Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1092

#201 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:14:18 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Well we are really going too far now!
This is the moment I realize I have Isaac>Sandbag and Neku>Vaas>Catherine

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Is Sandbag>Isaac and Vaas last are locks?
I don't know about Dead Space popularity but Sandbag>Magus so he must have some..kind of strength (joke votes strength,but might be enough)

TWEWY was a huge back then when it was released,I heard about it everywhere..but Catherine..not so much?
And Vaas is kinda a good character with his DEFINITION OF INSANITY but yes he is from Far Cry 3 which is FPS so I dunno how he will do..? (weaker than BL2 characters for sure)

I change to Samus>Sandbag>Isaac and Neku>Catherine>Vaas
Sorry but Neku got this


Gurus-
104 Catherine
87 Neku
55 Vaas

Catherine totally overrated,Vaas totally underrated IMO
#202 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:14:58 PM | message detail
I actually switched to Neku in my Expert after seeing the match pic. I picked Catherine with the assumption that she'd have the best pic, and...she doesn't.
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#203 | Sorozone | Posted 8/4/2013 12:15:11 PM | message detail
Overall I think Nintendo has looked alright. Zelda character's have looked decent, Pokemon looked good. Mario characters I feel have been the most impressive.

I'm excited to see what Mario does. If they met in the finals Link will kill him, but if Mario has remained somewhat constant, or hell, some how managed to improve...I might start fearing for Link, especially if Snake is in there. Cloud would lose no matter what, imo.
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#204 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 8/4/2013 12:16:39 PM | message detail
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.
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#205 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:18:12 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.


ya go my Drake
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#206 | Denzokuken | Posted 8/4/2013 12:19:04 PM | message detail
Sandbag vs Isaac for second place with Samus in the poll? Is there a consensus on how that one goes?
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#207 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:19:24 PM | message detail
Remember when Drake got doubled by CATS

nice to see him come so far

I wonder if CATS would double Vaas
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#208 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/4/2013 12:20:24 PM | message detail | (edited)
Drake looked pretty bad considering his pedigree! Just not bad enough

Edit: Though I think there is a non-trivial chance Pac has been serially underrated. Drake might be able to make Blue look 'bad' next round, though should never seriously threaten him.
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#209 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/4/2013 12:19:40 PM | message detail
Yeah I think we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves with Blue. He's looking to be equal to or slightly ahead of Fox, which is great but he probably isn't taking down giants anytime soon.

I wonder how he'd stack up to Pikachu in a match, though. We might actually find out.


UNLESS

Crono/Sora/Blue. Sprite round. Hmmmmmm
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#210 | pronouncemyname | Posted 8/4/2013 12:19:44 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.


I currently have Vass winning.

****.
#211 | Xuxon | Posted 8/4/2013 12:19:53 PM | message detail
From: LeonhartFour | Posted: 8/4/2013 3:14:58 PM | #202
I actually switched to Neku in my Expert after seeing the match pic. I picked Catherine with the assumption that she'd have the best pic, and...she doesn't.

what? Neku's pic looks really bad to me
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#212 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 8/4/2013 12:20:06 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
MegatokyoEd posted...
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.


ya go my Drake


I know you're joking but after starring in arguably the most acclaimed series of this gen struggling with Pac is pathetic.

Lol gamefaqs.
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#213 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:21:06 PM | message detail
Xuxon posted...
what? Neku's pic looks really bad to me


Not as bad as Catherine's.

And Neku looks like a KH character (which isn't surprising since it's taken from KH3D), so yeah.
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#214 | spooky96 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:21:12 PM | message detail
pronouncemyname posted...
MegatokyoEd posted...
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.


I currently have Vass winning.

****.


I have Vaas in the last place.
#215 | Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:22:01 PM | message detail
Drake is about 6 years old. He's not really that new anymore.
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#216 | spooky96 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:22:47 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
Xuxon posted...
what? Neku's pic looks really bad to me


Not as bad as Catherine's.

And Neku looks like a KH character (which isn't surprising since it's taken from KH3D), so yeah.


