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Big Boss vs Luigi will be fun to watch.Shepard beat Aeris easily I believe. --- 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'm not buying MGSV hype. It'd be more understandable if it was close to release. It's Year of Luigi, with New Super Luigi U coming 3 days after that match occurs. If anything the hype train will be on Luigi. --- http://i.imgur.com/32RNLnc.gif |
I seriously doubt this site cares much about games being released for the Wii U. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
While
it was fun to see LMS getting slapped around, I think Yo is quite
right. He's just presenting a different set of stats. If anything, I
treat him like a Devil's Advocate. If I can't understand why his
argument is wrong, then maybe he said something worth looking into a
little further. |
New Super Luigi U hype? What the..... --- Zinsanity of the Helix Board |
Year
of Luigi Hype I guess I can accept but I don't know why that'd create
more Luigi fans.. he's not an unkown or anything. I'd accept a boost
from Luigi's Mansion 2 before "Year of Luigi". --- "i am pretty sure 3-year old children would generate more thoughtful discussion than board 8 on any topic of sexism" - Naye745 |
I'm
not buying into either hype. I should make that clear. I'm just saying
if you are going to buy into one it would make more sense into buying
into the one that has the release closer to the match. Sometimes that has an effect, sometimes it doesn't. Hype trains are completely overblown factor. --- http://i.imgur.com/32RNLnc.gif |
Hype trains are probably things that don't get enough credit, if anything. --- http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9919/leonhart.png |
TheOneAboveAll posted... While it was fun to see LMS getting slapped around, I think Yo is quite right. He's just presenting a different set of stats. If anything, I treat him like a Devil's Advocate. If I can't understand why his argument is wrong, then maybe he said something worth looking into a little further. If people don't want to respond to him they don't necessarily have to read his posts or respond to them.. --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
Master Chief hyped up on Game Fuel was a sight to see --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
Yeah,
but the train needs steam. MGSV train is just on a slow, patient burn
right now. Now if a release date(or significant news) gets announced
around the time of the match(which could potentially happen) it'll gain
steam again, which will eventually die down again until its close to the
actual release. But in that window, the hype train will be going again. MGS is obviously bigger than some Luigi title, it has that going for it. I'm just not going to attribute a dead news section for MGSV as a hype train. It can only last for so long. Essentially what I'm saying, as of right now, that time of the match, MGSV will be in a dead news time, Luigi won't be. Which everything could be changed by a simple announcement of relevance. --- http://i.imgur.com/32RNLnc.gif |
*looks at previous poll* So Poison beat Thrall after all, huh? Enough! I'm done with following the popular opinion, Crash will beat Wheatley and that's it! *slams the door* --- SuperNiceDog wags his tail better than your regular, standard dog. -If someone scares the hell out of you, then are you protected by God? |
UltimaterializerX posted... Hasn't everyone shooting down your whiny PMs given you the hint that NO ONE wants you posting here, LMS? Wow, what a jerk. You don't get to decide who posts here. |
As a community we can sure try! --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
"Year
of Luigi" is just a new renewed focus on Luigi. Since these contests
started, I don't think there's been a year where Luigi had more
attention and was more relevant than now. I wouldn't say Luigi's getting
exposed to a new audience or anything, because that's not really the
purpose, but you get a bunch of Luigi themed games (Luigi's Mansion 2,
New Super Luigi U, Mario & Luigi, etc.) and a bunch of marketing
potentially push people into his corner. I think LM2 is a bigger deal
than MGS5 hype, anyway, but I guess we'll see! The other side of this is
that people are kinda down on Nintendo, and that tends to hit Mario
characters harder than others. --- tune in tokyo 142.94 |
Wow, didn't expect to wake up and be in the top 50. --- XBL Gamertag - Tiirshak |
On
the other hand, the Mario series is pretty much Nintendo's big thing
now so that may cancel it out, if not boost the characters. There's
probably a reason why Super Mario Galaxy did so much better at resisting
SFF from Brawl/TP in the Game of the Generation poll than in any
previous polls or contest matches, and Mario characters have been doing
so well this contest. You could say that "no one actually cares about
