GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 660
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:09:44 PM | message detail |
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Hahaha, I killed the ****ing topic. Big ****ing shock there. --- http://gamebros.smackjeeves.com/ http://l33trappacat.smackjeeves.com/ |
| HaRRicH | Posted 3/30/2009 8:10:38 PM | message detail |
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Ah, here comes the "I can do what the crew does" attitude. No offense to those left out, but generally Moltar does a fine job picking the best people to help out with logic and information to back them up. It's made doubly easy to do that when those people are often the most likable or at least interesting. Lopen is the exception because of his crazy-often upsets, and even then he still uses more logic/information than most other people shooting for wild upsets and he's still one of the most likable. People who didn't make the crew but still want to write should definitely write their own, but don't decide you deserve to be on the crew just because you may have done better last year bracket-wise. It's a matter of respect from the CS&D-community and willingness from Board 8 to read sixty-three analysis(es?) by you, and not everybody fits that. I was fortunate enough to make it once (which was only for the Series Contest at that; where are my other thirty-two matches?!), and I've not made it back on despite winning prize money since then. It's not that easy to get into. BT's "anything looks good if you word it right"- and Albion's "I did better than them"-mentalities don't apply, and there's no need to try belittling the crew. --- Prototype Shorthand, do you speak it?! |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:13:41 PM | message detail |
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From: HaRRicH | Posted: 3/30/2009 11:10:38 PM | #402 This. Sure the crew messes up a few times here and there, but the point isn't getting matches right; it's making a good, interesting writeup. I left after a few contests of one-sentence efforts, not because I sucked at predicting. Moltar will make great choices and has guest writeups, which is fine by me. I'm saving all my effort for the PCA. I'm coming back with a vengeance! Nothing can stop me from a games contest PCA =p --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Diablo 2, Lunar: SSSC |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:14:55 PM | message detail |
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haha, mad respect for the crew here. I love Moltar and the Crew and all, but come on now. Moltar picks his friends from the CS&D topic and that's it. The same people will get in, and if he believes he can handle more, the next CS&D regular will get in. It's not some once in a lifetime millionaire lottery ticket win. It's up to Moltar who gets in or not. Your picks don't really matter at all. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:17:34 PM | message detail |
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Uh...unless I missed something, HaRRicH is on pretty good terms with Moltar, a smart guy, very likable...and he didn't get in. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 3/30/2009 8:18:42 PM | message detail |
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Why would you even want to be a part of the crew anyway. It's just looks like a a pain in the ass --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:19:39 PM | message detail |
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As someone said, only half of the Crew is analyzing. The other half is haikus, improbable logic, silly stories, and Lopen. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 3/30/2009 8:19:42 PM | message detail |
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And as a complement to that point, I'm not on good terms with anybody
- but if this is what people have to make themselves believe in order
to rationalize why Black Turtle of all people isn't getting on the
Crew, more power to the sour grapes. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:21:32 PM | message detail |
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Uh...unless I missed something, HaRRicH is on pretty good terms with Moltar, a smart guy, very likable...and he didn't get in. Too many people on the crew. I don't even know who's on it, but I can guess people like tranny, Leon, Karma Hunter, and the like are shoe ins because they are like the faces of these topics. Lopen for comedy, NGamer for his stats, then probably someone like xCarv or someone else. Not everyone who is friends with Moltar will get in. --- ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'. - Topaz Kitsune Believe it or not, the Internet is serious business - Biolizard28 |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:21:58 PM | message detail |
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And as a complement to that point, I'm not on good terms with anybody Okay, now this doesn't make any sense. Don't sell yourself short; I'm pretty sure everyone here likes you to some extent, and at least I do (unless good terms means you not liking other people, in that case...whoops). I've been more oblivious in the past, however, so eh. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/30/2009 8:22:43 PM | message detail |
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Karma and I are super best Obama friends --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 3/30/2009 8:22:57 PM | message detail |
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I am *clearly* excepting the irrational personalities that put up with my abrasiveness, KP, naturally. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:23:13 PM | message detail |
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And it's just a coincidence that all the people Moltar is friends with are smart and likable and contest vets to boot? Actually, don't answer that. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:23:15 PM | message detail |
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And as a complement to that point, I'm not on good terms with
anybody - but if this is what people have to make themselves believe in
order to rationalize why Black Turtle of all people isn't getting on
