GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 355
| DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 9/5/2006 10:07:39 PM | message detail |
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Soooo, when/where do we post our guru dealy? I've never done this before... Also, lol at Draco for saying you can play HL2 without knowing who Gordon is. Guard friend guy: HEY GORDON Doctor: Gordon Freeman? Alyx: HEY GORDON --- http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5394/nidoranfcx9.png Vote Nidoran F! |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/5/2006 11:32:53 PM | message detail |
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Well, there's no doubt in my mind Mario would SFF Yoshi. But,
considering Mario beat Bowser with 71% he'd probably take out Yoshi
with 75% based off Yoshi's loss against Bowser. Yet, the Mario
Character PotD suggests Yoshi may not suffer as much SFF as Bowser did,
as you'd think Mario would hit his limit at 73%. But, PotDs should be
taken with a massive grain of salt...voters will be different in a
contest match, and actual contest matches are probably different to the
voters psychologically than a typical PotD. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/6/2006 3:42:06 AM | message detail |
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It does make you wonder though, is Yoshi AT LEAST equal to Yoshi? Stronger? --- “Back in my day we used to actually play our videogames instead of watching them.” - Vivi0198 |
| Kaxon | Posted 9/6/2006 4:35:28 AM | message detail |
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Appeal also only gets you so far -- Tommy Vercetti is an appealing
character from a HUGE game on a much bigger system, and he's still
barely stronger than GF last year. Appealing? He's an ugly guy in a hawaiian shirt! He may be a good character in the game, but his design is about as unappealing as you can get. Just for the sake of mentioning it, when did rSFF become acceptable? Didn't it logically make zero sense at all some time ago? What would be the principle behind it? Reverse SFF always made sense, some people just refused to accept that it's possible. But I think it gained acceptance just based on the fact that Samus was easily way ahead of Mario in 2004, but still would have lost a direct matchup. Anyway, I think rSFF is plausible when there's either more than two major fanbases involved (as-in Kirby/Bowser, where the SMB, Kirby, and SSB series are involved) or when there's a new probably-big release that comes just in time for a particular match (say, Vincent/Crono when Vincent had FF:AC leak two days before his match alongside other factors I've mentioned before). Actually, that would be an anomaly or a boost, not SFF. Unless you think Vincent wouldn't have gotten a boost against a different opponent. rSFF just means that people who are fans of both characters like the less popular one in a greater proportion than voters as a whole. That's all. --- CATS's Road to the Character Battle V Championship Round 1: Sonic |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 9/6/2006 5:40:48 AM | message detail |
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(Sonic gets that chance this year... still waiting on Snake). What, didn't you see Snake face Bowser last year? He was the strongest non-Noble Niner last year. I sure don't think Gordon Freeman will have close matches with Kefka, Tommy Vercetti, and Ryu Hayabusa. I certainly don't think any of them would break 55% on him. There's no way they do as well as Leon Kennedy. Fodder fluctuates. It's the reason why Laharl ranked above Vyse last year despite getting 60-40'd by him the year before. Fodder fluctuation is blown way out of proportion. They are more consistent than people give them credit for. Note the reason for Laharl > Vyse was Tifa/Vyse, not because Vyse was inconsistent, especially considering he got almost exactly what he was expected to get on Cloud in 2004. Vyse still beats Laharl easily to this day. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 9/6/2006 5:50:32 AM | message detail |
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his streak of breaking 40% on all of his opponents will end when he faces Sora. Wait and see. Half-Life has a more devoted following than you think. It's part of the reason why Gordon isn't quite as strong as he looks in 2005, because Leon is decently strong and Gordon just does what he does, lose with 40%+ here. I mentioned this before, but I'm starting to think that he's not stable, like Master Chief. PC gamers are ridiculously hardcore. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 9/6/2006 7:15:36 AM | message detail |
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Guard friend guy: HEY GORDON Doctor: Gordon Freeman? Alyx: HEY GORDON HAAAAAY ARNOOOOOLD --- WWEGSB Hardcore Legend And Tag Champ Masa I jobbed to Z1mZum in the Guru Contest. Did you? |
