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Best Game Ever 2 Contest Analysis Crew
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 8:31:56 PM | message detail | filter | #251 |
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...It's not? Since when? --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/10/2009 8:33:15 PM | message detail | filter | #252 |
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since forever. find me an instance of SF2 being strong, I'm curious. --- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 8:34:17 PM | message detail | filter | #253 |
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It's performance against SMRPG isn't bad. Not top-tier or anything, but it doesn't need to be. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/10/2009 8:34:37 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #254 |
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From: KamikazePotato | #244 Don't you know? Tran and I's picks are three times as important than the others! (whoops) --- Moltar Status: let's go DW3/Contra/Metroid/LoZ - Bracket: LoZ > Contra - Vote: Metroid (8/12) |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/10/2009 8:35:50 PM | message detail | filter | #255 |
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heh, it's funny how the perception has changed from Mario RPG winning being a shock to Mario RPG only winning by that much. yeah. you'll need more than that. --- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/10/2009 8:36:02 PM | message detail | filter | #256 |
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It's performance against SMRPG isn't bad. Not top-tier or anything, but it doesn't need to be. The Mario RPG that got doubled against Chrono Trigger? You know, SMW is projected to double SFII based on the stats straight up, but seriously, those stats are so wonky that they're worthless. Nevertheless, getting doubled by Mario World = Midtier --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 8:38:15 PM | message detail | filter | #257 |
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The Mario RPG that got doubled against Chrono Trigger? So...we're not going to assume there was a little bit of SFF between two popular SNES RPGs? Nothing at all? Alright then. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 8:39:20 PM | message detail | filter | #258 |
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And if SFII is midtier strength...okay then. Still beats Sonic 1 with room to spare. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/10/2009 8:40:09 PM | message detail | filter | #259 |
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now that's an argument that I'll buy, Sonic sucking it up enough for
SF2 to win. but SF2's not a strong game, never has been, never will be.
--- xyzzy http://i42.tinypic.com/2vbwhn4.jpg |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/10/2009 8:46:37 PM | message detail | filter | #260 |
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It would have won it all 15 years ago. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/8zkzm1.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| ZFS | Posted 4/10/2009 9:21:31 PM | message detail | filter | #261 |
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There's more reason to think Street Fighter would win here than Sonic.
You're not gonna find any poll where Sonic games has shown any real
strength either, we've at least seen SFII put up some decent showings. --- http://i41.tinypic.com/zk6ct3.gif |
| Scott_Pilgrim | Posted 4/10/2009 10:18:21 PM | message detail | filter | #262 |
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Not surprised that the majority here say Sonic wins. In my mind picking SF2 for first was a big gamble. --- Oh, sorry, I got distracted by FastFalcon. The World is Not Enough. |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 10:20:04 PM | message detail | filter | #263 |
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The majority here was SF2>Sonic. Moltar just typo'd. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Zoma121 | Posted 4/10/2009 10:26:26 PM | message detail | filter | #264 |
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Ewww...looks like tomorrow may be the first day I don't get 100% on :( I did SF2/Civ. I went through these kind of fast, and my thought process was: 1. Castlevania 3 - Castlevania is popular, but people don't remember 3 as much. 2. Civ - People on PC boards go nuts over this and it typically falls in at #1 over all games. But seeing as this site is mostly console gamers and especially young gamers, this was a dumb pick on my part. 3. Sonic - I debated between this and Civ being #2. Sonic is liked, but I was thinking too far along the PC-crowd. 4. SF2 - If you put each of these games in the time that they existed, SF2 is by far the most popular. With SF4 just coming out, I thought it would have the overall popularity to take #1. I still think this may hold, but I'm screwed on Civ :P |
| transience | Posted 4/10/2009 10:30:04 PM | message detail | filter | #265 |
