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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 915
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/12/2010 8:43:37 AM | message detail |
Or
just Zelda series sucking it up. It's not like the other Nintendo
characters looked horrible, and some were downright impressive (Hello
Falcon, Samus, and Pokemon!). --- Wylvane th3l3fty is a horrible user. |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/12/2010 8:49:28 AM | message detail |
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red sox 777 | Posted 10/12/2010 8:51:10 AM | message detail |
He scored less on Mario? Looks like he scored more to me. He scored less in 2010 than in 2008, but more in 2010 than in 2007. Mario looks like he fell quite a bit in 2008, so that makes sense. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/12/2010 8:52:45 AM | message detail |
Every
Noble 9er sans Samus and Mega Man had at least one awful performance in
2010. Even Snake acted a fool against Pikachu, and many people thought
he disappointed against Protoman as well. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/12/2010 8:54:46 AM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #104 To be fair, Pikachu had every possible reason to overperform against Snake in that match. And it doesn't hurt Snake's cred that Charizard goes and pulls an even closer percentage against freaking Mario. Not that I'm complaining that Pikachu and by extension Commander Shepard look great in the x-stats as a result! Let's go Pikachu > Squall! --- Wylvane Ainoxi is a horrible user. |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/12/2010 8:59:12 AM | message detail |
Well,
Snake/Pikachu had good reason to be strange, and we saw it coming.
Clinkeroth had a terrible year in 2010- they didn't have just one bad
match, they were consistently below their historical levels in pretty
much every match. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/12/2010 9:34:41 AM | message detail |
Yeah
I think every non-fodder (fodder meaning stupid kids like Layton)
Nintendo character in 2010 who was not from Mario or Zelda ended up
impressing, no? --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 9:38:51 AM | message detail |
Wow, Falcon would have a close match with Leon Kennedy? Well.. I guess it should be an interesting contest --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 9:44:34 AM | message detail |
From: MarioSuperstar | #108 Eh, probably not. The sprite round killed Leon last contest. He's probably just a little below Ryu and Dante overall. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
Masato_Tanaka | Posted 10/12/2010 11:34:06 AM | message detail |
so what are the big matches people are talking about --- Elephant Talk: A New Kind Of Music Blog! http://elephantmusictalk.blogspot.com/ |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/12/2010 11:38:18 AM | message detail |
I think Sunshine/Halos has gotten more talk than any other grouping. So weird. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 10/12/2010 11:43:39 AM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #111 Its all your fault too, yoblazer! --- Around here, I'm the father, the son, and the Holy ****ing Spirit all rolled into one - Red Crow |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 12:04:16 PM | message detail |
Let's get more discussion on one point matches that don't matter! SA2/SFIV? Emerald/GTAIV? WWF/FE? --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/12/2010 12:09:48 PM | message detail |
Anything GTA will lose to anything Pokemon (main franchise). No Mercy will beat Fire Emblem, and SA2 will beat SF4. Now then, let's talk more about Sunshine! --- "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 |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 12:10:36 PM | message detail |
From: XxSoulxX | #114 Two outta three ain't bad! --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Articuno2001 | Posted 10/12/2010 12:12:10 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #115 You mean three out of three! --- 15th in Best Game Ever 2009 http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/12/2010 12:14:17 PM | message detail |
I've
got about a week to decide whether to put Pokemon in the finals, out at
the semifinals against FFX, or out against an OoT-proxy Majora's Mask.
