GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1198
False alarm, ME1 is back to business. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
I
thought that all this talk of NintendoFAQs was enough to give Galaxy 2
the boost it needed. Not to mention that I find the Galaxy games to be
the greatest pair of Nintendo games by far. This is really
disheartening. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
ZFS posted... Well, Galaxy is way more popular in general than it is on GameFAQs. I think people have the wrong idea if they think people don't actively like the Galaxy games. Galaxy vs. ME2 would be interesting elsewhere, but not Galaxy vs. ME1. I find that really debatable. Impossible to prove though. Anyway, if this match follows trends, SMG has to stop the bleeding now, build a solid hour of transitioning back to a positive trend, and then sustain 52% of the vote the rest of the way to have enough cuts to win. If ME keeps gaining or even stalling for the next hour or two then it is effectively over. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
ZFS posted... Well, Galaxy is way more popular in general than it is on GameFAQs. I think people have the wrong idea if they think people don't actively like the Galaxy games. Galaxy vs. ME2 would be interesting elsewhere, but not Galaxy vs. ME1. They are popular to a level. That level isn't very high. Mainly because of the history of Mario games and the standard they are compared to. |
Nah,
Galaxy is absolutely up to the Mario standard. It's why it's more
popular, even if people who have played both generally prefer Galaxy 2.
Galaxy 1 is a tour de force of game design. --- satoru iwata |
man, I picked Mass Effect to beat Portal. five years too early, I guess! --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Seems wild that 300 votes is about the barrier to a comeback. This isn't the old days! --- satoru iwata |
Thought SMG2 would edge out the victory, but I guess not. --- Currently Playing: Metal Gear Solid 2 HD Edition (PS3), World of Warcraft (PC) http://myanimelist.net/profile/sword123 |
This is over barring major rallying. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
ZFS posted... Nah, Galaxy is absolutely up to the Mario standard. It's why it's more popular, even if people who have played both generally prefer Galaxy 2. Galaxy 1 is a tour de force of game design. Best. Game. Ever. Forreal. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
ZFS posted... Seems wild that 300 votes is about the barrier to a comeback. This isn't the old days! Well, it's not so much that as much as ME1 is pulling away without Galaxy 2 putting up much of a fight. The match isn't really trending toward a comeback. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Mario has the night vote it's those reverse trends or something! --- satoru iwata |
MechanicalWall posted... I thought that all this talk of NintendoFAQs was enough to give Galaxy 2 the boost it needed. Not to mention that I find the Galaxy games to be the greatest pair of Nintendo games by far. This is really disheartening. Again, it depends on the game it's facing. Lets actually give ME some credit here. It's not some fodder game. You have to look at how last generation evolved on Gamefaqs. There was a big split when the wii came out. 360 and Ps3 combined were far more popular over time on this site than the wii. What were the more popular games on this site that gen? ME is up there based on ME2 winning GOTY and the games being hyped. You can add Bethesda games on there too. Even if this is Nintendofaqs, it's Oldnintendofanfaqs. Most of those fans that Love OoT, SMb3 or Mario 64 have moved onto other consoles and games. They aren't blind to Nintendo games anymore. Even if they enjoyed Galaxy they might have played ME and enjoyed that more. |
Damn, wasn't expecting ME to build up its lead even further during the day :( --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Januzaj_Dragon posted... MechanicalWall posted...I thought that all this talk of NintendoFAQs was enough to give Galaxy 2 the boost it needed. Not to mention that I find the Galaxy games to be the greatest pair of Nintendo games by far. This is really disheartening. I know ME is nothing to mess with; I made the point earlier in the thread that ME2 is probably the strongest Western game in the contest. I guess this was one of the matches where I voted for the one I liked better. So sad :( --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
ZFS posted... Nah, Galaxy is absolutely up to the Mario standard. It's why it's more popular, even if people who have played both generally prefer Galaxy 2. Galaxy 1 is a tour de force of game design. I'm talking nostalgic wise. Galaxy is a top quality platformer in its own right but so are the other mario games. It just comes down to which games you would go out and vote for because they mean something to you. I don't consider MArio galaxy better for it's time than SMB3 SMW or SM64. Those games were revolutionary. Galaxy and Galaxy 2 were just a perfect refinement of the genre. It's a shame Nintendo couldn't do the same with Zelda because they make damn good Mario games still. And I don't consider them different games. Galaxy 2 is basically Galaxy 1.5. IT's just more of the same brillaint stuff. Galaxy 2 was better for me based on the last boss which was a lot better and Yoshi. Galaxy 1 had better OST though but they are almost identical. (edited 11/8/2015 1:43:08 PM)report |
Galaxy 2 stalling ME the past 2 updates. --- 12/12 pts - GameFAQs' 20th Anniversary Best. Game. Ever. Contest! NP: Smash Bros. Wii U/Super Mario Galaxy 2/Halo/Final Fantasy VII |
Galaxy 2 making a bad first impression just like its predecessor did eh? Some things never change. We never saw a shred of evidence suggesting either Galaxy is anything better than a solid midcarder. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Januzaj_Dragon posted... ZFS posted...Nah, Galaxy is absolutely up to the Mario standard. It's why it's more popular, even if people who have played both generally prefer Galaxy 2. Galaxy 1 is a tour de force of game design. Galaxy 2 was initially meant as an expansion but turned into a full game because there were so many unused levels from the original. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Just for fun, if you assume Planescape = Journey, FFVII beats Smash 4 with 62.11%. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