Meh, really, why the f*** is there a terrible pic for Catherine. Seeing it makes me feel Catherine would do garbage.
#217 | pronouncemyname | Posted 8/4/2013 12:22:48 PM | message detail
spooky96 posted...
pronouncemyname posted...
MegatokyoEd posted...
Vaas is going to get annihilated seeing how new western characters have done so far.


I currently have Vass winning.

****.


I have Vaas in the last place.


Yeah time for me to change that.

Neku vs Catherine is hard... I'm thinking Neku, but maybe its best to go no pick?
#218 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:22:58 PM | message detail
I switched my support to Neku after Juliet failed me

Neku has his recent iOS port (that apparently is selling fine) and a Kingdom Hearts game plus the original fanbase loving TWEWY so much

Catherine was awhile ago and people don't talk about it as much anymore, and GNF might not help much

Vaas is like Handsome Jack to me. Cool in the game but nobody cares enough to vote for him for some reason
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#219 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/4/2013 12:24:03 PM | message detail
guys you're gonna make Zen feel sad

it really is a nice pic just not for optimal contest strength
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#220 | pjbasis | Posted 8/4/2013 12:24:22 PM | message detail
Oh man just realized I'm on the leaderboard.

Not for long though!
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#221 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/4/2013 12:24:32 PM | message detail
I can't believe that after being one of the biggest proponents of Poke-domination during our bracket period (I have Mewtwo > Vincent, Charizard > Mega Man, Squirtle > Dante, Blue > Fox, and Pikachu > Sora), that the very same Pokemon domination has probably wrecked my chances.

I bet big on LFF and Standout Factor, and I presumed the combination of those two forces would be enough to send Drake through the Pokemon and Smash-infested waters of Round 2. Now that I've really taken it all in, it's very hard to see that happening. G&W had one of the worst wins of R1 and will be ready to jump off a percentage cliff for Blue. Blue will jump out to a hilarious lead and even if Drake begins to naturally whittle away during the hours (the daytime hours, btw - it's a freakin day match), there is no way the Nintendo fanbase allows Blue to falter. Blue goes into Round 3 and is a death knell for Pikachu's chances against Sora. Sora reaps the crazy LFF into the Final 9 against Snake and Cloud. Snake takes advantage of the Square LFF and coasts comfortably into the final. Link/Snake/Mario.

There's your contest, folks. Anyone without Sora taking this division and without Cloud in the finals can pack it in already.

Unless a freakin' Sony exclusive character from this generation can pull something out of his smug ass.
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#222 | spooky96 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:24:51 PM | message detail
After seeing the pic, for the 1st position I changed from Catherine to Neku.
#223 | AlecTrevelyan006 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:25:10 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
We're over 53 matches into this contest. Most GameFAQs contests have only had around 63 total matches, so making the leaderboard at this point is actually quite good.


Counterpoint: Look at the leaderboard.
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#224 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:26:10 PM | message detail
I'm not really sad people don't like my Catherine pic, they're right it doesn't give her optimal strength

but neither did Tharja's and she did fine against TJF queen Juliet

I think the match is gonna play out the same way regardless
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#225 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/4/2013 12:26:23 PM | message detail
That should read without Snake in the finals, obviously.
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#226 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:26:30 PM | message detail
The match pic should be Drake and Blue trash talking each other and we should get Allen to let us use a sound file to have G&W's ALARM CLOCK noise broadcast whenever the user is in the front page.