OoT-proxy Majora's Mask sounds so sexy, too. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 12:15:35 PM | message detail |
If Majora's Mask is going to be an OoT-proxy, you might as well make FFX an FFVII-proxy! --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/12/2010 12:16:52 PM | message detail |
Why do you think MM will become a proxy when we've already seen it in action and it sucked? --- Good Times, Great Memories |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 12:18:13 PM | message detail |
From: XxSoulxX | #119 Nintendo is invincible! Also, hiveminds --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 10/12/2010 12:19:16 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #118 That's Crisis Core, dude! Also, TP will be OoT-proxy, since they its the one Zelda most similar to OoT in the contest! --- And I certainly do not agree with my words being taken out of context. - Vlado |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/12/2010 12:19:59 PM | message detail |
I
don't think it will become a proxy. I think there's a tiny chance that
it underperformed last time and can use the 1v1 format to do better
this time. Good enough to beat Pokemon? Very very doubtful, but I think
the chance is there. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/12/2010 12:27:09 PM | message detail |
Can't wait for the Super Smash Bros-proxy vs the Super Smash Bros Melee-proxy match! --- Wylvane Heroic Bigpun is a horrible user. |
Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/12/2010 12:34:45 PM | message detail |
I'm
still not sold on Pokemon Crystal beating Majora's Mask, when the only
thing suggesting it is a really weird SFF situation. Not to mention the
fact that Zelda fans need a game to rally behind, and noone likes WW or
TP. |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/12/2010 12:39:37 PM | message detail |
I'm
still not sold on Pokemon Crystal beating Majora's Mask, when the only
thing suggesting it is a really weird SFF situation. Not to mention the
fact that Zelda fans need a game to rally behind, and noone likes WW or
TP. Zelda fans are Nintendo fans. They'll rally behind some other Nintendo game. And it's funny how you mention that no one likes WW/TP when Majora's Mask is the most disliked 3D mainline Zelda game. lol turtle --- Good Times, Great Memories |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 12:42:07 PM | message detail |
Okay, I get SF4 is no pillar of strength, but why does anybody have any faith in SA2 here? Here's a pair of telling polls: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3997 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3938 People get that SA2 isn't the Sonic most people enjoy, and even adding Battle to the end of it wouldn't help matters much either: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1128 You're entitled to believe name-brand could still help it, and it surely does to some degree; it's my bet on why SA2 ever overturned this loss: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=767 There's your name-brand value: the ability to not be forgotten as quickly as Shenmue and PSO. I wouldn't take either one of them to get close to SF4, and SSF4 probably didn't hurt it here either. So, where's the pro-SA2 argument coming from? --- Nominate Epona...or else. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/12/2010 12:45:25 PM | message detail |
SFII
easily lost to Sonic twice and SFIV tied Persona. I have no reason to
think about that match, and no amount of mental gymnastics can get me
to a SFIV win. Non-Smash fighters are just terrible 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 10/12/2010 12:45:35 PM | message detail |
From: HaRRicH | #126 Oh come on, why do people keep bringing this poll up? It's about as useful for contests as this (also Sonic-related) poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2762 That poll isn't asking "Which of these games is your favorite?" It's asking "Which of these games would you like to see on a current-gen console?" I imagine a lot more people here own SA2B than own Shenmue, so it makes sense they have no use to see it ported again. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/12/2010 12:45:56 PM | message detail |
Those
polls are all horrible Harrich. Going back to 2002 to prove a point
isn't worth it. That second poll with two extremely cult DC only games
coming close to Sonic doesn't do much for your case either, considering
it's an old poll with like 10+ options (cult games always perform
better in matches/polls like that). Also getting SFFed in that Nintendo
poll doesn't prove anything either because it's not fighting a Nintendo
game here. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 12:46:51 PM | message detail |
From: XxSoulxX | #129 Why do people say things like this that aren't true? Cult games still get smashed in GOTY polls. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
