GameFAQs Contests

Perfect Dark 63.93% 22647
Conker's Bad Fur Day 36.07% 12777
TOTAL VOTES 35424

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 62.92% 28969
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 37.08% 17075
TOTAL VOTES 46044

Crew Predictions - 16/20

What Happened: Expected results happened

Why it Happened: PD was never too strong here, so it's not that surprising that Conker got 36% on it. CoD4 performance is a bit less impressive after 2009. Guess it's not as strong as it looked if Sands of Time can do those kind of numbers on it.

What will Happen: MW should beat PD by a fair margin.

Crew Prediction Challenge - pointz

AKJ - 17
Lopen - 16
Tran - 16
Leon - 16
Moltar - 15
Kleenex - 15
Guest - 15



Crew Accuracy Challenge - Tran gets the point for PD and Leon gets the point for CoD4

AKJ - 4
Guest - 3 (GfK: 1, BT: 1, CM: 1)
Lopen - 3
Tran - 3
Moltar - 2
Leon - 2
Kleenex - 1
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Moltar Status: Bracket: Pokemon (15/20)
Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/

Enjoy your stay in the basement, Kleenex!
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"I can set you free, mate."
"My freedom was forfeit long ago!"

Oh well.

Didn't really think too hard about the percentage! Though this is close enough that maybe I should have.
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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

It seems either Pokemon games are weak are Metroid games are really strong.
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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~

the other conclusion you could draw is that that one votein poll was pretty strong. God of War (2), RE5 and Fusion have all gone above expectations.
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iphonesience

No in Fusion I did not have much of a problem with the game's restrictiveness. Also the game seemed to lack inspiration compared to Super Metroid and the Prime trilogy. Other M, however, basically blows Fusion's flaws out of proportion.
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Why did I pick Brawl to win the contest?

WWF No Mercy vs Fire Emblem: PoR

On the first episode of The Show I predicted No Mercy to finish last place in the GotY X-Stats (or 2nd to last, if Umineko made the field). Now at the time we were thinking this would be a 64 game bracket instead of 128, but otherwise nothing has really changed- people hate professional wrestling. I mean I'm sure plenty of voters watched it back in 2000, but I'm not buying that just seeing The Rock in the match pic will cause a huge nostalgia overload and somehow push this game past 50%. I'd still argue that it was a very cool, very unique Guru choice just because it'll be quite the interesting wildcard in terms of final percentage, but it would have had to draw the perfect opponent to have any chance at winning a match.

And going against a Nintendo-backed jRPG from a mainline console that was RPG-starved and was pimped constantly in the last two Smash Bros games and features a spikey-haired sword wielding anime character in the match pic is a long way from "perfect", when it comes to this site. Yes I realize that the Fire Emblem series is incredibly weak, but anything that can take two steps without falling on its face ought to be safe against a wrestling game, so I can't support the upset here.

...trouble is, FE might only be able to take three steps, so I'll have to keep this percentage quite low. For that reason, and because I DO think No Mercy lucked out in drawing a Day match, as I assume anything wrestling has zero support from outside North America these days.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 52.41%

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From: Ngamer64 | #307
people hate professional wrestling.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1678

Not so sure about that. Old poll, but yeah. That's still 60% of the site that either watches it or has watched it at some point.

(And the people who used to watch it at some point probably watched it during the glory days when No Mercy was released, like me)
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If anything, wrestling is more popular outside North America. At least, in Europe and Japan. Admittedly that's probably less so WWE, but still.
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wrestling is the most popular sport in Mongolia!

>_>
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East Division: Round 1 - Match 22 – (6) WWF No Mercy vs. (11) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Moltar’s Analysis

WWF No Mercy
World Wildlife Fund No Mercy

Fire Emblem
From that series that was nothing until Melee came around.

Man I love No Mercy. Best wrestling game ever. However, I’m not going to sugar-coat its chances here. I’m pretty sure GameFAQs never really cared for wrestling or wrestling games. I also don’t see why they would care today when it’s not really ‘cool’ to like wrestling.

