lordjers 4/8/2020 7:02:51 PM#151
It's not great by any means but I bet people were expecting it to do actually worse.
Last finished: Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98).
ZenOfThunder 4/8/2020 7:05:48 PM#152
posting in part 1337
(|| ' ' ||) drooling while eating
. /|_|\
diablo’s actually performing almost precisely like my oracle prediction

feels good man

of course Batman is way underperforming my prediction... the lord giveth and he taketh away
For your BK_Sheikah00.
At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza
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wallmasterz 4/8/2020 7:14:20 PM#154
ZenOfThunder posted...
posting in part 1337

I need to update my signature.
AvaGames 4/8/2020 7:18:35 PM#155
ZenOfThunder posted...
posting in part 1337

Board of Boredom, where you will get not bored.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1447-board-of-boredom
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 7:46:48 PM#156
Trend charts:

Time | Souls | Hotline | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 80.82% | 19.18% | 490 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 81.14% | 18.86% | 3065 | (0:00-1:00)
ENV | 83.21% | 16.79% | 7959 | (1:00-6:00)
DNV | 83.09% | 16.91% | 3241 | (6:00-10:00)
TMV | 83.37% | 16.63% | 5335 | (10:00-16:00)
TDV | 83.29% | 16.71% | 4597 | (16:00-24:00)

Dark Souls was actually at its worst at the beginning of the match. It made a decent jump up after the first hour and slowly climbed the rest of the day.

Time | Rocket | DBZ | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 51.02% | 48.98% | 490 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 49.90% | 50.10% | 3062 | (0:00-1:00)
ENV | 51.51% | 48.49% | 7963 | (1:00-6:00)
DNV | 50.66% | 49.34% | 3241 | (6:00-10:00)
TMV | 52.92% | 47.08% | 5329 | (10:00-16:00)
TDV | 52.34% | 47.66% | 4597 | (16:00-24:00)

DBZ kept it close for the first half of the match, but the day vote enabled Rocket League to pull away.

Time | Yakuza | Witness | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 74.65% | 25.35% | 493 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 78.72% | 21.28% | 3068 | (0:00-1:00)
ENV | 79.08% | 20.92% | 7957 | (1:00-6:00)
DNV | 78.44% | 21.56% | 3242 | (6:00-10:00)
TMV | 75.69% | 24.31% | 5332 | (10:00-16:00)
TDV | 74.84% | 25.16% | 4598 | (16:00-24:00)

The Witness shows Nintendo-esque trends with the board vote and the day vote being its best times, but it unfortunately does not display Nintendo-esque strength.

Time | MGSV | Cells | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 66.12% | 33.88% | 490 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 69.98% | 30.02% | 3068 | (0:00-1:00)
ENV | 72.51% | 27.49% | 7959 | (1:00-6:00)
DNV | 73.72% | 26.28% | 3242 | (6:00-10:00)
TMV | 73.36% | 26.64% | 5326 | (10:00-16:00)
TDV | 72.36% | 27.64% | 4598 | (16:00-24:00)

MGSV gets off to a slow start but manages to recover for the rest of the match.
Yuri_LowelI 4/8/2020 7:52:01 PM#157
Batman doing nearly 57% in America but UK my home country is pulling over 60 for Xenoblade

Cmon guys.
ZenOfThunder posted...
posting in part 1337

scaryice 4/8/2020 8:06:53 PM#159
The r/PS4 subreddit recently concluded its "March Madness of Iconic Playstation Characters" tournament, so I thought I'd post the results here. There's a lot of questionable, low-tier characters included, but it's fun to see how the results differ what you'd see on Gamefaqs. Participation was quite low, likely because you had to click on a new post for each vote. There was an average of 558 votes per match, which is not a lot considering that there are over 3 million people on that subreddit. But anyway, here's the results:

Round 1

92.06% Sackboy
7.94% Princess Plump

93.63% Nathan Drake
6.37% Nariko

55.29% Sir Galahad
44.71% Patapon Tribe

53.52% Kat
46.48% Sam Porter Bridges

79.43% Jak
20.57% Knack

76.37% Spider-Man
23.63% The Traveler

81.50% Ratchet
18.50% Riley Abel

53.91% Sly Cooper
46.09% Connor

70.36% Spike
29.64% Cullen Gray

80.99% Cloud Strife
19.01% Ico

92.88% Ellie
7.12% Locorocos

54.57% Nathan Hale
45.43% Dusty

70.10% Atreus "The Boy"
29.90% PaRappa

60.55% Lucas Kellan
39.45% Toro Inoue

83.45% Deacon St John
16.55% Ash

77.14% Trico
22.86% Takayuki Yagami

51.17% Ryan Marks
48.83% Monroe

82.01% Spyro
17.99% Abigail "Fetch" Walker

86.07% Raven
13.93% Leo Stenbuck

86.81% Aerith Gainsborough
13.19% Lammy

72.73% Joker
27.27% Astro

79.61% Victor "Sully" Sullivan
20.39% Sir Daniel Fortesque

91.48% Crash Bandicoot
8.52% Ashley "Ash" Brown

96.30% Joel
3.70% Iota

89.73% Kratos
10.27% Cole McGrath

72.84% Clank
27.16% Sweet Tooth

77.23% Solid Snake
22.77% Daxter

87.44% Sephiroth
12.56% Atoi

81.02% Delsin Rowe
18.98% Toan

84.04% Elena Fisher
15.96% Colonel Radec

66.94% The Hunter
33.06% Wander

95.91% Aloy
4.09% Emmett Graves

Round 2

82.57% Nathan Drake
17.43% Sackboy

63.93% Kat
36.07% Sir Galahad

62.29% Spider-Man
37.71% Jak

69.36% Ratchet
30.64% Sly Cooper

77.31% Cloud Strife
22.69% Spike

87.62% Ellie
12.38% Nathan Hale

92.46% Atreus "The Boy"
7.54% Lucas Kellan

55.35% Deacon St John
44.65% Trico

96.68% Spyro
3.32% Ryan Marks

52.30% Raven
47.70% Aerith Gainsborough

51.72% Victor "Sully" Sullivan
48.28% Joker

54.50% Joel
45.50% Crash Bandicoot

84.57% Kratos
15.43% Clank

77.88% Solid Snake
22.12% Sephiroth

61.68% Elena Fisher
38.32% Delsin Rowe

73.09% Aloy
26.91% The Hunter

Round 3

77.52% Nathan Drake
22.48% Kat

58.99% Spider-Man
41.01% Ratchet

61.24% Ellie
38.76% Cloud Strife

78.60% Atreus "The Boy"
21.40% Deacon St John

75.75% Spyro
24.25% Raven

67.30% Joel
32.70% Victor "Sully" Sullivan

67.28% Kratos
32.72% Solid Snake

69.53% Aloy
30.47% Elena Fisher

Quarterfinals

66.39% Nathan Drake
33.61% Spider-Man

73.39% Ellie
26.61% Atreus "The Boy"

61.76% Joel
38.24% Spyro

76.90% Kratos
23.10% Aloy

Semifinals

66.75% Nathan Drake
33.25% Ellie

66.67% Kratos
33.33% Joel

3rd Place

56.99% Joel
43.01% Ellie

Final

54.23% Kratos
45.77% Nathan Drake

Kratos was the winner. Here's the overall bracket, which has the games each character is from:

 https://i.imgur.com/SxPU80c.jpg (click to expand) 

Congrats to Advokaiser, the new Guru champ!
Arti 4/8/2020 8:11:11 PM#160
77.88% Solid Snake
22.12% Sephiroth

wtf

61.24% Ellie
38.76% Cloud Strife

wtf????
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LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:16:32 PM#162
just for fun (since we're closing in on the end of round 1), here's the X-Stats of games that were in 2015, as well as the X-Stats based on their opponents