those games", but I rarely see anyone actively hate on them and Mario
represents what the company is doing best now, as opposed to in say
2002-2010 where the combined one-two blow of Super Mario Sunshine being a
disappointment and Nintendo giving other franchises like Zelda and
Metroid more focus relegated the series to the backburner in the eyes of
most gamers. Also, I see a lot more hate for post-N64 Zelda games and Metroid: Other M now than I did back in 2011 and earlier (same true of Final Fantasy XIII, but that isn't really related), so it could be those two particular franchises people are feeling down on due to them not getting anything particularly significant for a while. Come to think of it, am I the only one who feels that Super Mario Sunshine ended up doing visible damage to the series? When I was watching a review of it I found it really interesting how far from series tradition it veered (then again I felt exactly the same way about Metroid: Other M...I think I just have a thing for games that try to change bigtime from their mainline series, though maybe that goes doubly so for Nintendo since Nintendo games that try to change a whole lot are a rarity), and found that to be a doubly interesting point in a day and age where Nintendo is playing it way too safe with that series. Considering how Sunshine was not received well in comparison to other big Mario games, from both a commercial and critical standpoint, it almost feels as if recent Mario games have been playing it too safe to make up for Sunshine. Also I don't see how Metroid is anymore dead than Zelda or "proper" Mario at this point, assuming that personal opinions are factored out. In fact, right now I feel that Super Metroid did more to kill the series back in its time than Other M has done recently. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
ZFS posted... "Year of Luigi" is just a new renewed focus on Luigi. Since these contests started, I don't think there's been a year where Luigi had more attention and was more relevant than now. I wouldn't say Luigi's getting exposed to a new audience or anything, because that's not really the purpose, but you get a bunch of Luigi themed games (Luigi's Mansion 2, New Super Luigi U, Mario & Luigi, etc.) and a bunch of marketing potentially push people into his corner. I think LM2 is a bigger deal than MGS5 hype, anyway, but I guess we'll see! The other side of this is that people are kinda down on Nintendo, and that tends to hit Mario characters harder than others. To summarize from the big wall of text I just wrote, I have a feeling that this year it will be Samus and Zelda characters who take the big hit while Mario characters remain relatively safe, possibly even boosting themselves. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
LeonhartFour posted... Peach/Ness If the levels of apathy are anywhere close to even in America, Peach takes that match. The recent WiiU VC release of Earthbound was the first ever in PAL regions, so Ness is drawing solely from Smash over there. This being NostalgiaFAQs, a character that in essence had no games of his own until 2013 isn't going to do much. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
I really wonder why Cirno, Marisa and Reimu got in from touhou. Chen would've been a much better idea. She has an INCREDIBLE rally potential, she's pretty much one of original internet memes, and unlike CATS, one that is still alive today. --- "A game with amazing story and mediocre gameplay usually beats a game with amazing gameplay and mediocre story." - Vlado, Gaming Expert |
scaryice posted... UltimaterializerX posted...Hasn't everyone shooting down your whiny PMs given you the hint that NO ONE wants you posting here, LMS? You must be new here. This is Ulti. He's kind of a big deal. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
WellThoughtName posted... I really wonder why Cirno, Marisa and Reimu got in from touhou. Reimu and Marisa are the main characters and this is the ninth Character Battle. Pretty simple. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
I
dont understand why (5)Auron, (14) Revolver Ocelot, and (23) Roxas are
paired up when all of the other 5,14,23 matches are worthless --- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BMcwhStCYAAr-mC.jpg Dallas Cowboys and Mavs |
TsunamiXXVIII posted... scaryice posted...UltimaterializerX posted...Hasn't everyone shooting down your whiny PMs given you the hint that NO ONE wants you posting here, LMS? Being a big deal and being a jerk are not mutually exclusive things. |
Never even heard of Chen I heard of the ones that got in to this contest though --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
to be fair LMS has a long history of being LMS --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, 49ers and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) Professional UotY Mentor to Leo3Leo, McFlubbin and Jeff Zero |
