Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1112

#151 | SliceSabre | Posted 8/15/2013 11:15:09 AM | message detail
Denzokuken posted...
If Kratos fails to beat Boko then all Tales characters must be excommunicated from all contests forthwith. The first time they fail is quite funny but by this point its not even that interesting to see what new nadir they can sink to. With this match we have reached the Challenger Deep of futility.

Sounds like somebody like choosing Tales characters to win. ..
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#152 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:17:05 AM | message detail
Denzokuken posted...
If Kratos fails to beat Boko then all Tales characters must be excommunicated from all contests forthwith. The first time they fail is quite funny but by this point its not even that interesting to see what new nadir they can sink to. With this match we have reached the Challenger Deep of futility.


Correction: Get them all out, even if Kratos DOES beat Boko - I tire of seeing them get kicked around by almost everyone that's worth their salt.
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#153 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 8/15/2013 11:19:14 AM | message detail
That feel when you know some Tales of Xiwhatever will be here next time and flop even harder
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#154 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:19:31 AM | message detail
Has Tales even failed us that much?

I guess most of us had Zelos > Tom Nook in 2007, but that wasn't worth any points. Symphonia in the games contest more than reversed that.
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#155 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:20:11 AM | message detail
Even Lloyd > Big Daddy was a bit unexpected
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#156 | BK_Sheikah00 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:20:36 AM | message detail
Tales of > Xenoblade
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#157 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 8/15/2013 11:22:31 AM | message detail
I'm sure Lord Nomura will save FF and FFXV's characters will be nice and strong in 2020 when the game comes out
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#158 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/15/2013 11:22:40 AM | message detail
On one hand, cool that Boko of all characters is beating someone, at least for the time being.

On the other hand, this really does not look good for Pikachu. Damn you Pokemon overperformances and Crono being stuck behind Missingno!
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#159 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:25:35 AM | message detail
TheKoolAidShoto posted...
That feel when you know some Tales of Xiwhatever will be here next time and flop even harder


Yeah, I see no place for them in contests when 9 times out of 10, all they'll ever accomplish is get their asses handed to them.
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#160 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:25:47 AM | message detail
So now that we have seen Boko, any predictions about Mog?

Chocobos > Moogles IMO, but more people are likely to know Mog.
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#161 | NotTerrafire | Posted 8/15/2013 11:27:15 AM | message detail
Imagine a random chocobo with Gold Saucer pictures...
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#162 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 11:28:36 AM | message detail
Mog should be solidly above Boko and then some. He's a moogle, he looks awesome, and people loved Mog in FF6. You can't miss him, either - he's technically optional as a permanent party member, but the first very involved sequence of the game after the intro is all about Mog!
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#163 | GloryChaos | Posted 8/15/2013 11:31:16 AM | message detail
Random question here. Who would be the weakest FF party member if they got into a contest? My mind tells me if would be Cait Sith, but I honestly think he'd do better than the likes of Penelo and Gogo.
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#164 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:32:13 AM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
So now that we have seen Boko, any predictions about Mog?

Chocobos > Moogles IMO, but more people are likely to know Mog.


After Terra, Kefka and Celes, Mog's a good bet for the next strongest FF6 character - and the only other one of them worth bringing in.
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#165 | StarStormScream | Posted 8/15/2013 11:34:22 AM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
Has Tales even failed us that much?

I guess most of us had Zelos > Tom Nook in 2007, but that wasn't worth any points. Symphonia in the games contest more than reversed that.


Not really. Plenty other characters/series lose as much as Tales (as least when it comes to character battles), but this Board has a strange stigma against Tales in general. Maybe it was Heroic Mario hyping ToS back in the day or something, but I just don't get it *shrug*
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#166 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/15/2013 11:34:28 AM | message detail
But weren't Chocobos a bigger deal in FFVII? I have fond memories of raising a Golden Chocobo but can't remember any Moogles at all in FFVII. To their credit though, they do have a presence in Kingdom Hearts.
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#167 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:38:27 AM | message detail
Boko back to triple digits
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#168 | BK_Sheikah00 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:39:08 AM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
But weren't Chocobos a bigger deal in FFVII? I have fond memories of raising a Golden Chocobo but can't remember any Moogles at all in FFVII. To their credit though, they do have a presence in Kingdom Hearts.


Cait Sith literally riding a Moogle. Not a real one, but still.
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#169 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/15/2013 11:39:15 AM | message detail
Tales tends to get a lot more entries than the usual fodder games though, and usually fail to even look respectable.

Hell, going into this year the most respectable Tales character performance since 2005 was Sheena only kinda getting stomped by Jill! Since then we've had Lloyd, Kratos, Zelos, mutliple Abyss characters, and Lowell all suck.
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#170 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 11:40:01 AM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
But weren't Chocobos a bigger deal in FFVII? I have fond memories of raising a Golden Chocobo but can't remember any Moogles at all in FFVII. To their credit though, they do have a presence in Kingdom Hearts.


In FF7 Cait Sith rides a moogle named Mog, and there's also a subgame called Mog House starring Mog.

Besides, while chocobos might be a touch more iconic, it's not crazy. Moogles are in everything. Practically every FF, all over KH, Dissidia, you name it.
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#171 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 8/15/2013 11:40:52 AM | message detail
GloryChaos posted...
Random question here. Who would be the weakest FF party member if they got into a contest? My mind tells me if would be Cait Sith, but I honestly think he'd do better than the likes of Penelo and Gogo.


It's probably Reuben or Benjamin!
>_>
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#172 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 11:41:13 AM | message detail
Also, GameFAQs strength is *so* design dependent, and that is nothing but good things for Mog.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111127200906/finalfantasy/images/4/47/Mog_US.jpg

look at that motherf***er, just look at him
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#173 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/15/2013 11:41:56 AM | message detail
Clearly it would be Dad from Legend II.

Let's nominate him.
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#174 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:43:35 AM | message detail
It's a bit unfair to lump all the Tales characters into one group, they are different games, only together by name.

When you look at that it's 1 or 2 characters.
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#175 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:45:57 AM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
It's a bit unfair to lump all the Tales characters into one group, they are different games, only together by name.

When you look at that it's 1 or 2 characters.


That it is. But the series still has a lot of characters get in and almost all the time, they fail to look like they even belong.
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#176 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 8/15/2013 11:48:24 AM | message detail
FranzyvonKarma posted...
Clearly it would be Dad from Legend II.

Let's nominate him.


No, having "Dad" in a poll would be too funny for him to be the weakest!
And Jecht has already even paved the way for DadFAQs.

(also arguably doesn't qualify as a Final Fantasy game)
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#177 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 8/15/2013 11:50:16 AM | message detail
I hear moms are tough

Crono's Mom for CBX, ride this wave of sudden CT interest revival
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#178 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/15/2013 11:50:38 AM | message detail
AxemRedRanger posted...
FranzyvonKarma posted...
Clearly it would be Dad from Legend II.

Let's nominate him.


No, having "Dad" in a poll would be too funny for him to be the weakest!
And Jecht has already even paved the way for DadFAQs.

(also arguably doesn't qualify as a Final Fantasy game)


http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/1444

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/1182

I'll concede, but I guess Final Fantasy Tactics isn't a Final Fantasy game either!
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#179 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 11:51:06 AM | message detail
Oh right and Mog is all over the cover of his game's box art. NostalgiaFAQs alone would definitely make that worth something I bet, especially if this Old Square boost is less Dissidia and more a shift to nostalgia appreciation.
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#180 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:51:35 AM | message detail
How about non-Luneth character from FF3 DS
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#181 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/15/2013 11:51:59 AM | message detail
So now we've had Bartz/Gilgamesh win a match in the Rivalry Rumble, we've had Gilgamesh win a match on his own, and even Bartz's f***ing Chocobo is beating somebody.

I can't believe FF5 characters have had more success in the past two contests than FF4's characters since Cecil's first appearance. Not that I'm complaining, but it's pretty crazy.