Also, its opponent is a JRPG, which GameFAQs eats up. Even better, it’s a fairly obscure JRPG game, which GameFAQs really eats up. Maybe if No Mercy was up against some weak trash from a who cares series, I’d go for it. However, it’s Fire Emblem, so I like its chances here despite it not being all that strong.

I certainly won’t complain if No Mercy wins though!

Moltar’s Bracket: Fire Emblem > No Mercy

Moltar’s Prediction: Fire Emblem - 57%



Lopen’s Analysis

This match I really have no idea how to call. I could see 70% for No Mercy or 70% for Fire Emblem.
On one side, you've got a series that has never established itself as more than fodder, and what is probably one of the weaker games from said series. BUT it's Nintendo, could that be enough?

On the other side, you've got WWF No Mercy, something that could be anti-voted to hell, nostalgia voted, or even joke voted. The game itself was well received, but I don't think that matters too much here, as the WWF brand name is going to account for more than the game itself could hope to.

Anyway, I'm putting my money on No Mercy here. Wrestling was actually popular back then (note WWF not WWE), and yeah, I could see people thinking voting for it is funny... look at that box art with THE ROCK... I mean it didn't work for John Madden, but well, they SHOULD. Really though as I already said I call this match a total crapshoot, so discard my thoughts at your leisure.

Well if nothing else, No Mercy has the top seed. Maybe this'll be a Vyse/Laharl special? Sure. I'll bet on that.

Lopen's prediction:
NO MERCY with 60.05%



Transience’s Analysis

Okay, so, I don't "get" this match. I've never heard of No Mercy, probably because I wasn't like 13 years old when it came out. Wrestling had long since passed me, so I won't be posting a bunch of dumb wrestling gifs or catch phrases and use that as proof that it's going to win.

What I do know is that Fire Emblem is weak and looks weaker every year. This is a lower-tier FE, too - FE7 is the game that has some strength but this one is a second-rate Gamecube RPG. I would pick so much stuff over this game.

And yet No Mercy isn't one of those things. FE is, at the very least, a recognizable name. I don't think a n64 wrestling game is going to be enough to get 50% of the vote. It very well *could* but I wouldn't bet on it. This game has no shot to ever make a contest without a big board 8 rally and is only spoken about glowingly amongst big wrestling fans. I don't think there's enough of them for it to win a contest match against a relatively known name.

transience's prediction: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance with 55.79%



Leon’s Analysis

Oh look, a Nintendo game against an old N64 wrestling game. Seems like a pretty easy decision, doesn’t it?

Well, that’s where you’re wrong, Jabroni! Finally, The Rock has COME BACK to GameFAQs! Let me tell you something, this isn’t just any old wrestling game! This is a wrestling game from the glory days of the WWF, during the height of the Attitude Era, when most people on this site were kids or teenagers. They will fondly remember this game and this era, especially once they see a picture of The Rock, Triple H, and Edge on the cover. Those memories will come flooding back of seeing The Rock laying the smacketh down on some punks, delivering some People’s Elbows, and smack-talking everyone in the business! There’s no room for “logic” here! No Mercy is the clear pick here! In fact, No Mercy is a perfect name for this game because that’s exactly what this roody-poo so-called “game” is going to receive!

Fire what? Path of what? It doesn’t matter what this game’s name is! Does it really think it’s going to walk into the People’s Poll and beat No Mercy? All The Rock knows is that this game needs to know its role and shut its mouth! This game’s got a reservation for one at the Smackdown Hotel right on Jabroni Drive, so it better start packing its bags, if you SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL what The Leon…is cookin’! *leaves to everyone on GameFAQs chanting The Leon’s name*

Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: Despite going into fanboy mode, I haven’t followed wrestling in 7-8 years, but seriously, those were the glory days!

Leonhart’s Vote: What do you think, Jabroni? It doesn’t matter what you think!

Leonhart’s Prediction: WWF No Mercy with 51.07%

And that’s the bottom line, ‘cause Leonhart said so!



