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Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/6/2009 6:57:45 PM | message detail | filter | #001

Announcer: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to another edition of GameFAQs Contest Association! Tonight, we have a great show in store for you!

Audience: *cheers*

Announcer: First up, we have-

*The announcer is interrupted by Moltar’s entrance music*

Audience: *loud boos*

Commentator Jin Loss: BAH GAWD WHAT’S HE DOING OUT HERE?

Commentator Mitchell Kole: “The Viper” Master Moltar! Shades of pasts contests!

Moltar: So it’s that time of the year, contest time. It’s time for me to show why I am the best predictor in this company. In order to prove that I am the best, I will issue a challenge to anyone back there who thinks they know these contests better than me. And when I do predict the Best Game Ever 2 better than you, I will once again reclaim my GCA Analysis Title.

Audience: *boos*

*Leon’s entrance music hits, resulting in even more boos*

Mitchell Kole: OH MY! A rare appearance from The Ultimate Oppourtunist, Leon!

Leon: Listen up, Moltar. Now, I respect your prediction abilities, but everyone here knows you aren’t the best predictor in the company. I am! Yeah, that’s right. I’ll accept your challenge, and when I beat you, that title is going to be around my pretty waist.

Moltar: You? You?! The last time I saw you was when I beat you back in 2006. You aren’t even in my league. You aren’t worthy of accepting my challenge!

*Leon gets in Moltar’s face and the two argue, just then, this recognized intro plays*

WE DA FANBOYZ, SON

Audience: *huge cheers*

*The music of the tag team, Fanboyz, plays and Heroic Mario and Transience head down the ramp*

Jin Loss: It’s the Fanboyz! Business is about to pick up!

HM: you two need to chill out. the best predictors are right here, son.

Transience: that’s right, and when we win this challenge or whatever, that belt will go around my waist.

HM: uhhhh “whoops”, i think you mean my waist.

Transience: nope, i mean mine, son

*HM and Tran begin to argue*

Moltar: The two of you? You two are nothing but jokes. Neither of you will be getting my belt.

*The four men in the ring now argue*

*Lopen’s music then starts, drawing a negative reaction from the crowd. He is accompanied by his women.*

Mitchell Kole: Modified Humor!

Lopen: Listen here you rub-a-dub-dubs. None of you are the best because I am the best. I am Lopen, the greatest Analyzer of all the times!

Moltar: What? You couldn’t predict that the sun would rise tomorrow morning.

Leon: You couldn’t predict your way out of a paper bag!

HM: you couldn’t predict a lopen upset special!

Transience: you couldn’t predict…wait what

*The five men go back to bickering, and then…*

*Paper Rips*

Audience: *HUGE cheers*

Jin Loss: ED BELLIS! ED BELLIS! ED BELLIS!

Mitchell Kole: Vintage Markout!

*Ed Bellis heads down the ramp, a juicebox in his hand*

Ed Bellis: So I’m in the back listening to a bunch of macaronis crying about title shots, and I’m thinking, “You know, the one that really deserves the title is this son of a mammer! Don’t you think so, hermano?

Moltar: I don-

Ed Bellis: WHAT YOU THINK IS IRRELEVANT!

Audience: *cheers*

Ed Bellis: So now that I’m in this little shindig, I’m going to win it and finally become Analysis Champion, and that’s the bottom line, when Bellismania is cookin’!

*The General Manager of GCA, SBAllen emerges at the top of the ramp*

Audience: *mixed reaction*

SBAllen: Okay, I can’t have you guys taking up any more of my time, so this is what I’m going to do. Since our Analysis Title and Prediction Titles are vacant with Yoblazer’s retirement, I’m going to put them both on the line! The six of you, Master Moltar, Heroic Mario, Lopen, Transience, Leonhart, and Ed Bellis will come together to create the Contest Analysis Crew! The six of you will analyze each match and give your predictions on who will win each battle. The person who closest predicts the most matches will become the new GCA Prediction Champion, and the person who predicts the most matches correctly will be recognized as the new GCA Analysis Champion!

