GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1193
UltimaterializerX posted... P3 being favored makes perfect sense. The second most popular game from an obscure JRPG franchise that only people that post on Board 8 have heard of beating the most popular game from a slightly less obscure JRPG franchise that plenty of people outside B8 have heard of makes literally 0 sense. What was the argument for Persona besides "lollllllllllllll i likes my weeaboo gamez and won game of the forever on board 8 5 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111oneoneoneoneone" --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... UltimaterializerX posted...P3 being favored makes perfect sense. The argument was the persona fan base would rally it to win given how vocal they are about the series. Plus nobody really cares about dragon quest on gamefaqs --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
I figure Persona 4 is much more popular than 3. It seems like what got the series more popular. More so than 3 anyway. --- Video Games are pretty cool. (edited 11/5/2015 10:42:31 AM)report |
Is DQ even that popular outside ? Persona is far from famous but I have never heard of anyone talking about DQ. |
Both
8 and 9 sold over a million outside of a Japan so it's not that
obscure. Just when you compare it to its Japanese status it's not
impressive. Though anything that's not a new main series entry doesn't get any localization love nowadays. Whenever you see someone mention Dragon Quest in the past 3 years it's usually in the context of cursing Square-Enix for ignoring the series in the west --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. (edited 11/5/2015 10:49:28 AM)report |
I know its been discussed but I'm so glad the votals aren't entirely in the pits. --- 0/0 pts - The GameFAQs' 20th Anniversary Best. Game. Ever. Contest! NP: Chrono Trigger/Dragon Quest VIII/Mega Man X/Final Fantasy X |
Just
a suggestion for the poll. It could be cool if there was some sort of
link in the poll to the game's page on GameFAQs. That would be helpful
for those like me that would like to maybe play some of these games or
learn more about them. These contests have introduced me to new games
before. I know games have multiple pages based on console and I can search for myself, but some link would be cool and quick. --- 3DS FC: 1805-2178-2522 NNID: Scarlettail |
I
don't think anyone in the UK gives a flying f*** about Dragon Quest.
You don't even see it cosplayed or mentioned at all over here. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/330/958/a5b.gif |
whatisurnameplz posted... BlAcK TuRtLe posted...UltimaterializerX posted...P3 being favored makes perfect sense. No, but with the AVF (Apathetic Voter Factor), with the multi-polls, people are voting in all 4 matches for the most part. The people that would normally avoid foderrific garbage matches (traditionally resulting in super low votals that day) are now voting anyways, and voting for the more recognizable of the 2 games. This is why Paper Mario is going to trounce Fails of Symphailia. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
I
don't think anyone in the UK gives a flying f*** about Dragon Quest.
You don't even see it cosplayed or mentioned at all over here. Well GameFAQs UK disagrees, unless you are from Northern Ireland I do wonder whether apathetic voters will side with Suikoden II or Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate --- BGE3: Today's Matches CT>R&C, P3>DQ8, Batman>MMX, FFX>HL Points 0/0 |
Can't we just admit that both Persona 3 and DQ8 have some strength on gameFAQs and that we just failed to predict the slight difference between the two? |
Black
Turtle I don't know what world you are living in where Dragon Quest is
more popular than Persona but it absolutely is not the real one. --- This was my signature, but Raytan, 2013 Guru champion, took it away. |
charmander6000 posted... I don't think anyone in the UK gives a flying f*** about Dragon Quest. You don't even see it cosplayed or mentioned at all over here. Well we've already established this site seems to live in it's own world.It's like people that come to this site don't exist in the real world. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/330/958/a5b.gif |
UltimaterializerX posted... Wow. ...I made the same mistake as Ulti? What does this say about me? I also had DQ8 originally, then I remembered how well P3 did on THE LIST and thought that I generally hear more about P3 (which is probably not true, thinking about it). LOL me. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
ZFS posted... I think it's tough to say anything about new vs. old just yet. Arkham City is not even a notable new game, it's one of those total game of the month kind of things. No lasting impact at all. Putting it up against a classic like MMX was a recipe for failure. Gotta see how other games hold up before saying anything definitive there. I get the vibe that most of these acclaimed newer titles were basically like that on this site, save for a few exceptions like Skyrim or something like Dark Souls that has a hardcore fanbase. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Black Turtle is mad for no reason booo hooo weeaboos are vocal --- Your signature is automatically appended to the bottom of every post you make. Your 'About Me' message is displayed on your profile page. You can include any in |
