GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 913
Ngamer64 | Posted 10/7/2010 4:47:08 PM | message detail |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/7/2010 5:14:44 PM | message detail speaking of awful acronyms, anyone seen or emailed creative yet? wouldn't want to miss any updates! I told Ngamer yesterday to contact creative and he already did that. Yup, creative wrote me back, he's getting his bracket in tonight and will have everything set up to grab updates by the 20th. --- You should search B8 for Dr Football, cool dude and 2010 Guru champion! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:47:35 PM | message detail |
What happened to all the poll updates from the last Character Battle anyway? --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Eeeevil Overlord | Posted 10/7/2010 4:47:43 PM | message detail |
Yeah,
not that I'm in any kind of position to be offering advice but if I
was, I'd happily give it. Much rather have a small number of people do
slightly better than they would've done and not have myself look like
a...well, someone who takes the competition element slightly too
seriously. --- James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User & The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 4:47:53 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #152 Good, it's not just me. It asks me to log in, or something? --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´ http://s573.photobucket.com/albums/ss173/jck4332/lol/GameFAQs.jpg |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 4:49:03 PM | message detail |
There's
a difference between taking this too seriously and opening yourself up
to having an identical bracket as someone else is all I meant. I'm not
giving my opinion on everything, you know. To answer the original question, GSC will be a damn beast. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "Oh that the world were more like Ulti." -MWC |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:49:38 PM | message detail |
The odds of having an identical bracket with someone else on this board is pretty low. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Eeeevil Overlord | Posted 10/7/2010 4:50:36 PM | message detail |
Noone's
going to have an identical bracket in here though surely, because
everyone overanalyses different parts of the bracket so they come up
with different off-the-wall upset picks everyone else steers clear of
<_<. --- James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User & The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 4:52:52 PM | message detail |
Well I have a few upsets I want to keep to myself until guru day. Nothing wrong with that. --- "Ulti doesn't get drunk because alcoholism is a character flaw, of which Ulti has zero." -fetusbuckteer |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:53:37 PM | message detail |
Nah, nothing wrong with that. I don't reveal my entire hand either. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 4:54:07 PM | message detail |
I do. I change my mind anyway, and most people won't do the things that I'm thinking of doing! --- xyzzy |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/7/2010 4:54:15 PM | message detail |
If
we didn't give advice/our opinions, this topic wouldn't exist. I think
we've moved past the days of 2004-2006 when people (especially Ulti)
were in imminent danger of having identical brackets. 128-entrant
contests have solved that problem. The term "SFF" is too vague that it barely applies anymore. Same company? Same game genre? Same platform? Same generation? It can apply to any or none of those. SFF applies to entrants from the same fanbase. It could be any of those or none; all that matters is the fanbase overlap. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 4:54:34 PM | message detail |
speaking
of which, is anyone taking Baldur's Gate 2? I can't come up with any
kind of a read on that game, but if Dragon Age is so popular I have to
believe that BG has a shot too. --- xyzzy |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:54:47 PM | message detail |
From: transients | #160 So you're still picking PW > MKWii? --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:55:26 PM | message detail |
From: transients | #162 I don't know a thing about Baldur's Gate. I went with SoA out of fanboyism and the fact that it's the higher seed. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 4:55:43 PM | message detail |
Mario Kart Wii gon' lose --- xyzzy |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 4:56:39 PM | message detail |
From: transients | #162 Baulder's Gate 2 has less than 1% chance of winning that match. And yeah, I'll never forget telling people Zero would make the final four (as a joke) in 2004 and people going along with it. --- "Ulti's like the weed-out college courses that separate the people that belong from the people who need to take joke classes." -CommodoreTN |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 4:56:57 PM | message detail |
The only problem with Baldur's Gate 2 is that I don't think that many people played it. I almost think Skies of Arcadia has a higher playrate, at least on this site, than BG2. --- There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:57:04 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3473 To this? I'm not sure Mario Kart Wii goes that low even with TP in the poll! http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3355 Oh cool, near identical percentages! --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 4:57:18 PM | message detail |
But as far as which gets more praise and love, BG2 definitely wins there. --- The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. |
Xuxon | Posted 10/7/2010 4:57:31 PM | message detail |
From: transients | #165 whoa someone else has this! |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 4:58:13 PM | message detail |
bad people vote MKWii over Phoenix Wright we'll ignore the fact that MKWii has sold 100 copies to PW's 1 --- xyzzy |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 4:58:43 PM | message detail |
From: transients | #171 Well, I agree! But that doesn't change what's going to happen in that match! --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 4:59:12 PM | message detail |
Went with PW, too! --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 4:59:43 PM | message detail |
The
one match I keep going to is the Smash duel, personally. It decides the
contest, but I have no clue who wins. Brawl is way more popular but
Melee gets way more respect. Brawl also stands up to Nintendo better
