KamikazePotato posted...
Advokaiser posted...
@KamikazePotato

Hi, pal, are you going to do your usual contest matchups analysis? I managed to get all the way to 11th place on GotD's Guru (without participating in a contest before) thanks to them.

Glad to hear someone got some use out of them (especially considering my 2015 predictions were a mess)! I was considering doing so but Leon already did an analysis topic, so even if I made a more detailed one I think people already got their discussion fill in.


I've used them before, hi KP!
Raytan wins!
How good is 2B supposed to be? Like is that game legit or is it a niche board nomination poised for a first round upset?
2B is definitely not poised for a first round upset. Cayde-6 should be Neo-Tanner.

She can certainly lose to the Ness/Shadow winner though.
I've actually had way more people thanking me for helping them come to conclusions than leading them astray. Although there was sad instance where a guy thanked me personally for perfectly predicting Jak>Chie>Draven, a match he was having trouble with. This was about...half an hour into the match. Oops.

If people do want the analysis topic back I'll probably make it, didn't realize it was in demand!
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
well being on the Crew I'm used to getting blamed when we get it wrong

I mean I don't recall anyone thanking me for my Mega Man to the final nine BOLD PREDICTION

or for giving you WREX (Shepard)
Alright cool I had her losing to Shadow

Is there any chance Monika can beat Wario? I've been burned so many times by writing off random anime characters I've never heard of
Monika only beats Wario if she gets rallied.

And she might. Who knows.
LeonhartFour posted...
well to be fair whenever I get a match wrong everyone's going to get mad at me for leading them astray (even though I repeatedly warned them not to copy my picks because I never win)


yeah, there's surprisingly few people doing pre-contest analyses this time round. pretty sure the topics by chris (both of them) and corrik already purged before they finished.
Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta
well transience and I usually tag team this together but he's largely absent from the board these days
correction: chris' topic is still up.

it will purge soon if nobody posts in it, though!
Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta
Big Bob 10/10/2018 6:36:45 PM#311
Ness > 2B was an easy pick for me. I've definitely noticed an upswing in Earthbound's popularity the last few years. It went from "that game with the kid from Smash Bros" to a legitimately beloved classic. The nostalgia factor, Nintendo, and the fact that Automata is way too recent means 2B isn't getting far this contest.
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SwiftyDC 10/10/2018 6:54:33 PM#312
It only makes sense for us to use Noctis' latest iteration for his match pics, right?

https://i.imgtc.com/5pz6lgY.png
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SwiftyDC 10/10/2018 7:20:29 PM#314
What do you mean, this version of Noctis is cute. GameFAQs loves cute.

@ZenOfThunder, I may need a favor.
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Wreath 10/10/2018 7:22:10 PM#316
LeonhartFour posted...
no pic sabotage please

it doesn't make anything better


I dunno noctis either looks cute like this or a damn trap in his normal state
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Cold caress and then nothing
ZeldaTPLink 10/10/2018 7:24:22 PM#317
@ZenOfThunder I'm using my the pic rights you owe me to instead ask you to put a clause in your thread saying you won't accept any sabotage picks from other users.
UltimaterializerX 10/10/2018 7:41:25 PM#318
ZeldaTPLink posted...
@ZenOfThunder I'm using my the pic rights you owe me to instead ask you to put a clause in your thread saying you won't accept any sabotage picks from other users.

That pic above is better than his official one. I'll submit it then LOL
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Wreath 10/10/2018 7:42:41 PM#319
UltimaterializerX posted...
ZeldaTPLink posted...
@ZenOfThunder I'm using my the pic rights you owe me to instead ask you to put a clause in your thread saying you won't accept any sabotage picks from other users.

That pic above is better than his official one. I'll submit it then LOL


A man of the people. I like it.
The hands of god, decrepit and thin,
Cold caress and then nothing
abdou 10/10/2018 7:52:29 PM#320
if it wasn't for the clothes I wouldn't know that is Noctis, doesn't seem like a fair picture to choose. Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?
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Team Rocket Elite 10/10/2018 7:54:07 PM#321
abdou posted...
if it wasn't for the clothes I wouldn't know that is Noctis, doesn't seem like a fair picture to choose. Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?


