GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1000
*Ehem...* FFVI > FFX > FFVIII --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
 
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So if you think FFVI is so strong, why wasn't Link's Awakening in your top 30? It got into the mid-40s on FFVI twice. |
I
remember posting a long time ago in some of the very first contest
stats and discussion topics. I would never be considered a regular,
because I want to punch most of the people's faces in a lot of the time,
but I have had some very fun conversations in these topic. 1000 topics. Geesh. --- Sir Chris http://img.imgcake.com/Chris2pngas.png |
Hypothetically if 6 qualified, you seriously think 6 would have gotten to the finals of the GotD contest and beat MM? |
AxemRedRanger posted... So if you think FFVI is so strong, why wasn't Link's Awakening in your top 30? It got into the mid-40s on FFVI twice. The same reason I don't have MGS2 slightly above MGS4 (through Shadow of the Colossus's performance): I forgot about it! There are probably many games I'm overlooking in strength, like Final Fantasy Tactics, which is a pretty strong game and it could probably be on the level of FFIV. Also, I definitely have to add SMB3/SMW in the Top 10 near both Smash games. I'm also tempted to put Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat II in the Top 30. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
I
don't think Brawl has a good shot at SM3/W/64. I would have given Melee
an excellent shot before Brawl's release, but now I'd consider it an
underdog as well. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Congrats on topic 1000 guys. It is crazy to think that there have been this many. --- Black Turtle keeps that Guru Jeep ridin'. |
Nah, if Brawl got anti-voted against Majora's Mask, there's no way it can beat the Mario triumvirate. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
From: SunO0 | #299 I would assume the "SBallen asks what Contest people wants" thing --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
GranzonEx posted... Hypothetically if 6 qualified, you seriously think 6 would have gotten to the finals of the GotD contest and beat MM? It could have probably put up a big fight, but Majora's Mask's strenght came out of nobody's expectations, so it has definitely become an incredibly respected game. If this was 2004, I'd say FFVI may have defeated Majora by 4-5% tops, but now I'm not sure if it could actually win. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
From: Advokaiser | #310 Wrong. I would put the FFX/MM matchup at 6-4 in FFX's favor. If they met anywhere outside of the semi/finals FFX would have beaten MM comfortably. And you are throwing 2004 around, that means you doubt 6's strength. Then why do you still continue to think 6>X right now? |
Summer Contest 2004 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b09.jpg This time it's Mega Man getting BOOM HEADSHOT'D http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b10.jpg Tidus was so confident about this that he fought Shadow with one arm tied behind his back (or completely cut off)! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b12.jpg Just an awesome match pic. Can't beat it. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b17.jpg ...Boy. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b30oops.png Posted this earlier, but I'll post it again for this. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b52.jpg Perhaps the most infamous sprite of all time, one of the few match pics to get its own legendary moniker. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b58.jpg Mega Man goin' crazy! Also, that's not Solid Snake! A lot of people got miffed that they used Naked Snake pics for Snake this year. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b61a.jpg This match pic was seriously embarrassing for Mega Man. Felt bad for him getting a pic like that. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b62a.jpg I believe yoblazer said Samus/Tifa was the first time anyone had ever seen Samus outside of the suit on this site, but this came first! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k4/sum04b63d.jpg We had a good batch of user pics for the final, but this one was my favorite. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
LeonhartFour posted... Nah, if Brawl got anti-voted against Majora's Mask, there's no way it can beat the Mario triumvirate. I'd say SM64 >> SMW > SMB3 =/= Brawl > Melee If there isn't any clear SFF, I'd say Brawl could have a small (and I mean very small) chance of getting an upset against SMB3. SMW looks way harder, but it could still happen. SM64 is untouchable, though... --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
GranzonEx posted... Wrong. I would put the FFX/MM matchup at 6-4 in FFX's favor. If they met anywhere outside of the semi/finals FFX would have beaten MM comfortably. And you are throwing 2004 around, that means you doubt 6's strength. Then why do you still continue to think 6>X right now? Because it's power has remained, alongside FFX, but Majora's Mask has become a beast now. Give me Brawl vs. FFVI and I'd bet wholeheartedly in FFVI's favour. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
From: Advokaiser | #313 Man, there's no chance Mario 64 is that far ahead of either of those games. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
LeonhartFour posted... From: Advokaiser | #313 SM64 >> SMW > SMB3 Man, there's no chance Mario 64 is that far ahead of either of those games. You're right, I was being too biased by the SMB3/SMW SFF match with ALttP, sorry. SMW could very well put a fight on SM64. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
