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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1012
ExThaNemesis posted... I actually like calling the lead the anchor, because he 'anchors the team' and holds them firm and keeps them from blowing away. Me too call them the Anchor and the Floater --- Inter-planetary-mega-stellar-hydro-static. There's no gravity between us. Our love is automatic. |
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Loving THE MAIN EVENT. That's totally what we should call the majority partner of the rivalry. --- Current Projects: Fool's Overture, CYOA: http://tinyurl.com/4y5ysx8 Sburbopolis, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60850665 |
From: red sox 777 | #397 I don't think that has to be true. Seph being Noble 9 is a rare case. I mean, he's the second strongest villain on this site. --- http://img.imgcake.com/alecoweenpngam.png http://img.imgcake.com/alecpngym.png |
Of
course it does, because Link isn't strong enough to 85-15 Arthas. If
rivalry factor is what gets him there, then his rival has got to help.
But if it's a worse rivalry than Arthas/Illidan, or the same quality
rivalry, then Link isn't going to do any better than Link/Arthas 1v1. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: ExThaNemesis | #395 All that really means is it prevents them from getting shutout. It says nothing about if they do good. |
From: KamikazePotato | #393 With the exception of GET OVER HERE Hmm... I'm wondering, can Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion be the strongest Western entry we can come up with (assuming no fictionals)? Relatively speaking, they could be way stronger than any Western game, series, or individual character. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: KanzarisKelshen | #402 The Michaels and the Jannetty, then. --- "I wish I was French." - blindhobo13 "I don't think you know what "French" means." - As I Desire |
Ganon has Link, the best Shawn Michaels in GameFAQs history. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #406 The thing that helps them out is that they have a long, storied history. Virtually no other Western entry in this contest has that. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
btw, loving this result. I let the heart of the bracket lead me to Red/Blue being strong. Now they'll still lose to Ryu/Ken. But I'll feel much better about making the emotional nostalgic decision. --- Gamefaqs' #1 Testicle Bettor: Proud owner of many testes http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6553/alec.png |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #408 I am now imagining Cloud beating the holy living s*** out of Ganon and Ganon doing some triforce...magic...hax out of desperation, before making the hot tag to Link who wins the match single-handedly. --- http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/7351/xiiirocks.jpg |
Yesterday's chart: Time | Subpion | Lewong | Votes 0:05 | 71.89% | 28.11% | 530 1:00 | 74.19% | 25.81% | 5610 2:00 | 72.08% | 27.92% | 4771 3:00 | 72.82% | 27.18% | 4146 4:00 | 73.76% | 26.24% | 3754 5:00 | 73.45% | 26.55% | 3608 6:00 | 73.26% | 26.74% | 3370 7:00 | 72.22% | 27.78% | 3049 8:00 | 72.78% | 27.22% | 2829 9:00 | 74.44% | 25.56% | 2782 10:00 | 73.51% | 26.49% | 2499 11:00 | 72.91% | 27.09% | 2455 12:00 | 73.04% | 26.96% | 2040 Pretty boring since these series have pretty similar trends. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
From: XIII_rocks | #407 Oh man can we just call them the Michaels and the Jannetty? --- http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/984/rvpi.jpg "I was wrong" - SmartMuffin |
PartOfYourWorld posted... Hmm... I'm wondering, can Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion be the strongest Western entry we can come up with (assuming no fictionals)? Relatively speaking, they could be way stronger than any Western game, series, or individual character. Fallout 3? 4-way Master Chief? --- Black Turtle shoots the lights out |
So, let's make a list of the writing on the wall for Phoenox/Gordon. 1. Every 1 Seed has rocked the house so far. 2. Gordon's vote-in poll has performed like ass so far. 3. Western characters (with the exception of the MK duo) have been getting embarrassed. 4. Lower vote totals. This can only help Wright. 5. Night match. 6. UMVC3 gets released three days after the match. 7. Match pic will almost certainly go their way. Anything else I missed? --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Judging by my so far perfect bracket, I shouldn't have banked at 1500 pts. ._. --- http://i.imgur.com/QtEXQ.jpg http://emmyc.com/HOTINHERE.gif |
From: ExThaNemesis | #413 I really really think we should. --- Oops! I'm breaking the fourth wall! http://imgon.net/di-CFMD.gif |
There goes Red/Blue, dropping under 80%. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Red/Blue under 80% at the end of the first hour. 400+ votes ahead of Mario/Bowser's pace though. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
I'm going to hazard a guess that Red/Blue finish the match above 80% after winning the morning vote. --- 90s games > 00s games |