Yes. Just ask Vincent.
This was not the best year for my bracket.
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UltimaterializerX 10/10/2018 7:54:08 PM#322
abdou posted...
if it wasn't for the clothes I wouldn't know that is Noctis, doesn't seem like a fair picture to choose. Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?

He does as a joke when it's a late round and both characters have a joke picture. For early rounds he prefers generic and recognizable. In all seriousness, that picture a few posts ago has no chance unless Allen just feels like being a dick, and he seems like he's having fun with this contest so I doubt he wants to jam it up with a dumb picture.
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UltimaterializerX 10/10/2018 7:54:52 PM#323
Team Rocket Elite posted...
abdou posted...
if it wasn't for the clothes I wouldn't know that is Noctis, doesn't seem like a fair picture to choose. Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?


Yes. Just ask Vincent.

That only happened because apparently no one else followed the format of "class photo", which is so dumb. I submitted one.
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Allen still didn't have to use it. He's made pics before when he didn't get one he liked.
https://i.imgtc.com/ksluQTq.png

Where is MoogleKupo when we need him ^_^
Raytan wins!
ZeldaTPLink 10/10/2018 8:09:00 PM#326
abdou posted...
Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?


You must be new here.
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abdou posted...
if it wasn't for the clothes I wouldn't know that is Noctis, doesn't seem like a fair picture to choose. Would SBAllen even accept that sort of pictures?


have you seen some of the trash i've gotten accepted

or the literal hentai

allen will take anything if it passes the sniff test (he has a horrible sense of smell)

ZeldaTPLink posted...
@ZenOfThunder I'm using my the pic rights you owe me to instead ask you to put a clause in your thread saying you won't accept any sabotage picks from other users.


uhhh I dunno if I can do that, let me check the rules

...

i didn't really write any rules, f***. let me get back to you.
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ZeldaTPLink 10/10/2018 8:14:39 PM#328
The post was half irony tbh. But if I actually end up being the person who stops pic sabotage that would be cool.
ZeldaTPLink 10/10/2018 8:15:27 PM#329
Or you could add that clause anyway since it's a sensible thing to do, so I go back to not knowing what I should submit.
well i was really hoping not to do pic sabotage this year but i forgot to make that rule when i originally made my metal sonic trades, and I don't wanna be a dick and say no to anybody

i'm really hoping the 50ish people i owe pics to just aren't a******s
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Team Rocket Elite 10/10/2018 8:26:39 PM#331
If someone asks you to sabotage a character, there's nothing stopping you from sabotaging them by submitting a proper picture of the same character for the same match. They threw the first stone so it's all fair. >_>
This was not the best year for my bracket.
Congrats to BK_Sheikah00 for winning the BYIG Guru Contest!
oh yeah that's also a fair point

also this is a good time to remind everyone that ulti submits stock photos for EVERY CHARACTER IN THE CONTEST, SOMETIMES TWICE

there will ALWAYS be a solid, albeit kind of unoriginal, pic for each character.

ulti please dont use the ZSS and Snake Brawl renders this year i'm so sick of them
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Team Rocket Elite posted...
If someone asks you to sabotage a character, there's nothing stopping you from sabotaging them by submitting a proper picture of the same character for the same match. They threw the first stone so it's all fair. >_>

I think all of us are going to be watching it this time around, especially on close matches where it could really flip a result.

Imagine if we got Lettuce Kefka in there against L-Block.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
BKSheikah is the new greatone.
ZenOfThunder posted...
ulti please dont use the ZSS and Snake Brawl renders this year i'm so sick of them


I mean Snake has a new Ultimate render this year

and it looks pretty great too
Team Rocket Elite 10/10/2018 8:29:56 PM#335
Lettuce hope that doesn't happen.
This was not the best year for my bracket.
Congrats to BK_Sheikah00 for winning the BYIG Guru Contest!
are cosplay pics allowed? There's some sick cosplay pics out there....