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good logic there - Civ may impress but I don't think it has a shot at first. SF2/Sonic is who knows. I get the feeling this match isn't going to be close.. one of them is going to bomb (or do well, it's all the same). I'm just not sure which it will be. --- xyzzy |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/10/2009 10:30:08 PM | message detail | filter | #266 |
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Ngamer's Rebellious Writeup Bah, there goes my chance at the Perfect Bracket. And I was sooo close! *cough* As I briefly touched on though, losing these two Contra points doesn't bother me overly much since the remainder of my bracket relies on both Nintendo SFF not being quite so brutal as back in the day and Metroid in general being well-suited to the 4way environment, two ideas that you can make a better case for after seeing this result. So yeah, I'm not going to lie and say I didn't cry myself to sleep last night, but you have to understand it was a good cry. Moving on, we've got a real treat in store for tonight- a matchup between two relatively strong, relatively evenly matched games that are independent enough of the fodder below them for this result to just maybe be as legit as a straight up 1v1. In other words, an extremely rare occurrence for the SB era! My fellow crewmates have already done a fine job of going through the points in favor for either of these two games, so let me just quickly say that I agree with what appears to be the general sentiment. Namely, that Sonic's character appeal and name value would have made this an easy victory for him 3 or 4 or 5 years back, but that now the ball seems to be almost entirely in SFII's court. Sonic Team has been looking worse and worse in each Character Battle since '05 and frankly I can't see why a classic era Sonic game would be expected to perform better than a classic era Mega Man title in the year 2009, and so I'd be very nervous if I were a Sonic fan in the wake of that MM2... unpleasantness. On the flip side Street Fighter is more relevant at this very moment than it has been at any point this decade, Ryu has proven himself to be a dangerously independent entry that thrives in this LFFfest of a format, and then the bracket comes out and we see that SFII has drawn the most fortuitous placement since... well, since 2007 Ryu. Check out this yellow brick road to the 5th round: an easy advancement over Castlevania/Civ, an easy win against a Sonic that gets early 90s platformer'd to death by Mario 3, then a perfect chance to capitalize on the Mario 3/SMW/MM3 split (assuming FF1 spoils FF4's chances), and THEN a chance to play the sore thumb spoiler once again in a totally insane Zelda 1/Mario 1/Mario 3 battle. I'll give you that SFII isn't honestly all that strong, but I think that Ryu '07 and Kirby '08 proved that in this format, you don't need to be as long as you continue to draw the right opponents. So that's what my bracket is banking on, and it all starts with a convincing win over Sonic 1! All that's left is to take a look at this match pic before picking my percents. Hm... Civ just fades into the background, what a nothing of a pic, CV is too mashed together, I love Ryu and Ken in their poses with the classic SFII logo, but I have to admit what catches the eye here is that large and in charge Sonic. And since its best chance in this one is to play up the "Sonic vs Ryu" angle, I'm going to have to give S1 a little bit more credit than I'd been planning. Let's go with, oh say Street Fighter 2 - 36.76% Sonic the Hedgehog - 33.23% Castlevania III - 19.79% Civilization - 10.13% Yeah, that seems about right. Could definitely stand to see SF2 blow it out of the water by even more though! (PS - Alright, so actually I got cold feet and only took SF2 to make the 4th round this year, not the semi-finals. I still maintain that's one of the smartest upset routes you could have gone with though!) --- The Guru ROCKS, son! http://thengamer.com/guru/ (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com aren't awful either) |
| transience | Posted 4/10/2009 10:30:19 PM | message detail | filter | #267 |
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or rather, Civ doesn't have a shot at placing. --- xyzzy |
| Zoma121 | Posted 4/10/2009 10:49:17 PM | message detail | filter | #268 |
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Yeah, I'm chalking civ up as my first big mistake. I was able to
realize one mistake and choose Metroid over Contra. Even though looking
at them from 2009 eyes Contra looks like it was put together better,
even at the time they were released Metroid was a bigger name. And the
under-20 crowd (most of this site's visitors, I imagine) will barely
