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LeonhartFour posted...

...did you guys forget how badly Jigglypuff did in 2013

I'm taking X destroying Jiggs with a grain of salt because I could buy into X doing the same to Ness.

I couldn't

Mega Man X isn't SFFing a Pokemon

Ness got this, let's go

Ness is a dork

Whiskey_Nick posted...

Ness is a dork

dork > edgy teenager

creativename posted...

So I haven't been following the contest at all. Which characters have been most/least impressive?

It's hard to tell with it having been so long since last contest and we don't know how strong everyone is now and how much things like Smash boost matter. Like Big Boss might have sucked and might have done really good.

I suppose Donkey Kong, Knuckles and Ridley has impressed the most, perhaps Pikachu too, but we can't tell yet. Tidus and L-Block has looked the worst probably.

creativename posted...

Which later round results now seem to have different favorites than the pre-contest cookie?

Not all brackets have been entered in the guru yet, but Tidus/Donkey Kong, Zidane/Knuckles and maybe Crash/Cecil. Noctis/Master Hand was at leasg quite debated.

creativename posted...

Has there been much discussion on the non-user votes difference?

Not a lot, there has been some speculation, but no match has made a difference. I don't think people considered it much when making brackets.

charmander6000 posted...

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.

Okay, now, to be fair, who could look at this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1768-20xx-division-semifinal-mega-man-vs-zero

And this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3296-division-5-final-mega-man-cube-snake-zero

And logically expect this?

Charizard - 2013
Round 3: 40.17% against Mega Man (40.21%) and Zero (19.62%)

Mega Man couldn't even come close to doubling Zero in a 1v1 back in 2004, and he lost to Cube in 2008 because he again couldn't come close to doubling Zero. Granted, his percentage on Zero was better in '08 than in '04, but that's still a lot to overcome.

I don't deny that Charizard was overrated based on 2010, but he got handed a favorable path in 2013 and couldn't capitalize. And yet...can you really call Charizard the disappointing one? As Epona's Round 1 win proved, anything related to Zelda will be at least moderately strong, and series mainstays more so. Unless you figure that Donkey Kong is a bigger leech on Zelda than on Charizard (which is a possibility because Pokémon's main-line games have always been on portable systems and Nintendo has never had any real competition for their handhelds like they have for their consoles), beating Zelda in Round 2, even by such a small margin, should have set Charizard's 2013 power high enough to defeat a Zero-leeched Mega Man. Except, well, there doesn't seem to be any world where a contest mainstay failing to triple a character whose game is less than a year old and is exclusive to one console looks good. The lack of frequent character battles made it hard to see this coming, but the Round 1 result from 2008 should've been a bigger sign than it was. Zero's lost quite a bit of his past strength.

Who would win?

2010s Game of the Decade Bracket:(includes League of Legends)

1- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
16- LA: Noire

8- Super Meat Boy
9- The Walking Dead

5- Fortnite
12- Angry Birds

4- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
13- Uncharted 4

6- Red Dead Redemption
11- Splatoon

3- Persona 5
14- 5 Nights at Freddys

7- God of War III
10- Hearthstone

2- Overwatch
15- Life is Strange

1- League of Legends
16- Horizon: Zero Dawn

8- Nier: Automata
9- Words with Friends

5- Mario Kart 8
12- Clash of Clans

4- Xenoblade Chronicles
13- Final Fantasy 13

6- The Last of Us
11- Dark Souls 2

7- Dota 2
10- Doki Doki Literature Club

2- Pokemon Go
15- Assasin’s Creed 4

1 - Undertale
16- Fallout: New Vegas

8- Starcraft II: WIngs of Liberty
9- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

5- Super Mario Odyssey
12- Candy Crush Saga

4- Journey
13- Dark Souls 3

6- Bioshock: Infinite
11- Final Fantasy 15

7- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
10- Radiant Historia

2- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
15- Halo: Reach

1- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
16- Guild Wars 2

8- Farmville
9- Mass Effect 3

5- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
12- Fallout 4

4- Super Mario Galaxy 2
13- Civilization 5

6- Mass Effect 2
11- Minecraft

3- Super Smash Bros for Wii U
14- Destiny

7- Batman: Arkham City
10- Dragon Age: Inquisition

2- Grand Theft Auto V
15- Far Cry 3

Like the bracket?

I just realized...

Kefka is doing as good, or better, on L-Block than Kirby did in 2007 when L-Block had its very first poll. So L-Block is literally back to its "normal" strength now, huh?

Undertale would win.

armitage999 posted...

Undertale would win.

maybe, I do think it got the weakest quarter in this bracket.

