GameFAQs Contests
Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2
if you guys want any advice on what to call for debated matches feel free to text me I'm overflowing with wisdom --- AKJ: I'm anticipating my inevitable blue balls already! Don't do this to me bellis. You better make me ejaculate Ed Bellis: i will make you ejaculate josh |
Like hochi would deign to comment on a match like this! --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
imo I need a nickname something like Maverick I can be super awesome and lone-wolf-like <spoiler>but then lose in the end to a black guy lmao</spoiler> --- shuffle fun shuffle shuffle fun shuffle fun fun shuffle fun shuffle just plane fun |
From: AppIekidjosh | #376 YOU'RE WELCOME. Also thank JC, he made a lot of the arguments. |
From: AppIekidjosh | #403 How about "Apple House"? --- Nominate Epona for the next Character Battle and have a carrot! Nominate Dan McNeely for the next Character Battle and have immortality! |
Wow Looks like my gut was right. Damn it! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Hmmm well actually this one I guess could go either way at this point. Looking like Valkyria should have this one though. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum 55.04% 19880 Metroid Fusion 44.96% 16240 TOTAL VOTES 36120 WWF No Mercy 28.27% 12937 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 71.73% 32822 TOTAL VOTES 45759 Crew Predictions - 17/22 What Happened: Pokemon struggles with Metroid while FE embarrasses No Mercy Why it Happened: Fusion is a legit game. DPP isn't that much stronger than it and certainly nowhere near GSC. As for No Mercy, it really is bottom-tier fodder if FE can kill it like that What will Happen: Despite the numbers, DPP should be in the clear for R2. Crew Prediction Challenge - lol no mercy AKJ - 18 Tran - 18 Lopen - 17 Leon - 17 Moltar - 17 Kleenex - 17 Guest - 16 Crew Accuracy Challenge - AKJ gets the point for Pokemon and Moltar gets the point for FE AKJ - 5 Guest - 3 (GfK: 1, BT: 1, CM: 1) Lopen - 3 Tran - 3 Moltar - 3 Leon - 2 Kleenex - 1 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Disgaea (17/22) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
SSB Brawl vs Mario Kart DS Everyone's going sky high with these Brawl picks after seeing Melee's astonishing 87% performance a few days back. Well, NOT ME. Now don't misunderstand me, I'm staying low not out of disrespect for Brawl's strength (I'm still giving it something like a 48% chance to beat Melee straight up), but rather because the game finds itself in a very different position. With GHII we were talking about a genre disliked by 35% of the site going up against one of the most beloved modern franchises. But does anyone really dislike Mario Kart? I suppose I've seen a fair share of complaints about MKWii, but most seem to agree that DS was still a worthwhile entry in the series. I guess the counter would be to claim that since Brawl and Kart DS are both Nintendo and recent and multiplayer-focused, we'll be forced to sit through a brutal SFF-fest. But I don't really buy that. Kart multi has been a staple of living rooms and dorm rooms since way before Smash hit the scene, and I'd think there's still a decent number of players who prefer the former. More importantly though, there's a (very much) statistically significant number of people who don't like Brawl at all. Some of them are of course the Melee-embracers who we hear from all the time here on B8, but in addition to that, check out this violent continental shift. Contest Quarterfinal: Zelda: TP/RE4/SSBB/MGS4 North America: Super Smash Bros. Brawl 28.77% Europe: Super Smash Bros. Brawl 21.01% Asia: Super Smash Bros. Brawl 17.25% SSBB did luck out by drawing a Day Match for this one, but even so, Wii backlash outside of North America will have only gotten worse in the last year plus, and I'd have to imagine if any game has a target painted on its back as far as those voters are concerned it would be Brawl. In other words, the smart money is on not overshooting this one- let's try something like Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 81.14% --- 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! |
The crew got owned again.Man this contest is their worst I believe... --- 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: Ngamer64 | #409 For whatever the reason. Bleh. Mario Kart DS isn't really a "multiplayer" game anyway, since it's on the DS. Maybe that's part of the reason I wasn't crazy about it. Contest Quarterfinal: Zelda: TP/RE4/SSBB/MGS4 You are aware that Smash in general does this, right? It's why Melee and Brawl have such outstanding day votes. Europe doesn't like the games. That isn't exclusive to Brawl, if that's the argument you're trying to make. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3504®ion=EUR http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3499®ion=EUR http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3489®ion=EUR http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3469®ion=EUR --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
