GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1003
Well, I just don't want X/Sigma getting in over X/Zero because one of them was in the database and the other wasn't. --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png |
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PartOfYourWorld posted... From: LeonhartFour | #211 Yeah, I'm not sure why we think Samus/Ridley is any worse than Mega Man/Wily or Protoman. Well, at least there's the sense that Mega Man has a real rivalry with those two characters. Voters may indeed vote differently in this contest - it's a contest based on rivalries, so it shouldn't surprise anyone if many voters actually take the rivalries into consideration when voting. Samus/Ridley is a pretty terrible. Ridley is more of a WHOAMG RANDOM BOSS FIGHT than a true rival. Unless Other M changed things (and no one on this site played it to find out), Samus has never really developed a rivalry with anyone. Even as far as tenacious bosses go, Ridley has nothing on someone like Nemesis. Nemesis sucks. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "You're a good man, Ulti." -SantaRPG |
RE3 sucks, but Nemesis is awesome. --- .... |
RE3
grew on me a lot more during the second playthrough. Live decisions,
dodging, and the constant pressure of Nemesis made it the most
action-packed RE yet. Resident Evil 4 reinvented the series, but it was
RE3 that laid out some of that early groundwork. Jill/Nemmy is one of
the most unique hero/villain relationships I've ever seen in a game.
He's just so relentless - it's probably the one game that best captures
that old slasher flick atmosphere, when you're running from a Jason or a
Leatherface whose only goal is to see you dead. To her credit, Jill is
extremely capable, but even she feels helpless against the merciless
mutation. I know it's a stretch since the games are so weak, but it feels like Jill/Nemmy is one of the pairings that this contest was made for. It's like Jason vs. the chick who survives, although in this case, the chick is one of the most awesome heroines in gaming, and Jason is seven feet tall, sprints everywhere, and carries a rocket launcher. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Nemesis sucks sounds about right --- peace comes from within |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #254 That actually does sound pretty awesome. I love bad guys who are relentless like that. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
You
guys must have died to him an awful lot. I got smeared a lot by Krauser
last night (first time playing Pro with non-Wii controls since 2005),
and I was thinking "man this guy sucks." --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Krauser is awesome! Nemesis, though, who cares. --- peace comes from within |
I
believe Ridley actually canonically killed Samus' mother, so there's
definitely a rivalry there. Also, Ridley is the leader of the Space
Pirates. He's certainly more than just a random recurring boss. --- "I am SO gonna kick your ass!" - "No, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna kick YOUR ass!" Nominate Yuri Lowell / Flynn Scifo |
The
thing with Ridley is (unless I'm mistaken) very little of the backstory
between him and Samus is elaborated in-game. It's mostly stuff you get
from supplemental materials and stuff like scanning in the Prime games. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
That's
all true, but I don't even think it's necessary to know. Samus versus
Ridley has been ongoing since Metroid 1. It's a long established rivalry
-- he even makes multiple appearances per game sometimes. He's
definitely more than a random boss. --- peace comes from within |
Although
that isn't to say Samus/Ridley will be the top tier, just that it's not
any less of a rivalry than some of these others (Mega Man/Wily,
Jill/Nemesis). Ridley would probably be far more popular if he was in
Smash Bros., but TOO BIG. --- peace comes from within |
Hey, Ridley's in Brawl! --- "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!" |
Best part of SSE! --- peace comes from within |
Honestly,
as far as I'm concerned Samus / Ridley is a better rivalry than Link /
Ganondorf, but I know the voters don't agree with me on that one. --- "I am SO gonna kick your ass!" - "No, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna kick YOUR ass!" Nominate Yuri Lowell / Flynn Scifo |
Samus/Ridley is great, yeah. It's one of my nominations, and I'd vote for them over most. --- peace comes from within |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Einstein/Hitler was started by someone on 4chan. They actually linked to the nomination form and told people to create a GameFAQs account so they could nominate Einstein/Hitler. People on 4chan also nominated other legit rivalries so their nominations don't appear to be suspicious. That one was 4chan? Doesn't surprise me. I knew they wouldn't ignore this completely. Still, someone accused Barkley/Jordan of being 4chan's doing, which it clearly wasn't. --- Nominate The Kid vs. The Guy (I Wanna Be The Guy) for the Greatest Gaming Rivalry Contest! [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
