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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 974
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:27:37 AM | message detail |
If Bioshock killed MGS2 and started destroying MGS4 like this, I would call joke voting on it as well --- _foolmo_ 'I mean, what does electricity have to do with math besides calculators?' - ZeldaFreak29 |
KingofFF8 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:27:42 AM | message detail |
welp.
When then, I'll be jumping on the SotC bandwagon too since my bracket
is now completely destroyed. Down with all your brackets! SotC to the
semis hoooooooo!!! --- http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5356/140kabuto.png - Dat_Cracka_Jax |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:28:07 AM | message detail |
From: The Mana Sword | #448 I did my part, darn it! --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:28:53 AM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #450 Motive, I guess. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:29:09 AM | message detail |
You guys should have joke voted Chrono Cross over Majora's Mask. Pfft Majora's Mask totally has the joke factor over CC, some of those masks were quite funny and everyone loves clowns. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:29:17 AM | message detail |
And
the real thing here is that even without the increased 'support,' SOTC
would still be making a close match of this. It's not as though this
result is normally 56/44 or anything. --- 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. |
transience | Posted 12/13/2010 11:29:20 AM | message detail |
you know, we're still not going to know what order the MGS games are in since nobody trusts SOTC's bandwagon run here. --- xyzzy |
Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 12/13/2010 11:29:36 AM | message detail |
I don't agree with this bandwagon talk at all. It's far, far
harder for a game to get a bandwagon going compared to a cool/funny
looking character. If you haven't played Shadow of the Colossus, you're
not going to be voting for Shadow of the Colossus (except for a few
people on the board, and MGS haters who would have been voting against
MGS2 as well). The only game we've seen get one is Starcraft, and that
had massive PC communities to rally from. SotC doesn't have that. These trends also look nothing like a bandwagon. MGS4 is the one that started out strong. If the board isn't bandwagoning you can be absolutely sure that the rest of the voters aren't. And finally, MGS4 has reason to fall significantly. It's no longer the best new game and the only thing PS3 owners have to enjoy. I actually have no problem with it falling below MGS2 which has always been quite a strong game. --- Dr Football and Snake have won this round, but Sephiroth will rise again! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:29:38 AM | message detail |
Yeah,
I just find it funny that the people that love SotC the most are
getting extremely offended at their games possibly receiving joke
votes. But a bandwagon? That sounds so much better! --- DFF |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:30:11 AM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #450 It's kinda the same thing, the only real difference is the reason behind the increased votes for the game. One is a legitimate desire to see a game pushed further in the contest, the other is fueled by a desire to see everything/everyone else flop. |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:30:47 AM | message detail |
Gamefaqs have common sense and has the better game win?Man maybe there is still hope for this site. --- 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~ |
transience | Posted 12/13/2010 11:31:26 AM | message detail |
Yeah,
I just find it funny that the people that love SotC the most are
getting extremely offended at their games possibly receiving joke
votes. But a bandwagon? That sounds so much better! and this is your favourite game getting embarrassed by SOTC. it goes both ways! --- xyzzy |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:32:06 AM | message detail |
And
finally, MGS4 has reason to fall significantly. It's no longer the best
new game and the only thing PS3 owners have to enjoy. I actually have
no problem with it falling below MGS2 which has always been quite a
strong game. Yep. Good post - that's been my thought since the contest began. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:32:24 AM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #459 It really does. I wouldn't want my favorite game/character thought of as a joke. I've bandwagon-voted before. I did it for StarCraft, for instance. Joke voting? Nah, not me. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
EvilNcr | Posted 12/13/2010 11:32:55 AM | message detail |
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EvilNcr | Posted 12/13/2010 11:33:15 AM | message detail |
MGS2 over MGS4? What is it, bandwagon posting or joke posting? --- *sigh* Lemme get my TI-83+ ...WTF!? Piece of trash!!*throws it away*~Rodri316 during his proof of why -4^2=16 |
TepigMovie | Posted 12/13/2010 11:33:18 AM | message detail |
Joke votes for a joke game, imhhhhho --- I like how each new topic you make reveals such varied facets of your idiocy. - foolmo Now this is entertainment! |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:34:12 AM | message detail |
From: transience | #462 I'd be ecstatic if MGS4 e started receiving joke votes. It would make it stronger, and I don't care about 'keeping up contest appearances' or whatever the logic is. --- DFF |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:35:20 AM | message detail |
The
way it's going to shape up charmander is that next round, it'll make it
look like MGS2>MGS4>MGS3. Pretty sure the majority of board 8
ranks the MGS series the exact opposite. How could there not be some
joke voting? It's a mix of both. Just because it feels right doesn't mean it is. Bowser defeating Yoshi was probably one of the biggest shocks in contest history to me. And really if people decide to go with MGS4 should they meet I wouldn't blame them, it isn't like the game is performing that much worse here. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
transience | Posted 12/13/2010 11:36:41 AM | message detail |
anyway,
this isn't joke votes. joke votes come early in matches and then fall
off late. MGS4 started out with a lead and then died once the board
vote ended. if anything is getting joke votes here, it's MGS4. --- xyzzy |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:39:00 AM | message detail |
Solid Snake led Link for six hours and I wouldn't call that joke voting. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:39:34 AM | message detail |
Missingno lost the board vote to Yoshi. Are we going to say it didn't get joke votes either? This distinction between 'joke' votes and 'bandwagon' votes is silly. They're the same thing. --- DFF |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:40:17 AM | message detail |
I
wonder why some people say joke votes or stuff like that.Didn't SOTC do
much more for gaming than MGS 2 and MGS 4?Now I know MGS fans will
protest but come on now people,that is true. --- 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~ |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:41:30 AM | message detail |
