GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1018
Apart from the Trainers, no other night match has gotten over 32000 votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
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There was another topic discussing Gamefaqs and yeah the site keeps getting less and less people.Strange but that is the truth. --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #452 Not really strange for the numerous reasons that have been repeated over and over (wikis, Youtube, the site itself failing to evolve, the user base growing up and being too busy to visit, reduced difficulty in games, decline in interest in jRPGs, Square putting out nothing but s***, and so many more). --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IV (FF2US) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3445328 |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #451 GO TRAINERS > RYU/KEN --- http://img.imgcake.com/alec1pngus.png |
So, uh, that ASV didn't go so well. This is just a division of chokers, eh? --- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy |
If Cloud/Sephiroth can't take down Link, Mario/Bowser sure can't. Mario has faced Link 7 times and never once broken 38%.
The site has spoken clearly enough on this. It's not like Bowser is
vastly stronger than Ganondorf, indeed he might not even beat Ganondorf
heads up. --- 90s games > 00s games |
http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-27.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-28.jpg gg 2 u crash --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
MY SNAKE/LIQUID THROWS DOWN WITH YO'S CRONO/LAVOS BRING IT YO --- ~Zen |
Crash is in that image? --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
No Fonzie Crash? --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 23/24 Today: Cloud/Sephiroth & Kratos/Zeus |
Crono/Lavos seems like it should win based on pic alone I was right - Pac-Man seemed in doubt until I saw the hugely lopsided image. now it's hard to imagine somebody not voting for Pac-Man. --- xyzzy |
Cortex looks awesome. Crash... not so much. We're in for a godawful result tonight. :( That Crono/Lavos pic is straight-up art. That picture might actually be more lopsided than Trainers/SC duo. --- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy |
Crash stands no chance at all --- Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop |
Aha that Crash pic makes me laugh. --- "I am riding the Poke-wave, using the metaphorical Surf and hopping on my Blastoise, all the way to Mario vs Bowser." - RPGLord |
From: ZenOfThunder | #458 YOBLAZER IS A THIEF --- "Ulti is kinda like the sun. Just like how the Earth revolves around the sun, Board 8 seems to revolve around Ulti." -Zylo |
Oh
wow, I didn't even notice that. Man, Cloud and Sephiroth barely outdrew
the Portal duo. To me, that's more damning of their chances than the
actual percentage. These two were once THE monster draws on this site.
This contest, they have been routinely outdrawn by the Nintendo
pairings. Maybe one explanation for this is the fact that Nintendo keeps winning all the contests. This causes the FF7 fans to stop caring, while the pleased Nintendo fans stick around. It's a similar (more long-term) effect as Link improving significantly from R1 to R2 to R3 in the Battle Royale back in 2006. Or maybe just a lot of the GameFAQs users we lost in the past couple of years happen to like FF7 a lot. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Looking
back at the Frog/Magus match, Raiden/Vamp actually won their vote-in.
Adjusting for day/night effects, the vote-in projects Frog/Magus to get
around 52% on Fox/Wolf, which is actually decent. I wouldn't take Frog
or Magus to break 43% on Fox. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I only just noticed that Snake has beat Sephiroth all three times both of them have been in the same poll. Cloud/Sephiroth is so screwed. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IV (FF2US) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3445328 |
So,
upset chances for Chell/Glados? Chances she calls Magus fat and Frog
adopted? Chances that Frog ends up going splat against a wall after
experiencing the Aerial Faith Plate? --- "You know what, forget it. Nothing I can think of posting will really be of much use to anyone in any way, shape, or form." ~LinkMarioSamus |
Twin Snakes over Cloud/Sephiroth would be match of the contest. --- peace comes from within |
Early on, it looked like we wouldn't break 30000 votes on this match, but now that's definitely happening. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: Not_Wylvane | #468 Nah, Sephiroth beat Solid Snake for the first two days of the Battle Royale. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
From: UltimaterializerX | #465 Also, is it really thievery if it improves upon the original? --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
From: red sox 777 | #467 That makes sense actually. I'd put them near Fox/Wolf, and I'd take Fox/Wolf over Alucard/Dracula in a closer match. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
I
can't remember seeing your pic before, Ulti. It's possible that I did
and it just subconsciously embedded itself in my mind as a good idea. If
that's the case, then my bad, but I can't even tell you if that was the
case. >_> When I decided to rep Crono, I knew I wanted to use the Crono/Lavos first encounter as the background, and I realized that using the same Lavos form (that shell form) for both the foreground and background would be ugly and redundant, so I went with the humanoid form. But yeah, I'd never knowingly swipe ideas from other designers, and I'll defer on some pictures to big fans, which is why I didn't even attempt Ryu/Ken art for the first round. I just figured that Crono will be out way too early for the second straight time now, so I wanted to go all out and send him home with a bang. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Well, I knew PacMan was going to have an advantage when I saw that everyone was submitting "sprite" art, but this is ridiculous. --- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Future 2011 Rivalry Guru Champion! |
Good job on the pic Yoblazer. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #475 Dude I'm seriously only kidding, your picture is absolutely godlike and I'm glad it got chosen. It's by far the best picture Crono has ever gotten, too, because that Mario/Crono 2005 final picture is beyond overrated. It's just Mario slapped onto a CT anime scene. I'm honestly worried Crono might win with your picture since Liquid sucks, truth be told. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· http://www.gifbin.com/bin/227839420.gif |
From: LeonhartFour | #473 I'm now going to steal the hope diamond and dunk in chocolate sauce. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· http://img.imgcake.com/foolmoron/angajpgva.jpg |
Remember when everyone thought the pic factor was a myth? Oh, those were the days. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
It shows how boring this contest is. The guru cookie might seriously go perfect. --- ·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "Fett is f***ing crafty. Do not underestimate him." -Blade |
Match XXVII: (3) Crash Bandicoot/Dr. Neo Cortex vs. (6) Pac-Man/Blinky Previous Contest Crash Bandicoot – 2010 38.21% against Ryu Hayabusa Dr. Neo Cortex – N/A N/A Pac-Man – 2008 25.09% against Mewtwo, Ness and Travis Touchdown 13.44% against Cloud Strife, Mewtwo and Midna Blinky – N/A N/A Analysis During a time where people are trying to make every match seem debatable this match has not been given its fair share of discussing. While I do still feel that Pac-Man is the favourite going into the match Crash winning is not a crazy idea. Despite not having a win since 2002 Crash has done well enough to avoid hitting fodder territory. The same can be said about Pac-Man, but at least he has been lucky enough to have a few more wins under his belt. An individual match between the two characters will likely be close. Over the past few years Crash has shown to be above the fodder line and even last contest it seems that he’s been getting stronger with age. Pac-Man does well too though he has to avoid old school characters like Mario and friends. This does raise the issue of whether Crash himself is iconic enough to steal votes away from Pac-Man. While Pac-Man seems to flourish under opponents that are not widely known Crash is not one of those characters, however unlike widely known characters like Mario or Yoshi Crash seems to be more like Pac-Man where he picks up apathy votes. It’ll be interesting to see if this has any effect on the match. I don’t see Cortex or Blinky bring much strength to the table. Cortex doesn’t exactly fit the rival mould as well as other rivalries, though all Blinky has is the whole eat or be eaten rivalry with Pac-Man. Blinky does have the opportunity to pick up joke votes for the pair as while the ghosts are technically characters a lot of people associate them like they do with Tetris block pieces or Pong paddles. Crash probably has the best chance to break the cookie in this round, but even if he doesn’t there’s still one more match that could buck the trend. I feel that the overall match will be close, but I don’t see Pac-Man being in any danger of losing at any time. I guess there could be some kind of iconic SFF happening, but let’s not get into that. charmander6000’s Bracket: Pac-Man/Blinky > Crash Bandicoot/Dr. Neo Cortex charmander6000’s Prediction: Pac-Man/Blinky wins, 53.63% - 46.37% --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 23/24 Today: Cloud/Sephiroth & Kratos/Zeus |
From: UltimaterializerX | #481 If Frog/Magus manage to win the division after that turd they laid yesterday, that'd be pretty impressive. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
AluDrac > Frogus is the only thing that can stop the cookie. --- Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop |
From: Pondos | #484 Samus losing early can stop the Cookie as well. --- "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!" |
