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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 903
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:34:33 PM | message detail |
And
part of the reason why Morrigan is interesting is because she did so
well back in 2002. She could flop, yeah, but she could also not. We
know where Chun-Li is. --- DFF |
EcchiFanboy | Posted 8/12/2010 9:35:28 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #145 We've already nominated Amy, Midna and Marle, but they proved this wrong. --- http://i28.tinypic.com/2ikrrpz.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/2vtpbna.gif http://i27.tinypic.com/2gwb79h.gif http://i28.tinypic.com/2r3ld2r.gif |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 9:36:11 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #149 This is a great point, actually. Morrigan did well in the first two rounds before vote totals exploded and a whole new wave of people came to the site. You just can't take 2002 as indicative of anything. It's a fluke contest. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 9:36:45 PM | message detail |
From: EcchiFanboy | #152 I'm going to pretend that you didn't even mention those first two, but Marle's ugly and flat. Forget her. --- "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!" |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:37:44 PM | message detail |
Nominate Lucca! Unfortunately she'd probably be fodder, but...... Remember folks to nominate Crono to give him a better seed. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:38:10 PM | message detail |
She could flop, yeah, but she could also not. Unless you consider being regular fodder as not flopping then yeah she's going to flop. --- Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:39:09 PM | message detail |
Glad to know someone's taken up vcharon's torch. --- DFF |
EcchiFanboy | Posted 8/12/2010 9:39:46 PM | message detail |
Yeah,
I agree Marle isn't the best. If we want a hot CT girl, we gotta pick
Crono's mom. I don't think anyone can deny she's the hottest and
bustiest girl from CT. --- http://i28.tinypic.com/2ikrrpz.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/2vtpbna.gif http://i27.tinypic.com/2gwb79h.gif http://i28.tinypic.com/2r3ld2r.gif |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 9:40:56 PM | message detail |
Morrigan
is very, very likely to do very, very badly though. Her odds of
impressing and winning a match are low without a lucky draw. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
HaRRicH | Posted 8/12/2010 9:43:15 PM | message detail |
Is
it weird that I enjoy Epona yet never really got into Malon? Saria
could do okay maybe though, and Great Deku Tree would be the best
joke-character perhaps ever. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate EPONA here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55150177 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:43:18 PM | message detail |
And
I disagree. The 'votals exploded after round 3' is a fair point, but I
think there's enough room for her past performances + MVC3 hype for her
to still do decently. --- DFF |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:43:46 PM | message detail |
Glad to know someone's taken up vcharon's torch. It's like arguing that a new character could be stronger than Link, technically it's true, but it won't happen. --- Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/12/2010 9:43:55 PM | message detail |
As
one of Morrigan's biggest supporters, the only reason was boobs. Boobs
and her pretty face. And the fact that M. Bison and Chun-Li are ****ing
pointless and boring additions we just saw a few years ago (I say this
as a SF fan). Diablo was easily the most interesting entrant
objectively. We saw only last year that Diablo II is Blizzard's most
popular game here, and by the time a contest does get rolling, Diablo
may well have some D3 hype on his side. MvC3 might help Morrigan out
some, but it was never gonna match D3 hype and the potential for
rallies. Anyway, on the much more emotionally charged debate: I don't even expect Epona to be strong. The strength gap between the top guy and next best is wider in the Zelda series than in practically every other. The strength gap between Link and Zelda/Ganon is huge. It's not that big with Mario/Luigi, Cloud/Seph/Tifa, or Mega Man/Zero. If you extrapolate that strength pattern a bit, then every other Zelda character not named Sheik (and thanks for that one, Bacon) may end up as pure fodder. But at least one of them should have gotten in the NRT this year because we now finally realize how huge Zelda and OoT is around here. When the game is that ****ing strong, there exists the chance that some of its characters - even the ones that make glue - are strong. Ocarina stomps everything. Give it FFVII now with brackets and 3DS hype on its side, and it may match FFVII's percentage in 2004. It is the clear top dog on GameFAQs, and it deserves one original entrant, in one bracket, for one year. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:45:32 PM | message detail |
I have no idea why Bison beat Diablo. --- DFF |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:45:52 PM | message detail |
Strength wise it probably goes: Link (Sheik!) Ganondorf Zelda Epona Great Deku Tree Saria Malon Navi Others --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 9:46:24 PM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #161 See, I just can't take anything from 2002 seriously at this point. It's just been too long. How many voters are still here from then? I personally think Aya Brea's the hottest video game character around, but I'm not going to think she can still go 50/50 with DK, even with the 3rd Birthday on the horizon. --- "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 PW/Jecht |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:47:00 PM | message detail |
Well...it is DK. He'd find a way. --- DFF |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 9:48:01 PM | message detail |
And yeah, I'd be all for Sheik if she was eligible. There's no question about that. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
EcchiFanboy | Posted 8/12/2010 9:48:26 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #165 Where would you put the Master Sword or Triforce in there? --- http://i28.tinypic.com/2ikrrpz.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/2vtpbna.gif http://i27.tinypic.com/2gwb79h.gif http://i28.tinypic.com/2r3ld2r.gif |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:48:53 PM | message detail |
