GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 994
Well
there's no doubt that MM > MMX easily based on last year, but let's
just say I wouldn't laugh at anyone that would go for the upset. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Well,
I can see why people would take X > MM directly. If there's one
scenario where I could see rSFF actually happening, it's that one. It's
a pretty unique situation. I'll still take Classic until proven otherwise, is all I'm saying. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Leonhart's
got a fine point about the indirect distance between MM and MMX not
being an easy one to cross. That said, MM-fans have sided with MMX in
the series-poll multiple times and MMX1 likely beats any classic
MM-game (including the downloadables). We also now see the fanbase of
another Capcom-game -- one that angered its fanbase by snubbing Mega
Man -- clamoring to play as MMX over MM three-to-one. Tough odds to overcome, indirect gap or not. --- Nominate E P O N A. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
Well
don't forget that favourite Mega Man series poll was back in 2004, then
again the favourite Mega Man poll was in 2008 and we all know how same
series polls go. I would argue that all of the other options would
leech Mega Man by more than X. So while MMX could make it closer than
expected I'm not really convinced that it can win it. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3156 --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
I
wonder when we'll have our character battle this year. Summer would be
nice, as we haven't had a summer contest in a long time. It's time for
Crono to prove himself. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I
prefer Fall contests, because Summer contests lack an ASV for the most
part (unless the contest spills over into the beginning of the school
year). --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
The
ASV is usually the most painful 5 hours of the match, so I may not miss
it so much. Granted, with summer trends I'd still have to suffer
through the Europe vote and the morning vote and the afternoon vote,
but none of those can erase Crono's lead as fast as the ASV can. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Yeah, you just get to watch Crono's lead bleed away much more slowly than all at once in the span of a few hours. --- "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!" |
I
decided to be a jerk and come up with three possible divisions for you
guys to predict! Also please tell me how my bracketmaking skills are,
and how realistic the seedings are. (1) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (16) Dead Space (8) Batman: Arkham Asylum (9) Kingdom Hearts II (5) GoldenEye 007 (12) Silent Hill 2 (4) Kingdom Hearts (13) God of War II (3) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (14) Gears of War (6) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (11) Final Fantasy XIII (7) Team Fortress 2 (10) Star Fox 64 (2) Fallout 3 (15) Mortal Kombat II -- (1) Super Mario Bros. 3 (16) Dissidia: Final Fantasy (8) Golden Sun (9) Diablo II (5) StarCraft (12) Grand Theft Auto IV (4) Halo: Combat Evolved (13) Grand Theft Auto III (3) Super Mario World (14) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (6) Super Smash Bros. (11) Chrono Cross (7) Okami (10) Final Fantasy (2) Super Mario 64 (15) Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn -- (1) Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (16) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (8) Mario Kart 64 (9) Final Fantasy XII (5) Final Fantasy IX (12) Deus Ex (4) The Legend of Zelda (13) Assassin's Creed (3) Shadow of the Colossus (14) Halo 2 (6) Portal (11) Resident Evil 2 (7) Half-Life (10) Skies of Arcadia (2) Mass Effect 2 (15) Ico --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
A normal character battle sounds kinda boring. Even with the GotD rules I feel there should be another twist to it or something. |
Also
yeah this 128 entrant bracket that I'm trying to conjure up will follow
the regular 128 1vs1 rules (meaning split days, yadda yadda yadda). The divisions I posted were the first three. The fourth division I made up had FFX as the 1 seed and Brawl as the 2, and I can't really think of any exciting matches otherwise so I'm struggling to come up with the rest of that division. The four other 1 seeds I had in mind were MGS1, LttP, RE4, and SSBM. RE4's division had set-ups for SMB1/WW vs. RE4 and CoD4/SMG vs. Super Metroid/Metroid Prime. LttP's division would set up a rematch with CT. MGS1's division would include all four MGS games in addition to Twilight Princess, Half-Life 2, and GTA: San Andreas. So...predict what I already put up? And honestly, a normal character battle could still have plenty of surprises, especially if Link (not necessarily Cloud) were removed from the bracket. Maybe we'd have to wait until later to see for sure, but I'd still like to see Mario get his revenge on Sephiroth for once, and maybe...Samus beating Mario? I don't buy rSFF, and Samus is easily a more GameFAQs-type of character, but it just sounds so weird. Maybe place Snake against the Nintendo guys? --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
A
character battle does seem like it would lack a lot of really
interesting matches, at least compared to a games contest which could
be positively overflowing with them. I just want to see Mario vs.
