GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 926
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/23/2010 10:01:48 PM | message detail |
Prime lost about 3.5% from the board vote to the end of the Power Hour. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
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Solid_Mike86 | Posted 10/23/2010 10:03:36 PM | message detail |
I can't wait for Prime to take down Half Life 2. It will be awesome to witness. --- AKA Super Luigi. #1 Tennessee Titans fan. |
LOLContests | Posted 10/23/2010 10:03:54 PM | message detail |
Well, since I'm not doing well in terms of predictions, I might as well put my analysis on State Trends. I was proven wrong about Halo 3 Vs. SMS breaking the rule. Halo 3 did do slightly above average in New England/Mid-Atlantic, although the general Ninty friendliness of the area made it better than it could have been. SMS's real key states were in the West Coast, which I probably should have seen coming, as previous polls have indicated this is the least Xbox friendly part of the country. Halo Vs. Ninja Gaiden didn't have much in the way of state trends, or at least not any that were readily apparent. If I had to guess about today's matches (without checking the current results) Metroid Prime Vs. Star Ocean 3: Prime should do best in its New England/Mid-Atlantic firewalls, which the Asia-friendly west coast should be Star Ocean's high point. SO should also do pretty well in the Mountain states/Great Plains, which seem to be pretty RPG friendly. Mother 3 Vs. Devil May Cry 3: Mother 3 being downloadable, should put it at its best in the Northeast/West Coast, although The South has been pretty receptive to old school RPGS in previous polls. Maybe they'll give it nostalgia Earthbound votes. I would guess that DMC3 does best in the Midwest. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
LOLContests | Posted 10/23/2010 10:06:52 PM | message detail |
*New England/Mid Atlantic Nintendo firewalls that is. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
TheCodeisBosco | Posted 10/23/2010 10:21:45 PM | message detail |
(looks at the prediction % for Halo/Ninja Gaiden) More people had faith in freaking NINJA GAIDEN than Super Mario Sunshine?!? --- HALO 3 > SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE: I blame Arby 'n' the Chief! |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/23/2010 10:26:42 PM | message detail |
From: Solid_Mike86 | #302 You're aware it might struggle to triple Star Ocean 3 and only got 56% on Half-Life 1 six years ago, right? That was way back before Half-Life was relevant on this site. I love Prime as much as anyone, but the unwarranted faith people put in Metroid every single year is getting silly. --- ¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸ "If God can have stupid rules, then so can Ulti." -Anri |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/23/2010 10:31:01 PM | message detail |
I
think this is a fine performance from Prime, especially in a night
match. I mean, how confident are we that Star Ocean loses to inFamous? --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 10/23/2010 10:32:20 PM | message detail |
Very confident. For one thing, people actually like Infamous! --- DFF |
The Mana Sword | Posted 10/23/2010 10:33:08 PM | message detail |
Hey now, there are at least 3 people who like Star Ocean 3. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/23/2010 10:34:00 PM | message detail |
I
thought Star Ocean had fans. It did avoid Pokemon's doubling in the
Series Contest. Doubt that happens again, but it has shown signs of
life before. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/23/2010 10:41:21 PM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #310 Well, that's a series vs. one game. We know the difference there. (Mario Kart vs. Mega Man, anyone?) --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
Greyfeld | Posted 10/23/2010 10:43:32 PM | message detail |
So, does anybody have any thoughts about the DS/MM9 match? You know, besides "lol game X sucks, game Y is totally gonna win!" |
KamikazePotato | Posted 10/23/2010 10:44:20 PM | message detail |
From
what I understand (having never played it), Star Ocean 2 was actually a
great game and the main reason why people actually care about the
series. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/536705-star-ocean-till-the-end-of-time 3, not so much. --- DFF |
NoDicePwn | Posted 10/23/2010 10:48:18 PM | message detail |
Star
Ocean 3 would obliterate Star Ocean 2 in a match. Star Ocean 2 sold
like 370k in America, and Star Ocean 3 sold like 650k, plus its talked
a lot more by RPG fans than Star Ocean 2 ever was. I played both and
