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Character Battle VIII Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2
Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 17 – (1) Mario vs. (16) Falco Lombardi Moltar’s Analysis Mario That ain’t Falco Falco No wombo combo here Well this should be an 80-20 blowout for Mario. Based on the other matches, I would doubt Mario’s ability to hit 80% here, but he’s also going to SFF the hell out of Falco, so he SHOULD be able to get the quad. Moltar’s Bracket: Mario > Falco Moltar’s Prediction: Mario: 81% - Falco: 19% Lopen’s Analysis Oh up smash... he's no Falco. OHH OHHH OHHHHH. ... Man, we've seen Mario kick the crap out of Nintendo dudes so many times, and Falco's arguably the weakest one we've seen this side of Olimar. Maybe Mario's weak against snark or something I dunno. Really doubt it. Falco probably gets stomped so bad you've got an indentation of a bird on the bottom of Kuribo's shoe. Now this stuff is marketed as "HIP THREADZ." Lopen's prediction: Mario with 85.33% Transience’s Analysis A guy who is mostly liked for being a Smash Bros. character vs. the KING OF SFF? This is a match that nobody needs to see. ...I want to write something funny here but there's nothing funny to say about this match transience's prediction: Mario with 82.95% Ngamer’s Analysis Fantastical writeup coming soon! Ngamer Says: Mario > Falco, 80.07% Kleenex’s Analysis Taking a quick look down the list here, Division 3 should be a cakewalk except for Zack/Yuna, and it starts off here with a match that might very well end up being the blowout of the round (for real this time). Last year, Falco put up impressive numbers against Vincent in his first-round match before looking like garbage in the second round. Falco's probably good enough to beat a few characters in this bracket, but he didn't draw any character. He drew his worst possible opponent. Mario is [probably] going to ream Falco tonight. It'll [probably] get ugly, and Falco's [probably] never going to show his face in another contest after this. Bracket: Mario Favorites: Mario Prediction: Mario with 82.36% Red Sox’s Analysis First, storytime. Falco: Master, it looks like we’ve been scheduled to face each other in the first round of the tournament. Mario: Good, my young padawan. Falco: Good? But- Mario: You have much to learn yet, my apprentice. Perhaps now is a good time to start. What do you know of the Dark Side of the Force? Falco: The Dark Side? It’s evil and wrong and we must never fall into it. We must not let ourselves become attached to anything, and we must not fear losing anything. Fear leads to anger which leads to hate which leads to the Dark Side of the Force. Mario: Yes, yes, Link has taught you well. But what do you know about what the Dark Side really is? Falco: I…..don’t understand what you are saying, Master. Mario: Why do you think the Jedi are so afraid of the Dark Side, my young apprentice? Falco: Because….. Mario pulls out a red lightsaber. Mario: Because the Dark Side is more powerful, of course! Now, we duel! ~~~ This is an SFF blowout match. The only interesting thing here is whether Mario can get the blowout of the contest. Based on the way he SFF’d Fox and Ness, Mario can probably break 80% here- if he does, it’ll be up to Cloud, Vincent, and Zelda to beat that mark. Prediction: Mario with 81% Upset Potential: 0% Upper Bound: Mario with 86% Lower Bound: Mario with 76% |
Guest’s Analysis - LinkMarioSamus Well, it's now time to watch the first video game character I had ever heard of advance with ease! There's no doubt as to whether Mario wins here, but how does he do on the blue bird named after an Austrian composer? Believe it or not, both Mario and Falco share a common opponent: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Mario_vs_Big_Boss_vs_Pac-Man_vs_Wander_2007 http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Vincent_vs_Falco_vs_GlaDOS_vs_Wander_2008 It's 87% vs. about 70%, with there also being the problem of Falco collapsing in round 2 once, uh, wait, Scorpion and Gordon Freeman can't be such tough competition, right? So Falco and Scorpion were splitting votes with each other...unfortunately, Falco is getting SFFd here too, no doubt about it. Now, we saw that Meta Knight managed to avoid getting SFFd too badly by Luigi, possibly due to being a top-tier Brawl character and Luigi being anti-voted for being the obvious favorite. Falco would benefit from both as well, and he would only be knocked down a bit due to the fact that he is also a Miyamoto character, but I doubt anybody would care about THAT, right? I originally pegged Mario at 85%, and in 2005 that might've happened...but not now. Something more like 80% would make sense. Mario could even fail to break 80% all together, and I wouldn't be surprised. Mario - 80%, Falco - 20% Crew Consensus: It’s-a-me, Mario! |
