GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 647
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 12/11/2008 12:53:29 PM | message detail |
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Mario Kart 64 vs. Super Smash Bros. 64: Who you got? interesting match to say the least. i'd have to lean with SSB, though, since it's a bigger series by far, and they'd vote it probably over most stuff. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| Masato_Tanaka | Posted 12/11/2008 12:56:09 PM | message detail |
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Smash 64 would prolly double MK64 honestly --- The Straight Up G The Palace of Wisdom Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/11/2008 1:18:11 PM | message detail |
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I don't think the original Smash Bros. could double Mario Kart 64.
Maybe Melee could, but I dunno. I think Mario Kart 64 could do very
well this contest. I wouldn't necessarily let the Series Contest tell
us otherwise. but I'd be stunned if FFT could break 40% on MGS today. I wouldn't. I'd be more stunned if it didn't, quite honestly. The name "Final Fantasy" is still worth a lot. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 12/11/2008 1:34:52 PM | message detail |
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wouldn't even come close to seeing with the votes we get today. Could Xenogears even put up 35% on G/S/C? Didn't we see Xenogears improve significantly when non-registered voters were allowed to vote in that poll? I remember being surprised by that as it seemed counterintuitive that a cult RPG would be helped by more votes, but that seemed to be the case. --- FastFalcon and Solid Snake snapped my neck in the guru contest. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/11/2008 1:35:51 PM | message detail |
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Pokemon is one of the franchises that has benefited the most from the
demographic shift. I'd be stunned if Xenogears won, but I think it
wouldn't get COMPLETELY destroyed. Fei did decently enough in this
year's contest, for whatever that's worth. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 12/11/2008 1:49:57 PM | message detail |
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Pokemon/Xenogears went from 10:30 | Pokemon | 04717 | +0016 | 44.92% | Xenogears | 05783 | +0031 | 55.08% | Lead of 1066 | (Up 15) before the "with board members only" day was canceled, to 10:30 | Pokemon | 09655 | +0311 | 40.83% | Xenogears | 13994 | +0493 | 59.17% | Lead of 4339 | (Up 182) with everyone being able to vote. --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/11/2008 1:51:30 PM | message detail |
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The Pokemon board vote existed even then! --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| charmander6000 | Posted 12/11/2008 2:01:43 PM | message detail |
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I think the casual voters were that much more anti-Pokemon as oppose to
hardcore gamers. Anti-votes was the reason I took Xenogears >
Pokemon G/S/C. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Congratulations to FastFalcon for winning the guru contest, you are the best among the best. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/11/2008 2:23:21 PM | message detail |
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I think that's why anyone took Xenogears, myself included. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| trannyscience | Posted 12/11/2008 2:27:57 PM | message detail |
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some of us took it out of pure favouritism! --- xyzzy |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 12/11/2008 2:38:02 PM | message detail |
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Mario Kart 64 vs. Super Smash Bros. 64: Who you got? MK64 would crush SSB64 easily. MK64 is one of the gems of the 64. SSB was a great game, but only extremely die-hard fans of the series considers it an N64 classic. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 12/11/2008 6:27:53 PM | message detail |
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I didn't see him link it in here, so I'll do it for him... have you
guys seen charmander's new Contest, where you predict which 64 games
make the bracket? Still probably plenty of time to get your guess in
since I'm thinking we'll see the bracket on around Christmas or so, but
if you'd like to make a pred now already you can do so at http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=47060375 Speaking of if the upcoming Contest will have only 64 games... tranny, did your petition topic purge? --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| trannyscience | Posted 12/11/2008 6:28:43 PM | message detail |
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probably. I never really cared to bump it after the first day. I think the point was made, though, and SB has taken note. --- xyzzy |
| Xuxon | Posted 12/11/2008 6:47:14 PM | message detail |
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I'd still like to see 128 with 2 matches per day for the first round or
two. Of course, I'm just being greedy. 64 would be fine, long as it's
1v1. --- DQVIII LLG - level 1/6/10/24, Marcello defeated (12 attempts) Always bet on Snake. I learned this from our guru, FastFalcon05. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 12/11/2008 7:14:00 PM | message detail |
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Thanks ngamer for posting the link. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Congratulations to FastFalcon for winning the guru contest, you are the best among the best. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 12/11/2008 9:09:34 PM | message detail |
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| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 12/11/2008 9:42:39 PM | message detail |
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lol at the notion of Axfail Steel beating a Zelda character. That
was one of the worst picks anyone could make. The Legend of Zelda
fanbase will NOT let their series fold. (Except for Tingle, but who
cares about him anyway?) Zelda refused to fold to Mario in round 1.
