GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 818
charmander6000 | Posted 2/5/2010 6:38:42 AM | message detail |
GTA3 Guy has a name, Claude Time for a rally. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 32/40 - Today's Winners: Cloud and Chris |
Achromatic | Posted 2/5/2010 6:39:41 AM | message detail |
From: ZenOfThunder | #347 Oh hey, it has been awhile since I got one of those. Thanks, Zen. --- Dragon Quest V is awesome Sir Chris |
Achromatic | Posted 2/5/2010 6:41:07 AM | message detail |
From: Lightning Strikes | #350 Tidus is one of my favorite characters of of all time, actually. I have defended Link a lot recently, and I think his status as an Icon and what he does for his series is well done, but I think Tidus is a poor example of a character who talks done wrong. ... http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=53344928 read and comment! --- "Because some charities are corrupt." -bobby1986 on why it is better to give to the church instead of a charity. Sir Chris |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 2/5/2010 6:43:25 AM | message detail |
Oh I love Tidus. But you can't deny that he's a totally hated character and in terms of contest strength probably the weakest character in his game other than Sin. He was just the strongest example of a disliked lead who's been a contest that I could think of. |
Achromatic | Posted 2/5/2010 6:45:07 AM | message detail |
*Looks directly at Zidane* --- "it is a friggen beam so it is moving light speed" - MWC on Samus beam weapons. Seriously. Sir Chris |
Achromatic | Posted 2/5/2010 6:45:20 AM | message detail |
But yeah I get what you mean, people have bad taste. --- Why does Final Fantasy 7 win every year? Geesh you'd think people would give Zelda a try. Sir Chris |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 2/5/2010 6:52:09 AM | message detail |
Even if you want to take the route of Ridley overperforming due to getting a good pic, realize this irony: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Samus_vs_Tifa_2006 Ridley is overperforming with a Brawl pic against what looks to be Kingdom Hearts Cloud, while SAMUS underperformed with a pic from the SAME GAME against KH2 Tifa. It's hilariously ironic that Ridley overperforms with a Brawl pic against Cloud when Samus herself underperforms with a pic from the same game against a character from Cloud's game. I find it funny that nobody has pointed this out. |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 2/5/2010 7:01:51 AM | message detail |
That's because it's the most irrelevant thing anybody could point out. --- *is Dranze* |
Dilated Chemist | Posted 2/5/2010 7:02:44 AM | message detail |
I think that's a Dissidia Cloud pic, actually. DISSIDIA DEBOOST! --- GT: TriggerTRE "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted." |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 2/5/2010 7:09:56 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #351 somebody tried it two years back and only like three people joined --- (|| ' ' ||) Visio Vestri - Character Battle VIII Fanfiction Project . /|_|\ http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=53091233 |
jonthomson | Posted 2/5/2010 7:14:56 AM | message detail |
Ridley hwaiting. --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 1, top kill: 152 |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 7:16:25 AM | message detail |
*wakes up, checks poll result* ....WHAT? --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Scott_Pilgrim | Posted 2/5/2010 7:21:23 AM | message detail |
*wakes up, checks poll result* ....WHAT? Imagine how we felt last night when Ridley was breaking 35% --- Oh, sorry, I got distracted by KrahenProphet. http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=99 |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 7:24:58 AM | message detail |
Seriously,
this is really making me wish Ezio/Simon had made a delay happen. I
don't care if that completely screws over my 'hilarious' Sora >
Mario upset and makes Crono's run a piece of cake until Sephiroth,
getting Samus/Cloud during the day followed by Snake/Seph during the
night would be worth it. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 2/5/2010 7:25:03 AM | message detail |
I
know some people have already pointed this out, but (I'm just trying to
catch up with what I missed while asleep/in school)...over 89% of
brackets picked a seeding upset??? Man, the Zelda name sure has power
here! *I think most of us, me included, new this already though. But it's still astonishing to see almost 90% of bracket choose a 10 > 7 seeding upset* |
Scott_Pilgrim | Posted 2/5/2010 7:29:39 AM | message detail |
I'd
expect the same 10>7 picks when we hit Yuri Lowell vs. Tifa. I'm
still proud of my boy Yuri for actually getting the higher seed though. --- Oh, sorry, I got distracted by KrahenProphet. http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=99 |
Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 2/5/2010 7:37:01 AM | message detail |
I
know some people have already pointed this out, but (I'm just trying to
catch up with what I missed while asleep/in school)...over 89% of
brackets picked a seeding upset??? Man, the Zelda name sure has power
