GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 915
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/11/2010 9:17:01 PM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #045 Aside from the fact that almost everyone that plays Halo prefers the first, you have to consider that people will probably be taking "game of the decade" seriously, and Halo was way more influential and important than Halo 3 was. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
LOLContests | Posted 10/11/2010 9:17:34 PM | message detail |
The
only reason I had OoT winning was because of FFX's presence in the
match, tbqh. That and I had SMB3 making it through instead of LttP. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 10/11/2010 9:19:05 PM | message detail |
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1672/mockpic4.jpg PW with the cooler cast awww yeah --- http://8board.webs.com/kaori.jpg |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 10/11/2010 9:19:19 PM | message detail |
also give me more matches to do mock pics for bored --- http://8board.webs.com/superman.jpg |
transience | Posted 10/11/2010 9:21:13 PM | message detail |
I
would have picked OOT over FF7 but I thought LTTP would hurt OOT more
than FFX would hurt FF7. again, previous polls suggested this. in hindsight, it makes sense everyone would abandon the lesser games and vote for the lesser of two evils. I woulda won money had I realized that too. oh well. --- xyzzy |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:22:17 PM | message detail |
To
the people who think FFVII always wins, OOT was the change, but not to
us, who had witnessed Link/Zelda win every contest save for L-Block's
since 2005. Although whether or not the stats topic is desperate for
Nintendo to lose doesn't really apply to SMS/Halo, yeah. Also, any anti-votes Halo 1 gets Halo 3 will also get. The people who would still anti-vote Halo (and there are still a lot of them) will anti-vote the whole series. The Xbox 360 fanbase is way bigger than the Xbox fanbase was, but that gain went to other games besides Halo. Halo was THE game on the Xbox, Halo 3 is just one of many games on the 360. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/11/2010 9:22:52 PM | message detail |
XD,
the poll on the homepage hasn't closed yet. It's still possible to vote
in the poll that should have closed about 21 minutes ago. If Bacon
doesn't notice this until later today when he logs on (which will be at
least 12 hours from now), we could a 2 day poll for the first time in
several years. I bet this poll still wouldn't break 100000 votes with
an extra day of voting. This poll is still maintaining 100+ votes per update, even after it should have technically closed. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:25:42 PM | message detail |
There
was not a person cheering for OOT in this topic the day of the bonus
match except for MWC, and nobody was actually surprised when OOT won on
either day. Or maybe it was the fact that FFVII won before and the board was stubborn. While the site went pro-Nintendo since then it also became more anti-Nintendo by 2k9 so most people thought we were back to the status-quo. I'm not saying FFVII was a bad pick, I made it too, but I think a lot of us thought the match was basically even and picked FFVII hoping for a change from Nintendo winning every contest I find this funny since FFVII was the Link of the games contest until then. If we wanted change we would have gone with OoT. --- BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56645390 BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/11/2010 9:26:21 PM | message detail |
Jumping
in on this conversation, I've mostly seen you guys argue for your
favorites in close matches and that happens to be a lot of Square/Metal
Gear games. The only Nintendo series/characters that are outright
ignored/downplayed is the Pokemon franchise, and it always bites you
guys in the ass. Don't know why it is so hated here, but whatever. --- Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/11/2010 9:28:38 PM | message detail |
I'm
not saying FFVII was a bad pick, I made it too, but I think a lot of us
thought the match was basically even and picked FFVII hoping for a
change from Nintendo winning every contest Who thought this match was even going into it? I remember most people thinking the finals would be a waste of time because FFVII was going to win easily unless it was significantly anchored by other FF games. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
AppreciateTrees | Posted 10/11/2010 9:34:27 PM | message detail |
Wait a majority of this board picked FFVII over OoT?? Wow. Just wow, I would have loved to be here for that. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:35:00 PM | message detail |