Probably not right?
Raytan wins!
yeah Kefka getting a lettuce pic is my greatest fear and it should be anyone's greatest fear if you have him winning multiple matches
SuperNiceDog posted...
are cosplay pics allowed? There's some sick cosplay pics out there....

Probably not right?


CJayC put out a set of cosplay match pics as a joke once in 2005

but no they're not allowed

official stuff only

(most of the time)
LeonhartFour posted...
yeah Kefka getting a lettuce pic is my greatest fear and it should be anyone's greatest fear if you have him winning multiple matches

Well, his image on the bracket is thankfully Dissidia art, so at least that looks good. It would be L-Block who gets screwed if we see bigger versions of the bracket images, as L-Block's has additional blocks in his photo that obscures his shape.
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Team Rocket Elite 10/10/2018 8:34:21 PM#340
In regard to match pictures, I wonder if there's a way to get this to work:
https://www.smashbros.com/wiiu-3ds/us/images/character/cloud/illust.jpg

Link vs Cloud will even have Link on the left and Cloud on the right. Unfortunately, Mario might be covering up Link by too much to make the image work.
This was not the best year for my bracket.
Congrats to BK_Sheikah00 for winning the BYIG Guru Contest!
LeonhartFour posted...
SuperNiceDog posted...
are cosplay pics allowed? There's some sick cosplay pics out there....

Probably not right?


CJayC put out a set of cosplay match pics as a joke once in 2005

but no they're not allowed

official stuff only

(most of the time)


k
Raytan wins!
STElNER 10/10/2018 11:22:29 PM#342
KamikazePotato posted...
Advokaiser posted...
@KamikazePotato

Hi, pal, are you going to do your usual contest matchups analysis? I managed to get all the way to 11th place on GotD's Guru (without participating in a contest before) thanks to them.

Glad to hear someone got some use out of them (especially considering my 2015 predictions were a mess)! I was considering doing so but Leon already did an analysis topic, so even if I made a more detailed one I think people already got their discussion fill in.


What no I've been weighing up Leon's analysis and waiting for the next major analysis topic, what we're only having one person discuss the bracket this year?
STElNER 10/10/2018 11:27:18 PM#343
Ps I'm not reading analysis by sir Chris
Big Bob 10/11/2018 6:01:43 AM#344
One of the strangest match pictures I remember is the Rock Band picture for Sora/Squall/Cloud/Mewtwo from the 2008 contest. It seemed like the contest was getting a bit dull, so picsmiths started doing super weird s*** and Allen just went with it.
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SuperNiceDog posted...
https://i.imgtc.com/ksluQTq.png

Where is MoogleKupo when we need him ^_^


here I am

why am I here
For your BK_Sheikah00.
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MZero11 10/11/2018 6:24:35 AM#346
ZeldaTPLink posted...
SwiftyDC posted...
I'm having second thoughts on my Master Hand > Noctis pick.

f***.


I don't.

Wake me up when you can find someone who likes FFXV.


Wake up, I like the second best Final Fantasy
MZero, to the extreme
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well if someone's gonna do an analysis topic you better hurry up because you've only got a week
STElNER 10/11/2018 9:32:04 AM#348
MZero11 posted...
ZeldaTPLink posted...
SwiftyDC posted...
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I'm having second thoughts on my Master Hand > Noctis pick.

f***.


I don't.

Wake me up when you can find someone who likes FFXV.


Wake up, I like the second best Final Fantasy


But how do you feel about XV
Wreath 10/11/2018 10:07:33 AM#349
MZero11 posted...
ZeldaTPLink posted...
SwiftyDC posted...
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I'm having second thoughts on my Master Hand > Noctis pick.

f***.


I don't.

Wake me up when you can find someone who likes FFXV.


Wake up, I like the second best Final Fantasy


I cant even
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