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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 452
| Mithrandir1331 | Posted 8/20/2007 11:30:55 PM | message detail |
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From Haste_2 | Posted 8/21/2007 2:00:19 AM | #196 Speaking of Frog... how does Midna beating Frog in Round 2 sound? I've had that since the bracket came out. I think the whole "being in a Zelda game" factor will be enough to get Midna into round 3. --- Carpe Diem, or so some say, I don't really know I will let you down, I will make you hurt... |
| Haste_2 | Posted 8/20/2007 11:33:25 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, personally I expected Seph to win that contest. After seeing
what Mega Man did the first two rounds I started to think he might be
able to beat him, but sadly it was not to be. Heh, I was actually far more impressed with the way Sephiroth beat Crash Bandicoot at the time. It boggled my mind, considering I thought Crash was supposed to be around Sonic's level of popularity... XD --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/20/2007 11:36:20 PM | message detail |
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I think the whole "being in a Zelda game" factor will be enough to get Midna into round 3. I don't think it's that much of a factor when it comes to someone like Frog. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 8/20/2007 11:36:43 PM | message detail |
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So, is Liquid Snake's performance against Frog considered an
anomaly? Most people seem to think he's significantly weaker than
Master Chief, and I'm not altogether positive why. Halo 2. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| BDawg | Posted 8/21/2007 10:55:11 AM | message detail |
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If Master Chief managed to lose to Alucard or something it would be
both hilarious and bracket imploding. I just wish there was someone in
that division I really thought could stop him so I wouldn't have to
take him so far. --- Should I start running now? |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 8/21/2007 11:18:47 AM | message detail |
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Anyone else have Yuna and MC coming out of Division 5? --- Feel my truth. |
| Majin Lou | Posted 8/21/2007 11:48:51 AM | message detail |
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I have Ganondorf and MC. >_> --- http://danceandstomp.net/forum/ Desert Rose, why do you live alone? If you are sad, I'll make you leave this life. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/21/2007 11:51:52 AM | message detail |
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I used to, but then I switched Yuna with Ganondorf. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:13:12 PM | message detail |
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It's Ganondorf and Master Chief. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:15:10 PM | message detail |
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Actually it will be Luigi and Master Chief --- Fc: 4768 3939 5325 |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:15:51 PM | message detail |
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why is everyone picking MC to advance so far. given his unpredictable nature i'm not sure at what could happen. to me he really doesn't sound all too impressive even with halo2. --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:16:16 PM | message detail |
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But how about with Halo 3? --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| wavedash101 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:19:06 PM | message detail |
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Did Halo 2 help much?...not really so why would Halo 2 be different...and hype around 2 seemed much bigger compared to 3 --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:19:07 PM | message detail |
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Halo 2 allowed him to almost lose to D.K. and actually lose to
Sub-Zero. What will Halo 3, a less hyped game, do for MC? I still have
MC going far but he'd lose easily to Luigi, Yuna and Ganon on a 1 on 1
duel. --- Fc: 4768 3939 5325 |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:20:51 PM | message detail |
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What will Halo 3, a less hyped game, do for MC? I still have MC going far but he'd lose easily to Luigi, Yuna and Ganon on a 1 on 1 duel. Riiiiiight. Also, this isn't a 1 on 1 duel, if you haven't noticed. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:21:58 PM | message detail |
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| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:22:24 PM | message detail |
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well once we saw the effects of halo2 he still lost matches he was expected to win or didn't win by massive margins. i doubt halo3 can have a significant effect. i reckon the people voting for him will be the same bunch that always vote for him but i'm not 100% certain it will be enough so i went Ganondorf>Luigi but i might stick yuna in there since she fared well in the female bracket. --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:24:39 PM | message detail |
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Halo 3 is a less hyped game than Halo 2 you idiot Burrrrrrrrn. And it's not like the lessened amount of hype is much smaller. I can get a Master Chief soda, a Master Chief slurpee, and buy Halo at 7-11, among other things. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:26:50 PM | message detail |
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The difference between the hype for Halo 2 and they hype for Halo 3 is
negligible when you consider the most important fact, which is that
Halo 3 will be released midcontest. As far as they hype being lower anyway, I wouldn't say that's true. Multimedia advertising is more pronounced, and, as I type this message, there's some Halo promotion going off at the bottom of my screen. --- One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has little to do with what does or does not happen. ~ Lemony Snicket |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:29:06 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1799 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2839 Looks pretty similar to me. And with Halo 2, MC went all the way from barely losing to Frog to barely beating DK. Quite a jump, there. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:29:48 PM | message detail |
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but will this hype seriously affect the votes who are traditional square/nintendo voters? does MC seriously appeal to the casuals and do casuals even know who MC is. the number of people who think the main character's name was halo surprised me. --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:30:24 PM | message detail |
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It's 4 man matches, that poll doesn't include everyone who will vote.