Axfail Steel, in addition to nearly getting tripled by MIDNA, lost to
Edgeworth by 5%. Hell, even Cloud and Mewtwo (Mewtwo especially) got
hit hard by the dedication of the Zelda fanbase. And Midna is miles
apart from Ganondorf in terms of contest strength. But hey, maybe he
can beat Tingle! ...Except Guitar Hero characters (or avatars, better
yet) have no place in these contests whatsoever. (And neither does
Tingle, for that matter.) Guitar Hero 3 vs TP Tell me GH3 doesn't win there. My flaw came from the fact that I thought people would support a GH character. I was wrong. And on the subject of FF6, does anybody else have a feeling that it and all the other "strong" older games like LttP and Mario 3 are going to underperform due to higher votals + younger userbase? --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 FastFalcon is apparantly better at contesty stuff than me. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 12/11/2008 9:45:19 PM | message detail |
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Tell me GH3 doesn't win there. Guitar Hero 3 does not win there. --- "feh... your right...I am the stalker" - ExThaNemesis http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/KleenexTissue501/Saturn.gif |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 12/11/2008 9:45:19 PM | message detail |
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Didn't we see Xenogears improve significantly when non-registered
voters were allowed to vote in that poll? I remember being surprised by
that as it seemed counterintuitive that a cult RPG would be helped by
more votes, but that seemed to be the case. Back in '04, it was "hip" to hate Pokemon. That whole stupid fad is over now, and the main reason I took Pikachu so far last year. People say he'll still get anti-voted in a 1v1 situation, but I think people are now blinded by nostalgia enough that they'll overlook the annoying qualities of the rat. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 FastFalcon is apparantly better at contesty stuff than me. |
| ZFS | Posted 12/11/2008 9:45:51 PM | message detail |
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Tell me GH3 doesn't win there. What --- http://i36.tinypic.com/311kh8w.gif |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 12/11/2008 9:47:18 PM | message detail |
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Tell me GH3 doesn't win there. It doesn't. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." -Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| transience | Posted 12/11/2008 9:47:45 PM | message detail |
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hahahahahahaa yessssssss --- xyzzy "I hope you are this idiot only in the internet ^__^" -linkhatesganon |
| transience | Posted 12/11/2008 9:49:29 PM | message detail |
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Poll 2990 (01/08/08) BEST OF 2007: Best Multi-Platform Game 13295 16.5% BioShock 24190 30.02% Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 15076 18.71% Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 1851 2.3% Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords 8645 10.73% Rock Band 1132 1.4% Skate 14096 17.49% The Orange Box 2289 2.84% Unreal Tournament 3 TOTAL VOTES: 80574 Poll 2994 (01/12/08) BEST OF 2007: Game of the Year (Final) 34263 32.32% Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 21638 20.41% Halo 3 50103 47.27% Super Mario Galaxy TOTAL VOTES: 106004 Poll 2995 (01/13/08) BEST OF 2007: Game of the Century (so far) 27768 24.75% 2001: Final Fantasy X 7068 6.3% 2002: Metroid Prime 5070 4.52% 2003: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 15646 13.95% 2004: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 20435 18.22% 2005: Resident Evil 4 18910 16.86% 2006: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 17279 15.4% 2007: Super Mario Galaxy GH3's got this --- xyzzy "I hope you are this idiot only in the internet ^__^" -linkhatesganon |
| HaRRicH | Posted 12/11/2008 9:50:24 PM | message detail |
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Tell me GH3 doesn't win there. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2995 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2994 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2990 GH3 plus Rock Back wouldn't beat CoD4. --- FastFalcon05 absolutely decimated me in the Guru challenge. How bad was it? ...I don't want to talk about it. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 12/11/2008 9:50:46 PM | message detail |
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TP with 75% --- Congratulations to Crono for making his first true finals match, your 5 time contest champion, Link, and the Guru Champion FastFalcon |
| transience | Posted 12/11/2008 9:50:51 PM | message detail |
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oh man! --- xyzzy "I hope you are this idiot only in the internet ^__^" -linkhatesganon |
| HaRRicH | Posted 12/11/2008 9:51:04 PM | message detail |
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dammit tranman --- FastFalcon05 absolutely decimated me in the Guru challenge. How bad was it? ...I don't want to talk about it. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 12/11/2008 9:52:17 PM | message detail |
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Hey, you know what game Guitar Hero 3 could beat? World of...... *runs* --- Congratulations to Crono for making his first true finals match, your 5 time contest champion, Link, and the Guru Champion FastFalcon |
| HaRRicH | Posted 12/11/2008 9:55:00 PM | message detail |
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I would enjoy WoW/GH3 solely because one controversial contestant whose
arguments largely stem from casual appeal and sales would HAVE to lose. --- FastFalcon05 absolutely decimated me in the Guru challenge. How bad was it? ...I don't want to talk about it. |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 12/11/2008 9:55:59 PM | message detail |
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I would enjoy WoW/GH3 solely because one controversial contestant
whose arguments largely stem from casual appeal and sales would HAVE to
lose. As would I. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." -Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 7:09:05 AM | message detail |
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I'd still like to see 128 with 2 matches per day for the first round or two. The problem is that vote totals would probably suffer for one or both matches. Remember that the Games Contest had two polls running simultaneously for a little while at the beginning? It noticeably hurt the vote totals. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| Yesmar | Posted 12/12/2008 7:49:37 AM | message detail |