At least he got the order right. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Villains Contest 2005 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b06.jpg I think we tried to come up with many nicknames for this Ghaleon pic, but I think we settled on Imodium Ghaleon. Also, Vergil apparently has a calendar plastered on his clothes. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b11.jpg Those pearly whites! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b14.jpg The first time CATS gets a recognizable pic, and he nearly wins! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b15.jpg And everyone who picked Sin to win this fourpack tore up their brackets once this pic was released. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b16.jpg I always thought this was a pretty cool looking pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b21.jpg People always claimed that Kefka would perform a ton better with a sprite pic, and when he finally got one, he didn't disappoint. Also, Villains Contest sprite pics were laughably bad because most characters looked really out of place and didn't fit together at all. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b30.jpg This is in contention for the ugliest match pic we've ever had. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b31.jpg This is in contention for the prettiest match pic we've ever had. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
charmander6000 posted... At least he got the order right. Yeah, even though I personally think that SMB3 is miles ahead of SMW in terms of being a better game, it's pretty clear SMW has a tiny advantage over it, sadly. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
From: Advokaiser | #314 Not a chance. You can love FF6, but it's not that strong. It would get flattened by Brawl. |
I
think Mario 3/Mario World/Mario 64 could still go in any order if they
had a 1-on-1 match, personally. There's not that much distance between
them. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
LeonhartFour posted... http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/spc2k5/b31.jpg This is in contention for the prettiest match pic we've ever had. What the... --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
Face CATS > Eggplant CATS --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
The
idea of a Brawl/FFVI match makes me cringe. Brawl would most likely win
that, and then this board would be an absolute cluster****. --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
Princess Anri really. That's really dumb. Just saying what everyone who's a regular in here is thinking but doesn't have the guts to say for fear of looking like they care too much. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
GranzonEx posted... Not a chance. You can love FF6, but it's not that strong. It would get flattened by Brawl. I don't love FF6 as I've never played it (YEAH), but I love the stats quietly and subtly speaking for themselves... --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
FFVI
definitely didn't look that great last contest. You either have to
admit it's not anywhere near as strong as it looked in 2004, or you have
to think an awful lot of Link's Awakening. Not that either one is impossible, mind you, but still. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Well,
I have to admit, I have no certain clue as to Link's Awakening's
strength, but considering it's the second strongest Game Boy game just
behind R/B/Y (if I have my facts straight), then that certainly would be
a useful factor to consider. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
Link's Awakening vs. Pokemon GSC --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Even
if you do think highly of Link's Awakening's contest strength...it's
pretty hard to look at FFVI doing worse on LttP in 2009 than in 2004
despite LA and Super Metroid also being in the 2009 poll and not
conclude that very bad things have happened to FFVI since then. |
Hmm... Anyway, I'm off to bed now. It's late where I live so I have to rest. Keep remembering those nice, heartwarming nostalgic memories of contest history. Good night. --- I didn't know Zelda games were supposed to be linked. (No pun intended.) -freshmakerrrr Currently playing: Tetris (NES) |
SM64
should be the clear favorite over SMW and SMB3. I'm with Yoblazer in
that I agree Brawl has very little shot at any of those Mario games, but
Melee does have a chance. I'd probably pick Melee over SMB3 and SMW
actually (if I'm going to lose, I'd like to be on the side that's coming
back with the ASV this time). SM64 is a clear favorite over Melee too,
but it's got an outside chance. This may be somewhat controversial, but I really think Brawl-hype Melee was the clear #3 at the time, and would have easily handled LTTP or RBY. And if it had somehow found itself in a final with FFVII, could have led for a good amount of time (30 minutes perhaps) en route to finishing with 45%. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Link's
Awakening was the only Nintendo game in that match, and after seeing
how well Majora's Mask did last year you have to believe that getting
56% on "just a Zelda game" isn't nearly as bad. We also now know that
Zelda and MMX don't have as much overlap as we initially thought since
Link didn't do much SFF damage to MMX, and it IS rather likely that FFVI
shares more of a fanbase with MMX than it does with LA (coincidentally,
both FF and MMX jumped ship to the PlayStation from Nintendo consoles
in the mid-'90s, which helps the cause of this theory). Of course, that
doesn't necessarily explain what happened afterwards...maybe Sonic
games don't overlap as much with Legend of Zelda compared to Sonic