ATTN: red sox leave the stories to Moltar --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
LMS made a writeup without a single reference to video game lists? AMAZING so he SHOULD be able to get the quad. argh --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
[quad] --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Argh my quad. --- *tear* |
spoilers I am actually Kevin Na*tears quad* --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Liquid > Altair (14/15) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Falco: Hands off my quad! --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
Bold Predix: Falco gets at least 25%, possibly closer to 30%. --- Oh, sorry, I got distracted by KrahenProphet. http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=99 |
LMS seems much more reasonable this time around. I think he finally got the hint about the lists. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/rpguy96 |
Altair................59.12% 44955 Liquid Snake...40.88% 31086 TOTAL VOTES..............76041 Crew Predictions - 12/16 What Happened: Altair stomps Liquid. Took the lead early and never looked back. Why it Happened: Altair boosting thanks to AC2 is pretty likely. Throw in Liquid also not being as strong as 2008 suggested and you've got some kind of explanation for this. What will Happen: Altair's good performance has now put him in a very good position to beat Vivi. Crew Prediction Challenge - Ng and Kleenex are the smart ones today Moltar - 14 Lopen - 13 Kleenex - 13 Ngamer - 13 Tran - 12 Red Sox - 12 Guest - 10 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Easy point for Kleenex Ngamer - 3 Lopen - 3 Red Sox - 2 Moltar - 2 Guest - 2 (Bio: 1, CM: 1) Kleenex - 2 Tran - 1 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Liquid > Altair (14/15) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
From: transience | Posted: 1/23/2010 2:55:48 PM | #040 Why? --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´`·.,¸¸,.·´ The wheel of fate is turning. |
Well, I have finally found this topic. Thank goodness! For the record, I actually wrote my analysis before the match pic came up. I was also completely unaware of Mario/Fox 2007, but it's a good thing I wasn't! |
Why? 'cause Liquid Snake's not losing to Donkey Kong --- xyzzy |
Ngamer's Fantastical Writeup What was that thing I said a few days back, believe it was along the lines of "I've finally found something I love more than being right... it's everyone else being wrong!" Well shucks, that opinion won't be changing anytime soon! Now to be fair, I've got to tone down the gloating 25% for this one, considering how Kleenex drubbed me by 4% and Altair was backed by a respectable 37 in the Oracle (versus 76 who picked Liquid). And to be perfectly honest, despite spending two paragraphs extolling the virtues of Altair, I still have no idea where that 59% came from. Have match pic advantages become a bigger deal than in the past? Lightning and Rikku and Altair certainly looked good, but then again I thought Link and MMX had huge advantages as well and those didn't translate. Perhaps it's more a case of AC having replaced GTA and Halo and God of War as the site's #1 casual series... which might make sense if AC2 hasn't lost cleanly to Batman just two weeks ago! Yeah, I don't know what to say other than that I really REALLY regret chickening out 2 hours from lockdown and switching to Vivi > Altair. Now then, tonight's battle is... whoa, incredibly uninteresting! I guess with so much Nintendo in the bracket inter-company matches become nearly impossible to avoid, but sloppy placement like this gives one the impression that SB didn't even try. (Probability of previous statement: 99%) So yeah, Falco is clearly outclassed and has a brutal beatdown in store, but the question is, will even a tripling be enough to keep people off poor Mario's back? You see, the problem is that our plumber has a reputation to uphold, namely that he's The King of Nintendo SFF. But after watching heavy favorites like Link and Sonic and MMX underperform (sometimes drastically), it sure seems as though people are rallying behind the underdogs this season, for whatever reason. Give me this matchup in 2006 and I'll take Mario at 85% without batting an eye, but in 2010... better stick with a more conservative Ngamer Says: Mario > Falco, 80.07% --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