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Would it be too hard for Bacon to put both polls in the same box, and
you click Vote to vote on both of them? Or would that just mess up the
polls even more? --- FastFalcon owned me in the Guru Contest! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 9:07:55 AM | message detail |
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I'm not sure how that would work, but I'm not exactly a computer expert either. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| booomshakalaka | Posted 12/12/2008 9:08:42 AM | message detail |
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WoW would crush GH tbqh --- The Monster Jam! |
| Xuxon | Posted 12/12/2008 10:09:56 AM | message detail |
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Probably the best way to have it work so everyone votes in both would
be to have both polls next to each other horizontally. Probably pushing
the whole site down a bit for a the contest banner on top, and pushing
the left side of the site down a bit more for the second poll. The very
best would probably be redesigning the site to be wider horizontally,
which is quite needed anyway I think, but I really doubt that. Another thing that might work to get more games into the contest would be to make it a 96 game contest where the top 32 get byes for the first round. Though none are particularly elegant solutions, so I very much expect only 64 games to make it. --- DQVIII LLG - level 1/6/10/24, Marcello defeated (12 attempts) Always bet on Snake. I learned this from our guru, FastFalcon05. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 10:17:34 AM | message detail |
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MGS2 vs. Vice City MGS3 vs. San Andreas MGS2 vs. MGS3 Vice City vs. San Andreas MGS4 vs. GTA IV Who you got in all these? --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| hailEC | Posted 12/12/2008 10:23:00 AM | message detail |
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metal gear vice city mgs3 --- all hail ec your lord and savior except FastFalcon, he's so legit you must bow down to his ass too. |
| hailEC | Posted 12/12/2008 10:23:42 AM | message detail |
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and by "metal gear" i mean it wins all its match-ups with GTA. --- all hail ec your lord and savior except FastFalcon, he's so legit you must bow down to his ass too. |
| MetricTrout | Posted 12/12/2008 10:25:33 AM | message detail |
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I'd still like to see 128 with 2 matches per day for the first round or two. The problem is that vote totals would probably suffer for one or both matches. Remember that the Games Contest had two polls running simultaneously for a little while at the beginning? It noticeably hurt the vote totals. One solution is probably to put 2 matches inside the same poll. Like: A vs. B C vs. D * A and C * A and D * B and C * B and D It might be a bit confusing at first, but I think we would eventually get used to it. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 12/12/2008 10:56:45 AM | message detail |
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I still think the other poll should be where the ad is and have it
randomly switch back and forth, as long as people can see the match
picture on the bottom poll the vote totals won't decrease by that much. The SMB3 vs. MG and Metroid vs. Pac-Man matches you couldn't see the pictures so you would have to literally find the match by scrolling. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Congratulations to FastFalcon for winning the guru contest, you are the best among the best. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 12/12/2008 12:26:01 PM | message detail |
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Two matches a day simply wouldn't work very well. Unless you put in big bold letters VOTE IN EACH POLL above each one, votals will suffer. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| transience | Posted 12/12/2008 12:27:38 PM | message detail |
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get two matches a day out of here. 64 is fine. --- xyzzy "I hope you are this idiot only in the internet ^__^" -linkhatesganon |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 12/12/2008 12:33:50 PM | message detail |
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From: transience | #392 64 limits too many games --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png FastFalcon05 sure knows how to fill out a Guru Contest bracket better than I! |
| hailEC | Posted 12/12/2008 12:36:29 PM | message detail |
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yeah 64 games is all we need. hell 96 games with the top 32 getting byes would probably be better than dual polling. --- all hail ec your lord and savior except FastFalcon, he's so legit you must bow down to his ass too. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 12/12/2008 12:38:17 PM | message detail |
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with 64 then 3 or 4 game caps for series is a necessity --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png FastFalcon05 sure knows how to fill out a Guru Contest bracket better than I! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 1:26:12 PM | message detail |
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64 games is plenty, honestly. There will still be a few snubs, sure,
but with 128, you'd either have 4-ways (yuck) or a LOOOOOOOOONG contest. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 12/12/2008 1:32:55 PM | message detail |
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2 polls per day is an awful idea imo. If there must be 128 games, a 127 day contest is fine. Make it epic. --- Falcon your brain in. ~*ST*~ Now Playing: Mother 3, Castlevania: OoE, MGS: Portable Ops |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 1:34:10 PM | message detail |
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I don't know if I'd call a 127 day contest "epic." It COULD be, but there better be a ton of close matches. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 12/12/2008 3:19:17 PM | message detail |
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127 straight days of matches would burn every single one of us out, I
guarantee it. It doesn't even matter if most of them were good matches;
there's a limit. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 12/12/2008 3:20:17 PM | message detail |
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The first round itself would wear us out, most likely. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-withtoupee.gif |