characters? Question for thought: Do you think Final Fantasy VI could lose to Shadow of the Colossus? --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Summer Contest 2005 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b02.jpg Cries of "That's not CJ!" flooded the board and many were up in arms, claiming that this ended up costing him the match. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b03.jpg I should've made a mention of "Arabusa" for the 2004 match pics, but suffice it to say that many people were very unhappy that Hayabusa didn't get ninja pics in 2004. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b32.jpg This was another one of those match pics where everyone suddenly started worrying about their brackets as soon as it was revealed. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b33.jpg Extreme closeup headshots was the theme for round 2, and no match pic epitomizes why that was a bad idea more than this one. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b37.jpg People thought Zelda might have had a shot against the "Undersnaker" if she hadn't been given the little girl match pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b46.jpg Luigi looks absolutely astounded by something as he looks down toward Tifa. I wonder what it could be...! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b48.jpg Happiest and cutest match pic ever, d'awwwwww http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/b55.jpg As a gag, Ceej put up a bunch of cosplay pics early to pretend they were the match pics. This was definitely the best one. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/br51.jpg This still might be the best and funniest match pic we've ever had. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/br58.jpg This thing...This thing...! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/sc2k5/br63-8.jpg People say a picture is worth a thousand words, and for two guys who never talk, I guess this says it all. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
This
may be somewhat controversial, but I really think Brawl-hype Melee was
the clear #3 at the time, and would have easily handled LTTP or RBY. Nothing controversal about that. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
charmander6000 posted... Link's Awakening vs. Pokemon GSC Oh lordy, I have no idea here. It's tempting to pick LA just because GSC burned me so bad in GotD, but... Simply put, if the Battle Challenge came back, this would be a very "bankable" match! --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
Link's
Awakening was the only Nintendo game in that match, and after seeing
how well Majora's Mask did last year you have to believe that getting
56% on "just a Zelda game" isn't nearly as bad. We also now know that
Zelda and MMX don't have as much overlap as we initially thought since
Link didn't do much SFF damage to MMX, and it IS rather likely that FFVI
shares more of a fanbase with MMX than it does with LA (coincidentally,
both FF and MMX jumped ship to the PlayStation from Nintendo consoles
in the mid-'90s, which helps the cause of this theory). Of course, that
doesn't necessarily explain what happened afterwards...maybe Sonic games
don't overlap as much with Legend of Zelda compared to Sonic
characters? No, there's no good argument that FFVI was the game that suffered LFF in that match. There really doesn't need to have been much LFF at all. Question for thought: Do you think Final Fantasy VI could lose to Shadow of the Colossus? No. Anyways, FFVI did look pretty bad last contest- it got 45% on LTTP with 2 other Nintendo games in there. Typical 3-way SFF damage would put FFVI at 38-40% on LTTP in a fair match. I do think quite a bit of LTTP's strength, so it's not so so horrible, but FFVI is probably worth 45% or less on FFX. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Cries of "That's not CJ!" flooded the board and many were up in arms, claiming that this ended up costing him the match. It probably did. That was worse than Zero Suit Samus/Solid **** --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Series Contest 2006 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse09.jpg BOOM! Tough actin' Tinactin! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse12.jpg Probably the busiest match pic we've ever had. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse19.jpg If there was ever an argument that sprite rounds are outdated and need to be done away with, it's this one. Yikes. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse22.jpg I thought it was pretty unfair that Smash Bros. characters got sprites from their classic games that weren't from the game, but that's just me, I guess. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse24.jpg Resident Evil Gaiden almost left a lasting mark on this contest. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse25.jpg This match pic was the reason Tingle got into SC2K6, just so you know. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse30.jpg A match pic like this was FF's worst nightmare, and it might have made this match closer than it should've been. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bse2k6/bse31-3.jpg Lots of good FF/Zelda match pics (all of the FF match pics included Cloud, although from what I hear, there are apparently other games in the series!), but this was my favorite. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Summer Contest 2006 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb510a.jpg This was the original match pic, and once again, people were outraged at Kerrigan's terrible match pic. For only the second time ever, our cries were heard and an alternate match pic was chosen. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb510.jpg http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb532.jpg MK3 fight screen pic heck yeah http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb542.jpg Dante has bad luck with match pics in big matches, huh? http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb544.jpg Parade Float Mega Man! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb545.jpg This has always been one of my personal favorite match pics. I love the way both characters look, and the background is cool. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb548.jpg Auron and Sub-Zero were old men who were too busy looking for a good bench to sit down and play chess to have a match (hopefully someone else catches this reference). http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb2k6/cb557.jpg Zero Suit Samus nearly broke the Noble Nine. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
