GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 908
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/27/2010 11:50:33 PM | message detail |
I
suppose doing "well" is a relative term. When AC and DMC account for
1/3 of the votes in a poll, you've got a pathetic batch of games. --- "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 9/27/2010 11:55:11 PM | message detail |
Some maps before I go to sleep: Favorite Nintendo Series http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3998&map=1 Mario wins the old Soviet bloc, Pokemon wins Southeast Asia, a bunch of countries scattered across the world, and......Saudi Arabia, where it's banned? Zelda is dominant in its power base in North America. Favorite Square-Enix Series http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3996&map=1 I like the colors on this map. Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest win 5 countries each, Final Fantasy wins everything else. Interestingly enough, Kingdom Hearts fails to win a single country, state, or mapped province despite coming in 2nd place. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/27/2010 11:56:07 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #402 Considering how the Mario 1 sprite looks like Stalin, this is no surprise. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
The n00b Avenger | Posted 9/27/2010 11:59:31 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #402 Dragon Quest wins 5 countries and not one of them is Japan? ...huh --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
SubDeity | Posted 9/27/2010 11:59:58 PM | message detail |
Totally
random interjection, but how does one become a contest "guru?" I
finished in the top 1.5% or so (ahead of half the gurus) in the last
contest despite doing all analysis on my own, and I figure winning a
guru contest is the only way I'll ever fulfill my dream of getting an
Advance Wars character into a contest. --- Soccer is what football would be if it were nothing but incomplete passes.- JIC X |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:00:37 AM | message detail |
From: SubDeity | #405 When the bracket is released, there will be a topic with signups for the Guru contest, so look for it. --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
red sox 777 | Posted 9/28/2010 12:00:51 AM | message detail |
Game of the Decade (Jan. 2010) http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3728&map=1 RE4 - 9 countries GTA:SA - 9 countries Chrono Cross - 6 countries MW2 - 5 countries SSBB - 5 countries TP - 1 country FFX dominates of course. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
red sox 777 | Posted 9/28/2010 12:10:22 AM | message detail |
Farmville poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4015&map=1 The English-speaking world uses Facebook, but most people in the non-English speaking world do not yet. Interestingly, Iraq is the only country that voted for one of the "yes, I play Farmville" options. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/28/2010 12:14:26 AM | message detail |
From: SubDeity | #405 There's an actual guru contest, which is basically a giant sig bet where the winner picks the nomination for next contest. I'm sure you've seen all of us with Dr_Football sigs? Well, he picked WWF No Mercy for the N64. Ngamer64 runs that contest, so keep an eye out for it. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· Are you a man, or a slave? |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/28/2010 12:21:12 AM | message detail |
From: transience | #398 There isn't a single Board 8er who wouldn't look at the series contest and know this. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "But English + Native Americans =/= the American race?" -SmartMuffin |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/28/2010 12:30:46 AM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #408 What has become of the motherland. Based on this result, I might take Devil May Cry over AC. DMC has a lot more console overlap here, and things are pretty close between the two as it is. Also, not sure if characters will be the focus of most pics, but it's hard to out-cool Dante, even when you're Altair (who couldn't out-cool Duke Nukem). --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:33:09 AM | message detail |
I'm
not sure I buy big PS2 overlap because of the sheer variety and
diversity of the console. It's not like the N64 which had 5 popular
games that everyone who owned the system played. The PS2 had so much stuff available for it. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
transience | Posted 9/28/2010 12:33:28 AM | message detail |
Assassin's Creed over DMC is an easy pick for me. It's just more relevant today. I'd take AC2 as well. --- xyzzy |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:34:04 AM | message detail |
But
it's not like we'll see DMC or AC in a match against each other here,
unless DMC ends up as a 14 seed and AC2 is a 3 seed or something! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:35:32 AM | message detail |
Also, PW3 is pulling away from L4D2 right now, aw yeah! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/28/2010 12:40:30 AM | message detail |
Phoenix has much more steady trends now, it seems. I'm sure his fanbase is pleased. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:42:53 AM | message detail |
Well,
this isn't exactly a contest match, so it's not like there was a Board
8 rush at the beginning of the poll like he would normally get because
there are fewer people here at midnight. --- Please sign up to support the 2010 Nomination Rally Tournament winners! http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/55967577 |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/28/2010 12:44:04 AM | message detail |
