GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 567
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/19/2008 4:17:13 PM | message detail |
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Man I'm really excited for this next match. For some reason I've got a
rush of confidence for my Marth > Duke pick. Should be good. --- Arsenal FC 3-0-1 Pts: 9 Pos: 3rd character battle vii ; final fantasy vii. do you believe |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/19/2008 4:17:29 PM | message detail |
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I did, and I'll still be blasting Dancing Mad one minute before the match. \m/ KEFKA \m/ --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/19/2008 4:20:33 PM | message detail |
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The thing with Lettuce Kefka is anyone that knows Amano Art at least
can tell it's a Final Fantasy character. That picture of Kefka we have
now looks like some generic dude from some random game. Nobody would
realize that as Kefka or an FF character if his name wasn't there or
they had seen the FFVI PSX art. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 4:20:45 PM | message detail |
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I don't think the point is whether it's better or worse than
lettuce, it's whether it's Kefka at all. I have utterly no idea what
that picture is. ...Name one person who could equate lettuce with Kefka without knowing anything about prior contests. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| ZFS | Posted 9/19/2008 4:21:20 PM | message detail |
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in Dissidia he looks like the Joker. Need some Dissidia art --- let's mosey |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 4:21:49 PM | message detail |
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There is no Dissidia art yet, only the trailer, which someone used for R2. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| NotTerrafire | Posted 9/19/2008 4:22:58 PM | message detail |
| Who cares? Anyone who's played FFVI will recognise the name 'Kefka', and like tranny said, the people who'll vote Kefka won't be depending on pics. They lready know what their man looks like, and they know there aren't any other video game characters called 'Kefka'. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:23:15 PM | message detail |
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Match III: Duke Nukem vs. Kefka vs. Marth vs. Niko Bellic Information Name: Duke Nukem Game/Series From: Duke Nukem series 2007 Results: 1st in round 1, 4th in round 2 Duke was one of the few characters of last contest who lost to a character that they beat in the previous round. This may explain why so little people have faith in him in this match. Of course being a PC character who hasn’t released his next big game in years on GameFAQs doesn’t exactly spell out strength for you. Name: Kefka Game/Series From: Final Fantasy VI 2007 Results: 2nd in round 1, 4th in round 2 This will be Kefka’s third debated match in three consecutive contests. Of the last two Kefka narrowly lost to both Vercetti and Marcus so that doesn’t speak well for his ability to do well in a squeeze. Maybe because a good picture besides his sprites don’t exist. Name: Marth Game/Series From: Super Smash Bros. series (and Fire Emblem series) 2007 Results: 3rd in round 1 Last year Marth was put in a position where we had no way to win, however he did surprisingly well against Donkey Kong where many thought he would SFF him. I guess it’s because Marth is a big player in Melee and being a decent pick in Brawl he has become the favourite to win this debated match. Name: Niko Bellic Game/Series From: Grand Theft Auto IV 2007 Results: Did not enter It’s the new guy from the GTA series. He seems to be more popular than CJ though the series itself seems to have dropped so he won’t be stronger than Vercetti was in 2003. This puts him nicely into the mix with his three opponents. Analysis: This match reminds me of the Liquid/Alucard/Ness/Zidane match where all four characters are close, however to add to the confusion any of the four characters here have a much more realistic chance of getting any placing than the characters from the match last year. It probably won’t be as exciting as last year’s match where the placing wasn’t finalized until the last update, but truly I have no idea what to expect until after the match starts. I have to feel sorry for Duke here; just like his match last year no one really paid much attention to him. Now I don’t have him progressing in my bracket, but at least I give him the proper recognition that he deserves. Maybe it’s because he’s a PC character and that there are only a few people on board 8 that actually like him. Kefka on the other hand get’s a lot of love from board 8, so much that he was the favourite to come in second until near the end of the bracket making period where Niko slipped by him. Being the polar opposite of Frog Kefka has gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to close matches; we all know that he should’ve blown Pac-Man away in 2003 right? His loss to Marcus makes Kefka an unlikely pick, not because Marcus is weak, but because I think Niko has a better chance at being stronger than Marcus. The release of Brawl is the main reason why Marth is the favourite to place first in this match. Brawl hasn’t done anything to impress me yet, but if you exclude losing to Zack Wario would’ve gotten 67% on Cecil though Zack may have had something to do with Cecil’s percentage. Also while the first two characters were in Brawl Marth is a much bigger fan favourite than Link and Wario. We also don’t have a good reading on Marth, being LFF by Donkey Kong. Even without a significant boost from Brawl I think Marth will have the least problems here. |