Big Bob | Posted 10/12/2010 12:48:35 PM | message detail |
RSE isn't beating GTAIV. That's easily the weakest pokemon generation, against possibly the strongest GTA game. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/Mach+Tornado.png |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 10/12/2010 12:50:03 PM | message detail |
an old poll If that poll is old, the last contest was eons ago. --- Final Fantasy XIII review: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/review/R140434.html You're pretty good, Dr_Football. |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 12:58:37 PM | message detail |
Sonic
had a BIG reason to over-perform in that SSBB-poll due to years of hype
coming from one of the biggest gaming pranks known, not to mention the
idea of Mario VS Sonic being a selling point to most gamers. That
poll's not a fair comparison to this, plus it ignores the reputation
the Sonic Adventure games started giving 3D-Sonic that he's never been
able to shake since. I'll also question how many gamers really have SA2. It was a Dreamcast-exclusive where the Sonic game couldn't even come close to winning the GotY-award on Sega's system, and it's not like Shenmue or PSO are huge classics or anything. This also isn't an isolated incident either; SA1 wasn't far from being quadrupled by Soul Calibur in the year of the Dreamcast's launch: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=32 The Gamecube port could have only done so much too if it was doubled by SMS while MP and three other Nintendo games were in the same poll. SF2 did lose to Sonic twice, granted. I'd still bank on SF4 being considerably closer to SF2 than SA2 being to the strongest 2D-Sonic we've seen (still holding hope for S&K!). If SF2 lost to Sonic 3, we could maybe talk, but let's not joke around and think 3D-Sonic's close to 2D-Sonic. Again, SSF4 came after BGE2 and probably helps SF4 too, so SA2's chances look worse from there. --- Epona: shaped like a horse to eat some oats. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/12/2010 1:00:53 PM | message detail |
To
me, SA2/SF4 was settled when SF4 almost lost to Persona for no apparent
reason. The fact that SF2 also lost to a Sonic game is also pretty
telling, and those results are far more useful than polls from 2002.
Will SA2 be a bastion of power? Probably not, but I can't see it losing
to Persona. Although SSF4 is definitely a reason to go for the upset.
Especially so since the winner of that match has a great shot at
beating Unfarted. |
Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/12/2010 1:02:05 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=32 The Gamecube port could have only done so much too if it was doubled by SMS while MP and three other Nintendo games were in the same poll. lol harrich |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 1:03:34 PM | message detail |
From: HaRRicH | #133 Well, that doesn't really matter considering the strongest 2D Sonic is stronger than SF2! I'd also say you're wrong because GameFAQs doesn't care about fighting games that aren't Smash Bros. or SF2, and it doesn't even care about SF2 that much. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3397 I mean, 70% of the site doesn't even want the game? That's worse than WoW numbers! http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3866 Inspiring performance from SSFIV here, too. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3722 That Persona 4 match doesn't really feel like a fluke when you see stuff like this. That poll's not a fair comparison to this, plus it ignores the reputation the Sonic Adventure games started giving 3D-Sonic that he's never been able to shake since. Also, that's not entirely true. That reputation didn't really start until after SA2. Regardless, that poll of "What game do you want on this system?" is still useless. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 1:17:36 PM | message detail |
I
wouldn't take SA2 > Persona 4, either! They were just a few votes
apart, so I'm not going to bother threading the needle there. From: LeonhartFour | #136 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1417 Mario aside (which can be easily explained by LoZ), this looks about right for late 2003...and I can't find any Sonic games released between SA2:B and this poll. --- Where's your horse? http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/12/2010 1:33:30 PM | message detail |
Noone's saying SA2 will be strong, but we're talking about Street Fighter 4
here. Sonic can get by on name alone. SA2 isn't a fan-favourite, but
it's not the steaming turd that some of his other 3-D games have been.
That's more than enough to outdo something that lost to a Persona game. Seriously, I had no idea what Person was until that contest. |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/12/2010 1:38:38 PM | message detail |
Lame,
Bacon is running a poll today that will only be run for 8 hours total.
