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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 442
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 5:36:01 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't be so sure Doma; FE's fans seem pretty sturdy and Pokemon's
fans strike me as being shaky. Not to discredit the series against
Metroid or to say it isn't alot of people's favorite handheld-RPG
series (or even series in general), but I just don't think FE would
roll over against Pokemon here. Pokemon would definitely win head-to-head and should win a handheld-RPG poll, but FE would hold its ground, methinks. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 5:38:12 PM | message detail |
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Ha, I thought about Goldeneye, but its second game was made EA instead
of Rare (I think that's right), so it'd be hard to cound that as a real
series. I'd like to see how Perfect Dark fared in such a poll though! --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 6/24/2007 5:41:32 PM | message detail |
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Unreal or Quake would win an FPS poll, with Halo doing respectably if Goldeneye isn't in it. TuRtLe ~~~ "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" -trancer1 BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 5:43:55 PM | message detail |
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Unreal would do alright, but with Half-Life/Doom/Quake in the mix I
wouldn't think it would have room to be on top of even those three,
much less over everybody else too. Question: if Metroid Prime was (erroneously) put into the FPS-poll, would it be a guaranteed win for it? --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 5:45:43 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and don't forget Call of Duty, too -- it's had launch games,
multi-system support, and CoD2 was the 360 GotY back in 2005. It could
surprise as well! --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/24/2007 5:52:41 PM | message detail |
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I would expect that Halo would be the favorite to win the FPS-poll. It
may not be the most respected FPS, but I definitely would say that it's
among the most popular. And remember that it retains its hardcore
strength in a multi-poll. Call of Duty would be up there too though. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| DomaDragoon | Posted 6/24/2007 5:54:18 PM | message detail |
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I'm not discounting FE's (boo, hiss) fans, but I think that Pokemon's
fans are more stable than before, especially with D/P's recent release.
Maybe it wouldn't be a throttling, but I honestly think that Pokemon
would at least double up the next nearest competitor. Question: if Metroid Prime was (erroneously) put into the FPS-poll, would it be a guaranteed win for it? Guaranteed? No. It would depend on how many other console-centric FPSes got in, as well as the other games. A FPS poll would by necessity snub quite a few valid entries, given the sheer volume of series on the PC. System Shock, Half-Life, Marathon, Dark Forces... four other titles that could do some damage in a poll (well, maybe not Marathon). MP or Halo would be the favourite if it got in, though. --- Rufus Shinra is the Guru Champion, and I'm not. www.rpgdl.com - Because everybody loves violent arena battles, right? |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 6:02:53 PM | message detail |
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I've not even heard of Marathon or Dark Forces before, ha, so I
wouldn't imagine either of those being able to hang with the likes of
Halo or Half-Life. As for System Shock, here's a fun-fact: System Shock
2 was on the Top 10 List's drop-down box (which had 130 games) yet
didn't even make it into the Top 100 List. Halo 2 and Tales of
Symphonia had more write-in votes than SS2 had easy-access votes... ...I don't like its chances either on doing good in such a poll. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 6/24/2007 6:07:52 PM | message detail |
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I'd put money on Halo winning a FPS poll. I can't see anything else really beating it, even if Metroid Prime were up there. --- Death by irony is always painful. |
| DomaDragoon | Posted 6/24/2007 6:12:59 PM | message detail |
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Marathon is Mac-centric, and you might know Dark Forces better from the other sub-title it picked up: Jedi Knight. Forgot about SS2 being on the top 100 drop-down. *shrug* I'm just trying to throw out some names. Got some of my old PC Gamers beside me (which is funny, because I'm very heavily console-oriented in my gaming). --- Rufus Shinra is the Guru Champion, and I'm not. www.rpgdl.com - Because everybody loves violent arena battles, right? |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 6:15:53 PM | message detail |
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Nah, it's cool -- there's alot of names out there than could be used. I've heard of JK, at least. CJay might pay homage to the classic Wolfenstein and let it be in the poll...it had some 3D sequels too, didn't it? --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2007 6:18:16 PM | message detail |
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Solid Snake HM was clearly the best because, well, it's Solid Snake.
