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Wrex yuck --- tune in tokyo 142.94 |
Damn, this was going to be the first division in which I won all 9 points. |
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Mordin has the one legitimately great moment in all of Mass Effect 3. He did not deserve to lose to a horse. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: Not_Wylvane | Posted: 8/13/2013 12:43:06 PM | #067 TheOneAboveAll posted...Oh, I agree with you on that. We have no evidence on this site for Melee being more popular than Brawl. But I think he was right on character strengths from those games. Melee made a lot of old characters far more popular by featuring them. Brawl, not so much. If they weren't in Melee, Brawl didn't give much of a boost, with the exception of Meta Knight. Melee absolutely had the most effect simply because it affected the strongest characters the most. Zelda and Ganondorf in particular because they (mostly) aren't playable in their games and weren't in the original Smash. Samus, Kirby and Fox gained a ton from Smash in general but it's hard to attribute that to 64 or Melee when both were out before contests started. The second-tier Mario guys probably benefited a good amount as well. Maybe even Mario and Link. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif |
ChenKenichiFan posted... But Mordin is not a meek nerd; he does justice to the stereotype. Guy can more than hold his own in a fight and is quick to anger and turn violent. Remember all the bodies he positioned outside his clinic as a warning to the local gangs? That ain't Otacon... ...no. There's no stats or anything I can even really bother to bring up, but no. Wrex would obliterate Mordin. We're talking, like, an SFF beating the likes of which you probably wouldn't even think possible from ME. People don't remember those little details about Mordin. They remember that he's a nerd, and he very rarely gets play except among the hardcore. If this were only hardcore ME fans that'd be one thing, but this is the kind of thinking that leads to picking Magus > Crono. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
MAGNIFICENT BEAST --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
ChenKenichiFan posted... But Mordin is not a meek nerd; he does justice to the stereotype. Guy can more than hold his own in a fight and is quick to anger and turn violent. Remember all the bodies he positioned outside his clinic as a warning to the local gangs? That ain't Otacon... While I think he is exaggerating Mordin's weakness..... I think it should be pretty obvious that Garrus and Wrex are more popular. I don't know a single person (anecdotal I know) in real life that prefers Mordin over the other two and my career was video game centric for 5 years. --- Conformity and rebellion...both ways are simple-minded--they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... Not_Wylvane posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...Also there is a difference between BrawlFAQs and SmashFAQs. Melee is more popular than Brawl, characters from Brawl who didn't appear in Melee shouldn't be as strong. Ike. Red. Snake. Sonic. Of course none of them get their primary strength from Brawl so you got a point. --- *2, *8,070,446 Kuroko no Basket *3, *6,495,240 Naruto |
Wrex beats Mordin 1v1 but the fanbase would not classify Mordin as just some nerd --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
2nd
time Mass Effect has cost me in the expert. Not checking to see what
game Mordin was from and just assuming he was crap still bugs me. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
ctesjbuvf posted... TheOneAboveAll posted...Not_Wylvane posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...Also there is a difference between BrawlFAQs and SmashFAQs. Melee is more popular than Brawl, characters from Brawl who didn't appear in Melee shouldn't be as strong. Ike definitely does to me Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn are not games many people have played --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
Anyway now is not the time to debate strengths Wrex wins and the Garrus travesty is washed away --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... Not_Wylvane posted...TheOneAboveAll posted...Not_Wylvane posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...Also there is a difference between BrawlFAQs and SmashFAQs. Melee is more popular than Brawl, characters from Brawl who didn't appear in Melee shouldn't be as strong. We don't really have much evidence for that, but I agree regardless. Problem is, we didn't have nearly as many "Melee-only" (using the term VERY loosely) characters in the initial contests as we did "Brawl-only" characters later on. Like, let me try to figure this out: -Fox turned out to be worth 26% on pre-Kingdom Hearts Cloud, we have no idea where he was in 2003, he never showed up again until after being announced for Brawl. For all we know, he needed that to get back into these contests! -Ness got badly SFFd in 2003, then had 55-45 matches against...Jak and Chie Sato...oh I'm sorry, Carl Johnson. 55-45 victories over 3D platformer characters and GTA characters aren't exactly confidence-inspiring! He also flopped hard in 2007 (losing to Alucard at his weakest and freaking Liquid Snake) and 2008 (losing to freaking Pac-Man), the latter happening after Brawl. Come to think of it, it's not like he did much better in 2010 - that loss to Big Daddy is NOT looking good right now at all, though I would take Ness in a rematch. -But it's easy to see why Ness doesn't benefit much - he receives no character development whatsoever in his sole game and is a child character, not really the kind to draw in casual voters. -Captain Falcon was worth 26% on a weaker Crono (compared to pre-2006), and got destroyed by Fox in 2007. From 2008 onwards he stopped fooling around, but that was after Brawl. That's it. Samus, Zelda, and Ganondorf also all draw considerable strength from Smash Bros. but I'm not willing to place them in the same group as the former three or any of the Brawl leeches. I'm completely unwilling to place the Mario characters in the same situation. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Why
do you think that? Mordin received more exposure than Wrex and has
bigger moments throughout the latter two (bigger two) games. He's never
characterized as a nerd or someone who can't hold his own in a hostile,
dangerous world. To the contrary, Mordin is immediately introduced as a
loose cannon and someone you don't want to guff with. I think
he's a fine #2 as far as squadmates go and feel that Epona is being
undersold here. I'd have no problem taking Epona over the likes of
Sub-Zero and Jill, which would put her comfortably ahead of Garrus.