Yesterday's poll could have ran for a full 48 hours if Bacon chose not
to change the poll. Since yesterday's poll remained open even after the
normal poll closing time due to a glitch. Overall, yesterday's poll ran
for a total of 40 hours. It would have been fun to try and how many more votes a poll would have gotten with an extra 24 hours. Yesterday's poll would have finished around 66270 votes. If yesterday's poll went for the full 48 hours, it would have finished around 89000 votes. Which would have been about an extra 23000 votes with the extra 24 hours in that poll. Using the 89000 vote estimate for yesterday's poll if it went the full 48 hours and the 66270 vote estimate if that poll closed last night at 12:00 AM EST, it would be possible to estimate the number of votes for a 48 hour contest match. You just need to know the ratio between the two numbers. 89000 / 66270 = 1.34 So the ratio is 1.34 and you could multiply any vote total by that ratio to get a general idea of the final vote total in a 48 hour match. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 1:43:23 PM | message detail |
Really,
all I'm saying is that the Sonic-series hasn't meant **** this decade
in the least little bit here. I can't find a single GotY-poll where
it's ever looked good, and goodness knows there were several polls here
where its brand-name should have stuck out or Sega favoritism should
have helped it: 1999: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=32 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=35 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=38 2001: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=767 2002: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1127 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1128 2004: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1869 I can't even find anymore after 2004 despite numerous titles like Sonic Heroes, Sonic 2006, Shadow the Hedgehog, Mario & Sonic At The Olympics, and Sonic Unleashed...and they're probably snubbed for good reason. The only good thing he's known for this decade by most people is being playable in SSBB...and he's still pretty terrible in that. His series' popularity is absolutely just a Genesis-phenomenon, and I say this owning and liking SA2:B. You can still say whatever you like about SF4, and it's hard to disagree about it being some very weak game too. That said, the Sonic-series is a series known for not being the same since it went 3D, and Sonic's been trying 3D time and time again for over a decade reminding us that it's not the Genesis-era anymore. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg E-p-o-n-a |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 1:46:34 PM | message detail |
From: Wii_TuRtLe | #138 Show me a poll where Sonic's name-power has mattered for a Sonic-game not on the Genesis to date. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Epona: C^ C< C>, C^ C< C> |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/12/2010 1:48:23 PM | message detail |
SF2
losing to Sonic 1 is what made me take Sonic in this match. Though I
wouldn't really be surprised if SF4 won, or even if Persona 4 beat a 3D
Sonic game. --- Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 1:58:39 PM | message detail |
From: HaRRicH | #137 That sounds like a personal problem to me! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 1:59:27 PM | message detail |
From: HaRRicH | #140 Good luck finding a non-Dreamcast GOTY poll for Sonic that isn't a port/compilation/whatever. They don't exist. Seriously. I looked. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 2:00:22 PM | message detail |
And really, why are we arguing about Sonic's name power when it clearly has more than Street Fighter? Seriously, this site doesn't care about fighting games. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 2:07:15 PM | message detail |
I
think what Harr meant about SF4 being closer to SF2 than 3D Sonic being
closer to 2D Sonic is a valid point, but there's just simply no way to
prove that. I think the winner of the match will ultimately answer that
question. If it's the same amount, Sonic wins, if Street Fighter is
closer by a significant margin, SFIV wins. It really seems to me that Sonic just has all the tangibles... including the tangibles to fail due to 3D Sonic just having a bad name in general. 3D Sonic characters are also going to be a heck lot weaker than 2D ones. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/12/2010 2:07:27 PM | message detail |
It doesn't care about Dreamcast games either then. --- Epona: pulling off the "horse-face" better than Sarah Jessica Parker since 1998. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/12/2010 2:07:44 PM | message detail |
Going
back to RSE/GTAIV I'm surprised that RSE is the overwhelming favourite,
you have to believe pokemon has shot up and GTAIV is weaker now than it
was in 2k9. Could happen, but not likely enough for people to take RSE 2:1 --- BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56645390 BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/12/2010 2:08:27 PM | message detail |
Of course they don't. If SA2 was a Dreamcast exclusive, I wouldn't be giving it a chance to do anything here. But this is a battle of series whose golden years are looooooooong behind them, despite attempts at Renaissance. Any arguments you make against SA2 can be made to SFIV. Seriously, this is like a mirror match. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
MarioSuperstar | Posted 10/12/2010 2:09:38 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=580 If we're going to use 10 year old polls, may as well use this one too. SA2 actually looks pretty good. If it's still like this, I'd take it with ease. --- *is Dranze* Dr. Football swept me. |