Audience: *chants “GCA! GCA! GCA!”*

SBAllen: And that’s not all, because you, the readers, will be able to get in on the action to! Each match will have a Guest Predictor! It’s your chance to be a part of the Crew and collectively go for the Gold!

Audience: *cheers*

*The six men talk it over in the ring*

Moltar: Alright, we accept!

SBAllen: That’s what I want to hear! Oh, and before I leave, I have one more announcement to make…

*Everyone is on the edge of their seats as to what the announcement is.*

SBAllen: The contest, Best Game Ever 2, will be…a four-way generational bracket!

Audience: *heavily mixed reaction*

Everyone in the ring: augh

Guest Anaysis List - E-mail to mastermoltar@gmail.com upon completion. Make sure to get it in at least 5-6 hours before the match to ensure that your analysis is posted with the rest!

DK/PO/SI/Tetris - Luster Soldier
MM2/Pac-Man/Pong/Oregon Trail - BlAcK TuRtLe
DH/Galaga/NG/SMB - SuperAngelo128
DW3/Contra/Metroid/LoZ - Zylo the wolf

Castlevania 3/Civilization/Sonic 1/SF2 - Yoblazer
SimCity/SMB3/Tecmo SB/Monkey Island - HaRRicH
Battletoads/FF/PoP/SMW - Big Bob
Crystalis/FF4/MM3/RCR - WarThaHedgehog

Gunstar Heroes/Sonic 3/SMK/S. Metroid - Luis_Sera89
DKC/Doom/SoR2/LttP - The Real Truth
FF3/MMX/PS4/Zelda: LA - Mr3790
MK2/SoM/Shining Force 2/Sonic 2 - Kleenex

DKC2/Goldeneye/RE2/SMRPG - greatone10
FF7/MK64/SF64/Suikoden - XxSoulxX
SotN/KSS/RE/SM64 - XIII_rocks
CT/Earthbound/Lufia 2/ SMW2 - KamikazePotato
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Moltar Status: yessssssss
all hail MGS4 the king of 2008 games

MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/6/2009 6:58:22 PM | message detail | filter | #003

aww yeah
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trannyscience | Posted 4/6/2009 6:59:09 PM | message detail | filter | #004

NEWCOMER

Ed Bellis
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Ed Bellis | Posted 4/6/2009 7:02:53 PM | message detail | filter | #005

what the hell did i just read

i mean uhhh good to be here !
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This was KING BELLIS LOL
ed status: [00:26] <pxl> i'd steamboat her willie if you know what i mean

Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:05:56 PM | message detail | filter | #006

Wait a minute, how was I fired without even being informed of it?!

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(thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat)

You weren't fired! Just...shifted off for this contest.
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Moltar Status: yessssssss
all hail MGS4 the king of 2008 games

The Real Truth | Posted 4/6/2009 7:11:19 PM | message detail | filter | #008

Sweet thanks.
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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:12:48 PM | message detail | filter | #009

I’ll accept your challenge, and when I beat you, that title is going to be around my pretty waist.

Aw yeah

And now I finally get a full contest!
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:19:52 PM | message detail | filter | #010

Hell yeah I'm Santino.

That means I will be taking this analysis crew world cup. Just wait until the Korean children get out of bed and propel all of my picks to the victory!
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Division 1: Round 1 - Match 1 – Donkey Kong vs. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! vs. Space Invaders vs. Tetris

Moltar’s Analysis

Donkey Kong
2004 Results: Won in Round 1 against Duck Hunt
Lost in Round 2 against Legend of Zelda

Oh Donkey Kong, if it’s not the character choking, it’s the arcade game.

Punch-Out
2004 Results: N/A

Can Little Mac’s game pull off the underdog victory?

Space Invaders
2004 Results: N/A

“You are defeated. Instead of shooting where I was, you should have shot where I was going to be!”

Tetris
2004 Results: Won in Round 1 against Galaga
Won in Round 2 against Pong
Lost in Round 3 against Legend of Zelda

*insert Tetris theme here*

Another contest with stipulations I’m not happy about and an abundance of blah matches. Oh well, no point in complaining.

