GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 548
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 11/20/2007 9:19:53 AM | message detail |
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Aaaaaah, offseason <3 *Creativename's websites* Everything you could ever imagine: http://www.GameFAQsContests.com http://www.sc2k5.com http://www.sc2k4.com Sortable Table for Every Contest Match: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/19 *Extrapolated Standings* Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/11 Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA Extrapolated Standings for All Contests (links to all brackets are on the left): http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/ *Solarshadow's Sites* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/2003/index.html Spring 2004 Contest: (not currently updating) http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/sp2004/index.html *Old Stats topics* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com/page1.html Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/archive/topic1p1.html http://www.angelfire.com/games5/sum_contest/Page1.htm (See note) 2003-2004 Off-Season: http://membres.lycos.fr/shindohikaru/stats1.htm (See note) Note: Don't use the links in the topic to browse through the pages, change the page number in the URL. Spring 2004 Pre-Season (Chance the number after "Season" to view other pages; there are three of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason1.htm Spring 2004 Contest (Change the number after "Stats" to view other pages; there are eight of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats1.htm *Match Pictures* All the match pics, and thanks to RockMFR for finding the missing ones! http://sc2k5.com/gallery/index.php *Miscellaneous* Creativename's Page of Links: http://sc2k4.com/links.php UltimaterializerX's Contest Sites (some offensive language): http://prophetchallenge.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ NGamer64's Archive Site and (lol) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language): http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ http://thengamer.com/xstats http://thengamer.com/stats A List of Acronyms, A Lesson on Percentages, and Some Odd Matches: http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/acronymspercentsanomalies.htm All Time Top 10 Lists: http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/summer2002stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/summer2003stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/spring2004stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/summer2004stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/spring2005stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/summer2005stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/july2006stats.htm http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/summer2006stats.htm RPguy's Hourly Poll Updates: www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/contest.html HaRRicH's Fourpack of Fun Board: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 TRE's poll listing (every poll!): http://members.shaw.ca/teamrocketelite/Polls.html Aprosenf's Poll Script: http://adamrose.mit.edu/allpolls.txt GameFAQs' Top 100 Games http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 Manual Poll Updater: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/pollupdate.php ~*ST*~ |
| neonreaper | Posted 11/20/2007 9:21:07 AM | message detail |
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bump --- cherish the certainty of now, it kills you a bit at a time EC is the most successful midget on board 8 |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/20/2007 9:22:05 AM | message detail |
| Ah, the first true topic of the offseason. Laugh and grow fat, my friends. |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 3:02:17 PM | message detail |
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I have a question or concern about a GameFAQs contest. Message From X_and_Zero at 2007-11-21 22:24:33 My entry was filled out for prizes, and I finished sixth (fourth by prizes). Yet I won nothing, so says the official results. I didn't enter multiple times (well, I had two brackets but the other was not for prizes), and my entry was filled out correctly. I'd like to have this error corrected. Thank you. Message From GameFAQs at 2007-11-21 18:58:32 According to our logs, computers you used with your account were used in attempted vote-stuffing on 31 different occasions. This is more than enough evidence to invalidate your entry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Excuse me? I did nothing of the sort. I often use dial-up connections when logging into GameFAQs, perhaps that is the problem? Or maybe a public computer I logged into once or twice is the culprit? Check the logs and run them against my bracket and against each other, I'm sure you will find they are not &amp;quot;stuffing&amp;quot; in my favor most of the time. Message From GameFAQs at 2007-11-21 20:48:27 As you used a computer (not merely an IP address) that was later used to stuff votes (on the same day as you were seen logged in), this implicates your account. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, perhaps it was the same computer (I don't really see how this could've happened 31 times but maybe GameFAQs is more popular on my campus than I thought...). Logging onto a public computer should not remove your chances of winning a contest. Were the votes consistent with one another? Did they help my bracket? Were they even of any significant number? If the answer to any of these isn't &quot;yes&quot; why would I even bother?? Message From GameFAQs at 2007-11-21 22:02:47 The answers to your questions are yes, yes, and yes, and the computer used to stuff votes does not appear to be public, but a private system using dial-up. The decision to void your entry is final. ------------------------------------------------------------------ If I stuffed in 31 matches, could I have a list of which matches I stuffed in, and for which entrants I stuffed for? And a ballpark estimate of how many votes I stuffed? And didn't I say I use dial up connections most of the time to log on? If someone else on my dial-up ISP constructed such a scheme I could be being tied to them despite not having any relation. If there's any flaw to your system of determining unique computers this could be a wrongful accusation if I've ever seen one. Message From GameFAQs at 2007-11-21 22:39:44 The decision to void your entry is final. Feedback Status: Bad Form - You used a message form for a purpose unrelated to that form's purpose. Because of this, you will not be able to create any additional feedback tickets for one week. So, a mere implication is enough to condemn you guilty in the GameFAQs court of law, huh? They have no proof, and frankly I don't even think they checked the matches that I asked about, because it just seems too convenient that the answer to all the questions would be "yes" considering I didn't do it. But oh, look at them, instead of proving me guilty they hide behind "the decision to void your entry is final" and ban me from submitting feedback tickets. Wow this feature sure is useful! --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| FFDragon | Posted 11/21/2007 3:10:09 PM | message detail |
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Oh wow. That sucks. --- Married to PepsiPlunge June 01, 2005: HERO'S PLUNGE! I want EC's nuts for being the Almighty Guru Champ (Mega Man 2) |
| H__RR____H | Posted 11/21/2007 8:17:14 PM | message detail |
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The man's out to get you, Lopen. That really sucks...though after seeing that post's conversations, I'd be pretty skeptical in giving you prizes too from an administrative point of view. You may want to call your internet provider and see if there's any way you can ensure your own private IP or something...in case this ever happens again. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| FinalFantasyTactics | Posted 11/21/2007 8:21:04 PM | message detail |
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Maybe you should inform MBH about this. --- Counter Strike: Source Ownz!! |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/21/2007 8:24:17 PM | message detail |
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Off-Season sucks hardcore you fools --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 11/21/2007 8:27:10 PM | message detail |
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Maybe you should inform MBH about this. It wouldn't accomplish anything and he would probably get modded as well. --- Explicit Content pwnd me in the Character Battle VI Guru Contest! Nominate Altair from Assassin's Creed in the next contest! |
| therealmnm | Posted 11/21/2007 8:44:11 PM | message detail |
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Poor Lopen. How about everyone in the stats topic contribute a dollar to him to make up for him getting boned? Donate $1 to Lopen list 1. therealmnm gogogogogogo --- Currently playing: Call of Duty 2, Maverick Hunter X, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Dead Rising, Tomb Raider Legend |
| FinalFantasyTactics | Posted 11/21/2007 8:47:24 PM | message detail |
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I'd do it, but I have no money. --- Counter Strike: Source Ownz!! |
| Gaddswell | Posted 11/21/2007 8:54:04 PM | message detail |
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Wow. That really sucks, Lopen. Too bad this site has an addiction to
standing by their original decision, even if the original decision was
wrong. Yours is just another case of it. --- Who the hell do you think you are getting off being so egotistical like that? - hochiminh155 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/unown_pnoi/brawlhypeclubheader.jpg |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/21/2007 8:58:49 PM | message detail |
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SBAllen has failed us. Where are you, great CJayC? --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 2-1 |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/21/2007 9:00:16 PM | message detail |
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Anyway, to prevent such a thing from ever happening again, it would
make sense to put your prize bracket on a brand new account, then never
log into that account on a public computer. --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 2-1 |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 11:32:46 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, that's what I'll be doing from now on, Swirl. I've been meaning