| ZFS | Posted 9/19/2008 4:23:27 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I know. Might get some actual art before round 2 if he wins tomorrow. --- let's mosey |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:23:30 PM | message detail |
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Well, I at least picked Kefka in the hopes he would get his Angel sprite. Even so, I think this is an improvement over anything else we've seen for him, so he should have a fighting chance at advancing. --- Hot Content: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com He isn't a killer. He just wins - thoroughly. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:23:30 PM | message detail |
| Niko is one of the newer characters to appear in
the contest and while GTA isn’t as huge since the Vice City days, it
still one of the must have games of the Xbox360 and PS3. With the sales
of GTAIV and Niko being relevant because of how new his game is will
help him especially in this format. Speaking of format Vercetti’s
performance last year was terrible so maybe the format will be Niko’s
demise. One thing that is standing in the way of that happening was
that Master Chief was in the same poll which would steal the casual
vote away from Vercetti. Like I’ve said before any four of these characters can place first or second in this poll. Unlike Liquid/Alucard/Ness/Zidane this match may be worth more than four points. Some people have one or even both of their picks advancing to round 3 and even some have one of their picks leaving the division with Link and looking at the strength of this division I can see any of these four having a chance to walk out of this division with Link. Though after Zack’s performance two days ago there may be some competition ahead. charmander6000’s Bracket: Marth > Niko charmander6000’s Prediction: Marth – 28.13%, Niko – 25.73%, Duke – 23.21%, Kefka – 22.93% --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 2/4 Today's Match: Link > Shadow |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:24:52 PM | message detail |
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My analysis, with special guests HM and Ngamer. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 2/4 Today's Match: Link > Shadow |
| OpenYoEyes | Posted 9/19/2008 4:24:58 PM | message detail |
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Seriously kefka needs some better pics. Square needs a dissidia trailer
with him in it so we dont keep reusing lettuce and handdrawn clowns.
they better pick this one for the face shot if kefka makes it there. http://usuarios.lycos.es/varyfat/ff6kefka.jpg |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/19/2008 4:26:39 PM | message detail |
| How did you write so much for this match? Like I said, the only thing we can be sure about is Duke coming last, and even that is questionable. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 4:27:44 PM | message detail |
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BTW, I totally call the Guest Analysis for Zidane's next match. I'm reserving it. >_> --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:29:26 PM | message detail |
| There is a face shot of Kefka in the Dissidia
trailer, but there was no way I could pull a full body shot out of his
cameo and Square hasn't released any official art for him yet. http://people.rit.edu/~zmb0386/KefkaRd2.png That's him in Dissidia (hello Joker). --- Mustache...and green... |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:30:10 PM | message detail |
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How did you write so much for this match? Like I said, the only
thing we can be sure about is Duke coming last, and even that is
questionable. It's not that much, the true analysis is only about 550 words long. The introduction of each character makes it look bigger. Also I've been writing these since the games contest, there's always something to talk about. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 2/4 Today's Match: Link > Shadow |
| jonthomson | Posted 9/19/2008 4:35:11 PM | message detail |
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long time since i checked, it seems to be a bit closer than the last
time i looked it up? shadow's doomed anyway, but i can't check gamefaqs
on my phone --- Jon Thomson - 1:10 pure 1:43 100% - HKP: 179 Obama '08 imo |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/19/2008 4:39:53 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, the last couple of times I've checked Shadow's been cutting into
Zidane's lead. Unless he starts to make some gigantic advances COUPLED
with a great Zidane drop, it won't matter :( --- 2/4 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Link > Shadow the Hedgehog |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/19/2008 4:40:42 PM | message detail |
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there's loads to say about this match, just nothing you can say definitively. --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| Biolizard28 | Posted 9/19/2008 4:42:07 PM | message detail |
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I feel like I doomed Marth. I'm sad... --- Biolizard28: The cream of Fire Emblem fanboyism. http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7315/ocelotpartycd1.gif |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/19/2008 4:48:26 PM | message detail |
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Darn, Shadow didn't cut that time :( --- 2/4 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Link > Shadow the Hedgehog |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 4:49:08 PM | message detail |
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Man, why couldn't Shadow start doing this sooner? Well, I like Zidane a
