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Best Game Ever 2 Contest Analysis Crew
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/6/2009 9:11:26 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #051 |
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god i love you guys --- Moltar Status: yessssssss all hail MGS4 the king of 2008 games |
| DpObliVion | Posted 4/6/2009 9:34:32 PM | message detail | filter | #052 |
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DpOblivion's Unofficial Quick Analysis: Whoo, new contest time! Okay, so basically I was excited for the contest the first day the bracket was released, then I couldn't have cared less until I forced myself to do my bracket yesterday, and now that matches are around the corner, I'm getting pumped up! We may have an interesting Day 1 match on our hands here. When I did my bracket, I barely gave a second thought to Punch-Out!!, and put Donkey Kong in second. I know I shouldn't have any faith in DK, but I had even less faith in Punch-Out (I'm not putting !!s after every time I write Punch-Out....sue me). Of course, reading through the Crew's writeups, you have me somewhat convinced that I'll be starting off the contest with a half-credit match. But I'll stick to my guns with Luster. Dp's bracket says: Tetris > Donkey Kong Dp's prediction is: Tetris > Donkey Kong Confidence Rating: 25% Tetris - 43% Donkey Kong - 25.50% Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - 23.50% Space Invaders - 8% --- Martin Brodeur: 555 career wins -- Patrick Roy: 551 career wins Best Game Ever 2009 - See profile for printable brackets |
| Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 10:13:47 PM | message detail | filter | #053 |
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Any specific parts you don't agree with? Uhh perhaps the part where you cited Madden NFL's weakness then extrapolated that through a boxing vs football sport poll here. Just for starters! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
| transience | Posted 4/6/2009 10:35:15 PM | message detail | filter | #054 |
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haha what maybe I should try scaling the mountain of text after all --- xyzzy http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/_src/sc569/HNI_0022.jpg |
| Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 10:36:21 PM | message detail | filter | #055 |
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Yeah, well I sped read it cause it really was a bit of a mouthful but it was worth it. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
| nintendogirl1 | Posted 4/6/2009 10:37:59 PM | message detail | filter | #056 |
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From: transience Definitely a worthwhile read. --- Immense. |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/6/2009 10:46:03 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #057 |
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ngamer's still sending me write-ups halp --- Moltar Status: yessssssss all hail MGS4 the king of 2008 games |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 10:47:05 PM | message detail | filter | #058 |
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Ngamer's Rebellious Crew Writeup Alright, five years later and it's finally time for another Game Contest, whoo hoo! Wait, what's this... 4ways? Ugh. And divided by eras? UGH. Oh well, it should still be enjoyable, and at least I have a spot on the Crew so I can keep doing my... huh? I was fired from the Crew, and no one even bothered to tell me?! That's the last straw! Now I'll have no choice but to rebel all season and beat the other 6 Crewmembers senseless the whole while! Starting with Match One: Hmm, the season hasn't even kicked off and already I find that I have to disagree with my fellow Crewmates. While it's true that DK is a monster choke artist both as a character and a game, and I'll agree that the presence of a fellow iconic heavyweight like Tetris isn't going to be doing it any favors, I'm still not sold on Punch-Out being the game to knock it off. Little Mac only managed 16% of the vote two years ago in that match with Dante/Ammy/Matt, and was equally bad back in 2002. But surely the game should be a decent bit stronger than the character, right? I thought so as well, until I discovered this frightening little piece of evidence: Which forgotten Super Nintendo title would you most like to see re-made or given a sequel today? ActRaiser 8.3% 5333 EVO: The Search For Eden 8.48% 5451 Illusion Of Gaia 14.64% 9406 Secret of Evermore 11.8% 7582 Shadowrun 8.21% 5277 Soul Blazer 4.85% 3120 Super Punch-Out!! 20.26% 13021 Uniracers 3.12% 2007 Zombies Ate My Neighbors 20.34% 13073 TOTAL VOTES 64270 Okay, so this is the sequel technically but we're still talking the same fanbase. A fanbase so small it could only produce 20% of the vote against competition this awful, and didn't even manage a win over ZAMN? Come on now! Tetris is going to eat this poll alive, Space Invaders should have the name recognition to manage something like 12-13 percent, and I don't see Punch Out improving to the 26%+ that it's probably going to need if it wants to advance here. And thats why my final preds are... Tetris - 39.35% Donkey Kong - 24.56% Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - 24.25% Space Invaders - 11.84% Yes sir, I sense my '09 Crew career getting off to a smashing start! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 10:49:39 PM | message detail | filter | #059 |