vastly prefer Star Ocean 3 in every way. I think a lot of people were
just turned off by the plot twist (probably best plot twist in any game
imo, but a lot of people hate it!). --- http://i56.tinypic.com/o5thna.jpg http://i51.tinypic.com/33kbvba.jpg |
The n00b Avenger | Posted 10/23/2010 10:49:57 PM | message detail |
Mmmm, I think Star Ocean 2 is vastly preferred among fans. But yeah, the only reason Star Ocean even got put on the map to begin with was because Star Ocean 3 was published by Square-Enix --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
NoDicePwn | Posted 10/23/2010 10:51:23 PM | message detail |
Its
kinda like Fallout 2/3 (though no where near the same extent). Hardcore
fans of the series prefer Fallout 2, but Fallout 3 would obliterate it
in a match. --- http://i56.tinypic.com/o5thna.jpg http://i51.tinypic.com/33kbvba.jpg |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 10/23/2010 11:02:51 PM | message detail |
LoD more than doubled SO3, it's fodder. --- Final Fantasy XIII review: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/review/R140434.html You're pretty good, Dr_Football. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/23/2010 11:10:50 PM | message detail |
Oh wow, I just realized we've got a big one in 22 hours! I might go through this entire contest without banking anything, lol. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/23/2010 11:12:58 PM | message detail |
From: Greyfeld | #312 Nope, that's pretty much what it boils down to. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/23/2010 11:13:22 PM | message detail |
I still have no idea what the match pics are for the next few matches. Why haven't they been showing up on sc2k5.com, again? --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/23/2010 11:14:04 PM | message detail |
I actually haven't heard anyone criticize the quality of either game. It's just been name vs. acclaim the whole way. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 10/23/2010 11:17:56 PM | message detail |
creativename is on a trip right now. He'll probably put the match pics on the website soon after he gets back. --- "Let me believe what you've always believed! That living is wonderful!" "Thank you so much... Thank you for loving me." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/23/2010 11:37:06 PM | message detail |
From a quadrupling to a tripling in 2.5 hours. That's impressive. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/23/2010 11:47:48 PM | message detail |
Now under the tripling. Star Ocean has 33%+ in Europe right now, so Prime's probably going to be dropping for a while yet. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/23/2010 11:51:09 PM | message detail |
Eh,
I had Prime at 72% and think this is just fine. It's up against
something from a completely different genre and with the time
disadvantage on its side. It might also be not as broad in its appeal
because of the whole FPS genre thing. I'm not sure if HL2 would outdo
this performance by anything significant. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
shinigami820 | Posted 10/24/2010 12:00:53 AM | message detail |
So what's everyones take on Mother 3 vs. DMC3? I don't think Mother 3 will do so well considering it was only released in Japan. --- [This signature was deleted at the request of the original poster] |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/24/2010 12:07:20 AM | message detail |
From: shinigami820 | #326 Thank you captain obvious --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 10/24/2010 12:13:19 AM | message detail |
Mother 3 is going to get killed by DMC3. It's hard to say just how badly, though. --- "Let me believe what you've always believed! That living is wonderful!" "Thank you so much... Thank you for loving me." |
The Real Truth | Posted 10/24/2010 12:15:48 AM | message detail |
I hope it obliterates Mother 3 so hard that anything related to the series never makes another showing in any of the contests. And on Prime/SO, I honestly thought SO3 would be somewhere around 30-35% here. People are right though, SO2 is the game of the franchise. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/24/2010 1:10:48 AM | message detail |
It
may have been back in 2004, but SO3 looked decent in the GotY poll,
considering both SA and MGS3 were in the poll. It doubled Up Your
Arsenal, the next game behind it, which certain people expect to do
