GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 432
| xp1337 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:40:31 AM | message detail |
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...Am I the only one who doesn't care who wins... so long as the match is interesting in some regard? And that goes for most matches, only exceptions are if there's a character I really prefer involved. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? SC2k6 (174/208) Sephiroth? Eliminated |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 11:43:05 AM | message detail |
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And that goes for most matches, only exceptions are if there's a character I really prefer involved. I only care if it's Mario, Sonic or Knuckles. The rest I have favorites, but I wouldn't really care if they lost or not. --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| Miss_Rydia | Posted 11/16/2006 11:47:03 AM | message detail |
| A little part of me dies everytime Kefka loses. I
stay interested in contests if for nothing other than Frog. And I would
blow something up if Link ever lost again. Other than that, I'd care if
some better old school FF characters got in (GBA/DS remakes hopefully
help this cause). That's about it though. <3 Miss R --- I love Detroit sports! |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:50:16 AM | message detail |
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Oh for god's sake, EC. FF7 is the most powerful game on this site.
In a villains only contest, Sephiroth of course is going to slaughter
the opposition because he's the only one in the contest from FFVII. The
villains contest should therefore not be considered in N vs. Square
arguments, because the VC was just blatantly unfair and an auto-Sephy
win from the beginning. 2003 and the games contest are the only "true"
Square victories on this site. Then how bout you start spewing "lol ff7faqs" then. It's okay for FF7 to be the most popular game on the site... but if something Nintendo wins "lollolol nintendcofadaqs" Link, Link, Mario, Link, Samus, Zelda (the series), Link. That's SEVEN Nintendo victories - they are the single dominant force in these contests. Square has had...3, one of which was just plain unfair. Not really. It's 5. Mario and Samus definitely do not count, they didn't win the contest, they won the main bracket. Link still won the contest last year, and Cloud or Link is going to win it this year. It's 5 for Nintendo, 3 for Square. And even if you DO want to count it, it's still 1 Nintendo Character left, as opposed to 3 non-Nintendo ones. I really am tired of hearing lol nintendofaqs every time someones preferred character doesn't win. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:51:18 AM | message detail |
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Cheer up emo kid. --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| shadow8021 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:52:49 AM | message detail |
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Imagine if Ceej decided to give us sprite pics tomorrow. Solid **** wouldn't even get 1% of the vote. --- Character Battle Score: 164/208 Today's Vote: Link |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 11:53:16 AM | message detail |
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Yes he would. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 11:53:43 AM | message detail |
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I don't think FFVII is the strongest game on this site anymore. It won two years ago, in a year with horrendous
vote totals, before the big N boost, and only in around a 53-47 split
over its closest competitor. FF7 being this site's strongest game is a
myth (though it easily has a more hardcore fanbase judging from the Top
10 List) that will be dispelled the next time we have a game contest. --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/16/2006 11:54:14 AM | message detail |
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Over 1% of the vote? lol turdspriteFAQs --- CB5 Points: 139/208, Current Oracle placement: 21/170 Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 11:58:33 AM | message detail |
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it's still 1 Nintendo Character left, as opposed to 3 non-Nintendo ones. Lawl SFF? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:01:15 PM | message detail |
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Hmm, I forgot FF7's margin of victory over OoT was closer to 54% than 53%. I guess it wouldn't be a lock
to lose, but I really wouldn't like its chances against OoT (though I'd
pick it over TP in a heartbeat, don't underestimate the power of
nostalgia). And I took FF7 to win the Games Contest! (not to mention I have Cloud winning this year) --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 12:01:38 PM | message detail |
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Right, because FF7 and MGS has never had SFF with each other before. Nope. Never. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/16/2006 12:02:38 PM | message detail |
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Then how bout you start spewing "lol ff7faqs" then. It's okay for
FF7 to be the most popular game on the site... but if something
Nintendo wins "lollolol nintendcofadaqs" People do that a lot. It's established that FF7 is a powerful force...but the fact that - despite having more fleshed out characters (lol) - the characters from such a powerful game don't beat out the mute protagonist says a hell of a lot for the power of Nintendo in these contests. And I HATE FF7. But Nintendo has most of the time been the more powerful force on this site. Not really. It's 5. Mario and Samus definitely do not count, they didn't win the contest, they won the main bracket. How do they not count? They beat out 63 other competitors in a hard fought battle. And this year, going by the logic you yourself have presented (Samus > Mario indirectly), then Samus would finish fourth. Oh, and Mario turned around 10% on a guy he lost to a year before in 2005. And even if you DO want to count it, it's still 1 Nintendo Character left, as opposed to 3 non-Nintendo ones. And that 1 is stronger than any 2 of the other 3 combined. That makes no difference; hell, it makes Nintendo look even stronger when you consider that, despite being outnumbered, the N character is thrashing everything. I really am tired of hearing lol nintendofaqs every time someones preferred character doesn't win. They've got a good point. If they want to whine, at least whine with something that's pretty much the truth. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:02:42 PM | message detail |