The next wave of the match pic revolution.
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#227 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:26:52 PM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I switched my support to Neku after Juliet failed me

Neku has his recent iOS port (that apparently is selling fine) and a Kingdom Hearts game plus the original fanbase loving TWEWY so much

Catherine was awhile ago and people don't talk about it as much anymore, and GNF might not help much

Vaas is like Handsome Jack to me. Cool in the game but nobody cares enough to vote for him for some reason


Far Cry 3 is weaker than BL2 and Vaas is worse character than Jack (well Jack is pretty much in the top 10 of best characters created in the last 5 years so whatever)
#228 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/4/2013 12:27:38 PM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I'm not really sad people don't like my Catherine pic, they're right it doesn't give her optimal strength

but neither did Tharja's and she did fine against TJF queen Juliet

I think the match is gonna play out the same way regardless


Tharja's threepack was weak as hell, I'll wager - I wouldn't take *ANY* of them over any real opponent.
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#229 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/4/2013 12:27:47 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
That should read without Snake in the finals, obviously.


what game do you want me to get you with my prize money
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#230 | spooky96 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:27:58 PM | message detail
It was submitted by you Zen? That's...a....disappointment >_> It just doesn't have that thing which you need to win a match...boobs.....she looks like some sorta modern 90s cartoon character.
#231 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 8/4/2013 12:28:47 PM | message detail
Denzokuken posted...
Sandbag vs Isaac for second place with Samus in the poll? Is there a consensus on how that one goes?


Sandbag, but Samus could SFF it to bits.

I have Sandbag getting second anyway since it's...a bag of sand against two power-armored guys. Although it honestly doesn't stand out a whole lot in the match pic and it's difficult to imagine Sandbag having the joke appeal of an L-Block, Weighted Companion Cube, or even ?-Block.
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#232 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/4/2013 12:28:50 PM | message detail
I'll take whichever album or soundtrack has that MGS5 trailer theme even though I've already listened to it 500 times.

WHOOOOAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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#233 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 8/4/2013 12:29:47 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
The match pic should be Drake and Blue trash talking each other and we should get Allen to let us use a sound file to have G&W's ALARM CLOCK noise broadcast whenever the user is in the front page.

The next wave of the match pic revolution.


Seconded.
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#234 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:29:50 PM | message detail
#235 | raginbull911 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:29:57 PM | message detail
I'm going to take solace in the fact that 51% of people think StarFox is better than Pokemon.

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I know this is fallacious thinking, don't ruin my fun!
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#236 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/4/2013 12:31:03 PM | message detail
http://i.imgur.com/fgLspWt.gif

omfg. Have we ever tried to get a petition going for this or something?
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#237 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:31:14 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
I can't believe that after being one of the biggest proponents of Poke-domination during our bracket period (I have Mewtwo > Vincent, Charizard > Mega Man, Squirtle > Dante, Blue > Fox, and Pikachu > Sora), that the very same Pokemon domination has probably wrecked my chances.

I bet big on LFF and Standout Factor, and I presumed the combination of those two forces would be enough to send Drake through the Pokemon and Smash-infested waters of Round 2. Now that I've really taken it all in, it's very hard to see that happening. G&W had one of the worst wins of R1 and will be ready to jump off a percentage cliff for Blue. Blue will jump out to a hilarious lead and even if Drake begins to naturally whittle away during the hours (the daytime hours, btw - it's a freakin day match), there is no way the Nintendo fanbase allows Blue to falter. Blue goes into Round 3 and is a death knell for Pikachu's chances against Sora. Sora reaps the crazy LFF into the Final 9 against Snake and Cloud. Snake takes advantage of the Square LFF and coasts comfortably into the final. Link/Snake/Mario.

There's your contest, folks. Anyone without Sora taking this division and without Cloud in the finals can pack it in already.

Unless a freakin' Sony exclusive character from this generation can pull something out of his smug ass.


where's the Crono crew to tell you Pikachu isn't gonna win
#238 | spooky96 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:31:24 PM | message detail
#239 | superange128 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:31:56 PM | message detail
Round 3 should have the GIF ROUND replace the Sprite Round imp
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#240 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:32:12 PM | message detail
I guess it's a matter of opinion, I think Catherine looks plenty sexy in her pic

http://i.imgur.com/UCiEYpJ.png

the only reason she didn't get TJF is because her one usable TJF pic was already on the results page and all anyone else did was submit that over and over because it was like easy mode for pics
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#241 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/4/2013 12:33:22 PM | message detail
raginbull911 posted...
I'm going to take solace in the fact that 51% of people think StarFox is better than Pokemon.

