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| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:22:29 PM | message detail |
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L-Block was something special. It was representing Tetris, a game that
basically every gamer has played. L-Block will no doubt be weaker this
contest than it ever was last contest, so I find it hard to believe any
joke entrant will do as well as the Block. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:22:40 PM | message detail |
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^or come close, really. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:23:21 PM | message detail |
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A joke character won't be able to do anything one-on-one. There's no
way even 4chan can get Bidoof 50% against even someone like Kefka. Also, this contest will be somewhat unpredictable because last year's contest was essentially useless for stats, and we haven't seen a lot of characters in a real contest since 2005 due to that female bracket. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 8/8/2008 6:23:27 PM | message detail |
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The only reason L-Block got in is the same reason Ron Paul got votes. Everyone wanted in on the joke. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| ZFS | Posted 8/8/2008 6:24:05 PM | message detail |
| L-Block was one of those 'right place, right time'
sort of things. I wouldn't bet on it, or any other joke character,
repeating that same success, regardless of format. Reminds me of
StarCraft in that way - but maybe I'm wrong. --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/kevinsmells1/Kevin/BigBoss.jpg |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 8/8/2008 6:25:11 PM | message detail |
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StarCraft wasn't a joke series, though, it's probably the most
important RTS in the history of the genre with loads of online support.
It just got the 16th seed because PC games were so royally screwed in
nominations (everyone only got to vote for one PC game). --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/8/2008 6:27:54 PM | message detail |
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WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 9:12:11 PM (#447) You say that, Ulti, but the moment we get our first great match that attitude will change. Dude even last year, I barely cared. Fighting it out for second place is lame. L-Block was the only part of that contest worth looking at. ~*ST*~ --- MY BROTHERS WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN! Now Playing: FF12, Crisis Core, Final Fantasy 4 DS |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:28:28 PM | message detail |
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Starcraft is more of a joke than Tetris. People have been trying to get
a Tetris piece into the contest since 2003, long before anybody gave a
damn about Starcraft being in a contest setting. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:28:55 PM | message detail |
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I stopped caring about the L-Block when I started beating out characters I really liked. And that was the second round. I didn't care when he was knocking out Laharl or Nathan Hale, but when he took out Kirby, I was done. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 8/8/2008 6:28:56 PM | message detail |
| I, too, stopped caring after the second round. The
first round was fun to watch to see who would syphon off votes from
who, but after that it was pure apathy. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:29:01 PM | message detail |
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L-Block wasn't some mere 4chan candidate. The entire internet was
behind him. There was a freaking Digg article encouraging people to
vote for it that reached the front page! And I agree we won't see anyone repeat that run, especially in a 1v1 situation, including L-Block itself. --- i got nuthin |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 8/8/2008 6:29:47 PM | message detail |
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I would prefer a 1 v 1 contest, but I'm fine either way. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| ZFS | Posted 8/8/2008 6:30:35 PM | message detail |
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Well, I wasn't necessarily saying that StarCraft was a 'joke' or
anything, but that its run was reminiscent of L-Block's. Can't say I'd
expect either one to have a repeat performance. Even if this is a
four-way, I doubt we have a bunch of joke characters "ruining" it or
whatever. --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/kevinsmells1/Kevin/BigBoss.jpg |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:31:04 PM | message detail |
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Eh, I prefer matches worth watching over seeing 10+ days of 66/34
matches. Maybe it's just me, but I'd take a contest with matches that
aren't boring as hell over something with maybe 6 worthwhile matches
out of 50. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| ZFS | Posted 8/8/2008 6:32:26 PM | message detail |
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I would prefer a 1 v 1 contest, but I'm fine either way. Yep - same here. Would much prefer one-on-one, but I won't complain if it's the four-way again. --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/kevinsmells1/Kevin/BigBoss.jpg |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 8/8/2008 6:33:19 PM | message detail |
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Well, I wasn't necessarily saying that StarCraft was a 'joke' or
anything, but that its run was reminiscent of L-Block's. Can't say I'd