This match isn’t too bad. Like in 2008, we start off the Contest with a debatable first match. The winner isn’t in much doubt. Tetris should have a pretty easy time beating the rest of these games. It’s proven before that it does have some strength, but it will crumble to a more popular franchise (i.e. Mario or Zelda). I don’t see any Marios or Zelda’s here though. Plus, Tetris and DK both faced Legend of Zelda 5 years ago, and Tetris did considerably better.

The real match is the battle for second between Punch-Out and Donkey Kong. Sorry Space Invaders, but with Tetris here, I don’t see you doing much at all. I’d consider Punch-Out to be the favorite for second, but you can’t count Donkey Kong out. Donkey Kong, the character, is infamous for choking in close matches. That’s not quite true for the game, as it did win its match, but it also did not impress either back in 2004. In what should have been a decent victory, DK fought tooth-and-nail to win the match.

Still, I don’t think Duck Hunt is weak or anything like that. I wouldn’t have taken Punch-Out to beat it 1v1. Why I take Punch-Out here is because of Tetris sapping up a good amount of the vote, which includes a good share of Donkey Kong’s votes. It’s hard for me to see a significant amount of people voting for DK when a better and more iconic game like Tetris is also here. Little Mac didn’t exactly impress back in 2007, but the actual game should be considerably stronger, and it’s tight fanbase should get it through here.

Moltar’s Bracket Says: Tetris > Punch-Out

Moltar’s Prediction is: Tetris: 43% - Punch-Out: 24% - Donkey Kong: 20% - Space Invaders: 13%

Heroic Mario’s Analysis

So here we go with another contest, kicking it off with a bunch of old games nobody cares about (except for Punch-Out!!). I have no idea how I'm going to justify some of these picks since they're almost all based on gut rather than anything substantial, but let's give this a go.

I think everyone agrees that Tetris is going to advance here, even if against all odds it comes in second. The only real question is how big of a win it gets. I get the feeling that I'm probably on the lower end of what some are expecting, but I have no idea where people stand on this match. The way I see it, Tetris is a well-known, somewhat loved game, but its strength comes from the weakness of its opponents as opposed to itself. I think it'll collapse against anything with an actual fanbase, but unless I'm underestimating Punch-Out (and I kinda doubt I am), then that shouldn't be a problem here.

The fight for second is where this match is at, though. Some are going with DK solely based on namesake, others are going with Punch-Out because it's a game with an actual fanbase and it's better! That's more or less my reasoning here, too -- Punch-Out has actual fans, it may not be super popular, but when we're talking about the original Donkey Kong, I don't think it needs to be. Punch-Out may be old, but everyone who's played it loves it, and it's almost as well known as anything here. Maybe not on a widescale, but people on GameFAQs should be familiar with it.

The only thing that makes me wonder about it is Little Mac sucking so hard in contests and the fact that Punch-Out isn't really a 'name' here like other stuff. It's been proven time and again that when people don't care, they're more likely to go with something they've at least heard of, or are most familiar with. Still, I think most of those votes are bound to go for Tetris, leaving Punch-Out's hardcore fans to give it a win.
(this was long!)

Tetris -- 45%
Punch-Out -- 30%
Donkey Kong -- 15%
Space Invaders -- 10%

Bracket: Tetris > Punch-Out
Favorites: Punch-Out > Tetris

Lopen’s Analysis

How are you gentlemen! And ladies, I suppose! It is I, the resident “joke entry” as they say. Well this I will show you that lo, I am no joke, and behold, I will show you my mastery of the completely alien format will continue as it did with the first iteration of the four way character battle! Now, because I've basically paid zero attention to the stats topic or any of its ilk during the bracket period, it's going to make my upsets seem all the more off the wall BOLD (and all the more cries of “oh god that man is a prophet” shall ring out when they come true!)

Uhhh... anyway. Time for “upset #1” I believe. I have no idea, really. No guru rankings yet, but alright, what I see here is a battle between a miserable pile of apathy. Donkey Kong, Space Invaders... who plays those games any more? Who really says “gee I want to play that” let me tell you something no one does. These guys would get (have been) moshed by the Legend of Zelda with over 90% of the vote. Now, I unfortunately realize that the Legend of Zelda is not in the match. Interesting, that none of Link's games started this contest. Why not, you ask?