'cause Liquid Snake's not losing to Donkey Kong I'm not too sure about that based on what I just saw. At least Donkey Kong put up a fight for a few minutes. --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
Damnit Cr- wait --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 18 – (8) Big Boss vs. (9) Miles Edgeworth Moltar’s Analysis Big Boss Depending on the picture, this guy is either a beast or a midcarder. Miles Miles is bound to be weak no matter what picture he gets. What a boring 8 vs. 9 seed match. If anything, Big Boss is underseeded and Miles is overseeded. Oh well, Big Boss has easily got this. Let’s see what kind of picture he’s getting so I can finalize my percentage. … Yep he looks like Solid. It was with a picture like this he was able to straight-up beat Kirby last year. No way is Miles going to be that strong, and he’s even going to be a step below Phoenix (who BB beat easily in 2007). Moltar’s Bracket: Big Boss > Miles Edgeworth Moltar’s Prediction: Big Boss: 76% - Miles: 24% Lopen’s Analysis Whoo Phoenix Wright fodder. Well Edgeworth is a pretty cool dude, at least. Anyway we've seen Edgey get bashed pretty bad, and Phoenix be rather unimpressive. We've seen Big Boss hangin with Kirby with two dead weights chained to his stubby legs. Our only hope for an interesting match is that Boss gets an old dude picture, people mistake him for Manfred Von Karma, and Edgeworth SFFs him into the dirt. Lopen's prediction: Naked Snake with 74.47% OR Old Man with 60.60% (depending on pic) EDITOR'S (aka Lopen's cause I can't afford an editor) NOTE: It turns out he got a good pic, go figure. Ignore the hopes and dreams and the low percentage contained within this analysis. Transience’s Analysis Do I see Solid goddamn Snake there? Against freaking Miles Edgeworth? Big Boss rolls Edgeworth with an old dude picture; with this one, he could outperform Mario. I really wish he got this picture against Mario next round. If he gets something similar, could Mario go out in round 2? That would be kind of insane. Dammit Bacon, don't waste good pictures on guys like Miles Edgeworth! transience's prediction: Big Boss with 83.44% Ngamer’s Analysis Fantastical writeup coming soon! Ngamer Says: Big Boss > Edgeworth, 72.67% Kleenex’s Analysis http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=3569757 Bracket: Big Boss Favorites: Miles von Karma Prediction: Big Boss with 72.12% Red Sox’s Analysis It used to be, a few years ago, that I would know who was in every match of the contest. During contest season, I’d even begin to use contest matches as my calendar. Instead of thinking, “ I went to that restaurant on Saturday night,” I’d think, I went to that restaurant on the night of Castlevania/Halo, or something like that. I haven’t been able to remember matches nearly as well since the advent of 4-ways, and it appears this 128 character 1v1 bracket accomplishes the same thing. I had to look up who was in this match to do this write-up, and it isn’t the first time. Thinking back to the 2008 contest, I might be hard pressed to name even 1/4 of the matches off the top of my head, and I’d be even worse at ordering them. Anyway, this match is going to be boring, and an easy blowout win for Big Boss. Miles Edgeworth is just fodder, while Big Boss could be considered a near-elite with a picture of him looking like Solid Snake. Edgeworth got 37% on Midna, who went even with Mewtwo who got 41% on Ganondorf, who’s probably close to Big Boss, so I’m going with Big Boss to get around 70% here, perhaps a bit higher. Prediction: Big Boss with 71% Upset Potential: 0% Upper Bound: 75% Lower Bound: 67% |
Guest’s Analysis - Kotetsu534 In the large scheme of things, this match is just Big Boss easing past some fodder. But to the crew, it's probably going to be looked at more for information on how strong other members of their respective series are than for the participants' individual strengths. Big Boss, with a picture that closely resembles Solid Snake, should be capable of putting a good number on Miles, given that the combined might of Kirby, Jinjo and Lucas could barely limit him to 48% of the vote in last year's round one match. Yet no character has broken 80% (except maybe Mario!), and given that Miles held onto 12% while being pummeled by Cloud and beaten by Midna you'd expect him to make at least 20%. Metal Gear is coming off a very disappointing result, and I need Miles to do well for Phoenix Wright's chances later, so I'm predicting Miles to show that when not being crushed by Cloud or Link, he can actually pull some votes. Prediction: Big Boss: 69% Miles Edgeworth: 31% Crew Consensus: Big Boss puts up a Big Victory on Edgey |
