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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 556
| Pyrostormer | Posted 8/22/2008 12:50:07 PM | message detail |
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There really isn't a "Europe vote" lolz ~*01010010 01001111 01000010*~ --- Xenosaga is way better then any crappy game you enjoy. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3592/1182804410526mu7.jpg |
| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 12:51:03 PM | message detail |
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The problem here Wigs is I think you're underrating Donkey Kong a bit. Yeah, DK was stronger than Marth, but there's still plenty of room there for DK > Marth > Ike. Ike might be as strong or stronger than Marth this year (I'm skeptical) but he definitely wasn't last year. And last year's Ike is who almost beat Duke. --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| voltch | Posted 8/22/2008 12:58:42 PM | message detail |
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I'm sure there is,it would explain why Chrono Trigger characters keep bleeding all over the place if they lack some euro love. it may not come in blocks but i know somewhere in those polls about 15% must come from europe. --- Del Boy:He who dares, wins! |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 8/22/2008 1:00:55 PM | message detail |
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They ain't got balls of steel, boy. They're just afraid of the Duke
because he ripped off their bracket's head and **** down its neck last
year. Hell yes. No but seriously...Marth isn't that ****ing strong. Neither is Kefka or the Duke. All three of em are gonna job and Niko's gonna be able to take care of them decently enough. Marth will just get lucky and have enough to come in second --- The Straight Up G WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Pyrostormer | Posted 8/22/2008 1:02:27 PM | message detail |
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Any reasoning for that masa ~*01010010 01001111 01000010*~ --- Xenosaga is way better then any crappy game you enjoy. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3592/1182804410526mu7.jpg |
| voltch | Posted 8/22/2008 1:03:26 PM | message detail |
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ah screw liquid,his name is all over MGS4 but his face ain't,Luigi>Bowser! --- Del Boy:He who dares, wins! |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 8/22/2008 1:04:20 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I'm sure Ike is stronger this year than last year, and I would
say this year for sure Ike would beat Duke, now that not only Brawl,
but FE10 has been out (unless that was out at that point....was it?)
for a while. And Marth is still going to be comparable to Ike... so I
do think Marth will beat Duke, but I don't think DK was SFFing him that
much. Because I'm pretty sure DK wouldn't get his popularity from SSB.
SSB is all Marth has right now. I mean, without another Nintendite
there, Marth will get a good percentage of votes back, sure. And it
will be enough to beat Duke, since Duke/Ike was close. But it won't be enough to get by Niko I think. Niko's my wild card in this tournament. Now, if you move that to the second round, when you have Lucario and Altair there... Lucario and Marth looks just like DK and Ike, Lucario I think might be close to DK...He's not a very recognizable as a Pokemon alone, since he's not RBY, but he'll get his share of Brawl votes. Compare him to Marth, Lucario will get a Pokemon vote, and a Brawl vote... while Marth with just the Brawl vote... since Lucario's votes will probably me moreso Brawl than Pokemon, so they'll SFF on SSB votes, leaving Lucario pure Pokevotes to help him out. And that's not gonna be enough to get him by Niko and Altair. --- Wigs, Now 42.5% Cooler Than the Other Side of your Pillow: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 8/22/2008 1:06:21 PM | message detail |
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Any reasoning for that masa Yeah it's called the Duke overperformed a little last year, Kefka barely has enough strength to beat anything, Niko should be a decent bit above the fodder line cause he's not black and he's much more interesting than Vercetti, and Marth should have enough Brawl fans to vote him to get in second. It's not that hard. --- The Straight Up G WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| Pyrostormer | Posted 8/22/2008 1:06:36 PM | message detail |
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Wigs, I was up with you the entire post until the last two words. Niko > Lucario for r2 seems...meh, I like it more then Niko > Altair. I see Altair as a Low Lowcarder at best, hanging right above the fodder line. His game sold well but nobody really liked it, and from what I've heard, Altair has as much character as Link or Mario (though they're allowed to have no character, Altair isn't :P) ~*01010010 01001111 01000010*~ --- Xenosaga is way better then any crappy game you enjoy. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3592/1182804410526mu7.jpg |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 1:10:16 PM | message detail |
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if you dont have Lucario advancing in round 2, i dont know what to say to you. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 8/22/2008 1:11:41 PM | message detail |
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Right, well, I see Lucario being able to get in there... I'm just kind
of picturing Marth and Lucario clashing too much, and Lucario only
