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Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2
hey if it lands near 81% do Moltar and I each get half a point or what? --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
yes --- Moltar Status: Bracket: SSBM (12/16) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
...whoa --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
LOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
can I change to 91% --- Porre either became an aristocratic mercantile state or a placid direct democracy depending on if the lady who ran an inn was able to serve people beef jerky. |
Crap, I forgot to ask Moltar to up my prediction to like 86% for this one. I'd have the point easily for this one! And no, I'm not big on strategy games or shooters, so PC games no thanks --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
How he mentions no fewer than 50 PC series with no mention of Diablo I'll never know. I knew I'd get flak, but Diablo is one of those series I just never got into. And I didn't pick any of the other games you listed because they have more popular ports on consoles! Not that it takes away from PC gaming, but still... And I guess I'm more of a strategy game junkie than I thought. 4X for life! --- Redtooth |
LittleBigPlanet 38.02% 13847 Grand Theft Auto III 61.98% 22576 TOTAL VOTES 36423 Half-Life 2 74.48% 35766 Left 4 Dead 2 25.52% 12254 TOTAL VOTES 48020 Crew Predictions - 13/16 What Happened: GTA beats LBP by a decent margin, and HL2 crushes L4D2. Why it Happened: LBP just isn't big enough to contend with GTA. Also Valve Hierarchy. What will Happen: HL2 looking good for Round 3 Crew Prediction Challenge - pointz Lopen - 13 AKJ - 13 Tran - 13 Leon - 13 Moltar - 12 Kleenex - 12 Guest - 12 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Lopen gets the point for GTA3 and Moltar gets the point for HL2 Guest - 3 (GfK: 1, BT: 1, CM: 1) AKJ - 3 Tran - 2 Lopen - 2 Moltar - 2 Kleenex - 1 Leon - 1 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: SSBM (12/16) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Wow After this match the top 3 accuracy will be held by a 3 way tie between AKJ, Lopen, and Guest Clan, with AKJ and Lopen being 2/4 top prediction challenge guys. I just want you gentlemen to think about that for a while. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Just trying to make the lesser crew members feel better early on, obviously. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
this is what happens when we don't take accuracy into consideration. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Warcraft 3 vs Morrowind Hey hey, now here's what I'm talking about- a picture perfect 8/9 setup. Despite the occasional HL2/L4Dish blunders, you've got to admit there's plenty that SB did RIGHT in this bracket. We went into this matchup in depth tonight on The Show (search for the topic this afternoon!) so I don't want to rehash it too much, but basically I'm going for the Morrowind upset because... * WC3 killed this matchup in a 2002 poll, but literally everything has turned in Morrowind's favor since then (Xbox acceptance, Western game acceptance, rise of WRPGs, decline of PC gaming, decline of Blizzard, rise of Bethesda, Oblivion helping out the TES brand appeal) * Blizzard games are loved internationally and end up Night Vote-heavy as a result- I always love a game with Xbox appeal in the afternoon * being semi-attached to WoW will be a great thing if down 250 votes with an hour left, but in general, do you really want to be semi-attached to the most anti-voted entrant in history? * Warcraft is way overvalued (73% of Guru brackets) for what I think is essentially a coin flip, so I see value in rolling the dice here Some decent points there, I'd say, but I wasn't able to talk myself into not chickening out with a bank in the Battle, so apparently I wasn't as convincing as I'd hoped! Let's go with a tiny little win of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 50.03% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
From: Ngamer64 | #162 god dammit NGamer I just want to confirm I sent in my prediction BEFORE this was posted --- "Luster, you are a delight" ~NGamer "Yes, yes I am." ~ Luster Soldier |
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 50.03% NEVER pick against Blizzard in a close match. Never. If its this close, Battlenet will win it for Warcraft. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
