GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 893
Haguile | Posted 3/20/2010 9:54:01 PM | message detail |
And a much better and infinitely more exciting solution than this utterly lame "remove the strongest character" idea is to allow Batman to beat Link's ass down. Batman: The answer to everything. --- http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/ze-hyper-1/Cloud.jpg I thought HE would be able to lead Link?? |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:54:20 PM | message detail |
Being led for three hours by both Snake and Samus =/= coasting. Cloud is mortal. Link is not. Hey who cares about the path when the destination is all that matters. Most of us knew Cloud was going to comeback after the first hour. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:54:46 PM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #1659 People as in, less than 2% of the people. Just about everybody picks their favorite anyway, or else Link sure as hell wouldn't win. Really - that wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:55:12 PM | message detail |
Doesn't matter Mario won fairly easily, Link may even struggle to outdo Mario on Cloud. Well yeah, it's Cloud. Charizard and Cloud......the difference is that many characters can beat Charizard, but only Link can beat Cloud. What am I arguing with you for though? I agree that Link shouldn't be removed from contests, and he really isn't invincible. This is the weakest Cloud since 2002, maybe ever, and he's showing us right now that Link is not invincible. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 9:55:14 PM | message detail |
From: paraboxx | #349 If there isn't a Zelda game for a few years, or if the new one really sucks, he'll decrease. If there's a big addition to the FF7 universe (or a remake) Cloud/Seph are definitely in contention to beat Link. If we get a really good Metroid or MGS, Samus/Snake might have a shot. --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:56:03 PM | message detail |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #355 TP didn't hurt Link. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:56:30 PM | message detail |
Link is just sinking like a rock. Sucks we're gonna have to deal with him another year so he can SFF half the bracket yet again. --- Not Wylvane |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:56:34 PM | message detail |
A new Zelda game won't make Link go down ever. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this Dr_Football we on!" |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:06 PM | message detail |
TP
was outstanding though, and the best Zelda since Majora's Mask. There's
a reason Link spent 2005/2006/2007 beating Cloud worse than ever. I mean, just look what Wind Waker caused. --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
KleenexTissue50 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:25 PM | message detail |
Maybe tomorrow's poll will be like..."Do you think Link should be retired from future Character Battles?" or something. --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:37 PM | message detail |
Better Cloud looks, the better Snake, Samus, and Jill look. Let's mosey. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... Dr_Football own me... in the Guru Contest! |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:54 PM | message detail |
I think I'm done with my satire. The moral of the story is that Link is not invincible. If Cloud can drop from 57% to 52% on a weaker Snake than so can Link. One character does not make or break the bracket. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:58 PM | message detail |
Hmm,
maybe a string of several bad Zelda games might make Link go down.
Sonic does seem weaker these days and I'd probably blame a lot of the
bad Sonic games released in the past several years. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:57:58 PM | message detail |
Link/Cloud 2006 Projection: Link wins with 52.79%. Yup, Cloud has picked up about 0.7% on his 2006 self in the past half hour. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 9:58:10 PM | message detail |
I find it funny that people say that Link isn't invincible when he very clearly is. Let's look at the two times Link has ever lost: 2003 and 2007. In 2003, it was a perfect storm. FF7 was still recent. Link had his WW mug. KH was fresh. Since then, KH has faded off, FF7 is aging, OoT won its rematch in the Games Contest, and Link has had several games. 2007 was a fluke of mature bandwagon that literally took the entire internet to achieve. You really think the chances of that happening again are anything more than incredibly slim? Link has a very good chance of never, ever losing again. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:04 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #362 So you think that not having a debatable final match is better then having a debatable final match? --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:06 PM | message detail |
Maybe tomorrow's poll will be like..."Do you think Link should be retired from future Character Battles?" or something. Tomorrow's poll is going to be a bonus match, if we do have one. So that would have be in 2 days from now. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:10 PM | message detail |
Plus Zelda Wii is supposed to come out this year. Obviously it won't, of course, but we should at the very least get a trailer at E3, and unless the concept is bone-headed, Link will get another wave of TP-level hype and the insanity will begin again. So we could always wait until next year to ban him. He should be back to his peak form once the hype starts building up. --- Not Wylvane |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:11 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #362 Except Cloud has REASONS to go down. Link is just going to be the same guy for a very long time. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:29 PM | message detail |
It happened twice in 8 years. There was no real good reason to expect it to happen in either of them. It can happen again. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:38 PM | message detail |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #363 Sonic actually boosted in 2006, and dropped after his Brawl appearance. I think people still had hope for him in 2006, then changed their minds with each successive crap-tier release. He'll be below 25% on BL next year. --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:48 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3309 Maybe something like this, only with some option about retiring Link in there somewhere. --- "I can set you free, Dr_Football." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
paraboxx | Posted 3/20/2010 9:59:58 PM | message detail |
If
there isn't a Zelda game for a few years, or if the new one really
sucks, he'll decrease. If there's a big addition to the FF7 universe
(or a remake) Cloud/Seph are definitely in contention to beat Link. If
we get a really good Metroid or MGS, Samus/Snake might have a shot. I agree with most of this. (It would take another Celda to noticably hurt Link, and Samus will never beat him. Ever.) But that's a lot of factors to ask for before Link becomes beatable, and they're not all going to happen. That first one is especially unlikely. |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:00:10 PM | message detail |
