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Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 4
hey look, Braid's winning the ASV. Albion and KP's streak of awesome continues! --- xyzzy |
Works
out fine for me, because it's making my prediction even more accurate!
Persona 4's still averaging mid-high 63s right now, so it's all good! --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
can someone please tell me who Albion is? T_T --- Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright! (he's animated! ANIMATED!) Now I have to get a 3DS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJpjP67sYb8&feature=player_embedded |
From: ssjRaina | #053 Leon --- "You brought your bitch, to the waffle hut?" |
From: Biolizard28 | #036 Man even barely looking at the board and stats topic during the bracket period, I still made a cookie bracket. Most of it made sense to me though! Stats have ruined me. --- Moltar Status: Bracket: TWEWY (36/42) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Yeah, I normally make a lot of upsets, but I don't have very many at all this year. It was weird. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Has Ulti already requested Melee/Brawl? Is it way too early to request? If not, I'd like to throw my name in the hat. --- Yoblazer: http://i38.tinypic.com/2s024p4.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
we can get multiple guests on that probably. try to limit the fanboy drivel to a minimum if possible! --- xyzzy |
also, yeah, my bracket is fairly standard. there's just not a lot of great late-game upsets to take. --- xyzzy |
All of Board 8 will be the Guest for Melee/Brawl. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
I
thought my bracket was kinda cookie but apparently I have 33 upsets so
hey. Looks like even when I don't think I'm calling stupid picks I'm
calling them. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
From: ssjRaina | #053 can someone please tell me who Albion is? T_T Leon Thats just mean --- http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/11/500x_vegasdude.jpg |
I think my reasoning for Melee is outstanding. --- Yoblazer: http://i38.tinypic.com/2s024p4.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I'd love to guest on Brawl/Melee, because outside of my bracket I don't care which one wins <_<. FEEL THE PASSION --- James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User & The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism |
Southwest Division: Round 1 - Match 45 – (3) Portal vs. (14) Gears of War 2 Moltar’s Analysis Portal No Portal jokes here Gears of War 2 All aboard the Coletrain to Loserville If we didn’t know that Portal/Cube were strong and Gears sucks, this would...maybe be tricky? But since we do know things, Portal is a safe bet in this match. It did okay in 2009, but Valve has been on the rise since then, and I’m guessing that Portal will be one of the biggest benefactors of the Valve love. Also, Portal would beat Gears 1, and people actually care about that game. Gears 2 came, got backlash, and went in the gaming world. GameFAQs cared even less for it. I definitely can see it disappointing, especially in a night match. Moltar’s Bracket: Portal > Gears 2 Moltar’s Prediction: Portal - 66% Lopen’s Analysis Man I'm pretty skeptical of Portal. We've never seen it in a 1v1 and it seems like the type of game that would be inflated by 4-ways. Now digest that skepticism a bit, but even considering 4-ways Gears of War 2 has never looked all that impressive... I mean it beat Fable 2 in a XBox GotY a while back but then in the final ranking of the GotY it got squashed. So you know you're gonna have this guest selling overdone Portal jokes like they're candy, and you might as well eat that candy because why not, Gears of War 2 isn't good enough to stop it. FFXII, however... Lopen's prediction: Portal with 55.69% Transience’s Analysis Gears 2 seems like it should be able to compete with Portal, but it can't. It's been unusually bad in every poll it's ever been in, from GOTY polls to the vote-ins. On top of that, this is a night match which is great for Portal and awful for Gears. Portal should be a good bit stronger than the last time we saw it, so I expect it to push for a doubling here. That'll put it in good shape vs. FF12 next round. (or Crisis Core, whatever) transience's prediction: Portal with 65.66% Leon’s Analysis This feels like a battle between games heading in two different directions. Of all the games returning from the 2009 