GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 450
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 1:36:36 AM | message detail |
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Yeah I'm now at Alucard > Ness. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| Gaddswell | Posted 8/16/2007 1:39:59 AM | message detail |
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In rounds 3 and 4, who would Yoshi and Bowser siphon more votes from: Samus or Mega Man? Who makes it through with Cloud? --- sig |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 1:45:35 AM | message detail |
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Balthier, on the other hand, I have doing very well in this contest.
He'll easily make it to the Final Rounds, he'll be stronger than Yuna,
but he'll get killed in the semifinals. Hell no. Just no. You have Balthier passing his 3rd 4-pack? It's got Leon, Dante and another Square character (Tidus/Vivi). Dante is almost at Squall's level (way stronger than Balthier will ever be, surely you can agree with this) and Leon got 45% on Bowser. As if that wasn't enough, there will be a Square character sucking away votes from Balthier. How can you possibly have him getting past those barriers? --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| Lopen | Posted 8/16/2007 1:48:58 AM | message detail |
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So people are seriously throwing around CATS to advance past the first round now? ... you heard it here first, gentlemen !! Okay, maybe not... but I've been calling for it since I've seen the bracket! I saw that match and immediately thought "CATS constant 15% will win him this." Indeed, I'm seriously considering putting him through even round 2. Wario doesn't scare me, I don't think he has a very devoted fanbase, with Sephiroth sweeping it out from under him... though Fox I think can stand up to it. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/16/2007 1:50:12 AM | message detail |
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...people have Bowser going that far? I shouldn't be surprised, but I
took Auron and Shadow to advance past Bowser and Mewtwo/Ryu without
thinking. Bowser's got a shot, but against fan-favorites like Auron and
Shadow while Bowser -- although second in command of the Mario fanbase
strength-wise -- isn't many people's favorite, I don't have high hopes
for him (especially if Mewtwo made it in too)...plus we saw what Shadow
did against Mario and Wario BEFORE Shadow got his own game, regardless
of what happened in those matches. Bowser won't get any favors if that
same variable comes back into play. I feel confident with Auron and Shadow advancing past Bowser. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Lopen | Posted 8/16/2007 1:54:57 AM | message detail |
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I've actually got Ryu going far. Really far. And I think it'll be Ryu
who ends up sabotaging Bowser's chances. Ryu never falling below 40% in
any match really speaks deeply to me as to his potential to do well in
these four way matches. Give me Ryu's fanbase as more devoted than
Auron's or Shadow's... though I think Auron's has only a slight
devotion disadvantage and a huge numbers advantage, which will be
enough to give him the edge over Ryu. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 1:56:57 AM | message detail |
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...people have Bowser going that far? I shouldn't be surprised, but
I took Auron and Shadow to advance past Bowser and Mewtwo/Ryu without
thinking. Bowser's got a shot, but against fan-favorites like Auron and
Shadow while Bowser -- although second in command of the Mario fanbase
strength-wise -- isn't many people's favorite, I don't have high hopes
for him (especially if Mewtwo made it in too)...plus we saw what Shadow
did against Mario and Wario BEFORE Shadow got his own game, regardless
of what happened in those matches. Bowser won't get any favors if that
same variable comes back into play. I feel confident with Auron and Shadow advancing past Bowser. Doubtful. Bowser will have no one from his series or even his company drawing away votes. Mewtwo is eliminated in the first round (unless you don't let Ryu advance?). So it's Auron/Bowser/Shadow/Ryu. Auron/Bowser there for me. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 1:59:52 AM | message detail |
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Leon- 40% Vivi- 20% Teedus- 15% Pikachu- 25% TuRtLe Vivi and Tidus adding up to 35%? You cannot possibly be serious. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| Guess how many teens | Posted 8/16/2007 2:21:21 AM | message detail |
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Thrall or Luigi to the third round? I'd say Luigi but won't Ganondorf steal some votes of luigi? --- I got owned by Rufus Shinra, the 2k6 CB Guru Champion! The Cream of Smurf FODDER |
| Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 8/16/2007 2:32:25 AM | message detail |
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I dont think he's serious based on the fact he has Vivi outSSFing Tidus --- Hi |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 4:34:25 AM | message detail |
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Thrall or Luigi to the third round? I'd say Luigi but won't Ganondorf steal some votes of luigi? Luigi. He's just so much stronger. Yeah he'll have to split votes, but it won't be enough. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/16/2007 4:59:49 AM | message detail |
