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Can we have a wire-to-wire match already Or a comeback Or anything that isn't "it's over in 10 minutes"? 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Nanis23 posted... Can we have a wire-to-wire match already No Let's give it everything we've got! IT'S.... PUNISHMENT TIME!!!! |
Totally forgot about match pics. Uploaded them. They're in the filename order though, not the match order. |
creativename posted... Totally forgot about match pics. Uploaded them. They're in the filename order though, not the match order. What's the deal with anything before CB IX not showing preview images in the albums? Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
AxemRedRanger posted... @KamikazePotato I actually stumbled onto this looking through Ngamer's site the other day for something unrelated. http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ContestBingo-KP.png Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
Nanis23 posted... Can we have a wire-to-wire match already You must not remember how these contests work. "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima BKSheikah won Guru, but you know that. |
vertical bingo in column 3 is in play this year imhotbqh |
Does Jill have to lose by exactly 27 for it to count Congrats to BKSheikah for winning the BYIG Guru Challenge! |
LordoftheMorons posted... Does Jill have to lose by exactly 27 for it to count I think it's in play...! Jill could be the first character to lose because of the double votes rule because that would be perfectly in line with her contest history. |
Nanis23 posted... Can we have a wire-to-wire match already With the trends mostly dead, it's not happening unless rallies. It's quite possible that this entire contest, whoever lead 10 min in will win. |
_SecretSquirrel posted... creativename posted...Totally forgot about match pics. Uploaded them. They're in the filename order though, not the match order. Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like it was a permissions issue. Should be fixed give. Give me a mention if there's any more problems, as I don't visit the topic often. |
Honestly
they should just move these to 12 hour rounds. There has been no major
fluctuation in support after like the first hour of each match. Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. |
guffguy89 posted... Honestly they should just move these to 12 hour rounds. There has been no major fluctuation in support after like the first hour of each match. 2 Matches, 12 hours Yes 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
swirIdude posted... Nanis23 posted...Can we have a wire-to-wire match already Yes I do http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/22?matchnum=6064&num=2 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
guffguy89 posted... Honestly they should just move these to 12 hour rounds. There has been no major fluctuation in support after like the first hour of each match. It's weird that people say this when we're having a whopping total of 4 matches at a time. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
Advokaiser posted... guffguy89 posted...Honestly they should just move these to 12 hour rounds. There has been no major fluctuation in support after like the first hour of each match. The problem is that the excitment for those 4 matches might be higher than just waiting for 2 matches, but the excitment also dies much earlier and then you are left with nothing for longer 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
r/smashbros This is the Smash Bros Reddit right now, because of the "leak" Imagine Waluigi or something having a match today I mean it might get ignored because of all the hype but...14k online is serious 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
24 hours are fine for matches. It allows all countries to vote equally. So why we exist? What happens when we stop existing? |
12-hour matches suck and have always sucked never bring them back |
Nanis23 posted... r/smashbros That's about 2/3 of a Draven. (Lol reddit grew since 2013, also looking at their numbers, we are lucky they are banning rallies because while some people think LoL itself is weaker, I think the lol reddit is even stronger) And honestly, half a Draven would probably be more than enough to beat Aerith. |
Nanis23 posted... Can we have a wire-to-wire match already I think it's been that way since 2k2, with some exceptions like DK/Aya and Mario/Crono. Probably some scares, but back and forths? Not many really. Backlog: Splatterhouse (ARC). Last finished: Friday the 13th (NES). Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (PS1) |
