GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1005
PartOfYourWorld posted... IN FACT Jill takes on Kirby in a night match. caaaaaaaall me crazy! I took it --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
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WTF,
the current poll didn't close at 12:00 AM like it should have. This
same **** happened last year shortly before the GOTD. Oh boy, we might
be in for a long 2 day poll if Bacon doesn't notice the poll didn't
close. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I was refreshing for it. The poll usually doesn't update at 12 AM exact. --- caps |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4484 That gives you a 404 error. The poll that should have gone up today isn't up at all. This poll ran for 40 hours because of a poll glitch: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4060 However, that poll went into the second day on a weekday and it had 66264 votes after the first 24 hours. Today's poll only had 51911 votes after the first 24 hours. Hourly vote distribution for the second day of last year's 40 hour poll: Time | Votes 1:00 | 1682 2:00 | 1185 3:00 | 938 4:00 | 706 5:00 | 535 6:00 | 558 7:00 | 619 8:00 | 713 9:00 | 819 10:00 | 907 11:00 | 1122 12:00 | 1148 13:00 | 1209 14:00 | 1217 15:00 | 1159 16:00 | 1110 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I
picked Kirby/MK > Sonic/Robotnik, but in retrospect, both Kirby and
MK get most of their strength due to SSB so perhaps I shouldn't jump so
quickly on individual character strengths. Time to change that pick. I took Samus/Ridley to the final four, but in retrospect that was a bad decision. It was based mostly on Ridley being able to wipe the floor The Boss and Ken, but I really have a feeling that "less storied" Nintendo rivalries are going to be bombing in this contest in comparison to stuff from, say, FFs or MGSs. It doesn't help that Nintendo in general is on a downswing, what with this site apparently caring more for the new Elder Scrolls than for the new Zelda. I have no idea on the Pokemon trainers vs. the premier Street Fighters, and it doesn't help that I haven't played a game in either series (or at least, it has been FOREVER). I picked the Street Fighters because Ryu was more impressive last year than Red and because...oh yeah, it doesn't help that Ryu/Ken extends across an entire series while, to my knowledge, Red/Blue is in only one game and no one plays Pokemon for plot - in other words, Red/Blue will bomb just like every other Nintendo rivalry. Still I wouldn't be surprised if the trainers beat the street fighters. Haha the IWBTG dudes made it. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Okay, some words I have on the "big three" Nintendo rivalries plus some others: Mario/Bowser - To my knowledge, the only Mario games where Bowser is really much of a constant presence are Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros. (and this is being fairly generous - I haven't played this game but somewhere I heard that Bowser is both the first boss, the penultimate boss, and the final boss), and both Super Mario Galaxies. In Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario Sunshine, Bowser is little more than the final boss - essentially playing some version of Lavos' role, but given "character". ...can't really say much more. Link/Ganondorf - Okay, I think I went over this earlier, but let's discuss Ganon's presence in all the major Zelda games: Zelda 1 - Supposedly the main villain, but only appears as the final boss. Zelda 2 - Silhouette appears in the Game Over Screen, but that's it. A Link to the Past - Same role as Zelda 1 Ocarina of Time - First time he becomes more than simply the final boss, being a constant presence throughout the game...then again, I don't recall any appearances from Ganondorf in this game outside of the final boss room aside from when Link and Zelda first notice him as kids and just a little before the first mandatory visit to the Temple of Time. Majora's Mask - Completely absent. The Wind Waker - Probably the major Zelda title where he plays the biggest role in the story. Twilight Princess - Once again little more than the final boss, and not even the major antagonist for heaven's sake. Skyward Sword - Completely absent, supposedly. That's TWO games he plays a major role in, out of which one of them is the supposed "black sheep" of the 3D Zeldas on this site. He's going to bring Link down, and I have nothing else to say. Samus/Ridley - Analysis once again! Metroid - Just a boss. Metroid II - Completely absent. Super Metroid - Now this is where Ridley truly becomes the major antagonist. Metroid Fusion - Just a boss. Metroid Prime - More or less plays an identical role to his Super Metroid counterpart (except...I'm not sure you could place the blame on any one character as being the antagonist of the Prime series!). Metroid: Zero Mission - Appears twice, once as the final boss, but he's clearly not the main antagonist. Metroid Prime 2 - Completely absent. Metroid Prime 3 - Appears twice once again, just like in Super Metroid, Prime, and Zero Mission, but both times he's...just a boss. Metroid: Other M - OH NO, FREAK LAB EXPERIMENT!!! *goes into PTSD* (what's sad is that I actually like that cutscene, albeit mostly due to Ridley finally being given the movie monster treatment he deserves...but when you more or less consider Samus to be a female Mario, you're not going to care for story or personality) Sonic/Robotnik - I don't think this has mattered in a major Sonic game ever since the Genesis days. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