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I'm still going to try and not use too many x-stats. that villains poll
really uses your gut on who has hardcore fans or not, and we have
almost no measure on all of these characters when it comes to that. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/16/2007 5:04:13 AM | message detail |
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okay, I'm really considering Kratos Aurion > Scorpion. I don't
really know why. lone RPG and my guts just tell me hardcore fanbases
are going to really surprise us. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 5:11:59 AM | message detail |
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^ Maybe if Midna was Link or someone else who draws a crapload of
votes. The way it is, Scorpion's general advantage in popularity should
give him the advantage. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| Ayvuir | Posted 8/16/2007 5:12:06 AM | message detail |
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Who is Thrall?! And why will he advance? Also do people have Midna going through or is that just me? --- A good pokemon... is a dead pokemon - SBell0105 |
| Ayvuir | Posted 8/16/2007 5:18:03 AM | message detail |
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Am I nuts for having Matt the Mii and L-Block advancing? Matt could be fodder of the weakest kind but he's against such weak opponents (who's Amaterasu? I search for that and didn't see anything video game related), however I think L-block could well be stronger than Laharl. Is that dumb? L-block is gonna be shock run of the contest IMO, i reckon 2 rounds at least. Same with perhaps Matt. --- A good pokemon... is a dead pokemon - SBell0105 |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 8/16/2007 5:21:51 AM | message detail |
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Just one random thought: The loser between Solid Snake and Sonic (Which
will most likely be Sonic) can lose two rounds in a row to the same
character yet he makes it to the final match. Is this really fair? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Proud supporter of Knuckles and Magus in Character Battle VI |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 7:44:03 AM | message detail |
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^ It is not. And it's at the expense of Sephiroth, which makes it all
the worse. Then again, having Sephiroth in the final round would
completely eliminate what little chance Cloud has of defeating Link. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| Acronym | Posted 8/16/2007 7:51:31 AM | message detail |
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I'd like to see a wild card in this contest - say in each division
final, the character who got the most votes in losing is included in
the poll. --- Man's lying on the street, some punk's chopped off his head. I'm the only one who stops to see if he's dead. Mmhmm... turns out he's dead. |
| Radix | Posted 8/16/2007 8:11:02 AM | message detail |
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From: MarioSuperstar | Posted: 8/16/2007 8:04:13 AM | #263 okay, I'm really considering Kratos Aurion > Scorpion. I don't really know why. lone RPG and my guts just tell me hardcore fanbases are going to really surprise us. Kratos A, Lloyd and (in my mind at least) Jade all have good chances of winning because of that hardcore fanbase reason --- "You're nothing more than lowly cookie dough! Yet you would dare defy me!?" |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 8/16/2007 9:23:11 AM | message detail |
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God keeping up with these topics is killing me. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/16/2007 9:29:18 AM | message detail |
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CATS > Peach wouldn't be a bad upset pick at all if there were
another Nintendo character in that poll that could really syphon votes
from Peach. I don't think 15% will be enough for CATS to get through. ~*ST*~ --- Petition for a system notification when a contribution is removed: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=37308859 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 8/16/2007 9:33:53 AM | message detail |
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I'm expecting Sephiroth to take about 50% of the vote so I don't see
CATS with much of a chance, but if he pushes upwards to 60% CATS may
steal the win. --- The Board 8 BOP - http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=37528396 |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 8/16/2007 9:40:21 AM | message detail |
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Why does everyone continue to argue with BT for pages on end? He's
either stupid or a troll, and there's no sense in arguing with someone
who is either. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/16/2007 9:43:36 AM | message detail |
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Well, I'm here for a good time, and arguing with BT often provides just that. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/16/2007 9:45:01 AM | message detail |
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Also, I'm expecting Sephiroth to easily approach 60% of the vote.
