GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1021
Team Rocket Elite posted... Red/Blue is hero-villain as well. No it's not. --- http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5364544 |
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LeonhartFour posted... You realize RE games before RE4 aren't very popular, right? wat All of the versions of RE1 have sold well over five million and RE2 is Capcom's third best seller of all time. RE3 is number six at 3.5 million, so it's not too far behind either. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/finegifdy.gif |
From: FFDragon | #352 Sales figures do not equal popularity. --- Behold the majesty that is Doom. Feast upon his greatness, and know you will never measure up. http://img.imgcake.com/Punny/scenemaybecompletepngre.png |
Sales = Popularity Wii Sports won game of the decade as I recall --- 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 |
Sales figures do not equal popularity. Well.. They are also critically acclaimed and have a loyal fan base. --- Love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. |
FFDragon posted... All of the versions of RE1 have sold well over five million and RE2 is Capcom's third best seller of all time. RE3 is number six at 3.5 million, so it's not too far behind either. I think he was specifically referring to GameFAQs, which is accurate as far as this site is concerned. The non-RE4 games aren't too popular here. --- peace comes from within |
We've previously established Frog/Magus have a better relationship and come from a bigger game Frog/Magus is such a great pairing, and very interesting case. They lift each other up. Compare to Crono/Lavos! Lavos is basically a huge dead weight. Crono held his own there. Clearly the pairing matters. Should we have a Sidekicks Contest...? |
Wii Sports doesn't count, it was a package deal tbqhhhhhh. Sales don't equal popularity, but they aren't negligible either. If Leon just means GFaqs then okay maybe, but as said there are the sales, critical acclaim, and fanbase to back things up in the 'real world.' --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/finegifdy.gif |
Yeah, outside of GameFAQs, Resident Evil is hugely popular, one of the most popular series in gaming even. --- peace comes from within |
Every Resident Evil game we have seen in a contest has looked well above the fodder line. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
I
think it's more that Crono is just a far stronger character than Frog
and Magus. Crono is worth at least a doubling on either of them without
SFF. If it were a 4-way poll, Solid/Liquid would go substantially
higher on Frog/Magus than Crono/Lavos, or Crono alone for that matter in
a 3-way. Rivalry factor makes it closer in this format, or even
possibly flips it- though that's looking unlikely after round 1. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Let's
keep in mind that Resident Evil obliterates most series in cosplay
volume, which is a metric I have recently utilized in gauging... most
things in life, actually. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: FFDragon | #358 This is the argument that lost Yoblazer his account. --- Ngirl is a toll bridge - Wigs Gotta pay if you want to come inside! - Ngirl |
Well
SFF would be big in such a 4-way, much against CT. Or are you talking
about a rivalries 4 way? Well, much the same actually. |
Resident Evil has a Best Ass in Gaming finalist, which clearly proves something or other. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/finegifdy.gif |
Who cares about sales? RE2 is worth 40% on Goldeneye here. That's definitely better than "not too popular." --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
Well
SFF would be big in such a 4-way, much against CT. Or are you talking
about a rivalries 4 way? Well, much the same actually. Yes, LFF would amplify the effect a lot. Crono alone could probably bring in north of 40% in a 3-way with Snake and Liquid. Frog and Magus I'd guess would probably be stuck around 30%, with Solid Snake going north of 50% by himself. But even without the LFF, Crono is probably slightly stronger than Frog and Magus combined. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Crono alone could probably bring in north of 40% in a 3-way with Snake and Liquid. And he did, basically! :) Yeah, we're not disagreeing, man. On the contrary. The two points do not exclude each other. But I see what you mean. I also don't think it's a big deal. Just another factor. Probably not fully understood yet. |
Hrm. Luigi/Waluigi vs. Fox/Wolf: Who you got? --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
Fox/Wolf. Actually a good rivalry. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Luigi/Waluigi's
best case scenario is not getting into Nintendo matches really.