Mordin didn't do that badly against her. --- http://i.imgur.com/a4GuDV3.gif |
I mean, if Epona loses to Ike next round while Wrex punches a weakened Red in the face, can we consider the matter settled then? --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Ike
gets a bit of strength from being the very first newcomer to be
announced on the Dojo site. I don't know if people remember this, but it
was a HUGE event when it happened. The entire board was going nuts. If he had just been some guy announced near the end of the cycle (see: Lucas), I think he'd be equal to Marth rather than a step above. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Mordin's design is very GameFAQs unfriendly. That's honestly good enough for me to take Wrex over him. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
XIII_rocks posted... Wrex beats Mordin 1v1 but the fanbase would not classify Mordin as just some nerd Pretty much this. I think the only reason I'd take Garrus > Wrex is because of how many people won't see Wrex at all in their playthroughs. If Wrex was forced on you in all 3 then he'd be fan favourite behind Shepard. --- Crucifying my Oracle average one match at a time |
Man this could actually happen --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
You
guys are warping this man. I'm the guy who came up with the
"pant-wetting nerd" rationale for why Otacon couldn't win. It does NOT
apply to Mordin. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/NQTthNf.jpg |
ShatteredElysium posted... XIII_rocks posted...Wrex beats Mordin 1v1 but the fanbase would not classify Mordin as just some nerd Probably. ME1 Wrex is better than ME1 Garrus, for sure --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
My bracket is getting wrexed --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
We're not saying it does. We're saying Wrex > Mordin --- Crucifying my Oracle average one match at a time |
ChenKenichiFan posted... You guys are warping this man. I'm the guy who came up with the "pant-wetting nerd" rationale for why Otacon couldn't win. It does NOT apply to Mordin. You're absolutely right. But he still loses to Wrex. --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
Oh f*** off --- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. |
Alright, we got our bonus poll Wrex Vs. Garrus Vs. Mordin --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
ChenKenichiFan posted... You guys are warping this man. I'm the guy who came up with the "pant-wetting nerd" rationale for why Otacon couldn't win. It does NOT apply to Mordin. Design is everything. The pants-wetting doesn't even really apply, design is such a huge part of your strength. Garrus and Wrex are textbook badasses and their strengths reflect that. Mordin has a high-pitched, even funny voice. His design is one of the most unappealing you could possibly come up with for GameFAQs. Let's not forget that he's almost as hard to pop up in ME3 as Wrex is! And he doesn't have the ME1 juice working for him, either. We'll see it in action next round, but this is a flop of an argument. Wrex > Mordin is a stone cold lock. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Then00bAvenger posted... Alright, we got our bonus poll Badass fanbase splitting leading to a possible Mordin victory ew ...still probably can't win --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
It's
certainly not clear. Wrex doesn't do much in ME2 and is completely
overshadowed by Mordin in ME3. I don't think someone with such a
decreased role in the latter two games is the favorite for #2 right
behind Garrus. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/gdl8lcn.jpg |
Small
sample size but I can't think of one of my friends who likes Mordin
more than Wrex. They don't dislike Mordin, they just all love Wrex. --- Crucifying my Oracle average one match at a time |
If we'are arguing for who is behind Garrus, it's probably Liara tbh. --- http://i.imgur.com/32RNLnc.gif |
I still argue for Tali #2 --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
How many friends do you guys have who rank Mordin and Wrex. Nerd life around here. Also I prefer Mordin to Wrex. --- http://i.imgur.com/a4GuDV3.gif |
mass effect nerds arguing over their characters, time to bail out of the stats topic for the day. --- Die young and save yourself. Brace for the G's, and fast heel-toe work. |
ChenKenichiFan posted... How many friends do you guys have who rank Mordin and Wrex. Nerd life around here. Out of like the 20 people I know IRL that have played the ME series, I think *one* prefers Mordin. It's all about Garrus v Wrex intra fanbase, Mordin isn't really in the discussion. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Mass Effect Power Hour over Time for Cecil to push for 40% --- ~War~ |