Simple: Tyson bit his ear off and then ko'ed him with one flash uppercut. And those pointy ears, they were delicious.

Uhh... seriously, though. As I said, this is a battle of apathy. Tetris being universally known annihilates DK and Space Invaders's apathy-base, while the only game that has something resembling a genuine fanbase these days (come on ytmnd fads and Mac's been in the character battle a few times!) manages to coast into round 2.

Now... even Tetris, I believe, has a mostly apathetic fanbase. But it doesn't matter, because as much as I love it, Punch Out doesn't have the star power to draw enough of that apathy base away. Not to mention: Brick not hit back, in the words of the immortal Chong Li. Meaning? Mac wastes all of his hearts while the Tetris blocks get drunk from excess vodka and plot to take over America while doing so. This is a Punch Out match, after all.

Lopen's Prediction
Soda Popinski's Tetris – 49.21%
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! - 25.35%
Donkey Kong – 13.43%
Space Invaders – 12.01%

Transience’s Analysis

Best Game Ever II -- hell yeah. We've been waiting five years for a follow to the Best Contest Ever and now we've got it. Sure, the fact that the contest is four-way will probably ruin any "credibility", but it'll still be fun.

This contest is a complete mess to predict though. The first round is totally random and nearly impossible to say anything definitive on. The middle rounds are completely dependent on what random game moves on from the first rounds and how the fanbase splits. Even the finals are unpredictable -- e3 week is the final week of the contest. Let's say a new Zelda game gets announced, or a new Metal Gear Solid title. Who knows what kind of effect this has, especially in fourways. Predicting this contest is going to be a disaster.

Which is why we're here - so you can laugh at us when we're miserably wrong.

Onto match 1 - Tetris/Punch-Out/Donkey Kong/Space Invaders. First of all, I don't know a single person who cares about Space Invaders. The remake was kinda cool but that's a totally different game and everyone knows it. Space Invaders has a built-in advantage of not being Nintendo, but I'll be damned if anyone's gonna vote for it. Plus, there's this poll showing how it's weaker than Donkey Kong:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3059

Everyone agrees that Tetris will take first here - it's technically possible for it to drop the ball and just bomb, but no one will pick against it, especially not after the whole L-Block thing. Tetris tends to bomb against anything Nintendo, but this stuff doesn't even qualify - both Punch-Out and DK are weak and fairly obscure by today's standards. Tetris takes first, and probably with ease.

The Real Match is Punch-Out and DK. To me, the deciding factor is this - does anybody actually like Donkey Kong? Not the character, but the original game. For most people, it's a passable oldschool arcade game, but nobody really likes it. I wouldn't be amazed if it gets more votes from people that think they're voting for Donkey Kong Country than fans of the original. Donkey Kong can't get by on apathy votes anymore - there's three games in the match now.

Then there's Punch-Out, a game that's already more liked than DK. It's got nostalgia working in its favour, something you can't say about DK. It's got a Wii version coming up, arguably the biggest Wii game coming out this year. (Something bigger will be announced, but for now, this is The Game.) Heck, it's even got the old internet fad. DK won't be close here.

Jumpman v. Tyson
90 seconds of pure pain
Punch-Out by knockout

transience's prediction:

Tetris - 41%
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - 30%
Donkey Kong - 19%
Space Invaders - 10%

Leonhart’s Analysis

Donkey Kong: Ah, Donkey Kong is back to provide some more drama. DK/DH was apparently one of the better matches of the first Games Contest (I missed almost all the match, only had time to vote for Duck Hunt that day and didn’t see the result until the next day). Of course, then Donkey Kong got absolutely obliterated by the Legend of Zelda the next round. Come on, let’s face it. This game is going to advance based on name recognition alone if it does, and the DK name isn’t really that big around here. I’ve heard people say that DK advancing is a no-brainer, and I’ve just got to ask them if they’ve ever seen a match involving DK. It constantly underperforms relative to the name brand, and I’m expecting it to do the same again.