Crono, and Mario vs. Snake. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Maybe, but we saw a lot of interesting things last year that are worth keeping an eye out for: 1) Link had his worst performance against Cloud since 2005. How much can Link redeem himself after LoZ:OoT's remake and LoZ:SS hit...or how much will he disappoint if they fail to help gamers care for Nintendo again? 2) Charizard beat Bowser and broke 46% on Mario...how legit is that? HG/SS had just come out, but Pokemon also beat Super Mario in the recent Nintendo-series poll. Speaking of Pokemon, Squirtle will have NRT-support to reach a contest this year, so how does he compare to Charizard/Pikachu? 3) STILL speaking of Pokemon, Missingno has a reputation to live up to as a Noble Nine-breaker. How much of his worth is just a joke or rallied? That was clearly part of it, but he decimated its vote-in too despite Mudkip/Jigglypuff/Toad weighing him back. 4) Mario, Samus, Kirby and DK/Diddy each got new mainline-games recently. While M:OM and KEY weren't very well-supported releases here and Mario's already plenty-known and liked, they may provide some change...and DKCR really put DK/Diddy back into the spotlight for the first time since DK64 (which wasn't a very good spotlight!). They might benefit nicely. Epona and even Dark Link may be in the contest too...and these are just Nintendo-characters. Give us a quality bracket and things should remain interesting. We'll almost always want a game-contest more, but we're very hard on our character-battles...often unnecessarily. --- Nominate E P O N A. http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
From: HaRRicH | #263 Link is no longer interesting 1-on-1. He'll never lose to Cloud again short of a miraculously well received FFVII remake or Cloud getting into the next Smash Bros. game, and nobody else can touch him either. The fact that he doesn't seem to be able to get ridiculous blowouts on strong characters anymore doesn't even make him entertaining to see how bad he makes certain characters look. I didn't used to support the retirement of characters, but at this point, I'd almost support retiring Link. Cloud last year proved that he's at least able to be upset now, even one-on-one. I mean, imagine Samus/Snake/Mario vs. Cloud in the finals of a Character Battle. It's like what you saw with MM against FFX and Brawl in the GotD Contest. There will be an anti-rally brigade of some sort to take down Cloud. Plus, we need to see Snake/Samus, Snake/Mario, Mario/Sephiroth, and/or Samus/Sephiroth in some form, and some near elites face Sonic, Crono, and/or Mega Man. There are definitely still some interesting Character Battle possibilities to be explored, I think. It just depends, as always, on how well the bracket is made. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
I
couldn't cheer for any rally to take down Cloud. The guy has had to
suffer losses to Link every year, and even got relegated to 3rd two
years straight by the 4-way format. Taking out Cloud and watching
people try to rally Snake/Samus/Mario over Cloud (which very probably
won't succeed) is like getting kicked while you're down......without
even the pleasure of losing to THE ONE. Link is more vulnerable now than he's been since 2004. He finished just 1% higher on Cloud last year than in 2005, and there's at least 4 characters worth more than 40% on him indirectly now, which has never been the case since 2002. I had loads of fun watching Link crush Sonic and Mario down last year. Justice was met. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I
argued this a while back, but again: a well made bracket (without
characters like Batman or Gandalf being included) could easily provide
the best character battle for over five years, if Link was retired to a
championship match. Link unfortunately kills contests: he'll never be
challenged by (pseudo-)Nintendo, and there's not likely to be any
non-Nintendo around that can get near him for a long time. But, the top
five below him are as close/debatable as they've ever been
(Cloud/Mario/Snake/Samus/Seph), and entrants like
Missingno/Charizard/Sonic/Crono/MM/MMX, plus the usual Squintendo
near-elites could all provide interesting strong matches. Then you've
got Squirtle and Shepard who could easily be given tough-to-guess
paths. There's at least two other recent titles that would probably
have a big impact further down the order (AC:B and MvC3) so there
should be some good R1/R2/R3 matches. I don't get why people are so