KamikazePotato posted... So, let's make a list of the writing on the wall for Phoenox/Gordon. 1. Every 1 Seed has rocked the house so far. 2. Gordon's vote-in poll has performed like ass so far. 3. Western characters (with the exception of the MK duo) have been getting embarrassed. 4. Lower vote totals. This can only help Wright. 5. Night match. 6. UMVC3 gets released three days after the match. 7. Match pic will almost certainly go their way. Anything else I missed? Wright/Edgeworth rivalry doesn't suck? --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Pokemon morning vote isn't that great. They need the ASV, which they won't get. Alas. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Just
slipped under 80% to end the Power Hour. This'll still end really damn
good, but it isn't quite as earth-shattering as what Team MK just did
(although that's largely BECAUSE DK and Team MK dramatically shifted
future expectations). At least a few Oracle guys were confident enough
to take the Trainers with over 80%. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Night
match helps Phoenix? Half-Life 2 was the game that would have won
another round with a 24 hour match. I don't remember offhand what Gordon
the character trends like though. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
Gordon Freeman is night-oriented. Phoenix basically only has a night vote. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
I
had a feeling this would be a slaughter when I saw people getting hyped
about how high the percentages would be for this match. Normally this
would be the kind of match that would bore everyone but a number of
posters appeared to genuinely be looking forward to it for whatever
reason. People here really love their pokemon! Maybe I should play one of them some day to see what all the buzz is about. It doesn't seem like a game that'd interest me though. --- Watch me play games! http://www.livestream.com/dabu |
From: LordOfDabu | #426 I actually think it may appeal to you. I was one of those kids who just bulldozed everything with an overleveled Charizard, but from what I understand, there is a very strategic and complex metagame that someone like you may appreciate. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Red is totally the Main Event. Blue's the crappy anchor. --- Pobody's nerfect. |
Red is Edge and Blue is Christian --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
creativename
is so lazy in checking his PMs. He should always get into the habit of
looking at the top right corner of any GameFAQs page whenever he loads
up any page on GameFAQs. If it says anything other than "0 New
Messages", he should check his PMs. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
If
you guys can find 2-3 other people who've never played pokemon with
streaming capabilities I can organize a competitive blind run with
commentary. (Assuming pokemon has some easy way to distinguish who is in
the lead) --- Watch me play games! http://www.livestream.com/dabu |
From: LordOfDabu | #432 Most Pokemon caught? or just progression --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
The
gameplay isn't really conducive to such competition. It's a slower
game, all about building and strengthening your team (it is an RPG,
after all). The cool thing about Pokemon, though, is that you can then
take your RPG team and battle them against other people's, and that's
where the skill and strategy comes into play. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: ExThaNemesis | #413 I'm good with this with the exception of 1. On every other rivalry they should be Michaels and Jannety (if they are good characters, the low tiers like Kerrigan Raynor should be like Londrick, or some other tag team who never did **** outside of tag wrestling). However, Cloud and Sephiroth needs to be Edge and Christian. Just like with Christian no longer being Jannety once he got his World Title, there is no Jannetty in Cloud and Sephiroth, 2 former World Champions there, and they should be named after the only (not thrown together) tag team ever which had both members go on to Legend careers. --- From: Regaro_Ukiera | MWC is god-tier |
Wow at the pic of today match..just wow I mean,just by looking at Red VS Blue part made me vote for them |
Red/Blue are definitely beastly however people are going overboard if they think this team will challenge Ken/Ryu IMO. Ken/Ryu is *THE* rivalry. Can't see Red/Blue making a serious run there. Unless the match pic is just completely redonkulously biased or something. I think Ken/Ryu beating out Samus is significantly more likely than them losing to Red/Blue. Wouldn't be surprised to see the SF boys win that match at all now. Kinda regret not sticking with them - in my initial "first impressions" bracket I had Ken/Ryu>Samus/Ridley, but after I saw how big underdogs they were I couldn't stick with it. Ridley is going to seriously handicap Samus though. I mean probably not Robotnik or Dr. Wily or Lavos levels of handicap, but, still a handicap. Plus if there's any bandwagon effect or anything like that, it will work for Ken/Ryu. From: Team Rocket Elite | #228 Finals wonkiness. I think even if Link/Ganon beat Cloud/Seph, Mario/Bowser could still win just based on everyone being sick and tired of the LAW. Also if Cloud/Seph beat Link then Mario/Bowser could get bandwagoned as well. Basically I think the low vote totals make wonkiness possible, and Mario/Bowser is the team best equipped to benefit from wonkiness. From: PartOfYourWorld | #376What should we call the the #1 guy? Um...why not just #1...? >_> This "anchor" business seems confusing, it really could mean either guy. Something like Main vs. Sidekick would make more sense. Or just hero/chump. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Cloud/Seph are the Outsiders for sure ... Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Seph only ever won the IC title(Villains contest) --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
