GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1021
From: pjbasis | #248 Kirby is a bad example if you want to use "series" strength because, uh...it's very weak as a series. But the RE series was equal to SF and MM in the Series Contest. I don't think "Chris/Wesker being a series-long rivalry" matters too much here. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
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hylianknight3 posted... Kijitow posted... red sox 777 posted... I think this is the site losing half its voters having its effect. We lost a lot of the younger voters, and are left with a core of 90s gamers. Good point, Kirby wasn't around in the 90s. Yeah, and neither was Meta Knight! I believe Metaknight's first appearance was Smash Brothers Brawl. --- You feel better but not much. |
LeonhartFour posted... From: TheCodeisBosco | #244 I really hope the Trainers and Plumbers have a close match. If not, we might not have another potentially close one until ChellDOS/Frogus. I'd be shocked if Red/Blue vs. Luigi/Waluigi was any closer than this match right here. True. WaLuigi is gonna stomp, 70-30. GoodTasteFAQs will rise again!!! --- "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 |
Hmm.....FFX > Smash anyone? --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #254 Still maintain it would've happened in GOTD! --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #253 No, he'll be dragged down by that character-less joke that is "Luigi". Have you ever seen Luigi give a cockslap to the competition? I didn't think so! (perfect sig) --- http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/sihp/waluigi.gif |
Well,
maybe FFX would have beaten that horrible travesty known as Brawl, but
it would have lost to the great Super Smash Bros. Melee that isn't
actually as good a game as FFX but looks so good when compared against
Brawl that it makes you vote for it. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #257 The FF series since FFX accomplishes this better for it than Brawl does for Melee! --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
The
difference is that the FF games since FFX are not popular, so they're
easily forgettable, whereas Brawl has been a constant, pervasive,
presence on this site and in people's living rooms for the past 3 years. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #259 Not if you're an FF fan. And a large chunk of this site is. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
Yesterday's chart: Time | Mowser| Iknight | Votes | Demographic EBV | 81.26% | 18.74% | 651 | (0:00-0:05) PHV | 79.70% | 20.30% | 4689 | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 80.47% | 19.53% | 10225 | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 80.98% | 19.02% | 5278 | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 81.00% | 19.00% | 13745 | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 80.09% | 19.91% | 13546 | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 79.96% | 20.04% | 2695 | (22:00-24:00) First 24-hour match being Nintendo vs. Nintendo and on a weekend makes for a pretty boring chart here. Oh well. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
It's
typical for bad games in a series to be forgettable. Chrono Cross is
forgettable, Wind Waker is forgettable, even Twilight Princess is
basically forgettable. The test is: do you think of Chrono Cross
immediately when you think of Chrono Trigger? Do you think of TP
immediately when you think of OOT? No. Do you think of Brawl immediately when you think of Melee? Yes. Just about the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Melee is how much better it is than Brawl. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #262 They don't become forgettable until the next good game in the series. You think about the FF series, it's a lot of "Man, there hasn't been a good FF game since FFX." --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
From: Achromatic | #264 Well, I'm a huge fan of FFXIII as well. I'm just talking from a general fanbase perspective. FFXII and FFXIII were pretty divisive among the fanbase. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
pjbasis posted... It's kinda like Kirby. The games themselves are rather short and even fans wouldn't consider them the best games ever or anything. Kirby Super Star certainly is. --- Where Batman goes, adventure follows! Aquaman |
FFXIII is my favorite FF!, but I haven't played all of them yet. --- - |
From: MegatokyoEd | #1203 Doubtful. Mario would easily beat up Sonic, and Bowser would stomp Robotnik. Plus Mario/Bowser is older and the more classic rivalry. I see Mario/Bowser vs. Sonic Team as a blowout. Could be 60/40. From: LeonhartFour | #1255 Yeah honestly I think FFX would have barely edged that out in the finals. The site seemed pretty intent on not letting Brawl win, plus FFX was arguably the "purely" strongest game in the bracket (sans MM bandwagoning). Could be argued either way though. Hell I still think FFX could have beaten Smash ages ago if not for the Meg Ryan vs. All of Nintendo pic. God that pic. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
60/40 would be pretty tame. I'd be thrilled if that match only went 60/40, personally. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
I
expect Mario/Bowser vs. Sonic/Robotnik to be close to a doubling, if
not outright. Mario/Bowser have the radness of Mario RPG, which I think
along with icon SFF will let Mario beat Sonic down worse than he does to
the Samuses and Mega Mans. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Speaking of, a nice 60/40 even split to end the hour. For the record, if Jill/Nemesis and Leon/Ada are equal, MK Ninjas beat Sonic/Robotnik with 59.69%. The more Jill/Nemesis wins by, the closer those two would be. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Oh hey, next round is freeform pics, right? Be sure to make Mario vs. Sonic look as awesome as possible and barely include Bowser or Robotnik at all! Make it like that one FFVII/OoT/FFX/LTTP pic someone made! And then we need to petition Bacon to make Mario vs. Sonic against Link vs. Ganon in a bonus match. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
Fully expecting Mario to lay down that hammer on Sonic. |
On one hand, MK Ninjas being that damn strong seems really really off. On the other hand, MK Ninjas being that damn strong is the best contest result ever. So I'll choose to believe Leon/Ada > Jill/Nemesis. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