down on an ordinary character battle at all (other than the possibility
of Link crushing the field). --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
From: red sox 777 | #265 But Link isn't "vulnerable" in a 1-on-1 environment. He's not going to lose again. Cloud's still only at 46.5% on Link by our last measurement, and he's not going to make that up any time soon. Even if Link continues slipping, Cloud's just going to keep slipping with him. Sephiroth's not ever going to catch him. Samus and Mario will never beat him, for obvious reasons. Snake doesn't really have any more opportunities to boost with the MGS series essentially over, at least with Snake as the star. And I think Snake/Mario/Samus would at least have a realistic chance at beating Cloud in a finals setting. Snake got 47.91% against Cloud, and that was in a 24-hour match so you can't use the format as an excuse there. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
Link's
lost 2 out of 8 contests, so if he's more vulnerable than usual, you've
got to figure he has more than a 25% chance of losing. Although, you
could argue the 4-way format makes things automatically more chancy,
but I'd still give Link like a 15%+ chance of losing. Cloud probably has a 30-40% chance of losing a Link-less contest. --- 90s games > 00s games |
What
happened against L-Block won't be replicated 1-on-1. There's not going
to be another game that's going to boost a character through the roof
to the point that they can contend with Link either. KH3 isn't going to
help out Cloud that much unless he becomes the main character. So 15%+ is way too generous. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Link
was further ahead of the field in 2002, and then 2003 happened. I think
it was more a big shift in the site demographics than KH, actually.
Same with the Nintendo Boost in 2005. The thing is I would not be excited about Cloud vs. Snake/Samus/Mario in the late game. Here's the possibilities: 1. Cloud wins. That's good, but expected, and there will probably be tons of people screaming about FFVII always winning. It's taken years for people to realize that it's actually Link that always wins, and they'll probably forget it as soon as they see FFVII win just one contest. 2. Snake wins. I don't like this result, though I'm sure a lot of people would. Snake's already humiliated FFVII enough times that Cloud almost feels like the underdog here (even though he's not). 3. Mario/Samus win. This would put the nails in Square's coffin more than anything Link could ever do to Cloud. It would relegate Cloud and everyone to second class, make it so that Link doesn't even have to show up himself anymore to have Nintendo win a contest. Remember the feeling of hopelessness from the day of OOT > FFVII? This would be like that, except a lot worse because it would show second tier Nintendo could handle Square's best. --- 90s games > 00s games |
There
was a site shift in demographics, but I think KH also did play a role,
hence why those characters continued to be strong even after the site
shifted back toward Nintendo in 2005 and 2006. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
BW Pokemon boost lets not forget! Which Birth By Sleep character would make it in you think? |
The one that looks like Roxas. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
What's silly is that KEY and MOM may have been suffering from SFF and therefore looked weaker than they actually are. Dear god. --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
Okay,
I decided to arrange the X-Stats by year of release just to see if we
get anything interesting ('cause I'm bored). I double-checked most of
the release years to make sure they were accurate, so...here we go! 2000 1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – 50.00% 7. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal – 44.05% 23. Diablo II – 37.38% 25. Final Fantasy IX – 36.85% 38. Chrono Cross – 32.90% 45. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 – 30.58% 64. The Legend of Dragoon – 28.05% 73. Skies of Arcadia – 26.51% 74. Perfect Dark – 26.45% 79. The Sims – 25.61% 80. Banjo-Tooie – 25.31% 83. Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn – 25.24% 92. Deus Ex – 23.21% 113. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 – 19.33% 114. Shenmue – 19.28% 126. Jet Grind Radio – 15.38% 128. WWF No Mercy – 10.68% 2001 2. Final Fantasy X – 49.89% 4. Super Smash Bros. Melee – 48.41% 14. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – 41.74% 22. Grand Theft Auto III – 37.45% 28. Paper Mario – 35.96% 29. Halo: Combat Evolved – 35.54% 34. Golden Sun – 34.26% 50. Sonic Adventure 2 – 29.81% 60. Devil May Cry – 29.02% 76. ICO – 25.79% 90. Advance Wars – 23.54% 107. Silent Hill 2 – 21.54% 116. Conker’s Bad Fur Day – 19.08% 2002 8. Metroid Prime – 43.35% 19. Kingdom Hearts – 38.18% 54. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – 29.57% 58. Super Mario Sunshine – 29.07% 66. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind – 27.70% 67. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos – 27.45% 87. Animal Crossing – 24.35% 88. Metroid Fusion – 24.12% 112. TimeSplitters 2 – 19.58% 115. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem – 19.21% 2003 9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – 43.21% 33. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – 34.59% 62. SoulCalibur II – 28.43% 63. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald – 28.29% 70. Fire Emblem – 27.24% 96. Viewtiful Joe – 22.49% 98. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness – 22.20% 99. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – 22.01% 120. F-Zero GX – 17.92% 121. Beyond Good & Evil -17.79% 2004 11. Half-Life 2 – 42.72% 12. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – 42.30% 21. Tales of Symphonia – 37.85% 35. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 33.94% 39. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – 31.73% 49. Fable – 30.07% 55. World of Warcraft – 29.38% 59. Halo 2 – 29.04% 81. Ninja Gaiden – 25.27% 93. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time – 23.12% 105. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – 21.76% 111. Katamari Damacy – 20.04% 2005 10. Resident Evil 4 – 43.09% 13. Shadow of the Colossus – 41.78% 17. God of War – 38.99% 43. Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening – 30.68% 85. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King – 25.08% 89. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – 23.88% 102. Civilization IV – 21.86% 103. Star Wars: Battlefront II – 21.82% 110. Psychonauts – 20.43% 117. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance – 18.89% 122. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow – 17.64% 125. Mario Kart DS – 16.57% --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
2006 5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 46.76% 16. Kingdom Hearts II – 40.12% 20. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 37.85% 26. Okami – 36.27% 42. Final Fantasy XII – 30.72% 68. Gears of War – 27.27% 84. Dead Rising – 25.10% 106. Mother 3 – 21.56% 124. Wii Sports – 16.60% 127. Guitar Hero II – 12.43% 2007 18. Portal – 38.38% 30. Super Mario Galaxy – 35.28% 31. BioShock – 35.09% 32. Mass Effect – 35.06% 41. God of War II – 31.15% 44. Halo 3 – 30.62% 47. Assassin’s Creed – 30.24% 48. Team Fortress 2 – 30.09% 52. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – 29.67% 72. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum – 26.82% 94. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 – 22.94% 109. No More Heroes – 20.74% 118. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations – 18.28% 2008 3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl – 49.48% 6. Fallout 3 – 45.10% 15. Metal Gear Solid 4 – 41.42% 61. LittleBigPlanet – 28.48% 65. Grand Theft Auto IV – 27.85% 69. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII – 27.25% 71. Left 4 Dead – 27.07% 75. Tales of Vesperia – 25.89% 78. Mario Kart Wii – 25.67% 82. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 – 25.24% 86. The World Ends With You – 24.64% 91. Valkyria Chronicles – 23.32% 95. Rock Band 2 – 22.85% 100. Dead Space – 21.93% 101. Gears of War 2 – 21.90% 119. Braid – 18.19% 2009 24. Batman: Arkham Asylum – 37.16% 27. Resident Evil 5 – 36.21% 36. Assassin’s Creed II – 33.83% 37. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – 32.92% 40. Mega Man 9 – 31.69% 46. Street Fighter IV – 30.26% 51. Demon’s Souls – 29.79% 53. New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 29.63% 56. Borderlands – 29.11% 57. Dragon Age: Origins – 29.11% 77. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – 25.73% 97. Dissidia: Final Fantasy – 22.33% 104. Left 4 Dead 2 – 21.80% 108. Plants vs. Zombies – 21.34% 123. inFamous – 17.14% --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Fun Facts: Representation by year in the top 10: 2000 - 2 2001 - 2 2002 - 1 2003 - 1 2004 - 0 2005 - 1 2006 - 1 2007 - 0 2008 - 2 2009 - 0 Representation in the top 25: 2000 - 4 2001 - 4 2002 - 2 2003 - 1 2004 - 3 2005 - 3 2006 - 3 2007 - 1 2008 - 3 2009 - 1 Representation in the top 50: 2000 - 6 2001 - 8 2002 - 2 2003 - 2 2004 - 6 2005 - 4 2006 - 5 2007 - 8 2008 - 3 2009 - 6 Representation in the top half of the stats: 2000 - 7 2001 - 9 2002 - 4 2003 - 4 2004 - 8 2005 - 4 2006 - 5 2007 - 9 2008 - 4 2009 - 10 Representation in the bottom half of the stats: 2000 - 10 2001 - 4 2002 - 6 2003 - 6 2004 - 4 2005 - 8 2006 - 5 2007 - 4 2008 - 12 2009 - 5 Representation in the 100s: 2000 - 4 2001 - 2 2002 - 2 2003 - 2 2004 - 2 2005 - 6 2006 - 3 2007 - 2 2008 - 3 2009 - 3 Overall average: 2000 – 68.53 2001 – 48.62 2002 – 67.4 2003 – 77.1 2004 – 55.92 2005 – 78 2006 – 61.8 2007 – 56.62 2008 – 69.81 2009 – 62.4 2001 has the strongest average by a decent margin, with only 2004 and 2007 anywhere close. For all the flack we gave the 2009 group, they averaged 5th! --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
From: LeonhartFour | #248 My only point against this is MMX did better (way better) against Link than classic did in 2004, and I imagine classic was pretty strong in 2004. We also saw last games contest how quickly the NES era is falling out of relevance here. The SNES era destroyed everything for quite awhile, plus there was Zero winning updates on Mega Man back in whatever year it was he faced him. --- KrahenProphet lives up to his name. |
2004. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
Interesting
numbers, Leon. That confirms what we'd previously observed about old
games/new games- that is, that old games dominate the very top levels
in strength, but there are a lot more above average new games, as
there's a ton of fodder among old games too. --- 90s games > 00s games |
And
yeah, KH was definitely pretty big too. KH2 was big also, for that
matter, and 2006 was a great year for Square. Think it might even have
been a Cloud victory, if Link didn't trump KH2 with TP's release on the
day of the match. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Here's what I remember are the rankings for each year from 2000-2008 according to the BGE 2009 stats: 2000 1) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal 2) Final Fantasy IX 3) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 4) Diablo II 5) Chrono Cross 6) Perfect Dark 7) Deus Ex 2001 1) Super Smash Bros. Melee 2) Final Fantasy X 3) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 4) Halo: Combat Evolved 5) Grand Theft Auto III 6) Paper Mario 7) Silent Hill 2 2002 1) Kingdom Hearts 2) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 3) Metroid Prime 4) The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2003 1) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3) Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 4) Fire Emblem 2004 1) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 2) Half-Life 2 3) Tales of Symphonia 4) World of Warcraft 5) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 6) Halo 2 2005 1) Resident Evil 4 2) God of War 3) Shadow of the Colossus 4) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2006 1) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2) Kingdom Hearts II 3) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 4) Final Fantasy XII 5) Okami 6) Gears of War 2007 1) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2) Portal 3) BioShock 4) Halo 3 5) Super Mario Galaxy 6) Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum 7) Mass Effect 8) Team Fortress 2 2008 1) Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 3) Fallout 3 4) Left 4 Dead 5) Street Fighter IV 6) Shin Megamei Tensei: Persona 4 7) LittleBigPlanet Ironically enough, only 2007 and 2008 have seen multiple major changes. 2007 especially. --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
And I conjured up two more divisions: Noughty Division (1) Final Fantasy X (16) Vanquish (8) Perfect Dark (9) Fire Emblem (5) Red Dead Redemption (12) Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (4) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (13) Fable (3) Final Fantasy VIII (14) Left 4 Dead (6) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (11) Rock Band 2 (7) World of Warcraft (10) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (15) The Sims Fearful Division (1) Resident Evil 4 (16) Metroid: Other M (8) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (9) God of War (5) Super Mario Bros. (12) Borderlands (4) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (13) Super Mario Kart (3) Metroid Prime (14) Super Mario Sunshine (6) Super Metroid (11) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (7) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (10) LittleBigPlanet (2) Super Mario Galaxy (15) Metroid Fusion --- Currently Playing - Resident Evil 4 Next Games Up - Okami, Star Fox 64, Smash Bros. Melee |