So I haven't been following the contest at all. Which characters have been most/least impressive? Which later round results now seem to have different favorites than the pre-contest cookie? Also for the total votes - when it says Dante had 18896 votes and 6362 user votes, does that mean he had 6172 non-user votes? Has there been much discussion on the non-user votes difference? If I'm doing the math right, here's the list of characters from the one the registered are most biased towards, to who the non-registered are most biased towards: 1: Wario - 11.72% 2: Pikachu - 6.40% 3: Zero - 4.81% 4: Donkey Kong - 4.19% 5: Crash - 3.89% 6: Leon - 3.81% 7: Zidane - 3.54% 8: Noctis - 2.63% 9: Ganondorf - 2.34% 10: James - 2.06% 11: Yoshi - 1.82% 12: Red - 1.78% 13: Dante - 1.65% 14: Ridley - 1.56% 15: Sully - 1.46% 16: Sora - 1.40% 17: Chun-Li - 1.36% 18: Lightning - 1.15% 19: Vivi - 1.04% 20: Kratos - 0.73% 21: Marston - -0.73% 22: Yu - -1.04% 23: Chloe - -1.15% 24: Spyro - -1.36% 25: Ryo - -1.40% 26: Aya Brea - -1.46% 27: Big Boss - -1.56% 28: Cuphead - -1.65% 29: Neptune - -1.78% 30: Shantae - -1.82% 31: Velvet - -2.06% 32: Neku - -2.34% 33: Master Hand - -2.63% 34: Knuckles - -3.54% 35: Dragonborn - -3.81% 36: Cecil - -3.89% 37: Tidus - -4.19% 38: Primrose - -4.81% 39: Scorpion - -6.40% 40: Monika - -11.72% |
creativename posted... Which characters have been most/least impressive? Impressive - No one really stood out, most wins are probably because the opponent sucked I guess Kratos overperformed Least impressive? probably Noctis and Big Boss 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
I'm
waiting on Sub-Zero to say if Pikachu impressed because I think there
is a real possibility fighting games just suck now. If he's close or
even loses to Shulk yeah that's just a natural thing. Kratos definitely put in work Born to lose, live to win! |
v_charon posted... There's no way casuals will even known who Kazuma Kiryu is. Bomberman will be the clear predicting choice. Yeah, I feel really silly for taking Kazuma in my bracket. I actually originally picked Bomberman because he's more recognizable, but then I remembered that he's also Bomberman and no one has ever cared about Bomberman and I figured that the seeding had to come from somewhere. I should've looked at Bomberman's Contest History instead of going on memory. He actually has been more screwed over by bracket placement than anything else; he actually beat out Crash for 3rd place in a 4-way and none of his losses have been to fodder. LeonhartFour posted... so if I can't laugh at the Zelda > Squall people for overreacting to all the other matches You're joking, right? I'd say that Bomberman comfortably beating Kazuma all but assures that Geralt doesn't stand a chance. The cartoony aesthetic of characters from classic franchises seems to invariably win out over the gritty "real" characters from modern Western games. And yes, this is actually a match in which both characters are bracket newcomers, but one of them is also the first character from their franchise to make a Character Battle and the other is a "freaking MARIO" character. (Though in retrospect, I'm actually kind of surprised that Rosalina missed CBIX completely, if only because the bracket was so huge.) ffmasterjose posted... Surprised to see the casuals overwhelmingly took Crash over Cecil, I feel extra herp derpy for missing that one. Yeah, it definitely looks like the casuals have predicted a fairly widespread Square deboost. Noctis lost to a freaking glove and yet the only match with a sub-50% prediction percentage was one that was won by a Square character. ctesjbuvf posted... Yeah, it's a shame, beucase she has strength and a lot of her bracket placements have been really bad. That's the curse of being a side character. A lot of side characters can be really strong, but for the most part, they'll always lose out to the mains in nominations. The only exceptions I can really think of are Auron and Vivi, and I'm pretty sure only the latter actually has more appearances than the main character of his game. "Someday I'll catch up, and then you'll all be surprised!" BKSheikah has the power. He is the one. |
Oof, my bracket sucks Will have 19 points after this round (out of 24) I think this is one of my worst contests so far...I usually do much better, sometimes even reach the leaderboard I guess my problem this time is that I tried to take too many upsets. It's fine to take a upset here and there, but I just went with so many Kazuma>Bomberman and Monika > Wario Then I lost Master Hand too, and I guess Knuckles>Zidane and Donkey Kong>Tidus were not really my fault But I still have Monika winning R2 and that other Yakuza character over Master Chief.. Not to mention Waluigi winning two matches too Ness please don't let me down >_> at least give me that point 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
