GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 548
| ZFS | Posted 1/7/2008 9:23:26 PM | message detail |
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hm. one-on-one, what wins - COD4 or GOW2? Uhh... GOW2 seems like the safe choice, but I'll say COD4. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 1/7/2008 9:26:00 PM | message detail |
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And looks like I was also wrong about Rock Band not being a stumbling block for GHIII... alright, you got me there tranny! Adding GH3 and RB together still results in a loss to CoD4. Interestingly, RB has gone up 2% since the first update, but GH3 has stayed pretty steady. Bioshock's gone down. --- All you love is a lie. |
| therealmnm | Posted 1/7/2008 9:27:57 PM | message detail |
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CoD4 with 31% "not surprising"? Er... sure could have used you
voicing that opinion yesterday, when Janus was predicting it with 10%
and yo was calling this poll an easy win for BioShock! I thought that any of the games (CoD4, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Guitar Hero III) had great chances to win the poll. I could have sworn I already posted about CoD4 earlier, but maybe that was just in comparing it to Halo's popularity. But yeah, I'm not saying the exact percentage isn't surprising, but CoD4 itself winning the poll isn't surprising to me. It is one of the most popular games among 360 gamers right now as far as gametime goes. My coworkers can't shut up about the game. --- Currently playing: GH III, Assassin's Creed, Dead Rising, The Darkness, Call of Duty 4, FFT: War of the Lions, PW:AA Justice for All, Dracula X Chronicles |
| transients | Posted 1/7/2008 9:31:34 PM | message detail |
| I dunno, I always saw COD4 as one of those
'casual' games that would flop here -- well, flop in comparison to the
rest of the world/internet. I really don't know much about it at all,
which is why I'm surprised here. I claim ignorance! --- zizzy "Up up down down left right left right BA start ha ha i know the konmai code lol" -ertyu |
| HaRRicH | Posted 1/7/2008 9:38:12 PM | message detail |
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When CoD2 didn't do so hot outside of the 360-poll in 2005 and CoD3
flopped in the multi-poll last year, I didn't think CoD4 was going to
do this. Very nice, and I can't wait to see how it competes with Halo 3
in the multi-poll. For shame about AC, SB!!! Glad to see Puzzle Quest in there though..... --- 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. |
| ZFS | Posted 1/7/2008 9:43:11 PM | message detail |
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Yeah. Given what we've seen of Call of Duty here before this is pretty
surprising. Anywhere else this is the norm -- and would be expected --
but it's definitely different for GameFAQs. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| Heroic_Servbot | Posted 1/7/2008 9:44:35 PM | message detail |
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Probably should taken into account that it sold 2 million in its first month on the market just in the US And of course CoD3 flopped. Thats Treyarch ****, not the good stuff --- 499 Ozzie's in a pickle! |
| therealmnm | Posted 1/7/2008 9:53:17 PM | message detail |
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Given how it was 2005 and the Xbox 360 user base was... what at the time? http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2303 Now compare it to CoD4. The user base is much larger and the game was much more hype and is drawing that much more attention. --- Currently playing: GH III, Assassin's Creed, Dead Rising, The Darkness, Call of Duty 4, FFT: War of the Lions, PW:AA Justice for All, Dracula X Chronicles |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 1/7/2008 9:56:19 PM | message detail |
| Well, music games and shooters aren't typically
the type of fare that GameFAQs goes for, and that accounts for (the
top) 6 games in this poll. I'd wait and see how Call of Duty 4 does
tomorrow before judging its strength. --- Mustache...and green... www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 1/7/2008 10:34:08 PM | message detail |
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Wow, I didn't expect this at all. Mario's got the easy win in the next
few days. I'm also very surprised to see a couple of those games in
over Assassin's Creed. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 1/7/2008 10:35:22 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, CoD4 doing well here is all good and surprising and all, but
considering the competition it has yet to prove itself. I never agreed
with the GH anointing comparisons, some of which were getting a bit
absurd, and the rest come off to me as a field of midcarders. Throw in
Assassin's Creed not even being in this poll (and it not having an
impact? it could conceivably win with this competition - mixed reviews
or not, FAQs at least show continued interest for the game), and I'm
not even giving a second's thought to taking GoW2 or something up there
over it (sorry HM!). --- Listen to my story. This may be our last chance. |
| transcience | Posted 1/7/2008 10:40:14 PM | message detail |