I find it funny that people say that Link isn't invincible when he very clearly is. If finishing at what seems to be 53% on Cloud is invincible than Cloud must be pretty close himself. He broke 52% on Snake after all. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:15 PM | message detail |
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charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:22 PM | message detail |
So you think that not having a debatable final match is better then having a debatable final match? One match (or even seven) does not kill the bracket. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:22 PM | message detail |
And Link has an underwhelming 56.59% at the end of the Power Hour. I really think there was a Zelda deboost, though I'm sure Zelda Wii hype will nullify it by next contest. --- Not Wylvane |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:29 PM | message detail |
Link
has reasons to go down too. OOT is only 1 year younger than FFVII, and
the site has become aware that it is Link, and not FFVII, that always
wins. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:46 PM | message detail |
Quit being thick. In almost all but the most extraordinary circumstances, Link never loses and usually never even comes close to losing. This is not hard to understand --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:46 PM | message detail |
Link and Cloud still bring in the votes. This one has about 500 more votes at the end of the first hour than Cloud/Snake. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Dr_Football' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 3/20/2010 10:01:56 PM | message detail |
This
match only about 500 ahead of Cloud/Snake at this point in time. We
might only be able to barely break 130000 at best here. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 3/20/2010 10:02:10 PM | message detail |
So people are talking about the possibility of Captain Falcon > Sonic, huh? And apparently the stats have Falcon equal to Gordon Freeman. Uhm... GORDON FREEMAN > SONIC HERE WE COME!!! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:02:26 PM | message detail |
Except Link gets more games. Plenty of them. Cloud gets...a movie? The occasional KH appearence? --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 10:02:44 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #376 Link matches are about the same amount of points as the rest of the bracket combined. Hell, the final match is worth as many points as the entire first round. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 10:02:47 PM | message detail |
and the site has become aware that it is Link, and not FFVII, that always wins. 8 years later! --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this Dr_Football we on!" |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 10:03:10 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #1802 Yeah. Link beat everybody with 57+% in 2K2, looked more invincible than he EVER has since then - I mean seriously, it just unfathomable that someone could possibly beat him, much moreso than even today - and then lost the very next year. And just imagine if we'd From: KamikazePotato | #1805 Yes. A perfect storm that absolutely nobody saw coming. Is Link invincible? Actually, for practical purposes, I'd agree. But Link is *not* the reason this bracket was bad. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:03:17 PM | message detail |
Quit
being thick. In almost all but the most extraordinary circumstances,
Link never loses and usually never even comes close to losing. This is
not hard to understand Extraordinary matches are the reason we follow these contests. That kind of victory is so much sweeter than an ordinary, expected, win. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
abdou | Posted 3/20/2010 10:03:27 PM | message detail |
Cloud just needs that FFVII remake, damn you SE --- ... |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:04:18 PM | message detail |
Link isn't the reason this bracket is bad, but he's certainly a contributing factor. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 10:04:29 PM | message detail |
From: Cyclo_Reaper | #384 So instead of a bracket where 3rd, 4th and 5th round upsets will make or break you, we have a winner decided by who successfully guessed the correct option? I prefer that the later round upsets actually mean something, instead of eliminating half the brackets with a tossup final. --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:05:03 PM | message detail |
Extraordinary
matches are the reason we follow these contests. That kind of victory
is so much sweeter than an ordinary, expected, win. The sub-1% chance that Link will lose in the next ten years is not worth 70 boring matches and the lack of an exciting final match. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 10:05:18 PM | message detail |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #390 Successfully picking the winner of the contest should make you the winner... not picking lesser matches. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 10:05:19 PM | message detail |
Link takes up 5.5% of the matches in this bracket. You can have a good bracket with Link in it. Heck, you can even have a good division with Link in it! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...Dr_Football." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:05:32 PM | message detail |
Link isn't the reason this bracket is bad, but he's certainly a contributing factor. Anyone could make a good bracket with Link. Heck are we really discussing that this was a bad contest? It was pretty goodIMO and Link was in it. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 10:06:03 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #393 A bracket with the winner predetermined is NOT a good bracket. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 10:06:31 PM | message detail |
So
if I correctly called 5 earlier round upsets that you missed, and you
correctly guessed that Mario beat Cloud by .5%, you deserve to win more
than me? --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
rpgking17 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:06:55 PM | message detail |
Ah, I wasn't even good enough to sniff the leaderboard this year. Top 100 isn't bad though, I guess. :/ --- Winner of Character Battle VII |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 10:06:58 PM | message detail |
It's impossible to say that keeping Link in is a good thing. It's not a world-ending thing if he is in, but why bother? Removing him improves the bracket. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 10:07:04 PM | message detail |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #396 Yes, because I picked the one that mattered. round 2 upsets don't matter; the winner of the contest does. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
KleenexTissue50 | Posted 3/20/2010 10:07:17 PM | message detail |
KP you gotta chill out a bit. Look how hostile Link has made you. Make sure you get everyone you know to vote for Cloud. --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