Watching him flounder around the 50% mark would practically shock me;
his competition is too weak for a contest like this. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 8/16/2007 9:57:15 AM | message detail |
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The more time that passes, the more secure I'm getting in my bracket
and picks, but the one match that's really screwing with me now is
definitely Auron/Bowser/Ryu/Shadow. Ryu seems like an MC of sorts at
least as far as having a dedicated fanbase goes, because I really don't
see any large chunk of anti-votes coming his way for any reason, but I
just can't get that match with Bowser out of my head. Right now I have
Auron > Bowser, but I really starting to consider Auron > Ryu,
and then Cloud > Ryu for the next round. The guy just flat out
refuses to get owned, even when he's up against someone who should most
definitely be taking him out back with a shotgun. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| Nobody9090 | Posted 8/16/2007 9:59:25 AM | message detail |
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Hell no. Just no. You have Balthier passing his 3rd 4-pack? It's got
Leon, Dante and another Square character (Tidus/Vivi). Dante is almost
at Squall's level (way stronger than Balthier will ever be, surely you
can agree with this) and Leon got 45% on Bowser. As if that wasn't
enough, there will be a Square character sucking away votes from
Balthier. How can you possibly have him getting past those barriers? I'm predicting Balthier and Vivi or Tidus to suck away pretty much the majority of the votes, with Balthier being more popular than either of them. Dante is going to be laughably behind the other three and if Leon's there he'll probably be beaten by both of the Square characters. --- ~Love a Nobody~ ~Straight Outta PotD~ |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 8/16/2007 9:59:45 AM | message detail |
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...and now that I have Ryu going on > Auron, can he once again move
on with Cloud, over MM and Samus beating each other up in the
quarterfinals? God damn this is crazy. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| Nobody9090 | Posted 8/16/2007 10:04:42 AM | message detail |
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Auron and Bowser will crush Ryu. --- ~Love a Nobody~ ~Straight Outta PotD~ |
| Topic Protector | Posted 8/16/2007 10:06:30 AM | message detail |
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Ryu and Akuma both have perfect opportunities right now to do surprise
us. I'm looking forward to at least one of them breaking several
brackets. --- *Stamps* is Redtooth |
| BDawg | Posted 8/16/2007 10:09:16 AM | message detail |
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Ryu would look a lot better if Bowser/Ryu didn't happen and Bowser wasn't sitting right there in front of him. --- Should I start running now? |
| consolefreak | Posted 8/16/2007 10:11:24 AM | message detail |
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I'm predicting Balthier and Vivi or Tidus to suck away pretty much
the majority of the votes, with Balthier being more popular than either
of them. Dante is going to be laughably behind the other three and if
Leon's there he'll probably be beaten by both of the Square characters. The problem with this is that in 1 on 1 matches, the 2 strongest character from that 4-pack are Dante and Leon (don't underestimate Dante man, he's no pushover). Balthier and Tidus getting more than 50% of the vote combined would be very surprising, to say the least. --- 'At least your sword is to the point.' *One_Winged_Ange* |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/16/2007 10:12:09 AM | message detail |
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I don't really care about my bracket really. I just want to see
the contest. I'm not going to stress about my picks. I'm going with my
gut and rooting for my favorites. Seeing how this contest pans out is
far more interesting than whether I'm right or wrong at this point. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| Silk | Posted 8/16/2007 10:14:04 AM | message detail |
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Quick question to anybody, who do you have as the two finalists in Division 2 (one of them is Cloud of course) and Division 6? --- Playing the hand I was dealt. Noiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/16/2007 10:15:10 AM | message detail |
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Cloud/Bowser and Dante/Leon, so not confident in that last one. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| Master Moltar | Posted 8/16/2007 10:16:29 AM | message detail |
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Well, Bowser/Ryu was a 60-40 match, and Bowser has to deal with Mewtwo
and Toad getting some of his votes. Ryu definitely has a good shot at
#1 there. This is actually starting to get me to think about Round 2 though. I still don't think Auron has too much of a problem taking first, but I can see Bowser, Shadow or Ryu ending up taking 2nd. --- Moltar Status: Hyped through the roof! The Analysis Crew...believe |
| Silk | Posted 8/16/2007 10:20:59 AM | message detail |
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Cloud/Bowser and Dante/Leon, so not confident in that last one. I have Cloud/Bowser as well going on the fact that Auron is in the final four in that division but Cloud will most likely take up all the Final Fantasy votes, so I agree with you there. Division six is also where I had my greatest doubts, I'm guessing Dante and Leon will both be in the final four for there division with two Square characters (Tidus/Balthier/Vivi), which would split the Final Fanasy vote, but even then, would it be enough and it's still hard to tell whether Dante or Leon would get more votes than the other...DAMN YOU DIVISION SIX! --- Playing the hand I was dealt. Noiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/16/2007 10:23:12 AM | message detail |