Haven't reviewed these "early" returns yet. Ngamer's Fantastical Writeup Haha, Mario, you stud! He lived up to the billing today and not only moved me up to 8th in the Oracle, but also saved my bacon in the Spread (I bet the farm on Mario > 81%). And, umm... not much less to say about the result beyond that. Personally I'd say that Mario gets to retain his King of Nintendo SFF crown, as I'm betting he had to fight a sizable wave of traditional Contest power anti-voting just to reach that mark. In fact, I'm even going to go out on a limb and predict that this will be the biggest first round blowout we see all season, that's how much things have changed since '06! (Of course Cloud/Seph/Snake all drawing semi-respectable Nintendo opposition may also have ever so slightly nudged me in that direction.) Today's matchup is a little odd, in that I'm not all that interested in it despite there being a pretty wide range possible for the final percentage. I think we'd all agree that Big Boss is the most pic-dependent character we've ever seen in these Contests, and I think we'd also agree that he looks about as good in today's image as he ever has. So, clearly the guy is on his way to a mini-Snake like blowout, which means the real question is: how much is the Phoenix Wright series worth in a 1v1 context? I wish I could go with my gut and respond "not much", as the 4way format seems practically custom-made for PW and so his respectable showings there don't impress me overly much. Trouble is, I keep coming back to that '06 match and having to shake my head... how in the world was Phoenix able to put up 42% on Gordon Freeman? Granted, the One Free Man is another of those 4way superstars (very dedicated fanbase, but utterly incapable of blowing anyone out), and yes this was before the Orange Box and the growth of Steam turned him into someone who could win (Gamespot) Championships. But he still went out and put up a decent number of Sora afterwards so it's not as though he was a total chump, 2002-style. Hmm... alright, final answer: the very Snakeish pic is enough to get a few percentage points out of me, but the Gordon match has me scared enough to stick with a conservative guess of Ngamer Says: Big Boss > Edgeworth, 72.67% --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 19 – (5) Zidane Tribal vs. (12) Claptrap Moltar’s Analysis Zidane With FF Square looking good so far, can Zidane continue the trend? Claptrap Oh you mean that enemy from Donkey Kong? Okay, so I can’t call these casual characters at all. I mean, I know they’re losing (well, winning in Altair’s case), but I can’t predict the margin at which they will lose (or win…well lose definitely applies here). For instance, Zidane has this match in the palm of his hand. He’s not going to lose. We didn’t see much from him in 2008, but that’s because there was a Link paling around with him. He’s got high-fodder strength, as opposed to Claptrap, who is likely to be low fodder. …Or will he be? Here goes another guess! Moltar’s Bracket: Zidane > Claptrap Moltar’s Prediction: Zidane: 65% - Claptrap: 35% Lopen’s Analysis Well here you've got Zidane against some dude whose name sounds like an STD or something. Zidane could lose cause he sucks ass and I've actually heard of Borderlands. In fact Borderlands did... well... decently on the GotY polls. But I dunno, Zidane seems like the safer bet. I mean, look at the mighty Nathan Drake. "Hit" game != contest strength, and I haven't heard a damn thing about this guy. So yeah gimme Zidane. And if nothing else, who could forget... DISSIDIA BOOST 4REAL. Lopen's prediction Zidane with 57.02% Transience’s Analysis I just spent 5-10 minutes on google and youtube trying to figure out what exactly a Claptrap is. Apparently it's some kind of robot that's meant to be comic relief. Basically, it looks and sounds like Borderlands's version of Disgaea's Prinnies. I don't think Borderlands is widespread enough for something like this to really catch on. I figure that Claptrap will perform similarly to how Sandal from Dragon Age did. Zidane should win this pretty easily, but I'm not sure if Zidane is universal enough to put up a huge number on it. I also don't like Zidane's picture very much. This is another match where Zidane could put up 80% and still make