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true to a point, but Halo 3 didn't have proven competition either, and
nor does Galaxy (unless you count RE4, which you shouldn't). this looks
pretty impressive to my eyes. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2622 GH2 did pretty well there against some nice competition. I can't see GH3 being too far off that -- if anything, it would be stronger given that the popularity of the GH series seems to just keep increasing week by week (not to mention the ludicrous sales numbers). --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=E51DyWl_q0c - hippos are so god damn badass. "If anybody asks, tell them I died." -Amazing Telephone |
| ZFS | Posted 1/7/2008 10:53:58 PM | message detail |
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COD4's up against some pretty solid competition right now. It's not
Final Fantasy, Mario or Zelda here, but it's good enough. GOW2 would be
the safe way to go, but I don't think we've seen GOW competing against
the strongest of the strong either. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/7/2008 10:55:00 PM | message detail |
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So much for GH doing well in any games contest. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: FF12, FFT: WotL, Etrian Odyssey, GH3 |
| __Mega64__ | Posted 1/7/2008 10:57:04 PM | message detail |
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People are surprised CoD4, the game that has been getting a ****load of
"GotY" support on various websites and by a ton of gamers, is winning?
I'm pretty sure I predicted CoD4 over GH3 earlier. Oh yeah, I'm rubbing it in. Feel it. --- Suicidal? At least you're not this: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5820/n163906098313264325679fy7.jpg |
| ZFS | Posted 1/7/2008 10:58:48 PM | message detail |
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That said, I'm not trying to cast any doubt on God of War's strength,
because it's certainly going to do well whenever we see it, and I see
reason to be suspect of COD4 all things considered. But Kratos in the
character contest aside, we haven't exactly seen God of War rocking
polls. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| __Mega64__ | Posted 1/7/2008 10:58:59 PM | message detail |
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And I'm calling it now, Galaxy > CoD4 > Halo 3 for the final
poll, and PH will give Halo 3 a good scare in the big GotY poll. --- Suicidal? At least you're not this: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5820/n163906098313264325679fy7.jpg |
| transcience | Posted 1/7/2008 11:00:50 PM | message detail |
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I saw God of War 2 crush a weak PS2 field, which is the only chance it's gotten. hmm, I think later today I'll predict the seven (?) winners' percentages in the final poll. I'm taking GOW2 for third though, and I'm actually considering it for second - not because I think it's amazingly strong, but because I think COD4 is the perfect poison for Halo 3. --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=E51DyWl_q0c - hippos are so god damn badass. "If anybody asks, tell them I died." -Amazing Telephone |
| ZFS | Posted 1/7/2008 11:04:09 PM | message detail |
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What. There's no reason to believe Phantom Hourglass is going to be hanging with Halo. You guys that are down on Halo are for all the wrong reasons -- people are not disappointed with the game to such a degree that something like that would happen. I don't see any reason for it to not take second place tomorrow; that hardcore base still supports Halo in these polls, and it's widely regarded as an amazing game. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| __Mega64__ | Posted 1/7/2008 11:06:12 PM | message detail |
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So which color Alloyman are we gonna nominate? Red seems obvious, but... Yeah, the rest suck, go Red! --- Suicidal? At least you're not this: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5820/n163906098313264325679fy7.jpg |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 1/8/2008 12:11:30 AM | message detail |
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Ok, I normally don't care, but I just got home and saw the poll and what. --- why play games to have fun anyway |
| Janus5000 | Posted 1/8/2008 12:17:17 AM | message detail |
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So much for GH doing well in any games contest. I'd say it's doing fine, considering it has a much more obvious leech than anything else in the poll. CoD4 just happens to be killing everything. --- This person has been rated 'owned' due to Explicit Content. |
| swirIdude | Posted 1/8/2008 4:31:12 AM | message detail |
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How did Assassin's Creed miss this poll? Mixed reviews? --- "Well someone's using a computer program to rig it, because there's really no way that there could be 9,000 voters" |
| GyratingGrandma | Posted 1/8/2008 10:06:44 AM | message detail |
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eh, I agree with CoD4 winning this not really being that surprising.