True, but Phoenix himself was more consistent against Jecht, right? --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 9/28/2010 12:49:20 AM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #418 I suppose it depends on how you look at it. Phoenix had 52.20% against Jecht at the end of the board vote and 49.28% at the end of the first hour. Against Gordon, he had 51.39% at the end of the board vote, and 47.20% at the end of the first hour. In 2007 round 1, he had 32.36% at the end of the board vote and 29.21% at the end of the first hour. In 2008 round 1, he had 27.92% at the end of the board vote and 26.98% at the end of the first hour. His night vote was actually pretty stable that year. It was during the day when he really collapsed. PW1 was really frontloaded in the Games Contest. 17.29% at the end of the board vote and 13.48% at the end of the first hour. Night vote was relatively the same percentage with an even worse day vote collapse. So Phoenix's night vote has become more stable, but his day vote should still be atrocious. Jecht probably could've seriously pushed for 54-55% against PW in a 24 hour match. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
transience | Posted 9/28/2010 12:51:05 AM | message detail |
also,
I agree with the idea that this is now a 128 bracket. maybe there'll be
a week delay, but that's great because we get a full contest. maybe I'm
reaching here but that means 12 hour matches are confirmed too unless
we go back to fourways which won't really make much sense. --- xyzzy |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 9/28/2010 4:13:56 AM | message detail |
Yeah,
it feels like a safe bet that the contest is 128 games, 12 hour matches
(except the last few matches). No way games as weak as Assassin's Creed
1 and Devil May Cry 1 are crushing vote-in polls for a 64 game contest. --- Final Fantasy XIII review: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/review/R140434.html You're pretty good, Dr_Football. |
charmander6000 | Posted 9/28/2010 5:07:48 AM | message detail |
Timesplitters
2 has almost caught up to Left 4 Dead 2. The game seems to be pretty
popular in Europe, but as the kiddies wake up from across the pond L4D2
will probably take command. --- Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru. |
Dilated Chemist | Posted 9/28/2010 5:25:33 AM | message detail |
Timesplitters 2 is amazing. --- GT: TriggerTRE PSN ID: SolidTRE I use my mind, not a pick-up line. |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 9/28/2010 6:06:37 AM | message detail |
YEEEEEEEEAH GO TIMESPLITTERS 2! --- The 3DS will be $200 or I'm closing my account - Ngamer64 |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 6:14:54 AM | message detail |
woooo cortezzzz --- http://8board.webs.com/michelangelo.jpg |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 6:33:38 AM | message detail |
http://kotaku.com/5649540/in-which-samus-aran-jumps-on-stage-and-takes-her-clothes-off/gallery/ i know what I'm using for a match pic next contest --- http://8board.webs.com/house.jpg |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/28/2010 8:54:36 AM | message detail |
Poll
has me thinking: Assassin's Creed 1 or 2, which is stronger? The
fanbase loves 2 a lot more, but that never translates to contest
strength by itself. --- http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/10/01/tiberian-vocalizations-cormorants-arthur-von-nagel-gives-you-the-anatomy-of-a-record-contract/ |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/28/2010 8:55:28 AM | message detail |
That Samus image is just disturbing. --- "hey ulti how do i get in your signature? i feel like i'd be MUCH more important if i made it there. sad i know" -Rusty |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 8:56:10 AM | message detail |
Altair is stronger than Ezio in a contest setting, right? So... 1 is stronger, maybe? But 2 got more noms cause the fanbase supports it more. --- http://8board.webs.com/xena.jpg |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/28/2010 9:01:57 AM | message detail |
Leonhart's idea about the 12 hour vote-in polls did not come true. Looks like all of these vote-ins will be 24 hours. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Xcarvenger | Posted 9/28/2010 9:09:17 AM | message detail |
I
wonder if we will get 6 vote-in polls like last time or less (can't be
more, right). If there are 6, then the bracket will come next week at
the earliest. Is that enough time for a 128 1v1 12h bracket before
Bacon's Christmas holiday? Maybe the surprise is... that the finals
will be one week long like GameSpot but you can vote every day or
something >_> --- Clannad love! www.board8.wikia.com |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/28/2010 9:15:42 AM | message detail |
I wonder if we will get 6 vote-in polls like last time or less (can't be more, right). I think we would have 6 vote-in polls. Having 4 vote-in polls means the last vote-in would be run on Friday. Bacon can't release a bracket until the polls are all finished, which means no bracket until Saturday at the earliest. But there's no way Bacon will release a bracket on Saturday, because he doesn't do anything on the weekends. So it would be very likely that we get 6 vote-in polls. 3 vote-in polls means the last one would be run on Thursday, but that's too few polls. If there are 6, then the bracket will come next week at the earliest. Is that enough time for a 128 1v1 12h bracket before Bacon's Christmas holiday? It would be likely be October 4th that a bracket is released, so I imagine the bracket entry phase could still last for like 2 weeks and we could still finish the contest before Christmas. We would need to start this contest by like October 20th to finish before Christmas. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
HaRRicH | Posted 9/28/2010 11:35:37 AM | message detail |
This
poll's so lop-sided when you look at AC and DMC compared to the field;
they're both beating MMX's record of 17.21% from the last contest,
where his closest competition was HK-47 (13.41%) and the weakest
opponent was Jade Curtis (4.42%). This will also likely be the first
time only two options finish over ten percent, and Killer 7's got a
shot at being the second to end under 3% (Emil from ToS had 2.89% last
year). Considering AC's beating PW3 about like FF12 beat PW:AA, AC and
