GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1007
Not
by as much as it is right now. It wouldn't have been impressive had it
got 44% on those games, but most people would have stopped talking
about it just like with RE4's performance against FFX. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
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I
remember some discussions about GSC being a dark horse to upset FFX
thanks to HG/SS. Its performance against LoZ:MM -- even in hindsight --
was a bit of a disappointment. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
From: HaRRicH | #252 Good times. --- "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!" |
HaRRicH posted... I remember some discussions about GSC being a dark horse to upset FFX thanks to HG/SS. Its performance against LoZ:MM -- even in hindsight -- was a bit of a disappointment. Not to me! And I've got Ryu/Ken getting at least 55% on Red/Blue --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
The
nomination thread purged a little while back, but luckily our superhero
TRE had a copy in his cache. That allowed me to put together a final
total and create http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Board_8s_2011_Nominations As you'd imagine, B8 had a huge impact this year with total nominations being so down. Pretty interesting to see what was snubbed and what managed to make the cut even though SB left it off the suggestion list. --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
Leon/Krauser man. RE fanbase really let me down. |
I'm incredibly biased, but I'm still taking Red/Blue > Samus/Ridley. --- Above all things, If kindness is your king, then heaven will be yours, before you meet your end. Pkmn White FC: 0089 1961 6946 |
there were 14,000 nominations sent in site-wide, so B8 accounted for 8.49% of the total GameFAQs nominations Correct that to be 14800 nominations. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I'm pretty sure there were more noms from B8ers than the ones in that topic. Not every B8er posted their lists there, I'd wager. --- http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/0/0e/Ffx-bahamut.jpg Support Bahamut if we ever get another real contest. |
Well I didn't post my list, to say the least. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Well I didn't post my list, to say the least. I didn't either. I wouldn't be surprised if half of b8 never posted their lists, if not more. --- http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/header-fate-zero.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
wait
this doesn't actually start until november? trollolol, just start the
damn thing already so we can start waiting for a good contest --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 2, top kill: 152 gg Black Turtle |
Home | What's New | Contribute | Features | Boards | My Games | Answers | Help | Rivalry Rumble I see Bacon added a link for the new contest. He did that last year for GOTD. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
FateStayAlbion posted... LinkMarioSamus posted... Well I didn't post my list, to say the least. I didn't either. I wouldn't be surprised if half of b8 never posted their lists, if not more. I'm one of those too.. |
From: foxhead84 | Posted: 10/17/2011 9:16:40 PM | #264 Yeah i never bothered. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/Shaneh87/Funny/siggy.jpg |
I
like how conspicuous he made it, because he knows know GameFAQs
contests are the greatest thing ever! (Even when they're
crappy...though I DO believe this will be much better than the series
contest.) Gold makes it all the better, too! I remember some discussions about GSC being a dark horse to upset FFX thanks to HG/SS. Its performance against LoZ:MM -- even in hindsight -- was a bit of a disappointment. Yeah. And, yet, if GSC defeated FFX, just think how mighty RBY's position of strength would be.... --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
From: Haste_2 | #267 Lawl --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
I
still feel justified for taking GSC to win its division. People didn't
doubt Majora's strength persay, but the game didn't even make 2004, got
dominated by RBY in 2009 and then was going up against the sequel which
fans generally said improved the formula. Then it turned out Mask perks
up when you get rid of the 90's Zeldas. wait this doesn't actually start until november? trollolol, just start the damn thing already so we can start waiting for a good contest Enemy SBAllen is gathering energy! --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
From: IngmarBirdman | #269 It probably would have if not for CJayC limiting divisions to one game per series. That's the reason FFVIII didn't make it. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
I still feel justified for taking GSC to win its division. G/S/C was 100% the logical choice, and the MM pickers kind of got lucky, tbqh. People say lol 4 ways, but if anything 4 ways put G/S/C at a disadvantage in 2009, so I'm not sure what the argument there is. 4 ways aren't reliable, but they aren't random either. Games under/overperform in them in predictable ways, and there was no reason to think that MM would underperform relative to G/S/C in that match.* Still not sure what happened in 2009. I guess there was a lot of momentum on Pokemon's side, and G/S/C was able to ride that to a decent performance. *Underperform in the sense that it should have done better than its 2010 numbers considering there were two Pokemon games in the poll. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