Sure CoD has never really been anything worth mentioning here, but CoD4
is so much bigger than any CoD before it, it's absurd. It was always
just one of the choices of countless FPS' out there, and it's theme
wasn't exactly stunning and fresh. CoD4 has become the FPS to have if you're a fan of the genre right now. --- mmm feel the vibration baby |
| MnMZero | Posted 1/8/2008 10:23:49 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, and I'm not even saying all that as a big fan of it (campaign is
decent, only played multiplayer once so far). I'm just stating what I
see around me when playing the Xbox. I agree with Call of Duty before
being overlooked. I never paid much attention to it and threw it in the
same boat as the Ghost Recons, Medal of Honors, and Rainbow Sixes. But
for some reason, CoD4 has really stood out on the 360, and not just to fans of the genre. --- Proud Supporter of Zero |
| HaRRicH | Posted 1/8/2008 12:08:26 PM | message detail |
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I like the multi-player on CoD4...never played the campaign mode though. What an upset it would be if CoD4 took down Halo 3 somehow...! --- 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. |
| Janus5000 | Posted 1/8/2008 2:57:57 PM | message detail |
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Ha! Eat GH day vote, Orange Box !! --- This person has been rated 'owned' due to Explicit Content. |
| transients | Posted 1/8/2008 2:58:57 PM | message detail |
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I called this last night when talking to aitch emm! interestingly though, COD4 hasn't done anything with the day vote. you'd think it'd be like Halo-lite, especially after seeing Fenix last year. --- zizzy "Up up down down left right left right BA start ha ha i know the konmai code lol" -ertyu |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 1/8/2008 3:59:43 PM | message detail |
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Eh, everyone remembers Marcus as an ASV beast because of that first match, but come now, his only competition was Kefka. As soon as you got decent competition in the mix MF stopped looking like an MC of the Day vote real quick-like. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Cloud_vs_Marcus_vs_Ocelot_vs_Kefka_2007 --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| therealmnm | Posted 1/8/2008 4:00:43 PM | message detail |
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It's not like CoD4 is the only game up there that would benefit from that afterschool crowd... --- Currently playing: GH III, Assassin's Creed, Dead Rising, The Darkness, Call of Duty 4, FFT: War of the Lions, PW:AA Justice for All, Dracula X Chronicles |
| transients | Posted 1/8/2008 4:01:59 PM | message detail |
| he still came back some 1500 votes on Ocelot
though. MC-lite is fairly accurate - he's not MC, but he IS good in the
daytime, whereas COD hasn't really moved all day. oh, I guess it's gone up .5%. I just expected to see it up around 31, and it's still under 30. --- zizzy "Up up down down left right left right BA start ha ha i know the konmai code lol" -ertyu |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 1/8/2008 4:14:55 PM | message detail |
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Marcus did pretty well with the day. I mean put him in a poll with
Cloud who rises like a beast all day long and on a weekend no less, and
he still manages to improve his percentage. Someone like Cloud would
usually suck % from nearly everyone --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| ZFS | Posted 1/8/2008 4:30:22 PM | message detail |
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I thought COD4 would have done a bit better during the day, too. Not too bad, though. Everything else lines up -- Bioshock is more of a night sorta game and GH3 has a pretty nice day vote. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 1/8/2008 5:54:42 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, he did make up some nice ground on the third and fourth place
finishers there, but I'm still going to point out that Ocelot and Kefka
are two out of only a handful of characters capable of losing the Day
Vote to Pac-Man. And convincingly, at that! --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| __Mega64__ | Posted 1/8/2008 9:00:46 PM | message detail |
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Best MMORPG? Who gives a ****? **** you, Bacon. --- Suicidal? At least you're not this: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5820/n163906098313264325679fy7.jpg |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 1/8/2008 9:05:33 PM | message detail |
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Wait, we have to wait ANOTHER day for Best Internet Flash Game? BACOOOOOOOOON!!!!!! --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Xcarvengerx | Posted 1/8/2008 9:16:31 PM | message detail |