contest, few have the potential for a boost in strength between then and now like Portal. Valve has gone all out in trying to promote this game, even giving it away for free for a while. And it’s not like Portal did poorly last time anyway. It edged out BioShock in round 1 and beat Halo 3 in round 2 while putting up decent numbers on Fallout 3 and MGS4. Gears of War, on the other hand, seems to be trending in the other direction. The first game was a GOTY finalist and put up a good showing on FFXII in the process. Marcus Fenix made the third round in his contest debut. Since then? Marcus Fenix has been beaten by Rydia of all people and got doubled by Zero. Gears of War lost handily to Shadow of the Colossus in the last Games Contest. While Gears 2 won its vote-in poll outright, it didn’t finish much ahead of SoulCalibur II. I’ll take a little better than BioShock and Halo 3 over a little better than SoulCalibur II. Portal needs to flex its muscles here and prove it can handle FFXII next round. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I think it’s really annoying when people quote Portal because it’s been overdone at this point, so this match probably won’t be very much fun. Leonhart’s Vote: Portal. Leonhart’s Prediction: Portal with 59.05% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Portal's going to be pretty strong. Probably. I have to wonder if the fadiness (this is a word now) of the game has worn off a bit. I imagine it must have by now. It'll still be strong, though. The game did beat Halo 3 and hung with Fallout 3 last year. I'll be honest, I can't remember what game Portal is facing, and I'm too lazy to look at the bracket. That's right, too lazy to look at the bracket, but no too lazy to write this. I think it's Gears of War. I don't have a ton of respect for what Gears can do - I don't recall it impressing too much last year, and we're kind of in limbo between 2 and 3 coming out. Portal should have a comfortable victory tonight. Kleenex's Prediction: Portal with 65.56% Applekidjosh’s Analysis One of my favorite parts of this bracket is how Portal is not only in a winnable match, but a winnable fourpack! If any game deserved favorable bracket placement it's our darling here. There's a whole list of things Portal has going for it - Game of the Year awards, upcoming sequel hype, the VALVE factor, great showings in last year's 4ways. Gears of War 2... just doesn't. Though looking at its vote in poll reminds me of Umineko getting crushed so I hate you Gears. Anyway, looking forward to Portal showing us it has the strength to beat a Final Fantasy in round 2. Don't let me down! AKJ says Portal > Gears2 with 64.44% Guest’s Analysis - Ultimaphazon Gears of War 2 did win its vote-in poll, so we know it isn't going to be complete turbofodder. Still, Gears 1 was nowhere near as strong as Portal in the last games contest, and I'd figure Gears 1 is stronger than Gears 2. Also, Portal has every reason to boost since we last saw it, considering it was given away for free for 2 weeks earlier this year. Portal wants to get to the division finals, so in this match it has to prove that it has some decent strength. Let's go with: Prediction: Portal with 66.95% Crew Consensus: The results are no lie. Portal wins. |
Thought we'd get through the whole thing with no dumb portal jokes From: Master Moltar | #066 you've let me down, Moltar --- " FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO ONE CAN BE THAT DUMB" - Haguile |
Whoa the guest wasn't some Portalphile giving us a 500 line post that is mostly nonsense Is that a first --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Portal vs Gears of War 2 Scum trying to bum rush me with a last second lynch- will give my match thoughts right after the clock strikes midnight! Portal with 61.89% --- 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! |
Time for 12 hours of 4-year old memes --- DFF |
More like 3 year old memes, since Portal is a 2007 game. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
KP just got served. --- 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 wanted to go super high here and I didn't. argh. Portal's legit for sure, but Gears 2 is just awful. Paper Mario lookin' good against Gears 1 too. --- xyzzy |
Aww yeah, first accuracy points. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
how much of this is board vote and how much is god damn! --- "Luster, you are a delight" ~NGamer "Yes, yes I am." ~ Luster Soldier |
Wowwwwwww Portal --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