FFVIII could have won GotD too. |
You'll have to convince me it could beat FFX first. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
FFVIII
hung well enough even in fourth place against RBY, OoT, and MGS1, which
is probably second to FFVII for being the worst opponent it could
receive, while FFX got a ride through Nintendo SFF into the finals. FFVIII also enjoyed higher sales total than FFX anyway. There really isn't any reason for FFX to be considered stronger than FFVIII other than it made it to the finals, and B8's bias towards it. Majora's Mask was out in R2, and look what happened. |
LOLContests posted... G/S/C was 100% the logical choice, and the MM pickers kind of got lucky, tbqh. I don't know if you meant to use a different phrase here, but describing people who chose the right pick over you as "getting lucky" just because the data didn't support it is kinda.. I dunno. --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3486 Looking right here, it says Majora beat G/S/C. Hmmm...! --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
pjbasis posted... FFVIII hung well enough even in fourth place against RBY, OoT, and MGS1, which is probably second to FFVII for being the worst opponent it could receive, while FFX got a ride through Nintendo SFF into the finals. FFVIII also enjoyed higher sales total than FFX anyway. There really isn't any reason for FFX to be considered stronger than FFVIII other than it made it to the finals, and B8's bias towards it. FF8's sales numbers are inflated due to riding on the coattails of the success of FF7. I don't know if FF8 would beat FFX in a straight up 1-to-1 contest or not, but the former's sales numbers shouldn't be confused for straight popularity. Hell, I own FF8, and it's on the bottom of my list for favorite games in the series. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
Once
you get to a certain number, sales comparisons don't mean too much.
When we're arguing 7 million vs. 5 million, I don't think it's going to
matter. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
I could see 8 beating X last year. But now with the HD remake coming? FFX has locked up the #2 FF spot. --- Black: 3310-7431-2094 |
LeonhartFour posted... http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3486 Looking right here, it says Majora beat G/S/C. Hmmm...! Indeed. The people who took GSC in such confidence basically forgot that Pokémon is a Nintendo series, and as a result it was entirely possible that RBY would hurt MM almost as much as it hurt GSC. Not to mention other factors... It was only the "logical" choice if you focused on one specific interpretation of one specific match and ignored everything else. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
From: GranzonEx | #279 This DOES worry me. The sales thing was just a little nudge towards VIII anyways, not the reason I think it would win or anything. Even so, it does matter somewhat. 2 or 3 more million people owning the game leaves that many more people on the side of "only played VIII" and would probably vote for it. From: LeonhartFour | #278 Not so sure about this. Wouldn't raw numbers be more important than ratios? Like 7 million vs. 5 million should matter more than 500k vs 1 mil. |
When
you're talking multi-millions, it doesn't really matter anymore because
there are more than enough fans from either side to win the match. At that point, it comes down to preference. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Yeah actually I can see that. With the vote totals and the GFs demographic, chances are the game is owned by roughly the same amount of people. I guess my main argument is the intuition that the "FFVII coattails" people, more often than not, actually liked FFVIII more often than people would expect. Casual fans, if you will, who are the same ones responsible for FFVII and MGS1 being top dog of their respective series. |
Lightning Strikes posted... The people who took GSC in such confidence basically forgot that Pokémon is a Nintendo series, and as a result it was entirely possible that RBY would hurt MM almost as much as it hurt GSC. so you're saying that pokemon SFF = Nintendo SFF. That's like saying that FFVII would hurt Kingdom Hearts "almost as much" as it would hurt FFVIII. I think that same series SFF is far more important than same system SFF. |
Not necessarily. Zelda games all stick pretty close to each other, but say, Metroid, has a tendency to get annihilated by Zelda. And Kingdom Hearts is a bad example because it has a completely different set of voters to Final Fantasy. The difference is quite literally the difference between day and night. On the other hand, there's never been any evidence that Pokémon doesn't overlap with other Nintendo series. Quite the opposite in fact. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
