GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 546
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:06:22 PM | message detail |
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More Top 10s, less L-Block fan defensiveness please ;o) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:08:03 PM | message detail |
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| Sykolan | Posted 11/4/2007 6:13:28 PM | message detail |
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Someone help me find a new sig. >_> Either that, or I just revert back to the Godot line... --- Pokemon Diamond FC: 0215-7322-4653 SHAPED LIKE A BOOT TO KICK YOUR ASS! VOTE L-BLOCK! |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:15:16 PM | message detail |
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"the only thing lamer than L-Block is me" --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 6:15:46 PM | message detail |
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From YoAriel33 Posted 11/4/2007 8:24:54 PM #248 Wait, you're telling me the thought of Darth Vader, Batman, Spider-Man, and Solid Snake sharing the same bracket doesn't make you giggle like a schoolgirl? why are you comparing such awesome characters to spiderman ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:18:13 PM | message detail |
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Unless they count characters played in live-action like Jack Bauer or House. Then I'd be interested These guys would flop so hard it would be almost cruel to their fans to even allow them. Would anyone really enjoy House getting 90/10'd by Mega Man? (maybe 85-15) yawnfests like Star Wars and comic books. Puhleaze Yawnfests to you, the only thing people give a crap about to most :) As said, the big comic books guy would have the most strength (mainly due to licensed properties than the actual comics of course), and Star Wars strength would go very deep with a number of possible powerhouses and a potential superpower (Vader). I'm not sure what fictional characters you'd be interested in seeing, would any of them avoid a quadrupling by Batman though? I think the notion of capping the number of video game characters in such a contest is good - but they'd have to be half. Too much chance of non-video game character floppage, and matches where midcarders totally blow out uber-fodder aren't much fun for anyone. A 32/32 split is the most sensible. I completely disagree with the notion of splitting the brackets though - that would go against the contest's primary draw, which is video game vs. fictional characters in great matchups you'd never see anywhere else. It would be highly counter-productive to the fun factor. The bracket should be as scattered as possible - and also include seeding, so that the best matches take place later on. The last thing you want is more "Mewtwo gone in round 1/Dante to the Elite Eight" scenarios. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 11/4/2007 6:18:39 PM | message detail |
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Jeeze, Link's going to beat Cloud by as many votes as last year's 1v1
match...and that's with them only accounting for a bit over half the
votals. --- Mustache...and green...Only Explicit Content is more badass than Luigi! www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 6:19:44 PM | message detail |
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From creativename Posted 11/4/2007 9:18:13 PM #256 Would anyone really enjoy House getting 90/10'd by Mega Man? (maybe 85-15) Me. ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| paraboxx | Posted 11/4/2007 6:20:14 PM | message detail |
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This isn't fan defensiveness - it's just a simple truth. L-Block is
fun as hell; it's just not fun for the statistics. There's very little
that can be conclusively drawn from this victory, and thus very little
that's really worth discussing. It's shallow fun, instead of deep fun. And can't we all be shallow for just a little while? Wait, you're telling me the thought of Darth Vader, Batman, Spider-Man, and Solid Snake sharing the same bracket doesn't make you giggle like a schoolgirl? No. I'd rather see that Tag-Team contest Plenair hates so much, actually. (Probably be horribly mishandled, though.) |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:21:02 PM | message detail |
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why are you comparing such awesome characters to spiderman Snake could win, mostly because of non-video game character variance (we have no experience here), but I'd comfortably take Spider-Man over him. Spider-Man is just huge. (in video games too - the guy's combined games probably outsell Snake's by miles, actually) No kiddies where Solid Snake underpants or have Snakey bedsheets :) Spidey is just adored. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:23:14 PM | message detail |
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i think bacon should make a contest advisory crew made up of people who have won past contests imo. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Sykolan | Posted 11/4/2007 6:24:25 PM | message detail |
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PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 9:15:16 PM | message detail "the only thing lamer than L-Block is me" I like it...but not as much as the Godot quote. Nice suggestion, though. --- Pokemon Diamond FC: 0215-7322-4653 "Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself. That...is coffee." Godot, PW: T&T |
| Master Moltar | Posted 11/4/2007 6:25:20 PM | message detail |
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or led for most of one imo --- Moltar Status: The Analysis Crew...believe Link/Cloud/L-Block/Snake - Bracket: Link > Cloud - Vote: Snake (479/652) |
| Heroic Yuna | Posted 11/4/2007 6:27:31 PM | message detail |
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From PortugalTheMann Posted 11/4/2007 9:23:14 PM #261 i think bacon should make a contest advisory crew made up of people who have won past contests imo. Or would have had the top bracket if it wasn't for FREAKING L-BLOCK AUGH ~~~ hochiminh155 successfully defied ZELDAfear. He is truly a greater man than I. http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/9855-550x-contra-poster-2-dsf.jpg |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:28:27 PM | message detail |
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cry more am i doing it right --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:33:20 PM | message detail |