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 34.93%
Grand Theft Auto V - 29.29%
Fallout: New Vegas - 27.79%
The Witcher 3 - 27.56%
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 27.47%
The Last of Us - 27.36%
Mass Effect 3 - 26.60%
Mass Effect 2 - 25.58%
Batman: Arkham City - 25.17%
Persona 4 - 25.16%
Dark Souls - 25.11%
Red Dead Redemption - 24.60%
BioShock Infinite - 24.49%
Xenoblade Chronicles - 23.73%
Portal 2 - 23.30%
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 23.02%
Fire Emblem: Awakening - 22.89%
Metal Gear Solid V - 22.40%
Stardew Valley - 22.13%
Borderlands 2 - 21.33%
Bloodborne - 21.24%
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - 20.94%
Octopath Traveler - 19.82%
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - 19.19%
Resident Evil 7: biohazard - 18.96%
Shovel Knight - 18.80%
Undertale - 18.52%
Bayonetta 2 - 17.72%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 17.45%
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 17.05%
Minecraft - 16.82%
Mario Kart 8 - 16.75%
Civilization V - 16.72%
Terraria - 16.48%
Nioh - 16.38%
Diablo III - 16.31%
Tomb Raider - 16.17%
Halo: Reach - 14.73%
The Binding of Isaac - 14.24%
Journey - 14.21%
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 13.57%
Dragon's Dogma - 13.39%
Bastion - 13.11%
Life is Strange - 12.92%
Destiny - 12.76%
The Walking Dead - 12.52%
Dead Cells - 12.32%
Baba Is You - 12.14%
The Stanley Parable - 11.45%
FTL: Faster Than Light - 11.19%
Virtue's Last Reward - 10.70%
Crusader Kings II - 10.51%
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - 10.40%
Splatoon 2 - 10.24%
Street Fighter V - 9.09%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 8.78%
Hearthstone - 8.60%
Hotline Miami - 8.54%
Call of Duty: Black Ops - 8.27%
Dota 2 - 8.17%
Return of the Obra Dinn - 7.00%
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LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:18:29 PM#163
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - 10.40%
Splatoon 2 - 10.24%

Should I be proud of Ghost Trick, or be mourning?
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LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:19:00 PM#165
PrinceOfKoopas posted...
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - 10.40%
Splatoon 2 - 10.24%

Should I be proud of Ghost Trick, or be mourning?


I mean Splatoon 2 was almost certainly SFF'd...!
squexa 4/8/2020 8:22:22 PM#166
PrinceOfKoopas posted...
77.88% Solid Snake
22.12% Sephiroth

wtf

61.24% Ellie
38.76% Cloud Strife

wtf????

Pretty much nobody under 25 cares about FFVII. GameFAQs might unironically be the largest FFVII fansite on the web right now because the average age here is in the 30s.

The FFVII remake should be a slam dunk to get newer fans, but Nomura seems to be doing everything he can to sabotage it.
congrats to BKSheikah the BYIG guru
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:23:52 PM#167
scaryice 4/8/2020 8:25:11 PM#168
Neither of those are as bad as Aerith losing to Raven (from Gravity Rush).
Congrats to Advokaiser, the new Guru champ!
Advokaiser 4/8/2020 8:27:08 PM#169
How were you able to do 2015's X-Stats taking out the rallies involved?
It's an honor being part of Board 8's community.
scaryice posted...
Neither of those are as bad as Aerith losing to Raven (from Gravity Rush).

I mean

That's the right call
Advokaiser 4/8/2020 8:29:28 PM#171
LeonhartFour posted...
I mean Splatoon 2 was almost certainly SFF'd...!

"Almost certainly"? It was a massive SFF showing!

Quite possibly the biggest one barring Witcher/AC: Odyssey.
It's an honor being part of Board 8's community.
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Haste_2 4/8/2020 8:30:17 PM#172
_SecretSquirrel posted...
Yeah, I originally had 2enoblade, but then I remembered Asylum did well in GotD and Arkham City had a low key impressive performance on MMX that we didn't realize was actually good until we saw every other SNES game go on a tear in that contest.

Oh, wow, I totally forgot that match existed! It barely even rings a bell after looking at the match result.

EDIT: WAIT, I remember now! I remember a lot of people picking Arkham City to win, and I made a bold prediction of MMX with 60% in the Oracle!
"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
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GameFAQs is this unique little ecosystem where some games that the rest of the internet as a whole have moved on from never seem to fade away. Chrono Trigger is the chief example.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
SwiftyDC 4/8/2020 8:31:40 PM#174
Keep rising, Diablo!
dilateDChemist
Advokaiser posted...
How were you able to do 2015's X-Stats taking out the rallies involved?
Lots and lots of cross-referencing between different games and past contest results to fill in any blanks.
Black Turtle did a pretty good job.
BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 8:44:28 PM#176
Think the 1 seeds are pretty clearly:

BOTW > Smash > Skyrim = Witcher > Dark Souls = ME2 > GTAV > Persona 5

I have seen nothing so far in the contest to convince me otherwise
"Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and hellboy" - trancer1
lol xstats
BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 8:46:20 PM#177
Team Rocket Elite posted...
Not that I know of. Batman was pretty much considered a lock.
Probably just Yuri, but he posts more than any other single person in the stats topic right now....
"Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and hellboy" - trancer1
lol xstats
BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 8:50:04 PM#178
KamikazePotato posted...
GameFAQs is this unique little ecosystem where some games that the rest of the internet as a whole have moved on from never seem to fade away. Chrono Trigger is the chief example.
It's called an echo chamber, and Board 8 exists as a sub-echo chamber within the grander GameFAQs chamber. That's why we get s*** like Gurus picking Tales games
"Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and hellboy" - trancer1
lol xstats
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:50:30 PM#179
Would like to see Sir Daniel vs Sully on Gamefaqs even though Higher seed would probably win
transience 4/8/2020 8:55:21 PM#181
BlAcK TuRtLe posted...
It's called an echo chamber, and Board 8 exists as a sub-echo chamber within the grander GameFAQs chamber. That's why we get s*** like Gurus picking Tales games

http://oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k20&type=match&match=51

you don't get to make statements like this anymore when you've got this one hanging around your neck
xyzzy
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:57:42 PM#182
squexa 4/8/2020 8:58:07 PM#183
scaryice posted...
Neither of those are as bad as Aerith losing to Raven (from Gravity Rush).

Is Aerith in the new Kingdom Hearts? Really don't think most Gen Z people even know who she is.

My friend's younger brother called Cloud "that guy from Smash" which I think is telling of how Gen Z sees old Square.
congrats to BKSheikah the BYIG guru
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 8:58:43 PM#184
squexa posted...


Is Aerith in the new Kingdom Hearts? Really don't think most Gen Z people even know who she is.

My friend's younger brother called Cloud "that guy from Smash" which I think is telling of how Gen Z sees old Square.


she's in the KH3 DLC
BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 9:05:52 PM#185
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 9:06:44 PM#186
what about them

all you ever want to do is talk about how everyone but you is wrong

seems appropriate to give you the same treatment

and in one case you were literally the only person who was wrong
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BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 9:08:38 PM#187
LeonhartFour posted...
what about them

all you ever want to do is talk about how everyone but you is wrong

seems appropriate to give you the same treatment

and in one case you were literally the only person who was wrong
Never have I said everyone but me is wrong, in fact this contest it has mainly just been Yuri that is consistantly and embarassingly wrong
"Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and hellboy" - trancer1
lol xstats
transience 4/8/2020 9:12:06 PM#188
redirection, I like it
xyzzy
BT just mad that he hasn't heard 25% of the games in the bracket and didn't bother to ask about them.
While I'm still not feeling great about picking TLoU over DS, at least it's looking a little better now than it was a couple hours ago.
"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." - John 16:33
BlAcK TuRtLe 4/8/2020 9:19:02 PM#191
UshiromiyaEva posted...
BT just mad that he hasn't heard 25% of the games in the bracket and didn't bother to ask about them.
As a rule of thumb, I usually avoid Board advice when doing first pass on my bracket, unless I think a match is going to be really close. In some cases it f***s me over, but I think overall I come out ahead. The last GotD contest is a prime example.
"Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and hellboy" - trancer1
lol xstats
KamikazePotato posted...
Just off the top of my head, nothing beats out MGS4 in this regard.
If you're talking about contest strength, I'm skeptical. MGS4 got 41% on Kingdom Hearts II in 2015, after it had already had plenty of time to become divisive. It's safe to say it's weakened since due to the violent death of the MGS series, but I don't see why it would be much greater a fall than the first three MGS games.

MGS4 is probably a low midcarder now, versus a near-elite peak. In contrast, Call of Duty 4 was at least a low midcarder at its peak, and now it's practically turbofodder.

Advokaiser posted...
"Almost certainly"? It was a massive SFF showing!
Xenoblade and Splatoon 2 are totally different games with somewhat different fanbases, which is where the minor uncertainty comes from. Let me put it this way: I doubt Leon or whoever winds up making adjusted X-stats for this contest will wind up adjusting Splatoon 2 upwards. Much like New Leaf and Mario Kart 8 in 2015, there's no real basis for adjusting this probable SFF.
"I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people who do."
You won the CBX Guru Contest, Advokaiser! Bully for you!
Yuri_LowelI 4/8/2020 9:27:21 PM#193
PrinceOfKoopas posted...
77.88% Solid Snake
22.12% Sephiroth

wtf

61.24% Ellie
38.76% Cloud Strife

wtf????

