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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 652
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/20/2009 6:13:03 PM | message detail |
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Oh but then again, Ike is a bigger favorite in Brawl.. I guess I'd coin toss. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 2/20/2009 6:14:04 PM | message detail |
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Ike>Vega --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 2/20/2009 6:32:47 PM | message detail |
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Ike > Vega. Anti-Wii sentiment be damned, Ike still nearly beat
Arthas with Pikachu in the poll. That's solid, and much better than
what he did in 2k7. Vega can say he beat M. Bison the other day worse than Diablo though, and Arthas barely beat Diablo in 2k7...I really like that Vega/Arthas match-up. I'm pretty sure either one of them beats M. Bison and loses to Ike, however, though they should all be pretty close. --- Play Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (1 and 2) for Gameboy Advance today |
| ZFS | Posted 2/20/2009 9:47:21 PM | message detail |
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Tidus > Ken on that earlier pack. Wouldn't surprise me too much if Ken did a number on that group, though. He's gonna be the guy to keep an eye on post-SFIV. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 2/21/2009 6:26:46 AM | message detail |
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And SBAllen continues to demonstrate that he has some of the best taste on the site. --- http://l33trappacat.blogspot.com/ |
| TheOceIot | Posted 2/21/2009 11:49:05 AM | message detail |
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February 21st is my birthday, I totally expect the bracket as a present! So much for that. --- What's quicker than an Ocelot? A FastFalcon http://img.imgcake.com/ducks1.jpg |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 2/21/2009 11:49:49 AM | message detail |
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The day's not over yet! --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/21/2009 11:57:18 AM | message detail |
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But it's a weekend. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/22/2009 8:19:35 PM | message detail |
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So .. when was the bracket released last year for the game contest? --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 2/22/2009 9:18:13 PM | message detail |
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Marchish --- 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. |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 2/23/2009 6:34:21 AM | message detail |
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I'd take Ike > Vega. Ike almost beat Arthas despite Pika being in the poll. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| paulg235 | Posted 2/23/2009 6:40:36 AM | message detail |
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Fun Division of 8 Ryu Pikachu Squall Bowser Luigi Dante Auron Tifa --- The Gamer In Me |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/23/2009 7:21:45 AM | message detail |
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Ryu > Pikachu don't see why this is even a match. Squall > Bowser Same here. Luigi > Dante Really a coin flip here. Auron > Tifa Squall > Ryu Auron > Luigi Auron > Squall Another coin flip. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| BombLasagna | Posted 2/23/2009 7:23:44 AM | message detail |
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agree with every pick --- This lasagna is the bomb, yo! hail ec your lord and savior |
| charmander6000 | Posted 2/23/2009 7:40:34 AM | message detail |
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ROUND 1 Ryu Pikachu Pikachu may have out done him last contest, but even before SFIV I wouldn't take him over Ryu. Squall Bowser I've always wanted to see this match after the 2003 contest, but now Squall probably takes this easily. Luigi Dante Close match, but Luigi will take it in a Dante/Yoshi match. Auron Tifa I think Auron is higher on the square ladder. ROUND 2 Ryu Squall SFIV will make this a close match, but in the end Squall takes it. Luigi Auron If Auron can take on Tifa then he can defeat Luigi ROUND 3 Squall Auron Squall wins, but Auron will put up a fight. --- 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. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/23/2009 8:08:31 AM | message detail |
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I suppose the reason I'd take Luigi > Dante is mainly because I believe Luigi to stand the test of time better. --- “Back in my day we used to actually play our videogames instead of watching them”- Vivi0198 |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 2/23/2009 11:47:10 AM | message detail |
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How many noms are we up to? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/23/2009 12:04:22 PM | message detail |
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Last time I checked earlier it was 155k. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/23/2009 12:16:13 PM | message detail |
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I suppose the reason I'd take Luigi > Dante is mainly because I believe Luigi to stand the test of time better. Not *these* times. Anyone who decides to be bullish on Nintendo right now - Mario characters, especially - is just asking for their bracket to get destroyed. Until Ninty comes out with something to appeal to the casual market it's only going to get weaker, and Dante doesn't let Liquid Snake break 45% on him to begin with. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/23/2009 12:22:27 PM | message detail |
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Yeah but I'm always sketchy on four-ways anyway. Casual characters usually tend to do less than we'd expect them to in it. As for Liquid Snake, well, it's possible he gained slightly. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 2/23/2009 12:35:39 PM | message detail |
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We're not gonna have a Games Contest, are we. --- http://l33trappacat.blogspot.com/ |
| ZenOfThunder | Posted 2/23/2009 2:22:02 PM | message detail |
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I think Bacon just forgot, honestly. --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 2/23/2009 2:39:41 PM | message detail |
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From: ZenOfThunder | #322 I'm actually banking on that by now. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 2/23/2009 3:13:02 PM | message detail |
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Until Ninty comes out with something to appeal to the casual market This should have been *non*-casual, sorry for the confusion. As for four-ways hurting casual fanbases, we've only seen that in a select few cases while most casual characters (Master Chief, Pokemon) have seemed to thrive in the four-way format. The only *really* big casual flop I can think of, in comparison, is Sonic, and most seem convinced that a non-trivial part of his failures is that he's become just plain weaker. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| paulg235 | Posted 2/23/2009 3:16:14 PM | message detail |
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I'm giving Beercan a week until I've lost all hope for BGE2009. --- The Gamer In Me |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 2/23/2009 7:19:20 PM | message detail |
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I don't think he even cares. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if last year's contest will end up being the last big contest this site will ever have. All we'll have to look forward to are Game of the Year polls and "Got ____?" --- http://l33trappacat.blogspot.com/ |
| ZFS | Posted 2/23/2009 7:46:05 PM | message detail |
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It's not like we didn't just get through with a contest a few months
ago. It's not a big deal if he waits a bit before diving into another
one, he just got the noms rolling a little earlier than usual this
time. Gotta wait and see what happens on March 1st. If we don't hear
something then, who knows, but he's probably gotta deal with stuff that
out prioritizes a contest. I think we'll end up getting a bracket in early March, with the contest starting in early April. We'll see. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 2/23/2009 9:43:35 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, at this point I can't imagine him NOT aiming for the five-year
anniversary of BGE. That would still be less than five months between
then and our last contest match, which is only as bad as it is because
of how early this contest's nominations were put up. Still, in the words of Tom Petty...the waiting is the hardest part. --- Play Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (1 and 2) for Gameboy Advance today |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/24/2009 3:36:39 AM | message detail |
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Nominations are up to 156842 right now. At this rate, we could almost
come close to getting around the same number of nominations that CBVII
got, but this would require nominations to stay open for about another
2 to 3 weeks. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 2/24/2009 5:43:36 AM | message detail |
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Ryu Pikachu Squall Bowser Luigi Dante Auron Tifa --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| HaRRicH | Posted 2/24/2009 10:38:36 AM | message detail |
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the BGE2-noms are moving a lot
slower than the CB7-noms? I don't mean overall -- I know B8 had the
nominations open for so long first and all...but since it's hit the
main page, I thought CB7-noms hit 200,000 or so in a quicker period of
time. If that's right...that's really weird to me. --- Play Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (1 and 2) for Gameboy Advance today |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/24/2009 10:43:02 AM | message detail |
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From: HaRRicH | #331 I think its partially cuz we're lacking a banner --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 10:49:09 AM | message detail |
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I'm surprised at the Luigi love. I heart the mean green more than most
people, but Dante had him easily outclassed last year, and a format
change isn't enough to make me consider a 2009 Nintendo resurgence. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/24/2009 10:50:43 AM | message detail |
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I personally don't think Luigi can beat Dante. Dante is like the strongest of the tier below noble 9 thats not Nintendo/Square. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/02/sf4franken06.jpg |
| Masato_Tanaka | Posted 2/24/2009 10:51:04 AM | message detail |
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we still want the damn bracket man --- The Straight Up G The Palace of Wisdom Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 11:07:25 AM | message detail |
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Pull the Trigger, I Dare You! Division Sonic Tifa Auron Sora Vincent Squall Mega Man Kirby --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/24/2009 11:09:53 AM | message detail |
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Tifa Auron Vincent Mega Man Tifa Megaman Megaman Uh....counting on FFVII to prove its New Square SFF dominance, and for MM9 to have done something for MM. --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 2/24/2009 11:10:33 AM | message detail |
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The silver haired one got beat by Kirby, who we've seen Luigi take
already (how much of the puffball's win was due to bandwagoning is up
for debate, but it was a pretty clean victory). We've also seen Luigi
come relatively close to Dante with the rat in the poll (whether the
rat is a significant LFF factor is up for debate; Samus distanced
herself from Vincent with the rat replacing Ganondorf). Granted, Luigi