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The only way you'll get halp from this corner is if you use those e-mails to adjust your Oracle preds! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| Lopen | Posted 4/6/2009 10:51:42 PM | message detail | filter | #060 |
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Well I've got to say, NGamer, that's the best argument I've seen for DK here yet. That poll isn't too kind. Still gotta doubt DK but the point remains! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
| MinFarshaw | Posted 4/6/2009 10:53:22 PM | message detail | filter | #061 |
| Gotta agree with Kay Aitch here. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/6/2009 10:53:25 PM | message detail | filter | #062 |
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tag --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/6/2009 11:07:21 PM | message detail | filter | #063 |
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Oh hoho, and DK overcomes the early rush of bracket votes to mount a 30 vote lead at the freeze. I am living large and loving life! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| transience | Posted 4/6/2009 11:11:35 PM | message detail | filter | #064 |
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well, we're starting out much like we did last year. let's see where this goes. --- xyzzy |
| Mr3790 | Posted 4/6/2009 11:14:54 PM | message detail | filter | #065 |
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Tagging to remember! --- AC:WW Code: Name:Mr.378 Town:Darkcity FC: 4210-5769-8462 GENO WHIRL! |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/7/2009 1:33:21 AM | message detail | filter | #066 |
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Uhh perhaps the part where you cited Madden NFL's weakness then extrapolated that through a boxing vs football sport poll here. Fair enough. Oh hoho, and DK overcomes the early rush of bracket votes to mount a 30 vote lead at the freeze. You don't even know if Punch-Out has high bracket support among the casuals. If you remember Altair/Guybrush/Issac/Lucario from last contest, Lucario had high bracket support for first place, at least from Board 8 alone. So you might have been lead to believe that Lucario had high bracket support for first place, but once the prediction percentages came in, we were proved wrong. Altair still kicked ass and stole first place and the casuals definitely owned us here. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| Gaddswell | Posted 4/7/2009 1:35:34 AM | message detail | filter | #067 |
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Tag --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDaGWrPcjb8 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 4/7/2009 1:37:53 AM | message detail | filter | #068 |
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Luster gave a damn good post there. --- .,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,. Now Playing: Etrian Odyssey 2, Devil May Cry |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 4/7/2009 1:49:43 AM | message detail | filter | #069 |
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I actually have the closest Punch-Out prediction out the Crew tonight,
but that's only because Tetris is overperforming well above what I had
expected. While Punch-Out may be in second for now, DK could still make
a comeback with the morning vote and ASV. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but still not as cool as FastFalcon05, Guru Champ! |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/7/2009 2:04:18 AM | message detail | filter | #070 |
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While I agree with you in general, Lusty Gus, I think that in the first
three minutes of a new Contest a larger percentage of the votes coming
in are from B8 regulars, which explained PO's great start up until the
4th and 5th minutes. DK is most likely the casual bracket favorite
though, and I imagine that helped its comeback once the casuals noticed
that the new Contest had started. --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/7/2009 7:19:59 AM | message detail | filter | #071 |