From: AppIekidjosh | #067 my job is done --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Portal (37/44) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Oh wow. At least I feel a lot better about TTYD > Gears 1 now. Looks like getting squashed by SotC wasn't a fluke, after all! --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
The World Ends With You 49.09% 17680 Dead Rising 50.91% 18334 TOTAL VOTES 36014 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 63.97% 25820 Braid 36.03% 14540 TOTAL VOTES 40360 Crew Predictions - 37/44 What Happened: DR squeaks by TWEWY and Persona has no trouble with Braid. Why it Happened: A night match helped keep TWEWY close, but DR is slightly stronger here. Persona managed to beat down Braid because...no one played Braid. What will Happen: Should be a good match. Is Persona stronger than TWEWY? Will it being a Day match tip the scales in DR's favor? Crew Prediction Challenge - And then there were two... AKJ - 38 Moltar - 38 Tran - 38 Kleenex - 37 Lopen - 35 Leon - 35 Guest - 35 Crew Accuracy Challenge - MoltKJ gets the point for DR and Leon gets the point for P4. AKJ - 7.5 Guest - 7 (GfK: 1, BT: 1, CM: 2, Kotetsu: 1, dragon: 1, NGamer: 1) Kleenex - 7 Tran - 6 Moltar - 5.5 Lopen - 5 Leon - 4 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Portal (37/44) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Crew Prediction Challenge - And then there were two... AKJ - 38 Moltar - 38 Tran - 38 --- xyzzy |
Aw yeah, Guest Clan taking the lead in the Accuracy Challenge after this. Way to go Ultimaphazon! --- "Dr_Football runs alongside balefire watching marshmallows stop existing" |
Crew underestimated Portal.It may even beat FF XII! --- 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~ |
And I even lowered my prediction from an initial 70.95%. I would look like a genius if I hadn't. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
From: transience | #080 did you miss the part about Moltkj? :3 --- "oh god do not search google images for "shaved bear" without turning safesearch on first" - Dauntless Hunter |
Southwest Division: Round 1 - Match 46 – (6) Final Fantasy XII vs. (11) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Moltar’s Analysis FF12 Those mainline FF games just keep getting weaker. Crisis Core The important part isn’t FF7, it’s ZACK FAIR Interesting match. FF12 is the bigger and more mainstream game, but CC is more liked by the fanbase. Usually that spells good things for the more liked game, but now we’re dealing with two games within the same series. In the past, when we’ve seen FF vs. FF, the stronger game kills the weaker one with ease. However, I think this is going to be different because FF12 isn’t held with that much regard while CC is loved. Crisis Core being liked should keep it from getting SFFed by FF12. Still, going with the mainline FF is the safe bet here. FF12 is weak compared to other FF games, but is still a game with respectable strength, and should be higher on the totem pole than a PSP spinoff. Moltar’s Bracket: FF12 > Crisis Core Moltar’s Prediction: FF12 - 57% Lopen’s Analysis Any FF fan who's an FF fan wants Crisis Core to win. Some of us want it to win so badly that we picked it in our brackets. Problem here is is that FFXII has displayed enough heat that no PSP game, even if it's Final Fantasy itself, can take it down. I mean this game beat Kingdom Hearts 2 in a GotY. I think Kingdom Hearts appreciation has gone up enough that that wouldn't happen again, but you can't just discard it. Beating KH2 is no small task. So despite FFXII being a bad game, it's going to bring in the votes. Were this almost any other FF I'd buy it SFFing the thing, but a PSP game is probably gonna draw some “hate” itself just by virtue of being on the PSP, since the system, as awesome as it is, hasn't quite been accepted yet. Lopen's prediction: Final Fantasy XII with 62.93% Transience’s Analysis What an awesome match tonight. On one side you've got a mainline Final Fantasy and on the other, a PSP spinoff. The mainline Final Fantasy sold millions of copies and is the most FAQ'd PS2 game while the PSP game isn't even in the top ten. FF12 has higher review scores and is a much meatier experience. This has all the signs of a blowout. And yet it's not because, quite honestly, Crisis Core is a better game. FF12 is the weakest mainline FF game and has a verrrry lukewarm reception. Crisis Core is not an amazing game but it does have its fans. I'd say that