expect either one to have a repeat performance. Even if this is a
four-way, I doubt we have a bunch of joke characters "ruining" it or
whatever. An underdog or overlooked seed, yes, I agree completely. Though comparing it to L-Block I cannot do because StarCraft got far because people liked the series while L-Block got far because people wanted to see how far the joke would go. I'm just not a fan of serious talk on L-Block's progress because it was a crazy absurdity that people latched onto. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:33:47 PM | message detail |
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I'd like to see a 1v1 contest. As awesome as the 4-way was, another one
would be a bit too much. I'm not entirely opposed to gimmicks as a
vanilla contest would probably be dull unless the bracket was done
beautifully, but then it'd be hard to really find a good gimmick
considering the ones we've had before (LOL Villains/Female). Though we're kinda running out of things to do. But I wouldn't mind next year's character contest having a crazy gimmick like the fourway that really breathed new air into the contest. --- i got nuthin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:34:32 PM | message detail |
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I'm not sure which format you're advocating then. Plenty of the fourway
matches were boring. The contest honestly turned out better than I was
expecting (I really wasn't expecting as many close matches as I did),
but when it's someone battling for third place rather than second
place, I don't care. And when they're battling for first when both advance anyway, that sort of takes some of the drama away. Probably the best matches were Samus/Frog/Axel/Kerrigan and Magus/Phoenix/Bomberman/Crash where the race was for who would survive and who would be gone. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| Master Moltar | Posted 8/8/2008 6:34:38 PM | message detail |
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we haven't had a true character battle since 2005 real contest no gimmicks plz --- Moltar Status: =D Brawlin' - 4339-2157-7264 |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:38:03 PM | message detail |
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Plenty of the fourway matches were boring. I can count the number of 1v1 matches in 2006 that were interesting for over 5-10 minutes on one hand. 2007 had tons of matches that were entertaining for at least 30 minutes. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:40:27 PM | message detail |
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The number interesting on one hand? Let's see... Peach/Jill Tifa/Samus Yoshi/Dante Ganon/Vincent Sonic/Crono Sub-Zero/MC Battle Royale Day 3 And that's only counting close matches. There are others I enjoyed that weren't that close (Sonic/Snake, Snake/Mega Man, for example). 2006 was bad, but it wasn't THAT bad. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:42:01 PM | message detail |
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Any given L-Block match was much, MUCH better than every Snake match in 2006. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:42:09 PM | message detail |
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*Snake 1v1 match --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:42:41 PM | message detail |
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If 2006 and 2007 were bad, then really, what the hell can be considered good? --- i got nuthin |
| trannyscience | Posted 8/8/2008 6:43:25 PM | message detail |
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are you calling four-ways dumb while praising the Battle Royale match? --- xyzzy nominate Tim from Braid - cool hair, tie physics, reality bending demigod goddamn |
| ZFS | Posted 8/8/2008 6:44:28 PM | message detail |
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Any given L-Block match was much, MUCH better than every Snake match in 2006. Get this outta here --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/kevinsmells1/Kevin/BigBoss.jpg |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:44:33 PM | message detail |
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Fun fact: The only Battle Royale match Leon praised was, get this, a four-way match --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:45:13 PM | message detail |
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are you calling four-ways dumb while praising the Battle Royale match? There's a huge difference. In one, Snake beats Sephiroth. In the other, Snake gets owned by a Tetris block! That's why Battle Royale > 2007 Contest! --- i got nuthin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:45:31 PM | message detail |
| I didn't say the fourways were dumb. I enjoyed the
2007 contest for what it was: A one-time gimmick. I just think they can
get stale too easily. Keep it a gimmick, and it's fine. When it ceases
to become a gimmick, that's not fine. Seriously, if we get another one,
I think we'll hear plenty of complaints about how BORING it is. And I'm sorry I didn't enjoy L-Block's matches. I can't enjoy it when he's beating Kirby, Snake, Sonic, Squall, and Cloud. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| trannyscience | Posted 8/8/2008 6:46:13 PM | message detail |
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that's why the 2007 was great. gotta lighten up! --- xyzzy nominate Tim from Braid - cool hair, tie physics, reality bending demigod goddamn |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:46:39 PM | message detail |
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And I'm sorry I didn't enjoy L-Block's matches. I can't enjoy it when he's beating Kirby, Snake, Sonic, Squall, and Cloud. You must hate Link and Mario, then. --- i got nuthin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:47:04 PM | message detail |