So, which FF5 characters will we get in next? Galuf? Sage Ghido? ExDeath?
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#182 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 8/15/2013 11:53:39 AM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
How about non-Luneth character from FF3 DS


They still probably beat Benjamin and Reuben!
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#183 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/15/2013 11:53:53 AM | message detail
Also, common knowledge but just in case somebody doesn't know, the Legend games are part of the SaGa series and got branded as FF when they came out here. Same deal with Adventure, which was the first game of the Mana series.
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#184 | voltch | Posted 8/15/2013 11:54:29 AM | message detail
Dad and Tristam rallies brewing?
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#185 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 8/15/2013 11:56:26 AM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
So now we've had Bartz/Gilgamesh win a match in the Rivalry Rumble, we've had Gilgamesh win a match on his own, and even Bartz's f***ing Chocobo is beating somebody.

I can't believe FF5 characters have had more success in the past two contests than FF4's characters since Cecil's first appearance. Not that I'm complaining, but it's pretty crazy.

So, which FF5 characters will we get in next? Galuf? Sage Ghido? ExDeath?


ExDeath. He has Dissidia to work with, too!

Feel the Void!
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#186 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/15/2013 11:56:50 AM | message detail
Obviously we need to get Josef in, complete with his goofy face sprite!

http://i.imgur.com/YHaPh8o.png
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#187 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 11:57:37 AM | message detail
Do we really need to see ExDeath lose to something stupid like Zubat
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#188 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:57:54 AM | message detail
ExThaNemesis posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
So now we've had Bartz/Gilgamesh win a match in the Rivalry Rumble, we've had Gilgamesh win a match on his own, and even Bartz's f***ing Chocobo is beating somebody.

I can't believe FF5 characters have had more success in the past two contests than FF4's characters since Cecil's first appearance. Not that I'm complaining, but it's pretty crazy.

So, which FF5 characters will we get in next? Galuf? Sage Ghido? ExDeath?


ExDeath. He has Dissidia to work with, too!

Feel the Void!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgo3e6TwIk8
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#189 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 8/15/2013 11:58:31 AM | message detail
No.

We need to see ExDeath score 65% on Guybrush Threepwood and Tanner!
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#190 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/15/2013 11:58:33 AM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Do we really need to see ExDeath lose to something stupid like Zubat


Actually, Zubat would likely get anti-voted to hell.
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#191 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 11:59:09 AM | message detail
Do we really need to see ExDeath lose to something stupid like Zubat

Zubat is breaking the noble nine.
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#192 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/15/2013 12:00:03 PM | message detail
I think this contest has redefined characters that 'don't belong'. Lloyd would smash almost every newcomer on the field, and Guybrush Threepwood didn't get last place.
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#193 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 12:00:16 PM | message detail
I would rally all day against Zubat in any match, against anything

oh my god go away you stupid worthless bat
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#194 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/15/2013 12:00:44 PM | message detail
Anyway, I think the trends favor Kratos here. When Europe goes to bed, he probably comes back in full.
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#195 | voltch | Posted 8/15/2013 12:01:27 PM | message detail
Zubat vs geodude
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#196 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/15/2013 12:01:57 PM | message detail
Zubat vs. Liquid Snake

who ya got
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#197 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/15/2013 12:02:00 PM | message detail
Geodude with 100%
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#198 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 8/15/2013 12:02:35 PM | message detail
Huh, looked it up and apparently Mystic Quest characters have cute, not-completely-abysmal official artwork. Might be enough to save them from dead last!

Reuben might still need to get in though, so he can face Jill and we can argue about whether there's Sandwich SFF.
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#199 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/15/2013 12:02:40 PM | message detail
I think this contest has redefined characters that 'don't belong'. Lloyd would smash almost every newcomer on the field, and Guybrush Threepwood didn't get last place.

It's a 243 character contest, we're scraping the barrel.

Wonder how many Pokemon will appear in a 512 contest

>_>
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#200 | Whupassman | Posted 8/15/2013 12:03:59 PM | message detail
KamikazePotato posted...
Anyway, I think the trends favor Kratos here. When Europe goes to bed, he probably comes back in full.


*jacked up voice* "CURSE YOU AMERICA THE EAGLE!"

(Seriously, Povenmire must find Doof a strain at times)
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