GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 771
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 6:41:24 PM | message detail |
You
guys are overestimating the likelihood that your average GameFAQs user
actually has enough friends to justify using Facebook. --- Not Wylvane |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 6:42:00 PM | message detail |
I'd also like to see a video game version of a board game get in, like Monopoly or Scrabble. --- Not Wylvane |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:32:25 PM | message detail |
You
guys are overestimating the likelihood that your average GameFAQs user
actually has enough friends to justify using Facebook. Well that poll has over 43% of users who primarily use Facebook, that's already better than World of Warcraft plus that game has a much higher playership rate. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/2/2010 7:33:37 PM | message detail |
maybe
the real GOTY polls will get me a little bit more interested. what's
tomorrow, PSP? Dissidia's gonna clean these other games up and people
don't even seem to like it that much. PS3 should be tomorrow if PS2 is going to be skipped this year. what's scary is that Farmville seems like an eligible candidate for a best game contest and has far more bandwagon potential than Facebook and look at what facebook did in the uk for the music charts. Oh god, it has rallying potential indeed. You just need to rally for it on Facebook. Name me two PS2 games which came out last year which people would honestly vote for. I can only think of one PS2 exclusive released this year. That one was Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, which was in one of those "Which scheduled [insert month here] release..." polls that are run several times a year. That game bombed pretty badly anyways. Also, I wonder if "Ghostbusters The Video Game" will be in the multi-platform poll in a few days from now? It managed to win this poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3514 But maybe that's because the other games were all insanely weak or Ghostbusters got the joke vote in that poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:35:10 PM | message detail |
The multiplatform poll is already packed in with a lot of games. Even if it does make it it will probably bomb. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:35:54 PM | message detail |
Yeah, with how many games go multiplatform these days, that's eventually going to be the biggest GOTY poll. --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:36:12 PM | message detail |
Talking about PS3 poll If Uncharted 2 does really good on it, will anyone consider Drake over Boss if they hadn't before? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:37:21 PM | message detail |
From: MyWorldIsCrono | #407 Define "really good." --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:38:56 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #408 Well, I'm not sure peoples expectations for it, but winning without any games anywhere close to it maybe? I'm expecting it to have 10% over anything else personally --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:39:34 PM | message detail |
R&C: A Crack in Time for the surprise victory! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:40:05 PM | message detail |
I
fully expect Uncharted 2 to easily win the PS3 poll. Uncharted 2 would
have to at least reach the final 3 vote in the GotY poll. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:41:38 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #411 If only 1 of the multiplatform games make the goty poll, I can easily see it doing this. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LOLContests | Posted 1/2/2010 7:43:57 PM | message detail |
Well, the difference here is that people don't primarily go on Facebook to play Farmville. The amount of people that do is probably at least 1 million, and rallying on Facebook for a Facebook app would be one of the most effective rallying systems ever. The most effective rallying really is for stuff that isn't GameFAQS's cup of tea anyway. Rallying on other VG sites is not as powerful as you'd think since there's so much of an overlap. Stuff like Twilight and Harry Potter probably has the most rallying potential tbqh, because it's 100% new people, from a completely different fanbase. --- "Heh, heh...The wind...it is blowing."--Ganondorf This is Yesmar. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/2/2010 7:44:59 PM | message detail |
From: transience | Posted: 1/2/2010 6:01:41 PM | #355 What an epic ****ing burn this is. --- I am the Dragon of Blood, a relentless prince of pain Renouncing God on His throne, my blood is forever stained. |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:45:50 PM | message detail |
If only 1 of the multiplatform games make the goty poll, I can easily see it doing this. It would have to, the multiplatform winner and New Super Mario Bros. Wii are the only other options. If it loses to Halo 3: ODST or Dissidia we know Nathan isn't going to do much. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/2/2010 7:47:29 PM | message detail |
Apparently,
FarmVille is listed on GameFAQs as a game. At first, I thought it
wouldn't be eligible for a contest if it wasn't listed on the site. But
it is. Maybe we should rally for it in the next games contest? Whenever
that will be. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:48:29 PM | message detail |
And its got a 6.8 user rating, and its message board is only 1 page I still don't think it'll do well here. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:49:30 PM | message detail |