From: NoDicePwn | #164 except WoW people dont' care about WC3 and SC2 people don't care about WC3 --- "not my nips nooo" ~ Shadow Ryoko |
clearly Ngamer thinks the Warcraft rally will come up just a bit short --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
East Division: Round 1 - Match 18 – (8) WarCraft III vs. (9) Morrowind Moltar’s Analysis WarCraft III ugh pc game Morrowind ugh pc game ugh this match It’s hard to write about this one because, even though it’s debatable, I’m not quite sure what to say. Morrowind did okay last Games contest considering it was in a group with FFX and MGS2. However, I think the WarCraft franchise is stronger than The Elder Scrolls. In a direct match between two PC heavy games (oh right Morrowind was on Xbox too), I’ll side with the one I think is stronger (aka I think I’ll side with Blizzard). Moltar’s Bracket: WarCraft > Morrowind Moltar’s Prediction: WarCraft - 54% Lopen’s Analysis Well at first I thought this might be kinda tough to call, but then I found this gem http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1129 I mean sure, it's 8 years old, and sure, it only has 40000 votes. But those results are pretty compelling to me. Especially considering I think Warcraft has more reason to have more exposure and potential for growth in those last 8 years. World of Warcraft > Oblivion in terms of influence. And who could forget the Mohawk Grenade factor? I sure can't. Also we already saw Morrowind last contest in a match it had all the chance in the world to do well in, and it blew it-- only getting 17% in a match with 3 PS2 games (granted two of those games were MGS2 and FFX but still). Warcraft 3 should win this without any issue. Lopen's Prediction: Warcraft 3 with 62.22% Transience’s Analysis This is a tricky match. Everyone will bring up that 2002 poll where Warcraft 3 wrecks Morrowind, but quite honestly that doesn't mean anything. Morrowind has shown itself to be legit since, putting up a nice performance in an impossible situation against FFX and MGS2. Morrowind is a GameFAQs game, much moreso than Warcraft 3. Console-only gamers -- which are a lot of people -- will be more likely to vote Morrowind than WC3. RPG gamers -- which are a lot of people -- will be more likely to vote Morrowind than WC3. Oblivion has shown that Elder Scrolls games are legit. Morrowind can't approach Oblivion's popularity, but it's still a very respected game. Fortunately, Warcraft 3 is Blizzard, a game that sold a truckload of copies, and a game that has a thriving multiplayer scene to this day with DOTA. WC3 is probably comparable to games like Starcraft or Diablo 2 and is likely the game that gave Warcraft its win against GTA in 2006. I won't go as far as to say it'd beat Starcraft or Diablo 2, but if it's even in that category it's over. Diablo 2 beat KOTOR and KOTOR is probably more popular than Morrowind. transience's prediction: Warcraft 3 with 58.15% Leon’s Analysis I really don’t know what to think of this match. Morrowind managed 38.20% on MGS2 and 27.26% on FFX last Games Contest, which isn’t too bad, all things considered. World of Warcraft got 40.46% in round 1 against MGS3 and 41.80% in round 2. It got 47.77% against Oblivion in that same match. I guess it depends on which game has the larger gap: The gap between Oblivion and Morrowind or the gap between WoW and Warcraft III. I really have no idea though. Warcraft did really well in that Activision Blizzard poll, nearly beating Diablo and handily beating StarCraft. There’s more to that series than WoW, so that strength had to come from somewhere. I’m going with Warcraft here, but I really have no idea. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I had never heard of Elder Scrolls until the Series Contest (and they still have the worst fanbase I’ve ever seen on Board 8, so it won’t be fun that day if Warcraft wins). Leonhart’s Vote: Warcraft III. Leonhart’s Prediction: Warcraft III with 52.10% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Probably the last truly debatable match for the next week or so. Wonder if I should bank this or ride the streak I have going. Hmm. Damn this battle challenge. Anyway, I've got Warcraft III here. I'm not terribly confident in it. Oblivion did pretty well for itself last year, but Morrowind generally isn't as well liked as Oblivion