getting a small bonus because of Pokevotes. I mean, we also can't really know how strong Altair is, so I'm taking a shot and saying he'll be more powerful than those extra "Pokemon only" votes Lucario will get. Also maybe Altair will get a really badass picture or something, I dunno. THough maybe Niko will do something weird to Altair >_> --- Wigs, Now 42.5% Cooler Than the Other Side of your Pillow: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/22/2008 1:12:53 PM | message detail |
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I'm quite happy with my bracket good or bad, but the only enigma is L-Block. --- How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? "You're...the ****!" - Otacon to Snake, MGS4 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 8/22/2008 1:14:25 PM | message detail |
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^ Agreed --- The Straight Up G WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 1:16:29 PM | message detail |
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why would Altair's game be bigger than anything Lucario's been in? and as you can see in Marth/DK, they barely split votes. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/22/2008 1:18:38 PM | message detail |
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Right now I have the block going to the quarters, losing to Smaus and Vincent. A bit of a "=\" scenario though. Link > Cloud in the final with Snake and Mario third/fourth. I nearly went for a Vincent upset in semifinal one, which is Samus, Mario, Link and Vince, because of all the Nintendo SFF, but I figure that'll just make Marink strongr because of Samus being such a leech. --- How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? "You're...the ****!" - Otacon to Snake, MGS4 |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 8/22/2008 1:20:12 PM | message detail |
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I wouldn't expect Marth/DK to split votes though, because their votes
come from different places. Marth from SSB and DK from elsewhere. I'd
day like 90% of Marth's votes are SSB. DK gets maybe 75-80% from
DKC/etc. With Lucario, I'd say he gets more votes from SSB still. Maybe 65-70% of his votes are SSB and 30-35% are Pokemon, so Marth and Lucario are much more likely to split votes than Marth and DK. --- Wigs, Now 42.5% Cooler Than the Other Side of your Pillow: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/22/2008 1:20:42 PM | message detail |
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Just wandering what everybody thought of Megaman X actually. I have him going quite far, since he's Megaman, but... --- How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? "You're...the ****!" - Otacon to Snake, MGS4 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 1:20:45 PM | message detail |
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you know, in that 8 pack with Alucard and those guys, we could potentially get an all out Ike/Diddy or Falcon/Pikachu showdown.. god is that part hard. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 8/22/2008 1:22:02 PM | message detail |
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And yeah, agreed about L-Block, but I got him out in ROund 1. Ryu and
Meta Knight are stronger than Nathan Hale and Laharl. >_> L-Block needed momentum to do what it did, and it capitialized off only 1 strong character in his 4pack last year. This year he has 2. --- Wigs, Now 42.5% Cooler Than the Other Side of your Pillow: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 8/22/2008 1:24:18 PM | message detail |
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If word gets out about L-Block it'll hit the ground running. He doesn't
have to start slowly. I certainly think the L-Block we see in the first
round here will be stronger than at the corresponding stage last year,
anyway. --- How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? "You're...the ****!" - Otacon to Snake, MGS4 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 1:24:45 PM | message detail |
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wiggum i'm still not sure how you can say it gives Altair the win. he'd need serious strength to pull that off. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Pikachu_vs_Dante_vs_Leon_vs_Amaterasu_2007 i guess i could see him being comparable to.. Amaterasu maybe? yeah, i think if you put Lucario and Marth in that match they'd likely both place over him... or at least Lucario. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
| linkhatesganon | Posted 8/22/2008 1:27:53 PM | message detail |
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Actually yes there's an europe vote. Why do you think Kefka job so hard and Sonic do so well during day vote? Bingo! --- The Roman Empire called. They want all their words back. - Turn SSBB FC code - 3007-9626-4713 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 1:28:32 PM | message detail |
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you know it's quite possible Riku could take advantage of Dante and Leon splitting. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
| steve illumina | Posted 8/22/2008 1:39:15 PM | message detail |
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| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 1:41:36 PM | message detail |
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Hey Steven you gonna stop analyzing after you get one big match wrong again this year? (Because no, seriously, that'd suck I enjoy your analyses. Though yes that was a jab.) --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| Tohoya | Posted 8/22/2008 1:42:39 PM | message detail |
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Regardless, Marth is probably stronger than Ike, since he's been
around longer, and maybe I'm wrong here, but I have Niko > Marth....