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Right, because FFVII and MGS exude the amount of SFF that Link has shown in the past. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 12:04:07 PM | message detail |
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The amount he's shown against who exactly? Certainly not Samus. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:04:30 PM | message detail |
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Making Ganon look worse than CATS? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/16/2006 12:05:15 PM | message detail |
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Hmm, the following makes no sense. hard fought battle. And this year, going by the logic you yourself have presented (Samus > Mario indirectly), then Samus would finish fourth. allow me to fix this. Mario 2k5 wasn't a hard fought battle, but still, he beat 63 other characters. What I meant was that if you rule out SFF and go off raw strength...going by EC logic, Samus WOULD finish ahead of Solid Snake and Mario. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 11/16/2006 12:05:19 PM | message detail |
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Snake is starting to drop off a lot now. --- Smurf. The Cream of Sonic Fanboyism. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/16/2006 12:06:01 PM | message detail |
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Making Ganon look worse than CATS? But Ganon is worse than CATS !! --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=22242738 Sign plz |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:06:06 PM | message detail |
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Right, because FFVII and MGS exude the amount of SFF that Link has shown in the past. Not to nitpick, but FFVII scored significantly more on MGS than OoT scored on Goldeneye 007, and MGS and Goldeneye are likely quite close in strength, probably with an edge to MGS...now, of course OoT and GE aren't going to have nearly as much overlap as Link and Mario/Samus (and OoT/SM64 proves this), but it's not something to downplay. --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 12:06:21 PM | message detail |
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Making Ganon look worse than CATS? ....okay I can't take your points seriously anymore. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:06:57 PM | message detail |
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But Ganon is worse than CATS !! ...but... uh... Damn. You got me there! CATS FTW !! --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:08:00 PM | message detail |
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....okay I can't take your points seriously anymore. I couldn't take yours seriously to begin with, EC. The only thing you've got right is the overratedness of the KH(II) Factor. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 12:08:21 PM | message detail |
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It's a sad day when someone like EC is making more sense then anyone else in the stats topic. --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/16/2006 12:10:32 PM | message detail |
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I couldn't take yours seriously to begin with, EC. The only thing you've got right is the overratedness of the KH(II) Factor. Trying to prove Link's ability to SFF Mario/Samus, and then citing Ganon to show his prowess makes no sense at all. How about looking at Samus' match head to head with Link instead? FF/MG have shown to have a bigger overlap. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| shadow8021 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:10:50 PM | message detail |
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Actually, KH. OoT had 73% on Goldeneye, as opposed to FFVII's 71% on MGS. --- Character Battle Score: 164/208 Today's Vote: Link |
| TRE Public Account | Posted 11/16/2006 12:12:08 PM | message detail |
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Judging by contest wins isn't a very good way of doing things. If the
most popular character was Nintendo and the next 100 most popular
characters were Square, a Nintendo character would still dominate the
contests despite the site being blatantly biased towards Square. 2/3
members of Clinkiroth are Square while Nintendo has 1. Both have three
members in the Noble Nine. The near-elites also have a mix of Square
and Nintendo characters. Square really isn't all that much weaker than
Nintendo. --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:17:43 PM | message detail |
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Actually, KH. OoT had 73% on Goldeneye, as opposed to FFVII's 71% on MGS. Hmm, I must have been thinking of it the other way around. Well, either way you slice it there's a significant overlap, which is why I'm quite confident in thinking Cloud gets the majority of Snake's votes when he goes out. It's just the severity of the split that matters, which we'll get to see tomorrow if Sephiroth goes out. If Cloud can keep it decently close with Link in Sephy's absence, I think he can pull it off. --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:20:43 PM | message detail |
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And yeah, TRE's definitely got the right idea. Nintendo and Square have
been pretty much even for most of this contest's history, it's only
since 2005 that Nintendo has demonstrated a significant edge...and even