The day that he stopped hating MGS was possibly the greatest day in the
history of Board 8. I'm not kidding. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier *waits for Games Contest announcement* |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 6:21:12 PM | message detail |
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I think Magus/Knuckles was a little bit better...but they were both great! --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| DomaDragoon | Posted 6/24/2007 6:38:48 PM | message detail |
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Call me old-fashioned, but I have to go with Day 1 of non-topicality for the best board day. Wolfenstein? Yeah, it got some 3D games (Wolfenstein 3D was an id title, and it predates Doom), but the sequels were a different developer, like Goldeneye (I think Activision got some third party to do it). Can't say much about it, though - I only played a SNES port of the original and the Doom 2 secret levels. --- Rufus Shinra is the Guru Champion, and I'm not. www.rpgdl.com - Because everybody loves violent arena battles, right? |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 6:46:28 PM | message detail |
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True, but at least one of the developers (and I think both of them)
made two or more games for the series when they had the license...that
would still technically count as a series, and there's no easy way to
separate the two without simply placing the company name beside the
title in the poll. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 6:47:29 PM | message detail |
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Old-fashioned...ha, I almost mentioned Sonic/Samus in 2k2. I refrained because Sonic lost though! --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| therealmnm | Posted 6/24/2007 7:12:38 PM | message detail |
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Wolfenstein? Yeah, it got some 3D games (Wolfenstein 3D was an id
title, and it predates Doom), but the sequels were a different
developer, like Goldeneye (I think Activision got some third party to
do it). Can't say much about it, though - I only played a SNES port of
the original and the Doom 2 secret levels. Eh, I would say that constitutes as a series. Bond is a movie license, so that's a different boat. That would be like considering all the X-men games as part of the same series. But change of developer doesn't automatically mean its a different series. Call of Duty: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3 are made by a different developer. So is Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Anniversary. They are still the same series though. But then again, with Bond, EA is an entirely new publisher. The other examples I just gave stayed under the same publisher, right? --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 6/24/2007 7:52:47 PM | message detail |
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Unreal/Quake, contending for a FPS poll? Are you guys nuts? A Best FPS Series poll would go like Halo (by a wide margin) Half-Life Doom Call of Duty Quake Unreal Medal of Honor Rainbox Six Combine GE and PD into a series and it finishes just in front of Halo. Include Prime as an FPS and it finishes a little ways behind Halo. --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 8:24:58 PM | message detail |
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Oh man, forgot about Rainbow 6...fun game. I don't think there would really be anybody actually IN contention for the top spot outside of Halo, Half-Life, and Doom...but others like Quake/Unreal/Call of Duty/Duke Nukem/Rainbow 6/whatever else would keep it to being a pretty well-rounded poll for the most part. Halo would be the favorite, but by no means do I think it would be by a large margin (if it won)...though I'll say this: the more options in the poll, the better that Halo will perform. It's weird though; Halo's the most likely favorite of console games and Half-Life is the most likely favorite of PC games, yet they've also seemingly got pretty dedicated-but-small groups. HL doesn't get hate like Halo does, but a poll like this would hardly involve hate anyway...then Doom has always been a classic FPS-name and has had big success on both PC and console. It's had appreciated games that sold from the 16-bit days to last generation too. It's also got more games than Halo and Half-Life (maybe even combined) and Doom still did well in the Top 100 List. It just feels like it's going to be a very divided clash for the top three spots between them, and I think the others are liked enough to not get decimated. It could wind up being a well-rounded poll. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 9:04:47 PM | message detail |
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Mr. Driller must return now. Please God, let him return...and let him face a post-TP Link. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| transience | Posted 6/24/2007 9:09:55 PM | message detail |
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I can't see any way for Halo to lose a FPS poll. be curious to see how this would go though: Halo Metroid Prime Goldeneye (other fodder here) --- xyzzy *waits patiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| ZFS | Posted 6/24/2007 9:27:40 PM | message detail |
