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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1024
Expected.
Don't know why people expected more than 60%. This is not MGS v RE.
It's pretty much the best RE rivalry Vs a MGS3 Rivalry. --- SSBB FC : lolyouactuallythinkiplaythiscrapgameonline |
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I guess the Bosses still have a shot at pulling off the upset, but eh. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
I'm confident they don't. I'd take Terra and Kefka to beat Chris and Wesker. But taking the bosses to beat Samus was an extremely risky pick to begin with IMO. --- This is a signature. |
Good
thing I didn't stick with it in my bracket! For some reason the
Metroid games' flops in prior all-inclusive games contests came to my
mind before their successes in GOTD did. On a side note, IIRC, the GOTD stats, have Metroid Prime doubling Vice City. Yet: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3467 What happened there? According to the GOTD stats, Metroid Prime should be in an easy 1st place in that poll while Vice City should be in an even more easy 4th. I can think of plenty of explanations for that one, but I'd like to hear what you guys think. For the record, IIRC, the GOTD stats have Prime getting 56% on Kingdom Hearts. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
SuorGenoveffa posted... I'm confident they don't. I'd take Terra and Kefka to beat Chris and Wesker. But taking the bosses to beat Samus was an extremely risky pick to begin with IMO. I dunno. Terra/Kefka is a rivalry from one 17-year old game, while Chris/Wesker spans an entire series... ...oh wait, Chris/Wesker only spans three RE games: RE1, Code Veronica, and RE5, out of which the former two games...are not exactly centered around Chris Redfield! I'd still feel uneasy about picking the FFVI guys over the RE guys. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Terra/Kefka > Chris/Wesker > Tidus/Jecht seems super weird to me. Samus isn't out of the woods yet. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
I would have expected it to be... Tidus/Jecht > Terra/Kefka > Chris/Wesker Before this match. Maybe the melty pics are hurting the bosses making Tidus/Jecht look worse. --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
anyway,
the past week has made me feel a lot better about Frog/Magus over
Chell/Glados, even if the conclusions being drawn aren't the most
clear-cut. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
I would've pointed out the melty pics earlier, but I didn't. Remember, this is what happened last time an MGS entity drew melty art in the match pic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4178 --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
To be fair, I have a hard time believing that Samus and Ridley wouldn't be doing better here. Heck, Ridley is stronger than both Chris and Wesker! The Bosses are under 57% now. There's still plenty of breathing room for a Metroid > MGS3 result next round if RE > FFVI is assumed. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
On a side note, IIRC, the GOTD stats, have Metroid Prime doubling Vice City. Yet: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3467 What happened there? According to the GOTD stats, Metroid Prime should be in an easy 1st place in that poll while Vice City should be in an even more easy 4th. Metroid Prime is well overrated in the stats, Vice City and San Andreas didn't look as good and Metroid Prime was held back by Paper Mario. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 41/46 Today: Big Boss/The Boss |
The Trainers will win by summoning Aerodactyl, which will give Samus a case of bad PTSD. --- "Tebow losing is basically the same thing as Christ suffering on the cross." ~SmartMuffin |
It'd be funny if the trainers used pokemon that are strong against their opponents. Espeon/Alakazam against Fighters Lapras/Arcanine against Ridley/Samus Gyarados/Blastoise against Mario/Bowser --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 41/46 Today: Big Boss/The Boss |
Nice
idea!I hope UltimaterializerX makes these exact same pictures!Well at
least the first one since we don't know if they can advance further. --- 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 prefer that the Trainers don't cheat by having Pokemon in their match pics. |
Would
Terra or Kefka beat Tidus/Jecht 1-on-1? My 2010 stats have Kefka >
Tidus > Terra > Jecht, but they're all very close together. Based
on my numbers, Kefka beats Jecht with 52.44%, and that's the gap between
1st and 4th. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
Also,
Chris Redfield falls in between that small gap between Tidus and Terra,
to boot. Wesker's a decent bit below Jecht, but not a whole lot. All
six of these characters are in the same relative area. I guess it's just
a matter of "rivalries matter" to differentiate between them. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
From: LeonhartFour | #116 On strength alone yes. Adding rivalry factor, also yes. Tidus/Jecht is essentially "Ha, you suck", "Wahhhh daddy why are you such a meanie" --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Yeah. Also essentially what Big Boss/The Boss is, replacing "daddy" with "mommy". |
No. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Terra/Kefka is a joke rivalry. I'd rather have daddy issues over nothing at all --- xyzzy |
Well Terra/Kefka is a better rivalry than anyone else from FFVI/Kefka. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Oh. My. God. The MGS guys are down to just over 56.8%. Did we go through MGS's "awful" ASV again? --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
It is saturday, there is no ASV. But there is a day vote. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Well Terra/Kefka is a better rivalry than anyone else from FFVI/Kefka. Leo/Kefka Celes/Kefka Umaro/Kefka --- This is a signature. |
So awful MGS day vote as usual, followed by a rise with the second night vote? But I swear, if MGS guys are losing the day vote to RE guys that aren't RE4-related, and they're up against major Nintendo characters next round... --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Banon/Ultros is where it's at --- ~ Rivalry Rumble Oracle Challenge ~ Rank - 26th Today's Prediction: Bosses - 59.39% |
SuorGenoveffa posted... LinkMarioSamus posted... Well Terra/Kefka is a better rivalry than anyone else from FFVI/Kefka. Leo/Kefka Celes/Kefka Umaro/Kefka Don't agree. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