to do that anyway, since X_and_Zero doesn't have you kids saying "omg
Lopen is on the leaderboard". Of course my odds of winning another contest are quite low... but you know! ' Eh, at least that ijjjiijjjiii guy finished above me. I feel much less bad losing a $100 gift certificate than a $250 one. --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/21/2007 11:36:19 PM | message detail |
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This vote stuffing accusation can be proven false by one simple fact - Raiden was only in 2 matches, not 31. Case closed. --- CB6 - 450/768; Oracle - 30th Extend congraturation to Applesauce Sign for win of contest GURU 2k7. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 11/21/2007 11:38:13 PM | message detail |
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It turns out the reason why I didn't get money is... I didn't make it a prize bracket in the first place. --- "Ah, a party! It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, it means EC has destroyed me in that Guru Contest!...I think." |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 11:41:39 PM | message detail |
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So Haste you ever get your explanation? And while I'm on the topic of *****ing about prizes, Leonhart got screwed too. He accidentally voted on two of his accounts for one match having forgotten he voted and so was denied a prize. I mean, I can see where they are coming from with the "no grey area" stuff, but I don't think it's right, really. There should be some amount of flexibility when it comes to these things. Following things to the letter like some sort of robot isn't the right way to do it. People always say "give an inch, give a mile" but it's possible to just give an inch and... give an inch. You don't have to keep expanding what is acceptable reason to second guess a decision after you expand it a bit the first time. It's pretty absurd when you can make one silly mistake in a 15000 vote blowout match (Zelda/Vincent) and get screwed by it that bad. --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 11:42:12 PM | message detail |
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Haha, turns out I should've refreshed before posting. --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 11:43:23 PM | message detail |
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Damn straight, man, if I was stuffin Raiden would've made the final four for sure...! L-Block wouldn't have had a ghost of a chance! --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/21/2007 11:43:24 PM | message detail |
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You see, this kinda stuff almost makes me glad I'll never win one of these. --- CB6 - 450/768; Oracle - 30th Extend congraturation to Applesauce Sign for win of contest GURU 2k7. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/21/2007 11:44:28 PM | message detail |
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this stuff makes me happy you --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| Lopen | Posted 11/21/2007 11:44:40 PM | message detail |
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The thing that pisses me off the most? I now have no reason to be pleased about L-Block's victory! ACCURSED TETRIS PIECE. --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/21/2007 11:45:10 PM | message detail |
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All part of the plan. --- CB6 - 450/768; Oracle - 30th Extend congraturation to Applesauce Sign for win of contest GURU 2k7. |
| therealmnm | Posted 11/22/2007 5:47:36 AM | message detail |
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Well, nobody's in with me on it. But I'll gladly send you a dollar Lopen! ^_^ --- Currently playing: Call of Duty 2, Maverick Hunter X, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Dead Rising, Tomb Raider Legend |
| Lopen | Posted 11/22/2007 1:28:02 PM | message detail |
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Haha... you fancy me some manner of panhandler...!! Eh, like I said, it's not really a huge deal. $100 is always nice, but that wouldn't even have got me most of an X-Box 360. Who'da thunk 2 L-Block pickers were serious entries? I think the jackassery of Sailor Bacon (or whoever it is, I can only assume it was Bacon) pissed me off more, to be honest. --- Explicit Content: Shaped like a GAME FUEL to kick my ass! |
| JonPen1416 | Posted 11/22/2007 10:48:54 PM | message detail |
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The Simpsons is doing really fantastically in this poll. There could
only be but a tiny handful of games that have the popularity to match
this result. This gives Homer a potential 85% of the site's users from
which he could draw votes. This leads me to believe he could probably
take out any mid-carder in a poll no question and do some damage to
elites in a cross-medium poll. No way could he be weak. --- "Even beasts know when to give up." ~Raphael Sorel |
| Yesmar | Posted 11/23/2007 12:53:35 PM | message detail |
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The Simpsons is doing really fantastically in this poll. There could