remember Contra or any game in the series. I generally took the 10-year old factor into account (a 10 year old voting here would be born in 1999 and probably not remember much before *2002-2003*). That alone will push Sonic higher, and bury Civ. The really interesting battle is the following day: SMB 3 will win by one of the largest margins (I bet over 70%). But out of Sim City, Tecmo Super Bowl, and Secret of Monkey Island, who the heck wins? I bet Sim City, and still can't see either of the other two taking it down, but you never know. Monkey Island has no shot. It's an old game, which hurts it. There hasn't been a monkey island game since 2000. Almost no one from the 18-and-under crowd would have played it. And it's an adventure game, to boot. One of my favorite genres, but one of the least popular in the mainstream. That leaves Sim City and Tecmo Super Bowl. It's gonna be close, but Sim City and The Sims have spanned enough generations to cause Sim City to pull through, imo. Even those that have fond memories of both of the originals (although there were at least two Tecmo Bowl games before Super came out) would probably lean towards Sim City. At least we have an easy choice the following day, with FF and SMB fans more-than-likely destroying all competition :D |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 10:52:27 PM | message detail | filter | #269 |
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depending on how badly SMB3 kills that group, Monkey Island has a
decent shot at sneaking into 2nd simply because it has way more
dedicated fans than the other two. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| DpObliVion | Posted 4/10/2009 10:54:20 PM | message detail | filter | #270 |
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DpOblivion's Unofficial Can't Give a **** About this Match Right Now Analysis As big a Sonic fanboy as I am, in my initial gut reaction bracket I put Street Fighter II over Sonic. Then in my main bracket, some long time after that, I still put SFII over Sonic without much thought. Then I realized it the other day, figuring I would have put Sonic the second time through and I was surprised to see I didn't. Basically, SF seems to do well in this format, plus SFIV hype, and Sonic sucks in this format. I really wish I had the time to look into this further and see what I should have, but it's just not happening. I'm just getting settled in after flying off the road and totaling my car tonight, so yeah, whatever, this is the best you're getting (and quite frankly, I don't even know why I bothered to give this much). Dp's bracket says: Street Fighter II > Sonic the Hedgehog Dp's prediction is: ? Confidence Rating: N/A ****ty Oracle prediction that should be ignored: SFII - 36% Sonic - 36% CV3 - 18% Civ. - 10% --- Martin Brodeur: 556 career wins -- Patrick Roy: 551 career wins Best Game Ever 2009 - See profile for printable brackets |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/10/2009 10:56:25 PM | message detail | filter | #271 |
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Whoa, coming back online to post a match analysis only hours after
getting in a major car wreck? Now there's dedication! Someone award
this man a Crew Point! --- The Guru ROCKS, son! http://thengamer.com/guru/ (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com aren't awful either) |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 10:57:27 PM | message detail | filter | #272 |
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...Woah, Dp. Best of luck with that. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| transience | Posted 4/10/2009 11:04:25 PM | message detail | filter | #273 |
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sucks, Dp. well, at least I abandoned ship before it was too late for the Crew -- too bad about the bracket, but I can't say I really care about my bracket at this point anyway! --- xyzzy http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/_src/sc569/HNI_0022.jpg |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 11:06:05 PM | message detail | filter | #274 |
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Good lord, Civ and Castlevania are being fodderized. SFII isn't even disappointing, Sonic is just going crazy. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| transience | Posted 4/10/2009 11:10:37 PM | message detail | filter | #275 |
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man, my predict is dead on. this hasn't happened in so long that I'm actually giddy about it! --- xyzzy http://img.imgcake.com//chewing.jpg |
| ZFS | Posted 4/10/2009 11:11:23 PM | message detail | filter | #276 |
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whatever this contest sux bring back characters --- http://i41.tinypic.com/zk6ct3.gif |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/10/2009 11:11:40 PM | message detail | filter | #277 |
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I felt the same way about Metroid. And then this happened! Come on Monkey Island, make me rebound with grace and style --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| DpObliVion | Posted 4/10/2009 11:16:53 PM | message detail | filter | #278 |
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OMG YES GO SONIC! --- Martin Brodeur: 556 career wins -- Patrick Roy: 551 career wins Best Game Ever 2009 - See profile for printable brackets |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 4/10/2009 11:18:37 PM | message detail | filter | #279 |
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Yeah, I can't even be mad at SFII here. If you'd told me heading into
this one it was going to more than triple CV3 I'd have been floored.