| 2007 was good for several reasons, but L-Block
wasn't one of them for me. You can say I take these contests too
seriously or whatever, but I don't really care. I didn't enjoy it. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:47:59 PM | message detail |
| That's not what I mean. Like I said, I didn't mind
when L-Block was beating scrubs, but when he starts beating strong
characters, that's where I draw the line. That's taking a joke too far. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| trannyscience | Posted 8/8/2008 6:49:44 PM | message detail |
| well, your loss I guess. I found it entertaining
from day 1 to day 63. sure, he beat guys I liked, but I mean come on
it's a tetris block rocking Solid Snake that's just damn awesome suck
it Heroic Mario --- xyzzy nominate Tim from Braid - cool hair, tie physics, reality bending demigod goddamn |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:50:03 PM | message detail |
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Was L-Block really a joke if he beat strong competitors? True, he
wouldn't replicate such success in a 1v1 setting, or likely even in
another fourway contest, but he did win fairly. He may have initially
got in as a joke, but his supporters genuinely wanted him to win. Wait, why am I using masculine pronouns for a Tetris block. --- i got nuthin |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/8/2008 6:50:56 PM | message detail |
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Last really REALLY good contest was Spring 2004, and that's not my
winner bias talking. We'll never see the state of the first three
contests replicated ever again, barring a no-gimmick games contest. ~*ST*~ --- MY BROTHERS WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN! Now Playing: FF12, Crisis Core, Final Fantasy 4 DS |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:51:38 PM | message detail |
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Yes. Sephiroth is a joke character for beating Mega Man as badly as he did in 2003. Down with Cloud and Sephiroth! Oh, and Snake! How dare characters be stronger than the X-stats! --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| GhostOfAChance | Posted 8/8/2008 6:52:07 PM | message detail |
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By the time he was beating strong competitors, everybody was so caught
up in the joke. It's hard to gauge actual strength from any of the
matches it was in. Which is exactly why I nominated it this year. --- You don't stand a ghost of a chance! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:52:29 PM | message detail |
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Hell, as much as everyone is clamoring for a second games contest, I'm
pretty sure half of you will be disappointed with it no matter how the
bracket is set up. Face it, you guys know too much about these contests that the thrill's gone. At least I'm dumb enough to still enjoy them, I guess. I'm excited. --- i got nuthin |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:53:23 PM | message detail |
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Snake only beat Mega Man from the support of joke voters who thought Snake being in Brawl was comical! --- i got nuthin |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:54:12 PM | message detail |
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See? Mega64 understands how these contests truly work! --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 8/8/2008 6:55:36 PM | message detail |
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I can't wait to see Mega Man kick ass after MM9 --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:56:09 PM | message detail |
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Mega Man X will 55/45 Mega Man's pansy ass. --- Nominate King Harkinian from Link: The Faces of Evil! Mah boi, this contest is what all true fanboys strive for! |
| ZFS | Posted 8/8/2008 6:57:14 PM | message detail |
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Solid Snake - 2008 winner book it --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/kevinsmells1/Kevin/BigBoss.jpg |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 6:57:18 PM | message detail |
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Legends Mega Man will beat them both without a helmet. --- i got nuthin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 6:59:35 PM | message detail |
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I won't complain too much if we get another fourway contest. I didn't
say I didn't enjoy it. I'm just saying another one will be boring. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 7:00:38 PM | message detail |
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Another one so soon would be boring, though a few years from now it'd be nice to see. Not like this one will likely beat last year's though. --- i got nuthin |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/8/2008 7:01:07 PM | message detail |
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Darth Revan DARTH Revan --- Nominate Darth Revan for the GameFAQs Character Battle VII Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 8/8/2008 7:01:22 PM | message detail |
| That's what I'm saying. Give it a few years. Keep
it fresh. You see why people are craving a Games Contest and not a
Character Battle. Because it hasn't been done every year. --- CBVII Nominations: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Seifer, Diddy, Akuma, Roxas, Ocelot, Locke, Phoenix Wright, Gray Fox, Neku, Laguna, Protoman, Ken Masters, Sub-Zero |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/8/2008 7:01:30 PM | message detail |
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L-Block > Snake confirmed. --- i got nuthin |