| ExplicitAriel | Posted 9/6/2006 11:27:51 AM | message detail |
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Because, if Gordon's 2005 performance is legitimate, he gets an over
8% boost, which would be the biggest boost by any character in 2005,
even moreso than the entire Nintendo voting pool shift. Don't want to start this back up again, but feel like it needs to be pointed out that an 8% boost from Gordon's place in the stats is not a bigger boost than Mario's 6.5% from where he was in the stats, it's a lot easier to move around when you're that low to begin with. You act like an 8% boost is so crazy, but it's really not, the reason we don't see people boosting like that is because how often are the weaker characters featured in an absolutely massive game? Not often. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Angsty Mermaids. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/6/2006 11:42:51 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, for example, if a character like Phoenix Wright was in a huge hit
like Half-Life 2, then he'd boost enough to be able to compete with the
likes of Gordon. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/6/2006 1:02:27 PM | message detail |
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Er, I meant at least equal to Luigi.* --- “Back in my day we used to actually play our videogames instead of watching them.” - Vivi0198 |
| ScorpionXtinct | Posted 9/6/2006 2:00:44 PM | message detail |
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for the Guru: Samus Aran Ada Wong Rikku Kairi Tifa Lockhart Celes Chere Jill Valentine Princess Peach Zelda Terra Branford KOS-MOS Aeris Gainsborough Yuna Joanna Dark Chun Li Lara Croft Solid Snake Squall Leonhart Yoshi Dante Sora Phoenix Wright Ryu (Street Fighter) MegaMan Sonic the Hedgehog Vincent Valentine Kirby Luigi Crono Bowser Auron Master Chief --- Samus Aran Rikku Tifa Lockhart Princess Peach Zelda Aeris Gainsborough Yuna Chun Li Solid Snake Dante Sora MegaMan Sonic the Hedgehog Luigi Crono Auron --- Samus Aran Tifa Lockhart Zelda Yuna Solid Snake MegaMan Sonic the Hedgehog Crono --- Samus Aran Zelda MegaMan Crono --- Samus Aran Crono --- Crono --- 6th: Samus Aran 5th: Crono 4th: Sephiroth 3rd: Mario 2nd: Cloud 1st: Link Tiebreak: 74251 _-¯-_ 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 ... Would you push the button? |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/6/2006 2:01:27 PM | message detail |
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Why are people posting their guru brackets in here? o.O --- Commit it to memory. |
| ExplicitAriel | Posted 9/6/2006 2:01:45 PM | message detail |
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God dammit... stop posting guru brackets in here. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Angsty Mermaids. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/6/2006 2:04:28 PM | message detail |
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I disagree with weaker characters being able to boost more
arithmetic-wise...going from 15% to 20% on BL means a 33% increase in
popularity, but going from 30% to 35% on BL means a 17% increase. A 17%
increase would be easier to pull off, but I do agree that popular
characters have a tougher time increasing, so it sort of cancels out. I do agree that it is harder for strong characters to get more popular, generally, but I don't think the reason is so much that they are popular as that they are well established. Someone like Mega Man is so popular because he's well-established. Of course, there are exceptions...Cloud and Sephiroth, most notably. Obviously a new game would help Gordon Freeman more than Mega Man, as Gordon's only been in one game. Plus, we'd all agree that a new game featuring Crono prominantly will help him more than most of the other powerhouses. For some reason I can't see it that way for Cloud, mainly because this site favors FF7 so heavily in the first place. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| AmazingKirby | Posted 9/6/2006 2:08:00 PM | message detail |
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Oh, I don't know, maybe if people didn't
have to SIGN UP for the Guru contest in here, they wouldn't post their
brackets here. And people act like the brackets are so much more
annoying than the signups in the stats topics. Pfft. --- caps |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/6/2006 2:09:45 PM | message detail |
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And, of course, another reason a weak character could boost so much is
that a character might be weak because either its game or its role
wasn't so hot...so, a good game or role would work WONDERS. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/6/2006 2:13:24 PM | message detail |
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Excuse me for my ignorance, but where DO we submit our guru brackets?