MechanicalWall posted... Januzaj_Dragon posted...MechanicalWall posted...I thought that all this talk of NintendoFAQs was enough to give Galaxy 2 the boost it needed. Not to mention that I find the Galaxy games to be the greatest pair of Nintendo games by far. This is really disheartening. I wouldn't say strongest. I mean it depends on how much it's come along but Skyrim and Fallout 3 would be up there and so would Metroid Prime. I wouldn't even rule Goldeneye out either. But these games have strong fanbases. They can't be bullied by any decent Nintendo games. For example its going to take a juggernaut in Mario 64 to take down a Skyrim or a SMW to take down a fallout 3. in 5 years these games will be stronger too. |
Well SMG behind TP still finished higher than Mass Effect (expected to get 50.30%) --- BGE3: Today's Matches SSBWiiU>Planescape, SMG2>ME, Halo>Minecraft, FFVII>Journey Points 10/12 |
Some solid stalls for the last 20 minutes... let's see how it plays out before 5 PM is reached. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
SMG2's percentages by hour 1:00 | 53.61% 2:00 | 48.05% 3:00 | 50.74% 4:00 | 47.56% 5:00 | 49.64% 6:00 | 48.83% 7:00 | 48.16% 8:00 | 48.70% 9:00 | 49.61% 10:00 | 49.08% 11:00 | 50.56% 12:00 | 50.62% 13:00 | 49.87% 14:00 | 48.33% 15:00 | 49.19% 16:00 | 44.72% 17:00 | 47.29% Momentum still clearly on ME's side after the last two updates. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." (edited 11/8/2015 2:03:54 PM)report |
I'd like to see a classic furious Mario comeback in the final 2 hours. --- Formerly known as Dilated Chemist |
No thanks, I want to be on the right side of a controversial match for a change. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
I want an upset of actually decently strong games to happen --- Anime List: http://myanimelist.net/profile/superange VG List: http://myvideogamelist.com/profile/superange128 Visual Novels: https://vndb.org/u6633/votes |
SMG2 isn't even trying anymore. It took so long but now ME is just pilling up votes. |
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DaruniaTheGoron posted... 15:00 | 49.19% I'm curious if anyone has an explanation for this. Is that sudden drop at 16:00 just an outlier or is there actually something going on there? --- This was my signature, but Raytan, 2013 Guru champion, took it away. |
By
the by, I think Mario Galaxy is getting an easy ride on Board 8 and
this topic. Starting from the Call of Duty 4 embarrassment in 2009, SMG
and SMG2 have failed to meet expectations in almost every match they've
appeared in. The series is a perennial flop. It's interesting to remember that SMG > Brawl in 2009 was a fairly popular pick... |
I'm
curious if anyone has an explanation for this. Is that sudden drop at
16:00 just an outlier or is there actually something going on there? SMG2 just dropped off more than ME --- BGE3: Today's Matches SSBWiiU>Planescape, SMG2>ME, Halo>Minecraft, FFVII>Journey Points 10/12 |
DaruniaTheGoron posted... LeonhartFour posted...there is no Mighty No. 9 hype some people maybe 2 years ago, now there is none |
I
think most people recognize the Galaxy games aren't that strong. I
think this was more Mass Effect underestimation than anything. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
At this point feeling good about FFVII making it out of this division without too much trouble. --- Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher |
God
dammit, I thought my Halo pick had a better chance of ruining my
perfect than Mass Effect. This really feels like Galaxy falling flat
more than Mass Effect flexing. --- Viviff on the go! (or from the toilet) http://i.minus.com/iUSn0BlyRplGN.gif |
It's
probably just random variation, which should be larger with these low
votals. I was actually quite surprised how steady the trends were this
morning- its surprising that the hours all kept falling pretty much
right on the trendline without much variance! --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Galaxy slowly making a comeback. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
It's
pretty funny that Board 8 still thinks Nintendo stuff is likely to have
a strong day vote because that's when kids are voting. Kids don't vote for Nintendo on GameFAQs in 2015, guys. Kids don't even know GameFAQs exists, and those that do are far more likely to be playing the realistic "hardcore" games that are mainstream these days. It's the night vote you should be watching out for, when the mid twenties nostalgia nerds that make up most of this site's regular userbase are active. |
Didn't Paper Mario 2 have a strong SNV the other day? |
also dammit I should have gone with my instincts on Super Metroid > Galaxy 1 |
this isn't a crazy upset or anything. a bunch of people picked it and the rest recognized it wasn't a lock. by my math, Galaxy needs 56% of the vote to tie the match. good luck with that. --- xyzzy |
Watching
these matches from the West Coast is so weird. Last night I was so
surprised to see 9:40 on my clock, since the match had started and so I
thought it must be past midnight. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
SMG2's percentages by hour 1:00 | 53.61% 2:00 | 48.05% 3:00 | 50.74% 4:00 | 47.56% 5:00 | 49.64% 6:00 | 48.83% 7:00 | 48.16% 8:00 | 48.70% 9:00 | 49.61% 10:00 | 49.08% 11:00 | 50.56% 12:00 | 50.62% 13:00 | 49.87% 14:00 | 48.33% 15:00 | 49.19% 16:00 | 44.72% 17:00 | 47.29% 18:00 | 47.60% Those last 2 updates really killed momentum for SMG2. It was on pace to turn things around slightly until that happened. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
Even though I have SMG 2 winning, I am happy that the better game is winning. --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? |
A
lot of people assumed Planescape would be crushed worse than this. What
if those people are still right about Planescape's weakness and Smash
Wii U is actually in danger of losing to Mass Effect? --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
