There's usually enough of a hardcore MGS fanbase
that'll vote for just about anything, I can't see Auron getting *too*
much more than he already had given how weak Big Boss is right now. But if most people *do* know the connection, then it must be some weird version of name/pic factor going on here, because Naked Snake with a Naked Snake picture should at *least* break 35% on Auron, and that's being extremely generous to Auron. --- Commit it to memory. |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/30/2006 12:57:09 PM | message detail |
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But if most people *do* know the connection, then it must be some
weird version of name/pic factor going on here, because Naked Snake
with a Naked Snake picture should at *least* break 35% on Auron, and
that's being extremely generous to Auron. Not most people. Most of the core MGS fans. I'm not considering the voter base as a whole because I'm pretty sure that for the most part, nobody but MGS3 fans will be voting for The Boss (not counting those who don't know or don't care for either). So I'm only talking about that specific group when discussing Big Boss. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 1:01:24 PM | message detail |
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I would think ANYONE that voted for Big Boss over Auron either didn't
know either or was part of that core MGS fanbase to begin with. I can't
imagine BB getting any more than the most insignificant of help from
him being mentioned in the other games. I can't see that hurting The Boss any more than it hurts Big Boss... --- Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/30/2006 1:02:10 PM | message detail |
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...unless I just don't follow here. --- Commit it to memory. |