No
last I heard MKDS was best known for its multiplayer, aka not being a
total flop online and being exceptional offline. It just happened to
have quite a bit of excellent singleplayer contest as well. Okay, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_DS See, most didn't have many problems with the game. Though I suppose I will agree with the flaws. MKDS is, however, one of the best handheld games I've played, and I think it'll be quite difficult for that not to be true at least within the next year or so. --- Why did I pick Brawl to win the contest? |
East Division: Round 1 - Match 24 – (2) Super Smash Bros. Brawl vs. (15) Mario Kart DS Moltar’s Analysis Brawl barlw Mario Kart DS Mario Kart: Dat Snaking So Melee went and laid the smackdown on GH2, time for Brawl to show it up, right? I mean, it even gets to do it on a Nintendo game! However, this shouldn’t be as bad. MK might also be a Nintendo series, but at least the MK series gets some respect on GameFAQs. Moltar’s Bracket: Brawl > MKDS Moltar’s Prediction: Brawl - 80% Lopen’s Analysis I mean if we go by Mario Kart rules for this match Mario Kart DS is gonna be spamming Blue Shells and Lightning Bolts all day while Super Smash Brothers Brawl tries to hit blow out percentages, bringing the match close again. And if we go by Super Smash Brothers Brawl rules whichever entrant starts to win will inexplicably trip. So you know, if you truly love either of these games, vote for the loser at all times, to create the illusion of competition... fun! Will the voters do this? Does Mario Kart DS have a chance? No. It doesn't have a chance. Lopen's Prediction: Brawl with 76.34% Transience’s Analysis Despite this being a brutal SFF match, MKDS is still more liked than Guitar Hero. That, combined with Brawl's small but loud anti-fanbase, should probably keep it from being an absolute killing. We'll try to take something from this match but the truth is that it's not really possible to compare Brawl and Melee in round 1. We'll have to wait for round 2 to do that. transience's prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 83.31% Leon’s Analysis Hey, are you a fan of round 1 SFF squashes? Then this match is for you! We kinda already saw this one once before: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3355 The strength difference between Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii probably isn’t that great, not that strength really matters in an SFF squash. MKDS might do a little better than this since it’s not on the same console as Brawl, but still, this thing couldn’t beat Legend of Dragoon and Battlefront II. And to think, it was a GOTY finalist once upon a time! Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: Mario Kart DS is the only game in the series I’ve played (never played Super Circuit or MKWii) that I haven’t won all the Grand Prix cups in every difficulty. Game just wasn’t as fun. Leonhart’s Vote: Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Leonhart’s Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 83.49% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Anything you can do, I can do better. That's what Brawl will be trying to do today, anyway. And it'll need to if people want to start taking the Brawl > Melee thing seriously. Brawl should have the advantage of the magical force SFF in this match, so there's a good chance results will get skewed either way. MKDS shouldn't even be that strong in the first place. The thing lost to the Legend of freaking Dragoon in the vote-ins. Still, even taking all the into account, I think people are going to jump all over Brawl no matter how it does here. It certainly won't reach the 87% that Melee got or whatever it was - but it shouldn't be expected to. SFF or not, Mario Kart would totally wreck Guitar Hero 2. Next round should be a bit more telling, but for now... Kleenex's Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl with 82.44% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Hahahaha Disgaea why must you fail so hard? At least today there's approximately 0% chance of an upset and the only thing worth analyzing is what percentage Brawl gets on Mario Kart. And honestly? That's pretty much going to come down to blind luck too. Well considering I'm taking Brawl > Melee I guess this is the time to show some faith in Brawl? AKJ guessing Barlw > Blue Shell DS with 86.77 Guest’s Analysis - Articuno2001 lol, SFF blowout. Nothing much to see here. Prediction: Super Smash Bros. Brawl > Mario Kart DS with 85.00% Crew Consensus: Smash will have no problem with Mario Kart |