me think he's the underdog going into round 2. Fortunately, both Ike and Zidane are going against joke mascots in round 1 so we can maybe draw some conclusions on how good they are at blowing out jokes. transience's prediction: Zidane with 68.01% Ngamer’s Analysis Fantastical writeup coming soon! Ngamer Says: Zidane > The Clap, 69.83% Kleenex’s Analysis Boy does Zidane suck. Thankfully, he got paired with someone...or rather, something...that likely sucks even worse. Claptrap is apparently a robot...thing...whatever, from Borderlands. I've seen some people talking about how bad Claptrap is going to sucks, but I'd just like to remind everyone that Zidane also, in fact, sucks. This is probably going to be closer than anyone wants it to be (except those people who want Claptrap to win). I mean, Zidane's biggest triumph is barely beating Shadow, a guy who went on to lose to Amaterasu a couple days ago. Plus, Borderlands did pretty good in the most original title poll a few weeks ago. So you never know...! Bracket: Zidane Favorites: Zidane Prediction: Zidane with 59.88% |
Red Sox’s Analysis Here we have the hero of Final Fantasy IX going against…..Claptrap. Zidane isn’t very strong, but Claptrap should be pretty bad fodder, so Zidane should have an easy win here. I really have no idea what percentage to predict- Zidane seems too weak to blowout anyone too badly, but Claptrap sounds like really really bad fodder. Prediction: Zidane with 70% Upset Potential: 1% Upper Bound: Zidane with 78% Lower Bound: Zidane with 62% Guest’s Analysis - AsurasKordoth Man have you seen that Zidane pic? That is one amazing match pic, whoever made it is clearly an artistic genius. Pic advantage goes to the Z-man. The first question that goes through everyone's head when they see "Claptrap" is "Who the gris is Claptrap?". Well if you bothered to Google it you will find out that it's apparently some NPC from Borderlands. Obviously there is no doubt in Zidane's victory barring some crazy shenanigans. The real question is how badly will he beat Claptrap? Although Zidane isn't particularly strong, other performances in this contest suggest he should be more than capable of doubling and Claptrap. I mean Glados doubled Fawful and freaking WCC got 78 on Sandal. Claptrap is absolute trash and Zidane is a Square lead so I give him a lot of credit. He might even break 80 but I'm counting on the Square anti-vote to keep him down. Zidane wins with 78.51% Crew Consensus: Zidane shouldn’t have a problem here, but who’s knows the margin of victory. |
Mario....................81.04% 44525 Falco Lombardi...18.96% 10419 TOTAL VOTES..................54944 Crew Predictions - 13/17 What Happened: Mario easily beats the crap out of Falco. Why it Happened: Because Mario can beat down weaker Nintendo characters like Falco with SFF What will Happen: Mario is looking fine so far. Crew Prediction Challenge - Easy point Moltar - 15 Lopen - 14 Kleenex - 14 Ngamer - 14 Tran - 13 Red Sox - 13 Guest - 11 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Let's see how this half-point nonsense works for Red Sox and I Ngamer - 3 Lopen - 3 Red Sox - 2.5 Moltar - 2.5 Guest - 2 (Bio: 1, CM: 1) Kleenex - 2 Tran - 1 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: BB > Edgeworth (15/17) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Lopen I will end you --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Guest
is about to score another for accuracy btw. Seriously, WCC can get 78%
on Sandal but Zidane can't break 70% on Claptrap? Come on guys... --- ~AK~ // Merc |
If you've actually played both games you would know that Claptrap is nowhere near Sandal. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 11/16 - Today's Winners: Mario and Big Boss |
And WCC would beat Zidane. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Half point rule now in effect? Best news of the week! --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
From: charmander6000 | #076 You can know that just by looking at the two of them. Sandal has one of the worst designs in character history, i would vote for a rock from any random game over him. Meanwhile Claptrap looks like that cute robot from Wall-E, and anyone who doesn't give a crap about Zidane will likely vote for it. I know i will. --- "Flash runs alongside balefire watching marshmallows stop existing" - War |