(which I would assume means standing up to... itself) and has the
mathematical edge. But if the Smash community has ANY say in who wins,
Melee takes it. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· http://i48.tinypic.com/wh0ah1.gif |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:00:20 PM | message detail |
From: UltimaterializerX | #174 Define "Smash community." --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
Eeeevil Overlord | Posted 10/7/2010 5:00:21 PM | message detail |
"bad people vote MKWii over Phoenix Wright" Comfortably over 50% of GameFAQs poll voters are bad people :(. --- James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User & The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 5:00:54 PM | message detail |
You guys love getting burned by Phoenix every contest, huh? cwutididthur? --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· Sharks have a week dedicated to me. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:01:55 PM | message detail |
I haven't been burned by Phoenix yet! Well, as far as picking him to win anyway! *grumble grumble* Stupid Bomberman *grumble grumble* --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
personx9 | Posted 10/7/2010 5:01:56 PM | message detail |
Who do you guys think would win in the Fallout 3 vs Half-Life 2 match and the Kingdom Hearts 1 vs Kingdom Hearts 2 match? |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/7/2010 5:01:56 PM | message detail |
Define "Smash community." People who prefer 1v1s to 4-ways in Smash. Sorry, but this is so true- among that group, Melee probably wins 80-20 or something. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/7/2010 5:02:19 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #175 See that's the thing, casuals far outnumber the tournament guys and prefer Brawl, and a lot of tournament people will vote Brawl anyway because of the hacks. The only thing I'm sure of is the winner will smoke FFX. Square will never again win a close final on this site. JRPGs and Square get too much hate now. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· http://i46.tinypic.com/nybgog.jpg |
SuperAngelo128 | Posted 10/7/2010 5:02:23 PM | message detail |
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LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:02:29 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #180 How big is said community? --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
Xuxon | Posted 10/7/2010 5:03:11 PM | message detail |
PW
got 4th-place-effected there. He did well enough in the character
battle for me to take his game over an awful, awful MK game. |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 5:03:57 PM | message detail |
Fallout
3 should take Half-Life 2. I almost want to take Fallout 3 over Melee,
but I don't think it has the umph to take out a major Nintendo game. --- The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:04:05 PM | message detail |
From: Xuxon | #184 Characters =/= Games The character is a meme, the game is not --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:04:40 PM | message detail |
I mean, if you want to see pure Ace Attorney power, this is it: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3747 --- "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!" |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 5:05:21 PM | message detail |
all i see is pure big boss power --- The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 5:05:26 PM | message detail |
regarding
Skies, is it really all that popular? I haven't seen anything but a
huge downward turn from Vyse in recent years. I don't even think SOA
made last year's contest. I think it should probably be the favourite
but I don't know. I just can't gauge BG2. --- xyzzy |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/7/2010 5:06:05 PM | message detail |
How big is said community? I don't know, but I think it's pretty substantial, and includes a fair number of "casual" players. In a match with say, OOT or FFVII, I'd guess Melee would get more total votes from this group than the other. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:06:18 PM | message detail |
No, Skies of Arcadia isn't popular. It got tripled by Wind Waker back when it was as popular as it's going to get. I just don't know anything about Baldur's Gate. From: ZFS | #188 Well, that's hard to miss, of course --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
personx9 | Posted 10/7/2010 5:09:00 PM | message detail |
Also
what about the MGS4/MGS3 match? I don't know how popular each MGS game
is individually, but I usually hear more good things about 3. |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 5:10:07 PM | message detail |
I would be very surprised (and disappointed) if MGS4 managed to beat MGS3. In a lot of ways, MGS3 has become the central game of the series. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
transients | Posted 10/7/2010 5:11:02 PM | message detail |
Baldur's
Gate 2 is why Dragon Age exists. (Dragon Age would murder SOA.) it put
Bioware on the map. I just worry about its PC roots. --- xyzzy |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:12:31 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2794 That's the only poll with BG in it from the last 5 years, and it's from 2007. I don't know what to make of it. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
Liwakip | Posted 10/7/2010 5:13:04 PM | message detail |
Define "Smash community." http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs353.ash2/63290_519398586964_305300272_957215_3763819_n.jpg *shoots self* |
Xuxon | Posted 10/7/2010 5:13:31 PM | message detail |
picking
Skies over BG2 feels like picking Laharl over L-Block felt before the
2007 contest (not that i expect similar results). very weak vs who the
hell knows. |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 5:16:22 PM | message detail |
The
only reason I'd be hesitant to pick Baldur's Gate 2 is because we're on
GameFAQs. If this was on another site, I think BG2 would rock that
match pretty hard. I dunno, it might do it here, too, but I don't think
ol' FAQs is as in tune with PC games. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
ZFS | Posted 10/7/2010 5:17:30 PM | message detail |
Then again, it is Skies of Arcadia. Tough one. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/7/2010 5:17:59 PM | message detail |
I
dunno. SoA/BG2 feels like Vyse/Laharl and Laharl/Neku. Just go with the
higher seed because that's what most people in this contest will do. Same with VC/Disgaea. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |