GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 974
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 10:44:52 AM | message detail |
This
is definitely bandwagon. SotC vs. MGS2 set new records for closest
wire-to-wire match. Against MGS4, SotC has nearly reached the old
record, before the contest started, and we're not even 2 hours in. MGS4
got off to a quick lead from the board vote, then proceeded to lose all
but two updates past the five minute mark. I'm not usually one to call
matches early, but this one's over. SotC isn't going to be stopped here. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:45:52 AM | message detail |
All
the people on this board, and off this site, that were getting excited
about SotC potentially rampaging through the division were people that
weren't 'in the know'. By us I mean this board. I also find it funny if you think large part of the internet is constantly watching this contest, especially since there aren't any large SotC fan sites for people to get excited on. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 10:46:40 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #392 Weaker? Sure. Weaker than MGS2? Not a f***ing chance in hell. |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:46:47 AM | message detail |
From: __Kuge__ | #066 A real statement from a real gamefaqs voter Would you call this bandwagoning or joke voting? I'd say it doesn't matter what you call it. --- _foolmo_ 'and they established that 5 minutes = 1 hour, which means 10 hours = 12000 hours' - Anagram |
raytan7585 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:47:25 AM | message detail |
MGS4 cut! GOGOGO! --- raytan. The Cream of Terra Branford Fanboyism. http://myanimelist.net/animelist/raytan7585 |
Hochimihnister | Posted 12/13/2010 10:47:40 AM | message detail |
SOTC - Metal Gear slayer It's up to FFX to save us from Nintendo |
XerWolf | Posted 12/13/2010 10:47:54 AM | message detail |
I
agree with ZFS. I don't think this is joke voting. The better game has
proven it can beat MGS, and now people who wanted it to do good, but
thought MGS would win are now voting for it. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 10:48:15 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #402 What are you even talking about? Some people outside of GameFAQs keep tabs on the contest. It's not huge (and I never said it was, why are you doing that), but it's there. The real people you want to be concerned with are the people inside GameFAQs. They're the ones who are bandwagonning this. --- DFF |
EvilNcr | Posted 12/13/2010 10:48:50 AM | message detail |
From: UOTY2011 | #404 It's EXACTLY why L-Block won. Because everyone wanted to screw over everyone else when their bracket went to the gutter. --- *sigh* Lemme get my TI-83+ ...WTF!? Piece of trash!!*throws it away*~Rodri316 during his proof of why -4^2=16 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 10:49:15 AM | message detail |
I
can't even care about MGS4 potentially coming back from this, because
even if it wins, backlash from it stopping SotC mean it has no chance
against MGS3. =/ --- DFF |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:49:35 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/57468126 Yeah, SotC has real strength No bandwagon or joke voting at all --- _foolmo_ 'Most people at least try to say something funny. See foolmo's post as an example.' - The Real Truth |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 10:51:38 AM | message detail |
From: XerWolf | #407 Equating winning over MGS2 to "proving it can beat MGS" is like Portal winning over FF12 "proving it can beat a Final Fantasy." Everybody knows that MGS2 is the weakest in the series (at least those that have any common sense), and I find it extremely difficult to believe that people said "Hey, this game just beat the crappiest installment in the MGS series. I should now vote for it over the better games, because it really deserves to win, now!" No, people said "lol wouldn't it be funny as hell if it went and screwed everybody by beating the other MGS games too???" This is joke voting at its worst, pure and simple. |
Big Bob | Posted 12/13/2010 10:55:56 AM | message detail |
Augh, next round it's fighting MGS3 in a night match. Advantage: MGS. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=124 http://backloggery.com/big_bob |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 10:57:07 AM | message detail |
SotC is a night game too, you know. --- DFF |
LOLContests | Posted 12/13/2010 10:57:15 AM | message detail |
I'm
not sure SotC can win the contest even if it gets to the finals. MGS is
looking weak enough that Melee/Brawl would probably 60/40 it. R4 Starcraft in 2004v probably doesn't quite 60/40 R1 Starcraft, and that was with Halo, pseudo-Final Fantasy, and Zelda defeats behind it, and a huge offline rally base. It might be close, but I think that Melee can pull out a win in this case. Brawl has the potential for some sort of board backlash though, so who knows. I mean honestly, I'm not sure that SotC can even win two rounds from now. It will be facing a Nintendo near-elite in the day after all. Taking into account Sephy anti-votes which he gets every round, Missingno didn't even boost that much between rounds, albeit that was a different situation. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:57:33 AM | message detail |