From: FateStayAlbion | #367 yes because characters never get unrecognizable pics --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
Also,
I may just be tired because I've been traveling a bunch the last couple
days, but this bracket doesn't excite me. Nothing there really stands
out at me as a "Man, I want to see that match." Some of it may be
because I just don't know what to expect from this contest yet, but eh. Glad Squall/Seifer got a 1 seed in a very winnable division, although they're going to get an SFF beatdown from Cloud/Sephiroth for all their trouble. Speaking of Cloud/Sephy, why are they facing Link/Ganon in the semis? I know we're approaching 10 years since the first contest, but I don't think anyone wants to see Link/Mario SFF for a finals match. Also augh augh augh at Tidus/Jecht vs. Big Boss/The Boss in round 1 terrible --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
And
500 boos to Ngamer for being a lamer and not wanting to do a season of
The Show even though he wouldn't even have to do that many episodes --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png |
LeonhartFour posted... From: FateStayAlbion | #367 More like hardly anyone would recognize that as Shepard yes because characters never get unrecognizable pics I don't deny that. Its just if theres the potential for getting an unrecognizable pic, the low chance of an upset win becomes even slimmer. --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
LeonhartFour posted... Also, I may just be tired because I've been traveling a bunch the last couple days, but this bracket doesn't excite me. Nothing there really stands out at me as a "Man, I want to see that match." Some of it may be because I just don't know what to expect from this contest yet, but eh. Glad Squall/Seifer got a 1 seed in a very winnable division, although they're going to get an SFF beatdown from Cloud/Sephiroth for all their trouble. Speaking of Cloud/Sephy, why are they facing Link/Ganon in the semis? I know we're approaching 10 years since the first contest, but I don't think anyone wants to see Link/Mario SFF for a finals match. Also augh augh augh at Tidus/Jecht vs. Big Boss/The Boss in round 1 terrible We won't get a Link > Mario finals. Cloud will stop all that Nintendo nonsense. There are at least two major reasons why I think Nintendo will flop this contest, but I've already discussed them both. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Overall I'm pretty happy with the bracket. So does any of the other 2 seeds win over Crono/Lavos? Sonic/Robotnik Sub-Zero/Scorpion Fox/Wolf Tidus/Jecht Mega Man/Wily Frog/Magus Sora/Riku I guess Mega Man/Wily would be favoured, but what about the others? --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
I'll take Sonic/Robotnik over Crono/Lavos. The rest, I dunno. I wish he had done Frog/Magus vs. Crono/Lavos though. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Nah, it would've been an easy win for Crono/Lavos --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
Boring, the poll from yesterday only ran for an extra 55 minutes. Only enough for an extra 1300 votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I
dunno about you guys but Chell/GlaDOS could be such a wildcard here.
Very recent, very popular games... and individually they are crap, but
paired together, it actually is a very well known and well liked
rivalry. If people take the concept of this bracket seriously instead of
just voting for the more popular characters I could see them winning
the division. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
Quick
question: Do they ever show Chell's face (other than you getting a look
at her face through an adjacent portal) or do they ever refer to her by
name in Portal 2? If not, she could have the Gordon Freeman problem, pre-HL2. Being paired with GlaDOS should help, but I wonder how much people really care about Chell. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
I'm pretty sure neither Chell nor GlaDOS have their name referred to once in either Portal game. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Chell's
face doesn't get face-time outside of looking through portals, but she
also gets some Ratman-art through-out the game and Steam's shown her
face plenty. Her name's never said, though you can find her name
written in Portal 2. Doesn't Wheatley call GLaDOS by name? Cave
Johnson does too, kinda..... --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I think Wheatley just says 'her' a lot. Chell/Glados has the potential to be strong, and it deserves to be, but I don't really trust GameFAQs to make the connections! --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Well, I just started Portal 2 the other night, so I wasn't really sure. --- Support Otacon (Metal Gear Solid) for Character Battle IX! http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1950/banner4otacon.jpg |
I'm glad you got that deal. Hope it's treating you well! --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
You know, I just realized Phoenix/Edgey vs. Gordon/Breen is a 12-hour night match. Yep, I'm pulling the trigger on it. The bigger question is: Will Phoenix beating Freeman revert GFNW back to its original state? This could be an important match! --- Support Otacon (Metal Gear Solid) for Character Battle IX! http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1950/banner4otacon.jpg |