here! What's even more surprising is the 75% 13-4 seeding upset between X and a Modern Warfare 2 character. Even more surprising when you consider how consistantly bad Mega Man character prediction %ages typically are. Travis Touchdown is a non-name guy from a very niche game on a console that doesn't have a niche fanbase on GameFAQs. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:11:10 AM | message detail |
From: Swif7y | #315 I know you're joking, but I so want Bahamut in now. Badass appearance and has been in most of the FF games, and all of the big ones on this site. Plus he'd appeal to both old-school and new-school fans. Plus, The Dragon Factor and all. I may just have my Guru nom if Tails turns out to be a near-elite and Kratos upsets Sora! --- Not Wylvane |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 2/5/2010 8:12:44 AM | message detail |
Screw that, we're rallying Gilgamesh in next time, especially if Ammy can get in here. --- Yeah, you lost your virginity. Just like a homeless guy staring into the window of an office building means he got a job.- Colonel Alloy |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:14:39 AM | message detail |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #365 I'm more shocked that a majority of people picked the 15 > 2 upset with Simon, a character who has always been weak in these contests. Even Drake and Altair had the majority of bracket support for their matches! --- Not Wylvane |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:16:05 AM | message detail |
Only
reason to include Gilgamesh is to put a FF5 character in, and even then
he's had obscure appearances in other games like FF8, FF9, FF12 (I
think), and FF6A. I wouldn't object rallying for both, though. --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/5/2010 8:16:39 AM | message detail |
Gilgamesh would be fodder. Bahamut or Chocobo is the character to represent the series we want. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2wmghtl.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:20:42 AM | message detail |
After
what Charizard did, Bahamut is someone we absolutely have to get in.
Then we could have a match pic with 12 Bahamuts vs. Meg Ryan! --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 2/5/2010 8:21:31 AM | message detail |
The
people saying FF7 lost a step are kind of biased. Compared to Ocarina
of Time, sure. But Link underperformed on Thrall almost as badly as
Cloud is today on Ridley, depending on how seriously you take the 2007
stats. And even if you're like me and throw out almost all of 2007-2008
completely, most characters have looked bad or weird this year,
including Link himself. It's like Sonic, I'll worry about the upset
when I actually see it. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´`·.,¸¸,.·´ If anyone is fit to shine, it is I. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 2/5/2010 8:21:56 AM | message detail |
Bahamut is a great rally idea. --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´`·.,¸¸,. "Oh that the world were more like Ulti." -Meeks54 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/5/2010 8:24:29 AM | message detail |
Link's 20% on Thrall isn't nearly
as bad an underperformance as this. People figured Link would get 18%
or so. The lowest Crew prediction for Cloud was 76.23%. Cloud is also
coming off of an embarrassing loss in the Games Contest and Cid getting
blown out by Mega Man. Ganondorf and Zelda pretty much did what was
expected. --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
RPGuy96 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:26:39 AM | message detail |
Link's
performance on Thrall made Thrall out to be better fodder than we
thought and came during Link's worst time. Cloud's performance on
Ridley makes Ridley out to be a solid midcarder capable of beating the
likes of Tidus or Vivi and comes during Cloud's best time. --- Mustache...and Green... |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:26:58 AM | message detail |
...looking
at the wiki, I could imagine this being how it felt in 2004, except
Cloud is underpeforming instead of matching Samus' "Oh god Samus =
Link" strength. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:28:01 AM | message detail |
While
I would love Samus > Cloud, it's too early to call a FF7-deboost
quite yet. We know nothing about Cid other than that he's weaker than
Aeris, Cloud's underperforming against a character who might have
random reasons to boost in a contest where nobody's getting blowouts,
and Zack pulled a solid performance against a decently strong character. Even when Auron breaks 80% on Aeris, Marth breaks 35% on Sephiroth, Guybrush breaks 30% on Vincent, and Tifa fails to break 99% on random Tails fodder, it'll be hard to blame it on FF7 sucking! --- Not Wylvane |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:29:55 AM | message detail |
If
Marth manages to get 30% on Sephiroth, THEN I'll start seriously
talking about Samus > Cloud, instead of just joking about it. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/5/2010 8:30:53 AM | message detail |
Fire Emblem is awful during the night. That's doubtful. --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:30:58 AM | message detail |
I
think a Chocobo wouldn't be that strong, like barely above fodder.
