GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1003
Looks like the 15th anniversary of the N64 ended up being the reason why we had yesterday's poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
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AxemRedRanger posted... Mario Kart 64 vs. Super Mario Galaxy I...think the latter would win but if you take this result seriously it implies the former has a shot. Or perhaps that SM64 isn't as strong as we thought. Mario Kart 64 (2009g) has a strength of 30.80 against Base Link. Super Mario Galaxy (2009g) has a strength of 22.89 against Base Link. Mario Kart 64 62.84% 72,421 Super Mario Galaxy 37.16% 42,824 TOTAL VOTES 115,244 Mario Kart 64 wins with 62.84% of the vote! A 29,597 vote margin of victory. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
MK64 > TP let's do this. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
So
uh, this sounds like a really terrible contest idea. Maybe not worse
than the quotes contest but... that one was canceled, so this looks like
it'll be the worst contest to actually happen. Does anyone know who Jay Solano's rival is? I want to nominate him. --- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Shadow With an insatiable desire for destruction Jay frequently butts heads with General Barton over the balance between caution and just going out and decimating the opposition. ...Sounds like a rivalry to me! --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Time to nominate then! --- "Congratulations Thomas and Sylvia! But their happiness does not continue long..." |
I'm not sure if that's canon. I may have made that up when I made the Wikipedia entry. >_> --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
Link/Solano beating Mario/Sonic. We need to see this happen. The raging will be so delicious. --- 90s games > 00s games |
charmander6000 posted... MK64 > TP let's do this. Twilight Princess (2009g) has a strength of 38.69 against Base Link. Mario Kart 64 (2009g) has a strength of 30.80 against Base Link. Twilight Princess 60.20% 73,414 Mario Kart 64 39.80% 48,544 TOTAL VOTES 121,958 Twilight Princess wins with 60.20% of the vote! A 24,871 vote margin of victory. Also why the heck are we still assuming that Super Metroid is equal to SMK? I think it's pretty clear that the entire Metroid series boosted last year. For evidence, the Fall 2010 stats have Metroid Prime doubling Vice City (point is, Prime should still break 60% there, which is pretty impressive considering who beat who in the 2009 contest). --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Clear to whom? --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
All
of us. We just don't want to accept it because last year just so
happened to contain the release of the series' worst game (something I
absolutely agree with). I made the mistake of picking HL2 over Prime last year, so I'm not underestimating Metroid anymore. Metroid Prime (2009g) has a strength of 25.59 against Base Link. Half-Life 2 (2009g) has a strength of 30.22 against Base Link. Metroid Prime 42.34% 51,713 Half-Life 2 57.66% 70,426 TOTAL VOTES 122,138 Half-Life 2 wins with 57.66% of the vote! (SO MUCH FOR THAT) A 18,713 vote margin of victory. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Prime's problem was that we underestimated just how much Paper Mario leeched it. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
I'd
take Super Metroid over SMK 1v1, and in a more comfortable win than it
managed in 4ways, but I don't think that's indicative of a Metroid
series boost when there is no reason for it. 4ways just make things
weird. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Super Metroid probably wins 1-on-1. It's the safer bet. But it'd be close enough that I'd be willing to risk taking Mario Kart 64 over either. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
LeonhartFour posted... Prime's problem was that we underestimated just how much Paper Mario leeched it. Also Paper Mario looked a lot stronger in 2010 than in 2009 as well, but the idea of a Metroid game SFFing a Mario game to such a low level makes zero sense, not to mention they both apparently hurt each other enough to lose to game that they should both wipe the floor with according to the 2010 stats. I'm blaming KH > Paper Mario SFF, actually, and then I guess you could say that SFFd Paper Mario managed to leech Prime just enough to make it lose to GTA. Or I guess we could just make off with "Metroid always performs badly against other Nintendo options", but both 2010 contests clearly suggest otherwise (Samus/Zelda and Pokemon DPP/Metroid Fusion). --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Asked Bacon if he was going to do a Dojo update thing for this contest, he said maybe if things go smoothly then he hit me with a smiley face --- ~Zen |