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!: Here’s an interesting entry. How well has this game held up over the years? This is really the question of the match. The upcoming Punch-Out!! for Wii isn’t going to have any effect on this match. It’s all about how well people remember this game. Little Mac somehow got into the 2007 contest and got nearly 29,000 votes and 16.54% of the vote. I’m not even sure if that’s good or bad. I would imagine the game itself is bigger than Little Mac, and there’s apparently at least a decent number of people who remember it. Of course, another question to consider is how much Punch-Out!! is going to need to get second place. The answer: No idea, but probably somewhere in the 20s, which is manageable.

Space Invaders: Ah, this game takes me back to my childhood trips to the dentist. My old dentist office had Space Invaders in the waiting room with unlimited credits, so I could play to my heart’s content until it was time to get my teeth cleaned. Good times. I wasn’t very good at it, but that’s not the point. I said all that to say that Space Invaders practically has no chance to advance. I won’t 100% guarantee it because of the wackiness of this format, but this game just isn’t relevant anymore and hasn’t been for years upon years. The DK and Tetris names are still well known, and even Punch-Out!! is getting revived. I can’t see Space Invaders getting anything but last.

Tetris: In my opinion, this is the obvious choice for first place. It’s not because of L-Block either. This game won’t have that kind of power, and the first Games Contest showed us that. A Tetris piece qualifies as a joke entry. The game itself does not. The simple fact is that nearly everyone who’s played video games for more than 10 minutes has played Tetris at some point or another. That is a huge factor, especially in this division where it’s facing off against some games that are in the retirement village on life support by this point. Tetris destroyed Galaga and Pong in the first Games Contest, but then got destroyed by Zelda in the Sweet Sixteen. That tells me that Tetris will get a huge casual vote against games that aren’t that popular, but it’ll fold against a big name. Fortunately for Tetris, none of these games are big. It should have an easy victory.

Leonhart’s Vote: Space Invaders, for old time’s sake.

Leonhart’s Prediction:
Donkey Kong – 25.00%
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! – 25.25%
Space Invaders – 12.21%
Tetris – 37.54%

Ed Bellis’s Analysis

ATTN: OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ANALYSIS CREW

YOUR ASSES CALLED

THEY ARE READY TO BE SUFFICIENTLY KICKED

Yes folks, the self-proclaimed “KING OF BOARD 8 LOL” has at last come to put the “anal” in “Analysis Crew.” Why, you ask? Because everybody else said ‘no.’

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the first match in the aptly named ‘1972-1988’ division. You all know the rules by this point: four games enter, top two move on, order matters, let’s have some pie. What makes this contest so exciting is that our main data for games (i.e., the last games contest) comes from five years ago. Lots of stuff has changed since then… OR HAS IT

Anyway, it wouldn’t be an Ed Bellis of a bracket without some sort of horrific upset in the first match. Let’s look at the contenders.

Donkey Kong. If eight years of contests have taught me anything, it’s don’t bet on goddamned Donkey Kong. The friggin’ ape managed to get three of his games in the contest – and the sad thing is, this one has the greatest chance of making it out of Round One. Go fig. The original DK in all its arcade glory had a legendary match against Duck Hunt in 2004 before being summarily wailed upon by the original Legend of Zelda.

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Back before Tyson bit ears off, he was a challenging (read: impossible) final boss in this semi-sports boxing game. Punch-Out is one of those classics that everyone’s not only played, but that everyone seems to really love; its resurgence into the limelight with a recently announced Wii installment should increase its chances.

Space Invaders. The second oldest game in the bracket and one of the oldest games period, Space Invaders may be revered, but it’s tough to find anyone who gives a damn about it. Even its successor Galaga has more of a following than this ancient. I expect it to get last here.

Tetris. This is probably the most mainstream four-pack of the contest – practically everyone’s at least heard of each of these four games. Tetris had an easy path in 2004 before getting absolutely crushed by Zelda 1. I don’t expect it to do much better this year, though it won’t have to to get first place here. L-Block fear might compel many to take Tetris pretty far, but the joke’s on them – Tetris may have universal appeal, but it doesn’t come from being a “joke entry.”