What's the double votes rule? Used to be TheOneAboveAll. Forgot my password and had no way to recover it. |
Who the hell put Kazuma Kiryu second seed, seriously?? Also, why bother with L-Block. That joke died like 10 years ago. Or was it 15? I don't know... |
Match XXV: (1) 2B vs. (16) Cayde-6 Previous Contest Performance 2B - N/A N/A Cayde-6 - N/A N/A Analysis Thanks to the board 2B was able to grab the top seed. For a new character, I feel 2B may have some strength, nothing to warrant its seed, but enough to argue that she belongs in the bracket and won’t be horrible fodder. Cayde-6 on the other hand is the consensus pick of being the weakest character in the bracket. Destiny flopped quite hard during the games contest and I doubt a sequel encouraged more GameFAQs users to play the games. Even if he avoids becoming the weakest character I imagine he’ll be quite close. charmander6000’s Bracket: 2B > Cayde-6 charmander6000’s Prediction: 2B wins, 73.16% - 26.84% Match XXVI: (8) Shadow the Hedgehog vs. (9) Ness Previous Contest Performance Shadow the Hedgehog - 2013 Round 1: 49.76% against Yu Narukami (32.59%) and Kat (17.65%) Round 2: 26.82% against Leon Kennedy (39.73%) and Gordon Freeman (33.45%) Ness - 2013 Round 1: 47.01% against Locke Cole (31.83%) and CATS (21.16%) Round 2: 13.60% against Big Boss (43.63%) and Luigi (42.77%) Analysis I’m surprised this match isn’t getting a lot more debate. Both of these characters have reputations of underperforming our expectations and one of them will have a great shot at reaching the third round. Shadow has never been the same since his match against Mario in 2003, with loses to Zidane and Amaterasu burning the guru. Ness on the other hand, has burned the gurus with loses to Pac-Man and Big Daddy. That is, when he isn’t busy getting SFF by Mario characters. On paper, I would argue that Shadow’s loses have been against stronger characters, plus getting 40% against Leon Kennedy in 2013 wasn’t too bad and Knuckles looked pretty good a few days ago though Ness does have the Nintendo boost in his back pocket. However, I can’t bring myself to take Shadow. Ness is still expected to be around Shadow’s strength in 2013, Earthbound did well in the games contest and I would argue that any boost Knuckles received was due to the series going back to its roots which doesn’t include Shadow. Regardless, the match isn’t as simple as some people believe. charmander6000’s Bracket: Ness > Shadow the Hedgehog chaarmander6000’s Prediction: Ness wins, 52.53% - 47.47% CBX - Today's Winners: Peach, Yuna, Kefka, Bomberman Score: 15/20 |
Match XXVII: (5) Terra Branford vs. (12) Charizard Previous Contest Performance Terra Branford - 2013 Round 1: 36.55% against Kirby (46.44%) and Princess Peach (17.01%) Charizard - 2013 Round 1: 59.16% against Riku (30.17%) and Nier (10.66%) Round 2: 41.49% against Zelda (41.43%) and Donkey Kong (17.08%) Round 3: 40.17% against Mega Man (40.21%) and Zero (19.62%) Analysis Terra just can’t catch a break. Ever since her Dissidia boost she’s been stuck in unwinnable situations. At least she got a win against Darth Revan in 2010, but was then promptly fed to Squall. Given Kefka’s performance today I feel confident that Terra will also avoid any kind of Final Fantasy deboost and put up decent numbers. A lot of people were quite disappointed with Charizard’s performance in 2013, but honestly that’s because they took his performance against Bowser and Mario at face value when they should have taken his performance against Kratos. Still going even with Zelda is still more than enough to win here. Pikachu did well earlier this round so I’m not expecting any massive drop in strength. charmander6000’s Bracket: Charizard > Terra Branford charmander6000’s Prediction: Charizard wins, 62.04% - 37.96% Match XXVIII: (4) Bowser vs. (13) Gordon Freeman Previous Contest Performance Bowser - 2013 Round 1: 60.55% against Meta Knight (24.08%) and Archer (15.37%) Round 2: 41.50% against Sub-Zero (29.63%) and The Boss (28.87%) Round 3: 23.60% against Mewtwo (41.82%) and Sonic the Hedgehog (34.58%) Gordon Freeman - 2013 Round 1: 54.64% against Simon Belmont (30.54%) and Hades (14.83%) Round 2: 33.45% against Leon Kennedy (39.73%) and Shadow the Hedgehog (26.82%) Analysis Bowser will be looking to avenge his 2010 loss to Charizard, but first he needs to win this match, which shouldn’t be too hard. Some people think Bowsette may give Bowser a joke rally, but I don’t think it will. The meme is already dying down plus the picture will only be of Bowser. It’s a shame that Gordon Freeman has been wasted as he likely has a wide range of strength. I highly suspect that he’ll be weaker now relative to 2013 given that Valve has pretty much stopped making games and that Half-Life fans are slowly beginning to realize that an addition to the franchise is now unlikely. charmander6000’s Bracket: Bowser > Gordon Freeman charmander6000’s Prediction: Bowser wins, 65.83% - 34.17% CBX - Today's Winners: Peach, Yuna, Kefka, Bomberman Score: 15/20 (edited 10/24/2018 2:20:19 PM) |
