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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1021
Well, Mario better watch out next round... not. This bracket just has so much wasted potential. Sonic, Megaman and Crono, 3 noble niners going out before the quarterfinals, without any chance of an upset or close match. I could even add Snake to that list, but some people seem to be hyping the Snake>Cloud train. *shrugs* --- There ain't no gettin' offa this "Cloud/Sephiroth > Link/Ganondorf" hype-train we're on! Confidence level 15% |
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After Crono put up a valiant fight against the Snakes I think they are dead in the water too. --- Ngirl is a toll bridge - Wigs Gotta pay if you want to come inside! - Ngirl |
So
I was slightly uncomfortable about taking Sonic this match but I
clearly overestimated Kirby. Anyway for the battle it should be easy to
go perfect until Sora/Riku vs Dante/Vergil now. That looks like a match I
will have to bank; what do you guys think about it? --- http://speeddemosarchive.com/MetroidPrime.html#PAL100 |
oh I went with Sonic. I just thought this would be really close and whoops. FFX strikes me as a very important RPG in the same way that FF7 is. people were playing catchup for years afterwards. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Wasn't
FF7 released on PSN this year or last year can't remember,and broke a
record for downloads?People like it.I mean there are 2 things that
people want from Square-Enix now,Kingdoms Hearts 3 and a remake of FF
7.Now for Sora-Riku/Dante-Vergil Sora-Riku is the favorite because they
don't get antivoted,rallying doesn't work against them and the ASV does
wonders for them.Still Dante-Vergil have a change. --- 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 | #305 hm |
This is my final 8 bracket Mario Bowser > Scorpion/SubZero SamusRid>Pokemon Trainers LinkGanon>Frrogmagus Cloud>SoraRiku Mario>Samus Cloud>Link Cloud>Mario I actually have Link losing to Cloud. Main reason is this is Rival Battle and if we add strengths of both characters then on paper Cloud/seph>Link/Ganon Ganon is really weak, he would lose to characters like Tifa/Vincent who are a tier below seph/cloud. Of course people say Link is favourite and i'm cool with that but this is a risk i'm willing to take. I really think ganon hurts link in that battle. I wish Mario was in the same bracket as Cloud though because i don't see why those rivalry meet before Final. It's like an anticlimax. I agree with the guy who said the top bracket is really crap. --- SSBB FC : lolyouactuallythinkiplaythiscrapgameonline |
Yeah not like Link/Ganon have history as a rivalry or anything lol --- "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 |
There
will probably be around 100 perfect battle brackets left on Sora/Dante.
If you want to win, no banking there. If you just want a really good
score, prolly a decent match to bank on. --- [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ -Red |||||||||||||| -Green ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] -Blue Play Earthbound. |
Sonic at 80% in the UK. The love he gets from there never ceases to amaze me. --- Tofa7 - LoZ-LoD | Hardcore "Thank you, thank you, no applause necessary, just send money..." |
We don't have a single semi-debatable match until Phoenix/Alucard, do we --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
I'm
curious to see how Red/Blue does, but otherwise yeah. battle brackets
are going to be safe for quite a while. I think anybody that's not
perfect at this point is pretty much done for unless you missed early
and can run the table the entire way. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
I'm
completely torn on the Sora/Dante match. On one hand, KH hasn't looked
good since the end of the 4-ways, and hasn't had any reason to improve,
while Dante was pretty much equal to Ryu last time around, and (U)MvC3
has hit since. But on the other, Dante struggles with strong
competition, KH is much bigger than DMC here, and if the match is close
the KH crowd, buoyed by a powerful ASV, will surely see them through. So
there are only two outcomes: Dante/Vergil win comfortably, or they
lose. The problem for me is that I think Dante/Vergil might just be able
to do it. I think I'll end up choosing based on the match picture - if Dante/Vergil have a strong pic advantage I'll go with them, otherwise with Sora/Riku. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
I don't think Alucard/phoenix is really debatable. I'd say Glados/Frog is more debatable. --- [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ -Red |||||||||||||| -Green ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] -Blue Play Earthbound. |
I
love how everyone is underestimating the Trainers because they don't
like Pokemon. And lol Link losing this contest when the GOTD just
released today. --- caps |
Trainers will fall to Samus, MAYBE to Mario. Anyone saying they go out sooner or what? --- [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ -Red |||||||||||||| -Green ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] -Blue Play Earthbound. |