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Darn it, that poll makes me wonder why Zombies Ate My Neighbors isn't in this contest! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| FantasyFreak999 | Posted 4/7/2009 7:44:35 AM | message detail | filter | #072 |
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tagging (as I always do for these) --- "Run, run, or you'll be well done!" ~Kefka, Final Fantasy 6~ |
| irriadin | Posted 4/7/2009 8:42:47 AM | message detail | filter | #073 |
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tag --- "I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time. |
| AndrewWarner | Posted 4/7/2009 8:49:37 AM | message detail | filter | #074 |
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taggitty tag --- The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger (AKA FastFalcon) followed. |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/7/2009 7:58:08 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #075 |
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Division 1: Round 1 - Match 2 – Mega Man 2 vs. Pac-Man vs. Pong vs. The Oregon Trail Moltar’s Analysis Mega Man 2 2004 Results: N/A After missing the first Games Contest, Mega Man made sure to not miss this one too. Pac-Man 2004 Results: Lost in Round 1 against Metroid wakka wakka wakka Pong 2004 Results: Won in Round 1 against River City Ransom Lost in Round 2 against Tetris Mitchell Kole: MODIFIED TENNIS! The Oregon Trail 2004 Results: N/A Always, ALWAYS caulk the wagon. Oregon Trail gets last (uh ohz). Yeah it has its fans and “everyone’s played it!!!” but it’s not going to amount to much. Pong may have been interesting here if it didn’t already embarrass itself in 2004 by getting crushed in its match against Tetris (which is wrecking today). If it couldn’t do anything there, no way it does something here with a game just as universally recognized like Pac-Man and something with strength like MM2. So the “match” here is between MM2 and Pac-Man. I like MM2 to win here because we’ve seen Pac-Man not only flop against big franchises, but even Metroid was able to demolish it. While it’s true there isn’t much information on the strength of the individual Mega Man games (seriously is there even a poll with the individual MM games?), Mega Man is still an iconic Nintendo franchise. Hell, the character is still a Noble Nine character on this site. Therefore I think it won’t have much of a problem taking out Pac and the others. Moltar’s Bracket Says: MM2 > Pac-Man Moltar’s Prediction is: MM2: 51% - Pac-Man: 21% - Pong: 15% - Oregon Trail: 13% Heroic Mario’s Analysis So who else is ready to ditch these old games no one cares about and move on to some real games I know I am. After DK's easy win over Punch-Out, I'm convinced that all of these old games are working entirely on recognition, not which game is really better. When Tetris can put up nearly 55% in a poll, you know it's bad news. The 1972 division is one big battle of apathy, where being the most well-known game means you're the most likely to advance. That means good things for Pac-Man in today's match, too. The fight for second here is a lot like DK/Punch-Out, only Oregon Trail probably isn't any better of a game than Pac-Man. I don't think GameFAQs cares about any of these games, save for maybe MM2. So this comes down to which game is more well-known -- Pac-Man or Oregon Trail -- and that should almost always favor the yellow guy. OT's not exactly an unknown game, though. Almost everyone has played it at some point in their lives, most likely on school computers. But on that same note, they probably don't remember much about it or have any real attachment to it, and it's not exactly 'iconic' like Pac-Man. With Mega Man set to destroy this match harder than Tetris did yesterday, Pac-Man's got everything going for it. The only real advantage OT can say it has going in is the potential for joke voting. Sure, it's not really a "joke game," but it's garnered a similar kind of reputation in recent times. It's certainly closer to being a joke than it is a legitimate game, in any case. I know my whole reason for voting for it is based on 'Theo is well again' ! But yeah, my bracket has Oregon Trail in it, but yesterday's match almost dictates that I go with Pac-Man today. Donkey Kong is a pretty awful game, worse than Pac-Man for sure, and it still managed to take an easy win. You gotta figure that Pac can manage the same thing here. And if it can't...well, I give up trying to figure these old games out if that happens! time to bail out on fording the upset and instead pay the $5 ferry for pointz Mega Man 2 -- 60% Pac-Man -- 17% The Oregon Trail -- 15% Pong -- 8% Bracket: Mega Man 2 > Oregon Trail Favorites: Mega Man 2 > Oregon Trail |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/7/2009 7:58:26 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #076 |