The start of the contest is on the horizen, so we'd better submit our
picks soon. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| red sox 777 | Posted 9/6/2006 2:14:54 PM | message detail |
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After brackets close usually in a topic Ulti or Ngamer or someone will make. --- "........!" ~Magus |
| ExplicitAriel | Posted 9/6/2006 2:39:38 PM | message detail |
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Oh, I don't know, maybe if people didn't have to SIGN UP for the
Guru contest in here, they wouldn't post their brackets here. And
people act like the brackets are so much more annoying than the signups
in the stats topics. Pfft. Well I agree that the Sign Ups taking place in here are just stupid, it's not like you can say you're trying to limit it to stats-goers, because everyone knows about it. Most of the people on that list probably haven't posted in here 20 times... but that doesn't make scrolling past brackets any less annoying. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Angsty Mermaids. |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/6/2006 3:33:35 PM | message detail |
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GURUS!! 1 - UltimaterializerX 2 - Team Rocket Elite 3 - Ngamer64 4 - ChichiriMuyo 5 - Explicit Hairy Balls 6 - transience 7 - Master Moltar 8 - Mac Arrowny 9 - dethfdddddh 10 - Draco1214 11 - arkenaga 12 - Yoshifan823 13 - MasterofHunters 14 - Z1mZum 15 - Shivan Reincarnated 16 - MegatokyoEd 17 - DomaDragoon 18 - Janus5000 19 - Applekidjosh 20 - BlAcK TuRtLe 21 - bobeta 22 - greatone 23 - NewLib 24 - Big Bob 25 - HaRRicH 26 - meche313 27 - MarioSuperstar 28 - RockMFR 5 29 - cavalier lowen 30 - Bobby200614 31 - junglebob22 32 - Heroic Mario 33 - yoblazer33 34 - trizob the hedgehog 35 - Aprosenf 36 - MoogleKupo141 37 - voltch 38 - XxSoulxX, yo 39 - Lieutenant Kettch 40 - A worlds envy 41 - Osfan 42 - ff6man 43 - rpgapzx 44 - Viviff 45 - expaniol 46 - Red Sox 777 47 - ps2rulezzz 48 - cyko 49 - jonthomson 50 - jeevesthemole 51 - Luis_Sera89 52 - Phediuk 53 - FFDragon 54 - Vile Requiem 55 - charmander6000 56 - Radix 57 - Tediz247 58 - Brett with Atreyu 59 - Yesmar 60 - shadow8021 61 - Jman_gamerX8 62 - Snip Snip Now 63 - Tirofog 64 - LuniNutz99 65 - Zylo the wolf 66 - Kaxon 67 - KingBartz 68 - longbladeofhiko 69 - Dekar TKB 70 - spikevegeta 71 - Azp2k32 72 - Ori 73 - CountCrazy007 74 - Lopen 75 - Chinballz 76 - Soniclink15 77 - ccbfan 78 - Fett0001 79 - Dark115 80 - Dilated Chemist 81 - Steve Illumina 82 - outsider920 83 - ExThaNemesis 84 - HeroicGammaRay 85 - RPGuy96 86 - Pathetique 87 - SonicRaptor 88 - swirldude 89 - TheRye 90 - Steinershocker 91 - XIII is sexy 92 - Smurf 93 - freac 94 - Redtooth 95 - FastFalcon05 96 - Rufus Shinra 18 97 - _Harmonica_ 98 - Nintendo Wiii 99 - Tjian 100 - Sephirot1 101 - plasmabeam 102 - SephirothG 103 - Tai 104 - WHAT THE CRUNK ED BELLIS 105 - King Morgoth 106 - dragoontheguy 107 - outback 108 - Dunkeroo23 109 - canadiancatcher 110 - stingers135 111 - Tidus My Boy 112 - Guess how many Teens 113 - Prometheus321 114 - BeTheMan 115 - Haste2 116 - Read_Only_Thx 117 - KleenexTissue50 118 - daverath 119 - Mithrandir1331 120 - ScorpionX3 121 - perdevious 122 - ExquisiteSamurai 123 - Buzzup 124 - Jmast7 125 - GrapefruitKing 126 - cavedog0/ThatsRidiculous 127 - andaca 128 - Sess 129 - Giggsalot 130 - Consolefreak 131 - Tsunami70 132 - Xuxon 133 - MasterMage119 134 - ObscureMammoth 135 - Brett with Atreyu 136 - MarkSmith 137 - ChidoriNoJutsu 138 - ZoneOftheEnders 139 - Cokes 140 - DaruniaTheGoron 141 - MoogleKupo141 Again 142 - RPGGamer0 143 - Mister Mario 144 - Ringworm 145 - Sir Chris 146 - AlecTrevelyan006 147 - WiggumFan267 148 - th3l3fty 149 - Ayvuir 150 - Pats D 151 - _Lagoona_ 152 - KrahenProphet 153 - chocoboslayer 154 - hacknslash001 155 - raytan7585 156 - MetaRidleyX 157 - The Raven 2 158 - LinkLegend27 159 - capatillistpiglet 160 - Tequilla Gundam ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Disgaea 2, KH:COM (Sora), FE8, Castlevania: LoI |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 9/6/2006 3:34:51 PM | message detail |