Ness/Shadow is another one of those matches where I can't see anyone being confident in who they picked I really just picked Shadow as a fanboy pick. I did that a lot in debateable and sometimes even only kinda debateable matches. Born to lose, live to win! |
Ranticoot posted... Ness/Shadow is another one of those matches where I can't see anyone being confident in who they picked Yeah this Nothing to discuss because it's a toss up 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
The
difference between Geralt and Kiryu is that Geralt is the protagonist
of the probable consensus game of the year in 2015, whereas Kiryu is the
protagonist of a niche game that is just starting to make inroads in
the West. I can't believe I lost the Best Year In Gaming guru contest to some guy named BKSheikah |
Ness is pretty overrated for a character who isn't very strong. He's probably the safe pick just because he's Nintendo, but yeah. |
Nanis23 posted... creativename posted...Which characters have been most/least impressive? Donkey Kong looked really good against Tidus considering Tidus embarrassed DK the last time they were in a contest match together. Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
So anyone see them smashbros leaks?? Is that enough to swing a debatable match? Congrats BKSheikah, BYIG Guru champion! FFBE: 216 082 611 |
It would only swing the result if Shadow is unveiled in the next three hours. |
LeonhartFour posted... It would only swing the result if Shadow is unveiled in the next three hours. And even then, that's not quite the advantage to have against one of the original Smash 12. Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
It'd be a good advantage to have against someone like Ness, who would surely fold under the hype of a newly announced character. like if he were facing Fox or whatever it wouldn't matter, but Ness? |
Keltiq posted... The difference between Geralt and Kiryu is that Geralt is the protagonist of the probable consensus game of the year in 2015, whereas Kiryu is the protagonist of a niche game that is just starting to make inroads in the West. Didn't notice until now that this Kiryu guy got a 2 seed. How the hell did that happen? Did he get a rally? |
In general, if you're curious as to how a character got a really high seed, you can just assume B8 had something to do with it. Like 2B's 1 seed tomorrow. |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3833-heart-division-round-3-l-block-vs-charizard https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7260-division-3-round-1-kefka-vs-l-block I wonder how much Kefka would get on Charizard these days. This was not the best year for my bracket. Congrats to BK_Sheikah00 for winning the BYIG Guru Contest! |
LeonhartFour posted... It'd be a good advantage to have against someone like Ness, who would surely fold under the hype of a newly announced character. Ness is probably the weakest of the Smash 12 in that regard, but something like this would surely be more advantageous against something not really Nintendo, or even a Nintendo character not quite as associated with Smash. Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
well he's not the weakest (that would be Jiggs LOL) but Ness folds about as hard to Nintendo as anyone and considering this match will probably be close anyway you wouldn't need much of a swing for Shadow to win |
Would Jigglypuff defeat Ness? CBX - Today's Winners: Peach, Yuna, Kefka, Bomberman Score: 15/20 |
charmander6000 posted... Would Jigglypuff defeat Ness? yes. She's in Melee gg GJ BK_Sheikah |
Team Rocket Elite posted... I wonder how much Kefka would get on Charizard these days. I'd say this might be a weaker L-Block than the one Charizard beat (although the 'Zard might have already gotten a bandwagon going at this point, too). Kefka would come pretty darn close to him these days, I think. |
I would certainly take Jigglypuff over Ness. Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2018 Guru Contest winner. |
_SecretSquirrel posted... I would certainly take Jigglypuff over Ness. Me too. You can't really go wrong with Pokémon, and Jiggs is popular among the Smash competitive scene. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
...did you guys forget how badly Jigglypuff did in 2013 |
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