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I know this is fallacious thinking, don't ruin my fun!


pfft, child's play compared to what a real pro can do

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2102

silly inferior Zelda series
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#242 | XIII_rocks | Posted 8/4/2013 12:33:45 PM | message detail
http://i.imgur.com/fgLspWt.gif

I've seen this one before somewhere or other (the wiki?). It's the best match pic that isn't actually a match pic I think there'll ever be. So good

Unless somebody were to gif Yoblazer's Apocalypse Sandbag pic.
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#243 | ZenOfThunder (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/4/2013 12:34:37 PM | message detail
I made it for the Unofficial Character Battle

I taught myself how to make Crono's bandana flap in the wind but I haven't had time to redo it (it takes a while)
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#244 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/4/2013 12:35:21 PM | message detail
1337gamerpr0 posted...
ChenKenichiFan posted...
I can't believe that after being one of the biggest proponents of Poke-domination during our bracket period (I have Mewtwo > Vincent, Charizard > Mega Man, Squirtle > Dante, Blue > Fox, and Pikachu > Sora), that the very same Pokemon domination has probably wrecked my chances.

I bet big on LFF and Standout Factor, and I presumed the combination of those two forces would be enough to send Drake through the Pokemon and Smash-infested waters of Round 2. Now that I've really taken it all in, it's very hard to see that happening. G&W had one of the worst wins of R1 and will be ready to jump off a percentage cliff for Blue. Blue will jump out to a hilarious lead and even if Drake begins to naturally whittle away during the hours (the daytime hours, btw - it's a freakin day match), there is no way the Nintendo fanbase allows Blue to falter. Blue goes into Round 3 and is a death knell for Pikachu's chances against Sora. Sora reaps the crazy LFF into the Final 9 against Snake and Cloud. Snake takes advantage of the Square LFF and coasts comfortably into the final. Link/Snake/Mario.

There's your contest, folks. Anyone without Sora taking this division and without Cloud in the finals can pack it in already.

Unless a freakin' Sony exclusive character from this generation can pull something out of his smug ass.


where's the Crono crew to tell you Pikachu isn't gonna win


This Fox split to save himself is really making me worry about Pikachu. Crono is a lot further away from Pikachu than Fox is from Blue.
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#245 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:35:38 PM | message detail
Also, just for the record, for those wondering how much of Wolf's (pathetic) percentage would to go Fox if Wolf weren't here.

I know this isn't going to be a perfect correlation, but the only real example we can draw from is the Battle Royal in 2006. When Sephiroth was eliminated, only about 70% of Seph voters jumped to Cloud (12% to Cloud, 3% to Snake, 2% to Link, approximately). Obviously that's a clear majority, but only 70% of Wolf voters jumping to Fox would still cause him to lose.
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#246 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:39:43 PM | message detail
49 vote gain
biggest vote gain ever since the Power Hour
#247 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/4/2013 12:39:46 PM | message detail
Personally, I think that removing Wolf from the poll wouldn't change much in terms of overlap. All the Star Fox voters have already jumped ship to Fox - that mostly just leaves the people voting for Wolf because he's a fan favorite or whatever, and a good amount of those could go straight to Blue. Blue's a much closer character to Wolf, anyway - let's go Smug Douchebag LFF.

What it could change is Blue not standing out like crazy, but eh. They're all Nintendo characters here.
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#248 | XIII_rocks | Posted 8/4/2013 12:40:01 PM | message detail
Would Allen ever go for that gif idea? Or does it exclude too many people? I mean how many other people apart from Zen would actually make entries there <_<
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#249 | kinsho3 | Posted 8/4/2013 12:40:03 PM | message detail
Catherine has a great picture. If anything, I think voters would be turned off by TJF, as strange as that sounds. It sure as hell didn't work out for Juliet.

And Vaas is so gonna get last place in that match. A brand new character from a game that didn't make much of a splash last year....he's gonna get obliterated.
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#250 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/4/2013 12:41:16 PM | message detail
Aw yeah a 3.37% update for Wolf
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