GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 997
Geolocation info: -East Coast really likes Christian Bale -Southwest likes Michael Keaton -Rust Belt doesn't like Christian Bale -South doesn't like Adam West -Midwest/Mountain states like Adam West Interpret that as you will --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
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From: LOLContests | #401 This makes me ashamed as a Southerner --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
CLEARLY HINTING AT A FICTIONAL CHARACTER CONTEST I don't see how a Batman actors poll would be of any use in determining how Batman would perform in a Fictional Character Contest. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Right over your head, Luster. Right over your head. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
LOL at Leon. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Though it does give the picsmiths an idea on which Batman to use for their pictures. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
From: charmander6000 | #2006 If the rules dictate the fictional character must be in a game, then it might need all pictures to come from games. |
Arkham Asylum Batman would always be a good Batman to use anyway. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
It would until the sprite-round! http://www.defunctgames.com/pic/review-batmannes-big-1.jpg --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
Azp2k32 posted... CLEARLY HINTING AT A FICTIONAL CHARACTER CONTEST *high fives all around* --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
You
know what I was thinking might be a neat idea for our GOTY polls?
Whenever we get down to our final eight, just do a quick mini-tournament
with those eight games for GOTY. I mean, it'd only be an extra week of
polls. We could even do the same for system of the year or something. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
I
always thought it'd be cool to make a contest out of the GOTY every
year, like a 32-entry bracket or something. Would be something new and
different each year. --- Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. |
I always thought it'd be cool to make a contest out of the GOTY every year If the contest involves giving out prizes that have monetary value to them (like video games or online gift certificate), there is a lot of legal stuff for Bacon to get the contest approved first. He would need to get approval from CBS's legal department before running a contest that gives out prizes with monetary value to them. Although Bacon could avoid that by giving out either private boards or bonus Karma instead of prizes with monetary value. --- Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ |
SB
could apply a contest-format to GotY, but he shouldn't offer prizes for
them. Predicting the GotY is considerably easier than other contests
and would be a smaller contest as well. Besides, I don't like the idea
that somebody might bracket-vote or better anti-vote in the GotY-polls. Then again, I'm mostly comfortable with what we already have as well. We'd like more contests, sure, but we don't have to "contestify" the GotY-polls to do that either. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I
think it'd give us a more "legit" GOTY winner because you get rid of
LFF, and then you also get a decent idea of future contest strength,
which is nice. Also, I'd really like to see if the 360 would really beat the Wii 1-on-1 in a System of the Year poll. I just want to see it. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
The NES Batman sprite is actually really well-done. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
Yeah,
I think an actual GOTY contest would be a better indicator of
popularity, and wouldn't make the same sacrifices that are done with
polls. No reason that the four most popular games of the year couldn't
be multiplatform, for instance. Prizes are whatever, though, I don't
think you need any. --- Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. |
But
without prizes, there would be less of a reason for people to fill out a
bracket. The prizes could be either private boards or bonus Karma and
it wouldn't have the legal issues associated with getting our usual
Character Battles or game contests approved by CBS's legal department. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
You
don't need prizes or even a prediction period. You wouldn't have to
have a nomination period since SBAllen does a pretty good job at knowing
the best games of the year. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
I
don't consider a GOTY contest to be a contest unless it is possible to
fill out a bracket. Whether or not there are prizes is another thing
(the prizes are optional), but I don't consider a contest to be a
contest unless it has a bracket entry phase. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
You
could get by without nominations and a prediction period, but those
would be cool to see. You could make both last a week, at most, since it
would be a smaller contest without any meaningful prize. --- Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. |
You
are right, we won't need any nominations for a GOTY contest since
SBAllen would know which games on the site are receiving the most
traffic. Bracket entry phase would start around December 23rd (right
before Christmas Eve) and would only last for about a week when the
contest starts on January 1st. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I
wouldn't really use the results from any kind of GotY contest anyway.