You keep presuming that Link vs. Ganon is going to win this contest! I agree that 60/40 would be pretty tame for next round. Sonic can probably avoid the 60/40 against Mario directly, possibly with significant room to spare this year, judging by today's match and if the idea that we've lost most of our younger voters is right. But Bowser outclasses Robotnik, so I'd expect Team Mario to break 60% without a problem. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #275 If I had a reason to think otherwise, I wouldn't! --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
I'd
take the MK ninjas over Sonic/Robotnik pretty easily. Didn't they
outdraw every other day match? It wasn't as significant as when the
Trainers outdrew every other night match, but you can still tell that
Subz/Scorp were something special. There was an awesome buzz around here
when they stepped up and wrecked everyone's ****. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
red sox 777 | Posted 11/20/2011 1:11:38 AM | message detail | quote I agree that 60/40 would be pretty tame for next round. Sonic can probably avoid the 60/40 against Mario directly, possibly with significant room to spare this year, judging by today's match and if the idea that we've lost most of our younger voters is right. But Bowser outclasses Robotnik, so I'd expect Team Mario to break 60% without a problem. Mario already put up 58.38% on Mega Man, and Sonic is slightly below him, so Mario could probably put up 60% on Sonic directly. But factoring in the rivalry and Bowser being way above Robotnik, and this match could get up to nearly 65%. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Mario SFF'd Megaman. That might not happen with Sonic. --- 90s games > 00s games |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 11/20/2011 1:19:56 AM | message detail | quote I'd take the MK ninjas over Sonic/Robotnik pretty easily. Didn't they outdraw every other day match? It wasn't as significant as when the Trainers outdrew every other night match, but you can still tell that Subz/Scorp were something special. There was an awesome buzz around here when they stepped up and wrecked everyone's ****. The MK ninjas did outdo every other day match in votes. The Bosses were second highest for day matches, only about 900 votes behind the MK ninjas. If the MK ninjas match was adjusted for a night match instead, it would get about 31942 votes in a night match. And the Trainers pulled in 34363 votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Wow,
so we're in for eight consecutive days of autopilot (not even counting
today) wherein the most interesting thing will be gauging Samus's win
against Terra. On the one hand, you never wanna see that as a contest
fan. On the other hand, if we are gonna get hit with it,
Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Zelda week is the best time. I guess. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
The meltdown on this board when everyone's favorite bosses lose. I cannot wait. |
From: pjbasis | #282 You'll have to wait until the quarterfinals, unfortunately. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
Achromatic posted... FF13 is literally a top 3 FF but no one likes to say that! agree... maybe top 5 (X,IX,VI,XIII,VII) --- Link's is pretty much the video game equivalent of the Jesus story. -- Yoblaser |
From: pjbasis | #282 From: LeonhartFour | #283 And they'll be losing to Pokemon, which is possibly even more beloved than MGS otb. --- "With Harry, it's cool. We don't speak a lot and he doesn't care if I smile or if I know who the next team we play is." - Benoit Assou-Ekotto |
From: XIII_rocks | #285 LOL Trainers --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
From: foxhead84 | #284 It's like you're listing all the worst games intentionally. |
Well, if he just replaced VI with VIII, he'd nail the top 5. Not in the right order, necessarily, but good enough. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
It would be the biggest improvement no doubt, but still a work in progress. |
well
it's just a personal favorite without much thinking... But I'm not
switching VIII for VI and I'm keeping VII at the 5th position... --- Link's is pretty much the video game equivalent of the Jesus story. -- Yoblaser |
Think the debate for FF GOAT has to center on FF7, FF6 and FFX IMO. Personally I have it FF7, then FFX and FFVI just a slight bit below, then FFIV just a slight bit below them. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Nah. Bias aside, the most influential and important FF games are I, IV, VII, and X. It's not a coincidence they coincide with the start of a new generation. Too bad about XIII though. |
FFX
is an excellent game, but I'm not sure how influential or "important"
it was. It certainly didn't influence Square to take the series in
acclaimed directions afterward. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Fully voiced, and real 3D graphics as opposed to pre-rendered or isometric views that even future RPGs wouldn't deviate from. It influenced all games in general, maybe only preceded by MGS1 in terms of movie-like direction. It definitely influenced Square games in this regard too. It's a shame most non-Square JRPGs actually didn't follow this precedent. |
From: pjbasis | #292 III or V, too. --- "1M GO1NG TO CUT YOUR THRO4T 4ND L1ST3N TO YOU BL33D WH1L3 1 SM3LL YOU D13 " Terezi Pyrope, Homestuck "I like goldfish." Godric |
Well if it's between III and V, I'd definitely give it to III, as V is just a better version. And even III is just a better I. It's between that and XI for fifth place though. |
wow, I feel dumb. perfect bracket lives on, at least! --- xyzzy |
Square to take the series in acclaimed directions afterward. You mean they should have had boring turn based system with random battles for future ff games?? Ffx is popular because of the story. The gameplay sucked. Xii and 13 had better gameplay but 12 had a crap story and 13 had crap characters and was linear as hell. --- Pokamanz Friend Code : 12391274921047213984729847296324 |
Man
this match was really debatable?And Kirby doing worse than what he did
1vs1?Either rivalries really matter or Sonic Generations gave a major
boost to Sonic. --- 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: transience | #297 Please tell me you had a perfect battle bracket? Also Sonic is skull****ing Kirby here. --- "intention doesn't matter? clearly your cashier degree did not require a law course." - ND to Joyrock on the legality of drinking a soda before paying |
