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#51 | foxhead84 | Posted 9/2/2011 5:59:52 PM | message detail
Advokaiser posted...
Hmmm.... well, we can discuss how Zero > Cortana, and Otacon > Diddy Kong, in GameSpot's contest.

That's what I have right now... only because I fear zero won't make it and may lose against a ''Lunchpad'' rally

As of now, I have Cortana, Alyx Vance, Garrus and WCC as my final 4... With Alyx > Garrus in the final
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#52 | PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/2/2011 6:03:35 PM | message detail
Cool, I've got the same finals!
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#53 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/2/2011 7:18:36 PM | message detail | (edited)
Changed my finals to Garrus > Alyx (previously had Garrus losing to Yoshi for no good reason...wait a sec, if that happens, this will be Yoshi's second Gamespot contest in a row where he loses to the eventual champion!).

My bracket also has Garrus facing fellow BioWare characters in rounds 2 and 3. I originally picked Sheva over Minsc, but then I thought about it and I've heard nothing but bad about Sheva and nothing but good about Minsc. I just don't have the heart to pick Sheva just because "she's a hot chick and she's more well-known"! Plus I've heard a lot more about Minsc than I have about Jon Irenicus, and I've heard a lot more bad about Sheva compared to Shao Kahn.

I also do not have the heart to pick Cortana > Moogle like someone else here did. Besides, Master Chief bombed spectacularly in his contest! I'm honestly concerned that Cortana will die off in round 1!

I don't know how much G4 popularity would really matter. For instance, Master Chief fared poorly in Gamespot's character contest, but the Halo series outperformed Mario against Legend of Zelda in G4's contest.
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#54 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/2/2011 8:08:50 PM | message detail
The Diddy Kong/Vivi match is difficult for me to pick in GameSpot's contest. If this was GameFAQs, Vivi would easily smoke Diddy Kong and worse than he would defeat Donkey Kong. Vivi has gotten about 56% both times that he faced Donkey Kong on GameFAQs. On the other hand, RPG characters are weaker on GameSpot than GameFAQs, so maybe Diddy Kong can win that one.

If it was Donkey Kong/Vivi on GameSpot, I'd be picking Donkey Kong.
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#55 | HaRRicH | Posted 9/2/2011 8:58:48 PM | message detail
From its vote-in:

#6: Diddy Kong 2% 7,668
#26: Vivi 2% 5,565

He's known as one of gaming's classic sidekicks. DKCR also came out recently, plus DK did well in their Hero-contest (doubled Raziel, broke 80% on Banjo-Kazooie, and outdid Fox against Link 19% to 15.5%). Meanwhile, Cloud lost to Kratos and Kefka lost to Sweet Tooth...not to mention Sephiroth's loss to 4chan a.k.a. General RAAM. GameSpot doesn't care about Final Fantasy in the same way, and FF9 shouldn't be an exception.

What a twist from GameFAQs it would be if Diddy wins.
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#56 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/3/2011 1:55:57 AM | message detail
-LusterSoldier- posted...
The Diddy Kong/Vivi match is difficult for me to pick in GameSpot's contest. If this was GameFAQs, Vivi would easily smoke Diddy Kong and worse than he would defeat Donkey Kong. Vivi has gotten about 56% both times that he faced Donkey Kong on GameFAQs. On the other hand, RPG characters are weaker on GameSpot than GameFAQs, so maybe Diddy Kong can win that one.

If it was Donkey Kong/Vivi on GameSpot, I'd be picking Donkey Kong.


Yeah I was in so much of an FF mood that I forgot how poorly the series performs in most contests outside of GameFAQs despite bearing so much critical acclaim. Time to pick Diddy Kong, nuts (...what does "welp" mean?).

But I'm not ready to accept that Chocobo and Moogle can lose to Halo and Gears of War characters. I don't have the heart to accept it at all.

...now I'm suddenly worried about Wakka's chances against Tails. I have Wakka losing to Chocobo in R3.