only be but a tiny handful of games that have the popularity to match
this result. This gives Homer a potential 85% of the site's users from
which he could draw votes. This leads me to believe he could probably
take out any mid-carder in a poll no question and do some damage to
elites in a cross-medium poll. No way could he be weak. Yeah, I'm impressed by this poll as well. I expected that there would be really high viewership rates for all time, but I'm impressed that over 50% of the site still watches the show on a semi-regular basis. Plus, this appears to be one of the few non-contest polls to show substantial day vote trends. The second option appears to have grown by at least 4% since last night, albeit part of that is probably from the first option as well. --- Congratulations to Explicit Content, the 2007 Guru Winner!! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/23/2007 3:45:56 PM | message detail |
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I don't know how popular The Simpsons is outside of NA, but I wouldn't
be surprise to see Homer having a day vote almost as strong as Halo or
KH. --- The Board 8 BOP - http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB6%20BOP.xls Congratulation to Explicit Content for winning the guru contest Points: 429/768 |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 11/25/2007 1:25:06 AM | message detail |
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Bump --- Explicit Content pwnd me in the Character Battle VI Guru Contest! Nominate Altair from Assassin's Creed in the next contest! |
| greatone10 | Posted 11/25/2007 2:13:07 AM | message detail |
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I don't know if Homer would do that great in a contest setting. Keep in
mind The Simpsons Arcade Game got demolished by Mario World a few years
ago. But then again, the Simpsons would likely have the best
performance against something with a little bit less recognizability. That, and we all know the Simpsons is the best arcade game of all time. Suck it, Street Fighter. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. My two loves in life: DKC2 and Explicit Content, Guru winner. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/25/2007 11:07:05 AM | message detail |
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This vote stuffing accusation can be proven false by one simple fact - Raiden was only in 2 matches, not 31. Best quote I've seen in awhile. I feel bad for Haste and Lopen, and Leonhart too if that was his prize-bracket (though he made so many brackets for the contest it's really hard for me to care enough to keep up with which one's for money)...almost guilty for getting a prize, especially at Haste's expense since no foul play was even suspected with him. Ah well, I'm probably going to give the $50 I won to my brother for Christmas anyway... ...****ing L-Block. --- I have a beerpong table designed like a NES controller in my apartment. House rules: hit Start for a piss-break, hit Select for a re-rack. |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 11/25/2007 7:49:53 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/cb6_stats http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/cb6 Umm... why are the entries ordered by lowest tiebreaker to highest tiebreaker instead of closest tiebreaker? --- beLieve in Explicit Content, the Guru champion! o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 11/25/2007 7:52:29 PM | message detail |
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Whoops, I'm an idiot. It's the difference between the two. --- beLieve in Explicit Content, the Guru champion! o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 11/26/2007 6:15:51 AM | message detail |
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Poll: Would Squall have beaten Sonic if Sonic wasn't announced for SSBB? --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| voltch | Posted 11/26/2007 11:14:18 AM | message detail |
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no,if squall got his real name in KH instead of leon then i suppose it would've been closer. --- Explicit Content the new Guru Champion sure did an awesome job of making me look like turd. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/26/2007 11:15:31 AM | message detail |
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I don't but only voting a couple times with multiple accounts getting
him knocked out of prize contention, I definitely voted a couple times
with 2 accounts without even thinking about it and then remembering I
already had, and that it wasn't going to count anyway. --- Explicit Content. hungry like the wolf |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/26/2007 7:40:47 PM | message detail |
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About Sonic/Squall this year: nah, I don't think Squall beats Sonic
this year/format, even without SSBB. Squall already did very well
against Sonic when Sora was in the poll and Solid didn't have a chance
to sap any of Sonic's newfound hype, yes...but in that next round,
despite Sora being gone and Solid being there to likely keep Sonic's