The real people you want to be concerned with are the people inside GameFAQs. They're the ones who are bandwagonning this. Which is fine, but why would people bandwagon at this point? We have these kinds of people. I'm a SotC fan and would have voted for SotC regardless I'm a MGS4 fan and would have voted for MGS4 regardless I like MGS4, but seeing SotC defeat MGS2 was awesome and it might never get that chance again to do well I'll vote for SotC this time. The third option is the one that matters, but when casuals were very split (check the battle bracket, the game also had good support in brackets) why would they do that? Imagine if MGS2 won do you think fans would bandwagon the game because it had a close match with SotC that many thought would be close? (ignore the fact this is two MGS games) There was nothing surprising about SotC winning last round compare to any other game winning a match. With that said we may be in a different situation next round because like I said one's an accident, two's a trend. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 10:57:49 AM | message detail |
If
GSC makes it to the quarterfinal, it will have gone through two Zelda
games and shredded tons of brackets itself to match SotC running
through the MGS series. Even if SotC does start to have a bit of a
bandwagon, so would GSC. Remember what Pokémon did to Zelda, specifically Majora's Mask, back in '09? RBY slaughtered it in round 1, then managed to pull off the win in round 2 with Gold/Silver LFFing it and a popular non-Nintendo option in the poll taking the easy first place. Gold/Silver also managed to remain respectable against RBY, so if you take the round 2 results to determine what percentage of RBY's strength GSC has and the round 1 results to determine how Majora's Mask would fare against RBY without unknown factors like STF and LFF, you get something like GSC winning with over 54% of the vote. Now, who would win in an SFF battle between MM and WW? If this were 2003, probably even 2005, the answer would obviously be Majora's Mask. Now, I'm not so sure, but...it still seems like GSC should have the advantage over Wind Waker as well. Besides, the last time no Pokémon entries were in the quarterfinals was Summer 2006. I think I like that trend. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
paulg235 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:58:32 AM | message detail |
From: LOLContests | #415 Melee/Brawl WOULD 60-40 MGS4, especially after this showing. --- The Gamer In Me "Oh boy, I always wanted to be a pedo." - Janus5000's response to sleeping with Misty for the night |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 10:58:58 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/57468126 Yeah, SotC has real strength No bandwagon or joke voting at all That's next round, we're talking about this round. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
PSI_NESS | Posted 12/13/2010 10:59:34 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3365 Why did mgs4 become so much weaker? --- Play Earthbound. |
Janus5000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:03:29 AM | message detail |
MGS4 hasn't actually dropped at all. Melee will 60-40 Brawl. --- http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/HowDisturbing/stayawhile.jpg Fight like dragons, have no fear, swords are made of STEEEEEEEEL~ |
WhiteLens | Posted 12/13/2010 11:05:34 AM | message detail |
From: PSI_NESS | #420 Oh snap, SotC to the finals! --- Only on GameFAQs would criticallly acclaimed PC games lose to niche JRPGs Go Us! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:06:42 AM | message detail |
From: KamikazePotato | #410 Go go MGS4 comeback --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Janus5000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:07:05 AM | message detail |
MGS4 showing signs of life. Is this a sign of the ASV or just false hope? --- http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/HowDisturbing/stayawhile.jpg Fight like dragons, have no fear, swords are made of STEEEEEEEEL~ |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:08:06 AM | message detail |
ASV doesn't start for another half hour, but SotC losing steam is a good sign. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:11:00 AM | message detail |
a MGS game winning the ASV would be pretty cool to watch. Too bad the SotC fans will keep a hold on 50% if that happens. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
WhiteLens | Posted 12/13/2010 11:11:38 AM | message detail |
Maybe all this time people should've nominated a Colossus as the SotC character rep, not freakin' Wander. If Big Daddy has shown us anything it's that 'enemies' could have some strength if they represent the game well enough. --- Hear me, Amaterasu |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:12:30 AM | message detail |
From: Janus5000 | #424 That 50 vote gain seems to indicate false hope. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 12/13/2010 11:12:50 AM | message detail |
From: WhiteLens | #427 Agro, man. Agro. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:13:59 AM | message detail |
Guru winner should nominate Agro --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 11:14:50 AM | message detail |
I'm not really sure how to interpret this one: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3504 I'm pretty sure that based on the comparison of how Gold/Silver did against Red/Blue/Yellow, this means that GSC would be able to win if it got to the finals against Melee/Brawl, but I'm not sure how taking Ocarina of Time out of the picture affects the percentages re: Pokémon's chances against FFX. I think that poll is close enough to suggest that RBY could beat FFX straight-up, but this isn't RBY, it's GSC, which scored about 42.88% on its older brother in their lone match together. All in all, I kind of wish the Smash Bros. games were on the same side of the bracket as GSC so we could see them go at it without having to get past FFX first. Also, regardless of who eventually comes out of it, I'm pretty sure that the winner of the second semifinal match is easily going to win in the finals. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:15:27 AM | message detail |