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Lopen’s Analysis Hey, speaking of apathy! Remember how bad Pong got beat by Tetris way back when? Then, then, remember how bad TETRIS in turn got beat by the Legend of Zelda? Yeah. It's kind of like that. Actually, this says nothing about Pac-Man and The Oregon Trail... I mean, look at how well Pac-Man holds up against, say... Mario, and... Yoshi... and that Ms. Pac-Man vs Mega Man match oh my. Well then. I guess it's up to The Oregon Trail to win this match. Certainly a possibility. Remember that the thief from this game is the original ultimate opportunist, and so the Oregon Trail with him in his employ will pick this four pack clean. That's right, Mega Man, a thief came to your house last night and stole 12142 power pellets, 5314 bolts, and 123536 votes ohhh yeah victory. Terrible jokes involving game references aside... I really do have The Oregon Trail taking second in this one. A long shot to be sure, yeah, but I'd like to think that it's got more going for it than Pong and Pac-Man, the kings of the apathy vote. I mean, come on guys, who doesn't remember playing The Oregon Trail at school? Even in my home state, where there is no economy or educational system to speak of, we had our cacti all wired up and fashioned crude computing instruments from them... and with those instruments, we played The Oregon Trail. I'm not saying it's going to win a spot on the top 100 games of all time list, but it's certainly got nostalgia and possibly the joke vote going going for it, which is more than enough to get by here where the #1 Mega Man game-- a big reason this guy is NN material-- is going to just obliterate the poll. Hey is that (another?) upset? I bet it is! Lopen's prediction: Mega Man 2 – 54.03% The Oregon Trail – 18.55% Pac-Man – 17.12% Pong – 10.30% Transience’s Analysis Whelp, we were wrong on day 1 - who the hell likes Donkey Kong? argh. But I think we're missing the real story -- Tetris put up 54% on some decently well-known titles. You can probably count the characters who got 50% in a match last year on one hand. Tetris looks for real and certainly made a statement about who was going to be taking first in its showdown with Mega Man 2 next round. Now it's up to Mega Man 2 to respond. Tonight's match is five years in the making. How strong are Mega Man games? The most infamous snub from 2004 and The List in 2005 finally gets its chance to shine. Will it bomb? Will it crush these games? MM2 is pretty much a lock for first, but it's all about how it does. I think it'll shine just based on being the only game people care about in 2009. Second place *should* be Pac-Man. Pac has a history of being killed by iconic games, though, and Mega Man 2 should have no problem beating up Pac-Man. Mega Man beat Ms. Pac Man like 92-8 back in 2002 and Pac-Man's been crushed by icons such as Luigi, Mario and Yoshi in recent years. That said, DK probably has the same problem and it just beat a niche game in Punch-Out, so I think Pac-Man will be all right. The question, then, is what to do with the joke that is Oregon Trail. Everyone has played it and it's spawned countless fads across the past 20 years. Its joke potential makes it a pretty independent kinda game - this is a game that could theoretically make a deep run just based on getting the asme 15-20% every round. If Pac-Man sucks it up, OT could ford the river to victory. I want to pick it, but I'm just not dumb enough to put money on a text-based game about snake bites. My other crewmates will take care of that for me! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/3347848199_e5ce1a6377.jpg fording the river? pfft, Pac-Man fords the cherry gets a higher score transience's prediction: Mega Man 2 - 54% Pac-Man - 23% Oregon Trail - 17% Pong - 6% |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/7/2009 7:59:31 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #077 |
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Leon’s Analysis Mega Man 2: Having no Mega Man game was one of the biggest complaints about the first Games Contest, and this is the one that most are hyping as the most popular of the bunch. I personally think the Mega Man series is one of those where the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts. For example, the Mega Man series easily defeated the Mario Kart series, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see Super Mario Kart or Mario Kart 64 beat Mega Man 2. Maybe I’m in the minority here, but that’s how I feel about it. Regardless, Mega Man 2 has a pretty easy match here, even if it’s not very strong. I’d take it to beat Metroid, which pounded Pac-Man into the ground, and at the very least, I feel it could hang in there with Tetris, which owned Pong. Anything