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Irony, thy name is paraboxx being defensive while saying L-Block fans aren't defensive ^_^ As for "fun", I've said it umpteen times already - everyone loves fun, they have different definitions of it, and people don't like other people having fun when it hurts their own ability to do so. Clearly, the majority of this site does not find an L-Block victory to be fun, "shallow" or otherwise. (and how anything in this popularity contest beyond shallow anyway, it's all shallow really, I'm not sure what you're trying so say) Also an advisory committee is probably a bad idea, committees suck and pretty much never work right. They'd just get in each other's way. I'd love to see this board's suggestions be implemented...but we all know this board's tastes are very different from the site as a whole, so I'm not sure they'd make the best recs contest-wise either :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:35:00 PM | message detail |
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I wasn't really serious about it. Even if one was ever created (which
there won't be!), there's no chance in hell I'd be on it with my
moderation history. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Master Moltar | Posted 11/4/2007 6:35:00 PM | message detail |
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I think EC and I would work very well together. Very well. --- Moltar Status: The Analysis Crew...believe Link/Cloud/L-Block/Snake - Bracket: Link > Cloud - Vote: Snake (479/652) |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:35:31 PM | message detail |
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"the only thing lamer than L-Block is me" L-Block is not lame. As they say..."In Soviet Russia, L-Block thinks you are joke" ...yes more irony, I am being defensive for L-Block +_+ (whoa I think I just made up a new smilie by accident...I was going for >_> I'm sure someone's used +_+ before, but I like it!) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| ZFS | Posted 11/4/2007 6:35:52 PM | message detail |
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game fuel is not a valid entry --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:38:07 PM | message detail |
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IMO when it comes to 16 seeds, anything should be a valid entry :) Actually I think 16 seeds should always be "Board 8 exemptions" - like "Sponsor's exemptions" in golf. Always based on Board-8 limited nominations only :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| paraboxx | Posted 11/4/2007 6:38:55 PM | message detail |
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I may be being defensive for L-Block, but I... ... ...I'm not quite sure how to finish that sentence |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:39:20 PM | message detail |
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Though perhaps with reverse-joke filtering, actually...e.g., Wolverine being a 16 seed shouldn't be allowed. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:40:21 PM | message detail |
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s'OK, I know well the aLLure of L. After all, he's so badass. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Sykolan | Posted 11/4/2007 6:40:41 PM | message detail |
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(whoa I think I just made up a new smilie by accident...I was going
for >_> I'm sure someone's used +_+ before, but I like it!) XD You know what? Though nigh impossible right now, I'd like to see Link start making a massive comeback. Just to see the reactions. I'm not ready for the explosions to die just yet... --- Pokemon Diamond FC: 0215-7322-4653 "Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself. That...is coffee." Godot, PW: T&T |
| Yesmar | Posted 11/4/2007 6:40:42 PM | message detail |
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While I would love to see a fictional character contest, I really would
like there to be no mix between them and the video game characters. I
think the Video Game Elite would be a step above them though. That being said, I've always had doubts about Vader. It's not that I don't think he could be popular, but unless he's listed as "Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker)" I fear the fanbase might be too split. And what would happen if he got a Hayden Christensen pic or God Forbid a Jake Lloyd one (although the latter has about a 0% chance of happening.) I don't think Harry Potter would win, but his fanbase has always scared me if we got a close match. Does anybody remember those IMDB End of the Year polls a while back? http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2006/poll/bestresults Now I know this is a while back, but just look at the first one. That's probably AT LEAST 5,000 rallyed votes, on a poll which is not as clear as GameFAQS's would be (Is it even directly on the front page?) and which you might possibly have to register for. --- Congratulations to Explicit Content, the 2007 Guru Winner!! |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:41:17 PM | message detail |
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Moltar could be my plug and I could be his socket. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| paraboxx | Posted 11/4/2007 6:43:15 PM | message detail |
| Adding Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader's name would help his chances? |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:45:23 PM | message detail |
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Actually, if L-Block had wrecked this contest from the start, I would've loved it. Or even if he always juuust managed to come in first place, gaining in strength every round, but never needing it to have won his previous match. The thing that really hurts this contest's "credibility", and the reason most will view it as a joke in retrospect, is that L-Block lost 3 matches. Fact is the 2nd-place character advancing is pretty dubious. Yes L-Block won within the rules he was given (yes L is a real person, what?), but it's still pretty embarrassing for pretty much the whole contest that he won despite getting his ass kicked by Kirby. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 6:45:58 PM | message detail |
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If I took Master Chief one more round, I would've won the contest.