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and we still haven't done the BEST MOBILE GAMES and the BEST DEAD SYSTEMS GAMES !! --- Xcarvengerx: The cream of Chocobo fanboyism. All you need --> www.board8.wikia.com |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 1/8/2008 10:06:46 PM | message detail |
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I can't wait for Best Version of Pong? tomorrow. Call it useless all
you want, but I hear CJay might have run that poll back in 2000, so I'm
sure SB's going to keep it in the running again this year just to be on
the safe side. --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| transcience | Posted 1/8/2008 10:32:25 PM | message detail |
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I had the same thought - SB following Ceej's lead to the death. --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=E51DyWl_q0c - hippos are so god damn badass. "If anybody asks, tell them I died." -Amazing Telephone |
| therealmnm | Posted 1/9/2008 6:12:36 PM | message detail |
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Way to kill this topic Bacon, as if it hadn't been dead enough before these GotY polls! --- Currently playing: GH III, Assassin's Creed, Dead Rising, The Darkness, Call of Duty 4, FFT: War of the Lions, PW:AA Justice for All, Dracula X Chronicles |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 1/9/2008 6:14:36 PM | message detail |
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best version of pong = lol --- YEAHDUDE! WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| HaRRicH | Posted 1/9/2008 9:06:08 PM | message detail |
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Argh, systems can wait! It's nice to see PS3 > PS2 in some way now. --- 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. |
| ZFS | Posted 1/9/2008 9:06:21 PM | message detail |
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Hey, look at that -- GameFAQs might get this one right today! --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| Yesmar | Posted 1/9/2008 9:12:33 PM | message detail |
| Hmmm....In regards to lol NintendoFAQS and
Nintendo-biased Board 8, in the first five minutes, the Wii and X360
percentages did not really rise and fall in tandem with one and other. --- You need to meet someone at a garden, or a movie or something. Somewhere classy. Like a cooking recipe message board or something.--True Godhand/Curt |
| ZFS | Posted 1/9/2008 9:16:10 PM | message detail |
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Whoa. Nice tie there. I've got a feeling the 360 ends up winning this by a bit. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
| Gaddswell | Posted 1/9/2008 9:52:25 PM | message detail |
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Nice tie between PC and PS2 too. --- http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/wario/wario_071224c-l.jpg F-flab is poking out from his sides. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 1/9/2008 9:54:56 PM | message detail |
| Well now, this is interesting- just when we got on
SB's back for sticking too rigidly to tradition, he goes and mixes
things up. Is he just doing this to emphasize the final GotY with some
more buildup, OR has he perhaps gotten wind of our mini-tourney idea?
Hm... Anyways, I know the 360 had an excellent year, but never expected it to give the Wii a run here on GameFAQs! Tough to say what's going to happen from here out... is this just the Nintendo Power Hour keeping the Wii in contention right now? Or is the 360 only hanging in there because it's late, and the Nintendo morning vote will knock it out of contention? Even if so, wouldn't you expect MS to come roaring back with a Haloish ASV? Exciting! --- Hot Content A'hoy: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com PARENTAL ADVISORY - This signature contains Explicit Content. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 1/9/2008 9:57:41 PM | message detail |
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darn you xobox --- Kleenex - Now sporting a generic sig with bold and italics. Now Playing - Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker |
| transcience | Posted 1/9/2008 9:58:39 PM | message detail |
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I think the Wii wins the day. but who knows? it's Nintendo vs. the Halo
system in the daytime, but I think the Nintendo faithful will come
through here. the xbox 360 is objectively the better system, with tons
more releases this year than the Wii. I don't think it's just a Halo
system anymore. --- http://youtube.com/watch?v=E51DyWl_q0c - hippos are so god damn badass. "If anybody asks, tell them I died." -Amazing Telephone |
| ZFS | Posted 1/9/2008 9:58:42 PM | message detail |
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Even if so, wouldn't you expect MS to come roaring back with a Haloish ASV? That's what I'm expecting. I don't think it'll dominate, because the Wii should have a good day vote too, but Halo's nice jump the other day should be a sign of things to come for the 360 tomorrow. --- "Wake me when you need me." -- 117 |