lot better anyway, but for my bracket's sake, it would've been a lot
nicer had Shadow not waited so late to look half decent. Of course, he
did the same thing last year, so I shouldn't have been so surprised. Who do you think is the favorite between Shadow and Zidane for 2nd? --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 4:50:00 PM | message detail |
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Gonna assume you meant Zack and Zidane, and Zack is the favorite. It could go either way, though. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/19/2008 4:50:58 PM | message detail |
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Right now...Zidane --- 2/4 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Link > Shadow the Hedgehog |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 4:51:17 PM | message detail |
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I meant the bracket favorite here. My bad. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 4:52:03 PM | message detail |
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Oh. Shadow, easily. People do pay attention to these contests, if not
as much as us; Shadow at least won a match last year, while Zidane
tanked. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/19/2008 4:52:22 PM | message detail |
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probably Shadow. I'll give Zidane 40% of the brackets. I'm curious to see how many people have Link second.. though I guess he was first on the dropdown list. regardless, if it's more than 5% we know the order is going to screw people. --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/19/2008 4:52:37 PM | message detail |
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Oh, in that case definitely Shadow. --- 2/4 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Link > Shadow the Hedgehog |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 4:53:56 PM | message detail |
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Also, for those who are suggesting Shadow may have canceled out Link's
ASV, that doesn't explain what happened in the morning. Shadow didn't
do squat with the morning vote. Still, maybe there is some LFF there. SFF matches usually have like no trends, though Shadow himself is showing trends. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/19/2008 4:59:24 PM | message detail |
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you don't cancel out Link. that just doesn't happen. --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 5:00:29 PM | message detail |
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Looks like Zidane is going to keep it above 18% (or at least keep it close then gain it back later). I am pleased. Still, insane vote shift by Shadow. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 5:00:53 PM | message detail |
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This match currently has 117,319 votes. At the same time yesterday,
Zack/Wario/Cecil/Jade had 116,232. On pace for abut 135,000 votes here,
too. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 5:07:09 PM | message detail |
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Division 1, Match 3 Duke Nukem The Duke is back in another heavily debated first round match. That’s just how he likes it, I suppose. He managed to win his match last year due to the sheer obscurity of his fourpack, but he won’t be quite so lucky last year. As his second round match proved, I think Duke will suffer when he’s facing characters people actually know. He’s facing a FF lead villain, a Smash character, and the main character of GTA IV, so there are some characters people actually know. Still, I won’t count him out because this match is all kinds of messed up, but I think last place is the most likely finish for Mr. Nukem. Kefka The Character Battle’s perennial underperformer, Kefka is once again put into a favorable position. He had a good shot to win his first round match last year, but he got destroyed by Marcus Fenix’s day vote and didn’t fare too well in his second round match either (though Cloud was there). I personally have a hard time putting my trust in Kefka to do anything because he’s done basically nothing but disappoint his entire contest career. He could win this match outright, or he could bomb yet again. In my opinion, the latter is most likely. Marth Now Marth gets a chance to show us what he can really do. Free from Nintendo LFF and fresh off of Brawl, he’s put into a position to do some damage. He did decently last year even with DK in the poll, and with the site in a Brawl frenzy, Marth will be looking to capitalize on it. While there are many viable solutions to this first round mess, none of them (in my opinion) involve Marth failing to advance. He’s the one you have to worry the least about. Each of the other three have good reason to worry about bombing. For that reason alone, I’d say your best bet is to have Marth winning. At worst, he gets second place. Niko Bellic Ah, the main character of the newest Grand Theft Auto game makes his debut. Just like the Duke and Kefka, he generates his fair share of doubt. Carl Johnson bombed against Ness (another character who gets the majority of his strength from Smash Bros.), Vercetti’s strength was continually slipping, and it seems like GTA’s overall popular has been slipping as well. Still, I think Niko has reason enough to do well. CJ had some obvious problems, and at Vice City’s peak, Vercetti would’ve had no problem advancing. Niko is considered very likeable, and so I think he can do well here. His potential strength is the highest of the four, in my personal opinion, but he has massive bombing potential as well. Smash Overestimation Here? Clowns Are Hopeful Though Ousted Again Duke Nukem – 20.12% Kefka – 25.44% Marth – 27.33% Niko Bellic – 27.11% --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| JaKyL25 | Posted 9/19/2008 5:18:16 PM | message detail |