I think I got mad at people for not voting Madden. I mean yeah, Super Mario and all, but it's JOHN MADDEN ON THE FRONT PAGE. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Man I'm thinking of reading through all of the contest matches' PCA and writing my thoughts in a thread. Apparently TJF backfires for Samus!!! --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
charmander6000 posted... Get them fictional characters out of my video game character contest. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #342 As long as it's not here so nobody has to read it. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Summer Contest 2007 Famous Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-12.jpg This match pic is all kinds of goofy, but I love it. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-21.jpg This is another one of those pics that got changed, but only to a higher resolution pic because Matt was so blurry. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-21_2.jpg http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-38.jpg The first time we saw Big Boss with a Naked Snake match pic. Anyone left who doubted the match pic factor (self included) pretty much gave in after this one. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-51.jpg Man, that Fox pic. And Big Boss proving Snake's not the only one with a hideous sprite. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-53.jpg Many people felt Bacondorf cost Ganon the match here. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-54.jpg It's pics like these that make me wish we didn't have sprite rounds because some characters are at a huge disadvantage, and it's not fair. If Leon Kennedy ever gets a decent opponent in a sprite round, he's doomed. Plain and simple. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-59-1.jpg I love this thing because someone tried to make it as silly as possible. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb6/cb6-60-7.jpg Oh man the zoom-in on L-Block's "face" --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Famous Summer Contest 2008 Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-03.jpg Just when people thought Kefka's match pics couldn't get any worse. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-10.jpg Just posting this one because this match actually went without a match pic for about an entire hour. Neku was the one who benefited the most when it finally went up, by the way. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-30.jpg I'm pretty sure this is the first time a user made match pic was able to sneak in fan art without getting caught (Auron's is the fan art, for the record). http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-43.jpg Keep on smilin'! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-49-4.jpg 2008 user match pics were often an example of "creativity taken too far," where the "gimmick" became the focal point of the pic and not the characters, and this match pic probably epitomizes it better than any of them. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-57-2.jpg AAAAAHHHHH KILL IT WITH FIRE http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-57-5.jpg Another instance of "wrong character in the pic." That's Angeal from Crisis Core in that pic, not Zack. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-62-2.jpg Brilliant concept by KP here. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
Famous 2009 Games Contest Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bge09/bge09-53-1.jpg Cool idea for a match pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bge09/bge09-55-4.jpg I think Zen is still the only person who thought this was a good idea. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bge09/bge09-59-5.jpg I liked the "Famous mini-games" concept for this one. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/bge09/bge09-63-3.jpg Famous swords was also cool. Games Contest featured some cool match pics, but nothing really stood out, and there was really not much controversy over any of them. --- "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!" |
Famous Character Battle 2010 Match Pics http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-002.jpg I'm only posting this because it was the first match pic I ever had used in a contest! Although I got lots of complaints about the lime green background, but whatever. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-017.jpg The debut of Fire Mario. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-025.jpg The debut of Final Drive Sora (One I also submitted!). http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-031.jpg God bless the U.S.A. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-070.jpg Fondly known as "Elevator Ganon." Hopefully somebody remembers the reference! http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-079.jpg This was another match pic that was changed when it was revealed that this wasn't actually Isaac, but the main character of Golden Sun 3, who is Isaac's son (I think). http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-079b.jpg http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-101.jpg Another match pic that was changed because it wasn't a FE sprite pic, I think. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-101a.jpg http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-102.jpg Holy bad pic for Hayabusa there http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-108.jpg Remember what I said about Leon being doomed if he faces a decent character in the sprite round? This right here. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-109.jpg The Pikachu sprite against the Snake sprite, with "Whoa" results for the match itself. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-113-1.jpg Excuuuuuuuuse me, Princess vs. Mama Luigi http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-115-2.jpg I thought this pic was really cool. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-115-3.jpg This one was not. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-124-1.jpg Another really awesome pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-126-2.jpg This was a really neat concept, showing the characters Cloud and Snake had beaten up to that point. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Character Battle 2008 Cecil/Jade Curtiss/Wario/Zack Fair Wario had huge Stand Out Factor against three RPG guys and was the favorite cuz of it. However, he was in for a 24-hour spanking from a soon-to-be board legend. This was Zack Fair's first match, and it got everyone PUMPED. Today, Zack is one of the Stat Topic's favorite contest entrants, partly because of humor, mainly because he's freakin awesome. ZackFAQs was born on this day. Frog/Ganondorf/KOS-MOS/Neku Sakuraba Notable because the picture wasn't up in time. KOS-MOS fans were furious as Frog jumped out to a big lead without Kossy's assets to worry about. The pic finally was posted, and... Neku Sakuraba gained the most ground. Even weirder than usual, GameFAQs! L-Block/Meta-Knight/Ryu/The Dog All eyes were on Blocky's first match since becoming contest champ. By beating Ryu and destroying another joke entrant in the Duck Hunt Dog, he (I find it pretty funny how we all started calling L-Block "he" all of a sudden) did not disappoint. Block haters despaired, as the defending champ looked to have lost none of his potency. Little did we know... Donkey Kong/Tails/Tidus/WCC Tidus chokes. Donkey Kong chokes bigger. Notable because I CALLED THE HECK OUT OF IT, WOOHAA. Dante/Hogger/Laharl/Ramza Hilarious match in which three pieces of fodder clawed for Father Dante's table scraps. Hogger was backed by the WoW fanbase and our own Albion, and that's what I'll remember most about this one. Albion trolled the whole topic, board, maybe even the damn site by rallying for 24 freaking hours. My favorite moment in this match occurred when Hogger lost a five minute update and Albion explained it was because he had "left to make a sandwich." This one had me laughing hard. Shepard/Magus/Sandbag/Sonic The choke of all chokes. In 2003, Magus had been considered a plausible long shot against Link. Now, five years later, he gives up over 2000 After School Votes to a bag of freaking sand. And the sad thing is... seemingly everyone WANTED him to lose. Magus, what the hell happened man. Heavy/Jill/Kratos/Revolver Ocelot Ocelot beat Jill a year earlier. During the year off, he got a megahit in MGS4 while Jill got nothing. Rematch comes, and Jill Valentine wins. Inexplicably. Out of ****ing nowhere. Unless you want to argue that Cloud somehow hurt Jill more in 2007, this did not make a lick of sense, but it was another chapter to Jill's storied contest history. This time, a happy one. Luigi/Liquid/Bowser/Phoenix Bad year for the Nintendo B-team, as Liquid storms through both Luigi and Bowser, and Phoenix almost beats Bowser as well. Pathetic showing from Nintendo here. They don't do 4ways well when SFF is involved. Crono/Amaterasu/L-Block/Ryu L-Block's first big stumble. After beating Ryu with relative ease, people considered him the favorite here. Crono, pissed about his loss to Vincent last year, would have none of it. Block still finished second and moved on, damn him for eliminating Ryu. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Crono/L-Block/Pikachu/Alucard DING DONG, THE BLOCK IS DEAD. Pikachu shocked the world here not only by destroying the joke, but why finishing incredibly close to Crono. How'd I feel about this? I god damn hated it. I would have been jumping for joy had Alucard slayed the beast, but man... anyone but the ****ing rat. Samus/Vincent/Crono/Pikachu Crono pissed! Crono mom pissed too (Ayla > all)! After being the first N9er to lose to an outsider, Crono avenges the 2007 against the same opponent, rallying past Vincent in a last hour comeback. Similar to Frog's comeback over Axel a year earlier, but the stakes here were much higher. Kirby/Dante/Sephiroth/Sonic Sonic had already blown it by losing to Auron earlier, but Auron was a legit top-10 beast, and Sonic had to contend with Sandbag in the poll, whom some would argue might siphon votes. Basically, excuses. However, there were absolutely NO excuses here, as Sonic dropped a perfectly legit match against Kirby in the quarterfinals. Why the hell did this happen? Were people just sick of Sonic? Was it Kirby's awesome picture? Who knows, but this was the lowest point for the Sonic crew. Link/Crono/Snake/Cloud Grand finals. Snake had already beaten Cloud in just the last match, but Sephiroth was there posing as a convenient excuse. No excuses this time, however, so Snake had to nut up or shut up with his own power. Guess what he did. Snake shot a jolt of electricity throughout the entire site - he not only beat Cloud in the finals, but led OUR GOD LINK until the morning vote. Of course, Link woke up none too please and smashed things good, but how many people can say they led Link for hours at a time? Link gets the top placement, but Snake wins the distinction of being star of the contest. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