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I disagree with weaker characters being able to boost more
arithmetic-wise...going from 15% to 20% on BL means a 33% increase in
popularity, but going from 30% to 35% on BL means a 17% increase. A 17%
increase would be easier to pull off, but I do agree that popular
characters have a tougher time increasing, so it sort of cancels out. There's a problem with that. Do it the reverse way, say with Link starting at 96.5% on BT (Base Tanner) and Ms. Pac-Man starting at 71.48%. Arithmetically, it's a smaller boost for Link to get to 100% than it is for Ms. Pac-Man to get to 75%, but Ms. Pac-Man would require a much smaller boost to accomplish such a thing. And, of course, another reason a weak character could boost so much is that a character might be weak because either its game or its role wasn't so hot...so, a good game or role would work WONDERS. Exactly. But you also have to take into account that game's popularity on GameFAQs, which can be quite different from the real world. Just a console gaining strength here can make a difference, and sequels can make much more of a difference if their console becomes popular in the interim. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/6/2006 3:41:36 PM | message detail |
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I think you've misunderstood me. Obviously it wouldn't work when trying
to applying winning percentages, as x-stats-related stuff -only- works
when applying losing percentages. Indeed, if Link went from 96.5% up to 99% on Tanner that would mean Link is about 350% on BL (heh), or 7 times Link's popularity. Ms. Pac-Man would barely increase at all. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| creativename | Posted 9/6/2006 5:17:59 PM | message detail |
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I agree with those who say we should get this guru crap the hell out of these topics. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/6/2006 5:19:58 PM | message detail |
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I agree with those who say we should get this guru crap the hell out of these topics. Indeed. --- "Zelda isn't the type of game that can be a 100 on a scale of 1 to 100 -- it has to be 120." |
| therealmnm | Posted 9/6/2006 5:26:51 PM | message detail |
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Ditto. --- Vote for Carmen Sandiego in SC2k6 Currently playing: NOTHING! lol real-world work |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2006 5:36:14 PM | message detail |
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Then the guru would be the bop that keep tracks of each user's bracket and have a sig bet. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2006 5:37:20 PM | message detail |
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*has a sig bet. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/6/2006 5:37:34 PM | message detail |
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I'm not too certain if anyone has noticed, but the DS ownership over
the past year has increased rather dramatically. Before the 2005