When I first filled out my bracket I assumed Tetris > Punch-Out was the natural order, and I’ve seen little to dissuade myself from that logic. Punch-Out might not have a whole lot of strength, but really: would you take it to beat Duck Hunt? If the answer is YES DEAR GOD YES, then stick with Tyson’s impossible game of impossibility.

Prediction: IN SOVIET RUSSIA, OLD JOKE RUINS YOU
Donkey Kong with 23.90%
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! with 28.49%
Space Invaders with 14.28%
Tetris with 33.33%

Guest’s Analysis - Luster Soldier

Tetris should take first place with ease and also look a lot better than it did back in the last Games Contest, owing to the increased attention given to Tetris as a result of L-Block. There is little hope of Tetris losing first place to Donkey Kong or Punch-Out as a result of being anti-voted simply because it's associated with L-Block. Tetris is actually a legit entry in these contests, unlike L-Block. Tetris is just too far above those 2 games to be in any danger here.

The real battle for second is between Donkey Kong and Punch-Out. My initial thought when I saw Punch-Out in the bracket was "I've never heard of this game, last place confirmed!". For the most part, I've heard of almost every single game listed in the bracket, except like maybe 1 or 2 games. Once I saw a very high number of users predicting Punch-Out for second, I later changed my initial thoughts on Punch-Out and figured that third place was possible, but no farther than that. In the Oracle Challenge, Guru Contest, and the BOP, a surprisingly high number of users are predicting Punch-Out for second as well. Sorry to say it, even though the Gurus are better than the casuals in predicting most matches correctly, sometimes even the casuals have owned the Gurus. Two matches come to mind from the last contest where the casuals had owned the Gurus. They are:

Link/Luke/Shadow/Zidane

Gurus: 7.96%
Casuals: 36.34%

Percentages are for correctly putting Zidane in second place.

Altair/Guybrush/Isaac/Lucario

Gurus: 6.97%
Casuals: 52.09%

This is for correctly putting Altair in first place.

The mere fact that so many Gurus have gone with Punch-Out for second doesn't really scare me. When I requested some reasoning as to why Punch-Out would take second, no one could provide the said reasoning.

Since no one can provide a valid reasoning for Punch-Out taking second, I can make this assumption: Why should I place Punch-Out in second if I can't (or anyone else) even argue some valid reasons why second would be possible?

I certainly cannot provide any half-assed reasoning for Punch-Out taking second, but I can definitely provide a reasoning why Punch-Out will not take second.

Punch-Out is a sports game, a boxing game to be more specific. If there's one thing I can assume about sports games, it's that GameFAQs doesn't really care about them and this should prove it:

Super Mario Bros. 92.21% 108723
Madden NFL 7.79% 9186
TOTAL VOTES 117909

This is from the 2006 Series Contest and while that result is almost 3 years old, it's hell of a lot more reliable than most of the 5 year old 2004 Games Contest match results. 92% is definitely no joke, when you consider that there are only 7 matches where the winner could break 90%. Here's an earlier poll which shows that football is the most popular sport in video gaming:

What's your favorite sport to play as a video game?
Auto Racing 24.13% 11951
Baseball 3.81% 1885
Basketball 8.63% 4274
Football 25.27% 12517
Golf 3.9% 1930
Hockey 9.35% 4632
Soccer 9.81% 4857
Other 15.11% 7485
TOTAL VOTES 49531

Football barely takes first by a few hundred votes, but promptly buries all the other sports besides Auto Racing and Other. The Other option can encompass several sports, including boxing, tennis, and everything else. Had boxing been given its own option, I suspect it will probably get between 5% and 9%. In the case of Madden, we have a football game series being reduced to a lowly 8% in a display of bittersweet irony, quite unusual when football is the most popular sport to play as a video game. It is already known that boxing is much less popular to play as a video game, so there shall be no mercy when it comes to seeing what a boxing game is capable of doing in a contest format.