Kleenex’s Analysis

Oh hey the guru nomination. I think I'm supposed to post gifs in this writeup.


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Aw yeah, suck it down stupid wrestling game. Go Fire Emblem.

Kleenex's Prediction: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance with 55.55%



Applekidjosh’s Analysis

and yeah I doubt I'll be awake saturday morning so this shitty writeup is courtesy of me having friday night plans. I'm sure the other guys will have elaborate predictions with wrestling memes and images and stuff so just go reread Moltar's and then come back down and check my percentage okay?

AKJ - WWF:NM > FE:PoR /w 52.00%



Guest’s Analysis - Ultimaterializer

Fire Emblem 9 was basically the game that upended Final Fantasy Tactics for awhile as my favorite game ever. It’s as outstanding an SRPG as you'll ever find, and the plot is nothing to sneeze at either. Yes a few things are cliché and overdone, but that's everything coming out of Japan these days. But you can have cliché and still be well done, like how FE9 does it. The characterization is top-notch, and the relationships they all have with each other is what makes the game special for me. It's one thing to have one area of a game done super well, but doing everything well is hard. And Fire Emblem 9 does everything well: characters, graphics, plot, gameplay, intangibles, the mythical "it", whatever. Path of Radiance has that spark that makes a game difficult to describe because snobby fans like me won't be able to put its greatness into words.

One might say I'm the biggest Fire Emblem 9 fan on all of GameFAQs. And that's why I chose this match to be a guest for, because I'm here to tell you all that as FE9's biggest fan you people are out of your goddamn minds for supporting it.

I don't care what past polls say about WWF No Mercy or whatever idiotic "GameFAQs doesn't care about sports games" stigma you guys want to tack onto the game in an attempt to discredit it. I remember this game's launch. It was huge. It came out at the apex of the Attitude era and everyone loved it. It single-handedly convinced the WWF-- errr, WWEEEEEE that those terrible annual WWF vs RAW vs Smackdown! vs Diva vs WWE vs Roster Split vs ECW vs WCW vs TNA vs WhateverTF games are a worthy annual investment. To date, No Mercy is still far and away the most popular wrestling game ever made. It's also not a "sports" game, either, so drop it. It's like calling marijuana a drug when it's only a plant -- a natural poison. This isn't Madden 2004 we're talking about. There isn't a wrestling fan out there who didn't play this. Hell, it probably doesn't even need the wrestling fanbase to win this match -- though the sizable wrestling fan base on this site certainly won't hurt. Fire Emblem 7 (the Game Boy Advance one) is the only FE that will ever do well in a poll here.

Furthermore, stop with the Brawl thing. No really, stop it. Ike on the box art is irrelevant. Is Lucas or anything related to Mother 3 strong? No. Is EarthBound strong? No. Is any Kirby game strong? No. Is Game & Watch strong? Is F-Zero strong?

You get the idea. Ike being the character every god-awful online noob uses to score kills in random lag lobbies doesn't make his game strong or relevant on this site. WWF didn't get a 6 seed because of the guru nominations, either, because over half of every guru roster is made up of little bastards who don't hold true to their word. Christ, stop signing up for that contest if you're going to forget about nominating the winner's choice. With how spread out the noms were this contest, No Mercy should have gotten a higher seed with full guru support. But noooo, people magically disappear whenever the previous winner makes his topic. So now we're stuck with people thinking Fire Emblem 9 can actually win this match instead of giving No Mercy the jabroni it deserves. If I win the guru and Jugglypuff doesn't get in next contest to complete the original 12, heads will effing roll. I'm not kidding. I will lube up my size 14 shoe and stick it straight up the collective roody-poo candy ass of every welching punk out there. You people sicken me.

Oh right, predix. Unlike 2/3rds of the so-called gurus, I actually know the Fire Emblem series. Let's go with, oh.... Metal Gear's number from the series contest against a very RELEVANT opponent. Fire Emblem barely won the day vote against Metal Gear, back when all things Metal Gear went down in the day harder than Jenna Haze at a casting call. Why FE9 is favored here is just beyond me.