Some games age badly while others take a while to become stronger. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Some
games would stay consistent, though, and it would at least give you
something of an idea on how they would preform in a later contest,
especially if that contests happens soon after the GotY. |
But
you won't really know which ones and we don't know how strong games are
relatively to other games. We'll still have a general idea of how
strong games will be. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
UltimaterializerX posted... The NES Batman sprite is actually really well-done. It's much better compared to what Indy could potentially get in a sprite round. http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/2460/indianasprite.png http://www.thevideogamecritic.net/images/nes/indiana_jones_and_the_temple_of_doom.gif --- The Gamer In Me His dark secret is he's really Spark Brushel in disguise. If people knew, he'd be ruined. - Spiral on the black psyche locks |
Speaking
of sprites, I just came off of getting whooped by Magus in my blind
playthrough of Chrono Trigger, and man he looks a lot better in the game
than in the official artwork. At the very least, it helps to explain why he did so well against Link way back when. Obviously he'd be far weaker now than in 2003, but then again so are Crono and Frog. What I'm trying to say is that Magus always underperforms when he draws one of his official artwork pics and overperforms when he draws a sprite, just like pre-Dissidia Kefka. Is this plausible? To be fair, it's not like we really have much of a chance to test it out, but still... --- Currently Playing - Chrono Trigger DS |
Sorry to bring up something from the last page, but... When and why did SBAllen say Dark Link was not eligible? He's the final boss of Zelda II. He's a legitimate character. --- Tofa7 - LoZ-LoD | Hardcore "Thank you, thank you, no applause necessary, just send money..." |
SBAllen said it a while ago. Maybe he's against jokes now. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Duke
Nukem Forever is currently losing to a remake right now. That casts a
lot of doubt over the ability of Duke Nukem Forever to help increase
Duke Nukem's contest strength in a Character Battle. It's still early
on, and Duke Nukem Forever could possibly move up to first place if OoT
3D got a very good board vote and Duke Nukem Forever had a bad board
vote. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
It's
not that Dark Link is a joke, it's more like he probably finds it
redundant, yes moreso than Mega Man and X, and he probably doesn't want
another Link taking out much of the contestants. And speaking of Link....ZeldaFAQs strikes again! --- Congrats to Black Turtle for being GotD Guru Champion! The rest of us? We've met with a terrible fate, haven't we? |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Duke Nukem Forever is currently losing to a remake right now. That casts a lot of doubt over the ability of Duke Nukem Forever to help increase Duke Nukem's contest strength in a Character Battle. Dude, its an Ocarina of Time remake. I'm surprised its doing as well as it is. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/ndkisk.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Historically,
remakes have consistently proven themselves to be significantly weaker
than the original version of the game. Even if OoT 3D reaches the
10-way GotY poll after winning the DS GotY, the game will be embarrassed
in the GotY by getting less than 10% and failing to reach the 3-way
GotY. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
"significantly weaker" than OoT could still qualify as incredibly powerful. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NE Regional - Top 8 Hopefully, we'll meet in Indianapolis... |
I'm not sure why you'd expect GameFAQs to not vote for OoT of all games. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
charmander6000 posted... I'm not sure why you'd expect GameFAQs to not vote for OoT of all games. Especially when its a poll with a bunch of games I wouldn't expect Gamefaqs to like, and the only Nintendo game to boot. I'm surprised its not getting 40%+ here. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/ndkisk.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I
never suggested that GameFAQs wouldn't vote for OoT here. First off,
it's a remake, which likely has less than 20% of the original game's
strength. OoT 3D would struggle to get at least 20% indirectly against
the original game. Second, it's a handheld game, which makes it a
little bit weaker than it would actually be if the remake was released
on a console. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Anyone
doubting Duke's strength next contest only needs to look at this poll.
He's kicking ass here, almost beating the really-hyped OoT remake! --- "Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
Duke
Nukem Forever has cut like 30 votes last two updates, so it might still
win this thing. And there is absolutely no way you can make out Duke
Nukem Forever beating Ocarina of Time, remake or not, as a bad thing for
Duke --- http://i52.tinypic.com/ndkisk.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
It's
still early right now, but the early results for Europe would suggest
The Duke kills the night vote and takes the lead over OoT 3D overnight. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
And
how about that, The Duke already has a lead in this poll. There might
be a few lead changes from now up until around 2:00 AM at the most, but
then Europe should take over and help put OoT 3D away for good. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
The poll is shaping up to be a US vs. the World. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Anyone
doubting Duke's strength next contest only needs to look at this poll.
He's kicking ass here, almost beating the really-hyped OoT remake! Assuming DNF is great of course. This is a hype poll, which no one denies it has. From the looks of it, Duke's first match probably won't be until some of the initial hype dies down. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
Always bet on Duke. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
LoZ:OoT3D
is probably doing a little better than your average remake because it's
the first 3D-game people are really pumped for and the 3DS doesn't
really have a must-own game yet. Whatever the case, DNF's currently beating it. This is the strongest remake your can ask for too except maybe a FF7-remake, so this is fine for the game -- especially since many people are interested in DNF for its novelty instead of its gameplay. No need to give it grief over a performance like this. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
All
the talk the last few pages, I'm really intrigued on whether another
FF8 rep would be worth anything. Seriously considering Laguna for Guru
nom --- Game of the Decade? More like Guru of the Decade mirite? |
All
the talk the last few pages, I'm really intrigued on whether another
FF8 rep would be worth anything. Seriously considering Laguna for Guru
nom I found this poll from way back in 2002: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=846 In that poll, Squall seemed to be weaker than he is now. I feel if that poll is re-ran today, Squall would probably be pushing towards 40%. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Well the NRT already has Seifer. I guess the main question is how are the characters dealt with in FFVIII, is it the same as VII and X or do people don't care about non-Squall characters? Even if they are a tier or two below Squall, that's still half decent strength. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Didn't Seifer win the NRT one year, yet fail to make the bracket? (might have been '06 though) --- Game of the Decade? More like Guru of the Decade mirite? |
With
vote-ins in place, NRT-winners have a significantly better chance to at
least be seen...plus Seifer's chance may have been before the brackets
expanded to 128 characters (confirmation, Leonhart?). Under these
circumstances, a new FF8-rep feels pretty safe already. That said, feel
free to pick another one; it's your pick anyway, and it'd be nice to
finalize the FF8-issue after all these years with two of the next best
choices. For the record though, I don't see either one doing very well. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