Cecil finally gets a cut in. ExThaNemesis posted... mass effect nerds arguing over their characters, time to bail out of the stats topic for the day. make it permanent plz thx --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Just got back from lunch and checked to see if Pit or Cecil was winning, had a moment of confusion. Man, this came outta nowhere. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? However, the Guru of the next decade so far is SuperNiceDog |
I don't know anyone who prefers Mordin to Wrex, except for some wierdos on this board tbqh. --- ~FFDragon. (at Work !!) The Cream of Resident Evil Fanboyism. |
I
tell ya man, people are passionate about their Mass Effect. I get the
feeling if I were someone like Turtle making these exact same Mordin
> Wrex posts, someone would be calling me an idiot. I love it though. We haven't seen such passion from any other new game. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/NQTthNf.jpg |
I'M FINISHED! --- "Cold days, old ways. Told lies, no more. So many years to clean the slate; endless despair within its wake." |
ChenKenichiFan posted... I tell ya man, people are passionate about their Mass Effect. I get the feeling if I were someone like Turtle making these exact same Mordin > Wrex posts, someone would be calling me an idiot. It helps that Mass Effect is actually a character-driven series unlike many other western games which is one thing I like about it way more than other WRPGs I've played --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
How
well liked are Tali and Liara in the general community? I haven't heard
much love for Liara and I've seen Tali as a Top 3 Squadmate almost all
the time. And yet, I see people saying Liara > Tali in the Stats
thread. --- Rank 9, Dr. Peace? Pffft, nothing compared to Rank 1, Dr_Football! when thinking of Krystal, does GMUN's pants get overcrowded? ~ GMUN |
This
match is making Alucard and Captain Falcon both look bad, which makes
sense. Falcon is overreliant on SSB, while Alucard is basically a
"one-old-game" character who was in noticeable decline in 2005-2007 yet
somehow was fine in 2008 and 2010. However: -2008: Looks like he could lose to Captain Falcon straight up (almost turned out to be true!). He makes it to round three on the back of weakass competition, although then again he DID give Pikachu a really good fight in round two. -2010: Owns Magus, bows out respectably to Link. But we already know that just facing Link likely overrated him in the stats, just like with Thrall. Falcon faced Cloud so he's in a similar position. Also that would mean that Alucard is around the same level as Riku, who got 62% on Ramza. Squirtle got around 71% on Ramza if I remember correctly, which means that Alucard would get only 40% on Squirtle. I understand that Squirtle could be some hidden beast, but that still makes Alucard sound weak. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Alucard loses to Bayonetta next round. Bayonetta has the character design and recency factors (although then again, Snake is there so Bayonetta could act like Mr. Hayabusa...HEY I GOT IT, HACK N'SLASH CHARACTERS JUMP OFF A CLIFF WHEN SNAKE APPEARS BECAUSE HE MAKES THEM BE ASHAMED OF THEIR COMBATIVE WAYS!), plus she has a hyped new game coming with Nintendo backing. All Alucard has is a game that's probably more well-received among the hardcore gamer crowd. I'm not saying that this all guarantees a Bayonetta win, but I think it's an upset worth taking. Also, I think someone said that Bayonetta gets 48% on Captain Falcon assuming a constant Wander - but Wander could have boosted between last contest and now since his game certainly did. This is also making Blue look even worse, for struggling to beat an LFF'd Fox. Though that simultaneously makes Red look bad, keeping the Wrex > Red upset hope alive. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Wow...
unless something dramatic happens later, I completely and utterly blew
this match. Bummer. I haven't had an expert pick go this wrong all
contest. Wrex deserves it though. --- http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr263/crypto_magnum/Polycosm_sig.jpg |
Cecil mounting a comeback! --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy II - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3557012 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Cecil cutting. Power hour is over alright. --- Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Congrats to the Guru 2011 winner |
oh god I was joking it wasn't a joke go cecil --- ~War~ |
SSBM_Guy posted... How well liked are Tali and Liara in the general community? I haven't heard much love for Liara and I've seen Tali as a Top 3 Squadmate almost all the time. And yet, I see people saying Liara > Tali in the Stats thread. Tali seems more liked overall to me Liara is a bit more mixed but probably liked enough to have decent strength here --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
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