new hype in check, Sonic still beat Squall. Sure, one could argue Solid/Squall SFF...but I'd leave those people to fight with creativename (I think that's right!). One could also argue L-Block ****ed things up too much to pull anything from that match, which is possible, though I don't think L-Block affected 3rd and 4th place too much for this instance. --- I have a beerpong table designed like a NES controller in my apartment. House rules: hit Start for a piss-break, hit Select for a re-rack. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/26/2007 10:35:32 PM | message detail |
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Just because L-Block caused hell this year, I'm going to take every
match it was in this year...then try to find the best one-on-one match
I can find within it. Here we go: Kirby VS L-Block Kratos VS Kirby Kratos VS Riku Squall VS L-Block Master Chief VS Dante Link VS Cloud --- I have a beerpong table designed like a NES controller in my apartment. House rules: hit Start for a piss-break, hit Select for a re-rack. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 11/27/2007 7:31:15 AM | message detail |
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Kirby VS L-Block...I would think Kirby wins this if it's a Round
1 match, though it may be close, with voters still remembering what
L-Block did the previous year. Kratos VS Kirby... Kratos wins this easily. Kratos crushed Kirby (an equal of 57/43), and with DK doing so badly in that same poll, DK couldn't have hurt Kirby very much. Kratos VS Riku... Kratos wins this easily again. I think he was underrated in that poll with Snake. (I firmly believe that Riku could not beat Kirby) Squall VS L-Block... As long as this isn't, say, past Round 3, Squall has to have this. Master Chief VS Dante...good match, but I gotta say that Dante has this. If anything, Dante seems a little stronger than he was back in 2K5 (the last time we got a good x-stat value on him). MC probably boosted, too, but I think it's no more than 3-4 points (and that's being rather optimistic). Link VS Cloud... ha. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/27/2007 1:16:54 PM | message detail |
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I agree with Haste. --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 2-2 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/27/2007 1:18:02 PM | message detail |
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Link vs L-Block > any other one on one match --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 11/27/2007 9:25:16 PM | message detail |
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Today's LL poll that's about to end covered an oft-discussed Stats topic, so thought I'd share. Favorite 3D GTA game? Grand Theft Auto 3 22.89% 377 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 33.88% 558 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 40.68% 670 TOTAL VOTES 1647 (the other 2% or so went to Liberty City or VC Stories) Frankly the results are right in line with what I'd expect to see from GameFAQs as a whole, and they strengthen my conviction that where this series is involved, recency is king. Here's hoping we see SA and SA only next game contest! --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| __Mega64__ | Posted 11/28/2007 5:19:32 AM | message detail |
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Yay, another epic blowout! --- Save the box, save the world. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/28/2007 6:23:57 AM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1831 We don't really have to rely on LL for that, Ngamer. --- I got surprise sex'd by a Gyrating Grandma in the Guru Contest. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 11/28/2007 7:00:59 AM | message detail |
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Hey look at that, right in line with my thoughts again. Guess that's a
pretty old poll now, but until GTA4 at least I wouldn't think those
numbers would change much (and judging by LL, they haven't). In light
of that, why am I still seeing people make cases for GTA3 or VC when
they put up mock brackets? --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 11/28/2007 7:40:58 AM | message detail |
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Some suggest that 3 will retain strength since it was the first one.
Not sure how true that is, though it could have some merit (I'd
probably take 3 over SA a year after 4 came out). No idea why people are supporting VC, though. --- I got surprise sex'd by a Gyrating Grandma in the Guru Contest. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/28/2007 9:11:33 AM | message detail |
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I'd take GTA3 > GTA:VC, but I don't see how San Andreas wouldn't smash either of them. --- I have a beerpong table designed like a NES controller in my apartment. House rules: hit Start for a piss-break, hit Select for a re-rack. |
| swirIdude | Posted 11/29/2007 12:56:56 PM | message detail |
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Personally I think a GTA game can only do its best if it's soon after
its release. These games seem to fade from people's minds until the new
one gets hyped up. --- I got L-Blocked into a corner by Explicit Content. National Shoddy Battle League: 2-2 |
| BesaidGuy | Posted 11/30/2007 3:23:44 PM | message detail |
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--- Board 8's Token Black Guy The Cream of FFX Fanboyism |