It's clear Master Chief is not going to win the contest, but the cards
for a long run are on the table. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:31:14 PM | message detail |
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the number of people who think the main character's name was halo surprised me. I know 0 of these people. And even they will vote for MC if they love Halo that much, seeing as there's match pics and they'll say "OMG ITS HALO!" --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| swirIdude | Posted 8/21/2007 12:32:48 PM | message detail |
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but will this hype seriously affect the votes who are traditional square/nintendo voters? Not any die-hard voters who refuse to like anything else. does MC seriously appeal to the casuals and do casuals even know who MC is ...Yes --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:34:07 PM | message detail |
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so there's potentially 20-25 thousand anti-votes for MC? --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:35:00 PM | message detail |
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Plus, the Sonic poll is ancient, and the most recent Mario poll is much more applicable. Well, look at the two Mario character polls, taken years apart. The only thing that really changed is that Mario bounced way up to second place. Everything else stayed pretty close to the same, and Yoshi somehow increased. I don't think another Sonic character poll would change that much. At worst, Knuckles gets second now behind Sonic. One must note that it's a Nintendo character against a set of characters who get most of their glory from Playstation... Eh, I'm not really buying this PS SFF stuff. I personally question Ness's favorite status with fans who only know him from Smash Brothers. Sure, he'll get his Earthbound support, but what about those SSB fans? Do they care about Ness enough to vote for him over three other characters? I mean, we've seen characters who draw almost exclusively from the game do poorly here (Captain Falcon, Master Hand). Ness is a little better off because he does have a small Earthbound contingent to support him, but how much of a favorite is he really? It's not like Nintendo's fanbase doesn't overlap with Playstation's at all, folks. Most people here own or have owned a PSX or PS2. Try adjusting Samus/Snake any way you want. It doesn't change Bowser or Ryu's standings relative to each other. Indeed, it's that Snake/Sonic weirdness that messes things up. Ryu was on Mega Man's side and Bowser was on Sonic's side. --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 8/21/2007 12:35:07 PM | message detail |
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Uh, Sub-Zero is far above Frog, so I don't see how anyone could say that Halo 2 did nothing for the Chief. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| ZFS | Posted 8/21/2007 12:35:53 PM | message detail |
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Did Halo 2 help much?...not really so why would Halo 2 be different...and hype around 2 seemed much bigger compared to 3 There's really no reason to think you could take Halo 2's boost and estimate what Halo 3 would do for the Chief. Between Halo 3 being on an entirely new system, that system appealing much more to the GameFAQs audience than the Xbox ever did, and the game releasing days before his first match, any comparisons to Halo 2 shouldn't really be looked at as an indicator of what Halo 3 is or isn't capable of doing for the Chief. Just seems silly to me. It's an entirely different scenario. Halo 3 is a less hyped game than Halo 2 you idiot. The fact that Halo 2 had like 500,000 more pre-orders proves this Nah. The Halo hype machine hasn't even really begun yet. We're still in the "calm before the storm" phase. Need to wait until the beginning of September before you really see it pick up. As for the pre-orders, Halo 3 is already a good deal ahead of Halo 2 when you take the two at this point before release. That number was released with well more than a month left before the game is released; Halo 2's came out about three weeks before. --- Believe |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:36:03 PM | message detail |
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They don't think the Chief's name is Halo. A lot of people do call him
"The Halo guy" though. Regardless, his image is unmistakable, so unless
we have a contest without pictures, he'll do just fine. --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:37:07 PM | message detail |
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There's a pretty good chance anyone on this site that happens to be a
Halo fan is also a Zelda, Mario, and/or a Final Fantasy fan. The site
isn't segmented neatly into Nintendo fans, Square fans, and Halo fans -
and there's a lot more people who are fond of Square or Nintendo and
not Halo than vice versa. MC's not going anywhere on the back of the
small fanbase that'll vote him over anyone...he's going to have to
convince a significant amount of voters that like him as well as the
other characters. He hasn't been terribly successful at that over the
years, to put it mildly. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:38:04 PM | message detail |
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that's sort of what i meant,just din't really explain correctly. --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:40:30 PM | message detail |
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Yes, but this is a format that is catered to him. Look at how well Halo
3 did in those multiway polls with big name games such as FFXIII, MGS4,
and Mario Galaxy (Whoa, Nintendo, Square, and Metal Gear! Three of the
biggest names here!). Yeah, it didn't win overwhelmingly, but there was
a significant amount of support there. --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:43:25 PM | message detail |
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then again we have the whole MC=/=Halo debate. one on one we all know he fails to do what's he supposed to achieve. i'm only worried he'll fail once he reaches popular characters. i forgot who was the most popular caracter he defeated? --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:43:55 PM | message detail |
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Uh, Sub-Zero is far above Frog, so I don't see how anyone could say that Halo 2 did nothing for the Chief. Really, now? Froggy got 30% on Samus last we saw him...Care to guess what Subby would get on Samus? Why, 30%! How amazing! --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:44:59 PM | message detail |