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Go go Lemmings! --- Death by irony is always painful. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 9:28:30 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't expect any other FPS-series to outdo Halo's position in the
x-stats in last year's Series Contest and it being a multi-choice poll
can only help Halo here, but I don't see why Half-Life or Doom can't be
within striking distance of Halo. Half-Life is the Halo of the PC
without the hate while Doom is like a watered-down best-of-both-worlds
(see the paradox?) combo of those two. Doom and Half-Life both also
have more games in their series and have spanned more systems than
Halo, not to mention both have been around longer too. It'd be
interesting to see what those three could do to each other, not to
mention having the other series in as well. Like I've said, Halo's bound to be the favorite...but it's upset-capable. Hell, since MC's barn-burner with Donkey Kong in 2k5, anything Halo-related has been 0-4 and last year we were just one match away (LoZ/FF) from seeing two Halo-related contestants be Ultimate Losers in the same year (just fun-facts, not arguing points)! --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 9:29:57 PM | message detail |
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Also, Goldeneye > ...MP > Halo -- MP/Halo would be a scary match. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| transience | Posted 6/24/2007 9:31:54 PM | message detail |
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well.. Poll 1877 (01/11/2005) BEST OF 2004: Game of the Year (Final Vote) 19323 33.23% Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 10758 18.5% Half-Life 2 15088 25.95% Halo 2 12979 22.32% Metroid Prime 2: Echoes --- xyzzy *waits patiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 10:06:49 PM | message detail |
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MP > MP2 and Halo 2 > Halo 1 makes it interesting to look at in
MP's favor, but I don't like to think that LoZ:WW should have beaten
StarCraft THAT badly without (more than typical) rallying, especially
considering Halo should have beat StarCraft without (more than typical)
rallying too. Anyway, that's gettin' statistically-sketchy for two
games which we've only seen three matches total over three years ago so
we can make an indirect comparison with their sequels in a multi-option
poll... ...can I get back to using the Top 100 List from a year and a half ago to compare three series -- two we've never seen perform in a contest and the other only once -- to see how they would do in a multi-option poll, just so we can skip the sequel talk? That **** is complicated and unreliable..... Ahem. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/24/2007 10:09:39 PM | message detail |
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...MP > Halo -- MP/Halo would be a scary match. Meh, I'll take Halo every time. I think it could easily have outdone Prime against Wind Waker. Of course, this is where everyone throws that Nintendo Boost thing around. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier *waits for Games Contest announcement* |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/24/2007 10:16:04 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and, uh...Nintendo Boost, too. =P --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/25/2007 12:04:29 AM | message detail |
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Introducing...Princess Zelda to Brawl! --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier *waits for Games Contest announcement* |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/25/2007 12:22:15 AM | message detail |
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Zelda will rSFF ZSS into oblivion next year. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 6/25/2007 12:27:26 AM | message detail |
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I'll copy over my thoughts from the Brawl topic. http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/zelda/zelda.jpg Whoa, Zelda is looking good. Post-TP and with that as her match pic she could go quite a ways into the bracket this Summer. Very nice. --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 6/25/2007 12:13:21 PM | message detail |
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She better still be able to turn into Shiek. --- Official Greatest GSB User Mike Awesome Tourney Winner WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| transience | Posted 6/25/2007 12:19:59 PM | message detail |
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I don't see how that's any different from any previous Zelda we've seen. --- xyzzy *waits patiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 6/25/2007 3:32:46 PM | message detail |
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You notice no difference between http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/zelda/zelda.jpg and http://www.thelostwoods.net/screenshot/Zelda.jpg Honestly? Because, uh... --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| trannyscience | Posted 6/25/2007 3:33:48 PM | message detail |