From: MyWorldIsCrono | #417 Who in the world is going to talk about Farmville on GameFAQs when you can chat about it on Facebook? --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:50:04 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #418 Who is the world is going to talk about WoW on Gamefaqs when you can chat about it on official forums? But it still has over 4000 pages compared to Farmvilles 1. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:51:23 PM | message detail |
I
highly doubt hardcore Farmville players are hardcore video game
players, which is why a Farmville Facebook rally could be effective. It
would rally people who would honestly never come to this site otherwise. --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
LOLContests | Posted 1/2/2010 7:52:05 PM | message detail |
I don't think anyone thinks that Farmville has legit strength on GameFAQS. Just that it has crazy rallying potential. --- "Heh, heh...The wind...it is blowing."--Ganondorf This is Yesmar. |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:52:23 PM | message detail |
Farmville
would likely flop unless people coordinate the rally properly. All you
need is a couple of Farmville fanatics with a huge list of friends and
hope that Farmville gets an easy first and second round opponent. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 1/2/2010 7:52:41 PM | message detail |
Farmville
wouldn't do well. Neither would Minesweeper, Peggle or any other of
those super casual games. They're not that good and if everyone has
played them so they're gonna get SFF'd to hell and back. --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:52:57 PM | message detail |
From: LOLContests | #421 Yeah, I can agree with this. The rallying potential is definently like nothing we've seen, but if its fodder without rallying, then people will likely be too disheartened to bother rallying for it if its already down 75-25 early on without rallying. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 7:53:59 PM | message detail |
From: LOLContests | #421 Basically this. I'd just be for getting it in for the lulz. But then again, I thought Oregon Trail would do horribly, and it did halfway decently. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 7:55:40 PM | message detail |
If theres one super casual game I'd be totally for getting in though, its Wii Sports I'd be really interested to see how strong that could be. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/2/2010 7:57:11 PM | message detail |
Farmville wouldn't do well. Neither would Minesweeper, Peggle or any other of those super casual games. Minesweeper would very likely be stronger than Farmville without any rallying taken into account. Remember that Minesweeper has a playrate of 86.35% from this poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3545 Farmville's playrate would be way lower. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 7:57:43 PM | message detail |
But then again, I thought Oregon Trail would do horribly, and it did halfway decently. The way some people talked about the game I was surprised that I've never heard of it. Then I realized that the game wasn't released in Canada. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 1/2/2010 7:57:48 PM | message detail |
There aren't actually 50+ posts of people considering Farmville's strength, is there? The whole reason Facebook and Twitter are popular is because they're dumbed down to extreme levels for the technologically castrated among us -- that is, people over 40. On a related note, Facebook started to suck the moment old people joined it in their everlong, pathetic attempt to stay hip with young people; it was good when it was only a regional college device. If you asked these people to vote in a match on GameFAQs, they wouldn't be able to find the place even with a hyperlink. Either that or they'd look at the home page and not be able to find the poll. --- "Watching regs bash Ulti is like watching an ant colony revolt against a lawnmower." -Lucid Faia |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 8:26:00 PM | message detail |
I don't know, I think Peggle could be a low mid-carder. It's got casual strength yet with the respect of the hardcore. Farmville would be definitely be weak, but it still has more potential than most other games that haven't been in this contest, and we've never had a browser/web game in a contest before, so I'm all for it. I'd really love to see some diversity in the Games Contest. Get a browser game or two, an iPhone game, a rougelike like Nethack, a standard computer game like Solitaire or Minesweeper, a popular Flash game from Newsgrounds or Armor Games, and a popular well-known freeware game, like Cave Story or Dwarf Fortress. It'd get some variety over generic console game #4934, plus there might be a couple of surprises. If any game has the potential to go on an epic Starcraft run, it'd be Farmville, with the potentially huge casual suppor and also people treating it like a joke entry in later rounds and bandwagoning for it. It'd give us more variety and potential for upsets, plus it'd increase exposure for the more unknown games, so if nothing else, it'll get a few more gamers to learn about forgotten classics and find brand new ways of gaming. I'd certainly love it if more gamers got into games like Dungeon Crawl! --- Not Wylvane |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 1/2/2010 8:26:04 PM | message detail |
From: MyWorldIsCrono | #365 I know this is old but it is just funny to see a WoW fan pick at farmville as if it's some kind of rivalry. --- *is Dranze* Krahen Prophet did a fatality. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 8:27:49 PM | message detail |