...now I'm worried about Moogle losing to Athena in the first round! ...no, I don't have the heart to accept that a recurring character in what is arguably gaming's second "super-franchise" can lose to a God of War character who is not Kratos!
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#57 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/3/2011 2:01:09 AM | message detail
Oh, and I picked Geno to beat both Dogmeat and Agro. Seeing how Fallout 3 should be a much bigger name than Super Mario RPG on most of the Internet, that's probably a big mistake. Nuts. I'm picking Agro to beat Dogmeat though, solely on the grounds that I hear a lot more about Agro (and Geno) than I do about Dogmeat. Plus Shadow of the Colossus should be one of the rare cases of sidekick > hero (I hear a lot more about Agro than I do about Wander, and Wander actually won a match in his contest!).
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#58 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/3/2011 8:34:00 AM | message detail | (edited)
My Gamespot bracket now has Barry > Daxter and Servbot > Navi.

I also saw that Sheva beat Minsc in the polling process whatever but I don't care. I hear nothing but bad about Sheva and nothing but good about Minsc, so I don't have the heart to pick the more hated character to win.

EDIT: I picked Dandelion > Cortana. I've heard good things about The Witcher 2, and this is a Halo entrant it's against. I still have Zero roasting both FF mainstays (Moogle and Chocobo).
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#59 | foxhead84 | Posted 9/3/2011 11:56:47 AM | message detail | (edited)
So to summarize...you have no idea yet what your bracket gonna look like!!! XD
#60 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/3/2011 12:23:25 PM | message detail | (edited)
Wow, you have some REALLY wild picks, LMS, but you made me realize that I'm playing a little too safe on my picks so I'm going to consider some of those. Okay... let's see:


1._I think Minsc > Sheva is a very interesting pick. Sheva's popularity may obliterate Minsc, but popularity+hate vs. barely-known+love are certainly factors that may cause a nice upset in any kind of match. BUT... the question is: Is Sheva really THAT hated and Minsc really THAT loved?


2._I don't know why I never considered Moogle > Cortana considering Master Chief's laughable performance last contest... (LOL losing to Bub & Bob) Maybe I was too biased, or I just took the number of votes in the vote-ins too literally, but certainly I do not expect high performances on Cortana's side...


3._About Chocobo and Moogle not losing to Halo and Gears of War characters... I'll consider that too.


4._You have Wakka losing to Chocobo in Round 3? What?! Tails will crush Wakka. Tails has got no competition until he gets to Alyx/Luigi, or MAYBE Zero. Wakka vs. Lucca is already a 50/50 match.


5._So you're worried Athena > Moogle... I'm sorry, but the chance of such an upset are very high, specially considering how Kratos beat Cloud by 51.8% in the past contest. Plus, Moogle isn't nearly as iconic as Chocobo, so having Moogle as a FF representative vs. having Athena as a God of War representative is something Moogle should be VERY worried about...


6._Yeah, my first impulse was picking Geno over Dogmeat and Agro, but then I remembered 'this is not GameFAQs', and Fallout 3 is a complete beast of a game, and Shadow of the Colossus is a powerful cult-hit, so Geno's not leaving Round 1. However, I'm not sure Agro is a case in which sidekick > hero, but it might be interesting to see what it has to say against Dogmeat. It's still toss-up against those two, though...


7._Barry doesn't have a chance against Daxter, really, and Navi apparently doesn't get nearly as much hate in GameSpot as it does here on GameFAQs (which is actually AWESOME =D), so I'd say it advances to Round 2 pretty easily.


8._Dandelion > Cortana??? So... are you considering Dandelion > Bub & Bob? Cause I'm not. I mean, Cortana may be very weak, but I wouldn't go that far.
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#61 | Haste_2 | Posted 9/3/2011 12:53:52 PM | message detail
I totally missed the Gamespot contest announcement until now.

Falco vs. Einstein? Perfect match! The only problem is that they should be on the same side, not against each other, right? Then again, they ARE on the same side of the bracket. =P

It's pretty cool to see Maya and Geno on there, but Maya's obviously going to get destroyed (right? >_>)

Two horses, as well....yeah.... well, at least Harrich will be happy.
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#62 | FateStayAlbion | Posted 9/3/2011 12:54:46 PM | message detail
6._Yeah, my first impulse was picking Geno over Dogmeat and Agro, but then I remembered 'this is not GameFAQs', and Fallout 3 is a complete beast of a game, and Shadow of the Colossus is a powerful cult-hit, so Geno's not leaving Round 1. However, I'm not sure Agro is a case in which sidekick > hero, but it might be interesting to see what it has to say against Dogmeat. It's still toss-up against those two, though...