Night
match might be a good thing for Phoenix, as he's good in Europe. I
don't remember Gordon's trends, at least not without looking them up. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Well, 12-hour night match is the best possible setup for Phoenix Wright. I'd worry a lot in a 24-hour match or a day match. As far as Gordon's trends go, he only had day matches in 2010, so that doesn't help. In GOTD...HL2 lost the ASV for L4D2. Lost the 2nd night vote period to GTA3 and GoW. Lost the ASV but won the 2nd night vote against Prime. No night matches for HL2 in GOTD either. So that's a big tricky. Looking at 2008, the night vote is his best time, but that's what I would've figured anyway. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
Gordon is a night character as well, but it's hard to find a character more night-oriented than Phoenix. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Night match might be a good thing for Phoenix, as he's good in Europe. I don't remember Gordon's trends, at least not without looking them up. Well, PC is usually strong in Europe so yeah, might negate that advantage for Phoenix... --- Nominate B.B. Hood for CB IX http://miniurl.org/ntI |
Phoenix/Edgey needs the following things: 1. For people to actually take the rivalry into account because Phoenix/Edgey is a great rivalry and from what I've heard from others, Freeman/Breen isn't that great 2. For Breen to be as bad or worse than Alyx Vance 3. For lots of Phoenix Wright hype from other games to help him out But Freeman/Breen barely outdoing Raynor/Kerrigan kinda makes me think it won't do so hot here. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
LeonhartFour posted... And 500 boos to Ngamer for being a lamer and not wanting to do a season of The Show even though he wouldn't even have to do that many episodes Whoaaaaa now, nobody said that! I'm putting things together as we speak. Now then, based on bracket placement, these were the top 48 most successful rallies this season in order: 1 1 Mario 2 1 Link 3 1 Cloud 4 1 Red 5 2 Samus 6 2 Phoenix 7 2 Squall 8 2 X 9 3 Sub-Zero 10 3 Sora 11 3 Frog 12 3 Tidus 13 4 Fox 14 4 Snake 15 4 Mega Man 16 4 Sonic 17 5 Kirby 18 5 Zidane 19 5 Crash 20 5 Ryu 21 6 Chris 22 6 Chell 23 6 Dante 24 6 Donkey Kong 25 7 Guybrush 26 7 Siegfried 27 7 Alucard 28 7 Terra 29 8 Luigi 30 8 Kratos 31 8 Amaterasu 32 8 Conker 33 9 Ike 34 9 Tom Nook 35 9 Layton 36 9 Cecil 37 10 Vyse 38 10 Shepard 39 10 Ramza 40 10 Bartz 41 11 Ezio 42 11 Sol 43 11 Ness 44 11 Dan 45 12 Ratchet 46 12 Pac-Man 47 12 Meat Boy 48 12 Jill (second number is the seed they'd have been with a standard 1-16 format) Aside from some clear "fixes" like pulling Sonic down on the ladder to create the Mario matchup, it looks like SB pretty much allowed the bracket to create itself this year. Which is fine by me! --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
From: Ngamer64 | #431 I'm pretty sure I read a post where you said you weren't really wanting to do it because this contest is lame! --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Crono has to face Solid/Liquid in round 1? So unfair! Good thing Frog/Magus got a good seed, so they could go pretty far. Alucard/Magus suggests that picking Frog/Magus over Alucard/Dracula is a bad idea, but when there's any doubt, I'm going to go with CT. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Note to self so I don't forget this tomorrow: Run series of topics asking people to rank the rivalries in each division --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
Well
I picked Phoenix Wright to R3 in the first 2010 contest and then picked
Phoenix Wright > Mario Kart Wii in the second one and both backfired
right in my face. I'm not picking Phoenix again. Phoenix struggled to
break 40% on Gordon BEFORE the Orange Box, remember? --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
After setting up Sephiroth/Crono in round 3 last year and now THIS, I'm convinced Bacon has it out for Crono. Haven't read the topic yet, but I'm guessing most people are going to end up taking Link/Ganon because of Skyward Sword? If it's like 80/20 or more for Link, I'm going to keep Cloud/Sephiroth as my pick. I think they've got a very real shot there even with SS coming out, and without it they're the favorite in my book. I have Red/Blue losing to Mario/Bowser right now: pretty sure that going by pure character strength, they'd lose before that, but that's about as good of a "rivalry factor" as you're ever going to get. My first instinct was to take Kirby/Meta-Knight over Sonic/Robotnik because Sonic and Kirby are pretty close and MK easily beats Robotnik. Plus it feels like a better rivalry by a bit (though I could be wrong on that). --- 90s games > 00s games |
How is Red/Blue supposed to be a "rivalry" factor? It's only in one game, and in that one game you... ...on second thought, I guess Pokemon is more plot-oriented than I thought. Just to ask, how often does Red face Blue in Pokemon RBY? I wouldn't know because last time I played anything Pokemon was in 2003. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Friendly reminder: Crono hasn't won a match since 2008. I hate you too. Although, I guess Crono made the final in 2008 and we didn't have a 2009 character battle so it's not so bad. I guess it's like in baseball where you should be satisfied with 1 world series every 8 years......here you have to be satisfied with 1 finals appearance every 8 years. --- 90s games > 00s games |