GranzonEx posted... Black Turtle is mad for no reason Who said I'm mad? I'm just pointing out that contrary to Ulti's opinion, Persona was an embarassing pick for the board, on par with some of the classic Board 8 blunders. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... UltimaterializerX posted...P3 being favored makes perfect sense. Persona has a wickedly devoted fanbase while DQ seems to be fractured and it's mostly grumbling over how Square-Enix seems to snub it over their Square-related properties pre-merger. It seemed like the safe bet at the time to go P3 but that's only because we had P4 to go-on and to argue the other side we had no idea what P3's standing was in that fanbase. It was a toss-up in general if we toss in every factor into analysis and the only thing coming out of this is finally we get a metric for DQ in these contests. --- In Oz; cruel is the usual punishment. You come at the king, you best not miss |
Thoughts on this match. 1. As Leon said, 2010 X-stats predicted this match to a tee, so...yeah. How about that. 2. Even if Persona 3 improved like we guessed it would, Dragon Quest 8 might have been under SFF from Chrono Cross last contest, and we never really considered that. 3. The format probably has something to do with it as well. DQ8/Persona 3 has as much votes as anything else...that doesn't seem quite normal. I think people are going to feel obligated to vote in all four matches even if they aren't inherently familiar with all the entrants - a.k.a., RIP obscure games without a strong brand name. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Just
checked in for the first time since last night... have to admit I'm a
little surprised DQ8 broke this open like it has. I thought (or perhaps
was clinging to) the idea that Persona had kinda/sorta become more
mainstream (relative to JRPGs) and would gain some strength during the
day. Guess not! --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
I
think we're forgetting (me included) that Dragon Quest VIII was pretty
hyped back in the PS2-days, much much more so than Persona 3. Plus Nintendo promoted the hell out of Dragon Quest IX, that has to have some factor. --- http://www.backloggery.com/whitelens | http://myanimelist.net/profile/WhiteLens http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/5086952/ |
KamikazePotato posted... Thoughts on this match. KP posts IN 2015 --- Communists |
So
does Monster Hunter win that "Vyse/Larharl"ish match with Suikoden II
coming up, with the extra votes? It's probably the casual favorite. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! (edited 11/5/2015 12:15:24 PM)report |
P3
> DQ8 was mostly on the basis of Persona being a more popular series
than Dragon Quest on GameFAQs (which is probably true). I also expected
P3 to get some overflow boost from P4's popularity increase, but that
apparently didn't pan out. too bad I'm not an X-Stats slave or I'd have the #1 Oracle locked up --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
DQ8 is probably
the bracket favorite because of "top option factor," so if people are
just voting in every match for whatever the reason, that could help! --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Why
the hell did I think Persona had this? I was even apprehensive when I
picked it, I played DQVII when it came out, didn't know what Persona was
untill three years ago. I think I let the internet trick me into
thinking it was mainstream. --- 3DS FC: 3222 - 6243 - 6348 /DJ |
LeonhartFour posted... P3 > DQ8 was mostly on the basis of Persona being a more popular series than Dragon Quest on GameFAQs (which is probably true). I also expected P3 to get some overflow boost from P4's popularity increase, but that apparently didn't pan out. Yep, made a guess that P3 would benefit from P4 and turned out to be wrong. Honestly CT's 85%+ is more surprising to me than a P3 theory not panning out. --- no space all business |
MasterMoltar posted... LeonhartFour posted...P3 > DQ8 was mostly on the basis of Persona being a more popular series than Dragon Quest on GameFAQs (which is probably true). I also expected P3 to get some overflow boost from P4's popularity increase, but that apparently didn't pan out. Yea, I can't even remember the last time any game or character broke 85% on something. Also good to see that CT is finally destroying the idea that it's been getting irrelevant over the past 10 years. --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
P3
losing this is BAD news for Oblivion, by the way. If P4 didn't boost
P3, Skyrim won't boost Oblivion and Oblivion needed a boost to beat
SMRPG. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
Personally while I understood recent games boosting characters I never really thought of newer games somehow boosting old games (Most) Voters aren't stupid to where they forgot how much they liked a game or they'll somehow like a game more just because a newer game. With my Persona 3 pick, it was honestly just a fanboy pick --- Anime List: http://myanimelist.net/profile/superange VG List: http://myvideogamelist.com/profile/superange128 Visual Novels: https://vndb.org/u6633/votes |