well. From: Kotetsu534 | #317 ...Uh, what if LoD is, you know, not weak at all? I might be overrating Uncharted 2 here, but 40% against that cannot be bad. Hell, it did awesome in the vote-in poll even if it didn't have that much competition. Anyway I think we're all being far too hard on Star Ocean. Hell, I think people are slightly biased against its strength because it's a non-major RPG. Honestly I think Star Ocean has some firm strength on the site based off of this and the series contest. Just not that much of it. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
jonthomson | Posted 10/24/2010 5:13:47 AM | message detail |
how is it just me and one other guy still perfect in the guru? --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 2, top kill: 152 gg DrFootball |
voltch | Posted 10/24/2010 5:17:29 AM | message detail |
blame The Show for making everyone pick sunshine. --- Uguu~ |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 10/24/2010 5:39:11 AM | message detail |
SO3
is about as strong as Jet Grind Radio and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. No
one's been suggesting they're anything but rubbish... in fact, people
have been suggesting the more popular Fire Emblems are. --- Final Fantasy XIII review: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/review/R140434.html You're pretty good, Dr_Football. |
FFI3_Lightning | Posted 10/24/2010 5:43:47 AM | message detail |
the biggest concern for me is Warcraft and Elderscrolls. that was one is REALLY tough. I skipped the battle for that. --- http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/Mithos_2006/Ayaneff13.png |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/24/2010 6:22:08 AM | message detail |
This
seems to be Metroid Prime's pattern: start the match really strong,
then bleed percentage over the night and gain/stall during the day
depending on the opponent (in this case it would probably gain during
the day). --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
paulg235 | Posted 10/24/2010 6:25:54 AM | message detail |
From: The Real Truth | #329 Ness will (sadly) always be here. --- The Gamer In Me "Oh boy, I always wanted to be a pedo." - Janus5000's response to sleeping with Misty for the night |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/24/2010 6:28:09 AM | message detail |
From: FFI3_Lightning | #334 Probably one of the toughest first round picks in the contest. Warcraft has the Warcraft brand and the rallying advantage in a close match (which really saved TF2's ass in its match, so it's not to be underestimated), while Morrowind has grown a lot since those early polls that had it losing, having Oblivion be a big hit that introduced people to Morrowind by extension. Doesn't hurt that hardcore fans generally prefer Morrowind over Oblivion (though that's more a Fallout 2/3 scenario than a Melee/Brawl scenario). Warcraft III has the advantage with the bigger name and rallying potential, but Morrowind has every reason to impress as well. I don't think the match itself will be that close, though. --- Wylvane Applekidjosh is a horrible user. |
KrahenProphet | Posted 10/24/2010 6:42:17 AM | message detail |
Hmm, wish DS v MM9 were coming up at noon. --- Dr_Football punted me out of the Guru throne. 4th place in Summer Contest 2k4 |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/24/2010 6:43:02 AM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #337 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3466 On second look, Morrowind got 27.26% on FFX and 38.20% on MGS2. Thinking I'll switch my battle pick to Warcraft III after all. Too bad we have nothing on WC3 since 2002, so we have no clue whether it aged well here or not. Really hesitant to use WoW as a base considering it's a whole different game. Maybe I'll use Starcraft as a comparison instead. Starcraft for the record got 38.84% on FF8 in R1 (R2 had FF8 LFFed with FF9) and 25.20% on OoT. Considering FFX got an average of 35.76% on OoT for the two rounds it faced it and wasn't SFFed, quick x-stats suggest Morrowind getting around 20% on OoT. Warcraft III will be weaker than Starcraft, of course, but considering they came out around the same time and Warcraft III was still a rather popular RTS at the time, I think WC3 is looking better and better. But who knows, maybe WC3 support dropped like a rock thanks to WoW. It really is a tough match. --- Wylvane ctesjbuvf is a horrible user. |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/24/2010 6:51:40 AM | message detail |
From: Kotetsu534 | #333 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1872 Fairly old poll, but MGS3 just doubled. Hell, Pokemon could only manage a doubling. There's not much I think it could actually beat, but I think games like Star Ocean generally do well against stronger opponents because they have a firm, more dedicated fanbase. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/24/2010 6:59:25 AM | message detail |