less than first place would be a huge disappointment for Mega Man 2, and it should win fairly comfortably. Pac-Man: I never know what to think of Pac-Man. In general, it’s been nothing but disappointing, with the exception of the upset of Revolver Ocelot back in 2005. Virtually everyone knows of Pac-Man, but for once, it’s not the only entrant you can say that about since it has to contend with Pong. I think any of the three games could potentially finish in second place behind Mega Man 2, but Pac-Man’s what I’d consider the “safe” pick. Although again, with Pac-Man’s sketchy history of disappointments, it’s far from a lock. Pong: Ahh, the one that essentially started it all. I feel Pong’s one advantage is in how well-known it is, and that advantage is essentially taken away here. Pac-Man is about as well known, and Mega Man is a Noble Niner, so his games are popular and well known around these parts. Pong beat River City Ransom fairly easily the first time around, but then it got owned by Tetris, a game that rivaled it in recognition. I expect the same thing to happen here. Really, the only way Pong advances is if it brings in the joke votes, which isn’t entirely out of the question. The Oregon Trail: I guess Oregon Trail could be considered a wild card. At the very least, it’s very difficult to tell what it will do. For some reason, I don’t think the elementary school “fad” is quite as widespread as some think, and so I think it’s going to disappoint. And I know characters =/= games and all that, but I can’t help remembering Carmen Sandiego bombing against Zelda in 2006. It may take second place here (or even first if something really wacky happens), but I think the odds are in favor of it bombing. Leonhart’s Vote: Mega Man 2, for everlasting peace! Leonhart’s Prediction: Mega Man 2 – 40.91% Pac-Man – 23.44% Pong – 20.54% The Oregon Trail – 15.11% Ed Bellis’s Analysis This is another match where first place is all but assured, but second place is up in the air. Mega Man 2. Here’s the first place contender right here. ROCKUMANO TWO was snubbed from the first games contest, presumably because the series’ fans couldn’t decide on a single game to push through. Now we have what are probably the three strongest Mega Man games in the contest – 2, 3, and X. I’m actually banking that X will be the strongest of the three, but 2 won’t be any slouch. Not that it’ll need to be here when its competition is… Pac-Man. The “smart money” is on Pac-Man to get second here for most of the reasons people are backing other games in this first division: universal appeal, recognizability, and the fact that the other games are just that weak. Pac-Man had an unspectacular run in the first games contest, losing in a doubling to the original Metroid, of all things. One can assume that Pac-Man’s success as a character would be roughly equal to his game’s success, since… that’s all he really has. Still, the recent resurgence of Pac-Man on Xbox Live Arcade might give the game a needed boost. Not that it’ll need it against… |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/7/2009 8:00:10 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #078 |
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Pong. Everybody knows Pong, but those who are saying the game
might have some sort of “hidden strength” are probably wrong. While
Pong did win a match in the first games contest (which led to the most
LEGENDARY MATCH PIC OF ALL TIME), it still lost in a tripling to
Tetris… which lost in a tripling to Zelda 1. Pong suffers from Space
Invaders syndrome, in that everybody knows it but few people care about
it. Expect it to get last. The true competition is… The Oregon Trail. My wacky ED BELLIS PATENTED UPSET this contest lies in this little educational game to ride the SFFmobile to the Sweet 16 – and it all starts here. Oregon Trail has all the makings of an L-Block: it’s recognizable, it’s a clear alternative to the others, and it’s actually funny. I’m probably deluding myself here, but won’t I look like a genius if I’m actually right? >_> While Mega Man 2 slaughters everything else, expect little Oregon Trail to pull off a second-place finish and infect the others with dysentery. Prediction: why has no one made a Pong-Man mashup of the two games yet Mega Man 2 with 46.91% Pac-Man with 17.33% Pong with 15.59% The Oregon Trail with 20.17% Guest’s Analysis - BlAcK TuRtLe Mega Man 2 Best game ever Pac-Man Can Pac-Man recover from it's destruction at the hands of Metroid? Pong Can Pong recover from it's destruction at the hands of Tetris? Oregon Trail Will the classic PC game be able to "ford the river" that is this contest? Or will it die of dysentary? Analysis: Another blowout with a potentially debatable second place finish. The only thing this match will do is help set up the mildly debatable Tetris/Mega Man 2 match. That said, wow, look at this fourpack. If it wasn't for SMB3's match coming up, I'd say this would be the biggest blowout of the contest. We have Mega Man 2, which unproven as it is, should be able to have some impact on this division. Mega Man the series performed well in 2006 and Mega Man himself is an elite character. There have been some doubts raised about how strong Mega Man 2 will really be, but I find it hard to believe that the fan-favourite of such a popular series would lose to Tetris. But, that's a debate for 30 days from now. MM2 has basically a bye to the second round in this match. Once again, the real debate is who will be the (distant) second place finisher. We all saw just how worthless Pong is by getting tripled by a Tetris that got tripled by the original Zelda so we can rule it out. Oregon Trail has gotten some support on the board, claiming "Everyone has played it!" despite the fact that most kids under 20 have probably never heard of it. That leaves Pac-Man which, while not impressive in 2004 can at least blame it's low ranking on SMB3/Metroid SFF. The only argument I've seen against Pac-Man here is how badly Mega Man beat Ms. Pac-Man in 2002, but I'm sure if Pong Paddle and Oregon Trail Wagon were in that match Ms. Pac would have still advanced. As for trends, expect Mega Man to start this match well over 70% and slow down from there, likely picking up again with the ASV through to the end of the match. Pac-Man will do best during the ASV and early mornings. Oregon Trail will be lucky to be making 5% updates when the ASV hits as it is easily the most obscure game in the bracket with regards to people under 20 years old. TuRtLe's Prediction: Mega Man 2 63%, Pac-Man 20%, Pong 10%, Oregon Trail 7% TuRtLe's Bracket: Mega Man 2 > Pac-Man TuRtLe's Vote: Mega Man 2 Crew Conensus: MM2 > Pac-Man is the Conensus. Lopen and Ed have the Oregon Trail upset (oh my) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/7/2009 8:06:53 PM | message detail | filter | #079 |
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Lopen and Ed Bellis teaming up on an upset pick! This can only lead to good things! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/7/2009 8:07:14 PM | message detail | filter | #080 |
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Also, watch Pong take second place tomorrow just for the heck of it! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/7/2009 8:10:48 PM | message detail | filter | #081 |
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The upset is too deep to ford. You lose: 2 points Intelligence Ed Bellis (death by CAPITAL LETTERS) Lopen (death by BOLD) --- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| Lopen | Posted 4/7/2009 8:31:21 PM | message detail | filter | #082 |
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XD tranny awesome. And yeah Ed Bellis and I being on the same crew seriously who the hell booked this. (wow Mega Man 2 predix all over the place) And why does Moltar imply in his write-up (but not the %s) that Mega Man 2 vs Pac-Man is more of a match than Pac-Man vs the other two! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
| Janus5000 | Posted 4/7/2009 8:32:43 PM | message detail | filter | #083 |
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Lopen and Ed Bellis? Why have I not tagged this already? --- http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g320/HowDisturbing/stayawhile.jpg Stay a while and breathe me in. |
| Kaxon | Posted 4/7/2009 9:55:43 PM | message detail | filter | #084 |
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Whelp, we were wrong on day 1 - who the hell likes Donkey Kong? argh. This exactly. I like old games more than most, but Donkey Kong is just a bad game. Only 4 levels, all one screen? No thanks. Which forgotten Super Nintendo title would you most like to see re-made or given a sequel today? ActRaiser 8.3% 5333 EVO: The Search For Eden 8.48% 5451 Illusion Of Gaia 14.64% 9406 Secret of Evermore 11.8% 7582 Shadowrun 8.21% 5277 Soul Blazer 4.85% 3120 Super Punch-Out!! 20.26% 13021 Uniracers 3.12% 2007 Zombies Ate My Neighbors 20.34% 13073 TOTAL VOTES 64270 Okay, so this is the sequel technically but we're still talking the same fanbase. A fanbase so small it could only produce 20% of the vote against competition this awful, What a sad comment that some of the greatest games ever made are considered awful competition on GameFAQs... --- I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 4/7/2009 10:28:24 PM | message detail | filter | #085 |
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I don't see much great on that list !! --- I can feel it coming over me; I feel it all around me. http://www.rosebride.com/lyn/otakon2k6/chronotrigger.jpg |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/7/2009 10:30:10 PM | message detail | filter | #086 |
