GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 687
| nintendogirl1 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:08:20 PM | message detail |
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Calmed down now, having the Pokemon Theme pumped into my head on a loop
probably didn't help. I will be bragging about this pick for ages,
since missing one game doubling another so spectacularly says a lot
about predictive skill. Ah ****. I can't even take the crap out of you guys at the moment. --- I love today. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 4/22/2009 10:09:12 PM | message detail |
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From: PartOfYourWorld | #199 Earthbound > Banjo Kazooie and probably Perfect Dark too SMW2 might be better than MM at this point as well. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:09:51 PM | message detail |
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Somewhere deep in my ego, I can claim that my RBY pic helped bring about this result. Yes, but that in no way assures that these people are more likely to go to SSBM. The games are completely different, on different systems. Basically I think the only votes it loses in this case are the "I don't know the game but Marth was cool" votes. I think you'll be hard pressed to find fans of any of the three other games that haven't played SSBM. You'd just be hard-pressed to find anyone who was introduced to FE through Melee while also liking FE more than Melee. It's just a very weird overlap. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| yoshifan823 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:03 PM | message detail |
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From: KamikazePotato | #197 Oh, absolutely. GSC gets out of the second round if the fates align, then that's that, and DPP... Wait. Who says that DPP can't surprise? If RBY is doing this to a lower tier Zelda game, who's to say that DPP can't to a lower tier Mario game and jump with Brawl to round 3? Though, MGS4 and SSBB will probably take care of it after that. We could have 3 Pokemon games in the third round, if the Gods smile on them. --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Guru winnah Explicit Content, that's quis. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:17 PM | message detail |
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So third round is likely this: Metal Gear Solid Pokemon R/B/Y Starcraft Zelda: Ocarina of Time Who you got? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:23 PM | message detail |
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Come on Banjo, go for the cut! I'm still laughing at this beastly Pokemon performance. Certainly makes Metal Gear Solid > Pokemon Gold/Silver look somewhat possible. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| Gr8CyberMonkey | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:27 PM | message detail |
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From: nintendogirl1 | Posted: 4/23/2009 1:08:20 AM | #201 I never once pretended to be good at this. Even the time I was one match a way from a perfect bracket, because that one match was Sora > Snake. Don't ask me how that happened. --- The question to everyone's answer. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:36 PM | message detail |
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ngirl, get on AIM for a second, please? --- I, like clockwork, have been humiliated by hochiminh Hochiminh is better than me. I was a numbskull for thinking I could defy Him. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:39 PM | message detail |
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Earthbound > Banjo Kazooie and probably Perfect Dark too SMW2 might be better than MM at this point as well. As a big EB fan, Banjo would clobber it, and Perfect Dark would too. And no way is SMW2 anywhere near MM. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:47 PM | message detail |
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Holy crap, R/B/Y - forget what I said about being skeptical of a game
going up to FF6 level in such a short time. I said I was confident in
G/S > FFT tomorrow, now it seems like a foregone conclusion (though
I still say it beating MGS is ludicrous unless that series' progenitor
just outright flops tomorrow). Still, MGS could have its hands full
even with both Pokeygames in the match, if only because RBY is gonna
flatten GS. ...but to temper this, tran basically took the words out of my mouth with Tifa/Vyse. Yes, this percentage on PD is downright scary - but this PD is, at face value, a half-step or so above Banjo-Kazooie. It's looking more and more like Goldeneye didn't get SFFed nearly as much as many of us thought, and that trifecta has fallen some to boot. Though if that parallels any with MGS's performance against FF7, both it and FFT may be in for a rude awakening tomorrow... --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 4/22/2009 10:10:52 PM | message detail |
| We should get Gengar and Nidorino in next year. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:11:36 PM | message detail |
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| red sox 777 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:11:44 PM | message detail |
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I'm not sure what you're suggesting. Of course Xenogears was strong
enough to get 58% on GSC- it did. Did it benefit from anti-votes, yes,
of course it did. Would anti-votes be hurting RBY now? Yes, they would!