But League/Overwatch/Fortnite/Persona 5/Breath of the Wild all could easily take it out no?

I'm just laughing at all the casual bait in that bracket. Candy Crush? Five Nights at Freddy's? Words With Friends? FARMVILLE?

The last two were from the previous decade though.

Words with Friends(July 2009)

Farmville(Initial release date: June 19, 2009)

wow you are right! Again though, like League, those 3 games were really relevant this decade, and not in the 2000s decade(2000-09). Thus I think they should be in the 2010s GoTD contest.

Words with friends was MASSIVE in like 2011.

https://i.imgtc.com/m1Zr85o.png

Specifically, it peaked in Jan 2012.

_SecretSquirrel posted...

I'm just laughing at all the casual bait in that bracket. Five Nights at Freddy's?

Had Freddy Fazbear got into this year's bracket, I would have legitimately picked him to go all the way as I think the community could have easily rallied for him to win any match he had on here if they took enough notice.

Surprised none of you considered Fnaf's rally potential.

Is FNAF even that popular anymore

In like the first year or so yeah Freddy would've been scary but now I don't think

Yeah, FNAF is way past the point of rally potential. If DDLC couldn't get a good rally going after a year's time, FNAF or Freddy wouldn't do anything here.

Ranticoot posted...

Is FNAF even that popular anymore

In like the first year or so yeah Freddy would've been scary but now I don't think

That Ultimate Custom Night game came out a few months back and that seemed pretty well recieved by the fandom, so the franchise still had some recency factor to it.

I'm starting to look at the maps for the completed matches, and I have to say, I need to do this more frequently/diligently. I missed a great opportunity for a WDTL.

Capitalist Pigs.

See, as thoroughly as Ganondorf destroyed Neku, there's a surprisingly high amount of red on the world map. And this is because for sheer area on the map, Russia can't be beat, and they and most of their fellow former Soviet states favored Neku.

Also, North Dakota is the new Wyoming, having been the lone U.S. victories for Cuphead, Victor Sullivan, and John Marston, and also being among Spyro's, Zidane's, Cecil's, and L-Block's supporters. There are other states that have been in the minority multiple times, but ND stands out because of the multiple times that the other 49 states+DC were all in agreement and North Dakota backed the loser.

Though to be honest, they're not the only ones to have had that happen to them more than once. Hawaii backed Noctis and Scorpion. The difference is, those are their only two times backing a loser. Connecticut also had one instance, backing James Sunderland, and Wyoming themselves did this with Monika. Connecticut, like Hawaii, hasn't backed any other losers though.

2B over Cayde-6

32-0

ouch...

Uh Bowser you can slow down

Uhhh, Charizard.

ya go my terra

Uh...Charizard...?

I have a lot of emotions going on in every one of these matches right now.

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Yeah, FNAF is way past the point of rally potential. If DDLC couldn't get a good rally going after a year's time, FNAF or Freddy wouldn't do anything here.

Agreed. FNAF came on strong for a while, but flamed out quickly because it was just a flurry of releases. I think it still has some rally potential, but not enough to do any damage.

charizard NOOO.

Also 2b LOL wtfpwning

BOWSER > CHARIZARD

Book it!!

charizard > bowser huh

Cayde-6 might be one of the absolute weakest characters we have ever had in a contest so this isn't super surprising to me

Wow Bowser has a monster board vote

I kinda gave Terra a pity vote since I figured Charizard was winning easily but she's holding up well these first couple of minutes.

Glad I went Bowser > The Zard.

C’mon Shadow

Shadow's cutting.

Cayde-6 is probably uber-fodder, but this is still impressive for 2B.

e: Eh, not so much now that she's falling pretty quickly.

Board vote must have gone to Terra, but this isn't a good look for Charizard > Bowser number 2, and that's before you see Bowser slaying Freeman.

Year of Bowser

At this rate, we could be tied at the freeze.

wow gordon sucks really bad now
he must have been angry at cecil taking his title and he's gone back to full GFNW levels

Just wait until the Final Fantasy Power Hour ends.

OrangeCrush980 posted...

Year of Bowser

I told you all Bowsette was going to dominate!

welcome to blowoutfaqs

Someone tell me what this means for Kirby > Bowser

Charizard fraud warning

Now Ness is pulling away. That was a weird trend.

Thank GOD I decided against Charizard winning the division.

I also need to stop betting against Shadow, smh. It burns me every time.

Bowsette factor!!!

Cayde is last in the xstats right?

davidponte posted...

Someone tell me what this means for Kirby > Bowser

Kirby better impress if he doesn't want to be the underdog.