Rivalry factor + SFF is not a recipe for success here, as I think the
Trainers will prove. --- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Future 2011 Rivalry Guru Champion! |
These vote totals suck. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
From: The_Djoker | #298 I maintain that 10 was more linear than 13. This is why I rank 12 so highly, it at least had SOME semblance of exploration, and a world and plot that were interesting. Something that 10 and 13 were severely lacking. Sure the cast suffered from suckitis, but we haven't seen a good overall cast since FF7 (or FFT, if it came out first) and will probably never see one again. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Sonic/Knuckles would without question be stronger than Sonic/Robotnik. I'm surprised people are trying to debate that. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Man, looks like we won't anything even remotely interesting until Sora/Dante. And after that, MAYBE Sub/Scorp vs X/Zero. Barring Cloud > Link, I can't see any upsets at all for the rest of the contest happening. At least it looks like Sonic might manage to put up a decent performance on Mario. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
One
little point I'll take from this match: if Sonic/Robotnik are taking a
good boost from their rivalry (as would seem to be the case), then that
makes the 'atherines 26% better than it looked... which in turn makes
the Bosses look better. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #375 I think you're being too quick to write off that Trainers/Fighters/Bosses/Samuses gauntlet. I can see Samus winning that or being weakest of the four, and I think by the time we get to it, Pokemon vs. Street Fighter will be very up in the air. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Who is the Guru favorite for that pack? I think Ryu/Ken is the favorite in this topic. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Fighters - 58% Pokemon - 37% Ryu/Ken are pretty good favorites, although most people taking the Trainers there also have them beating Samus next round. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Er
I meant who is the overall favorite for the 4-pack. Samus seems to
have almost no support in this topic, so I wouldn't have thought she was
the Guru favorite. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Actually,
far more Gurus have the Trainers beating Samus than have Ryu/Ken doing
it, which is impressive given Ryu/Ken are pretty big favorites in that
division final. Pokemon Trainers have 82 backers to win the division and 58 to reach the final four. Street Fighters have 128 backers to win the division but only 26 to reach the final four. Basically... 20% of Ryu/Ken supporters have them beating Samus 70% of Red/Blue supporters have them beating Samus That's amazing. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
So Red/Blue supporters actually believe in rivalry factor, Ryu/Ken supporters just picked the strongest character. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Seems
that way, more or less. I was actually in the Samus camp until SBAllen
confirmed that Charizard/Blastoise pics were fair game (he confirmed
that just hours before lockdown). I switched to the Trainers in the last
hour. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Also, this is the least excitement I've ever seen for a mainline Zelda game. Link is so doomed. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
....What?
If anything, Ryu/Ken are probably the biggest benefactor of the rivalry
factor in the contest. There's no way they're losing to the trainers. Bosses are considerably weaker than Samus, and The Boss is as much a dead weight as Ridley is (not sure why everyone is crapping on the Samus/Ridley rivalry, it's pretty prominent in all the Metroid games). Likewise there's no way I can see Samus losing to Ryu/Ken. People hyping up that "gauntlet" are just reaching for an upset. If we get any results other than Samus > Ryu, I'll eat my hat. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
For your sake, I hope you wear a very small (or tasty) hat. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: junk_funk | #351 No he's right. I mean I'm sure he means "main protagonist/main antagonist" anyway. Giovanni is certaintly more villainous, but Blue is the much bigger threat to the player's goal. And final boss cred. |
From: LeonhartFour | #343 Pretty pointless to make comparisons really. The villain contest is parodied for a reason, for a starter there has been weirdness and overperformances in just about every Sonic vs Nintendo game ever. It's highly likely Robotnik was the victim of some sizable SFF there as Sonic was to Link last year. The whole Sin & Master Hand stuff isn't as bad as it sounds. Those were the representatives of FFX and SSBM at a time when those games were king on the site so its hard to say if they were getting the sort of fanbase boost within context that we saw from Ganon, Zelda and Tifa later on. Far too much uncertainty over Robotnik to say anything definite about him. His performances in the rivalry and the fact he was nominated ahead of Knuckles and Shadow suggests he's stronger than he's credited. There's only really 3 villain contest matches to base him on, one which was SFF and two against characters we never saw again. --- Smurf The cream of Sonic Fanboyism. I liked smurf until he declared me worst user on board 8 - the jp |
From: red sox 777 | #382 I have Ryu/Ken going to the semifinals, so I'm not sure what you're talking about! But people getting Pokefear or going Pokecrazy with the Trainers isn't all that surprising! That's just the nature of a large chunk of Board 8 nowadays. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
From: __Smurf__ | #388 I don't think there was any more "series voting" in the Villains Contest than you would find in a normal contest. You can argue Ganon/Robotnik SFF and I won't really argue too hard against it because the evidence for Nintendo/Sonic SFF exists, certainly. But there's really no reason to discredit Robotnik/Sin as a legit performance. Well, not in a way that's favorable for Robotnik anyway. With a balanced picture, Sin probably beats Robotnik. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
If
Red/Blue beat Ryu/Ken it'll be because Blue beats Ken more than Ryu
beats Red. It won't be because they benefited from rivalry factor
(although they could beat Samus because of that), because that goes to
Ryu/Ken. Any argument otherwise just ignores video game history and
culture. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
If
Red/Blue beats Ryu/Ken it's because being from what might be the
third-most popular game on the site means more than being from a
historic fighting game series. Alternatively, DAT YOOTH DE-BOOST hurts
Ryu/Ken because they lose STREET FIGHTAH FO! --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #392 http://images.wikia.com/tfino/images/7/7b/1094649-futurama_fry_looking_squint_super.jpg --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
So, this match literally hasn't been above 60.42% or below 62.25% since 10 A.M. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
If anything, a "youth de-boost" would hurt Pokemon more than it would hurt Street Fighter. |
I have Ryu/Ken going to the semifinals, so I'm not sure what you're talking about! You're not most Ryu/Ken backers who have him over the Trainers. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Hmm...I wonder what Sonic's prediction percentage will be here. It'll be interesting to see how many people bit on Kirby. Probably not many though! --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
I think Sonic should have over 60% for this round. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Sonic usually gets underestimated so I have him in the low 60s. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 33/34 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight |
I wouldn't be surprised if Sonic had 80% prediction for this round. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