then, they're still very close. Zelda/Final Fantasy was a 51-49 match. --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:26:41 PM | message detail |
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Christ. Calling this place NintendoFAQs is downright moronic. What
makes up the three strongest characters? 1 Nintendo, 2 Square. What
makes up the strongest nine characters? 3 Nintendo, 3 Square. How about
the next 10? Vincent, Squall, Auron, Tifa, and Sora vs Ganondorf,
Zelda, Yoshi, and Bowser, 5-4 Square. Go down further, and it's still
split pretty evenly. Nintendo and Square are even in strength, it's
just that Link is marginally stronger than Cloud. If this place was NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario go out first in the Battle Royale? --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| Draco1214 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:30:40 PM | message detail |
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The reason why people are calling this place NintendoFAQs is because of
the 5 debated matches we had pre-contest that featured a NIntendo
character, Nintendo won 4 of them (Nintendo lost Vincent/Ganon). --- Currently Playing: Xenosaga Episode 3, Final Fantasy XII, Tales of the Abyss, King of Fighters 2002/2003 |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:32:08 PM | message detail |
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If this place was NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario go out first in the Battle Royale? Devil's Advocate: If this place wasn't NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario win SC2K5 and SC2K6? --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| TRE Public Account | Posted 11/16/2006 12:33:00 PM | message detail |
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Devil's Advocate: If this place wasn't NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario win SC2K5 and SC2K6? Because they removed Clinkiroth. --- "Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..." "All dreams are but another reality. Never forget..." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:33:02 PM | message detail |
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Why were Cloud and Sephiroth (Sephiroth, especially) taken out of the main bracket? Why ask why... --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:33:30 PM | message detail |
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So? Square went 1-1 (Vincent/Ganondorf and Sonic/Crono), and Square's near-elites looked a lot better in their losses than Nintendo's. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:34:29 PM | message detail |
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2-1, even, with Kairi/Claire. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:34:40 PM | message detail |
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Devil's Advocate #2: All of NintendoFAQs strength went to Link, as no one has even come close to him. --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:34:49 PM | message detail |
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Nintendo definitely looked a lot better at the end of this year's
contest if you want to go by X-Stats...but actually, it's more like the
females looked a lot better than the males. YAY Yuna > Ganondorf --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/16/2006 12:36:45 PM | message detail |
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So if Sephiroth went out first and Cloud outdid Link with Samus, Mario,
and Snake in the poll (which he obviously would), it would be lol
SquareFAQs, right? --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 11/16/2006 12:37:31 PM | message detail |
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So if Sephiroth went out first and Cloud outdid Link with Samus,
Mario, and Snake in the poll (which he obviously would), it would be
lol SquareFAQs, right? Obviously not. NintendoFAQs because Nintendo characters outlasting Sephy. lol double standards. --- - Why the hell did I bet against a character as deep, awesome and badass as Lara Croft, instead favouring a character from something as lame as HL2? Forgive me, XIII. |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 11/16/2006 12:38:01 PM | message detail |
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Devil's Advocate #3: All around me are familiar users Worn out losers, worn out users... Bright and early for the daily poll start Sit and refresh, sit and refresh... Their whining filling up the front page Making no sense, making no sense... Gordon Freeman went and won his first match No universe, no universe... And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The Noble Nine is crumbling, and it isn't just a fad. I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to type, When trolls argue in circles It's a very very, mad board, mad board... Children waiting for the after-school vote Damn you kiddies, damn you kiddies... Snake fought hard only to lose to Samus NintendoFAQs, NintendoFAQs... Tifa placing second in the x-stats Out of nowhere, out of nowhere... Nearly all contest traditions broken Board 8 weeping, Board 8 weeping... And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The Noble Nine is crumbling, and it isn't just a fad. I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to type, When trolls argue in circles It's a very very, mad board, mad board... Enlarging your board, mad board... --- ~FFDragon (at work !!) FFDragoon, now with the blood of the mods stained to his armor and dripping from his lance. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/16/2006 12:43:51 PM | message detail |
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Sephy's starting to cut now...argh, I'm so unhappy I'm not going to be around to see what'll likely be a photo finish! Don't let me down, Snake! Beat Sephiroth with that ol' Melty pic of yours! --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| lolxstats | Posted 11/16/2006 1:05:23 PM | message detail |
| Why are you people looking at the number of
tournaments won by a Nintendo Character as a proof to say "nintendofaqs
lol"? A much, MUCH better way to look at it is to go by the percents.