For what its worth, I saw a poll the other day on the Gamespot board about Agro vs Dogmeat

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/28834029/dogmeat-vs-agro?tag=topics%3Btitle

Low vote totals, but Dogmeat obliterated Agro.
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#63 | Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 9/3/2011 1:32:42 PM | message detail
2._I don't know why I never considered Moogle > Cortana considering Master Chief's laughable performance last contest... (LOL losing to Bub & Bob) Maybe I was too biased, or I just took the number of votes in the vote-ins too literally, but certainly I do not expect high performances on Cortana's side...

There was tons of cheating in Bub&Bob vs Master Chief. You can pretty much ignore that result.
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#64 | LOLContests | Posted 9/3/2011 2:00:59 PM | message detail
I'm definitely not seeing Alyx > Luigi minus a rally. Gordon would do worse than 75/25 Alyx based on what we've seen here, and there's no reason to think he'd get that much against Luigi. Mario has always looked just as popular on Gamespot as it has here. Any sort of "NintendoFAQS" influence on Mario's popularity on this site has been overrated. What Mario entrants in the past couple of years have looks disproportionately popular?
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#65 | TheCodeisBosco | Posted 9/3/2011 2:11:50 PM | message detail
Initial thoughts from me about the GS contest -

1) My current finals are Companion Cube > Luigi. I really think Cube is going to be huge in this contest, though Garrus does have me worried.

2) Luigi smoked the vote-ins, despite having to compete with people like Yoshi and Diddy Kong for votes. I really can't see him losing to Alyx, even on ValveSpot.

3) I'm totally taking Servbot > Navi. Navi is bound to lose a ton of steam within a 1v1 format - people absolutely hate her.

4) I think Cortana will do fairly well, but I have her losing to Zero. They weren't too far apart in the vote-ins, and Mega Man characters have done pretty well on GS in the past, IIRC. (I have Tails > Zero in my bracket right now, though.)

5) Launchpad > Cap'n Price. Aww yeah!


Not much else to say about this contest, I don't think. Though I am taking some offbeat upsets, such as: Einstein > Falco; Minsc > Sheva; Dominic > Chocobo (possibly); and Dog > Frog.
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#66 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/3/2011 4:02:50 PM | message detail
TheCodeisBosco posted...
3) I'm totally taking Servbot > Navi. Navi is bound to lose a ton of steam within a 1v1 format - people absolutely hate her.

Have you seen the amount of love she gets on the GS forums? I mean, she'll probably be SFF'd to death when she faces Epona, but she seems to be very beloved on the site.


4) I think Cortana will do fairly well, but I have her losing to Zero. They weren't too far apart in the vote-ins, and Mega Man characters have done pretty well on GS in the past, IIRC. (I have Tails > Zero in my bracket right now, though.)

Me too!


5) Launchpad > Cap'n Price. Aww yeah!

I think I'll go safe with this one and pick Price. Unless... no... forget what I said, Launchpad winning would make me rofl. Launchpad rallying FTW!
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#67 | GranzonEx | Posted 9/3/2011 4:03:55 PM | message detail
When will the GS contest end so we can start ours?
#68 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/3/2011 4:14:25 PM | message detail | (edited)
The GS contest will end on September 26th, which will be before we can start ours. It'll probably take around 10-14 days for nominations, then 4 to 6 days of Vote-In polls, and then about 10-14 days for a contest entry period. Our contest will probably start around mid October.
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#69 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/3/2011 4:18:55 PM | message detail
Nominations will open up mid September and the contest begins mid October.
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#70 | Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 9/3/2011 4:28:22 PM | message detail
2) Luigi smoked the vote-ins, despite having to compete with people like Yoshi and Diddy Kong for votes. I really can't see him losing to Alyx, even on ValveSpot.

There wasn't really any competition since the Vote-in gave you 64 votes to use. Everyone who wanted to vote for Luigi, Yoshi and Diddy could vote for all three with tons of votes to spare.
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#71 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/3/2011 4:29:33 PM | message detail
Yeah, that's the big thing with the vote-ins. I doubt very many people were unable to vote for everyone they wanted to.
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#72 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/3/2011 4:32:42 PM | message detail
Advokaiser posted...
Wow, you have some REALLY wild picks, LMS, but you made me realize that I'm playing a little too safe on my picks so I'm going to consider some of those. Okay... let's see:


1._I think Minsc > Sheva is a very interesting pick. Sheva's popularity may obliterate Minsc, but popularity+hate vs. barely-known+love are certainly factors that may cause a nice upset in any kind of match. BUT... the question is: Is Sheva really THAT hated and Minsc really THAT loved?