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Man I'm really excited for this next match. For some reason I've got
a rush of confidence for my Marth > Duke pick. Should be good. You and me both, ExTha. --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. Quest For a Second Championship: 2/4 Points. BRAWLFEAR? No, ZACKFAIR! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 5:49:18 PM | message detail |
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Let's say Kefka advances tomorrow and Marth doesn't. Does that do
anything for your faith in Square/lack of faith in Nintendo, or does it
not really affect it at all? --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 5:51:04 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, that would be pretty telling. Can't see Marth losing to Kefka last year. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/19/2008 5:59:43 PM | message detail |
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Okay, now I'm thinking the match pic won't hurt Kefka bad enough to
allow Niko to pass him. In a 2-way match like Samus/Tifa, Samus was
badly hurt by her Zero Suit Samus pic. In 4-way matches, one character
getting a bad pic means the loss of votes for that character could be
split among 3 other characters. So Kefka will be less impacted by a bad
pic in 4-way match. If this was a 2-way match, it could make the
difference between Kefka winning or losing. --- Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 6:24:14 PM | message detail |
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http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php?match=15 Why are so many people picking Falcon? --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 6:25:58 PM | message detail |
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The worst character in a Smash Bros. always gets a huge boost, of course! Look at Mewtwo! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 6:31:23 PM | message detail |
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Alright, out of boredom I made a list of all Brawl characters in the
contest and ranked them based on how much I think Brawl will benefit
them. Good Boost --- Ike Meta Knight DeDeDe Lucario Snake A Small Boost --- Pit Olimar Sonic Maybe a Little Boost --- Wario Luigi Nana Kirby Ness Lucas Negligible Amount --- Bowser Donkey Kong Mario Yoshi Link Zelda Ganondorf Samus Fox Falco Pikachu Jigglypuff Peach Marth Might Actually Decrease A Bit --- Captain Falcon --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 6:32:30 PM | message detail |
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Too bad it doesn't matter for DeDeDe and Pit. Only thing we'll learn
from that match which one is the preferred character amongst the
fanbase. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 6:38:33 PM | message detail |
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Oh, there's no doubt that DDD is preferred. Besides the roles he's
played in other Kirby games, he's completley awesome in Brawl. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| Gaddswell | Posted 9/19/2008 6:38:51 PM | message detail |
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You forgot Diddy on your list, KP! I think DeDeDe should be the more preferred between the two due to Kirby > Kid Icarus. DeDeDe has another known Nintendo series to pull votes from. --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 6:39:45 PM | message detail |
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Stick Diddy in the Small Boost section. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/19/2008 6:41:30 PM | message detail |
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not seein' why Kirby would boost a little while Marth wouldn't, or why
Meta-Knight and DDD would boost a good amount while Pit would only
boost a little.. --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 6:42:22 PM | message detail |
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A lot of casuals like Pit from what I can tell. He's my stepbrother's
personal favorite to play as now that Roy's gone, heh. But yeah, DeDeDe
can beat Pit because he has more to draw from. I can see Diddy getting a decent boost from the game because he's a good character in it, though the fact that he appears in every Mario spinoff nowadays may hinder that. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/19/2008 6:43:46 PM | message detail |
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not seein' why Kirby would boost a little while Marth wouldn't, or
why Meta-Knight and DDD would boost a good amount while Pit would only
boost a little.. Kirby played a big role in SSE, and has been buffed since Melee. Marth is exactly the same. MK is the best character in the game, badass in SSE, and while much more popular among the competitive crowd still has fans in the casuals. Same with DDD. Pit...is just sort of there, and being announced on the trailer a while back already accounts for some of his strength. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| trannyscience | Posted 9/19/2008 6:44:36 PM | message detail |
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who the heck cares about the SSE? like, no one. Marth boosts more due to a.) being weaker and b.) not being as exposed. Kirby is well-known, even without Smash. --- xyzzy http://users.tpg.com.au/112358//85454546braidav.gif |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/19/2008 6:45:12 PM | message detail |
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Kirby had just about ALL of the memorable moments in SSE though. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