Character Battle, DS ownership was at 32.05%. Before the 2006 Character Battle, DS ownership is sitting nice at 55.01%. Nintendo Boost Redux -- Ganon > Vincent confirmed!! >> --- "Zelda isn't the type of game that can be a 100 on a scale of 1 to 100 -- it has to be 120." |
| red sox 777 | Posted 9/6/2006 5:38:48 PM | message detail |
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PS2 > GC > DS still! --- "........!" ~Magus |
| OmegaRagnarok | Posted 9/6/2006 5:38:50 PM | message detail |
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1 - UltimaterializerX 2 - Team Rocket Elite 3 - Ngamer64 4 - ChichiriMuyo 5 - Explicit Hairy Balls 6 - transience 7 - Master Moltar 8 - Mac Arrowny 9 - dethfdddddh 10 - Draco1214 11 - arkenaga 12 - Yoshifan823 13 - MasterofHunters 14 - Z1mZum 15 - Shivan Reincarnated 16 - MegatokyoEd 17 - DomaDragoon 18 - Janus5000 19 - Applekidjosh 20 - BlAcK TuRtLe 21 - bobeta 22 - greatone 23 - NewLib 24 - Big Bob 25 - HaRRicH 26 - meche313 27 - MarioSuperstar 28 - RockMFR 5 29 - cavalier lowen 30 - Bobby200614 31 - junglebob22 32 - Heroic Mario 33 - yoblazer33 34 - trizob the hedgehog 35 - Aprosenf 36 - MoogleKupo141 37 - voltch 38 - XxSoulxX, yo 39 - Lieutenant Kettch 40 - A worlds envy 41 - Osfan 42 - ff6man 43 - rpgapzx 44 - Viviff 45 - expaniol 46 - Red Sox 777 47 - ps2rulezzz 48 - cyko 49 - jonthomson 50 - jeevesthemole 51 - Luis_Sera89 52 - Phediuk 53 - FFDragon 54 - Vile Requiem 55 - charmander6000 56 - Radix 57 - Tediz247 58 - Brett with Atreyu 59 - Yesmar 60 - shadow8021 61 - Jman_gamerX8 62 - Snip Snip Now 63 - Tirofog 64 - LuniNutz99 65 - Zylo the wolf 66 - Kaxon 67 - KingBartz 68 - longbladeofhiko 69 - Dekar TKB 70 - spikevegeta 71 - Azp2k32 72 - Ori 73 - CountCrazy007 74 - Lopen 75 - Chinballz 76 - Soniclink15 77 - ccbfan 78 - Fett0001 79 - Dark115 80 - Dilated Chemist 81 - Steve Illumina 82 - outsider920 83 - ExThaNemesis 84 - HeroicGammaRay 85 - RPGuy96 86 - Pathetique 87 - SonicRaptor 88 - swirldude 89 - TheRye 90 - Steinershocker 91 - XIII is sexy 92 - Smurf 93 - freac 94 - Redtooth 95 - FastFalcon05 96 - Rufus Shinra 18 97 - _Harmonica_ 98 - Nintendo Wiii 99 - Tjian 100 - Sephirot1 101 - plasmabeam 102 - SephirothG 103 - Tai 104 - WHAT THE CRUNK ED BELLIS 105 - King Morgoth 106 - dragoontheguy 107 - outback 108 - Dunkeroo23 109 - canadiancatcher 110 - stingers135 111 - Tidus My Boy 112 - Guess how many Teens 113 - Prometheus321 114 - BeTheMan 115 - Haste2 116 - Read_Only_Thx 117 - KleenexTissue50 118 - daverath 119 - Mithrandir1331 120 - ScorpionX3 121 - perdevious 122 - ExquisiteSamurai 123 - Buzzup 124 - Jmast7 125 - GrapefruitKing 126 - cavedog0/ThatsRidiculous 127 - andaca 128 - Sess 129 - Giggsalot 130 - Consolefreak 131 - Tsunami70 132 - Xuxon 133 - MasterMage119 134 - ObscureMammoth 135 - Brett with Atreyu 136 - MarkSmith 137 - ChidoriNoJutsu 138 - ZoneOftheEnders 139 - Cokes 140 - DaruniaTheGoron 141 - MoogleKupo141 Again 142 - RPGGamer0 143 - Mister Mario 144 - Ringworm 145 - Sir Chris 146 - AlecTrevelyan006 147 - WiggumFan267 148 - th3l3fty 149 - Ayvuir 150 - Pats D 151 - _Lagoona_ 152 - KrahenProphet 153 - chocoboslayer 154 - hacknslash001 155 - raytan7585 156 - MetaRidleyX 157 - The Raven 2 158 - LinkLegend27 159 - capatillistpiglet 160 - Tequilla Gundam 161 - OmegaRagnarok omegamega rounds out the guru list :P --- Holy crap, I was banned! oh well. Life goes on. |
| AUGHazoid | Posted 9/6/2006 5:40:00 PM | message detail |
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AUGH --- Explicit Content AUGH! |
| Phediuk | Posted 9/6/2006 5:43:55 PM | message detail |
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All the people predicting Phoenix>Gordon are hilarious. Even before HL2 I'd have picked Freeman over Wright. --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/6/2006 6:04:48 PM | message detail |