Sonic is just going crazy on this poll, for some reason. --- The Guru ROCKS, son! http://thengamer.com/guru/ (thengamer.com/xstats & board8.wikia.com aren't awful either) |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/10/2009 11:47:01 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #280 |
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FINALLY something going my way (ignoring sonic killing and CV bombing) If there's one series I know how to call, it's Street Fighter --- Moltar Status: let's go Castlevania 3/Civ/SF2/Sonic 1 - Bracket: Sonic 1 > SF2 - Vote: Sonic 1 (10/16) |
| Master Moltar (tc) | Posted 4/10/2009 11:56:07 PM | message detail | delete | filter | #281 |
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Dragon Warrior III.............7.4% 8729 Contra.........................12.7% 14989 Metroid......................18.63% 21985 The Legend of Zelda....61.28% 72325 TOTAL VOTES.......................118028 Matches Completely Correct - 2 Matches Partially Correct - 2 Matches Completely Wrong - 0 What Happened - LoZ doesn't put up SMB numbers, but considering how much stronger this pack was, LoZ still comes out looking great. Metroid is also able to take second over Contra, which ends up disappointing. Why it Happened - Zelda SFFed Metroid as everyone expected. However, Metroid still did relatively well, and Contra also ended up getting hurt too. With Contra already being weaker than Metroid, it wasn't going to win if it also got hurt by Zelda. What Will Happen - SMB/NG/LoZ/Metroid, man SMB and LoZ are going to wreck this Crew Prediction Challenge - Guest stands alone once again. Grats on the perfect Division 1 Guest - 4 HM - 2 Moltar - 1 Tran - 1 Leon - 1 Lopen - 1 Ed - 1 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Tran gets the point for LoZ, Guest gets the point for Contra, DW3 and Metroid Guest (Luster, Zylo (3)) - 4 HM - 3 Lopen - 3 Leon - 2 Ed - 2 Moltar - 1 Tran - 1 --- Moltar Status: let's go Castlevania 3/Civ/SF2/Sonic 1 - Bracket: Sonic 1 > SF2 - Vote: Sonic 1 (10/16) |
| tim333 | Posted 4/11/2009 12:22:29 AM | message detail | filter | #282 |
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I want to apologize for my post earlier in this topic. I meant for
"never listen to be a board 8" to be a joke, as I thought it was kind
of funny that everybody had the same prediction for the match, but
looking back on it, the way I actually put it I came off like a smug,
superior ass. Sorry about that. I actually enjoy analysis topics and
I'm definitely not claiming to be better than anybody at predicting,
since I had SMB > Duck Hunt and Zelda > Contra. --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| transience | Posted 4/11/2009 12:41:01 AM | message detail | filter | #283 |
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gogo Guest, this is where you all rub it in our faces about how bad we
are (even though your bracket probably looks as red as ours, but we're
the ones in the spotlight and you're not so we get the flak -- and
rightly so) I want to apologize for my post earlier in this topic. I meant for "never listen to be a board 8" to be a joke, as I thought it was kind of funny that everybody had the same prediction for the match, but looking back on it, the way I actually put it I came off like a smug, superior ass. Sorry about that. I actually enjoy analysis topics and I'm definitely not claiming to be better than anybody at predicting, since I had SMB > Duck Hunt and Zelda > Contra. ain't no thing. after a few years of people saying this kind of stuff, it can get pretty grating on the so-called "experts" to have to hear how stupid we are over and over and not get praised for picks we made right. the apology's appreciated but it's water under the bridge. everyone talks down to us at some point, it's part of the territory. :) --- xyzzy http://img.imgcake.com//chewing.jpg |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 4/11/2009 6:03:59 AM | message detail | filter | #284 |
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Hah! I owned the crew, to bad that I also had Zelda > Contra in my bracket :( --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. FastFalcon05 > Me |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 11:16:38 AM | message detail | filter | #285 |
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Just thought I'd post this again... LeonhartFour | Posted 4/10/2009 9:27:47 PM | message detail | delete | filter | quote | #246 What in the world are people doing picking Sonic to be closer to CASTLEVANIA III than Street Fighter II? Seriously. --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 4/11/2009 12:36:23 PM | message detail | filter | #286 |