You guys talk as if Harvest Moon is a bad thing. Totally awesome series, and also how I met some old friends, a couple of which I still talk to today over eleven years later. --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 8:28:39 PM | message detail |
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 8:29:19 PM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #432 Oh, I love Harvest Moon but to think it has any kind of strength here is silly. Didn't it get tripled by KH in the series contest? --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 8:30:35 PM | message detail |
Harvest Moon's performance made people think Castlevania was going to defeat Kingdom Hearts in round 2. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
red sox 777 | Posted 1/2/2010 8:32:43 PM | message detail |
Ulti's got it here. You need two things for a rally: 1. People who care about the game being rallied. 2. People who care about a Gamefaqs poll. Farmville's got #1 but not #2. --- 6 years later, Crono's quest to defeat Sephiroth -- Round 1: Missingno 'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared.... |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 8:34:31 PM | message detail |
If Farmville got a 2007 L-Block like position in the bracket number 2 will gain momentum as the contest wore on. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 8:34:47 PM | message detail |
Oh, I totally agree that HM would be incredibly weak here, which is a shame considering what a solid, unique series it is. I don't think Farmville would be HM-level strength, though. --- Not Wylvane |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 1/2/2010 8:42:28 PM | message detail |
If Farmville got a 2007 L-Block like position in the bracket number 2 will gain momentum as the contest wore on. And looking at the bracket for the 2009 BGE contest, what fourpack in the 2007-2009 division would Farmville best perform in? CoD4's fourpack is definitely out of the question for sure. MGS4's fourpack would have been best as the second place game had the lowest percentage out of the 4 second place games in round 1 of the 2007-2009 division. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 8:43:11 PM | message detail |
From: MyWorldIsCrono | #409 The Sims 3 is pretty close to that as is, and I expect it to come close to dead-last, if not last completely, in the combined GotY poll, and that's including LFF with KH22/7 and FF Diarrhea. I wish Square-Enix would stop giving their spinoff games such stupid names. --- Not Wylvane |
red sox 777 | Posted 1/2/2010 8:45:24 PM | message detail |
If
Farmville was given a bracket position like L-Block got in 2007, it
would probably lose in round 1 and would definitely lose by round 2. No
rally would ever get started. --- 6 years later, Crono's quest to defeat Sephiroth -- Round 1: Missingno 'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared.... |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 8:48:05 PM | message detail |
Farmville
doesn't have a shot of escaping that division with Brawl and MGS4
around. Those two are juggernauts and are at least Top 10 games. Mixed divisions may give Farmville a chance to grow, but even then it needs intrinsic strength to build a fanbase. L-Block and WCC certainly wouldn't have done so well had they not already had decent enough strength in the first place. Farmville needs strength or incredibly lucky bracket placement, like having three matches of fodder in a row lucky, in order to grow into a force. Weak games/characters simply don't have the time to build a bandwagon. That's why we've never seen CATS accomplish anything, and also why I believe L-Block and WCC will perform better in this setting than most expect (though neither will go past Round 3 regardless). --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 9:00:29 PM | message detail |
god damnit bacon stop with the ps2 polls --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 9:00:40 PM | message detail |
Eww... PS2 poll. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 1/2/2010 9:01:10 PM | message detail |
Holy ****. So there were PS2-exclusive games in 2009! --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 9:02:10 PM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #445 the top 2 games are on different systems though... the Jak and Daxter game is a PSP game ported to PS2, and Guilty Gear is on Wii as well --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 1/2/2010 9:02:28 PM | message detail |
All right, a Jak game's gonna win a poll! Looks like the contest will probably be delayed, after all. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
charmander6000 | Posted 1/2/2010 9:02:45 PM | message detail |
Heck over half of those games aren't even PS2 exclusive. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Submit bracket here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=52670380 |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 1/2/2010 9:03:16 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #447 What makes you say that? As long as he gets rid of the useless polls like best remake and best mmo, we should still be fine --- http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/Albion+Hero.png http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/167/9/b/Jecht_by_YoshiyukiKatana.jpg |
Ngamer64 | Posted 1/2/2010 9:03:45 PM | message detail |
Holy
smokes, only 44129 total votes for the Best PC Game poll. Surely that
must be the least popular 24 hour poll of the last 12 months? (Someone
research that!) Though today's PS2 poll (WHY Bacon, WHY?) will surely challenge that record. --- KrahenProphet is the King of the Gurus! All Hail! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