if you polled people who had played both games, CC wins. Zack Fair has gone from a character with maybe five scenes in FF7 to a guy that can straight-up beat Aeris. Crisis Core has the FF7 name attached to it and FF7 would at least quadruple FF12. Dissidia, a mediocre game in the same vein as Crisis Core, just managed to put up a very respectable match with the 2009 GOTY despite being destroyed in that very poll. Crisis Core sold better and is more liked than Dissidia. This match comes down to how well people know Crisis Core. Is it widespread? This is a site that knows its damn RPGs and I trust them to know their FF games. If enough people know Crisis Core, it could be a beast. It is tough to get Zack's performance out of my head. While not a fair match, Zack would annihilate Balthier. Hell, Zack crushed Zidane and Zidane would beat Balthier. It is very easy to be scared of Crisis Core. But I'm not. I look at it like this - would Crisis Core ever compete with Half-Life 2? Nah. I also don't think FF12 is as hated as others do. Yeah, it's not FF7-10, but it's not awful either. Crisis Core also isn't universally loved. It's got a good core story with a good main character, but it's not gonna put the fear of god into FF12. transience's prediction: Final Fantasy 12 with 61.45% |
Leon’s Analysis First of all, I’d like to applaud Bacon for setting up this trap match because he knew people would bite on this one. Crisis Core will not act as an FFVII proxy, no more than Zack acts like a Cloud proxy (and he doesn’t, in case you were wondering). It’s a PSP handheld, which doesn’t add up to good things for it. It feels like people are putting too much trust in brand names. Just because it has Final Fantasy VII in the title doesn’t mean it’s going to be a powerhouse. If you’re picking Crisis Core to win here, I hope you’ve at least got it going to the divisional finals! Plus, I don’t think Final Fantasy XII is quite as hated as people think. Yeah, it’s probably the weakest mainline 3-D FF (excepting X-2 and possibly FFT), but that doesn’t mean it’s weak. And yeah, it lost to Half-Life 2, but it’s not like it got killed. It still managed 37.68% on TP, which is probably the third strongest Zelda game, like it or not. It should have enough strength to get past Crisis Core of all things, FFVII in the title or not. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I actually died a lot playing FFXII until I took advantage of Larsa being a Guest in my party with his infinite supply of Hi-Potions to grind out a bunch of levels. Worked like a charm. Leonhart’s Vote: Final Fantasy XII. Leonhart’s Prediction: Final Fantasy XII with 59.99% Kleenex’s Analysis This is such a trap. I know a decent amount of people went with Crisis Core here because FINAL FANTASY 7 and BUSTER SWORD and FINAL FANTASY XII SUCKS, but that's just a pipe dream. FFXII may not be the most liked game in the series, but it's not quite weak enough to lose to a PSP-exclusive game. I don't have enough confidence to say that XII will be able to blow Crisis Core out or anything of the sort - I do think that FFXII will find a way to embarass itself. But it ain't gonna lose to Black-Haired Cloud. Or a Buster Sword. Kleenex's Prediction: Final Fantasy XII with 57.23% Applekidjosh’s Analysis HERE IT IS! TIME FOR MY BALLS TO THE WALL UPSET SPECIAL! I've made no secret of supporting Crisis Core over the snorefest FF12 from the beginning, and everything is in Crisis Core's favor here! It's a better game, better match picture, better... oh crap, it was on the PSP? And only the PSP? IT HAS NO CHANCE OH MY GOOOOOOOOOODDDD So now I've built up a reputation on having this pick, but I know it's a fool's errand. Do I turn my back on my fans? Do I line up with the rest of the Gurus and Crew and take the safe FF12? Do I go with logic, or my heart...? ........what would Zack Fair do? AKJ says Crisis Core > FF12 with 50.01% |