TsunamiXXVIII posted... -LusterSoldier- posted... Einstein/Hitler was started by someone on 4chan. They actually linked to the nomination form and told people to create a GameFAQs account so they could nominate Einstein/Hitler. People on 4chan also nominated other legit rivalries so their nominations don't appear to be suspicious. That one was 4chan? Doesn't surprise me. I knew they wouldn't ignore this completely. Still, someone accused Barkley/Jordan of being 4chan's doing, which it clearly wasn't. Technically it was 4chan, and it wasn't. I was the one who made that first topic there, and I post on both places. After that one gained steam, other people were making the subsequent topics though --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Coming back on the pool of the day for a second It''s really impressive how a series (Castlevania) can be so ignored by most (54% have owned one or zero copy) and love to death (10 copy or more) by near 8% of the people. I'm saying that 8% is quite big... How many people owned 10 or more copy of a Final Fantasy game??? (and i'm not sure that half of the people have more than 2 copy) |
foxhead84 posted... I'm saying that 8% is quite big... How many people owned 10 or more copy of a Final Fantasy game??? (and i'm not sure that half of the people have more than 2 copy) I think you're misunderstanding. Hardly anyone would have more than ONE copy of a Final Fantasy game (or any game at all). The poll is referring to the amount of games in the series that you've owned. I've only owned Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, so I voted "Between 2 and 5" on the poll. Although I agree that 54% is a very surprising percentage for people who haven't owned a single game in that series. --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
Anyway... Luster, can you give me an update of the Rivalries listed in the database? --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
UPDATE SB explained himself this morning after we continued to pressure him over Mario/Sonic. Message From AdmiralZephyr on 09/27/2011 Why aren't Mario and Sonic allowed? Technically they were rivals in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, that makes the entry valid. Message From GameFAQs on 09/27/2011 It's not that they're not allowed, it's that the voting isn't remotely close. Well jeez, could have saved himself 500 posts of getting bashed by just saying that in the first place! But cool, that's much more justifiable than outright banning them. Still, the whole thing reeks of self-fulfilling prophecy. "Ah hah, I KNEW everyone wanted to see Bowser! Mario/Bowser, the #3 option that was suggested in the database from the minute the form went up, got way more votes that the Mario/Sonic team that I refused to add to the database, ignored for the first three days of nominations, then suggested was probably ineligible on day four. I was right all along!" Which means we're also likely to see MM/Wily and X/Sigma in the bracket instead of them playing Proto and Zero, as it's the same situation there. (SB doesn't consider them the "real rivals" so he's giving them the huge disadvantage of never getting into the database.) --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
The update is that there's been no update; SB hasn't added any new rivalries since 30 minutes after the nomination form came up. Full list: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdFdYeXoxbmcyYjJnMEZLYmhsTzFWS0E --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
Yeah,
I've been checking that spreadsheet since Luster posted it, but as it
hasn't spawn any kind of update, I thought that maybe it was just an
"old version" of the database or something. --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
No new suggestions were added to the database today. I don't think there will be anymore additions before nominations close. Current nomination count - 11070 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I love that Dan Hibiki and Sagat are suggested. Hopefully they will make it and be the two most interesting newcomers this year. Speaking of newcomers which other characters can we expect? Dr Cortex? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Black Turtle > Me |
Ok. How have the trends been going for the number of nominations in the last few days? --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
Zylo the wolf posted... I love that Dan Hibiki and Sagat are suggested. Hopefully they will make it and be the two most interesting newcomers this year. Speaking of newcomers which other characters can we expect? Dr Cortex? I'd be really happy! Wheatley from Portal 2, perhaps. --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
I
think everybody is drastically underrating Red/Blue's chances for
winning. They're going to be a 1 seed. RBY has immense nostalgia power.
Most importantly, though, Red/Blue is easily the most famous rivalry
in gaming and I think a lot of voters will take that seriously.