Actually yeah, I suppose we could identify Brawl > Melee and Twilight Princess > Resident Evil 4 as similar results (where Brawl/TP hate is far more rampant than Melee/RE4 hate), but then again I'm actually okay with those! On the other hand, Sheva is often cited as one of the worst things about RE5 while Minsc is often cited as one of the best things about BG2, and BG2 should clean-sweep RE5 in regards to critical acclaim.


2._I don't know why I never considered Moogle > Cortana considering Master Chief's laughable performance last contest... (LOL losing to Bub & Bob) Maybe I was too biased, or I just took the number of votes in the vote-ins too literally, but certainly I do not expect high performances on Cortana's side...

No comment.


3._About Chocobo and Moogle not losing to Halo and Gears of War characters... I'll consider that too.

No comment.


4._You have Wakka losing to Chocobo in Round 3? What?! Tails will crush Wakka. Tails has got no competition until he gets to Alyx/Luigi, or MAYBE Zero. Wakka vs. Lucca is already a 50/50 match.

Should have thought about this beyond "LOL Tails vs. FFX's sole representative throughout all three GS contests. I was just in a "SquareSoft" mood at the time!


5._So you're worried Athena > Moogle... I'm sorry, but the chance of such an upset are very high, specially considering how Kratos beat Cloud by 51.8% in the past contest. Plus, Moogle isn't nearly as iconic as Chocobo, so having Moogle as a FF representative vs. having Athena as a God of War representative is something Moogle should be VERY worried about...

Time to switch this!


6._Yeah, my first impulse was picking Geno over Dogmeat and Agro, but then I remembered 'this is not GameFAQs', and Fallout 3 is a complete beast of a game, and Shadow of the Colossus is a powerful cult-hit, so Geno's not leaving Round 1. However, I'm not sure Agro is a case in which sidekick > hero, but it might be interesting to see what it has to say against Dogmeat. It's still toss-up against those two, though...

Still keeping Agro > Dogmeat.

7._Barry doesn't have a chance against Daxter, really, and Navi apparently doesn't get nearly as much hate in GameSpot as it does here on GameFAQs (which is actually AWESOME =D), so I'd say it advances to Round 2 pretty easily.

I'm keeping both picks though. Barry is from Alan Wake, which should logically be more popular than anything Jak & Daxter.


8._Dandelion > Cortana??? So... are you considering Dandelion > Bub & Bob? Cause I'm not. I mean, Cortana may be very weak, but I wouldn't go that far.

I'm still keeping this pick. Cortana should be worlds weaker than her hero, and I have a feeling that The Witcher could be a decent force. I still don't have the heart to pick a Chrono Trigger character to lose to a Fable character though!

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#73 | TheCodeisBosco | Posted 9/3/2011 4:52:03 PM | message detail
Advokaiser posted...
TheCodeisBosco posted...
3) I'm totally taking Servbot > Navi. Navi is bound to lose a ton of steam within a 1v1 format - people absolutely hate her.

Have you seen the amount of love she gets on the GS forums? I mean, she'll probably be SFF'd to death when she faces Epona, but she seems to be very beloved on the site.


4) I think Cortana will do fairly well, but I have her losing to Zero. They weren't too far apart in the vote-ins, and Mega Man characters have done pretty well on GS in the past, IIRC. (I have Tails > Zero in my bracket right now, though.)

Me too!


5) Launchpad > Cap'n Price. Aww yeah!

I think I'll go safe with this one and pick Price. Unless... no... forget what I said, Launchpad winning would make me rofl. Launchpad rallying FTW!


People actually like Navi? >___> I'm not calling you a liar or anything, don't get me wrong, but the idea of people liking her is really foreign to me. I'll have to reconsider taking Servbot over her.

As for Price/Launchpad, you're probably right... Price has, like, a 70% chance of winning that. But I figured I'd go for the hilarious Launchpad upset - whoever wins is gonna get murdered by Zero anyway!