Better example would be the people who used weaker than CATS as an argument against Nathan Drake. That's coming from a person who had and was sure of The Boss > Nathan Drake. --- Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru. |
FFDragon | Posted 8/12/2010 9:49:05 PM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | Posted: 8/13/2010 12:06:33 AM | #090 Wasn't yesterday a milestone poll, so he just put this current 'series' on hold for a day? --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:49:50 PM | message detail |
I like my idea better! --- DFF |
HaRRicH | Posted 8/12/2010 9:50:05 PM | message detail |
Or Dark Link? Or a Deku Baba? --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate EPONA here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55150177 |
FFDragon | Posted 8/12/2010 9:50:18 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | Posted: 8/13/2010 12:48:53 AM | #170 Hey now, this was and still is solid ****ing logic. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:51:17 PM | message detail |
The
strength gap between Link and Zelda/Ganon is huge. It's not that big
with Mario/Luigi, Cloud/Seph/Tifa, or Mega Man/Zero. If you extrapolate
that strength pattern a bit, then every other Zelda character not named
Sheik (and thanks for that one, Bacon) may end up as pure fodder. That's a fair point, but I don't think it extrapolates out that way after Zelda/Ganon because: 1. Link is a more compelling character relative to his game/series than those other top characters. 2. Ganon and Zelda are highly uncompelling characters. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
vcharon | Posted 8/12/2010 9:51:28 PM | message detail |
I went ahead with the MK nomination rally. Check it, yo'. --- Gamespot Villains NIT Contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967092 :> |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 9:55:36 PM | message detail |
The
Master Sword and Triforce are not characters- they'd be jokes through
and through, and would behave with the erraticness of jokes. Actually,
they're rather more inanimate than our past jokes, so I'm not sure how
the voters would react. Dark Link has a pretty wide range, and I am actually not interested in seeing him in a contest. If he's at the high end of his range, he beats Noble Niners and I do not want to see that. If he's at the low end of his range, he's a boring character and someone else can take his spot. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
HaRRicH | Posted 8/12/2010 9:56:07 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #175 Both have truth, especially #2. If it wasn't for Sheik and the final boss-fights from LoZ:OoT along with them being fun in SSBM (not so much in SSBB), I wouldn't really care for either of them. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate EPONA here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55150177 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 8/12/2010 9:57:48 PM | message detail |
Ganondorf and Zelda are the two biggest leeches in contest history. They ride Link's cottails a ton. --- DFF |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/12/2010 10:32:04 PM | message detail |
Wouldn't
Link be the biggest leech? He doesn't really say anything; he's just
there for a series that happens to be the most popular on this site. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 10:39:14 PM | message detail |
Who's a bigger leech? The leech or the leech who follows him? --- http://img.imgcake.com/ultigardenpngba.png |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 10:42:58 PM | message detail |
Link's
not a leech. He'd be popular in any series, and personally makes the
Zelda series a lot more popular I think. Link has always done better
against Cloud than OOT has done against FFVII (or Zelda has done
against FF). Link is who everyone (well, not everyone, but the majority on this site) wishes they were. He's the embodiment of a hero. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 10:44:00 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #182 Okay, I'm a guy who loves heroes to no end, and I don't find Link all that interesting. And I love characters like Vyse, for cryin' out loud! It's not like I only like deep heroes! --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/12/2010 10:44:14 PM | message detail |
And I like Crono a lot, too, so it's not the mute thing. --- http://img.imgcake.com/ultigardenpngba.png |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 10:51:48 PM | message detail |
I think you could star Link in Chrono Trigger or Crono in most Zelda games and get a pretty good result. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
EcchiFanboy | Posted 8/12/2010 10:52:52 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #182 uhhh no. If Link was the main character of say... Secret of Mana (just a random RPG I thought of), he wouldn't even make the contest. He gets all of his love and support from being the main character of the most popular series on the site. Thats how all mute characters are, since they don't actually do anything to get people to like them outside of being playable in popular games. --- http://i28.tinypic.com/2ikrrpz.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/2vtpbna.gif http://i27.tinypic.com/2gwb79h.gif http://i28.tinypic.com/2r3ld2r.gif |
red sox 777 | Posted 8/12/2010 10:57:03 PM | message detail |
Well,
no character would be super strong coming from Secret of Mana. But I'm
not sure that any other Noble Niner would do better if forced into a
role as a SoM character- in fact my guess is Link or Cloud would
probably do the best of them in that situation. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/13/2010 1:36:30 AM | message detail |
For
no reason at all, I decided to check in which states Madden (ie good ol
fashioned Americun pigskin) was most and least popular. Most: Iowa (19.35% at the time of this post) http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4001®ion=USXIA Least: Wyoming (0 votes at the time of this post) http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4001®ion=USXWY --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Denzokuken | Posted 8/13/2010 1:43:29 AM | message detail |
Woo
Sims! Let's get Sim in for the next NRT. But seriously, what's with
this poll? Why has he left out Medal of Honor, FIFA, NHL among others?