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I think I'm going to take Shadow to advance with Auron past Bowser and
Ryu. He's done well in the old Sonic-polls (20% in most-liked, 5% in
least-liked), he blew Wario out and got 45% on Mario, and he went
toe-to-toe against Tidus...all this before he got his own game. I have
no qualms with him holding up well against Auron and Bowser (Bowser not
doing well in the Mario-polls helps a little too), and if Ryu is
affected at all by Bowser again, that's a golden opportunity for Shadow
fight Bowser to move on. If Mewtwo sneaks past Ryu, then that'll
certainly kill Bowser's chances to advance past Shadow as well. I don't see this format favoring Bowser much, is all. He's not many people's favorite in general or even in his own series, and he's being put in matches against other fan-favorites. Auron (FFX), Shadow (Sonic), Ryu (SF), Mewtwo (Pokemon), and even Toad (Mario Kart!) all have that advantage over him. Bowser's still as strong as any of them save for Auron, but it'll be interesting to see if Bowser holds up well against his competition. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| Silk | Posted 8/16/2007 10:26:27 AM | message detail |
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I have Ryu > Bowser at first with all of the other Nintendo
characters present, but after that, Bowser has no one in his games or
even related to his character, and I'm just going to go out on a limb
and guess Nintendo fans are going to vote for him out of lack of
anybody else, giving him the majority of the Nintendo vote. I'm still
so confoosed'd. --- Playing the hand I was dealt. Noiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 8/16/2007 10:29:15 AM | message detail |
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I don't really care about my bracket really. I just want to see the
contest. I'm not going to stress about my picks. I'm going with my gut
and rooting for my favorites I pretty much agree. I just want to see a few killer upsets mainly. --- Pokemon Pearl Code: 2663-9266-2709 WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| voltch | Posted 8/16/2007 10:30:33 AM | message detail |
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how well did leon kennedy do again last year? --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 8/16/2007 10:36:23 AM | message detail |
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I thought about Mario/Shadow as well. Even if you don't buy the result,
you still have to admit that Shadow got a lot of support in that match
over Mario. Now he's up against the #3/4 Mario character. MAN I want to switch to Shadow so bad. I probably will too, seeing as how I really don't care if my predictions bomb this contest. --- Moltar Status: Hyped through the roof! The Analysis Crew...believe |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 8/16/2007 10:39:14 AM | message detail |
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Ryu would look a lot better if Bowser/Ryu didn't happen and Bowser wasn't sitting right there in front of him. Thing is, Ryu looked like he bounced back last year, while Bowser took a step in the opposite direction. Throw in Ryu's ability to always get a large following, regardless of the competition, and I think he can squeeze out a victory. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/16/2007 10:44:31 AM | message detail |
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I think Ryu bounced back because he had an anomaly caused by Bowser,
and Bowser bounced down because he was completely over-rated by Solid
****. I think they're not far from being equals strength-wise, and I
believe the numbers back me up on this from last year...but I'd have to
double-check. Ryu's shown he has a core fanbase by getting 35% in the SF-series poll, though SF's significance is slowly dwindling here (hasn't bothered Ryu yet!). He's shown he can get 40% on Bowser before so how much worse can two other Nintendo characters hurt him? Man, a good case can be made for lots of people in lots of matches. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| voltch | Posted 8/16/2007 10:44:44 AM | message detail |
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auron/shadow/bowser/ryu will murder a few brackets methinks. --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/16/2007 10:45:46 AM | message detail |
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Bowser (2006c) VS Ryu (2006c) Bowser has a strength of 32.44. Ryu has a strength of 32.24. Bowser wins with 50.31% of the vote! A win of 739 with 119,887 total votes cast. Yeah, 2006 implies near-equality. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| Kratos_42 | Posted 8/16/2007 10:47:08 AM | message detail |
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Me, I'm looking for a big upset by Simon. Last contest, Castlevania got
a huge upset which pulled it out for me, I'm betting on the same horse
this time around, too. --- He wields the blade of a fallen hero, but now he is the hero, and it is the others who fall. He is rising. |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 8/16/2007 10:58:20 AM | message detail |
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I really wish there was a way to measure Vaan and Balthier's strength
besides dumb "favorite FF?" and "game of the year omg" polls V_V --- Pokemon Pearl Code: 2663-9266-2709 WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/16/2007 10:59:36 AM | message detail |
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All I need to know about Vaan is "same series as Rikku" meaning "no worrying about not picking Rikku" --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