No,
people said "lol wouldn't it be funny as hell if it went and screwed
everybody by beating the other MGS games too???" This is joke voting at
its worst, pure and simple. There is absolutely no reason to believe this is the case at all. --- 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. |
TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 12/13/2010 11:16:16 AM | message detail |
And yeah, you've got a point about enemies being potentially strong. Absolutely wonderful performance. --- Currently playing: Kirby's Epic Yarn |
TepigMovie | Posted 12/13/2010 11:17:10 AM | message detail |
From: ZFS | #371 A terrible game taking the contest sounds like a joke to me! --- I like how each new topic you make reveals such varied facets of your idiocy. - foolmo Now this is entertainment! |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:18:30 AM | message detail |
From: ZFS | #432 Sure there is. SotC isn't that strong. MGS4 isn't that weak. SotC has zero reason to bandwagon after beating MGS2. Ergo, it's winning by joke votes. |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:19:02 AM | message detail |
i know i'm glad we're getting rid of it now before it goes any further get it mgs4 joke game getting joke votes --- 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. |
XIII_rocks | Posted 12/13/2010 11:20:15 AM | message detail |
Could be that SotC is just genuinely a very strong game >_> --- "oh my god oh my god a spider just crawled INTO MY KEYBOARD" -pxlated "It just wants some web access." - Ness26 |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:21:19 AM | message detail |
Laugh now, but if SotC pulls off this upset, it's beating MGS3 as well. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:21:23 AM | message detail |
SotC isn't that strong. MGS4 isn't that weak. SotC has zero reason to bandwagon after beating MGS2. Or one or two of those statements are wrong. I'm thinking a combination of the first two. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
UOTY2011 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:22:16 AM | message detail |
From: ZFS | #432 http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/57468126 --- _foolmo_ 'Most people at least try to say something funny. See foolmo's post as an example.' - The Real Truth |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:22:39 AM | message detail |
From: XIII_rocks | #437 A "very strong game" doesn't squeak by MGS2 with 50.04% of the votes. A legitimate game doesn't then go on to beat the stronger MGS4 by nearly 52%. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:22:49 AM | message detail |
Laugh now, but if SotC pulls off this upset, it's beating MGS3 as well. That would be bandwagoning since going through 2 MGS games with a third in the way is something to get excited about. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
Greyfeld | Posted 12/13/2010 11:23:57 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #442 A bandwagon of joke votes is still joke voting. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:24:01 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/57468126 Yeah how can we have forgot all of the SotC > MGS4 hype train top... Oh wait. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
transience | Posted 12/13/2010 11:25:00 AM | message detail |
man.
I wish I archived that topic I made saying that this was my #2 most
anticipated match this round after Majora/GSC and several people said I
was nuts. whoops on them! and despite that I took MGS4 with 57%. oh well. --- xyzzy |
ZFS | Posted 12/13/2010 11:26:00 AM | message detail |
SotC isn't that strong. MGS4 isn't that weak. SotC has zero reason to bandwagon after beating MGS2. SOTC has more reason to pick up a bandwagon than it does to pick up joke votes. There's nothing 'funny' about beating a game like MGS4, you aren't sticking it to anyone by doing that, and SOTC isn't the kind of game that drives that point home. MGS2 isn't a weak game, MGS4 isn't a hugely popular game, SOTC is going further than most people expected -- a combination of all that is creating the result today. But, hey, if you wanna call joke voting to make it feel less legitimate, sure! --- 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. |
charmander6000 | Posted 12/13/2010 11:26:10 AM | message detail |
A bandwagon of joke votes is still joke voting. There's no reason to expect joke voting, Shadow of the Colossus is a respected game, it would be like if we started to joke vote Bioshock or something. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 156/172 Today's Matches: MGS3 & MGS4 |
The Mana Sword | Posted 12/13/2010 11:27:01 AM | message detail |
You guys should have joke voted Chrono Cross over Majora's Mask. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
EvilNcr | Posted 12/13/2010 11:27:08 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. --- *sigh* Lemme get my TI-83+ ...WTF!? Piece of trash!!*throws it away*~Rodri316 during his proof of why -4^2=16 |
KamikazePotato | Posted 12/13/2010 11:27:22 AM | message detail |
Is there really any difference between a bandwagon and joke votes? --- DFF |