Guest’s Analysis - hockeydude15 Might as well say it at the start, Crisis Core is going to take this in what many believe to be an upset. While CC will gather a good amount of votes for being related to FFVII I think it's win will more come down to FFXII just flat out performing like dead weight. It is probably the most disliked of the FF's since they have gone to 3d. Most people were disappointed in its plot/characters/game play, despite having the best side missions in the series . While being more played than Crisis Core I can see lots of people voting against it since it just didn't live up to it's expectations at the time and it somewhat shows in past character battles where someone like Balthier does poorly even though he was one of the few liked characters in the game. Zach on the other had has shown us ZachFAQS and has some strength besides just leaching off of the FF name. We have also seen that being the black sheep of the series can draw voters away as with the Sunshine match where it was favored to handle Halo 3 quite easily. Even more so when the game it faces is Final Fantasy game as well. Crisis Core with a solid 56% of the votes. Crew Consensus: AKJ and the Guest go with Crisis Core, everyone else is picking FF12. |
GODDAMMIT GUEST YOU RUINED MY AKJ CURSE --- <@transience> kleenex or theo probably know <@transience> when stupidity happens they're usually not far behind |
GO AKJ AND GUEST! My 22 match streak depends on it! Bah I'm fucked. Thankfully I changed to have Portal winning next round, or I'd really feel stupid. --- Booyah, Grandma. Booyah. {XI} dood |
let it be known if FF12 wins it's entirely the guest's fault --- "A board where all the people try hard to be "nice" to each other would be terribly boring, don't you think?" - Vlado |
I
roleclaimed Town Cop last second but there were enough votes locked
into me from earlier in the day that Mafia took the bait and still tried
to get me lynched. They forced a tie but then lost the coinflip- so
they miss the lynch AND outed themselves as scum, game over. So owned. Getting back to my embarrassing take from last night, Portal vs Gears of War 2 I realize how weird this sounds coming from a guy who was talking at length about "Gears of War Syndrome" only 24 hours ago, but... why are we so confident in Portal, again? TF2 failed to impress, L4D was a major disappointment against God of War (especially considering how every other action game has looked, jeez), and- well I guess the HL2 match didn't tell us anything, but still. I mean I completely understand how Portal earned this 3 seed and it's cool that it could perform around Halo's level in 4ways, but I think it's still a wildcard in terms of how it will look in a 1v1 setting, so the super high Portal picks I'm seeing right now are kind of blowing my mind. However, I DO agree that this being a Night Match is going to be a huge advantage- Gears seems like the most Xboxy American-centric afternoon voteish series around, whereas Valve always does best overnight and I've got to imagine that Portal's appeal is more "universal" than anything else we've seen from them. Portal with 61.89% --- 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! |
I feel like FF12 might rock this match. --- xyzzy |
Final Fantasy 12 vs Crisis Core: FF7 Ahhh, the ultimate test of brand name loyalty! This site is nuts about Final Fantasy 7 and the buster sword and the spikey-haired protagonists that wield it while simultaneously having fallen out of love with everything Final Fantasy that Square has done in the last 9 years. Now, we've talked a ton about how brand names like Mario and Sonic and Resident Evil aren't making an impact this season, but that's only when voters have warm, "GotDish" feelings about their opponents. When a game has vocal haters like MW2 its going to be susceptible to an opponent's franchise appeal- that's how only the PSP saved it from losing to an option with absolutely nothing going for it aside from Cloud and the words "Final Fantasy" on the PotD text. Crisis Core has the most popular FF text of them all, AND spikey haired Cloud, AND there's no doubt that FF12 is vocally hated by a good chunk of the site. That's why I've got to pull the trigger on this ups- Wait, it also has the same PSP-only disadvantage? Noooooooooooooooooooo... (seriously though watch for 12 to underperform like mad!) Final Fantasy XII with 54.86% --- 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! |
5 minute reaction - Portal got dis --- xyzzy |
DAMN YOU GUEST --- Booyah, Grandma. Booyah. {XI} dood |
>_> --- god speed little doodle |
Whoa hey Ted --- This is an alt for Applekidjosh If you're seeing this sig, I'm probably posting from my Droid |
That crazy Ted --- Moltar Status: Bracket: FF12 (38/45) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
if hockeydude had just gone with FF12 this would be a 51-49 the other way --- shuffle fun shuffle shuffle fun shuffle fun fun shuffle fun shuffle just plane fun |
Tonight's analysis should be interesting. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls GotD Bracket: 37/44 Today's Matches: Portal & FFXII |