As
far as Warcraft III/Morrowind goes, that's a day match, meaning that
it's Blizzard's awful ASV versus the Elder Scrolls series' powerful
one, right? Also I doubt that this site really cares about PC-only
strategy games aside from StarCraft, and that's because SC has had so
much influence. Also right now I'm wishing I picked Melee > Brawl, Kingdom Hearts > Twilight Princess, and Metal Gear Solid 3 > Metal Gear Solid 4. I think those new games will fall off for whatever reason. --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/24/2010 7:00:29 AM | message detail |
Even
if Star Ocean is stronger than inFamous, Metroid Prime certainly
doesn't look like it's capable of taking out Fallout 3. Star Ocean
would have to be able to crush inFamous hard for MP to have a shot. Not that anyone is giving it a shot anyway, and this isn't a horrible performance for MP considering what we expect of it, but it's just more reason for it not to be the favorite to win its division, even if its competition is weak. --- Wylvane WVI is a horrible user. |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/24/2010 7:01:46 AM | message detail |
Man it is only 1 point.I also I believe TP will win and MGS 4 will win too. --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/24/2010 7:03:24 AM | message detail |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #341 Looks like WC3/Morrowind is on a Thursday. Too bad it's not a Tuesday! And I'm the opposite. I have a lot of faith in the newer games. Brawl, TP, and MGS4 did fantastic in 2009, and I don't think they'll have dropped like a rock in the 1.5 years since. --- Wylvane Maniac64 is a horrible user. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 10/24/2010 7:04:25 AM | message detail |
From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #343 I don't care about the point, I care about getting a long streak in my Battle picks. I need some luck with the tough matches so I can get a really long streak and blow past the competition. --- Wylvane McBonesII is a horrible user. |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/24/2010 7:08:46 AM | message detail |
Prime
is probably just a little stronger than last year showed, and that's
it. Who knows whether that entails being able to defeat Half-Life 2/God
of War/Tales of Symphonia? Also I just found out that there are three Nintendo games in this division, as Tales of Symphonia was published by Nintendo in Australia. --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 10/24/2010 7:35:56 AM | message detail |
Yep, MP really fell down to earth. --- DFF |
charmander6000 | Posted 10/24/2010 8:06:17 AM | message detail |
Match X: (8) Mother 3 vs. (9) Devil May Cry 3 Information Name: Mother 3 Year: 2006 Previous Performance: N/A Name: Devil May Cry 3 Year: 2005 Previous Performance: N/A Analysis Before seeing the match picture I never knew what Mother 3’s box art looked like. A game from the Devil May Cry series finally makes its debut, too bad we’re going to have to wait until the other game to see how they perform. Mother 3 is the only game in this contest without a North American release and while it has been imported by a lot of people a large population of GameFAQs probably doesn’t know much about the existence of the game. To get a better idea on what to expect from Mother 3 just take a look at Lucas’ performance in 2008 and the vote-in for 2010. Yes there were Nintendo options, but those guys just stole most of Lucas’ Brawl support what we’re left with is the hardcore Mother 3 fanbase and you know those guys are hardcore when they have to import their game. I don’t have much faith in the Devil May Cry games doing much this contest, but when it’s up against what should easily be the weakest game in the bracket we could potentially be seeing the blowout of the contest. I expect breaking 80% and wouldn’t be surprised if it was pushing 90%. charmander6000’s Bracket: Devil May Cry 3 > Mother 3 charmander6000’s Prediction: Devil May Cry 3 wins, 86.94% - 13.06% --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 6/8 Today's Matches: MP & DMC3 |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/24/2010 8:12:41 AM | message detail |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #341 What the hell are you talking about? Where the hell are you getting Morrowind having a great ASV from? Warcraft 3 is going to dominate that match. It'll be as strong as WoW, and Morrowind will be nowhere near Oblivion. That one was cut and dry for me. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/24/2010 8:50:03 AM | message detail |
lol 10 minutes --- I have no idea how Metroid: Other M got any scores lower than 60%. |