I remember we thought that the early matches favored OoT, but the later matches seemed to favor FFVII. I don't deny that I fanboy pick a lot of matches, but I like Nintendo! So that's really got nothing to do with it. I'm not wild about Pokemon either, but I'm still picking it over MGS3/MGS4, as much as it pains me to do so. Seriously, it's painful. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
AppreciateTrees | Posted 10/11/2010 9:35:53 PM | message detail |
like a Pokemon over a FFX or something of that nature. That's not too inconceivable.. |
ZFS | Posted 10/11/2010 9:36:23 PM | message detail |
Any
reason the stats topic, or anyone in general, might be anti-Nintendo
when it comes contest time is because this site adores the company to
an unhealthy degree. It's not unusual for people to want something to
lose that has been wins time and time again, that's a natural reaction
for anyone who isn't a superfreak. Nothin' wrong with that. Of course, when it comes to picking a Nintendo game to lose in this contest -- like Mario Sunshine to Halo -- there's no bias there. That's just something that makes sense. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 10/11/2010 9:36:38 PM | message detail |
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4055/mockpic6.jpg I smell an upset! --- http://8board.webs.com/dr-manhattan.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 10/11/2010 9:38:06 PM | message detail |
I'm not wild about Pokemon either, but I'm still picking it over MGS3/MGS4, as much as it pains me to do so. there's a reason for this pain -- it goes against everything good in this world to pick such a thing --- 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. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/11/2010 9:38:45 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #048 Speak for yourself, I was loving OoT beating down FF7. I'm one of the biggest Nintendo fanboys in this topic, and maybe even this board. I predicted FF7 would beat OoT because it won before, not because I wanted Nintendo to lose or whatever stupid-ass bull**** people are saying. You guys are really looking too much into this ****. People vote for their favorite games. People predict which games they think will win. Yeah, there are site shifts, but you guys keep talking about this anti-Nintendo backlash, and I don't see it having a huge effect on contests. Yeah, it hurts a few titles like Galaxy, but TP and Brawl are still juggernauts, and most of the Nintendo characters are still looking strong. I just think this argument is getting kinda ridiculous. --- Wylvane th3l3fty is a horrible user. |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:44:46 PM | message detail |
Sorry,
I didn't remember that you were supporting OOT. But this topic was
pretty much FFVII fanboy central on that day, and for good reason. And
of course there were many people who legitimately thought FFVII was
stronger, but I just don't think that was the case to the extent that
the Guru spread would be 80-20. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:47:11 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #068 Board 8 usually has one favorite and sticks with it, even in close matches. Squall was still an overwhelming favorite against Auron despite every indication that the match would be close. Pretty much 80/20 there, too. 96.5% picked Link to win the last contest though. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
transience | Posted 10/11/2010 9:47:29 PM | message detail |
it's not fanboy central, it's bracket central. if people pick OOT and FF7 wins, the same thing will happen. --- xyzzy |
KamikazePotato | Posted 10/11/2010 9:48:10 PM | message detail |
OoT beating down FF7 was awesome. Pretty sure yoblazer was also in this camp. --- DFF |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:48:23 PM | message detail |
And
I guarantee you OoT would get at least 80% support on the board if we
had another Games Contest, if not more, even if FFX wins this contest. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
LOLContests | Posted 10/11/2010 9:49:19 PM | message detail |
GameFAQS
is hardly some aberration of Nintendo love, with the exceptions of
Zelda and Smash Brothers. If it hadn't been for rallying, Mario and
Link would have probably been the finalists in Gamespot's contest. Link, Mario and Samus are gaming icons and they would be in the "Noble Nine" on any console oriented gaming web site. Deal with it. The Near Elites are almost all Square characters, and the best the any other Nintendo characters can put up on average is 30 on BL. Good, but hardly some dominating numbers. I'm not sure what more the people complaining about Nintendo want. For the Near Elites AND Upper Midcarders to be all Square? It's like Nintendo had two great years (and what did they have in 2006 besides Yoshi/Dante and Luigi/Zero) and everyone went haywire for some reason. Their track record since then has been mixed. They've lost close and debated matches, and they've won close and debated matches as well. Of course they always tend to do well. They're Nintendo! They have a ton of characters to draw from. They would do well on any gaming web site. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:50:22 PM | message detail |