didn't look good in his first round match last year (Roxas got beat
pretty bad, but he was dangerously close to Liquid), and then there
were two LFF debacles with Bowser and big brother, so I can see why
you'd be down on him. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=rpguy96 |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 11:11:12 AM | message detail |
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Woo, first responder pulled the trigger! I must be out of my damn mind, because that Tifa>Sonic upset looks so enticing. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 2/24/2009 11:11:35 AM | message detail |
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Oh, and I don't think we need to worry about Kirby beating Megaman. It
may have been 3 and a half years ago, and MM may be much weaker now
than then, but he still crushed Yoshi with 68%......can't see anyone in
the Yoshi/Luigi/Bowser/Kirby group getting close to Megaman. --- Hobbes: What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do? Calvin: If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 2/24/2009 11:19:25 AM | message detail |
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And it's hard not to pull the trigger on Sonic, if not on Tifa than
certainly on Auron; he looked godawful last year and doesn't have any
excuses. I would (reluctantly) take the Vincent/Squall winner over Mega
Man, as well. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=rpguy96 |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 11:24:12 AM | message detail |
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I might be guilty of some revisionist history here, but really, Sonic
didn't beat Tifa that badly in 2005. Consider that it was a great year
for Nintendo (Sonic fit the mold even back then, let's get real), a
poor one for Square, and an awful picture for Tifa. If a rematch
occurs, especially when users can give her this: http://myhaven.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/tifa.jpg it suddenly becomes reasonable. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 2/24/2009 11:56:27 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, we hit 200k in no time last Fall, but as was mentioned we had an
attention-grabbing FF7 style banner on the front page the whole while
driving in noms. This time around, well, I know of people who visit
GameFAQs several times a week who didn't notice the BGE noms link on
the front page for months. --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| H__RR____H | Posted 2/24/2009 1:03:37 PM | message detail |
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Maybe SB just didn't want to have an animated banner; did he ever look at the other ones made in your topic? --- BT about Round Two: If Snake gets 43-45%, I'll close my account right now. www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3285 |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 2/24/2009 1:36:33 PM | message detail |
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Tifa Auron Squall Mega Man Auron Squall Auron --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/24/2009 4:05:14 PM | message detail |
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Dante is like the strongest of the tier below noble 9 thats not Nintendo/Square. Well we've also haven't seen Kratos and Ryu could possibly top Dante today.. Anyway: Sonic > Tifa I dunno. Just a gut thing. I don't think Tifa's the one to do it here. Auron > Sora Vincent > Squall Mega Man > Kirby Sonic > Auron Again, I just have more faith in Sonic than most I suppose. Vincent > Mega Man Mega Man 8 probably did nothing and he's still on the decline (also lol Nintendo). Sonic > Vincent I honestly don't know who'd win this one but I'm still sticking with Sonic anyway. --- *is Dranze* Through fire, justice is served because FastFalcon05 owned my bracket. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 2/24/2009 4:21:11 PM | message detail |
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I'm surprised at the Luigi love. I heart the mean green more than
most people, but Dante had him easily outclassed last year, and a
format change isn't enough to make me consider a 2009 Nintendo
resurgence. Remember when Dante had every conceivable reason to beat Yoshi in 2006 and he still didn't? Sure, this is a different world, but still, Dante needs to prove he can beat a really popular character first. He hasn't done it. Now for this eightpack: Sonic Tifa I'll take the risk! Auron Sora Auron SFFs him, if there's any debate. Vincent Squall Just because. Mega Man Kirby Kirby won't be able to take him one-on-one. The format is his friend. If he got 45% or more, I wouldn't be surprised though. He's good for that. I'll take Auron over Tifa, but it could go either way, and I'll pull the trigger on Squall, just because. --- FastFalcon is without a doubt the best Guru I've ever heard of, savvy? http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| ZFS | Posted 2/24/2009 4:25:13 PM | message detail |
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Sonic Tifa Auron Sora Vincent Squall Mega Man Kirby Tough choice between Auron/Vincent. I like Vincent just a little more to win it. --- Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 2/24/2009 6:17:32 PM | message detail |
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Pull the Trigger, I Dare You! Division Sonic Tifa Auron Sora Vincent Squall Mega Man Kirby Sonic > Tifa (I just can't see Tifa being the one to beat Sonic) Auron > Sora (I just feel that Auron's likely higher up on the Square ladder) Vince > Squall Mega Man > Kirby (I doubt that Kirby's really as powerful as he showed us last contest) Sonic > Auron (I dunno) Vince > Mega Man (Mega Man 9 most likely did nothing to help him stop the decline he's been on as of late) Sonic > Vince (Looks like a coin flip to me) --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 2/24/2009 6:28:09 PM | message detail |
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Mega Man/Kirby is a trap match; I just didn't know who else to throw in
that spot. I guess I could have thrown Sora there while giving Auron
either Aeris, Ganon, or Zelda. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