This distinction between 'joke' votes and 'bandwagon' votes is silly. They're the same thing. This is kind of like all A is B, but not all B is A. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:42:58 AM | message detail |
From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #473 This statement is pretty irrelevant to the topic being discussed. |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 12/13/2010 11:43:44 AM | message detail |
I can easily see MGS2>MGS4. They both have the same hatebase for almost all the same reasons, and the main reason anyone thought MGS2 would be the weakest MGS is because of anti-votes. Really given how poorly MGS4 did in the first two rounds, this result isn't too surprising. Now if it went on to beat MGS3 by even more than this, I'd call bandwagoning. Not that bandwagoning is necessarily a bad thing by the way. The recipients are usually worthy in some respect, that's why they get bandwagoned in the first place. And SotC is an excellent choice. It's a more niche, well respected title that you will almost always find in a list of the best games of the deade. What makes it such a good choice for bandwagon votes is this reputation-It's something everyone can get behind. SmartVoterFAQs in action. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
The Mana Sword | Posted 12/13/2010 11:43:46 AM | message detail |
Solid Snake led Link for six hours and I wouldn't call that joke voting. I would! --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:43:53 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #474 More or less. I guess in the end, it's all semantics though. I think we can all agree that SotC is getting a massive vote boost, though, regardless of its source. |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:44:09 AM | message detail |
If
this is really all, or mostly, MGS4, then SotC has no chance against
MGS3 next round (which just proved it's at a similar level to where it
was in '09). I expect that SotC will beat MGS3, though. --- I predict and analyse the Game of the Decade contest here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/56817040 |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:44:50 AM | message detail |
From: The Mana Sword | #477 More like Crono/Vincent was joke voting! --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:44:56 AM | message detail |
I
would not take MGS3 to be near what it's 09 level is. <58% on Paper
Mario in a night match is definitely a sign of weakness. --- DFF |
The Real Truth | Posted 12/13/2010 11:45:18 AM | message detail |
This is an awesome result. MGS4 sucks. It's too bad MGS2 and MGS3 have to lose, but at least SotC is an awesome game. --- 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 |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:45:21 AM | message detail |
If the casual-predicted % for this match is over 20%, then I would say SotC has real strength. But I'm really expecting it to be around 5%, or at least less than the KH2 predicted percent (11%) --- _foolmo_ 'I mean, what does electricity have to do with math besides calculators?' - ZeldaFreak29 |
AlecTrevelyan006 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:45:23 AM | message detail |
Safer Sephiroth, I'm sure this has been asked before, by why do you hate putting spaces after end of sentence punctuation? --- Alec not at home |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:46:05 AM | message detail |
If SOTC beats MGS 3 then that will be first time ever that a series is losing from the same game in the same division right? --- 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~ |
vcharon | Posted 12/13/2010 11:46:28 AM | message detail |
MGS2 > MGS4 All is right with the world. --- :> |
The Mana Sword | Posted 12/13/2010 11:46:48 AM | message detail |
Joke voting for Vincent, I agree. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:47:38 AM | message detail |
If the casual-predicted % for this match is over 20%, then I would say SotC has real strength. I see. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:49:05 AM | message detail |
More
or less. I guess in the end, it's all semantics though. I think we can
all agree that SotC is getting a massive vote boost, though, regardless
of its source. Except that this round it's likely neither, heck even among gurus we were saying SotC would have a chance just that it would be very unlikely. Think back before the contest who would you take between MGS2 and Diablo II? Considering that MGS2 did a lot better on FFX than Diablo II it's pretty obvious which one would have been the bracket favourite. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:50:10 AM | message detail |
I would have taken MGS2 out of fanboyism, but Diablo 2 could have beaten it and I wouldn't have batted an eyelash. The difference there is that MGS has dropped since last contest. DIablo 2 has not. Diablo 2 probably does beat MGS2. --- DFF |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:51:01 AM | message detail |
If the casual-predicted % for this match is over 20%, then I would say SotC has real strength. But I'm really expecting it to be around 5%, or at least less than the KH2 predicted percent (11%) 5%? You do know SotC had over 38% getting this far? --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 11:52:20 AM | message detail |
Dropping
clear out of the top 10 in closest wire-to-wire matches. Could still
end up setting a new record for closest match in which the loser never
leads past the first hour if MGS4 can stop the bleeding...like that'll
happen. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:53:11 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #491 Yes, but I don't think many expected it getting past MGS4 --- _foolmo_ 'and they established that 5 minutes = 1 hour, which means 10 hours = 12000 hours' - Anagram |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 11:54:10 AM | message detail |
(Actually,
the two are mutually exclusive; the current record for closest with a
wire-to-wire leader is 9th on the all-time for 1-v-1s.) --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:54:35 AM | message detail |
Casuals though make a bracket based on seeds.And SOTC is the 2 seed.I guess the prediction will be around 25%. --- 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~ |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:55:01 AM | message detail |
From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #495 Oh hmm that's true... --- _foolmo_ 'Most people at least try to say something funny. See foolmo's post as an example.' - The Real Truth |
WhiteLens | Posted 12/13/2010 11:55:40 AM | message detail |
But it IS a 2-seed so the average bracket maker probably thought that if it could beat MGS2, it can beat MGS4 as well. --- http://www.backloggery.com/whitelens http://myanimelist.net/profile/WhiteLens |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 11:56:23 AM | message detail |
Eh, regardless, it'll be low. We know that because it was fairly low last round. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:56:37 AM | message detail |
Still, MGS4 is a 3-seed while MGS2 is a 7-seed. That's a pretty big difference in seeding compared to a 2-seed --- _foolmo_ 'I love you so much' - SineNomine |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:56:43 AM | message detail |
y'all maddies --- _foolmo_ 'Most people at least try to say something funny. See foolmo's post as an example.' - The Real Truth |