From: LOLContests | #073 Samus winning the contest? Peach/Jill, too. --- Support Otacon (Metal Gear Solid) for Character Battle IX! http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1950/banner4otacon.jpg |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:53:44 PM | message detail |
OOT's
win is much more recent now than FFVII's win was in 2009, and there
hasn't been a major site shift that we know of since 2009, so it makes
sense that it would have 80% support. IIRC, Yoblazer switched his vote
to FFVII for the bonus poll. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:54:37 PM | message detail |
Heck, wasn't Link still the board favorite to win in 2004 despite Cloud just winning in 2003? I'm pretty sure he was. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:54:48 PM | message detail |
And FFVII just beating OoT, to boot. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:55:35 PM | message detail |
It was dead even in the BOP or Guru, I don't remember which, and very close in the other. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/11/2010 9:56:26 PM | message detail |
But that would just prove my point! Back then, it really was FFVII that always won, as it had just won 2 contests in a row. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/11/2010 9:57:20 PM | message detail |
But OoT had never won anything over FFVII! It didn't even win that 2005 Top 10 Games mini-contest. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
ZFS | Posted 10/11/2010 9:57:26 PM | message detail |
I'm not sure what more the people complaining about Nintendo want. For the Near Elites AND Upper Midcarders to be all Square? Well, no, I don't think Square dominating the contests is any better. I wasn't trying to say that Nintendo is bad, Square is good, just that any time one company's games / characters dominate a field or win continuously people will naturally start to dislike it. The best thing that has happened to these contests is probably Western games having a bigger presence, they're the one thing that's added a bit of diversity to these contests as of late, though we're still not at a level where something non-Nintendo / Square will win one of these yet. Someday, though. --- 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. |
AppreciateTrees | Posted 10/11/2010 10:09:24 PM | message detail |
Can
you all please start arguing about the Brawl/Melee match? It seems like
discussion of this match has really been ignored a lot on this board. I
mean, I guess maybe that's because it's hard to make a strong argument
for either, but it's still a huge match, one that will be a deal
breaker for many brackets. Start talking it out. |
PoncedeLeonhart | Posted 10/11/2010 10:09:58 PM | message detail |
From: AppreciateTrees | #082 No. --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 10/11/2010 10:31:37 PM | message detail |
blah blah blah brawl blah rawr rawr melee rawr rawr --- http://8board.webs.com/may.jpg |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/11/2010 10:33:46 PM | message detail |
You
know, I have been wondering of 1vs1 in games being dramatically
different from 4 ways will bite us. Can anyone find anything radically
different in the last Character battle? I know most of us kinda didn't
expect such a large drop from FF7 or Pokemon to do so well. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/11/2010 10:34:02 PM | message detail |
This is an interesting topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/10-ask-the-mods/56723419 Apparently, one mod thinks that the current poll right now hasn't closed yet because thinks Bacon might have changed the poll closing time to 12:00 AM PST (it has been 12:00 AM EST for like the past 4 years or so). But I highly doubt that and think the site is having technical difficulties that are preventing the server from changing the poll at the normal poll closing time. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/11/2010 10:54:17 PM | message detail |
This whole time, I thought Valkyria Chronicles was a PS1 Square RPG. Time to pick Disgaea then. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/12/2010 4:36:30 AM | message detail |
Fourways
will still be helpful. I mean, you're an idiot if you just use the
x-stats or take stuff at face value, but they can still be useful for
comparison purposes. They're perfectly helpful if you exercise even a
little caution. --- Wylvane Calvinball is a horrible user. |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/12/2010 5:11:22 AM | message detail |
You