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Zero vs. Kirby...x-stats magic: Zero 2K5 vs. Kirby 2K5 - Kirby with 54.14% Zero 2K5 vs. Kirby-from-Tidus-2K4 - Kirby with 50.03% Zero 2K4 vs. Kirby-from-Tidus-2K4 - Zero with 52.72% Zero 2K4 vs. Kirby 2K5 - Kirby with 51.47% --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Redtooth | Posted 9/6/2006 6:10:30 PM | message detail |
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Most of the people on that list probably haven't posted in here 20 times... *waves* --- Z1mZum>Redtooth Nice list, I counted twenty that would be in my top ten - BlondeAfroHero7 |
| Big Bob | Posted 9/6/2006 6:13:10 PM | message detail |
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It's not that we don't think Gordon has the advantage, we just can't bring ourselves to pick him. --- If the universe implodes, this space belongs to NClark128. If the law wins, I win! September 22nd! Amy Rose > KOS-MOS |
| wavedash101 | Posted 9/6/2006 6:14:57 PM | message detail |
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Plus Case 4>Half-Life and Half-Life 2 combined. --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| longbladeofhiko | Posted 9/6/2006 6:15:14 PM | message detail |
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You forgot the strongest Zero of 03! --- WWEGSB Hardcore Legend And Tag Champ Masa I jobbed to Z1mZum in the Guru Contest. Did you? |
| VectorAgent | Posted 9/6/2006 6:24:16 PM | message detail |
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What is Riku projected to get on Yoshi? --- CHARACTER BATTLE V: Samus Aran > Crono. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/6/2006 6:29:08 PM | message detail |
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Using Frog-2k4 (since Frog's behind Mario/Samus) and Yoshi 2k5, Yoshi gets 39.59% on a pre-KH2 Riku. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Draco1214 | Posted 9/6/2006 6:32:11 PM | message detail |
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What about Frog through VC Liquid? --- Character Battle V Score - 0/0 points Current Prediction - Samus Aran vs. Nidoran F |
| Cavalier Lowen | Posted 9/6/2006 6:53:06 PM | message detail |
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I'm not too certain if anyone has noticed, but the DS ownership over
the past year has increased rather dramatically. Before the 2005
Character Battle, DS ownership was at 32.05%. Before the 2006 Character
Battle, DS ownership is sitting nice at 55.01%. Increased DS ownsership gives a bigger boost to Mario characters than Zelda characters though (SM64+NSMB>nothing for Zelda), but Ganon should still get some boost. --- Z1mZum owned me in the guru contest (by two points!). Damn you Z1mZum! |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/6/2006 6:54:50 PM | message detail |
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Phoenix/Gordon is only debateable to me because of the people that have
beat him in the past. Tina Armstrong, Max Payne, whoever that other guy
was, they're all bottom of the barrel fodder that have absolutely no
following on this site. Every time my brain tries to point out
Gordon/Leon, the voice in my head screams out "WHO THE **** IS TINA
AMRSTRONG!?!?!?" TuRtLe ~~~ lol Z1mZum | BSE Contest final score: 61 pts Nominate Carmen Sandiego for Character Battle V |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/6/2006 7:17:51 PM | message detail |