Everybody has played RBY and Gary Oak being a dick is one of the game's
most memorable aspects. It's not a sure thing but I doubt anything but L/G, C/S, or M/B could challenge it. --- SubDeity wants to vote for Calvin Coolidge. [Evil Republican] Play Der Langrisser. |
SubDeity posted... It's not a sure thing but I doubt anything but L/G, C/S, or M/B could challenge it. I think Charizard/Blastoise > Mario/Bowser is not such a crazy upset. --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
I
think everybody is drastically underrating Red/Blue's chances for
winning. They're going to be a 1 seed. RBY has immense nostalgia power.
Most importantly, though, Red/Blue is easily the most famous rivalry in
gaming and I think a lot of voters will take that seriously. Everybody
has played RBY and Gary Oak being a dick is one of the game's most
memorable aspects. To put it bluntly, the Pokemon trainers aren't close to the popularity of the Pokemon themselves. Charizard/Blastoise will be the strongest Pokemon rep in this contest if it makes it in. Same deal as last contest. People argued for Red being this strong character, much stronger then Charizard, and they were proven wrong because Red's not that popular. --- 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 |
From: SubDeity | #279 I think you're overblowing the importance of this rivalry a bit. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
I'm still amazed that the Red > MMX talk from last year wasn't laughed at on site. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Charizard
is a lot stronger than Red. Blastoise (or whoever Charizard would get)
is bound to be a HELL of a lot stronger than Red's rival. True, the
rivalry between the trainers is a pretty good one, and it may give them a
boost of synergy, but I doubt they'd be near the strength of actual
Pokemon. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Are
there any characters we would expect to be stronger as a team because
of how famous their rivalry is than they normally would be? Mario/Sonic is the obvious one many of us are thinking of and why we're trying to get it into the contest, but who else? --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Red > MMX was laughed at! --- 90s games > 00s games |
is
there a reason that charizard/blastoise are considered rivals outside
of the fact that one of them is fire and another is water --- peace comes from within |
They're considered rivals because we want a strong Pokemon duo in this contest. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
Haha. Well, I guess there's that. --- peace comes from within |
It's a clear rivalry. One is on the cover of red version and the other is on the cover of blue version. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
To
put it bluntly, the Pokemon trainers aren't close to the popularity of
the Pokemon themselves. Charizard/Blastoise will be the strongest
Pokemon rep in this contest if it makes it in. Same deal as last
contest. People argued for Red being this strong character, much
stronger then Charizard, and they were proven wrong because Red's not
that popular. The Pokemon trainers themselves aren't very popular, but as a duo I'd guess they're much stronger than either of them alone, which is more than you can say for just about any other entrant (except perhaps Fox/Wolf). --- SubDeity wants to vote for Calvin Coolidge. [Evil Republican] Play Der Langrisser. |
From: AxemRedRanger | #291 ...How does that make it a rivalry? Is Pikachu considered their rival, too, because he's on the cover of Yellow? --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
No, because Yellow was released later on rather than simultaneously. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
If
you choose Charmander as your first Pokemon, your rival will choose
Squirtle. It's a rivalry in starter choice. They also had a awesome
Charizard vs Blastoise fight in the anime. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
AxemRedRanger posted... It's a clear rivalry. One is on the cover of red version and the other is on the cover of blue version. This really doesn't make them rivals, just representatives of their respective "colors." In any case, I was just curious, because the whole "Rivalry Factor" seems to be getting brought up time and again, and most of these people are ranking Charizard/Blastoise highly, so I was curious if any sort of rivalry actually existed between them. I sure don't remember it in the game! --- peace comes from within |
Team Rocket Elite posted... If you choose Charmander as your first Pokemon, your rival will choose Squirtle. It's a rivalry in starter choice. They also had a awesome Charizard vs Blastoise fight in the anime. Oh, that makes sense, then. I wouldn't consider this a notable rivalry, but good to know it actually exists! --- peace comes from within |
From: Team Rocket Elite | #295 Well, wouldn't that technically make the rivalry Charmander/Squirtle? --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
By the end of the game, most will train their Charmander into a Charizard and your rival's strongest Pokemon will be Blastoise. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
Regardless, it's more the rival's choice than the Pokemon themselves having any sort of conscious choice in the matter. --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
