GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 995
From: FateStayAlbion | #348 Speculation as a result of boredom. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4288®ion=PH Asia's also funny in today's poll. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2062 Seems that the original "Got DS?" poll didn't come out till after the system was out for a bit, but the amount of people not interested is quite interesting, especially since I thought I remembered people being skeptical about DS when it came out due to the touch screen and dual screens --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
Seems that the original "Got DS?" poll didn't come out till after the system was out for a bit Actually, I found this poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1826 The poll wasn't listed as "Got DS?", which made it harder to discover that poll unless you used the poll search feature. since I thought I remembered people being skeptical about DS when it came out due to the touch screen and dual screens Found this poll about the opinion of the DS before it was even released: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1507 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Wow..
not interested dropped from 57.8% to 53% after that first update. It
may end up around that first poll you posted Luster. The board seems to
hate 3DS though --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
Man,
what a board vote for "No, I just don't want one at this time". It had
57.86% at the end of the board vote and dropped to 53.07% on the second
update of the poll. Almost a 5% drop on that update. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: LOLContests | #346 They could've been bought used or at a large discount. I'm sure a NES at that time was significantly cheaper than the SNES, as were the games. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
FateStayAlbion posted... Wow.. not interested dropped from 57.8% to 53% after that first update. It may end up around that first poll you posted Luster. The board seems to hate 3DS though Less of the board hating the 3DS, more of the board being logical and/or not rich and seeing there's almost nothing worth buying for the 3DS immediately, and waiting for one of, or any combinations of 3 choices: 1. Games worth buying 2. Price drop 3. "3DS Lite" --- "I submitted brackets on all [224] of my accounts so they would get the 10 free Karma for beating SBAllen's score." - Luster Soldier |
3DS Lite is why I voted for the last option. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png "SEXTON HILLBEAST" - TimJab |
The
median date of birth is somewhere in 1988 currently (probably about the
same, maybe a few months earlier when the first console generation poll
was taken). IIRC, there was another poll that said most people started
gaming when they were from ages 4-6, so that'd put the median start
time at 1992-94. The NES, like the SNES, PS, and PS2, was popular long
after its successor came out, so it's not so hard to believe. --- 90s games > 00s games |
IIRC, there was another poll that said most people started gaming when they were from ages 4-6 Here's the poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2195 The 3DS came out 2 days ago in Europe and ownership is already at 13.34% in Europe right now (17.99% in the UK). 3DS ownership is only at 6.89% in North America right now since it was released today. Based on that, ownership of 3DS should be expected to double in North America during the next 2 days alone. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Thanks
Luster! Looking at that poll, our median for when people started gaming
looks to be age 4, which puts us in 1992, within the first year of the
SNES's release. So that matches with the console generation poll quite
well. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I just realized I haven't logged into GameFAQs in over a month. lol offseason --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
3DS
ownership in North America is increasing at a ridiculous rate. 3DS
ownership was at 6.89% in North America around 8:00 AM today and it's
already at 8.74% right now. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #363 Announce your guru pick while you're around. --- The Gamer In Me "Ike and Ash and co. saw a Yoshi and didn't catch it" - Mer telling us his dream |
From: Not_Wylvane | #1757 Especially as a child. It's not like you're buying these things yourself. I was born in 89, and I got my NES in 92/93 when the SNES was in full swing. Of course at 3/4 years old, I had no idea it even existed. |
There's also having an older sibiling to think about. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
My
first console was Atari and that came around quite a few years before I
was born (I was born in 85), but thats because my Dad had one. I'm sure quite a few people just played consoles that family had in their early age --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
I'm sure quite a few people just played consoles that family had in their early age Found this poll which proves that wrong: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2947 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
-LusterSoldier- posted... I'm sure quite a few people just played consoles that family had in their early age Found this poll which proves that wrong: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2947 Except thats not what I said at all. Thats asking your own video game system. Not one your older sibling or parents may have had that you played on sometimes. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
I voted for the "Not really, game music doesn't do much for me" option. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Good poll, Leonhart. Would a music-based contest here ever work? VG-music's getting better numbers in this poll than I once thought it would. ~86% of the site probably knows what their favorite video game song is, and ~49% knows a lot of songs. That's potential for an idea we once dismissed. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I
dunno that it'd work very well. It assumes that people know the names
of a lot of these songs without looking them up and/or there's a lot of
overlap in the kinds of video game music they listen to (which I'm sure
there is, but still). I mean, I suppose you could provide music links
or something, but I imagine a lot of the voters wouldn't bother to
listen to them. I suppose it could work, but there are a lot of things that could go wrong and make it a failure. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
A
video game music contest would be tough to run when it comes to match
pictures. The songs would not any have pictures that are associated
with them. Above the 2 options in each match, I suppose you could
include an embedded sample of both songs in a match, but that might not
be possible due to legal issues. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
A site-wide VGMusic Contest would be amazing --- ~Ange "Anime. Pah." - pjbasis |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #375 It wouldn't be too hard to provide a picture of a scene the song plays in (or even just the soundtrack's album cover). --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
Also,
something tells me that either the Mario Bros. main theme or the Zelda
main theme would end up winning the whole thing anyway, probably the
latter. --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
having youtube links could be fine maybe --- ~Ange "Anime. Pah." - pjbasis |
The
main Zelda theme is an amazing piece of music, so it'd be a worthy
winner. However, note that it does not appear in OOT, which is a
weakness that may give other songs a chance. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Oh,