MM
> GSC isn't a case of lol 4-ways as a direct match actually had
similar results. We tried to outsmart the stats and got burned for it. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
charmander6000 posted... MM > GSC isn't a case of lol 4-ways as a direct match actually had similar results. We tried to outsmart the stats and got burned for it. The idea was that RBY was SFFing GSC, when (in hindsight) it's probably more accurate that the RBY/GSC results come from a playerbase split. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
From: foxhead84 | #284 Well, there's always this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3297 --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
Over
the last few contests, Pokemon's done relatively well against other
Nintendo. Not that that would be hard, given how badly Mario, Smash and
Metroid tend to do when faced with elite Zelda, but hey! --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
The
idea was that RBY was SFFing GSC, when (in hindsight) it's probably
more accurate that the RBY/GSC results come from a playerbase split. Yeah but what still makes no sense is that the 26.27% liked RBY to vote for it over two other really popular series in that 4-way but apparently some didn't like it enough to actually play the sequel. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
IngmarBirdman posted... The idea was that RBY was SFFing GSC, when (in hindsight) it's probably more accurate that the RBY/GSC results come from a playerbase split. Yeah but what still makes no sense is that the 26.27% liked RBY to vote for it over two other really popular series in that 4-way but apparently some didn't like it enough to actually play the sequel. Who said they didn't play the sequel? Popularity contests aren't indicative of whether or not somebody's played a game, just because they didn't vote for it. There are a large number of people who loved RBY, and thought every pokemon game after it sucked. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
Yeah
but what still makes no sense is that the 26.27% liked RBY to vote for
it over two other really popular series in that 4-way but apparently
some didn't like it enough to actually play the sequel. The huge Pokemon fad ended after RBY. Not as many people played GSC (in fact, it was no longer cool to be playing Pokemon when GSC came out). --- 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 |
I
don't know about that. G/S/C is definitely less popular than R/B/Y, but
I wouldn't go as far as to say that's when Pokemon officially "died" (I
don't think it truly has died in the long run). --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
Pokemon
died after GSC. Many of the kids that played RBY went on to play GSC.
It's only now that we are older that we elevate RBY to legendary status
because of the nostalgia goggles. --- caps |
It hardly died. Did you see this board when BW and to an extent HGSS came out? --- http://www.celebrityclubber.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Sort_of_want.jpg |
I saw, but this is GameFAQs, and on top of that b8. You can't deny that RSE/DPP/BW isn't in the same league as RBY and GSC. --- Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a ***** in space. |
I
don't know about that. G/S/C is definitely less popular than R/B/Y, but
I wouldn't go as far as to say that's when Pokemon officially "died" (I
don't think it truly has died in the long run). It never died. It just lost a lot of fans because the fad was over. During RBY, every kid in the school had the games/cards/watched the show/shirts/lunch boxes/etc. A year or two later, it was over. GSC came out after the fad died, so it never had a chance to be as popular as RBY. --- 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 |
I'm
with Soul everyone in my High School was in the fad during R/B/Y.A few
of the geeks got the Japanese Gold and Silver Roms on the school PC's
but nobody really took much notice as they were few and far between and
the fad just died out after that.Literally nobody used to bring the
cards in or really talk about it at all after the original 151. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/Shaneh87/Funny/siggy.jpg |
MarioSuperstar posted... I don't know about that. G/S/C is definitely less popular than R/B/Y, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that's when Pokemon officially "died" (I don't think it truly has died in the long run). Balony, R/B/Y was always going to be the only Pokemon game that mattered. Blue is the only one I played. Once they had 300 Pokemon, everyone stopped caring. To be honest I'm surprised it didn't lose worse. Then again, I was one of the few people who didn't have their head up their ass last contest. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
GSC is without a doubt a significant step down from RBY. Balony, R/B/Y was always going to be the only Pokemon game that mattered. Blue is the only one I played. Once they had 300 Pokemon, everyone stopped caring. To be honest I'm surprised it didn't lose worse. I don't think you're giving GSC enough credit. 44% on MM still makes it a decently strong game. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