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I'd consider Kirby > Zero, but he still could be potentially SFF'd... but he didn't get any from Mega Man himself. --- “Back in my day we used to actually play our videogames instead of watching them.” - Vivi0198 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 9/6/2006 8:10:00 PM | message detail |
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I'd consider Kirby > Zero, but he still could be potentially SFF'd... but he didn't get any from Mega Man himself. 2k4 was Zero's strongest year. We just didn't see it because of the hardcore SFF that Mega Man got on him. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| KingBartz | Posted 9/6/2006 8:14:09 PM | message detail |
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Am I the only one who thinks Zero won't make it past the first round this year... --- This life lesson was brought to you by the one and only KingBartz. |
| therealmnm | Posted 9/6/2006 8:14:18 PM | message detail |
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Increased DS ownsership gives a bigger boost to Mario characters
than Zelda characters though (SM64+NSMB>nothing for Zelda), but
Ganon should still get some boost. Like those Mario fans won't be Zelda fans? Come on now, unless they are absolutely new to gaming with the DS, most Nintendo fans are going to be Mario and Zelda fans. If the DS brings Nintendo fans through a Mario game, they are most likely going to bring Zelda fans to. It's not hand and hand of course, but with two series as big as Mario and Zelda, there is plenty of overlap. --- Vote for Carmen Sandiego in SC2k6 Currently playing: NOTHING! lol real-world work |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/6/2006 8:18:36 PM | message detail |
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Increased DS ownsership gives a bigger boost to Mario characters
than Zelda characters though (SM64+NSMB>nothing for Zelda), but
Ganon should still get some boost. I would expect actual games on those systems to help out the characters more, but as a result of more Nintendo fans coming here, or more DS owners, should help a number of the characters. Zelda may not have anything yet on the DS, but it'll still help out. If there is another Nintendo Boost, I expect it to be on a smaller scale than before -- but anything is better than nothing. It's nice to see how large of a jump the DS ownership has taken though; anyone curious as to why there would be any remaining Nintendo Boost, that would be the answer. The two big Nintendo releases over the past year were the DS Lite and NSMB. On top of that, there's that amazing E3 showing and something projected to be just as big on the 14th. Huzzah. --- "Zelda isn't the type of game that can be a 100 on a scale of 1 to 100 -- it has to be 120." |
| Jmast7 | Posted 9/6/2006 8:31:45 PM | message detail |
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Is there a guru topic made yet where we post our picks? --- "I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball." - Annie Savoy |
| KingBartz | Posted 9/6/2006 8:34:28 PM | message detail |
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Guru topic will be up this weekend prolly. --- This life lesson was brought to you by the one and only KingBartz. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 9/6/2006 8:39:54 PM | message detail |
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Am I the only one who thinks Zero won't make it past the first round this year... Yep. The rest of the stats topic realizes that Luigi is fodder of the worst sort. The two big Nintendo releases over the past year were the DS Lite and NSMB. Not to mention Mario Kart DS and Mario & Luigi: Partners and Time, which should be even better for the Mario crew. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