GranzonEx posted... I love how everyone is underestimating the Trainers because they don't like Pokemon. And lol Link losing this contest when the GOTD just released today. XDDDD Skyrim has been out for nine days --- .... |
Trainers losing to Ryu/Ken seems to be the consensus, but to most people it's a toss-up. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 33/34 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight |
DK doesn't have a chance against subby. Does he? Worried for some reason. Nintendofear I guess |
From: abdou | #317 Not even close. --- Black: 3310-7431-2094 |
DK shall lose.Ninja guys are really strong and MK 9 gave them much power. --- 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~ |
charmander6000’s Prediction: Kirby/Meta Knight wins, 51.05% - 48.95% Dude. This must be the worst prediction you've made in a long while, cuz I know you're usually very good. Is it? Man you guys really love your Nintendo. Tsk. |
Some
of the crew supported Kirby too.I don't know why but this result wasn't
expected by anyone.I guess people really like 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~ |
I don't know why but this result wasn't expected by anyone. You mean Sonic winning or Sonic stomping poor Kirby's face...? |
Sonic winning was expected yeah.But even 60% was high.And now he is above 62% and he will surpass it too! --- 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~ |
Nod. I thought it'd be closer. Still, not that much. |
Kirby/MK
just got out-rivalry'd, even if MK's reasonably stronger than Dr.
Robotnik. Whoever said Dr. Robotnik-fights were better than
Bowser-fights was spot-on -- they're one of my favorite parts of the
series. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I
thought the Kirby/Meta Knight rivalry was more liked than the
Sonic/Robotnik rivalry. So instead of going six points my way it went
six points the other way. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 33/34 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight |
Nod.
Man I despise Sonic and everything about him, while Kirby's alright,
but it's still freaking Sonic. I guess he just has to re-establish his
credentials as one of the NN now and then. They keep freaking rebooting
him over and over after all. And Robotnik is Sonic's enemy, I mean... it
wasn't gonna be that close. F***** is too well established. Where do you think some possible upsets lie in this round? The one I'm most worried about (because I didn't pick it, not that that matters) is Dante beating Sora. I mean, Alucard and Frog are both winning, I'm sure. |
Sora/Dante only.All the others are a lock. --- 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~ |
I think so, too. DK doesn't have a chance against subby. Does he? Worried for some reason. Nintendofear I guess Nah. I completely understand you, though. I actually thought DK would win in the beginning. I'm traumatized. |
I
think the fact that Sonic/Robotnik is main hero vs. main villain
probably helps them out more than Kirby/Meta Knight. While they're cool
and all individually, they don't really have any epic clashes as rivals.
Revenge of Meta Knight is an awesome game, but the fight against Meta
Knight isn't all that great other than the cool effect of Meta Knight
waiting for you to pick up the sword before he will attack you. I remember somebody speculating that Frog/Magus may not do as well because it's not main character vs. main villain, and perhaps they were right. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
Think
people aren't really crediting Robotnik enough tbh. In all fairness to
him in the villain contest he did wind up the victor in a 4-pack
containing the villains of FFIX, SSBM and FFX so y'know even if they're
not the strongest representatives ever he was still beating the
representatives of very, very strong brands. His defeat to Ganon was
probably SFF masked more than we realized at the time. The Sonic/Robotnik rivalry may not be the best but I'd say its a fairly iconic and well established one that strikes the voters as relevant against lesser competition. Lets be realistic, to the masses the Kirby/MK duo are cute Smash Bros characters, they hold zero significance in the rivalry stakes. Good result although a reminder of what a waste bracket positioning here is, Sonic/Robotnik could probably make an claim to beat absolutely anyone else in the bracket bar teams Mario, Cloud and Link. The overperformance is pretty insignificant here, Sonic is too tightly linked with Mario support for any sort of upset hope unless that one inexplicable Shadow the Hedgehog match repeats itself. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
I
don't think that's a blanket-case statement. X/Zero would crush X/Sigma
even if Zero wasn't way stronger. Ryu/Ken>Ryu/Akuma, ect. It depends on the pairing. Kirby/MK really isn't special. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