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I've sent my Guest Writeup in Anyone who guesses who I took to advance wins a Captain Obvious Award(tm) --- FastFalcon believed in Snake. I didn't. |
| DpObliVion | Posted 4/7/2009 10:38:04 PM | message detail | filter | #087 |
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DpOblivion's Unofficial Quick Analysis: Haha, take that Crew! All Crew members 0/1; guest, outcast, and myself 1/1! Here we have another interesting battle for second place behind an obvious first place (gee, seems a lot like last contest). Mega Man takes first, then it's a battle between the two old school games of Pac-Man and Pong. Oregon Trail might even pose a threat, as there's probably a lot of people who would vote Oregon Trail over most anything in this division, but the widespread popularity of Pac-Man and Pong is so massive, and we see today how the widespread popularity does against the smaller but stronger fanbase. So, I gotta choose between one of the two old school games, and of the two, I have to go with Pac-Man. Although a bit more slightly in favor of Pong, both games get huge respect for being games that revolutionized the industry in its beginnings. But Pac-Man is much more fun and has continued a much stronger legacy than Pong. However, I don't think Pong or even Oregon Trail winning would be too huge of an upset. Dp's bracket says: Mega Man 2 > Pac-Man Dp's prediction is: Mega Man 2 > Pac-Man Confidence Rating: 85% Mega Man 2 - 46% Pac-Man - 23% Pong - 16% The Oregon Trail - 15% --- Martin Brodeur: 555 career wins -- Patrick Roy: 551 career wins Best Game Ever 2009 - See profile for printable brackets |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/7/2009 10:56:24 PM | message detail | filter | #088 |
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Ngamer's Rebellious Writeup Oh my! Only one match into the Contest and already all six Crewmembers have tossed away their perfect brackets while I skate past in style. But before I go sounding TOO cocky here, I've got to be honest... when I went to bed at 3am last night I had 0% confidence in my DK pick. Punch-Out had pulled into a commanding 300 vote lead and I thought "here we go again- Donkey Kong pulled a lead with the late night old schoolers, but just like Duck Hunt before it PO is the better-loved title that's going to kill once the sun rises." What I didn't take into account is how (apparently) PO must have sold something like 17 total copies across Europe, because whoa did they ever bury it! Thanks Euroes, hopefully you guys will be bailing me out a few more times before this Contest is out. Regarding tonight's battle, hmm. I guess I'm just not as sold on MM2 as everyone else must be; sure NN is a solid NNer, but Europe hates this guy and his entire series, so there's no way MM2 has the same kind of blowout potential as what we're seeing from Tetris today. For example, check out how MM vs Nero last Summer went if you look at the European votes only: Mega Man 38.74% 7324 Nero 33.94% 6417 That's the kind of performance an NNer is supposed to allow to Auron or Vincent, not NERO! So yeah, I don't see MM2 cracking 50% by much, if at all. Pac-Man is getting compared a bunch to DK, which I think is fair. Sure the game/character will collapse to anything iconic, but there's a large gap between MM2 and something like Mario 3 so I think the recognition will result in a good showing. As for Oregon Trail, ehh, I'll admit that it scares me a little bit. If any of these 128 games have the potential for an L-Blockish joke run it would certainly be TOT, but between Pac's recognizability and MM's strength I don't see the Oregon rally wagon ever making it past the first river. That just leaves us with Pong, a game I'm seeming compared a bunch to Space Invaders, and again I have to agree with that sentiment. It's universally known, which works great against cult hits like RCR, but with all three other options being arguably about as well known and definitely better loved, Pong will probably be doing well just to make it to double digits. And that's why my preds for this one look a little something like Mega Man 2 - 45.86% Pac-Man - 26.37% The Oregon Trail - 16.76% Pong - 11.01% Feelin' good about these! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| DpObliVion | Posted 4/7/2009 10:59:18 PM | message detail | filter | #089 |
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*high-five Ng for Tetris > DK* --- Martin Brodeur: 555 career wins -- Patrick Roy: 551 career wins Best Game Ever 2009 - See profile for printable brackets |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/7/2009 11:00:01 PM | message detail | filter | #090 |
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Oh shucks I forgot to check the pick before doing my Oracle. Based on