WWF No Mercy with 65.23%



Crew Consensus: The Crew is split on this one. WWF No Mercy has the 4-3 edge.

Kleenex got this

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DFF

"World Wildlife Fund No Mercy"

That cracked me up!!!
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Why did I pick Brawl to win the contest?

Moltar's got this one tbqh
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I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris

I'd love it so much if Ulti had this one, but I think it'll be Leon!
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James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User
& The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism

'whoops'
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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris

LOL
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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?

Also damn you transience.

This is why I can never get any accuracy points.
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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?

Yup, definitely Leon.
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James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User
& The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism

Welp

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DFF

FE gots this
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meh

Great job, Ulti! You'd be winning if you'd have chosen the other game!
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Wylvane
captainmurphy72 is a horrible user.

It's okay though, because Ulti loves PoR! So he wins either way!
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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?

Ike fights for his friends, bitch.
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hahaha

I wanted to go super high here but what do I know about n64 wrestling games? I guess that question applies o the rest of the site too
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iphonesience

Way to go, Molty, tranman and Kleenex. This is a great day, so glad i switched my pick in the battle challenge to the right game. Too bad i screwed up my bracket because i thought day match favor would let the wrestling game squeak by, but eh it's only 1 point.
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it."

This is hilarious

can't believe the Crew sided with No Mercy here. we fail yet again!

but at least we won't be off by a full 35%, ouch
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iphonesience

So anyone gonna bite on Fire Emblem > Platinum next round, or is No Mercy really just that bad?
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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?

Platinum is looking to be around the level of ToS and Galaxy. As much as I love PoR, I seriously doubt it's *that* good.

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DFF

Rofl Fire Emblem jumped above 72% that last update. Go for the tripling!
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it."

Heh this is the worst match so far for the crew.They got owned!
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*looks at Ulti's analysis for half a second*

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I have never been so happy to be so wrong in my entire life. PoR is my favorite game in the bracket <3
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It's okay though, because Ulti loves PoR! So he wins either way!

Way to call it.

Though that's like calling the sun rising today.
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Wylvane
CombuskenEngine is a horrible user.

I actually love both games, but hey. Guess GameFAQs really does lump wrestling in with sports games!

Now watch Tony Hawk beat FE7 just to really mess with us.
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"Spoil FFX for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if Jecht's going to be another Auron or another Sin." -Soul on PW vs Jecht

When's the last time we had another Kerrigan/Vincent result?

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DFF

Man, what the heck? There were always only two options for No Mercy: Win close or get destroyed. Why in the world did you guys pick anything different?
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

Honestly, I'm really surprised so many people bit on No Mercy. I didn't think people would take the wrestling fanboys seriously (because I'm pretty sure we didn't take ourselves too seriously and we had no problems throwing away a point on an awesome game), and I figured only the wrestling fanboys would pick it, like how only the R&C fanboys are picking UYA to beat Golden Sun (but the final laugh shall be ours!), so yeah.
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It was the best point thrown away at that too.

I did actually start to believe it could win with enough joke mentality.

Well, that is if that mentality carried over to the rest of the internet too. And as it stands not even all of B8 went for it so we were pretty screwed.

Fun times!

Kleenex with the best writeup

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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Fusion would wreck Fire Emblem, let alone D/P. this wrestling game is just a huge joke.

also, I'm not sure why people were taking D/P's performance to mean anything for GSC. everyone last contest told me they're miles apart in strength.
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xyzzy

There was some weird though reversal yesterday where people were starting to believe that all Pokemon games were close together since they're "the same" or something -- that was the idea floating around, anyway.

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A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

And to think I was actually defending G/S/C, too!

I felt dirty.
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You and me both!

pokemon is on its own next time

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There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

D/P lost to Galaxy which lost to COD4. GSC embarrassed Metal Gear Solid.

yeah
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xyzzy