I think the fact that Sonic/Robotnik is main hero vs. main villain probably helps them out more than Kirby/Meta Knight. Nod. I think this is a good point on the whole villains debate. In fact I'm banking on it in the case of Link, even. It depends on the pairing. Okay, yeah, that might be a more accurate statement. Still, they're related. |
Well, there are exceptions. I still think Sonic/Knuckles would be better than Sonic/Robotnik. I'm just saying that Sonic/Robotnik being a "classic" rivalry and being main hero vs. main villain probably gives it a boost over a not-so-big-deal rivalry like Kirby/Meta Knight. Akuma isn't the main villain of SF anyway! --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Not
so sure on Sonic/Knuckles being better. The Knuckles rivalry really
isn't that advertised or important. It's a one-game deal in a long, long
series where Robotnik is always an antagonist. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: KamikazePotato | #337 In probably the most popular game in the series and from the more popular half of the series. I wouldn't really say it's not all that advertised either! It's a pretty big focal point in Sonic 3 and S&K! (Yes, if S3&K were allowed as one entrant, it'd be stronger than Sonic 2) --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
I think you're overestimating how big S3&K is and how strong Knuckles is anyway. He isn't that much stronger than Robobutt to begin with. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: KamikazePotato | #339 Nah, I really don't think I am. It'd be the most popular game in the series as one entrant. Knuckles wouldn't be the 2nd most popular character in the series if those games weren't popular. He's certainly not popular because of the 3-D games! how strong Knuckles is anyway. He isn't that much stronger than Robobutt to begin with. I think he's a good bit stronger than Robotnik. If we're talking about how far the characters have fallen in recent years and how weak Knuckles looked in 2010, Robotnik's probably not exempt from that decline. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Also,
with Sonic's increase overnight, we're now at Sub/Scorp beating
Sonic/Robotnik with 58.20% if Jill/Nemesis and Leon/Ada are equal. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
I
also don't think Knuckles is that much bigger then Robotnik, if at all.
Zero >>> Knuckles, Robotnik >>> Sigma, before we do
any MMX comparisons --- You know who's sexy? Black Turtle, the 2010 Games Contest Guru Winner, that's who! |
I
dunno, we saw Knuckles go 50/50 with Magus and Robotnik go 50/50 with
Sin in the same year. We also saw Robotnik perform about equally on
Ganondorf as Ansem (although you can blame Bacondorf for an Ansem
overperformance, if you like). I know Magus was overrated and all, but I don't think he was bottoming out against Sin yet! --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png http://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png |
Sonic
and Knuckles definitely feels stronger to me. And I don't buy this
idea of hero/villain pairings being strong. 90% of our pairings are
hero villain, and a large portion of the ones that aren't (Red/Blue,
Ryu/Ken, X/Zero) have done very well so far. --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #344 It's more main hero vs. main villain. I don't think it's necessarily top tier, but I think it'll give it an advantage over a "lesser" rivalry, even if the second character in the lesser rivalry is stronger. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
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Red/Blue is hero-villain as well. --- Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place Pokemon VGC2012 NW Regional - 16th place |
LeonhartFour posted... I remember somebody speculating that Frog/Magus may not do as well because it's not main character vs. main villain, and perhaps they were right. I had speculated something similar: they wouldn't look so strong because it had neither a main hero or main antagonist. It's one thing if you have a rivalry with only the main hero (like Sonic/Knuckles and MMX/Zero) because they have lots of games and relationships, but without either major force of a game the rivalry may struggle to have strength here. We only have two other teams aside from Frog/Magus that fit this qualification: Dan/Sagat (nowhere close to Ryu/Ken) and Nook/Redd (doubled by Ammy/Orochi). We've previously established Frog/Magus have a better relationship and come from a bigger game, but they didn't exactly shake off Raiden/Vamp well either. Raiden/Vamp may be under-rated, but Frog/Magus are also fortunate Chell/GLaDOS didn't impress either. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
Red/Blue is hero-villain as well. Not of their entire franchise. --- When you've got a pretty-boy monkey on your back constantly calling you a puppet, you hardly want to seem like you're happy to be used. - DSakaCharanJ |
From: Team Rocket Elite | #347 Nah. that would be Red/Giovanni, and it would really really suck. --- *huggles* |