so, that means with Lucario and Altair in the other match, Luc and
Marth SFF each other, Niko and Altair advance. No way. Altair is going to be fodder, and Lucario will have considerable strength based on his Pokemon appearances alone. Frankly, I take Lucario > Altair pre-brawl in any case. Marth will sap some of his SSBB strength, but Lucario's got enough of an independent fanbase to get through this match behind Niko/Kefka. --- "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." --Ezekiel 23:20 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/22/2008 1:47:27 PM | message detail |
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Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 4:41:36 PM (#275) Hey Steven you gonna stop analyzing after you get one big match wrong again this year? One can only hope. ~*ST*~ --- MY BROTHERS WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN! Now Playing: Crisis Core, Final Fantasy 4 DS |
| Tohoya | Posted 8/22/2008 1:53:28 PM | message detail |
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Right, well, I see Lucario being able to get in there... I'm just
kind of picturing Marth and Lucario clashing too much, and Lucario only
getting a small bonus because of Pokevotes. Lucario's pretty easily the most popular 4th gen pokemon, which, if you've not been payign attention to sales threads or top FAQ threads, is pretty popular. --- "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." --Ezekiel 23:20 |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/22/2008 1:58:13 PM | message detail |
| Holy crud, it's steve illumina! |
| jonthomson | Posted 8/22/2008 2:03:18 PM | message detail |
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Holy crud, it's steve illumina! +1, welcome back --- Jon Thomson - 1:10 pure 1:43 100% - HKP: 179 Obama '08 imo |
| voltch | Posted 8/22/2008 2:05:27 PM | message detail |
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now we know we're in contest mode,where's creative though? Solar's been sighted,but no sign of slow,so no BoP i guess but one thing i'm looking forward to is seeing Lopen's crazy bracket of madness,he'll spend most of the contest at the foot of the guru's and then just surge right up when one his big upsets pays off massive dividends. always entertaining. --- Del Boy:He who dares, wins! |
| satai_delenn | Posted 8/22/2008 2:09:17 PM | message detail |
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Whoa, steve illumina. Anyone think that Vincent/Crono will be different this time with Samus/Ryu instead of Link/Zero? Yes, for multiple reasons. As someone else pointed out, Link and Zero should overlap a little more with Crono's fanbase than Samus/Ryu; it's also the case that any poll with Link in it is going to leave the others scrambling for the scraps, and Vincent came out on top of that but it wasn't easy for him. In this case the votes will be more evenly spread, and I think between that and maybe some hype from CTDS, Crono can pull it off. Crono's revenge, book it...! --- Attention, all yoctograms! (It's x2) DIE! |
| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 2:11:55 PM | message detail |
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*bows* Voltch you've always been a man of superior taste. ... though with these four way brackets my "insanity" is kinda drowned out by the overall insanity of the bracket. Quite a shame. Doin my best, though. (AND I THRIVE, 2ND PLACE GURU LAST YEAR BELIEVE. </shameless self promotion>) --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| WiggumFan267 | Posted 8/22/2008 2:16:08 PM | message detail |
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Dammit Altair will get a kickass picture I swear Plus if he gets to the sprite round, they can u-...... oh god --- Wigs, Now 42.5% Cooler Than the Other Side of your Pillow: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~ Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05 |
| Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 8/22/2008 2:16:45 PM | message detail |
| That reminds me. I'm pretty disappointed that the scoring system wasn't adjusted from last year. Still annoyed how all of the Cloud>Link brackets did so well. |
| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 2:18:03 PM | message detail |
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Hey, bud, I had Link > Master Chief. The real man's upset. --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 8/22/2008 2:18:25 PM | message detail |
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Anyone that thinks that Marth is stronger than Ike needs to realize that Ike almost did as well as Marth last year pre-Brawl. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| transients | Posted 8/22/2008 2:18:34 PM | message detail |