Oh shoot, didn't take into account the WALL*E factor. Too late now! Ngamer's Fantastical Writeup Very nice showing for Big Boss today, holding Edgeworth to under 24%. When you consider how the PW fanbase was strong enough to get their #1 guy to this same 24% in the past two R1s, but that those matches were both against three other opponents, BB comes out smelling like roses. The trouble is we pretty much all saw this coming once we knew he'd have the advantage of this Snake pic, so although it's something of an overperformance the situation has lost that "wow" factor it had back in '07. In any case, don't you pretty much have to expect a repeat of Shadow/Mario next round, as in if Boss nails another great pic (and you know he will, since B8 will be making it) even 45% might not be out of the question? After a fantastic first week things have slowed down a touch lately, I have to admit. But that's all about to change thanks to tonight's super intriguing matchup, between... a guy a lost cleanly to Ness and some random object no one has heard of? Uggggh. Even I can't justify this poll with much of a writeup. Dragon Age topped Borderlands by 3% in the GotY, meaning that probably only about 1/4 of the site has played it and there's no need to worry about The Clapper actually winning. On the other hand, these robots or whatever are apparently more important to the storyline than that "Enchantment" Tanner from last week, so another blowout in the 80% range doesn't seem too likely. Wish I could back ol' Clappy for a better showing to help justify my Ike pick, but that doesn't seem too possible unless Final Fantasy starts drawing some serious anti-votes. And since I've seen no indication of that so far this season, I'll stick with the fairly high pred of Ngamer Says: Zidane > The Clap, 69.83% --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
From what a Borderlands fan has told me, people know Claptrap, but a lot of the people who've played it hate the thing. But I dunno. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
no chance for Guest --- xyzzy |
lol guest --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Not as silly as Lopen thinking an STD could break 40% on Zidane! --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
being off by 7% > being off by 14% tbqh --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Overshooting > Undershooting This is the Lopen way! --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
Lopen overshot! Just a different character! --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
That's not how this works! --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
I have arrived. You are not long for this world! --- The Guest Clan: Taking over the Crew one analysis at a time. Tonight I dine on Guru soup. |
Mushroom Division: Round 1 - Match 21 – (4) Ike vs. (13) Prinny Moltar’s Analysis Ike WE LIKE IKE! WE LIKE IKE! Prinny This year’s Guru nomination. Can he really win the contest? Ike’s a guy with decent strength, as he proved in 2008. Prinny is a Disgaea character…Laharl is also a Disgaea character. Prinny is going to have to be much, much, much, much stronger than Laharl to stand a chance here. Guess what? He won’t be. I’m guessing Prinny will be Laharl-level at best, meaning this is going to be an ugly one. Moltar’s Bracket: Ike > Prinny Moltar’s Prediction: Ike: 71% - Prinny: 29% Lopen’s Analysis No, dood, you can't be the hero. What you can do, however, is get flattened by the massive truck-like weapon that Ike claims to be a sword. WHPSHHH~ Lopen's prediction: Ike with 80.22% (Real Disgaea fans choose Etna for the guru nomination...!) Transience’s Analysis Well, Zidane kind of flopped when up against a joke-ish character. He didn't do terribly, but he didn't really inspire confidence that he could hang with Ike next round. Now Ike gets to prove that he is indeed worthy of favourite status. He's got everything in his favour here, too - a day match vs. a character from a game that's hideous during the day. Ike is well-known and should have no problem dispatching Prinny. ...and yet I feel like Prinny might "impress". I am of the belief that Prinny is the strongest Disgaea-related thing around. All Disgaea fans are Prinny fans. Prinny's even got his own game and a character design that's pretty fun. At the very least, it's better than freaking Laharl's character design. yowch. Prinny's got a good picture too. Maybe it won't compete with Ike, but I could see him making Ike work to get a doubling. That would leave the door open on the Ike/Zidane match. transience's prediction: Ike with 67.96% Kleenex’s Analysis Poor Ike. He's gonnen screwed the past two years. He's got an ASV like no other. He fights for his friends. He fell just short of the second