Im not fan of LMS as he is mini-Vlado but there is nothing wrong with his posts in this topic tbh |
LinkMarioSamus posted... ZFS posted..."Year of Luigi" is just a new renewed focus on Luigi. Since these contests started, I don't think there's been a year where Luigi had more attention and was more relevant than now. I wouldn't say Luigi's getting exposed to a new audience or anything, because that's not really the purpose, but you get a bunch of Luigi themed games (Luigi's Mansion 2, New Super Luigi U, Mario & Luigi, etc.) and a bunch of marketing potentially push people into his corner. I think LM2 is a bigger deal than MGS5 hype, anyway, but I guess we'll see! The other side of this is that people are kinda down on Nintendo, and that tends to hit Mario characters harder than others. I've been thinking the same thing, Zelda and Metroid have been kind of losing popularity lately, while Mario remains more or less the same. Still, Link is a monster, and Gamefaqs seems to be immune to events that are described by the word "lately". |
Mass Effect seems to be the exception to the lately rule but otherwise yeah --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
WellThoughtName posted... I really wonder why Cirno, Marisa and Reimu got in from touhou. Because we Touhou fans like Marisa and Cirno more and kind of accepted some people were gonna give Reimu noms in the process? |
ZeldaTPLink posted... LinkMarioSamus posted...ZFS posted..."Year of Luigi" is just a new renewed focus on Luigi. Since these contests started, I don't think there's been a year where Luigi had more attention and was more relevant than now. I wouldn't say Luigi's getting exposed to a new audience or anything, because that's not really the purpose, but you get a bunch of Luigi themed games (Luigi's Mansion 2, New Super Luigi U, Mario & Luigi, etc.) and a bunch of marketing potentially push people into his corner. I think LM2 is a bigger deal than MGS5 hype, anyway, but I guess we'll see! The other side of this is that people are kinda down on Nintendo, and that tends to hit Mario characters harder than others. Yeah I don't think something as insane as Mario beating Link will happen, but I do feel that Link and co. will be weaker this contest. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
KanzarisKelshen posted... WellThoughtName posted...I really wonder why Cirno, Marisa and Reimu got in from touhou. B-but.. honk honk. --- "A game with amazing story and mediocre gameplay usually beats a game with amazing gameplay and mediocre story." - Vlado, Gaming Expert |
scaryice posted... UltimaterializerX posted...Hasn't everyone shooting down your whiny PMs given you the hint that NO ONE wants you posting here, LMS? You literally know nothing about LMS's trolling or the HUNDREDS of pms he's sent to people going "boohoo please like me?" afterwards. So in short, unless you actually know what you're talking about, shut the hell up. --- "In a poll topic featuring arguably the two most divisive users on the board, this somehow becomes about Ulti. The man is Christ-like." -SephirothG |
Geesh Ulti, so violent. --- Death is not to be feared, but avoidance never hurt anyone. http://i.imgur.com/hDIb02X.jpg |
Achromatic posted... Geesh Ulti, so violent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0rRUC4BA8 --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, 49ers and Lions win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) Professional UotY Mentor to Leo3Leo, McFlubbin and Jeff Zero |
Sorozone posted... I still think Luigi can squeak by Big Boss, even with Ness in there. The votals should be higher in that match to the previous Big Boss match by probably a good 7,000 or so. I mean the votals were so bad in that match I have to assume the mentality was "Big Boss or no one". Because Peacock and Viridian are no ones, and you aren't going to anti vote Big Boss. And by the same token you aren't going to anti-vote Luigi. So the extra votals should go a long way for one of them. I think a match such as Sephiroth/Chester/Tanner would get even less votes than the Big Boss match. In Sephiroth/Chester/Tanner, a lot of voters want to anti-vote Sephiroth, but they can't vote for Chester or Tanner because they don't know who they are. Sephiroth/Chester/Tanner would also be a test to see if Sephiroth can win the board vote over other characters. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Psh, this is nothing, --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Apology Message At least, an apology for the attitude I've had towards you (and probably some other B8'ers). It was extremely stupid. Like, literally dismissing people like you just because of your tastes in games...I have no idea what I was thinking there. I want to say more but I really don't want to go into further detail. I know you'll probably reject this message and say that I don't really mean it. Fine. But I do mean what I say, at least this time. At the very least, getting upset over users having different tastes is idiotic, especially in the cases of games like ultra-popular games like Brawl and Shadow of the Colossus. I'm pretty sure Leon4 and I have gotten some iteration of that PM about 30 times each by now and it's beyond pathetic. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Man, non-contest related drama in the stats topic. Feels like it's been a while. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? However, the Guru of the next decade so far is SuperNiceDog |
Honestly I hear more complaining about MGSV because of Keifer replacing Hayter than anything, than I do for Hype. to which my reply in my brain is "You people are seriously hating on Jack ****ing Bauer?" --- Oh SuperNiceDog's doing it again dude. SuperNiceDog, you ain't no pimp dude |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Sorozone posted...I still think Luigi can squeak by Big Boss, even with Ness in there. The votals should be higher in that match to the previous Big Boss match by probably a good 7,000 or so. I mean the votals were so bad in that match I have to assume the mentality was "Big Boss or no one". Because Peacock and Viridian are no ones, and you aren't going to anti vote Big Boss. And by the same token you aren't going to anti-vote Luigi. So the extra votals should go a long way for one of them. Why do you need to know Chester or Tanner to anti-vote Sephiroth? If you are anti-voting, all you really care about is that they aren't Sephiroth and also not some other character you also like to anti-vote (like Cloud). --- Pokemon VGC2013 BC Regional - 16th place Pokemon VGC2013 US National - 39th place |
UltimaterializerX posted... I'm pretty sure Leon4 and I have gotten some iteration of that PM about 30 times each by now and it's beyond pathetic. If anything, you are making me sympathize more with the guy. He's actually been contributing stuff to the topic and bringing up valid ideas and topics of conversation related to the contest. Meanwhile, all I've really seen you do is the same "lol obvious result is obvious" bulls*** you've been parroting for years. If anything, LMS is contributing more to the contest than you, even if half the stuff he says is off-topic and irrelevant. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Votals are +3500-ish compared to this point yesterday. Having recognizable characters certainly helps a bit. --- Harmony is peace. Peace is unity. Unity is harmony. I tell this to the King Nook. He ask me to leave. |
The board has matured. I wonder what it takes nowadays to have Ulti derail a topic. The best: http://www.thengamer.com/gamefaqs/2010-PizzaComesOnStrong.html --- Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Congrats to the Guru 2011 winner |
Is anyone else having trouble predicting Kefka/Zack Fair/Ryu H? I'm thinking Zack will take it, but there could be enough SFF from Kefka to put Ryu H in 1st. --- If you believe in Jesus Christ and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. Steam ID: hookd_on_foniks | I play lots of TF2 when I have nothing to do... |
Yeah
Peach is the strongest third place character so far and would win in
other matches. The match gets negatives for having 2 Nintendo characters
and no "big vote" names which will prevent it from being the highest,
but it's good that we are getting out of this runt of low scoring
matches. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 21/24 Today's Picks: Elizabeth and Kirby |
The best: http://www.thengamer.com/gamefaqs/2010-PizzaComesOnStrong.html Generalizing against all autistic people is no better than racism. |
I
once said Super Metroid was my favorite game ever and LMS basically
went 'xfd what an idiot, so many better games in the genre, Metroid fans
are the worst'. He deserves everything he gets for his consistent, terrible attitude. --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** |
Is anyone else having trouble predicting Kefka/Zack Fair/Ryu H? I'm thinking Zack will take it, but there could be enough SFF from Kefka to put Ryu H in 1st. Zack is the board favourite, but Hayabusa can take it if FFVII drops enough. Old Square and New Square do not have as much overlap as you'd think, but any bit helps Hayabusa. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 21/24 Today's Picks: Elizabeth and Kirby |
I
was totally on the fence and went for Zack at the last minute. Seeing
how badly FFVII is doing so far makes me wish I stuck with Ryu. --- Harmony is peace. Peace is unity. Unity is harmony. I tell this to the King Nook. He ask me to leave. |
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