Team Rocket Elite posted...
2) Luigi smoked the vote-ins, despite having to compete with people like Yoshi and Diddy Kong for votes. I really can't see him losing to Alyx, even on ValveSpot.

There wasn't really any competition since the Vote-in gave you 64 votes to use. Everyone who wanted to vote for Luigi, Yoshi and Diddy could vote for all three with tons of votes to spare.


Actually, this is a really good point. :P I didn't even think about that, lol - I'm used to the GameFAQs vote-ins!

Even still, though, Luigi did quite a bit better than Alyx. An upset is possible, but I'm really not sold on it.
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#74 | GranzonEx | Posted 9/3/2011 5:47:51 PM | message detail
Looking forward to my first serious contest then! I've never done research or followed the contests closely.
#75 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/3/2011 7:13:02 PM | message detail
Even still, though, Luigi did quite a bit better than Alyx. An upset is possible, but I'm really not sold on it.

You also have to consider with the strength of field that a lot of people voted for characters they knew rather just characters they liked. Luigi may be known by more people, but not necessarily be more liked.
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#76 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/4/2011 10:34:48 AM | message detail
To go back to a topic from a few days ago (I don't check here so consistently during the offseason), I lurked in here for about 2 years and read through basically the entire wiki twice before I even felt comfortable posting anything stats-related. And I had been following these contests since 2002 anyway. There is just so much for someone not familiar with the contests or stats to catch up on before anyone can come close to making sense to anyone already in here.
#77 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/4/2011 1:50:47 PM | message detail
TheOneAboveAll posted...
There is just so much for someone not familiar with the contests or stats to catch up on before anyone can come close to making sense to anyone already in here.

This is sadly true... but when I managed to get past that first "learning period" (by looking at past polls, games/characters history and all that) I managed to adapt pretty easily, and it all became awesome. But if you're a newbie and you start following these "Contest Stats and Discussion" Topics, you shouldn't have any real problem at all. That's how I managed to get a decent placement in between the Gurus in the GotD contest.
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#78 | FateStayAlbion | Posted 9/4/2011 1:54:41 PM | message detail
What games do you think will win game of the year for each system in the polls?

I'm going to guess...

360 - Gears of War 3
PS3 - Mass Effect 2
Wii - Skyward Sword
PSP - No idea
DS - Pokemon Black/White
3DS - Ocarina of Time 3D
PC - No idea
Multiplatform - Skyrim

Last year Bacon put Chinatown Wars on a poll because it was exclusive to Iphone in that year, so thats why I think ME2 will be on the PS3 poll this year.
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#79 | PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/4/2011 1:59:06 PM | message detail

From: FateStayAlbion | #078
PS3 - Mass Effect 2


Nah, everyone knows ME2 as a 360 game. Uncharted 3 should win the PS3 poll rather easily. I also don't think Ocarina will win the 3DS poll, but I'm far less confident about that.
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#80 | swirIdude | Posted 9/4/2011 2:01:18 PM | message detail
Unless Super Mario 3D Land turns out to be amazing, Zelda FAQs should take the OoT remake to victory in the 3DS poll.
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#81 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/4/2011 2:04:01 PM | message detail
Even if ME2 won GOTY last year, it won't win as a port this year.

Part of me wonders if Bacon will even include it in the PS3 poll to begin with.
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#82 | GranzonEx | Posted 9/4/2011 3:05:50 PM | message detail
I totally forgot the PS3 port came out this year.
#83 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/4/2011 3:17:39 PM | message detail
ME2 won't win.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2246

Plus the PS3 group will be much stronger
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#84 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/4/2011 3:40:13 PM | message detail
PartOfYourWorld posted...
Nah, everyone knows ME2 as a 360 game. Uncharted 3 should win the PS3 poll rather easily.

This.


LeonhartFour posted...
Part of me wonders if Bacon will even include it in the PS3 poll to begin with.

And this.
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#85 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/4/2011 3:45:36 PM | message detail
FateStayAlbion posted...
What games do you think will win game of the year for each system in the polls?

360 - Gears of War 3
PS3 - Mass Effect 2
Wii - Skyward Sword
PSP - No idea
DS - Pokemon Black/White
3DS - Ocarina of Time 3D
PC - No idea
Multiplatform - Skyrim


I'd go with Portal 2.
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#86 | FateStayAlbion | Posted 9/4/2011 3:53:47 PM | message detail | (edited)
Advokaiser posted...
FateStayAlbion posted...
What games do you think will win game of the year for each system in the polls?