know, I have been wondering of 1vs1 in games being dramatically
different from 4 ways will bite us. Can anyone find anything radically
different in the last Character battle? I know most of us kinda didn't
expect such a large drop from FF7 or Pokemon to do so well. There isn't, the main problem with four-ways is that there is increase in variation. While in 1v1 there is some fanbase overlap in 4-ways there is a higher chance that the average voter will be a fan of at least two of the options. --- BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56645390 BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 10/12/2010 6:27:22 AM | message detail |
From: LOLContests | #071 lol --- And I certainly do not agree with my words being taken out of context. - Vlado |
Dilated Chemist | Posted 10/12/2010 6:29:51 AM | message detail |
Oracle Challenge Team signups topic is up! --- GT: TriggerTRE PSN ID: SolidTRE I use my mind, not a pick-up line. |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/12/2010 6:57:20 AM | message detail |
Calling
Samus a gaming icon was incredibly stupid, yes. I suppose Super Metroid
and Prime are fairly influential but even then no Metroid game aside
from Other M puts much of an emphasis on Samus herself. Then the
Metroid series has not exactly been full of commercial blockbusters
and...yeah. Even I myself like Samus more for her character design and the whole concept over her games (as opposed to Mario and Link where icon status forms a fair amount of my good opinion of them). It doesn't help that the Metroid series only has 2 games that could be considered "classics", as opposed to the Zelda franchise's 5 and Mario's...uh, 7. --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/12/2010 7:31:48 AM | message detail |
Samus
would have decent strength on any non-PC gaming website. In a version
of our noble nine? Maybe not, but she'll be elite material. --- BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56645390 BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/12/2010 7:37:14 AM | message detail |
Decent
strength due to...what? Character design, Smash appearances, the two
"classic" games she has to her name, some of the best handheld games
ever...yeah, I guess you're right. But she may be a low midcarder on
some other site. By now however the Metroid series has better than
decent exposure, especially considering how much exposure she has on
the Wii (appearance in SSBB, EVERY 3D Metroid has a retail release on
the system, yadda yadda...). --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/12/2010 7:44:22 AM | message detail |
Well most polls I've seen on other sites in the past had Samus performing pretty well. In GameSpot while we can't measure her performance she was comparable to Sonic and Master Chief and I consider those two characters to have decent strength. --- BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56645390 BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls |
LOLContests | Posted 10/12/2010 7:47:22 AM | message detail |
Samus looked pretty damn strong on Gamespot --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 7:49:32 AM | message detail |
There
isn't, the main problem with four-ways is that there is increase in
variation. While in 1v1 there is some fanbase overlap in 4-ways there
is a higher chance that the average voter will be a fan of at least two
of the options. I suppose. It certainly didn't feel like Smash characters were as strong as they were prior to 2010. Sonic also kinda felt like he didn't go anywhere. In fact, Nintendo (or proxy Nintendo characters) actually did look better as a whole. Even Link, who I thought could get no better, looked like he gained since 2005's ToC. I can expect to see even more surprises this contest considering we haven't had a 1 vs 1 BGE since 2004. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
LOLContests | Posted 10/12/2010 7:54:21 AM | message detail |
Link definitely looked weaker in 2008 and 2010 than he did in previous years, at least in my opinion. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/12/2010 7:56:32 AM | message detail |
Link
looked awful in 2010. 4 straight disappointing performances to start
the contest, 2 SFF matches against Sonic and Mario where he looked
good/okay (he actually scored less on Mario in 2010 than 2008, and that
was his first time bringing down the SFF hammer on Sonic), and then a
disappointing match against the weakest Cloud since 2002. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 8:01:51 AM | message detail |
He scored less on Mario? Looks like he scored more to me. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2920 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3854 I forgot about that Thrall match. Man was that weird. Well, even more support for 1 vs 1's having some strange mystical factor of voting. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
