GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 443
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 5:52:13 PM | message detail |
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I would imagine a few people might jump on board that one, but I'd play
it safe and go with Sephiroth. I can imagine it being closer than
initially expected, but I can't see Sephiroth losing that one, even
with Galaxy. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| Gaddswell | Posted 7/13/2007 5:54:53 PM | message detail |
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So... the gurus are nominating Wario, right? --- The law of II > III > I might be most applicable to Xenosaga. - Fuzzles |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 5:55:36 PM | message detail |
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ugh. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 5:57:55 PM | message detail |
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Wario? Really? --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 5:59:03 PM | message detail |
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let's see how this 'twist' goes first. not gonna even think about
committing to nominations until I know what kind of silly thing Ceej is
gonna pull. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/13/2007 5:59:34 PM | message detail |
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If SMG came out THE day of Mario/Sephiroth #3...I'd take it merely out
of respect to both Mario/Cloud in 2k2 and the Mario/Crono or Mega
Man/Solid Snake feuds. Don't remind me about Solid/Knuckles. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/13/2007 6:01:24 PM | message detail |
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I'll stay committed to the six I'm latched onto right now...but
hopefully CJay's gimmick doesn't limit nominations or else I'll be done
reserving them. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:05:39 PM | message detail |
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okay, here's some speculation. assuming this thing starts September 1: - Samus boost - Master Chief boost - Galaxy *just* misses the last day of the contest, assuming he stretches it out like last year - no Brawl - Leon boost? - Bowser/Luigi boost, perhaps, from Super Paper Mario - maybe a Sonic boost so basically, not much has happened. oh, Twilight Princess happened, too. but I think a lot of that had already kicked in from the massive hype and such. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 6:08:26 PM | message detail |
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Whoa, what the hell. CJayC posted something here about the contest? Blind as a bat right here. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:09:01 PM | message detail |
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Heroic Mario, blinded by bias. aw yeah --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 6:11:35 PM | message detail |
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Haha. Well, that's nice to get some confirmation on it happening. I liked the bit about the games contest, and it makes sense. Hopefully we get that next year, because every big game will have been out by then, the most important clearly being MGS4 in early 08! --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/13/2007 6:11:58 PM | message detail |
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Which would mean bats are biased...perhaps towards Alucard? The plan never fails..... --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 7/13/2007 6:20:32 PM | message detail |
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So, I would like to take this time to apologize for my behavior last year. I'll try to be less of an idiot. <_< ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| Kaxon | Posted 7/13/2007 6:26:17 PM | message detail |
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Hopefully we get that next year, because every big game will have
been out by then, the most important clearly being MGS4 in early 08! Every big game will never be out. By the time the ones we're waiting for come out, new big games will have been announced. I'm confused and annoyed that Ceej somehow thinks another character battle will be more interesting than a game contest. I was really hoping we could take a year off from character battles so that things would be a little fresher in 2008. --- Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin *waits impatiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:28:08 PM | message detail |
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I'm the biggest Game Contest proponent we have.. and I don't mind
waiting. games are always coming out, but after Brawl and MGS4, there's
really nothing *huge* on the horizon. next summer would be a great time
for me. this summer would also be a good time, of course. but next summer is just a little bit better. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| Liquid Wind | Posted 7/13/2007 6:28:25 PM | message detail |
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thing is, the character battle is a tradition. an easily predicted
tradition, but when you don't do it, we start doing silly things like
posting "WE WANT THE DAMN BRACKET" and mis-using the feedback forms and
having cybersex with dragons(whoops, that was last year, we did have a
contest then <_<) --- Where you stand there's war |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:30:31 PM | message detail |
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eh, when you're struggling to make the thing fresh by adding in random
gimmicks, you know it's time to take a break. I like the idea of taking
a year off from a character battle -- provided we get a game contest
instead. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 6:32:10 PM | message detail |
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Every big game will never be out. By the time the ones we're waiting for come out, new big games will have been announced. The main difference is that anything announced at this point, or any time afterward, probably wouldn't come out for a couple of years. I'd rather wait a year and have every big name game from every big name series come out. Between now and March, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Metal Gear Solid 4 will be out. I can definitely wait. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 7/13/2007 6:37:28 PM | message detail |
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Every big game will never be out. By the time the ones we're waiting for come out, new big games will have been announced. I'm confused and annoyed that Ceej somehow thinks another character battle will be more interesting than a game contest. I was really hoping we could take a year off from character battles so that things would be a little fresher in 2008. I wholeheartedly agree. And I know most people seem to be pleased that we're getting the character battle starting September 1st, but this marks (I think) at least the second year in a row where we're not having a proper summer contest. It's obviously better to have a contest than not, but summer obviously has several advantages over the rest of the year: no schoolwork, more free time, etc. I'm glad we're getting something, but, geez, did we really need to have another contest starting near the fall? --- Congratulations to Rufus Shinra, winner of the 2k6 Guru Character Battle contest! |
| Kaxon | Posted 7/13/2007 6:40:32 PM | message detail |
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Eh, Starcraft 2 will be on the horizon then, and after that we're
getting into FF XIII territory... there's basically always going to be
something fairly big coming out in the next 6 months. I'm willing to wait for a game contest, I guess what bothers me more is that we're not taking a break from the character contest. I think I might rather have no contest this year than drive the character contest even further into the ground. That's part of why I was hoping we could have a game contest, and come back with a character contest next year with no gimmicks. --- Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin *waits impatiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:41:32 PM | message detail |
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us old folk don't have things like summer vacation anymore. :) --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| Majin Lou | Posted 7/13/2007 6:45:39 PM | message detail |
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Seifer. We must all nominate him, unless whatever gimmick CJayC has up his sleeve eliminates him from contention somehow. --- http://danceandstomp.net/forum/ Desert Rose, why do you live alone? If you are sad, I'll make you leave this life. |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:46:29 PM | message detail |
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my noms will go toward characters that need to come back. new characters don't really interest me this year. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 7/13/2007 6:46:31 PM | message detail |
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aww jeeze... the first day i finally lose pretty much all hope of ever
having a contest again anytime in the near future, ceej comes out and
posts a topic! well it's definitely awesome to hear he hasn't
completely forgotten about us or that he's just ignoring us. Really disappointed that we're not getting a games contest because he doesn't think people change they're stances on VG's as much, then goes on to say he's adding in some weird gimmicky aspect to the character battle (again... sigh), to spice things up. Last time that happened it only made the contest worse. All the while he could run a games contest completely pure, with no divisional boundaries, and just let the nominations sort themselves out, and we'd probably have a more unpredictable contest. not to be a complete downer though, im really happy he posted that topic, even if it wasn't everything I wanted to hear (thank god the quotes contest was scraped), i just wish he was more in touch with us and what has better potential as far as contests go. too bad leon just left so recently too, announcement might have made him stick around a little longer. either way, we best be getting a games contest next year, or im crying. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 7/13/2007 6:47:37 PM | message detail |
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also the timing completely sucks... ill be like just moving into college for the first time when the contest starts boo! --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:51:25 PM | message detail |
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Eh, Starcraft 2 will be on the horizon then, and after that we're
getting into FF XIII territory... there's basically always going to be
something fairly big coming out in the next 6 months. I'm not even sure if FF13 can make an impact, given that for the first time a FF title is not going to be on a dominant console. but regardless, look at this year's e3 - there's a reason most people found it underwhelming. there's not a lot on the horizon once the big titles come out this year. I'm willing to wait for a game contest, I guess what bothers me more is that we're not taking a break from the character contest. I think I might rather have no contest this year than drive the character contest even further into the ground. That's part of why I was hoping we could have a game contest, and come back with a character contest next year with no gimmicks. I agreed with this for a while.. but now I'm just bored and would enjoy a character battle. I'm really scared about him trying something new, though. the battle royale worked out, but you can only push the envelope so far. --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 6:54:10 PM | message detail |
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It's probably justified to be a bit skeptical of the new twist he has.
I'm all for something new, so long as it's done right (ie, taking Link,
Sephiroth, and Cloud out of the main bracket), but last year's female
half was awful. Hopefully he stays away from things like that. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| trannyscience | Posted 7/13/2007 6:56:11 PM | message detail |
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I think the best idea is a tried-but-true one Link runner-up Mario Snake Samus Sephiroth Cloud winner or, if you want to make it unpredictable Link Cloud Sephiroth Mario Samus bracket winner Snake bracket runner up --- xyzzy now playing: hotel dusk |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 7/13/2007 6:57:48 PM | message detail |
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games are always coming out, but after Brawl and MGS4, there's really nothing *huge* on the horizon. Well, there's FFXIII...but yeah, I can't see it being as big as Brawl. It would probably beat most of the others on GameFAQs though. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 7:00:04 PM | message detail |
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Snake and Samus? I'd hope he wouldn't go about removing those two from the main bracket, especially Snake; he's the best character to watch in matches these days, I think. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 7/13/2007 7:01:46 PM | message detail |
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us old folk don't have things like summer vacation anymore. :) A thought I don't want to contemplate until the time requires, but, last year when the contest was running the beginning of freshman year, updating Spread Betting amidst trying to study...wasn't fun. I wish he had been a little more descriptive in terms of why we had to wait so long, instead of basically chiding us for "pestering" him. It's not like the Quotes contest was a good idea up until last week and then suddenly became stupid. You'd think that since the contests generate so much increased traffic, there'd be more people/time/resources behind seeing them run consistently. --- Congratulations to Rufus Shinra, winner of the 2k6 Guru Character Battle contest! |
| Yesmar | Posted 7/13/2007 9:32:28 PM | message detail |
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Am I the only one who thinks having another Character Contest during
the school year is a bad idea? The constant vote shifts were cool at
first, but I thought after a while they became dull and predictable.