They're a staple of the FF series, but they're also big dorky birds.
GameFAQs users seem to prefer badasses or cutesy characters like Kirby
and Pikachu, and not so much ugly monstrosities. I just don't see the
average FF fan being compelled to vote for a Chocobo in the same way a
nostalgic Mario fan might vote for a Goomba. --- Not Wylvane |
voltch | Posted 2/5/2010 8:30:59 AM | message detail |
did i miss something or are people seriously jumping on Samus>Cloud? --- Shakes Fist! |
RPGuy96 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:31:01 AM | message detail |
If Marth gets 30% on Sephiroth we can start hyping Charizard > Sephiroth. --- Mustache...and Green... |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/5/2010 8:31:56 AM | message detail |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #380 Um, if Ridley gets 29% on Cloud, there is no reason to think Marth won't get 30%. He's both stronger than Ridley, and Sephiroth is weaker than Cloud. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2wmghtl.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism |
Calintares | Posted 2/5/2010 8:32:17 AM | message detail |
so who is the strongest video game dragon anyways? --- Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/5/2010 8:32:29 AM | message detail |
The Zard --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 2/5/2010 8:33:17 AM | message detail |
Yoshi >_> --- Yeah, you lost your virginity. Just like a homeless guy staring into the window of an office building means he got a job.- Colonel Alloy |
voltch | Posted 2/5/2010 8:33:26 AM | message detail |
Zard isn't a dragon type. --- Shakes Fist! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:34:02 AM | message detail |
Gordon > Tifa? More like Gordon > Sephiroth! And I'm really curious how strong ME2 is here. Shepard should look great here and the ME games are probably a tad bigger here than the L4D games, but I'm still worried about Shepard facing a Valve character. Then again, look what AC2 did for Altair, and Altair isn't even in AC2 while ME2 is all about Shepard. Shepard should look great, but it's not going to stop me from worrying about a Valve character taking the upset. --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/5/2010 8:34:54 AM | message detail |
Shepard
won't h ave any issues with Ellis, especially coming off a major hit
thats very well received. I wouldn't be surprised to see 60%+ for
Shepard. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2wmghtl.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/5/2010 8:35:16 AM | message detail |
Shepard beats Ellis and bows out to Pikachu. His path is pretty set-in-stone. --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:39:25 AM | message detail |
Um, if Ridley gets 29% on Cloud, there is no reason to think Marth won't get 30%. Eh, Marth wasn't that far ahead of Duke at noon in 2k8, and he's certainly not a solid midcarder. Marth'll show if this Ridley boost is Ridley BRAWL boost or a drop amongst the elites. I mean, I just find it hard to believe that Ridley is anywhere remotely close to the likes of Leon. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:39:49 AM | message detail |
Damn Shepard vs Pikachu match. Two of my favorite characters having to face each other in the second round! I won't know how to vote! This is Phoenix/Jecht all over again! --- Not Wylvane |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/5/2010 8:40:07 AM | message detail |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #393 He's not... this is just a lot of anti votes. I wouldn't be surprised if 10% of Ridleys vote intake is the "Not Cloud" votes. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2wmghtl.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 2/5/2010 8:40:57 AM | message detail |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #393 More like Leon is close to the likes of Cloud. With a RE5 indirect boost and Cloud's Dissidia de-boost, Cloud better be scared of Leon right now! --- Not Wylvane |
RPGuy96 | Posted 2/5/2010 8:41:37 AM | message detail |
I mean, I just find it hard to believe that Ridley is anywhere remotely close to the likes of Leon. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2886 Fun fact: Leon got 68% on Ridley. --- Mustache...and Green... |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/5/2010 8:42:53 AM | message detail |
Fire Emblem is awful during the night. That's doubtful. Metroid is awful at night and yet Ridley is getting almost 29% on Cloud despite that. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/5/2010 8:44:06 AM | message detail |
I don't think Metroid is FE-level bad at night. --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/5/2010 8:45:07 AM | message detail |
Samus let Prince of Persia have a 27% hour against her in the deep night. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2wmghtl.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli Fanboyism |