red sox 777 posted... Friendly reminder: Crono hasn't won a match since 2008. I hate you too. Although, I guess Crono made the final in 2008 and we didn't have a 2009 character battle so it's not so bad. I guess it's like in baseball where you should be satisfied with 1 world series every 8 years......here you have to be satisfied with 1 finals appearance every 8 years. As much as I love CT (despite having only played it for the first time mere months ago), Crono himself just doesn't matter THAT much to me. That seems to be how most of the board feels about Crono anyway. For instance, Chrono Trigger itself is always in the upper echelon of strength in board contests, but in "Character of the Year 2010", Crono lost in R3 (albeit in the "wildcard round"). --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Crono round 1 exit again. This is beginning to become humorous --- It will launch for $350 with some Wii Sports s***. I bet my life on it. Damn, that KoolAid guy is awesome - NGamer64 |
That's
definitely true for the board. CT has always been a top tier game on
this board (since winning NGamer's original board games contest in
2003), while Crono has never been more than a midcarder. On Gamefaqs
though, they're pretty similar with CT being a bit stronger (relative to
other games of course). So we've lost 20% of our voters since last year right? Or is it more than that? Say Snake/Crono is 55/45, as per last year's stats. If the 20% of voters who left split 75/25 in favor of Snake, Crono can do this. Alright everyone, it's time for HOPE AND CHANGE. --- 90s games > 00s games |
But this time it's expected and even though CT is now my favorite game, I will actually be voting against Crono/Lavos! Now Frog/Magus, I will be supporting you guys all the way. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Just to ask, how often does Red face Blue in Pokemon RBY? I wouldn't know because last time I played anything Pokemon was in 2003. 1. First fight of game 2. Outside of Pokemon league (optional) 3. Nugget Bridge 4. The cruise ship 5. On victory road (I think?) 6. As champion of the pokemon league May be forgetting some but I think this is all. --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
It's no secret anyway that GameFAQs has awful taste when it comes to characters. It's a little better when it comes to games though, and I'm hoping that GameFAQs will choose wisely for rivalries. Also as far as that banner...man, I forgot that ZSS' Brawl incarnation had that much hair. I still like the hilarious pose though (although if it was meant to emphasize Samus's breasts, I sure didn't notice - otherwise, it kinda looks like a ferocious predator ready to pounce on their prey). Why do people care so much for "breasts" again? For me it's always the face that grabs attention first, then the outfit. I barely ever notice the b-things. Is this another product of how little exposure I had to fiction when I was younger? --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
So we've lost 20% of our voters since last year right? Hard to say. We only had 4 24-hour matches during the last contest (including the bonus match) and it's hard to come to a conclusion about the average vote total for the 24 hour matches because there were only 4 of them. For this contest, we will have 31 matches that are 24-hours, so we'll know for sure if we are going to deal with 2002 level vote totals again. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
JJH777 posted... LinkMarioSamus posted... Just to ask, how often does Red face Blue in Pokemon RBY? I wouldn't know because last time I played anything Pokemon was in 2003. 1. First fight of game 2. Outside of Pokemon league (optional) 3. Nugget Bridge 4. The cruise ship 5. On victory road (I think?) 6. As champion of the pokemon league May be forgetting some but I think this is all. !!! I thought it would be three times tops! Thanks for the info. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
snake/snake vs crono/lavos is kind of brutal for a round 1 matchup --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 2, top kill: 152 gg Black Turtle |
Looked it up and there are actually two more battles with him: 1. First fight of game 2. Outside of Pokemon league (optional) 3. Nugget Bridge 4. The cruise ship 5. Pokemon tower 6. Silph Co. 7. On route 22 8. As champion of the pokemon league --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
Hi
Luster, if you have the numbers could you post the average votals for
the 2010 character contest and games contest? I seem to remember votals
falling about 20% between those contests in the span of like 6 months.
And the 2010 character contest is the relevant one here, since that's
the last time we saw characters in action. I'm thinking we may have as much as a 33% decline in votals from that contest to this one, which could create some really big shifts. The shifts wouldn't be very predictable, of course. But it would be likely that we'll have a big shift of some kind, a la 2003, 2005, or 2008. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I'm thinking of taking Gordon/Breen to win the division. Thoughts? --- If you are reading this signature, then you are wasting a great deal of your time. |