360 - Gears of War 3
PS3 - Mass Effect 2
Wii - Skyward Sword
PSP - No idea
DS - Pokemon Black/White
3DS - Ocarina of Time 3D
PC - No idea
Multiplatform - Skyrim

I'd go with Portal 2.


PC would be exclusive, and Portal 2 was on 360 and PS3 as well.

It makes it tough since I can't really think of any significant PC exclusives this year. Maybe Witcher 2? But I think thats coming out for 360 too, not sure if its this year though
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#87 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/4/2011 4:17:09 PM | message detail
Oh, exclusives, of course! Well, then yeah, I have no idea either... (even though Portal 2 could be a great contender for Multiplatform).

As for PSP... hmmm... Dissidia 012?
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#88 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/5/2011 7:53:48 AM | message detail
Oh, and I switched to Athena > Cortana while checking my Sidekick bracket.
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#89 | HaRRicH | Posted 9/5/2011 7:57:52 AM | message detail
Were there any new characters from Dissidia 012 to look out for? I think Lightning was somebody new to it, which -- combined with actually getting her first (poorly-received) game -- is going to continue making her hard to predict in the next Character Battle. Anybody else we might see (again) worth noting?
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#90 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/5/2011 8:03:01 AM | message detail
IIRC Kain Highwind made his Dissidia debut in 012. That could help him (plus he looks like a badass anyway so his character design should help him even more - heck, he already looked worlds stronger than both Cecil and Rydia in 2008!).

Also IIRC Tifa, Yuna, and Laguna all made their Dissidia debuts in 012 as well, but they aren't as worth keeping an eye on (except for maybe Laguna).
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#91 | The Mana Sword | Posted 9/5/2011 8:05:50 AM | message detail
Were there any new characters from Dissidia 012 to look out for?

GILGAMESH
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#92 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/5/2011 11:02:32 AM | message detail
Tifa, Yuna, Laguna...There was one other guy that I can recall...I think he was in FFXII and could use lots of weapons...Oh right.

Vaan.
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#93 | HaRRicH | Posted 9/5/2011 11:36:11 AM | message detail
I doubt it'll help Tifa or Yuna much, but Laguna (and maybe Vaan again) might be able to sneak his way into a contest now. Dissidia helped several others with both strength (Kefka) and nominations (Jecht, Cecil) last time. Were they any good in the game?
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#94 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/5/2011 11:39:24 AM | message detail
I don't have a clue about Dissidia tiers.

I doubt Vaan will get in another contest, but I do recall people saying that they liked him better in Dissidia than they did in XII.
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#95 | FateStayAlbion | Posted 9/5/2011 2:37:09 PM | message detail
I think the only significant boost that may come from Dissidia 012 is Kain, which can make him the undisputed strongest FF4 character.
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#96 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/5/2011 2:58:25 PM | message detail
Knuckles vs. Kain
WHO WINS
#97 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/5/2011 2:58:41 PM | message detail
#98 | WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 9/5/2011 3:00:50 PM | message detail | (edited)
I'd totally take Kain out of bias, but I think Knuckles would win.

Edit: Cecil vs. Master Chief in a night match, who ya got?
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#99 | SuperAngelo128 | Posted 9/5/2011 3:01:16 PM | message detail
Jecht was amazing in Dissidia

literally all close range attacks half of them with fists the other half with using a sword or summoning meteros


Kefka game play wise wasn't that great, but he got a bunch of screen time exposure with his usual personality and his voice by Dave Wittenburg hel[ped

Cecil probably had the dual light/dark moveste thing


Laguna could get somewhat of a boost yeah
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#100 | Advokaiser | Posted 9/5/2011 3:26:38 PM | message detail
WarThaNemesis2 posted...
I'd totally take Kain out of bias, but I think Knuckles would win.

Edit: Cecil vs. Master Chief in a night match, who ya got?



I don't know anything about characters' strengths, so I'm gonna give Cecil a shot because:

1._It's FFIV's main character we're talking about in here.

2._My logic indicates Halo fans are way more prominent in the day.

3._FinalFantasyFAQs vs. LOLHaloFAQs.

And...

4._I'm heavily biased.

Am I doing it right?
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