If Punch-Out does not steal second, then it shall be Donkey Kong that takes it instead. I realize that Donkey Kong is one of our contest choke jobs, at least in the character contests, but I still think there is some chance that Donkey Kong will not choke given that this is a Games contest and not a Character contest. I can only assume that Donkey's Kong past choking history is what may have inspired many users into picking Punch-Out for second.

Also worth noting is the release of Super Punch-Out!! on the Wii's VC a few days ago. That release did not make any noise at all, with the board having only 7 topics on it. Any strength boost that Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! receives will be pretty much negligible. While Donkey Kong has been released on the VC (albeit over 2 years ago), Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! has yet to be released on the VC and so Donkey Kong has somewhat of an advantage here. Donkey Kong was released on several other systems besides the original Atari 2600 release, which is not the case with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. I predict Donkey Kong for second and Punch-Out for third.

Finally, we arrive at Space Invaders, which should be getting last place as Tetris should hurt Space Invaders through "Classic Gaming SFF". See Pong/River City Ransom, and Pong/Tetris for evidence of this.

Luster Soldier's bracket (and pick): Tetris > Donkey Kong
Luster Soldier's prediction: Donkey Kong - 23.02%, Mike Tyson's
Punch-Out!! - 20.10%, Space Invaders - 13.09%, Tetris - 43.79%

Crew Consensus: Tetris > Punch-Out is near-unanimous. We’re thinking DK crumbles here with Tetris sucking up the vote. However, Luster the Guest thinks DK will pull through.

LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:23:55 PM | message detail | filter | #017

Ed Bellis totally stole my format!
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:26:07 PM | message detail | filter | #018

1. Everyone picked Punch-Out!!? Well, cool. I thought I was calling for an upset there ha ha.
2. Luster Soldier is insane (inane?)
3. Leonhart and Ed Bellis, no yo or NGamer? Man, I'm surprised what the crew is and I'm on it!
4. Tomorrow's upset will be an upset!
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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:26:49 PM | message detail | filter | #019

Yo officially resigned, so...
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:27:37 PM | message detail | filter | #020

I don't pay attention to current events on this board! Did you not read my intro paragraph?
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/6/2009 7:28:41 PM | message detail | filter | #021

I'll beg for a spot if the next contest is either 1v1 or open to all fictional characters.
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Ed Bellis | Posted 4/6/2009 7:28:49 PM | message detail | filter | #022

Leonhart totally stole my format!

And my post complaining about it!
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/6/2009 7:29:22 PM | message detail | filter | #023

Huh I thoguht DK/Punch out was a toss up, surprised everyone went Punch out
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Ed Bellis | Posted 4/6/2009 7:29:36 PM | message detail | filter | #024

From: Lopen | #018
4. Tomorrow's upset will be an upset!

Indeed it will be.

Indeed.

It.

Will.

Be.
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nintendogirl1 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:30:59 PM | message detail | filter | #025

Bioshock/LittleBigPlanet/MGS4/Portal.

I am guesting it. I want it so hard it's not even funny. Yeah, and when (you better believe when) Portal's 2nd round match comes I want MGS4/Portal/Fallout 3/Halo 3.
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Big Bob | Posted 4/6/2009 7:31:20 PM | message detail | filter | #026

Dammit, now that the whole crew picked Punch-Out, Donkey Kong is gonna win. Oh well.
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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:32:12 PM | message detail | filter | #027

Aw yeah, nothing like the unanimous Crew pick except for the Guest! This always turns out well!
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WarThaHedgehog | Posted 4/6/2009 7:32:14 PM | message detail | filter | #028

Or Punch-Out!! will take first!
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/6/2009 7:33:19 PM | message detail | filter | #029

lol creamed by Luster. Who are these crew and why are they so lame?
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/6/2009 7:35:08 PM | message detail | filter | #030

2. Luster Soldier is insane (inane?)

When it came to my write-up, I went all out with a harsh and abrasive attitude. But let me point out that even the casuals have owned the Gurus on some matches. Gurus aren't perfect in their picks. I have high confidence in Tetris > DK. Last contest, I predicted Squall > Sora in round 2 for a Guest write-up (that one had Fox/Yoshi in it). People were calling me insane for picking that upset, but I ended up being the only one out of the Crew to predict that upset correctly.
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:37:08 PM | message detail | filter | #031

Yes, Luster, we know you've picked some that the rest of the crew hasn't. Join the club!