Vote shifts might not be so common and back and forth in the summer,
but it's much more unpredictable as to when they'll start and how long
they'll last unlike in the fall where you can predict when a
character's momentum will shift down to the hour. --- This is Classic Tammy.--It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 7/13/2007 9:34:31 PM | message detail |
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Looks like it's time to get the Gilgamesh rally back up and running !! --- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/13/2007 9:41:47 PM | message detail |
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pss kneelex he mean sep1 next year don't worry about it --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/13/2007 9:48:40 PM | message detail |
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trannyscience Posted 7/13/2007 9:46:29 PM #323 my noms will go toward characters that need to come back. new characters don't really interest me this year. Excellent, another person nominating Protoman TuRtLe ~~~ "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" -trancer1 BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 10:04:02 PM | message detail |
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Looks like it's time to get the Gilgamesh rally back up and running !! augh foddermesh! --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| Gaddswell | Posted 7/13/2007 10:18:39 PM | message detail |
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Looks like it's time to get the Gilgamesh rally back up and running !! No no! Everyone here should go sign up for the Pikachu and Matt Nomination Rallies! --- The law of II > III > I might be most applicable to Xenosaga. - Fuzzles |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/13/2007 10:22:23 PM | message detail |
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While we're talking about fodder (except for you Protoman...and even then, maybe)... ...QWICK GUYS NOMINATE AKI MAN FOR 207 --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 10:25:10 PM | message detail |
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We still need to get Raiden in here again, yo! ...Man, I have no idea who I'd nominate. Nobody new stands out too much, save for maybe Balthier, but he's almost guaranteed, unless this twist is in the same vein as last year's nominations. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| ZFS | Posted 7/13/2007 11:17:26 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear Solid 4 18.12% 2427 Super Mario Galaxy 17.59% 2356 KonamiFAQs lives! --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/13/2007 11:33:17 PM | message detail |
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Don't worry; the kiddies hate Konami! --- http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=2916&diff=4 IT'S SOME KIND OF A TEXAS PSYCHOBILLY FREAKOUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS |
| transience | Posted 7/13/2007 11:35:16 PM | message detail |
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Mario Galaxy has yet to impress in any poll.... I'm starting to think that this site just isn't very interested in 3d Mario. --- shpongle. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nox8GgNTH8Y |
| Gaddswell | Posted 7/13/2007 11:59:12 PM | message detail |
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| Gaddswell | Posted 7/13/2007 11:59:21 PM | message detail |
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Metroid Prime 3 could be SFFing it somewhat. Also, the poll lacks SSBB. They showed that 15 second clip of it at E3. --- The law of II > III > I might be most applicable to Xenosaga. - Fuzzles |
| Kaxon | Posted 7/14/2007 12:06:57 AM | message detail |
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Mario Galaxy has yet to impress in any poll.... I'm starting to think that this site just isn't very interested in 3d Mario. Now if only we could convince them that 3d Zelda is boring... >_> --- Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin *waits impatiently for CJayC to announce a Game Contest* |
| transience | Posted 7/14/2007 12:08:41 AM | message detail |
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Metroid Prime 3 could be SFFing it somewhat. now this is something I never thought I'd see --- shpongle. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nox8GgNTH8Y |
| ZFS | Posted 7/14/2007 12:09:35 AM | message detail |
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Metroid Prime 3 could be SFFing it somewhat. Also, the poll lacks SSBB. They showed that 15 second clip of it at E3. SSBB? Pfft. It's clearly missing WiiFit. --- "Knowing the past leads to creating the future." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/14/2007 12:09:54 AM | message detail |
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After SMS, SMG has got some proving to do. I'm not so surprised, though I think it may still edge out MGS4. Having MP3 in the poll doesn't do it any favors though. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| transience | Posted 7/14/2007 12:11:13 AM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2750 yeah, let's put Brawl back into this poll. --- shpongle. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nox8GgNTH8Y |
| Gaddswell | Posted 7/14/2007 12:11:33 AM | message detail |
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>_< It's splitting the nintendo votes between the two of them... Although I guess it was a fairly stupid thing to just say. --- The law of II > III > I might be most applicable to Xenosaga. - Fuzzles |