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no, I mean it's not like the updated image changes things contest-wise. we had that picture in 2005. --- zizzy *hopes for a Game Contest announcement* |
| ZFS | Posted 6/25/2007 3:34:54 PM | message detail |
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Zelda shouldn't be too drastically different between what she was this
past year and this upcoming year. TP will help just because it was a
new Zelda game, but, really, Zelda was the same old damsel-in-distress
in that game. And we had that picture last contest. --- Death by irony is always painful. |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 6/25/2007 3:42:44 PM | message detail |
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*doesn't comment* <_< |
| ZFS | Posted 6/25/2007 3:45:17 PM | message detail |
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"ZELDA > SAMUS GUYS I CALLED IT RIGHT HERE REMEMBER ZELDA > SAMUS
OKAY JEEZ IT WAS MY UPSET PICK DID I MENTION THAT I'M BANKING ON ZELDA
BEATING SAMUS. HEY HEY HEY HEY LISTEN ZELDA > SAMUS" ...Probably for the best you don't! --- Death by irony is always painful. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/25/2007 6:45:24 PM | message detail |
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HM's description of Lady Ashe just made me come up with a revealing theory: Lady Ashe is Navi. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Thievius Gamerus | Posted 6/25/2007 8:36:39 PM | message detail |
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just a quick question guys, any updates on a new contest any time soon? --- Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference. |
| trannyscience | Posted 6/25/2007 8:37:31 PM | message detail |
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nope, nothin'. --- zizzy *hopes for a Game Contest announcement* |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/25/2007 10:36:20 PM | message detail |
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I just want to point out that the Series Contest predicted Elder
Scrolls would beat Diablo with 57.83%, yet today's poll shows
otherwise. It wasn't even all that unexpected, either... ...anybody wanna think that Diablo just really got ****ed over by having to face FF head-to-head whereas TES was through SF and RE before FF struck? Diablo may have been unfairly treated in the Series Contest. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/25/2007 10:37:37 PM | message detail |
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No kidding it was unfairly treated. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier *waits for Games Contest announcement* |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 6/25/2007 10:38:38 PM | message detail |
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I'm of the opinion TES is significantly overrated thanks to Street
Fighter overperforming on RE, but yeah, Diablo likely underperformed
against FF. More probable is that the Series Contest stats are nearly as borked as the characters'. <_< 2006 wasn't the greatest year for reliability I'm afraid... --- "TIME TO _____ THEN." - Karma Hunter, ABSENT 8 Commit it to memory. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 6/25/2007 10:59:32 PM | message detail |
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Ha, yeah, totally forgot about that SF/RE picture. Still though, I
would think TES would have stayed ahead of Diablo statistically in that
contest...but that would make this poll much easier to swallow, too. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| transience | Posted 6/25/2007 11:02:27 PM | message detail |
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maybe I'm alone here, but I thought Diablo would be ahead by more. --- xyzzy *waits patiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| Haste_2 | Posted 6/25/2007 11:11:28 PM | message detail |
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I think FF overperformed a bit on Diablo partly due to Cloud and Squall being in the picture. --- "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." |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 6/25/2007 11:13:41 PM | message detail |
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I totally forgot Diablo was even in the Series Contest >_> --- RIP Chris Benoit And Family WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 6/25/2007 11:14:47 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't depend on the Series Contest stats to predict a thing. The
probability for SFF in any match increased due to the fact that you're
dealing with an entire series, not just one game or one character. Oh, and there's the fact that Mario, Zelda, or Final Fantasy would SFF nearly anything as it is, being so popular. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier *waits for Games Contest announcement* |
| ZFS | Posted 6/25/2007 11:15:39 PM | message detail |
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maybe I'm alone here, but I thought Diablo would be ahead by more. Thought the same. --- Death by irony is always painful. |