I'm not saying the Zelda theme is bad. I'm just saying the Zelda theme
or the Mario Bros. theme would do really well because they're so well
known. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
A site-wide VGMusic Contest would be amazing I wouldn't like that sort of contest, since I don't listen to VG music. I would still vote in the contest, but all of my votes will be based on what games the songs are from and not on the quality of the song itself. So I will be voting like I would in a games contest. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Magus vs Magus's theme WHICH WOULD BE STRONGER --- Black turtle beat me, o noes! |
-LusterSoldier- posted... A site-wide VGMusic Contest would be amazing I wouldn't like that sort of contest, since I don't listen to VG music. I would still vote in the contest, but all of my votes will be based on what games the songs are from and not on the quality of the song itself. So I will be voting like I would in a games contest. This is the problem I see with it, especially songs not everyone know the name of. Theres many songs I know I love if I hear them, but I wouldn't know their exact name on the top of my head, and having to search just to vote in a poll is something I know a lot of people wouldn't bother doing. And like someone said earlier, embedding might cause legal issues, and having a youtube would make the front page a mess. Basically it would just come down to whatever is the most popular game in most cases, and stuff with easy names, like Zelda Theme or Mario Bros level 1 theme would just dominate. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
Someone
suggested we talk about a sitewide VG Music bracket during the last
episode of The Show, and at first I thought it was a terrible idea but
lately it's been growing on me. Instead of a normal match pic there
could be two pictures listed, and clicking them would take you the
best-quality youtube for that song, with just the song titles listed as
the poll options below. I mean, don't want it replacing the character/game brackets or anything, but it could be a fun little 64 entrant/2 matches a day Contest to break up the offseason a little bit. --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
Ngamer64 posted... Someone suggested we talk about a sitewide VG Music bracket during the last episode of The Show, and at first I thought it was a terrible idea but lately it's been growing on me. Instead of a normal match pic there could be two pictures listed, and clicking them would take you the best-quality youtube for that song, with just the song titles listed as the poll options below. I mean, don't want it replacing the character/game brackets or anything, but it could be a fun little 64 entrant/2 matches a day Contest to break up the offseason a little bit. Technically those songs on Youtube are illegal since you can't post something without permission from the copyright holder. Not something they'd actually do anything about, but C-Net would probably avoid doing that due to the legality. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RyanSaotome |
I
dunno. I just feel like the nomination process would wind up being a
disaster, for one reason or the other. There's not really a consensus
on popular video game songs like there are for characters/games. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Yeah,
the legal issues make it tricky, without a doubt. Then there's the
problem of someone flagging the videos midway through the match and
forcing youtube to take them down, which turns it back into "vote for
your favorite game." Cool idea in theory, but I'd say the whole thing isn't worth considering without a direct link to let you hear each song, so it's hard to imagine SB ever getting the approval to run it. --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
Yeah,
legality's the trick here. In fact, I wonder if he'll ever run this
poll again; this poll just turned eleven years old without a remake: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=118 For shame though. If legality wasn't an issue, you could just randomly load one of the competing songs and make the options look something like this: [match-pic?] --> Punch-Out!!'s Fight Theme (now playing) --> Phoenix Wright's Objection Theme [speaker-icon that turns on the other song] Naming the songs should be better addressed if possible, but that would be a clean enough look and the music playing automatically would attract some attention too. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I'll
agree music isn't as pre-decided as characters/games/series
though...but this wouldn't be on the level of a quote-contest either,
and -- given easy access to hearing the options -- viewers could make a
pretty fast and/or fairly informed opinion. Just gotta get that
access... ...oh god, am I actually rooting for this contest now? --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I
wouldn't like that sort of contest, since I don't listen to VG music. I
would still vote in the contest, but all of my votes will be based on
what games the songs are from and not on the quality of the song
itself. So I will be voting like I would in a games contest. That is an excellent point, one I've thought about, too. The implications are this: not only will people blindly vote for the songs from the favorite games, but you're more likely to vote for a track you're familiar with, unless the other track is sounds significantly better to you. Plus, it usually takes several listenings before you appreciate and "hear" all the good qualities in a piece of music, which again ruiins the chances of any "unfamiliar" video game tracks winning. Thus, even if Bacon ran these polls "blindly" by just linking to the streamed tracks without showing the title, the more recognizable one will probably win. And I'd also be against such a contest because I strongly disagree with most others' taste in music, ANYWAY... =P The results would sicken me or most any major VG music fans. I'd like to see a bunch of hardcore game music fans (including some with great musical ability or knowledge) to come together and create a large list of what they feel are the greatest video game tracks, and have it posted somewhere on GameFAQs. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Well the board VGMusic Contest results show clearly what the hardcore game music fans consider the best songs this is probably the best example of their opinions http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=379471&tclass=: --- ~Ange "Anime. Pah." - pjbasis |
I wouldn't consider at least half of the voters in those contests hardcore enough. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
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As
a result of today's Geolocation update, we can now see the maps of
every single poll since the start of the 2008 Character Battle. The cool thing is we can now view the maps for the OoT/FFVII bonus match. I also discovered that you can view the map for Africa by using the "AFR" region code. Here's an example: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3509®ion=AFR --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3505®ion=USXSD South Dakota knows where it's at. --- http://www.ponychan.net/chan/pic/src/130108798719.gif |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3509®ion=US WYOMING'D! --- 2010 Game of the Decade Contest - some guy named Black Turtle won the guru for this http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif |
G4TV is having a series contest right now. http://www.g4tv.com/deathmatch/best-franchises-2011/index.html |
It's not even seeded. lol |
While it isn't seeded the weakest match is Pac-Man/NFS, every other match has a series I would say has decent strength. I'm surprised Pokemon is doing so well on Resident Evil --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