Dammit, if only. The top entrant having Master Chief as the winner
would've been awesome. Also, it would've been more money... you know,
as gravy! --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 6:46:51 PM | message detail |
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Kirby for 2008 champ IMHO. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:46:58 PM | message detail |
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this is what you get for not believe-ing --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 6:49:45 PM | message detail |
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Halo 3 online rallies could've trumped this L-Block nonsense, but Master Chief has too much class for that. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:50:06 PM | message detail |
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I don't think Harry Potter would win, but his fanbase has always scared me if we got a close match. I really don't understand why people think Harry Potter would be so strong. He'd get absolutely annihilated by Vader/Batman/Wolverine/Spidey, trust me. If you expect him to get 40% against any of them you are setting your expectations way too high. He'd be fortunate to avoid the doubling. Adding Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader's name would help his chances? Yeah I know, my reaction was the same. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| wavedash101 | Posted 11/4/2007 6:50:32 PM | message detail |
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jesus peeps games contest first, fictional character after maybe! --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:51:33 PM | message detail |
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I agree. If we only have one contest next year it needs to be games. If we're down for multiple, throw in fictional. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:51:45 PM | message detail |
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A games contest should be first, but a fictional character contest is far more interesting :) If we ever did get a fictional character contest, the hype around these parts would be unlike anything before. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:52:37 PM | message detail |
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A games contest is far more interesting to me, actually. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| ZFS | Posted 11/4/2007 6:54:36 PM | message detail |
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I couldn't get hyped for a fictional character contest, personally. Now a games contest...! --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:54:41 PM | message detail |
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As if anyone cares what you think... j/k :) Seriously though, these contests are for the masses, and no one can even begin to tell me that there would be more hype and interest in a games contest than an all-out character contest. Because it's just not true. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 6:54:50 PM | message detail |
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Eh, yeah, this is GameFAQs. It just... doesn't seem as in flavor to
have a fictional characters contest. I'm personally not really
interested, and I doubt it'd ever happen. Why's everyone talking about
this, anyway? Was there a daily grind that implied it could happen or
something? --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:55:41 PM | message detail |
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But we just have a character contest, so yes, a games contest should clearly be next up. I just hope we *do* have a contest of some sort - I really enjoyed this one. We hadn't had one for so long, I forgot how fun they were :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 6:58:35 PM | message detail |
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Why's everyone talking about this, anyway? Was there a daily grind that implied it could happen or something? Fictional character contest discussion is a very common semi-on-topic theme that derails these topics anytime a match is boring. Because the notion grabs most people's attentions very quickly. As for it not being the site flavor, just make it "appeared in a video game". You're basically not changing the base at all. Any fictional characters who'd be worth having in terms of strength would have all appeared in a game anyway. (Hamlet would be lucky to be lower midcard! ...wait, has Hamlet ever appeared in a game?) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 6:58:58 PM | message detail |
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...but it's not for the masses. It's for the gaming fanbase. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Lopen | Posted 11/4/2007 7:00:18 PM | message detail |
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Heh, good thing I checked before I posted. Seriously. Target audience, man. I highly doubt there'd be more buzz about a fictional character contest than a games contest. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| Merc25 | Posted 11/4/2007 7:02:15 PM | message detail |
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what ever happen to that quote contest? --- If you read this signature, then you have wasted your time. vote for L-Block |
| wavedash101 | Posted 11/4/2007 7:03:05 PM | message detail |
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I'd vote for Hamlet...though I dont think he is the best Shakespearean character by a longshot --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| creativename | Posted 11/4/2007 7:03:37 PM | message detail |
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By masses, I obviously meant GameFAQs masses. Seriously. Target audience, man. I highly doubt there'd be more buzz about a fictional character contest than a games contest. I can't even begin to comprehend how you could think this. You would be very, very wrong. Character contests draw more hype than games. Stronger characters means more hype. Take only the strongest game characters we have, add in the strongest appeared in a game characters, and the hype would beyond games could get. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/4/2007 7:04:28 PM | message detail |
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| wavedash101 | Posted 11/4/2007 7:05:29 PM | message detail |
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lol Link isnt even gonna make 30% at this rate...also nice lead L --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