Is
there any news on the battle stats issue where some people not showing
up on the leaderboard, or possibly not having their battle brackets
being scored at all? |
From: creativename | #437 They are not going to challenge them. They are going to massacre them. If Ryu Ken gets 40, they are lucky. --- From: Regaro_Ukiera | MWC is god-tier |
From: RPGLord95 | #438 Even if you want to equate Villains to IC (Stupid as hell, IC Title would be like going out in the Sweet 16) at no time in his life was Scott ever one of the biggest people in WWE/WCW. He was always behind Hogan and Nash (in both) and then Savage, Warrior, Bret and others in WWE, and Goldberg, Luger, Sting, Flair, and a cavlacade of others in WCW. Seph throughout these has been #3 in the company. If anything, the villains contest is like Smackdown (even better with my analogy) not as prestigious as the Raw Title, but a World Title none the less. Seph is a main eventer. So Edge Christian is the best example. --- From: Regaro_Ukiera | MWC is god-tier |
Dr. Wily brings more to the plate than Ridley does imhhho. Lavos on the other hand, that's a point. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
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Scott Hall/Razor Ramon is a bigger name than Christian. World title or not. Plus he is THE BAD GUY! OOZING WITH MACHISMO! --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
From: Greyfeld | #398 Yeah but that's considered the most important position. So it would make more sense to use it for the stronger character, not the weaker one. Anchor is just a terrible term to use in this context. From: XIII_rocks | #407 Haha. Now *this* I could get behind! Awesome. From: -LusterSoldier- | #430 :) This will continue though, I'm never going to really notice those. You were correct on DST being the problem, which caused the pollid calculation to become wrong. But remember that you can go to the poll update page and pass in the polld, e.g.: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/poll_update.php?pollid=4518 From: RPGLord95 | #438 So Mario is going to hurn heel and they will form the NWO? From: red sox 777 | #404 I think you're overlooking the fact that while in "rivalry factor" terms Ganon might not help Link, this Illidan guy might hurt Arthas. It might be such a "meh" rivalry that it detracts from the character. Something like this probably happened with Leon. And will probably happen with Lavos too - I think Crono/Lavos will be weaker than Crono solo, because people will simply say "that's a crappy rivalry", and not "I love Crono and this other thing is irrelevant to my tastes". Basically, people are juding this in "rivalry" terms, not "tag team" terms. As a tag team you can say strength should only increase based on the second character - but a rivalry can be much less than the sum of its parts. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
From: RPGLord95 | #444 Bigger name, yes. I did not deny that. But he is not as successful in kayfabe. Rowdy Roddy Piper is a bigger name than Christian too, he is also not as successful in kayfabe. E and C have 2 World Champions. The Outsiders do not. That works better for Cloud and Seph. (Technically, the Super Powers works the best, but Savage and Hogan were not a real tag team, and we are comparing them to Michaels and Jannetty, which were) --- From: Regaro_Ukiera | MWC is god-tier |
What about the Mega Maniacs? Warrior and Savage? Also LOL Mario joining the nWo with Cloud and Seph --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
errr Ultimate Maniacs I mean --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
because no one wants to be Brutus Beefcake --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Browns and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) The most American Canadian on Board 8 - #9 Bro on Board 8 |
BTW, some people here might be interesting in this piece ESPN did last month on Scott Hall: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7124904 It's called "The Wrestler: The Scott Hall Story" and they go into how Scott Hall is the real-life Mickey Rourke character from The Wrestler. I had no idea how tragic this guys story was! He's a total basketcase health-wise, it's crazy and very sad. Definitely worth watching though. Interesting note on him too - he once killed a guy by shooting him in the head in a strip club altercation. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