the Crew, more power to the sour grapes. No no no. What I said has nothing to do with BT or MWC. I was replying to HaRRicH's post about Moltar picking out the "best people to help out with logic and information to back them up". --- ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'. - Topaz Kitsune Believe it or not, the Internet is serious business - Biolizard28 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:23:44 PM | message detail |
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Karma Hunter get out of this topic. --- I can feel it coming over me; I feel it all around me. http://www.rosebride.com/lyn/otakon2k6/chronotrigger.jpg |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 3/30/2009 8:24:50 PM | message detail |
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Not without me taking you down as well! --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:25:00 PM | message detail |
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Abrasive is another word for endearing! (On the flip side, I like everyone here, including Turtle,. I've tried to make myself dislike him several times and it never sticks. So I probably fall under one of those irrational personalities) --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/30/2009 8:26:55 PM | message detail |
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The only reason I want on the crew is so I can get the respect I deserve around here by kicking all your asses, but whatever. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2009 8:27:15 PM | message detail |
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what's happening in here guyz --- doth thou desire the power |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 3/30/2009 8:27:30 PM | message detail |
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Hahahahaha --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:27:32 PM | message detail |
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Your not going to get respect either way so might as well give up. --- ertyu is actually a language. For example, 'dum' is ertyunese for 'godly'. - Topaz Kitsune Believe it or not, the Internet is serious business - Biolizard28 |
| Master Moltar | Posted 3/30/2009 8:27:34 PM | message detail |
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...wow guys --- Moltar Status: yessssssss all hail MGS4 the king of 2008 games |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 3/30/2009 8:27:52 PM | message detail |
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This has become to Stats Topic of HUGS Or bitterness, depending on the person. --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:30:09 PM | message detail |
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Again if you're not on the crew just do your own, I've been doing one along side the crew since 2004. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Submit BOP here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=48529509 |
| ZFS | Posted 3/30/2009 8:30:37 PM | message detail |
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contest analysis requires some mad skillz, yo --- doth thou desire the power |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 3/30/2009 8:30:55 PM | message detail |
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This topic sucks and is now about how you should listen to Mastodon's Crack the Skye. --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Diablo 2, Lunar: SSSC |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 3/30/2009 8:31:11 PM | message detail |
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Interestingly enough, the only analysis I even have memory of reading is charmander6000s Apparently solo works --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| Yesmar | Posted 3/30/2009 8:33:51 PM | message detail |
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Interestingly enough, the only analysis I even have memory of reading is charmander6000s Apparently solo works I agree. I never even read the Crew since it's such a wall of text, sometimes just saying the same thing. --- FastFalcon owned me in the Guru Contest! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 3/30/2009 8:35:53 PM | message detail |
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| HaRRicH | Posted 3/30/2009 8:36:23 PM | message detail |
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I do enjoy charmander's solo-style. I probably read his as much as anybody else's on or off the crew. --- Prototype Shorthand, do you speak it?! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:40:25 PM | message detail |
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Thanks guys, though I was just trying to prove a point that being on
the crew isn't everything and people will read your analysis. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Submit BOP here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=48529509 |
| trannyscience | Posted 3/30/2009 8:43:42 PM | message detail |
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charmander can get a bit too analytical for me (all those stats, in my
opinion, are just clutter), but I appreciate his daily posts - they're
good stuff. I always feel kinda bad because he's been doing it for
forever and there isn't a Crew spot for him. I know the Crew can
probably seem elitist and exclusive to those outside of it, but we
don't mean it to be that way - it just comes down to who's willing to
do it every day and be interesting for 63 straight days. trust me, by
the 50th day you're kinda worn out. nobody's stopping anybody from posting an analysis in here. --- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| Gaddswell | Posted 3/30/2009 8:44:23 PM | message detail |
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charmander to get in the crew for cb 2k9! And yeah, I pop in his topic too after I go through the crew topic. --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDaGWrPcjb8 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:46:22 PM | message detail |
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Well I've never asked Moltar plus he would probably get mad at me since
I usually finish my analysis about 2-3 hours before the match. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Submit BOP here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=48529509 |