except by those losers who refuse to accept change and think Oblivion sucks because it's streamlined and not ugly. Warcraft is kind middle of the road here. I wonder if it'll get hate just for being associated with WoW, even though it's really not. I think I'll stick with WC3 here, just because Blizzard stuff is generally well-received, and it probably has better name recognition than Morrowind does. Should be an interesting match, though. Kleenex's Prediction: Warcraft III with 52.01% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Alright here we go back to those coin flip "better bank your battle points" matches. Warcraft is ridiculously untested here - its only polls being back in 2003, which may as well be prehistoric times. I can't help but think DoTA would have done better than Warcraft 3 here to be honest... I don't think anybody really cares that much about Warcraft, but at least DoTA has some rabid fans. Just ask Mother 3, sometimes rabid fans are all you need to look respectable. Morrowind isn't too bad though. I mean, it didn't get completely dismantled by FFX and MGS2 here http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3466 and both of those games are strong. My bracket says WC3. I went into this writeup with a gut feeling of Morrowind. Since starting the writeup I've flipflopped twice. I feel terrible about this match. AGHHHHHH FUCK ME FINE WHATEVER WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME MORROWIND WITH 50.05% |
Guest’s Analysis - Colegreen Warcraft 3 is my favorite game in the bracket, if not my favorite game of all time so... Warcraft 3 has a decent storyline and is a strong rts game. The game is less macro intensive than its counterpart starcraft, which makes it a lot more accessible to the average player. But that is not what makes the game great. It it the very powerful custom map creator. The game features custom maps such as the all-famous DOTA which of course has spawned numerous spin-offs such as LoL. It also (im pretty sure at least) started the whole tower defense craze that are now a very popular flash game. Other games range from numerous very well-crafted single player rpgs and campaigns featuring great stories of their own, mutiplayer save and load rpgs, games such as SWAT, a zombie survival game (one of my favorites), mazes, to just about anything you can imagine. The game has lasted still and is now filled with bots hosting numerous games constantly throughout the day with the game a huge playerbase still. Now enough of my ranting, this game won't suffer from nearly as much anti-votes as WoW does (considering a sizable amount are from WC3 fans who feel WoW ruined the series) but will still gather the support from the WoW community that hasn't played either game, which is most likely fairly large. So basically WC3 gets a lot of perks from WoW but not nearly as many drawbacks. This combined with WC3's own fanbase, as well as fans of the DOTA spin-offs could very easily make WC3 stronger than WoW. Not to mention that many starcraft fans have played WC3. So Warcraft 3 will get support from all across blizzard while not suffering from nearly as many anti-votes. Morrowind on the other hand is Oblivion's predecessor. Oblivion is however much more popular than Morrowind is. The name connection is very loose and is less likely to attract fans of Oblivion and any players who went from Oblivion to Morrowind will find it a lot less user-friendly. The only thing to worry about is that Warcraft 3 is a pc rts game while Morrowind is a console rpg. But I am such a fanboy that im not going to worry about it. Colegreen's Prediction: Warcraft 3 with 59.28% Crew Consensus: Everyone except newbie AKJ is going with WarCraft here. |
except WoW people dont' care about WC3 and SC2 people don't care about WC3 What does WoW or SC2 have to do with WC3? Battlenet is for all of Blizzards games; Diablo 2, Starcraft and Warcraft 3. If Battlenet can be used for one, it can be used for all. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
AKJ and NGamer are gonna ride this ship together --- "A board where all the people try hard to be "nice" to each other would be terribly boring, don't you think?" - Vlado |
From: NoDicePwn | #171 maybe you don't understand how this works, but nobody plays WC3 --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
Also
its kinda silly to say SC2 and WoW people don't care about WoW.