Samus got, what, 48% on Cloud last year? She can handle the Bosses no problem Trainers > Ryu/Ken is a possibility, though. --- Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop |
Pondos posted... AluDrac > Frogus is the only thing that can stop the cookie. And that's exactly MY bracket !!!! --- Link's is pretty much the video game equivalent of the Jesus story. -- Yoblaser |
From: Pondos | #486 That's not how this works. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
hmm
feeling a whole load of crashfear right about now. This is the one
round 1 match I've changed my mind on repeatedly, sticking with pac but
this match worries me. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
Really,
when it comes to Samus/Bosses/Trainers/Hadoken whoever you took going
in still looks good after the first round. Samus/Trainers/Hadoken all
blew out trash like they needed to, and Boss pickers can laugh and say
'oh yeah well we beat something worth a damn'. Next round we'll get a
measure for Samus and Hadoken, while the Trainers will remain a mystery
going into the division finals if they're going to have a shot. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
From: __Smurf__ | #489 Not seeing anything to worry about at all, Pac should win this going away. I'll be surprised if he gets below 57% or so. --- .·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·. True warriors know no fear. This is not pride, but merely confidence. |
I still don't see the threat to Samus. I can't see anybody beating her until she gets to Mario again. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
So
I'm sure this has been discussed but I haven't read the last few
topics. Based on the Yuna/Seymour Raiden/Vamp vote-in, Frog/Magus gets
61.01% on Yuna/Seymour which means they'd get 50.12% on Fox/Wolf (unless
I screwed up the math). So basically they're even with Fox/Wolf. I'd take Fox/Wolf to beat Chell/Glados in a close match, so I think Frog/Magus may squeak by next round (though definitely up for debate). But I don't see them being strong enough to beat the vampires. I think Frog/Magus will keep it respectable - say, over 45% - but pops and son are the clear favorites to take the division as of right now. But hey - it's Frog! You never know with his extremely unlikely history of epic matches and just basic weird ****. Wouldn't be surprised if the Chell/Glados match ends up being very close. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
From: Pondos | #2404 Really? In the last BOP I saw Alucard/Dracula were very slight favorites over Frog/Magus. But basically even. I don't think there can be such a thing as a "cookie cutter" pick in a match that was so evenly split. What was the guru breakdown? From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #2452 I've said it before - I wouldn't be surprised if both the Trainers and Ryu/Ken were stronger than Samus/Ridley. If I had to bet my life on the result, I'd go very hesitantly with Ryu/Ken. Not sure how someone can be all that confident in Samus here. I simply don't think people respect the Samus/Ridley rivalry so much. I am fairly (but not totally) confident in Ryu/Ken beating out the Trainers. Unless we get some totally one-sided Charizard/Blastoise sprite picture - which definitely worries me. That would be a big deal and might cost Ryu/Ken the match. But I'd feel more comfortable taking the winner of the Trainers/SF match over Samus, than Samus over them. Ryu/Ken I think might just flat out be stronger than Samus/Ridley. And if the Trainers can beat out Ryu/Ken they should be even stronger next round, with enough of a Pokewagon to take out Samus as well. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Pokemon sprites vs. Street Fighter 1 art let's do this --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: creativename | #494 Frog/Magus - 89 (40.09%) Shepard/Saren - 14 (6.31%) Phoenix/Edgeworth - 7 (3.15%) Alucard/Dracula - 74 (33.33%) Chell/GlaDOS - 29 (13.06%) Raiden/Vamp - 3 (1.35%) Gordon/Dr. Breen - 6 (2.70%) --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
From: KamikazePotato | #495 I know you're being facetious But people who intentionally try to sabotage the side they don't want to win annoy me. That's extremely poor taste. I just wanted an opportunity to say it. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
OK Leonhart thanks. So 89 vs. 74, that's extremely mild favorites at best. From: KamikazePotato | #2455 With the boatload of Pokemon fanboys around here I would not at all be surprised at a pic sabotage conspiracy for that match! It's a legit concern. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
From: LeonhartFour | #2457 Yes I agree, but let's be realistic, it's quite possible! Though I do think Ryu/Ken will get a badass pic, despite some trying to sabotage them. But we know that this site spooges over nothing more than Pokemon sprites. So Ryu/Ken could look good but still be at a big disadvantage if Charizard/Blastoise are prominent instead of the Trainers. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
It only takes one Street Fighter fanboy, though for a fair pic --- Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop |