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Sub-Zero was only decent before because Armageddon was released just
days before his match with MC. Without that game, Subby would lose
miserably to Master chef --- Fc: 4768 3939 5325 |
| steve illumina | Posted 8/21/2007 12:46:40 PM | message detail |
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A sweet bracket this is...and a halfway decent challenge for yours
truly to analyze and satirize. Should be rather enjoyable this year for
the most part too upon my initial glance at it. I do plan to carry a
Perfect for awhile, just like last year, and anger all the fanbabies
and newbies in the process! Such good fun that was last year while it
lasted too... *damn you RE!* Still pissed Kitana and Rydia are not here... but what would a contest be without the fanbabies getting their way. L Block? Midgar Solom? Guybrush? Phoenix Wright? Who???? Just dusted off my custom engraved by King Morgoth himself Oracle crystal ball too, so now I am totally ready. Now who is with me?! :) --- Steve Illumina: Sage of Board 8 & Elitist Analyst In the name of my daughter Rydia, I shall win Battle VI! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/21/2007 12:46:58 PM | message detail |
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Really? I don't believe that. --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 8/21/2007 12:47:12 PM | message detail |
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but will this hype seriously affect the votes who are traditional square/nintendo voters? does MC seriously appeal to the casuals and do casuals even know who MC is. Hype doesn't effect the extremities of either side. The ones that like Nintendo and Square, but have interests that expand well beyond that -- and there's a good chunk of middleground there, believe it or not -- might be affected by the hype. You see Halo everywhere on TV, you see it advertised in the store, on the Internet; you have a bunch of friends that can't wait for the next Halo (maybe), and so on. It's easy for people who might not have been interested before to want to check it out. It won't affect the hardcore of either side, though, but that's true of the hardcore anything. And yeah, Master Chief might just be one of the most recognizable gaming figures right now. Safe to say people see him and know who he is -- even if it's just "The guy from Halo." --- Believe |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 8/21/2007 12:48:45 PM | message detail |
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Sub-Zero was only decent before because Armageddon was released just
days before his match with MC. Without that game, Subby would lose
miserably to Master chef Because everyone cares about the recent MK games me rite? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Proud supporter of Knuckles and Magus in Character Battle VI |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:48:54 PM | message detail |
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Really, now? Froggy got 30% on Samus last we saw him...Care to guess what Subby would get on Samus? Why, 30%! How amazing! Yes, because the 2006 stats (especially the comparisons between the male and female brackets!) are so reliable! Hey, guess what Yuna gets on Ganondorf now?! Come on! --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| Luis_Sera89 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:49:07 PM | message detail |
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Sub-Zero was only decent before because Armageddon was released just
days before his match with MC. Without that game, Subby would lose
miserably to Master chef I think you're seriously overrating the impact one game can make. Especially since Mortal Kombat isn't the most high profile of series' these days anyway. --- "Eet's game time..." |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:49:58 PM | message detail |
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Also, I laugh at the prospect of Rikku beating Master Chief or Sub-Zero. --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| ZFS | Posted 8/21/2007 12:50:04 PM | message detail |
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Yes, but this is a format that is catered to him. Look at how well
Halo 3 did in those multiway polls with big name games such as FFXIII,
MGS4, and Mario Galaxy (Whoa, Nintendo, Square, and Metal Gear! Three
of the biggest names here!). Yeah, it didn't win overwhelmingly, but
there was a significant amount of support there. Yeah. That sums it up pretty nicely. --- Believe |
| voltch | Posted 8/21/2007 12:50:37 PM | message detail |
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so the hype really is that big? i only see the ads on this site cos england somehow hates advertising games on terrestrial TV(except shows sposored by nintendo DS). --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:53:46 PM | message detail |
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Also, I laugh at the prospect of Rikku beating Master Chief or Sub-Zero. Erm, she would. Auron thwomped Master Cheif, why couldn't Rikku? --- Fc: 4768 3939 5325 |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 8/21/2007 12:54:03 PM | message detail |
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Yes, because the 2006 stats (especially the comparisons between the
male and female brackets!) are so reliable! Hey, guess what Yuna gets
on Ganondorf now?! Come on! Yes, because the last two matches of female bracket are horribly screwed up. No questions there. But Subby's path isn't quite so bad. Certainly not enough to make him head and shoulders above Frog. 40% on Auron isn't bad, but it's not exactly mindblowing either. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/21/2007 12:54:31 PM | message detail |
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well, seeing how well Sub-Zero did against KH2 Auron after like, at
least one week of the MK release, I have to say it did little to
Sub-Zero and he would have beat MC still. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2007 12:55:00 PM | message detail |
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Alucard/Frog: Who wins? --- "I'm no hero...Never was. I'm just an old killer...hired to do some wet work." |
| ZFS | Posted 8/21/2007 12:55:40 PM | message detail |
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In a Frog/Sub-Zero match, who are you going to take, out of curiosity? --- Believe |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/21/2007 12:56:21 PM | message detail |
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hm, Rikku vs Master Chief... I'd take MC in that one really. just a gut feeling. --- Network Premiere of: "GA All The Way." Watch one black kid's desperate search for his Wii. |