I'm just saying even if your pick is right (not an impossibility) your reasoning is totally wack.
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M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:37:55 PM | message detail | filter | #032

How did the crew do last year?
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/6/2009 7:38:16 PM | message detail | filter | #033

Yeah, you might get it right...

but thinking punch outs strength is due to the amount of people who play boxing games is kinda lulzworthy
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PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/6/2009 7:39:01 PM | message detail | filter | #034

How did the crew do last year?

IIRC, we did a pretty good job.
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:40:28 PM | message detail | filter | #035

I did pretty terribly, that's all I know. Then again, I think that's... expected?

However two years ago Moltar and I were both in the top 3 gurus I think so go crew we are the greatest predictive force in contest entertainment.
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Ed Bellis | Posted 4/6/2009 7:41:15 PM | message detail | filter | #036

Who cares how they did last year? This year they have KING BELLIS at the helm!
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Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:41:32 PM | message detail | filter | #037

UNACCEPTABLE. Not only am I forcing my way back onto this Crew, I'm also going to outpredict these six clowns with one arm tied behind my back!

...however I do think you made the right choice in leaving me off for this cycle if you're planning on actually posting picks this far ahead of time. My crystal ball doesn't kick into gear until two hours before midnight, so I'm going to stick to that schedule as I pound the Crew's heads in here in '09.

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trannyscience | Posted 4/6/2009 7:41:41 PM | message detail | filter | #038

holy god did anybody finish that Luster writeup
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WarThaHedgehog | Posted 4/6/2009 7:42:24 PM | message detail | filter | #039

Does this mean the worst crew member will win the Ed Bellis Award In the Art of Ed Bellis?
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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:42:46 PM | message detail | filter | #040

Too painful.
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:43:18 PM | message detail | filter | #041

Ed Bellis may have the award name

But I have the award spirit

You're goin down son
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Ed Bellis | Posted 4/6/2009 7:43:31 PM | message detail | filter | #042

The award is the Ed Bellis Award for Excellence in the Field of Ed Bellis, thank you very much. And you should know, former winner!

But no, that is still reserved for the last-place Guru entrant.
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M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:44:38 PM | message detail | filter | #043

You should make a spinoff crew, NGamer. Then Board 8 could have Crew battles to see which crew could get served!
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Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 7:45:01 PM | message detail | filter | #044

The '08 Crew was pretty solid overall. Final overall Oracle standings for our preds...

5) yoblazer33 2985.12 +46.50 -2.84 47.38 (63)
14) Master Moltar 2975.81 +47.37 -12.15 47.24 (63)
18) Ngamer64 2970.47 +46.97 -17.49 47.15 (63)
32) transience 2951.53 +47.84 -36.43 46.85 (63)

With Lopen, uhhh... a little bit behind.

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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:45:39 PM | message detail | filter | #045

Yeah, you could develop an Analysis Clique!
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trannyscience | Posted 4/6/2009 7:46:55 PM | message detail | filter | #046

for whatever it's worth, I'm feeling these crazy percentages at the moment:

Tetris - 45%
Punch-Out - 33%
DK - 14%
Space Invaders - 8%
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LeonhartFour | Posted 4/6/2009 7:47:27 PM | message detail | filter | #047

Poor Space Invaders! Argh, Futurama boost, here we come!
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Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 7:48:10 PM | message detail | filter | #048

To be fair: I didn't even predict the whole contest last year! (Though I'd still be terrible but let's not pay attention to that)
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Karma Hunter | Posted 4/6/2009 7:51:56 PM | message detail | filter | #049

Punch-Out the (virtually) unanimous pick here? I love to see DK choke, but... well, guess we'll see!
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/6/2009 8:01:45 PM | message detail | filter | #050

holy god did anybody finish that Luster writeup

Oh, that's totally finished.

I'm just saying even if your pick is right (not an impossibility) your reasoning is totally wack.

Any specific parts you don't agree with?
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