Bleh. --- I've never had a signature before... then Dr_Football looked, narrowed his eyes, and I had one. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 8/13/2010 2:07:57 AM | message detail |
For
no reason at all, I decided to check in which states Madden (ie good ol
fashioned Americun pigskin) was most and least popular. But let's wait until this poll ends before deciding to look at all the states again. The percentages can still change quite a bit, especially for the low population states. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/13/2010 6:31:22 AM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #115 Too bad you didn't say 258, as that would be Mudkip. Still, Blaziken is an evolved starter, and I have trouble seeing any starter as fodder. Well, maybe those ****ty BW starters will be. Anyway, Morrigan would suck. Still, I find this poll interesting. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3399 Only poll in the last five years where Darkstalkers isn't in a position to get SFFed to **** by Street Fighter, and even then it's close to Strider and only beating series nobody has ever even heard of. Makes me wonder if Ryu could break 90% on Morrigan, or 80% in today's anti-blowout world. Also, why another FF7 character? Yeah, Saria or Malon or whoever would probably suck, but they could also be decent. They're more untested than FF7 characters, and if all you want is a character with decent strength, we might as well fill half the bracket with Pokemon. There's no reason to nominate Barret over Bulbasaur is all I'm saying. --- Wylvane Calvinball is a horrible user. |
vcharon | Posted 8/13/2010 6:38:30 AM | message detail |
There's
a very good reason when we already have Squirtle with a spot. That's
like saying Yuffie would be a good choice instead of Otacon, but we
already have our one FF7 character for the year. No one wants one
single game/series to have more than one representative in the NRT.
Final Fantasy (as a series) is an exception because the games are
totally unrelated to one another, whereas Pokemon isn't. --- Gamespot Villains NIT Contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967092 :> |
Haguile | Posted 8/13/2010 6:38:35 AM | message detail |
I
actually think that Epona could be stronger than Ganon. Yeah yeah, it's
a (very) long shot. But I think that when certain people see Ganon,
they go "oh...ganon...yeah he is...ganon." and don't vote for him the
way they do for link because he as cool he is, he isn't there for most
of the game(normally) and frankly isn't very memorable(although pig
ganon...) while Epona is FREAKING EPONA. She would also have a bit of
joke support. ...But on the other hand, SHE'S A HORSE. Which could also mean she will bomb hard. But I'd take Epona over a lot of people if she makes it to the next contest. --- Nominate Epona for the next Character Battle and have a carrot! Nominate Dan McNeely for the next Character Battle and have immortality! |
vcharon | Posted 8/13/2010 6:41:42 AM | message detail |
Ganondorf is a near elite who is indirectly stronger than Zelda herself. Unless you're saying Epona is stronger than Zelda... --- Gamespot Villains NIT Contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967092 :> |
Haguile | Posted 8/13/2010 6:44:43 AM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #191 I doubt Smugleaf would be fodder. As for filling the bracket with Pokemon, hey I would be all for it. I'm still for an all pokemon contetst. But I doubt the rest of the board would be up for nominating Pokemons like that. Also on an unrelated note, anyone thinks BBS will boost Zack a bit? |
Haguile | Posted 8/13/2010 6:49:00 AM | message detail |
From: vcharon | #194 I'm half joking, but if we assumed that the reason the gap between Link and Ganon was that Link had more screentime, we could technically claim that Epona could be stronger than Zelda. ...But again, I'm kidding. It's technically possible, but it's a small bombs like theory. WHICH I WOULD TOTALLY BET ON WHEN MAKING A BRACKET. But still, I know it's not all that logical or likely. --- Nominate Epona for the next Character Battle and have a carrot! Nominate Dan McNeely for the next Character Battle and have immortality! |
vcharon | Posted 8/13/2010 6:52:01 AM | message detail |
Dark
Link has a lot higher (realistic) ceiling than Epona, so that would be
my ultimate choice for another Zelda series representative. --- Gamespot Villains NIT Contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967092 :> |
vcharon | Posted 8/13/2010 6:53:55 AM | message detail |
I've already locked away several of my nominations for the next character contest... -Barret -Seifer -Otacon -Morrigan -Dark Link -Epona (via trade) -A third MK character to be chosen by my rally topic (check it out!) Almost half already. --- Gamespot Villains NIT Contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967092 :> |
Haguile | Posted 8/13/2010 6:55:29 AM | message detail |
From: vcharon | #197 I agree that Dark Link is realistically way stronger than Epona, but I am not sure about supporting him. I mean, it's "IT'S A HORSE" vs "IT'S A CLONE" and personally I like horses more than Episode 2. So I'm torn. Lots of time to think though. --- Nominate Epona for the next Character Battle and have a carrot! Nominate Dan McNeely for the next Character Battle and have immortality! |
Haguile | Posted 8/13/2010 6:57:32 AM | message detail |
also,
I don't mean that as 'clone would be bad for his strength' or anything.
I just mean that part of me wants to refuse to nominate him because he
would clearly only do well for having Link on his name, and another
part of me wants him in because he would be a fun newcomer. --- Nominate Epona for the next Character Battle and have a carrot! Nominate Dan McNeely for the next Character Battle and have immortality! |