round in the past two contest. And now he draws Prinny, a hip lookin' penguin ready to take on the world, or blow it up if he feels so inclined. Prinny doesn't give a **** about Ike's ASV. How can Ike stand a chance against this? Screwed yet again. Another round 1 loss. Oh wait, Prinny's from Disgaea. Nevermind. Bracket: Ike Favorites: Ike Prediction: Ike with 68.92% Red Sox’s Analysis Prinny is this year’s Guru nomination pick, but he should be pretty deep into the fodder zone. Laharl is fodder, and Prinny should be weaker than him. Ike is probably the strongest new Brawl character excepting Meta-Knight, or even in front of him potentially. He put up a very respectable 44% on Pikachu last year, and nearly beat Arthas even with Pikachu holding him down. I think very highly of Pikachu, and we’ve seen Thrall do very well this year, a good sign for Arthas. So, I’m expecting Ike to impress this year with easy wins over Prinny and Zidane before getting blasted by SFF from Mario. Prediction: Ike with 76% Upset Potential: 0% Upper Bound: Ike with 80% Lower Bound: Ike with 72% Crew Consensus: Ike will show this dood what’s up. |
no guest writeup? --- "Run, run, or you'll be well done!" ~Kefka, Final Fantasy 6~ |
Ike is the favorite against Zidane? LOL whatever. --- holy crap, you used an apostrophe to make a word plural at least 3 times in that post. that's like cryptonite to me if I was batman - Bako Ikporamee |
IF NO GUEST WRITE-UP HAPPENS WAR GUEST INVASION TIME Before Cecil/Knuckles: Well Ike'll win easily because IT'S A GODDAMN PRINNY. If Ike loses Cloud > Link is a lock. Ike with 70.34% After Cecil/Knuckles: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Ike with 70.34% --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
If there's no guest writeup today, can I do it? lol. I'll just post what I think and see if its accepted or not. Today's result should be obvious, as for who's gonna win. Ike should sail into the 2nd round. However, the percentage is up in the air. It'll be interesting to see just how strong Ike is in a 1-on-1 contest. Can he get a doubling on Prinny? Honestly, I don't think so. I think he'll come close, but just miss it. Prinny is probably the most popular thing coming out of Disgaia and even has his own game. And c'mon, who doesn't love a penguin? prediction !ke with 66.12% --- "Run, run, or you'll be well done!" ~Kefka, Final Fantasy 6~ |
crap! beaten to it! --- "Run, run, or you'll be well done!" ~Kefka, Final Fantasy 6~ |
It's Ike in the ASV versus a sub-Laharl character. 75% is likely. --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
Wow, people are lowballing Ike, I think. If he does that poorly, Zidane may have a chance. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
Ngamer's Fantastical Writeup Man, what an underwhelming performance by Zidane. Allowing 36% to a character designed to annoy you in a game only 28% of the site has played, in a night match which should have been a big advantage for you? So much for that Dissidia boost we were hoping for. Or else, maybe you're only boosted if assigned a pic from Dissidia, which I'm assuming this was not. Kekfa, there's hope for you yet! In any case, sure feeling a ton better about Ike's chances in R2 after this one. Speaking of which... This time around, Ike has no excuses. He's always done well with the ASV whereas Disgaea is strictly an overnight series, he's not just "some guy from a website" like back in '07, there are no Nintendo/SSB characters in the area to mess with his mojo, and all he should need is a respectable showing here to cement his status as a favorite for Round 2. Plus he looks pretty sweet in that match pic. Sounds to me like a 75% beatdown is in store, considering how Yoshi put up 74 directly on Laharl a few years back. BUT WAIT! Instead I'm going to be backing down over 5% based on only one piece of info: people love penguins. Seriously they do- and it's not just Linux users anymore! Disgaea's hardcore ("let's always nominate Laharl and waste a character slot every single Contest on really bad uninteresting fodder and see how much we can get Ngamer to hate us!") fanbase should be enough to keep this from being too much of a blowout, and from there I'm betting the cute factor (honestly, nice job to whoever came up with that pic) is enough to swing us all the way down to Ngamer Says: Ike > Prinny, 68.21% --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
I hate this fourpack. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
That pic was from Dissidia, Ngamer. >_> --- Call me numbers. |