ExThaNemesis posted... guys Chrono Trigger has zero chance of making it to the final. I know it's been a while but come on. This may be true because RBY is a legit f***ing machine that will have annihilated the 3 top Mario games by then, but at this point in time, 100% it is winning it's division, and it might give FF VII a run. |
So is this looking to be about the same level of votals as the last contest (not factoring rallies)? |
whatisurnameplz posted... MasterMoltar posted...LeonhartFour posted...P3 > DQ8 was mostly on the basis of Persona being a more popular series than Dragon Quest on GameFAQs (which is probably true). I also expected P3 to get some overflow boost from P4's popularity increase, but that apparently didn't pan out. I believe it was when Melee destroyed Guitar Hero II back in the Game of the Decade contests, though rhythm games are hated on GameFAQs. --- Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole! Ole! (Accents and inverted !-marks missing) On a bet with three other users on if a certain girl genie will be in Smash; I say no. |
CasanovaZelos posted... So is this looking to be about the same level of votals as the last contest (not factoring rallies)? no, it's dropped pretty significantly since then, there was a comparison earlier between the first 50 minutes of the first match in 2013 |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... whatisurnameplz posted...BlAcK TuRtLe posted...UltimaterializerX posted...P3 being favored makes perfect sense. Paper Mario beating Tales of Symphonia? Are you delusional or trolling? Paper Mario will get blown the f*** out! --- They shot a diamond made of iron at a car moving at 400 walls per hour-One of the dumbest sentences ever. (edited 11/5/2015 12:55:05 PM)report |
1337gamerpr0 posted... CasanovaZelos posted...So is this looking to be about the same level of votals as the last contest (not factoring rallies)? ...but there's only a 200 vote difference with many hours to go... |
CasanovaZelos posted... 1337gamerpr0 posted...CasanovaZelos posted...So is this looking to be about the same level of votals as the last contest (not factoring rallies)? Matches in the last contest were 12 hour matches to begin with. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
CasanovaZelos posted... 1337gamerpr0 posted...CasanovaZelos posted...So is this looking to be about the same level of votals as the last contest (not factoring rallies)? I don't think being 200 votes behind with 4 extra hours is a good sign |
There were a couple 85% results in Rivalry Rumble. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4510-north-division-round-1-mario-vs-bowser-jim-vs-queen-slug-for http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4526-south-division-round-1-link-vs-ganondorf-arthas-vs-illidan --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
AxemRedRanger posted... There were a couple 85% results in Rivalry Rumble. The fact that Chrono Trigger can hit percentages that only Link and Mario can is impressive. --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
I completely forgot matches were 12 hours back then. Oops. |
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/%281%29Super_Smash_Bros._Melee_vs_%2816%29Guitar_Hero_II_2010 The GOTD X-stats have Up Your Arsenal getting 70% on Guitar Hero II. CT could get out of its division! --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
There doesn't seem to be much of an ASV today. CT is 0.01% higher than it was at 3:00. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
whatisurnameplz posted... http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/%281%29Super_Smash_Bros._Melee_vs_%2816%29Guitar_Hero_II_2010 God damn it, there is no "could" about it. At this point in time, it WILL get out of its division. It "could" slaughter it's division. The only way Melee doesn't lose convincingly, is if it somehow boosted, which while not impossible, would be immensely illogical. CT won division 1 today. |
This match makes me wonder how all the CT characters have bombed so badly over the years. --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
Melee's
time is past. It was THE modern Nintendo game for several years (like
when a series consisting of SSB64, SSBM, and hype put up 38% on the
entire Mario series), but that time is now over. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
EmDubyaSee posted... whatisurnameplz posted...http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/%281%29Super_Smash_Bros._Melee_vs_%2816%29Guitar_Hero_II_2010 That's a bit early to tell without seeing the next showings. What if Melee crushes Portal down to 25 % ? What if Pokemon gets more votes than this poll due to a rally ? |
Averia posted... EmDubyaSee posted...whatisurnameplz posted...http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/%281%29Super_Smash_Bros._Melee_vs_%2816%29Guitar_Hero_II_2010 Then Melee will have (illogicially) boosted, and we have a match again. As I just said. But short of Melee literally miracle getting stronger for no discernable reason, CT is going to beat it pretty solidly. |
red sox 777 posted... Melee's time is past. It was THE modern Nintendo game for several years (like when a series consisting of SSB64, SSBM, and hype put up 38% on the entire Mario series), but that time is now over. And if that's true, as I believe it is, Chrono Trigger wins pretty easily. |