So your complete lack of deductive skills extends beyond NCAA Games, I see. --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png |
LeonhartFour posted... Super Metroid probably wins 1-on-1. It's the safer bet. But it'd be close enough that I'd be willing to risk taking Mario Kart 64 over either. Risk? I'd pick MK64 to win that pretty comfortably, as a matter of fact. MK64 should be comfortably ahead of SMK. We'll assume that MK64 is on Symphonia's level and that SMK is on...maybe Uncharted 2's level. Super Mario Kart (2009g) has a strength of 22.57 against Base Link. Mario Kart 64 (2009g) has a strength of 30.80 against Base Link. Super Mario Kart 36.64% 42,421 Mario Kart 64 63.36% 73,358 TOTAL VOTES 115,780 Mario Kart 64 wins with 63.36% of the vote! A 30,937 vote margin of victory. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Stop referencing the 2009 stats. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
LMS,
you missed charmander's point, I think. TP's win over Galaxy in 2010
was smaller than Mario Kart 64's projected victory there. Come to think of it, it seems to me there's a fairly consistent pattern of Mario Kart giving awesome performances in polls (contest or no) with lots of options but looking just awful 1-on-1. Granted we haven't gotten to see SMK or MK64 1-on-1, though it doesn't sound like anyone would be surprised if they end up weaker there than the data implies. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4475 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3553 The percentage of people who have played Ocarina of Time is pretty close to the percentage of people who have ever owned a N64. I wonder what percentage of the people who said they played OoT played it on a non-N64 console. The OoT poll predates OoT 3D by a few years. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
well I'm one of them.... had to try it, so I picked a ROM but I never had a N64 (NES -- SNES -- PS -- PS2 -- PS3) |
Team Rocket Elite posted... I wonder what percentage of the people who said they played OoT played it on a non-N64 console. gamecube zelda collector's edition ftw --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 2, top kill: 152 gg Black Turtle |
Off the Record is like some kind of DLC right? It's kinda weird that DLC would be on a poll like this, but there's no way Dead Rising should be that weak. |
You know a poll is weakass when Battlefield has 2nd place. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
I originally thought that "Off the Record" was some kind of DLC, but I guess it isn't. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/626631-dead-rising-2-off-the-record/data If that was actually DLC, you would have seen "Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (DLC)" under the "Release Data" section. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
it's Capcom trying to make some $$$ WHICH THEY WILL I LOVE FRANK WEST I WOULD TOTALLY REBUY DEAD RISING 2 FOR HIM --- ~Zen |
It's no surprise Batman is stomping. --- Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a ***** in space. |
I voted Spider-Man to counter Batman he is not faring well probably because it only took a year for activision to star milking a semi-successful game --- ~Zen |
Only one Nintendo option to vote for so it wasn't even a question. |
I would've gladly voted for Forza Motorsport 4 if it wasn't for Kirby's Freakin' Return to Dreamland! =D --- Nominate Left Pong Paddle vs. Right Pong Paddle for the Rivalry Contest! |
So do we want to discuss the impact of Meta Knight being banned from Brawl will have on his overall strength or what? Lawl --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
Ugh,
posted in the wrong topic again! This is the second time in a month
after zero in 8 years. I blame the edit button, for letting me know
that I can correct this kind of mistake. I doubt Meta-Knight being banned will have any impact on his strength. --- 90s games > 00s games |
He was officially banned? Wow. |
Looks
like this site hates Call of Duty now. I mean, Battlefield 3 is
beating MW3 in this poll. Not to mention Battlefield is a series that