Blizzard is like Valve or nintendo fans... their fans play all their
games. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
AKJ just decided I'm battle picking WCIII. Not a chance in hell I'd bet against the crew curse in a close match. All bar one? Let's go majority. --- Whoo whoo. |
maybe you don't understand how this works, but nobody plays WC3 DOTA is still one of the most played online games to this day. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
I just switched from banking to Warcraft III, but I feel horrible about this match well-played, Bacon --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
From: NoDicePwn | #174 what? what? Listen I'm part of the starcraft community and the vast majority of us don't care about WoW much if at all and we dislike WC3 because it's boring and takes up airtime on our blizzard streams --- "Luster, you are a delight" ~NGamer "Yes, yes I am." ~ Luster Soldier |
Back
when lots of people on B8 played....that game with the knights and
armies, we had to create a !DotA signal for FD to come back. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png "SEXTON HILLBEAST" - TimJab |
From: NoDicePwn | #176 Yes, exactly. DoTA. Not WC3. To quote a wise man's analysis From: Master Moltar | #168 --- " FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO ONE CAN BE THAT DUMB" - Haguile |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #179 Back when lots of people on B8 played....that game with the knights and armies, we had to create a !DotA signal for FD to come back. Hey FD_, stop playing DOTA you noob! --- Aw yeah. |
From: AppIekidjosh | #180 Yes, exactly. DoTA. Not WC3. THEY'RE THE SAME DAMNED THING BAH GAWD AKJ. --- <.< |
Warcraft 3 isn't even dead now A lot of people play it on garena tho --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=101 |
If
it makes you feel better making all of these excuses about why WC3
shouldn't have strength, more power to you. Seems like a bunch of
stretches, though. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
you're arguing with Albion about Blizzard. most of us cut that rope years ago. feeling oddly good about this match. I started out with Morrowind but over time I've shifted pretty strongly to Warcraft. --- xyzzy |
Man for Lopen it seems a really easy victory for Warcraft 3... --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
From: nintendogirl1 | #182 nah I don't buy that either. I've definitely heard DoTA fans say they don't like WC3 before. From: NoDicePwn | #184 Man, do you pay attention to what you're reading at all? I thought I made it pretty clear I'm not arguing about WC3's strength at all here. I have no idea what its strength is. I'm arguing about the Starcraft fanbase, which I'm a part of, and which you don't seem to know anything about. --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
Man,
do you pay attention to what you're reading at all? I thought I made it
pretty clear I'm not arguing about WC3's strength at all here. I have
no idea what its strength is. I'm arguing about the Starcraft fanbase,
which I'm a part of, and which you don't seem to know anything about. Which has nothing to do with Battlenet rallying. Going by what you're saying, Battlenet shouldn't have helped Starcraft back in 2004 since "all of the games on Battlenet have totally different fanbases, they wouldn't vote for Starcraft if told!" --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
From: NoDicePwn | #188 No, that's not what I'm saying at all. Please pay attention because I'm making a singular point and the more time you spend saying "SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS (some other point) the more of my time you're wasting." 1) Not all Starcraft, WoW, and DoTA fans are necessarily fans of the other games. There is overlap, but it's not as significant as, say, Half-Life -> Portal -> TF2 2) Starcraft fans in particular do not tend to care about WC3. They view it as a stupid easymode game that takes all the fun out of an RTS, and the fact that it still gets airtime at tournaments is annoying at best 3) DoTA is not WC3. Maybe it's because I used to live with a huge DoTA guy, but the people who are most obsessed with this game are less likely to like WC3 anyway. They view them as completely different entities. 4) Most people that play WoW have not played WC3. This is just a statistical fact based on playerbase. so finally, 5) You can't make a blanket statement that "all of battlenet" will come flying in to support Warcraft. It doesn't make sense. Warcraft fans might do it, and they are spread throughout the different games, but it's not like there's a single focal point for this rally to take off from. It's not like Valve putting a notice on Steam. Blizzard would never do that. that said WC3 is prolly gonna win so --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
Guys, Morrowind isn't a console game. Oblivion mostly is. Morrowind is not. --- DFF |
yeah.
I wasn't even aware it was on the xbox for a while. Morrowind has a
large PC fanbase but so do a lot of games that suck here. --- xyzzy |
Aw yeah switched from banking to WC3 here. Feels good, man. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
I don't feel so great here actually. I think Morrowind's in for a big update this next one - down to 54% or so. --- xyzzy |
yeaaaaaaaaah. --- xyzzy |
Feels bad, man. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
gotta favor Morrowind here, it should have a slightly better day vote. if it were a night match I'd give it to WC3. time for RALLYING Albion said it was going to happen so it obviously will --- xyzzy |
crew newbie is the best. Go for an upset pick, if I get it I'M A GENIUS if I blow it OH WELL I'M NEW --- shuffle fun shuffle shuffle fun shuffle fun fun shuffle fun shuffle just plane fun |
though I'm starting to regret voting for WC3 here >_> --- "A board where all the people try hard to be "nice" to each other would be terribly boring, don't you think?" - Vlado |
went from WC3 to bank but WC3 in main bracket for -1 point(s) =( --- GranTurisMo - God's Tiniest Man - Great Thorn Monkeys! Member of the merSHINEsess Nation since 7/15/09 |
dammit. Wouldn't normally care but I have 6600 points in the battle challenge dammit. C'mon WC3 --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