Link beats Cloud on average by what? 2% maybe? Maybe less? Wow,
"nintendofaqs lol", I mean, ~51% of people here prefers Link over
Cloud, omg. This is total proof that this site is literally DOMINATED
by Nintendo fanboys. Seriously, it's almost an even split, don't give me that crap about Link winning more tournaments, the truth remains that he barely wins them. Also, I think Mario is a much better representation of Nintendo's fan base than Link, although I might be wrong. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 11/16/2006 1:26:09 PM | message detail |
| Noble Nine crumbling? If anything, they've had
their best year as an overall group. The only non-NNer that was even an
option to break it this year was Tifa, and she needed the most biased
picture in contest history and a large influx of FF12 fans to
accomplish that. TuRtLe ~~~ Pretty much out of the contest lol x-stats |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 11/16/2006 1:27:24 PM | message detail |
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And about all this "lol nintendofaqs" crap, I much prefer it to the
FF7FAQs days of old. At least nowadays you have fans of FF7 and all
sorts of other games instead of everything relating to Cloud or
Sephiroth. TuRtLe ~~~ Pretty much out of the contest lol x-stats |
| creativename | Posted 11/16/2006 1:50:53 PM | message detail |
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Judging by contest wins isn't a very good way of doing things. If
the most popular character was Nintendo and the next 100 most popular
characters were Square, a Nintendo character would still dominate the
contests despite the site being blatantly biased towards Square. 2/3
members of Clinkiroth are Square while Nintendo has 1. Both have three
members in the Noble Nine. The near-elites also have a mix of Square
and Nintendo characters. Square really isn't all that much weaker than
Nintendo. Agreed. I think a lot of what is causing these feelings is change. Things are changing from what they were, and people tend to feel a sense of entitlement to what they already have. That's what causes a lot of BS in politics too. I'm more of a Square fan myself, though I like Nintendo better than just about anything else other than Square. This place being either NintendoFAQs or SquareFAQs makes sense, and I think it's also better than anything else we could get. Maybe some love for sports games (poor Madden) is the only thing missing. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/16/2006 1:54:12 PM | message detail |
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The only non-NNer that was even an option to break it this year was
Tifa, and she needed the most biased picture in contest history and a
large influx of FF12 fans to accomplish that. Just to be picky, the picture wasn't biased, though the result certainly made it seem so -- people just love the power-suit. --- Diddy did it. Diddy did it. DAMMIT! What didn't Diddy do?! |
| creativename | Posted 11/16/2006 1:54:55 PM | message detail |
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Sephiroth looks to be trying to make a match out of this one. He's gaining pretty rapidly right now. In the first match he went from +2.77% from now to +3.31% by the finish, a swing of +0.54%. In Match 2 he went from -0.54% to +0.11%, a swing of 0.65%. Right now he needs to swing 0.78%. It might not be likely, but it certainly isn't out of reach. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 11/16/2006 2:10:35 PM | message detail |
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How did this get 150 posts... forget it. If this place was NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario go out first in the Battle Royale? Because Link is on steroids. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Disgaea 2, KH:COM (Sora), FF5A, Castlevania: LoI |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/16/2006 2:55:11 PM | message detail |
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If this place was NintendoFAQs why the hell did Samus and Mario go out first in the Battle Royale? Because Link is on steroids. Ah. In that case, why has Nintendo not yet had more than 50% of the vote (no, Snake is NOT rSFFing Link), like many expected them too? I hardly call that NintendoFAQs. --- "Luckily, I brought my smart sword. It won't hurt anyone 'friendly'. In fact, it makes them talk!" - Princess Zelda |