I compared the RBY/GSC relationship to OOT/MM a couple hours ago, and
I'll hold to that for now. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/22/2009 10:11:57 PM | message detail |
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Do I see people putting Pokemon in the top 10 already? Sounds like overreaction zone. --- http://i44.tinypic.com/hwh4yo.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:12:03 PM | message detail |
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Metal Gear Solid Pokemon R/B/Y Starcraft Zelda: Ocarina of Time Obviously we haven't seen MGS or Starcraft yet...but if my theory about RBY holding up better against tougher competition holds true, I would take OoT>RBY. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Tohoya | Posted 4/22/2009 10:12:20 PM | message detail |
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Much as I'd love to believe that RBY is elite on this site, I really
think this is Majora's Mask being considerably weaker than we thought.
I'd take LA over it in a 1-on-1 easily at this point. I don't think that OoT is going to SFF it all too much. Do we have any definitive proof of Nintendo SFFing or even LFFing Pokemon games? I know they're by the same company, but they seem to have a considerably different demographics about them. Pokemon was a series that didn't achieve its popularity until much later on than most of its Nintendo brethren, and most importantly, its most important games were on a system that was nearly universally owned. I'm certain that there are a bunch of Playstation owners who loved FFVII and also fondly remember trading and battling on the playground in 5th grade. In short, I don't think there's any more overlap of the Pokemon fanbase with the Nintendo fanbase than there is of any other title. |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 4/22/2009 10:12:38 PM | message detail |
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As a big EB fan, Banjo would clobber it, and Perfect Dark would too. And no way is SMW2 anywhere near MM. Why? I just can't see Ness losing to Banjo... --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:12:55 PM | message detail |
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From: ZFS | #213 Do I see people putting Pokemon in the top 10 already? Sounds like overreaction zone. Sounds like damage control zone! --- I've been waiting for this moment all my life - it's my destiny. http://64.81.113.250/a-kon-12/000177.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:13:43 PM | message detail |
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From: ZFS | #214 how is it NOT top 10? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| ff6man | Posted 4/22/2009 10:13:44 PM | message detail |
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GS over MGS book it --- Rs Name: Igglybuff138 - Skill Total - 1820+ - Combat level 118 - 281/281 Quest Points - BGE Contest Score: 52/64 Today: Pokemon R/B/Y > Majora's Mask |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:13:53 PM | message detail |
| Well maybe clobber was a bad choice of word, but I
would've definitely taken Banjo/Kazooie over it. It was always going to
be a lot stronger than Banjo. I think people were underestimating it. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| yoshifan823 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:14:28 PM | message detail |
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Characters =/= Games. Banjo just got a sequel and a rerelease, as well
as a rerelease of a sequel coming soon. Earthbound has a Japanese
exclusive sequel. I'm surprised that PD is beating Banjo. --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Guru winnah Explicit Content, that's quis. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:14:33 PM | message detail |
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From: Fayt_Esteed | #217 Ness has Smash Bros, too. I'd take Banjo over EArthbound, just barely though. like 53-47 --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| ZFS | Posted 4/22/2009 10:15:08 PM | message detail |
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Damage control not! I'll (unfortunately) put it in the top 20 for sure,
but any higher than that based on a bunch of games we've never seen
before is asking for trouble, especially when there were signs pointing
to the biggest competition being overrated. Super impressive
performance from Pokemon today, but like yesterday, a good chunk of
this is Majora's Mask being a bomb. Still, not gonna deny that
Pokemon's legit, but let's not go overboard based on nothing. --- http://i44.tinypic.com/hwh4yo.gif |
| Starion | Posted 4/22/2009 10:15:49 PM | message detail |
| Did the new Banjo game do well? I kinda assumed the reception to it (review and sales wise) was lukewarm. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/22/2009 10:16:05 PM | message detail |
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Also, am I seriously seeing people complain about the picture on this
match? It's one sided, sure, but this isn't a nailbiter or anything. MM
is getting humiliated here, and RBY's got over 50% of the vote. 50%, against this competition? Even if GSC is only half as strong, FFT may have to hope that there's some residual backlash from this just to look respectable. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| ZFS | Posted 4/22/2009 10:16:19 PM | message detail |
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Banjo wouldn't clobber anything, let's just get that out of the way now. --- http://i44.tinypic.com/hwh4yo.gif |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:16:40 PM | message detail |
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but any higher than that based on a bunch of games we've never seen before is asking for trouble, We've seen Perfect Dark, and it put 47% on Sotn. This performance makes it top 10 no question. You just always love to hate on Pokemon. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 4/22/2009 10:16:56 PM | message detail |
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I thought the new Banjo game wasn't that well received? --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:17:29 PM | message detail |
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Why there be any backlash from this? Pokemon isn't L-Block. They didn't
vote for it because they thought it would be funny. They voted for it
because they love the game. If anything, this hypes people up for
further Pokemania dominance. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| transience | Posted 4/22/2009 10:17:54 PM | message detail |
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here's the thing with Nintendo - most people start with Mario and Zelda
and move on to second-tier series like Metroid or Kirby or whatever.