| trannyscience | Posted 3/30/2009 8:51:10 PM | message detail |
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well, as long as you don't feel excluded, we're all good! --- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| charmander6000 | Posted 3/30/2009 8:54:30 PM | message detail |
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It's all good, so what crazy region numbers do you think we'll find in today's poll? --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Submit BOP here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=48529509 |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/30/2009 9:02:51 PM | message detail |
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Too bad we can't see the totals for each region on the current poll Once the current poll ends, then you can view the results for each region, which I predicted would be the case before that last poll ended. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 3/30/2009 9:05:58 PM | message detail |
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Less than 8% for Japanese in Asia. Not many Japanese people eh --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/30/2009 9:07:37 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3438®ion=DE http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3438®ion=SE http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3438®ion=FI http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3438®ion=IT Since there aren't any easy ways to view the region results for those 4 countries. I can't even view the region results for Japan (which would use "JP" as the country code). --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 3/30/2009 9:37:04 PM | message detail |
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First match pics in 3 days :3 --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/Meracle.jpg |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/30/2009 9:38:12 PM | message detail |
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Just look at the size of India/China compared to Japan. Result isn't
that surprising. Japan just seems big because this board is obsessed
with that country. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 3/30/2009 9:39:17 PM | message detail |
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From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #441 ...That and Japan is the biggest gaming market in that area. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/Meracle.jpg |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 3/30/2009 9:39:33 PM | message detail |
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Japan has more total internet users than India(they're 3rd in the world behind China and America) They're just so xenophobic. Go to an English site? Heavens no are you crazy?! --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 3/30/2009 9:41:41 PM | message detail |
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YEah there are plenty of japanese gaming sites that are full of lolicon
and tentacle porn advertisements, so why go to one like this? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/albion+hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/Meracle.jpg |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/30/2009 9:56:38 PM | message detail |
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lol japan --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| Yesmar | Posted 3/30/2009 10:01:32 PM | message detail |
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Mexico has its own results section as well. --- FastFalcon owned me in the Guru Contest! |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/30/2009 10:04:14 PM | message detail |
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For Mexico, you'll need something like this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3438®ion=MX --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| TheOceIot | Posted 3/30/2009 10:16:46 PM | message detail |
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LttP>FF7 in the quarters is such a sexy upset pick, but I just can't pull the trigger. --- http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p245/ThEVeGSaVaGe/fliegetn0.gif Currently Playing: Deus Ex, Suikoden Tierkreis, GTA: Chinatown Wars |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/30/2009 10:25:30 PM | message detail |
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From: TheOceIot | #448 Go ahead and pull it. FF III/VI and CT may be SNES games, but people are really overusing that argument. I'd buy the "FFVII is just that god damned beastly" argument before I buy a clear lie like that, because we all know those two games will hurt FFVII a lot more, SNES or not. FF III/VI is very likely the Final Fantasy title that will do best against VII (though it'll still get beat up pretty badly), and CT is the third Square RPG in the poll. Link to the Past is the only Nintendo option to choose from, and it easily stands out as such. Besides, it isn't like this is Mario Galaxy or something. Link to the Past is the second strongest game in Nintendo's arsenal - not very far behind OoT before SFF is taken into account. Absolutely no one would have FFVII winning the match if OoT was the opponent, so I think a slightly weaker game like LttP should still be the favorite, consoles be damned. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Big Bob | Posted 3/30/2009 11:33:33 PM | message detail |
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So why are people so ready to watch OoT fall instead of FFVII? Zelda's the game series that's still pumping out games for the average gamer. Twilight Princess was well-received, and OoT can be downloaded on the Virtual Console, as well as Link to the Past and the original LoZ. On the other hand, there is no way of playing FFVII outside of emulation, yet Square keeps releasing these FFVII spinoffs that aren't going to gain any new fans. Outside of that, FFXII doesn't have much of a fanbase outside of hardcore FF fans, and the $40 handheld remakes of older games aren't as attractive as the $10 for OoT or $8 for LttP. --- Just say the word and it's bear time! http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=big_bob |