that I'd want to lower MM a little and raise OT a touch and Pong a
decent bit (the only one with a truly iconic look). We'll see about that! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/7/2009 11:32:01 PM | message detail | filter | #091 |
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Ouch, sure would hate to have predicted MM2 for over 50% now. Boy, would my face be red! --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
| transience | Posted 4/7/2009 11:40:46 PM | message detail | filter | #092 |
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haha. man, Mega Man 2 is bombing. this is just gross, but that's okay, at least I didn't pick Oregon Trail! --- xyzzy http://img.imgcake.com//chewing.jpg |
| transience | Posted 4/7/2009 11:40:57 PM | message detail | filter | #093 |
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or, you know, Mega Man at 60+% --- yzzyx |
| LinkLegend27 | Posted 4/7/2009 11:48:53 PM | message detail | filter | #094 |
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Tag, I like how the whole crew went with Punch-Out --- Fortes in Unitate. I ain't conceited only positive and way better |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/8/2009 1:18:45 AM | message detail | delete | filter | #095 |
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Donkey Kong........................19.82% 22715 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!.......17.87% 20482 Space Invaders.........................8.66% 9925 Tetris....................................53.65% 61488 TOTAL VOTES..................................114610 Matches Completely Correct - 0 Matches Partially Correct - 1 Matches Completely Wrong - 0 What Happened - Tetris beats down these other games even harder than we expected. DK is also able to not-choke and yet AGAIN beat another game out in a close match. Why it Happened - Tetris had to have done so well because of apathy votes. Donkey Kong's name recognition probably allowed it to get the 20% it needed. Punch-Out proved it had its dedicated fanbase, however it was smaller than we expected. The game only did a little better than Mac did in 2007 What Will Happen - Tetris looks really good for Round 2. Crew Prediction Challenge - Just like last year, Crew starts out with a whimper. At least the Guest pulled through! Guest - 1 Moltar - 0 HM - 0 Lopen - 0 Tran - 0 Leon - 0 Ed - 0 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Lopen gets the point for Tetris, Luster gets the point for Punch-Out, Moltar gets the point for DK, and HM and Tran get points for Space Invaders Moltar - 1 HM - 1 Lopen - 1 Tran - 1 Leon - 0 Ed - 0 Guest (Luster) - 1 --- Moltar Status: let's go MM2/Pac-Man/Pong/Oregon Trail - Bracket: MM2 > Pac-Man - Vote: Pac-Man (2/4) |
| Gaddswell | Posted 4/8/2009 2:31:54 AM | message detail | filter | #096 |
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Glad to see I'm not the worst one hurt in the oracle because of this! damn you mega man --- http://www.court-records.net/manga/4koma/(eng)4koma2.png Hail FastFalcon, our new guru overlord! |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/8/2009 9:10:09 AM | message detail | delete | filter | #097 |
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my original oracle pick Mega Man 2 - 38% Pac-Man - 32% Pong - 18% The Oregon Trail - 12% darn you tetris beating down weak gamesFEAR --- Moltar Status: let's go MM2/Pac-Man/Pong/Oregon Trail - Bracket: MM2 > Pac-Man - Vote: Pac-Man (2/4) |
| ZFS | Posted 4/8/2009 10:35:32 AM | message detail | filter | #098 |
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I don't think GameFAQs cares about any of these games, save for maybe MM2. Well, I was wrong here! --- http://i44.tinypic.com/sficrr.jpg |
| Chaotic Mind | Posted 4/8/2009 12:43:10 PM | message detail | filter | #099 |
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darn you tetris beating down weak gamesFEAR I know what you mean, my original Oracle pick had Mega around 38% also, though i had Pac a bit lower and Pong a bit higher than you did. We both undershot OT pretty bad though. --- Flash runs alongside Balefire watching marshmallows stop existing. - WarThaNemesis2 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/8/2009 1:55:44 PM | message detail | filter | #100 |
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Whoops Molts, appears you forgot to include me in those rankings! Not a
problem, just a small oversight I'm sure. Here, I'll fix them up so
you're able to start fresh tomorrow aft: Crew Prediction Challenge Ng - 1 Guest - 1 Moltar - 0 HM - 0 Lopen - 0 Tran - 0 Leon - 0 Ed - 0 Crew Accuracy Challenge Moltar - 1 HM - 1 Lopen - 1 Tran - 1 Guest (Luster) - 1 Leon - 0 Ed - 0 Ng - 0 --- thengamer.com/guru/ says we just got owned hard by FastFalcon! (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com are neat) |