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awwww yeah let's do some more "fanbabies" and dedicating contest matches to our children ain't nothin' like illumina, man --- zfs: man i'm reading an argument about whether or not midna is fat zfs: come on mgs4 |
| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 2:21:30 PM | message detail |
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Ike almost did as well as Marth last year pre-Brawl. Based on what? There's no good way to compare their matches. I'd consider Marth's match much tougher than Ike's last year, especially considering Kong SFFing him. I think I take Ike this year, but really, there's nothing concrete to compare them on last year. --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| voltch | Posted 8/22/2008 2:22:42 PM | message detail |
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so huh who's been used more between Ike and Marth on Brawl? --- Del Boy:He who dares, wins! |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 8/22/2008 2:23:42 PM | message detail |
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There's no good way to compare their matches, but you can still make an assumption based on the matches. I mean, just use common sense. Ike is more popular in Brawl and has two FE games to draw from. Marth only has Melee over Ike, and almost everyone who got Melee got Brawl too. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| HaRRicH | Posted 8/22/2008 2:24:49 PM | message detail |
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Excuse me? Marth smoked Ike last year. An SFF'd/LFF'd Marth still
looked better to me than the Ike that lost to Duke and Gordon fighting
over PC-FPS fans. This year will be largely different from that, but
last year Ike was nothing. --- NRT winners: Pokemon R/B/Y, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44623118 |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 8/22/2008 2:24:53 PM | message detail |
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so huh who's been used more between Ike and Marth on Brawl? Marth is much more popular among the competitive crowd, but Ike is the casual favorite and almost the 'Captain Falcon' of Brawl (considering CF himself is so terrible even casuals are starting to drop him). --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| therealmnm | Posted 8/22/2008 2:26:16 PM | message detail |
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return of the fanbabies --- Currently playing: GTAIV, SSBB, MP3, Apollo Justice, FFIVDS, Dracula X |
| Lopen | Posted 8/22/2008 2:26:40 PM | message detail |
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Well, sure... but I think Ike would've
nabbed a mere 15%-16% or so in Marth's match last year. Give me Marth
to dominate Ike's pack with ease. I wouldn't say they were about equal
last year. This year of course is a different story with Ike in Brawl and being very popular with his truckblade swinging antics. --- Prisoner number 4983-4750-0321 Nominate Raiden!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=44772404 |
| Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 8/22/2008 2:29:06 PM | message detail |
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If third round is Sprite round again, does Frog beat Ganondorf? --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 8/22/2008 2:29:47 PM | message detail |
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Also, Marth >>>>>> Ike last year, and > Ike this year. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 8/22/2008 2:49:49 PM | message detail |
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I don't get why The Dog will suck votes from L-Block, since nobody
actually likes him. He's a dick. The Dog is the Tingle of joke
characters, except even Tingle has Zelda votes which probably explains
why he gets more than 0 votes. If anyone has the potential to do worse than Tanner, it's The Dog. Who the hell will vote for this bastard? --- i got nuthin |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 8/22/2008 2:53:03 PM | message detail |
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Finally Mega 64 and I agree on something ^_^ --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. EC > Me |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/22/2008 2:54:48 PM | message detail |
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kami you said something about common sense but common sense would tell
you that a character already established in smash > an FE game and
an appearance on a site. yes, not every smash fan visits that site. --- *is Dranze* Explicit Contest is my lord. |