SuorGenoveffa posted... LinkMarioSamus posted... Well Terra/Kefka is a better rivalry than anyone else from FFVI/Kefka. Leo/Kefka Celes/Kefka Umaro/Kefka In other words, Who?/Kefka. For rivalries to matter, the characters need to matter. While Terra and Kefka may not really be a rivalry in the truest sense of the word, they have a polarized relationship that takes up a solid third of the game, and they're the two most popular characters from FF6. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Greyfeld posted... SuorGenoveffa posted... LinkMarioSamus posted... Well Terra/Kefka is a better rivalry than anyone else from FFVI/Kefka. Leo/Kefka Celes/Kefka Umaro/Kefka In other words, Who?/Kefka. For rivalries to matter, the characters need to matter. While Terra and Kefka may not really be a rivalry in the truest sense of the word, they have a polarized relationship that takes up a solid third of the game, and they're the two most popular characters from FF6. It was not meant as "which rivalry should've made the contest", I'm well aware that Terra is the only solid choice from that point of view. Still not sold on that from the game's point of view, but that's because honestly, you really have to force yourself to call Terra/Kefka or anyone/Kefka a rivalry. Luckily, Terra and Kefka have Dissidia. --- This is a signature. |
Celes/Kefka is better. Leo/Kefka is better. hell, Sabin/Edgar is better. --- xyzzy |
they have a polarized relationship that takes up a solid third of the game, Kefka doesn't mention Terra ever again after Figaro Castle. It does not make up a solid third of the game, he certainly hasn't gone on record as HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATEing her, or go out of his way to screw with her at the Magitek Factory or make special note of enjoying getting rid of her at Narche like Celes. Yes, Kefka has antagonistic relationships with half the cast but Terra's is not even top three among. --- 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: LinkMarioSamus | #124 This percentage has barely budged in hours. MGS has slowly been dropping, but this isn't anything drastic. Not even half a percent since this morning. --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
There's way more Terra/Kefka stuff in Dissidia than FF6. That probably helped them some. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Yeah, Dissidia seemingly giving some "validity" to this rivalry probably helps it out somewhat. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
I'm glad we have a Link match tonight to spice up this boring contest. Link blowouts are always wonderful events. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
And another 80% showing still won't save him from Cloud/Sephiroth/Ganondorf. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
The only good thing about Link matches is that it means I don't have to pay attention to anything for 24 hours. --- "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!" |
For
my 3 favorite contest characters, Crono produces the best matches
because the excitement simply cannot be matched. But with Link and
Cloud, Link matches tend to produce much more satisfying results because
Cloud tends to disappoint all the way until very late in the contest
when the anti-votes don't matter as much any more because his opponent
is already strong. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
From: SuorGenoveffa | #606 Even Cyan/Kefka is arguably a better rivalry than Kefka/Terra, yet no one mentions poor Cyan. Kefka destroyed everything Cyan had. I agree that Celes/Kefka is the best rivalry (and IMO it's like, not even in question - the "hate hate hate hate hate you" quote alone shows that, along with Celes' former ties to Kefka and then uniting everyone against him) followed by Leo/Kefka. Not that Terra/Kefka isn't legit - he destroys her people and uses her to take over the world, there's a relationship there. It just isn't as much a "rivalry" as with Celes or Leo. More master/puppet. But Dissidia makes Terra/Kefka for sure the strongest possible rivalry in contest terms, easily. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
I
think if it comes down to it, I'd rather have stronger rivalries than
better rivalries in the contest. One thing more than any other makes
contests interesting: strength. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Looking
at the Oracle, I'm surprised that Sora is still the favorite. Most are
picking a close match but the clear majority is with Sora. I would have figured that either it would be a total toss-up, with an even number of picks for both sides, or that Dante would be favored. I find it hard to have faith in Dante but slightly harder to have faith in Kingdom Hearts at this point. Who chokes the least? From: red sox 777 | #702 I agree with you. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
creativename posted... Looking at the Oracle, I'm surprised that Sora is still the favorite. Most are picking a close match but the clear majority is with Sora. I would have figured that either it would be a total toss-up, with an even number of picks for both sides, or that Dante would be favored. Eh, I think people want to stick with their gut/pre-contest prediction. We didn't know it'd be a toss-up like this til' the contest was in full swing. As well, several people were saying in another topic that they were going to wait on the picture to come out to determine which side they were backing. --- http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/exclusives/ron-dancing-animated.gif |
From: Azp2k32 | #704 I and others did say it was pretty much a toss-up pre-contest, though. I had no idea who to go with there and only went with Sora because for some reason he was the clear BOP favorite, and I had no other reason to lean either way. I just can't have faith in either party. But yeah, the pic may influence me. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
I
also went with Sora in my bracket because I figured Riku would be
stronger than Vergil, although Dante and Sora alone would be very close. As for who would be the overall bracket favorite, I'd say that would go to Sora by a small amount. What really stood out to me was Sora getting nearly 90% bracket prediction against a joke character, compared to Dante getting just barely above 95% on what could be the weakest rivalry in this bracket. Even Crono could only manage about 78% of the brackets against Missingno. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: creativename | #141 I'm pretty sure he would've said that to anyone who stabbed him with a knife, quite frankly. Kefka's rivalry with Celes is a little overblown. From: creativename | #143 Keep in mind that the strongest character Dante has ever beaten 1-on-1 is Ryu Hayabusa, and it's not like he's never had the opportunity to beat someone worthwhile. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Heck,
even if you want to count 4-ways, Dante hasn't beaten a character worth
a crap other than Leon Kennedy, two of those matches featuring Leon
with terrible, terrible pictures. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
now we just wait the inevitable DmC Dante pics --- You know who's sexy? Black Turtle, the 2010 Games Contest Guru Winner, that's who! |
Dante's
not gotten the chance. He's only had 2 chances: against Ryu and Yoshi.
If those matches were coinflips then he'd have a 1/4 chance of having
those results just by bad luck. Not remotely enough evidence to support
any kind of theory about Dante being a choker. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