but when it comes to Pokemon, it isn't a second-tier Nintendo series:
people play it as their first game. it's *huge*. it doesn't have the
same draw that Mario and Zelda do here, but Pokemon's a unique entity
that's unlike any of the other Nintendo ones. RBY could theoretically make the finals. that's a huuuuuuuuge overreaction, but I'm not sure if anything will hold it back. --- xyzzy http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7033/trannyanalysis.png |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:18:05 PM | message detail |
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65% on Majora's Mask? The only game that could get that percentage on
Zelda 1 in 2k4 is FFVII itself. We've seen Link's Awakening manage 44%
on FFVI. How much weaker than Zelda 1/LA can MM possibly be? Even if
the answer is a lot RBY is still a top ten game. This is pretty
ludicrous. Now, I suppose it could be the case that RBY is super-SFFing MM...but SFFing a Zelda title is no mean feat either; if the strongest Mario game SFF'd Zelda 1 it wasn't by much, and I don't think there was any other situation in 2k4 where Zelda got SFF'd. This is damn impressive. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/rpguy96 |
| yoshifan823 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:18:10 PM | message detail |
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I dunno. The Banjo fanbase (hahaha) didn't like it that much, but it
got better than average reviews. People didn't like it because it
wasn't Banjo-Threeie, but a different type of game. I loved it, about
as much as I loved the first two. --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Guru winnah Explicit Content, that's quis. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/22/2009 10:18:23 PM | message detail |
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It put 47% on SOTN in 2004, the same SOTN that also cut it really
close to RE1 just a couple of days ago, who also lost to a game that
nearly beat Goldeneye before that. To top it all off, this poll is one
big Nintendo-fest, meaning it's getting hit with SFF, too, however much
you think that's worth. 50% is a great showing, but it's not top 10
until it does something to show it -- beating MGS1 would be a good
start. --- http://i44.tinypic.com/hwh4yo.gif |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:18:40 PM | message detail |
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There's enough potential SFF in this match that it's really no good
using these percentages to compare stuff. I mean, I don't think I'd
worry much for any of the top 6 against RBY, not unless it goes and
impresses against MGS next round. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/22/2009 10:19:42 PM | message detail |
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Do I see people putting Pokemon in the top 10 already? Sounds like overreaction zone. What does Chrono Trigger get here? I already saw Turtle trying to spin what I said about tonight's loser trio, but there's no way anyone actually thinks it wouldn't kill Yoshi's Island, Earthbound, and Lufia II. This is legit strength. Pokemon may slowly fizzle later, but the Tifa comparison only works well if you consider Majora's Mask to be very weak, which I still don't. --- I, like clockwork, have been humiliated by hochiminh Hochiminh is better than me. I was a numbskull for thinking I could defy Him. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:21:07 PM | message detail |
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As a huge Chrono Trigger fan, I gotta say RBY is looking stronger then what CT did yesterday. This is much better competition. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/22/2009 10:21:26 PM | message detail |
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Oh, there's going to be *some* backlash - the extent of which is up for
debate, but let's get serious here. There was backlash against
Starcraft's run, there was backlash against MariovCrono I/II, heck
there was backlash for Cloud > Link in an SFF match
for crying out loud.There's a difference between voting for Pokemon and
wanting to get on a bandwagon to see it dominate the contest. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| ZFS | Posted 4/22/2009 10:21:57 PM | message detail |
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Who's denying this is impressive, or that Pokemon isn't legit? All I'm
saying is I'm not gonna hand Pokemon a top 10 showing based on speculated
strength of a game we've never seen before. You've gotta show me
something concrete (beating MGS1, again, is something like this)