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From: tim333 | #282 No worries, dude. What tranny said holds true - it just gets tiring to hear that kind of stuff from people so frequently, so much so that it becomes difficult to tell when someone is joking or not. --- This was KING BELLIS LOL ed status: Maybe the chef was Darkseid. You don't mess with Darkseid. -MoogleKupo141 |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 12:38:41 PM | message detail | filter | #287 |
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(PS - Alright, so actually I got cold feet and only took SF2 to make
the 4th round this year, not the semi-finals. I still maintain that's
one of the smartest upset routes you could have gone with though!) LOL NGamer --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 2:54:21 PM | message detail | filter | #288 |
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...Man, you can tell I wrote the analysis for tomorrow's match before the contest started! Moltar, please jump Mario 3 up 3% and drop the other three 1% apiece. Thanks! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| The Real Truth | Posted 4/11/2009 3:27:18 PM | message detail | filter | #289 |
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Alright sent in my write-up. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
| Applekidjosh | Posted 4/11/2009 4:20:25 PM | message detail | filter | #290 |
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just found this topic and caught up. First few matches were absolutely
hilarious, with the entire crew getting railed by NGamer and his "Oh I
see kick me off the crew!" attitude. but seriously Moltar why not just add in NG's numbers to the lists, it's not like it takes that much longer and he's obviously a top tier analyzer here. --- http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within. Once you find your center you are sure to win! |
| Applekidjosh | Posted 4/11/2009 4:21:35 PM | message detail | filter | #291 |
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oh and what if someone told you guys yesterday "Hey Civilization will beat Castlevania tomorrow" what would your reaction have been? This is crazy/awesome. --- http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within. Once you find your center you are sure to win! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 4:22:08 PM | message detail | filter | #292 |
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I wouldn't have believed you! Upset of the contest so far! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| Kamekguy | Posted 4/11/2009 4:23:37 PM | message detail | filter | #293 |
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I would've nodded and smiled. ...I wonder why the only Sonic game I horribly underestimated was Sonic 1? All of the other ones I have in good positions... weird. --- "All the money's in turning face" ~ Gold Knuckle |
| ZFS | Posted 4/11/2009 4:25:01 PM | message detail | filter | #294 |
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oh and what if someone told you guys yesterday "Hey Civilization will beat Castlevania tomorrow" What a contest --- http://i44.tinypic.com/sficrr.jpg |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 4:27:08 PM | message detail | filter | #295 |
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Sounds like we've got a bitter SFII picker here!! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| ZFS | Posted 4/11/2009 4:28:03 PM | message detail | filter | #296 |
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sonic sux let's put this up against ffvii --- http://i41.tinypic.com/zk6ct3.gif |
| transience | Posted 4/11/2009 6:24:19 PM | message detail | filter | #297 |
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I almost put Civ over Castlevania. --- xyzzy http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/_src/sc569/HNI_0022.jpg |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/11/2009 7:36:32 PM | message detail | filter | #298 |
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I'm interested to see these write-ups for tomorrow's match if only for
the inevitable disaster they're all going to be (including mine)! --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 4/11/2009 7:44:17 PM | message detail | filter | #299 |
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analysis POO --- This was KING BELLIS LOL ed status: i'll lose to FASTFALCON on my own time |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/11/2009 7:53:21 PM | message detail | filter | #300 |
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My prediction for the analysis: 1 guy takes Monkey Island, trying to be edgey 1 guy takes Tecmo, trying WAY too much to be edgey The rest side with their bracket in hopes that writing about SimCity winning will make it happen --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