I love how front-loaded the 2008 stats are. You've got three strong games, then dive right into the fodder. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
I forgot that GTAIV comes in between Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, and that Street Fighter IV isn't from 2008. Speaking of which, LBP vs. GTAIV who've you got? --- Currently Playing - Smash Bros. Melee Next Games Up - Star Fox 64, Civilization IV |
Nice
poll today. Surprised that August is losing to March, June, July, and
September. I always thought August birthdays were most common. Polls
for the next 3 days: 2/20/2011 - What color is your hair naturally? 2/21/2011 - Which system do you own the most games for? 2/22/2011 - How do you feel about the current cost of video games? --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I DEMAND TREND CHARTS --- "Ulti is so awesome he doesn't need to do drugs. Drugs do Ulti." -RPGLord95 |
For today's poll? --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Why August? I expected March and September to perform the best because a lot of people get off of school in June and December. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
I
figure December is the most common month for people to have sex for the
purpose of having a baby. And given the possibility for premature
births, that could push some September births back to August. Even
being one or two weeks premature can make the difference between a
September birth or an August one. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Well
premature babies don't happen that often plus pregnancy doesn't last
exactly 9 months, it's about 9 months and 1.5 weeks so even if the baby
is premature by a few days it won't likely push the date back into
August even if the women got pregnant on Dec. 1st. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
This may in fact be the best discussion I've seen in a CS&D topic. And I've seen almost all of them. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
I was more expecting the poll to favor the last three months due to Valentine's Day banging. Then again, it's more the woman's day anyway, so it'd be more of a day where you'd see increased condom use. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
Go go March --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
July taking advantage of that Spring SFF |
Come
on August, you can overtake March and September with the last 30
minutes to move into 2nd place overall. August can't play around
anymore, as time is slowly running out for a comeback. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Trend charts for yesterday's poll: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?hl=en&key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdHlGZWh2bkJmeEREV1dsaUo4WF9LMWc&hl=en&gid=1 In the first trend chart, August won the board vote and SNV. July won the most time periods overall by winning the Power Hour, BSV, and DSV. October won the FNV and June won the ASV. In the hourly trend chart, February, March, April, and December were the only months to not win a single hour. July won the most hours with 6 of them. The link above also provides some extra stats and the poll updates too. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Man,
that's got to be the weirdest trend chart I've ever seen for the
strangeness of the topic being analyzed. No complaints here
though.....data is good. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Today's
poll is interesting. Looks like black hair is common across Asia
(looking at the map). Japan seems to be a weird exception to the rule,
but I bet most of the votes from Japan aren't coming from the natives
living there. California and Hawaii are the only 2 states where black is winning there. Hawaii makes sense, since at least half of their population is Asian. Seeing black winning California is weird, but it looks like California has a large enough Asian population for black to win that state. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Wait, I just realized.... Why did you we use the nickname Racistfaqs during the last contest? GamefaKKKs would have been a million times better. --- [Evil Republican] Play Der Langrisser. |