DMC should have some strength...but certainly nothing to write
home about. I wouldn't take FF12 to beat most 2000-2009 games that
advanced past the first round, afterall, and if we were to treat the
vote-ins like they're precise (haha!) and assume PW:AA > PW3, that's
not good news for today's games. They'll be at a major disadvantage
against any game we'd feel deserves a high seed. They'll have to count
on some lucky draws... ...which isn't impossible if people based many of their noms on more recent games rather than researching what older games they liked came out this decade instead of the 90s. Even if they don't catch that kind of break, a few characters like The Boss got lucky draws anyway last contest. DMC and especially AC should be among the highest percentages too, so perhaps SB will look more favorably to them against the weaker high-seeds. Whatever the case, it's not looking good for them without some weaker games being highly nominated. It's still weird seeing Shadow Hearts beat three games and being under a hundred votes from beating a fourth one, too...that made the Series Contest somehow, I know, but still, crazy. --- Nominate Epona the very first chance you get! http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/28/2010 11:37:02 AM | message detail |
Shadow Hearts suffers from "good series with terrible fans" disease. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "Oh that the world were more like Ulti." -MWC |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 9/28/2010 11:40:59 AM | message detail |
Majora's Mask came out in 2000, right? I expect that to be in the vote-ins! --- I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/28/2010 11:43:22 AM | message detail |
Yes,
it came in 2000. If Majora's Mask could make it into the last Best Game
Ever contest, it should easily make it into a contest that covers a
narrower range of games. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
HaRRicH | Posted 9/28/2010 11:43:57 AM | message detail |
I
think LoZ:MM will be a vote-in game too...and unless there's another
LoZ-game in the poll, it's probably going to crush the others. --- Epona: shaped like a horse to eat some oats. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
HaRRicH | Posted 9/28/2010 11:47:22 AM | message detail |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #436 I want to agree on the premise, but I think many games released in 2000-2002 or so would have kept many people from immediately realizing they should be eligible like they would with games from 2007-2009. It's not like the N64's presence was felt much in this decade anyway, so I could see it forgotten by many in their nominations. I know I wouldn't have realized the same about Perfect Dark if it wasn't for this board. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg EPONA...EEPPOONNAA...EEEPPPOOONNNAA...EEEEPPPPOOOONNNNAAAA..... |
Haguile | Posted 9/28/2010 11:48:48 AM | message detail |
From: HaRRicH | #437 Crossbow Training, believe. |
Haguile | Posted 9/28/2010 11:49:18 AM | message detail |
Jokes aside though, I didn't expect to see DMC in the vote-ins. I thought it would go straight to the contest. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/28/2010 11:50:14 AM | message detail |
Hmm,
you might be right about that. If it does make it into a vote-in, I
can't think of any other LoZ-game that might be in the same vote-in
that Majora's Mask is in. I doubt the handheld LoZ-games would get
enough nominations to make it to a vote-in, and Wind Waker and Twilight
Princess are pretty much locks to make the bracket without a vote-in. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 11:56:30 AM | message detail |
From: Haguile | #440 noms probably split with 3 and maybe a few to 4 --- http://8board.webs.com/keyser.jpg |
HaRRicH | Posted 9/28/2010 11:57:10 AM | message detail |
I'll
give the handheld-LoZ games a bit of credit -- they've made several
this decade and I think I remember a movement here for Oracle of
Ages/Seasons, not to mention the success LoZ:LA had in BGE2. One of
them probably should be able to reach a vote-in poll if not make the
contest. I agree LoZ:WW and especially LoZ:TP should be pretty much locks for the bracket though. --- EPONA EPONA Epona Epona Epona EPONA EPONA Epona EPONA EPONA Epona EPONA EPONA Epona |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/28/2010 12:00:19 PM | message detail |
I
find it hard not to see a handheld Zelda in this bracket at all. If we
can see Link's Awakening, we have to see something else in this decade. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 12:01:28 PM | message detail |
I wonder what percentage Umineko would get if it actually got in a vote-in. I have trouble imagining it cracking 2% >_> --- http://8board.webs.com/salem.jpg |
Lopen | Posted 9/28/2010 12:02:28 PM | message detail |
Archer from F/SN only hit 4% so that's a good baseline to start from. I could see Archer doubling Umineko. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
HaRRicH | Posted 9/28/2010 12:23:28 PM | message detail |
Archer
actually got 5.02% and took eighth place...but it was in a poll Frog
won, likely the weakest winner of a vote-in last year (unless you don't
think much of Meta-Knight). Archer also didn't beat Captain Olimar and
Diddy Kong while LFF'ing each other by very much in that poll. If Archer's series is supposed to be bigger than Umineko or whatever, it better pray for a much weaker poll than what Archer got...and Archer had fairly fortunate placement! --- Nominate Epona, please. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 12:29:21 PM | message detail |
man I hope resistance 3 doesn't sync with noms for the next contest ****ing Nathan Hale man --- http://8board.webs.com/jack-bauer.jpg |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/28/2010 12:31:04 PM | message detail |
also http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6944/omgmario.jpg FFFFFFF --- http://8board.webs.com/samus.jpg |
SuperAngelo128 | Posted 9/28/2010 12:43:47 PM | message detail |
From: ZenOfThunder | #449 oh **** --- Ange |