SSBB got 83.5% on Mario Kart Wii in the GotY. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 19/22 Today's Matches: Disgaea & SSBB |
mmm gimme dat blowout --- AKJ: I'm anticipating my inevitable blue balls already! Don't do this to me bellis. You better make me ejaculate Ed Bellis: i will make you ejaculate josh |
From: charmander6000 | #415 Which is what I put for my prediction! --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Well
one of the few criticisms for MKDS was the game's repetitive
singleplayer mode, so it's hard to fault you there Leon. Hilariously
however, I think MKDS is the only Mario Kart I've played where I
actually went for all cups. I own both MKWii and Double Dash but I don't
think I'm engaging in any more Mario Kart until I get out of grade
school, at which point I'll probably get a 3DS sometime or the other
with Mario Kart 3DS. --- Why did I pick Brawl to win the contest? |
Moltar, before I forget and miss out on an accuracy point again, bump my FFX prediction up 7% in my writeup. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
Brawl vs. Melee looks pretty even for round 1. --- xyzzy |
Hmmm...As long as Brawl gets the ASV here (and it should), I should get the accuracy point here. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Dat Sunday ASV --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png "SEXTON HILLBEAST" - TimJab |
Weekend ASV and 6 hour time difference, unstoppable. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
Obviously Sunday everyone wakes up at 3 PM so you were referring to the After Sleep Factor! --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png "SEXTON HILLBEAST" - TimJab |
Leonhart owned if this continues! --- xyzzy |
Argh, it would be terrible to be within a quarter of a percent of the final percentage and still lose the point! Darn it, weekend ASV, where are you? --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
Weekend ACV, you mean! --- I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. |
That only works for things like Diablo! As far as I know, neither of these games are widely hailed as being of the devil! --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
MKDS not exactly a day vote slouch! --- xyzzy |
just wait til the kids get home from church where they've been playing MKDS --- AKJ: I'm anticipating my inevitable blue balls already! Don't do this to me bellis. You better make me ejaculate Ed Bellis: i will make you ejaculate josh |
From: LeonhartFour | #425 The Blue Shell is the work of the devil, that's for sure! --- Around here, I'm the father, the son, and the Holy fucking Spirit all rolled into one - Red Crow |
From: TheKoolAidShoto | #431 You may be onto something here. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
Southeast Division: Round 1 - Match 25 – (1) Super Mario Galaxy vs. (16) Beyond Good and Evil Moltar’s Analysis Galaxy Game of the Decade? More like Game of the Forever right here Beyond Good and Evil Mario Kart: Dat Snaking You think Prime looked bad in 2009, but Galaxy was a pretty massive disappointment. It got wrecked by CoD4 and the best thing you can say about it is that it beat Pokemon D/P/P. Such a shame that one of the highest-rated games of all time is so weak on GameFAQs. Hell, chances are it’s not even going to make it out of this division. Still, BG&E is going to be bottom of the barrel fodder, so at least Galaxy will look good in at least one match! Moltar’s Bracket: Galaxy > BG&E Moltar’s Prediction: Galaxy - 80% Lopen’s Analysis Well Galaxy didn't look too hot last year, but it's Beyond Good & Evil. Anything less than 85% is a disappointment here, and you should be sounding the upset alarms if it goes much lower! Lopen's Prediction: Mario Galaxy with a lot. Like 86%. Transience’s Analysis Galaxy is one of the weirdest games we have. It has every reason to be a solid game - sold well, great fan buzz, #2 rated game of all time, etc - but man, it laid an egg last time 'round. It's even worse this time because COD4 and Pokemon Diamond haven't looked good. On a logical side, Galaxy is strong. If you pay attention to past results, it's not. None of this matters because BG&E is weak as hell. transience's prediction: Super Mario Galaxy with 82.45% Leon’s Analysis Super Mario Galaxy gets to open up against what will probably be one of the weaker games in the contest. I’m kinda surprised it managed to survive the vote-ins, honestly. Keep in mind that this game’s main character got tripled by Ada Wong. As maligned as Galaxy is, there’s no way it doesn’t destroy this match. In fact, if it fails to do so, I’d get seriously worried about it in the next round. It’s got no excuses not to roll this one. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I had to use an FAQ to find the second Green Star in that second Fluzzard galaxy in Galaxy 2. I felt so dirty. Leonhart’s Vote: Super Mario Galaxy. Leonhart’s Prediction: Super Mario Galaxy with 77.01% Kleenex’s Analysis This should be an interesting match. We all know that Galaxy is fairly weak based on pretty much every poll it has been in since its release. BG&E, however, is probably beyond weak (pun sort of intended). I dunno what else to say about this match. It's going to be boring. Galaxy might flop, but it's not going to lose. Zzzz. Kleenex's Prediction: Super Mario Galaxy with 75.44% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Man, I know Galaxy isn't going to get a Melee-level blowout here but it really should. Let's take a stroll down memory lane in the polls: Beyond Good and Evil is our 2003 multiplatform Game of the year!!!... behind Lord of the Rings Return of the King, Madden NFL 2004, Need for SPeed Underground, Prince of Persia: SoT, Soul Calibur II, Tony Hawk's Underground, and True Crime: Streets of LA but lets be honest those are some AAA titles it was competing against Now it gets into the contest through vote in poll, only losing to such monsters as Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry, L4D2, PW:AA T&T, and Timesplitters 2! Again, all monsters with the vote! By virtue of the fact that okay is the joke stale yet? AKJ says Galaxy > BG&E with 77.77% Crew Consensus: Go Go Galaxy! --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Brawl (17/23) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
more guest sign-ups going up in a few minutes! --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Brawl (17/23) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
I
can't wait to see the reaction when Galaxy struggles to get 70% in this
match. Hopefully it'll get people to get all aboard the GTA4 > Mario
Galaxy train. --- http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
Haha man what the hell was I on when I wrote that. The most interesting boring match ever, for sure. --- 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? |
Galaxy would be good to underperform here except that Beyond Good and Evil is probably super weak. --- Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest. |
Think
Beyond Good & Evil is more popular than people are giving credit,
but we'll see. It wasn't too widespread, but the people who played it
adored it -- and it was on all three consoles, too, for whatever that's
worth. Still gonna get blown out here, but I think it might be able to
avoid being put under 20. --- 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. |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4047 Weaker then L4D2 which just got pulverized. This could be ugly. --- DFF |
One day we'll stop linking to those vote in polls as an indicator of how a game will do in a 1v1 setting. Maybe. Hopefully. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
Well I think an actual poll result is better than "I think you guys are wrong because I like this game", but that's just me. --- DFF |
From: KamikazePotato | #441 to be fair, "i like this game" is what I use and I'm doing pretty well on the crew! --- <@transience> kleenex or theo probably know <@transience> when stupidity happens they're usually not far behind |
I've never played BG&E! --- 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. |
this
poll is more 'Super Mario Galaxy vs. whatever' than anything else. SMG
might be kinda weak but it has name recognition and very little hate. .01% off today woo --- xyzzy |
Emergency Guest Analysis: Galaxy stomps much less popular platformer, but doesn't break 80%. Super Mario Galaxy with 78% --- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it." |
oh is bg&e a platformer? --- "You see that, charon? You're not disliked by 90% of the board- only 84%. That's a 6% UotY confidence boost you can take to the bank." -NGamer64 |
Also, just in case the guest for the next match doesn't send in his analysis either: Pokemon R/S/E vs. GTA IV Pokemon vs. GTA in a day match, Pokemon wins. No i don't care that Fusion stood up to DPP. Pokemon R/S/E with 52.5% --- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it." |
It's closer to Zelda than it is Mario. It's an action / adventure game. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
Yep. I would liken it more to Prince of Persia than Mario though, but without the time manipulation stuff. I guess what i'm trying to say is it's a platformer with combat. --- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it." |
BG&E is like a leaner, more character-infused version of Zelda. It also sold like shit and who knows about that sequel. --- "if only there were some way I could have sex" - Smartmuffin |