GameFAQs doesn't care about too much, based on these polls: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2796 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3703 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4001 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Here's
a board 8 bracket based on the nomination tally. I didn't bother to
remove potential pairings that SBAllen will remove, but I did follow the
rule of a character appearing only once in the bracket. There are a
few interesting matches. Division 1 1) Mega Man X/Zero 16) Kratos/Zeus 8) Chris Redfield/Albert Wesker 9) Dan Hibiki/Sagat 5) Fox McCloud/Wolf O’Donnell 12) Blue Badger/Bad Badger 4) Sora/Riku 13) Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen 3) Conker/The Great Mighty Poo 14) Shirou Emiya/Archer 6) Mew/Mewtwo 11) Zidane Tribal/Kuja 7) Samus Aran/Ridley 10) Captain/CATS 2) Chester/The Bad Guy 15) The Kid/The Guy Division 2 1) Pokemon Trainer Red/Pokemon Trainer Blue 16) Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Rodrigo Borgia 8) Solid Snake/Liquid Snake 9) Bartz Klauser/Gilgamesh 5) Liu Bei/Cao Cao 12) Arthas/Illidan 4) Mega Man/Proto Man 13) Captain Falcon/Black Shadow 3) Ifrit/Shiva 14) Disease/Madagascar 6) Ramza Beouvle/Delita Hyral 11) Tifa Lockhart/Aerith Gainsborough 7) Cecil Harvey/Kain Highwind 10) Cloud/Sephiroth 2) Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy 15) Crono/Lavos Division 3 1) Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth 16) Francis York Morgan/The Raincoat Killer 8) Dante/Vergil 9) Vyse Galcian 5) Big Boss (Naked Snake)/The Boss 12) Guybrush Threepwood/LeChuck 4) Tidus/Jecht 13) Yuna/Seymour Guado 3) Tom Nook/Crazy Redd 14) Jill Valentine/Nemesis 6) Alucard/Dracula 11) Ryu/Ken 7) Albert Einstein/Adolf Hitler 10) Meat Boy/ Dr. Fetus 2) Frog/Magus 15) Battler Ushiromiya/Beatrice Division 4 1) Mario/Sonic 16) Harman Smith/Kun Lan 8) Charizard/Blastoise 9) Kirby/Meta Knight 5) Ike/Black Knight 12) Balthier/Dr. Cid 4) Left Paddle/Right Paddle 13) Little Mac/Mike Tyson 3) Sub-Zero/Scorpion 14) Link/Ganondorf 6) GlaDOS/Wheatley 11) Katherine/Catherine 7) Siegfried/Nightmare 10) Terra Branford/Kefka Palazzo 2) Charles Barkley/Michael Jordan 15) Zangief/Kuma --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Wow. I don't think I'd take a Call of Duty character over even our worst chokers. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Mew/Mewtwo would be awesome. Why didn't I think of that? |
I'm not sure considering there's been a rally topic going for it for days now! --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Link to this topic? --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
whoops looks like swirl let it purge lawl --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
lmao swirldude --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
X/Zero is my only interest in this contest, but I'll enter a bracket as always that will be dead wrong by Day 5. --- PITTSBURGH PENGUINS See you in October! KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (0-3) at SD L 17-20 NEXT: vs MIN (0-3) |
I'm
guessing a good chunk of those 20% Battlefield supporters are just
anti-CoD votes, but I still didn't expect to see that series lose like
this. We'll have to see how Batman and Uncharted fare upon release, but
right now, it looks even more like GotY is a two-horse race between
Skyrim and Zelda. Based on this performance, who knows if CoD will even
land in the top four or five. Zelda Skyrim Uncharted Batman Portal CoD? --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Nah, Call of Duty won't beat any of those. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
Then the series has fallen far on GameFAQs. From GotY to outside the top five. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I'm guessing a good chunk of those 20% Battlefield supporters are just anti-CoD votes Considering Battlefield just got 18.63% in yesterday's poll, I don't think it's doing better today because of anti-CoD votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I think a non-negligible chunk of BF3's strength is anti-CoD votes! --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
PartOfYourWorld posted... I think a non-negligible chunk of BF3's strength is anti-CoD votes! Wouldn't Anti-CoD people just vote they don't like FPS? And I expect BF3 to be stronger. MW3 is no longer made by Infinity Ward, which has sapped a lot of the excitement for the CoD franchise --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