instead of 'holy crap we thought Zelda would win and now Pokemon's
dominating FFVII is gonna have its hands full watch out.' --- http://i44.tinypic.com/hwh4yo.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:22:28 PM | message detail |
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I don't buy that. Backlash requires people to be shocked by the result, and for all we know RBY dominated the casual brackets. I guess we'll have to see. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| yoshifan823 | Posted 4/22/2009 10:23:13 PM | message detail |
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The finals of this division is going to be the best match of the
contest. In all likelyhood, it'll be RBY/OoT/MGS/Starcraft, which are 4
drastically different fanbases. Any one of those could get first, in
theory, though, MGS is going to get curbstomped if trends keep up.
Starcraft has a huge dedicated fanbase, as well as a sequel coming up,
which is slowly starting to ramp up in hype, Pokemon is, for a lot of
teens and kids, the first game they ever really got into, and even the
older people will have played it before, and OoT is Zelda, which is
always strong. I'm not lying (though possibly exaggerating) when I say that OoT could be the one in the trio left out. And I'm going to further say that the two games that make it out of this division are going to the finals, regardless of who. --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Guru winnah Explicit Content, that's quis. |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 4/22/2009 10:23:35 PM | message detail |
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I still have trouble seeing Banjo-Kazooie beating Earthbound for
whatever reason (though mostly because if you're a platformer and
you're not Mario, GameFAQs doesn't like you). --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| Big Bob | Posted 4/22/2009 10:23:37 PM | message detail |
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...Anyone up for G/S/C beating Metal Gear Solid tomorrow? Final Fantasy Tactics is gonna be tied at the hips with Metal Gear, and there's no Nintendo game in sight to drain support. --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=49181355 MUCH better use of my sig space. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:23:41 PM | message detail |
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From: ZFS | #239 If GSC beats MGS tomorrow, will you admit RBY is top 10? Since theres no question RBY is stronger. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| transience | Posted 4/22/2009 10:24:05 PM | message detail |
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there's not much we can say definitively. we need a good barometer,
something that isn't Nintendo and something that's well-defined. that game is Metal Gear Solid, and we'll get that. it's fun to speculate but I feel like we can't even make educated guesses outside of the fact that we way underestimated Pokemon. all of us, including the ones who picked it to win here. --- xyzzy http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7033/trannyanalysis.png |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/22/2009 10:24:14 PM | message detail |
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From: Big Bob | #243 Yep, at this point I'd have to take GSC as the favorite. After seeing this match, there is no excuse for GSC to not finish first --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:24:22 PM | message detail |
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If GSC beats MGS tomorrow, RBY wins the contest. Period. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/22/2009 10:25:19 PM | message detail |
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Really, FFT still has a shot at 2nd tomorrow. GSC is the heavy favorite, but its merits should *not* be judged on RBY. Remember Xenogears, that's all I'm saying. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/22/2009 10:25:43 PM | message detail |
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GSC beating MGS I've seen this bandwagon before Time to get off the "cautiously optimistic for Metal Gear Solid" train and hop on the "MGS is gonna snap Pikachu's neck" stealth bomber then! --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| transience | Posted 4/22/2009 10:26:25 PM | message detail |
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If GSC beats MGS tomorrow, RBY wins the contest. Period. whoa. this is way too bold for me. --- xyzzy http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7033/trannyanalysis.png |