snake buttstomping seph isnt a surprise.

ellie however,...thought cloud had more respect than this
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 9:28:50 PM#194
MetalmindStats posted...
If you're talking about contest strength, I'm skeptical. MGS4 got 41% on Kingdom Hearts II in 2015, after it had already had plenty of time to become divisive. It's safe to say it's weakened since due to the violent death of the MGS series, but I don't see why it would be much greater a fall than the first three MGS games.


because equal with Brawl would have probably made it the strongest MGS game at the time (and would have probably flipped that KH2 result the complete other way) and now it's the weakest (except for probably V) so it has definitely fallen harder than the rest

I wouldn't be surprised if it's even weaker now to boot
squexa posted...
My friend's younger brother called Cloud "that guy from Smash" which I think is telling of how Gen Z sees old Square.

Oh Jesus....
Game of the Decade 2
Current Score: 43/52
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 9:29:41 PM#196
MetalmindStats posted...
Let me put it this way: I doubt Leon or whoever winds up making adjusted X-stats for this contest will wind up adjusting Splatoon 2 upwards. Much like New Leaf and Mario Kart 8 in 2015, there's no real basis for adjusting this probable SFF.


well there's nothing to base it on unless you just want to set it equal to Splatoon 1

but Splatoon 2 is probably really weak regardless and we will almost certainly never see it in another contest anyway
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HaRRicH 4/8/2020 9:31:18 PM#197
ROUND 1 INDIE WINNERS (9):

Minecraft - 75.71% (versus Dota 2)
Stardew Valley - 71.17% (versus Destiny)
Super Meat Boy - 68.96% (versus Slay the Spire)
Cuphead - 68.28% (versus XCOM 2)
Shovel Knight - 64.4% (versus Dragon's Dogma)
Hollow Knight - 62.81% (versus Tales or Berseria)
Bastion - 52.25% (versus The Walking Dead)
Ori and the Blind Forest - 51.91% (versus Dragon Age: Inquisition)
Rocket League - 51.66% (versus Dragon Ball FighterZ)

ROUND 1 INDIE LOSERS (15):

Undertale - 46.71% (versus Octopath Traveler)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 43.47% (versus Nioh)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 40.9% (versus Borderlands 2)
Disco Elysium - 31.94% (versus Kingdom Hearts 3)
Slay the Spire - 31.04% (versus Super Meat Boy)
VVVVVV - 28.28% (versus Fallout 4)
Dead Cells - 27.49% (versus Metal Gear Solid V)
What Remains of Edith Finch - 25.35% (versus Final Fantasy XV)
The Witness - 22.61% (versus Yakuza 0)
FTL: Faster Than Light - 22.23% (versus Persona 4 Golden)
Baba is You - 20.73% (versus Grand Theft Auto V)
The Stanley Parable - 20.6% (versus Fallout: New Vegas)
Hotline Miami - 17.01% (versus Dark Souls)
INSIDE - 13.94% (versus DOOM)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 12.75% (versus Super Mario Galaxy 2)
LeonhartFour posted...
because equal with Brawl would have probably made it the strongest MGS game at the time (and would have probably flipped that KH2 result the complete other way) and now it's the weakest (except for probably V) so it has definitely fallen harder than the rest
I should clarify: what I was saying there is that MGS4 has probably fallen at a similar rate to the first 3 MGS games from 2015 to now. Of course it's fallen off harder from its peak to now, but I don't think it's a real competitor for the steepest plunge from peak to current strength. That's also why I said MGS4 has probably gone from a near-elite to a low midcarder.

LeonhartFour posted...
well there's nothing to base it on unless you just want to set it equal to Splatoon 1
Yeah, that's exactly my point. When there's nothing to base an adjustment on, and adjusting a game would have zero effect on other games, there's really no choice but to leave that game's raw value alone.
"I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people who do."
You won the CBX Guru Contest, Advokaiser! Bully for you!
LeonhartFour 4/8/2020 9:35:34 PM#199
I still haven't really heard a better one!

I guess you could argue something like Vice City based on how well it did against Melee in 2004, but it still did fine in GOTD1 and 2015.
How about Call of Duty 4? Peak CoD4 would come close to tripling current CoD4, whereas peak MGS4 would likely 'only' double current MGS4.
"I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people who do."
You won the CBX Guru Contest, Advokaiser! Bully for you!

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