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Rivalry Rumble Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2
Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth 76.64% 21930 Lloyd Irving vs. Kratos Aurion 23.36% 6685 TOTAL VOTES 28615 Kratos vs. Zeus 74.12% 24533 Professor Layton vs. Don Paolo 25.88% 8566 TOTAL VOTES 33099 Crew Predictions - 26/26 What Happened: Cloud and Seph and Kratos and Zeus all move on to Round 2, to the surprise of no one. Why it Happened: FF7 continues to suffer from anti-votes, and maybe it has gotten weaker, as most expected it to perform better on the ToS rivals. Kratos, on the other hand, puts up a good performance against Layton, who we all knew was fodder. What will Happen: Cloud and Seph may be weaker, but they aren't weak enough to not crush Kratos/Zeus. Crew Prediction Challenge - easy points Moltar - 26 Leon - 26 AKJ - 26 Guest - 24 Kleenex - 24 Lopen - 23 Dante - 23 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Kleenex gets the point for Cloud/Seph, Korayashi gets the point for Kratos/Zeus Leon - 7 Lopen - 5 Guest - 4 (Luster: 1, Menji: 1, pjbasis: 1, Korayashi) Kleenex - 3.5 AKJ - 3 Dante - 2 Moltar - 1.5 --- Moltar Status: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60973141 Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Snake vs Crono Wow, what a cool matchup of Noble Niners here in Round One! The only place it would have been even more neat to see Crono would have been ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE BRACKET. You hear me Bacon? YOU HEAR ME!? Okay, okay give me a second to compose myself... Horrifyingly poor bracket placement aside, it should still be kind of interesting to see where this percentage ends up. MGS looked great in beating up on Tidus, while Chrono Trigger has already disappointed us once, in a day match, against Metal Gear Solid. Plus Rivalries Matter, and Lavos as the "rival" of anything is quite a stretch. Soooooo Snake in a laugher, right? I'm not so sure about that. I refuse to believe CT has become as weak on this site as that Frog result would lead us to believe; maybe him vs Magus just isn't as fondly remembered as we expected? Also Crono flat out dominates this match pic... I mean it's not even fair! Unfortunately Crono would probably need about 5 more advantages that large to make a real match of this. Ah well, at least Snake's big win will help fuel that Snake > Cloud bandwagon. Alllll aboooooooooard! Snake - 59.17% --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
I expect at least a doubling on the next match.Nobody cares about Lavos.And yeah worst bracket placement ever!Poor Crono... --- 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~ |
sad result --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
Ngamer64 | Posted 11/16/2011 4:17:48 AM | message detail | quote Snake - 59.17% Oddly enough, that's the same percentage that Snake got on Squall back in 2010. Snake would normally get about 59% on Crono if you assume that Crono = Squall. But considering this is a different contest format, Snake will get above 59% because Crono's rivalry sucks while Snake has a good rivalry here. Also, Liquid Snake > Lavos. This match is a disaster waiting to happen. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: Ngamer64 | #148 wow I didn't even remember this, holy crap poor pacman I mean I hate you pacman --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
oh hey Ngamer you're in the Snake > Cloud train too? Excellent, now we just need a catchy slogan like "sink with link" --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
I feel ever so slightly redeemed after making an ass of myself last time around :) --- Goemon vs. Dancin' for Greatest Game Rivalry! See below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrnlFW4IMc |
Kleenex - 3.5 AKJ - 3 booyah --- I wish I could wear skirts and dresses :( -GMUN |
(2) Solid Snake/Liquid Snake vs. (7) Crono/Lavos Weird match here - every so often the vote-ins throw a strong entrant into an elite entrant's path right at the start, and this is one such occasion. Trying to get a proper read on Crono himself isn't really possible - 2010 is obviously a waste, and the previous two contests in '08 and '07 were 4-ways. In both of them he was right around Vincent's level, but I think it's fair to suggest that CT might have continued to decline since then. Bear in mind we've already seen Frog/Magus limp to 56% against Raiden/Vamp. Crono/Lavos did win their vote-in poll, but Sub-Zero/Scorpion crushed Leon/Ada much worse than they did and I wouldn't expect Solid/Liquid to struggle with them. The obvious reason for the under-performance is that Lavos is just about worthless, both as a single entrant and as a rival. If this was Solid Snake vs. Crono straight up, the high 50s would be expected, but with the rivalry disadvantage Crono has here, and with CT having already under-performed in a match against MGS, I think something in the low-mid 60s is achievable. The Snakes probably need to get there if they want to stand any chance against Cloud/Sephiroth. Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake with 63% of the vote. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
West Division: Round 1 - Match 28 – (2) Solid Snake/Liquid Snake vs. (7) Crono/Lavos Moltar’s Analysis Snake/Liquid Dominant and recessive genes, they’ve got this in the bag. Crono/Lavos They’ve got...sprites....oh wait no they don’t they’re screwed So earlier I think I said that Big Boss/The Boss were the strongest 7-seeds. ‘whoops’ Still, they’ll be the only 7 seeds to win a match, because even though this pair of Crono/Lavos is strong, they got stuck with a 2-seed that is strong enough to beat them. Snake > Crono, Liquid > Lavos (they actually had a match before [I just remembered this]), MGS has looked good so far in this contest, while CT has not. Also, on top of all of that, Snake/Liquid is a very loved and very respected rivalry, while Crono vs. Lavos just can’t compare..at all...since it’s not even a real rivalry. A Snake vs. Crono match probably wouldn’t be too close these days, and the MGS pair should look a bit stronger thanks to the format. I don’t think CT fans will just abandon Crono here though, so I can’t see this getting too ugly. Therefore... Moltar’s Bracket: Snake/Liquid Moltar’s Prediction: Snake/Liquid - 61% Lopen’s Analysis Twin Snakes vs Crono and a thousand ton mass of dead weight. Lavos gives TOO BIG a whole new meaning-- Ridley ain't got nothin on this. Seriously. Crono/Lavos isn't a rivalry in any sense of the word, and even forgetting for a second that Frog vs Magus flopped really bad (second tier MGS rivalry vs second tier CT rivalry huh I guess Bacon was being cute) I wouldn't have expected this one to be close. After that match? I don't think anyone will. Beatdown for Snakes here that no doubt (wrongly) has people hyping Snakes > FF7 guys. Lopen's prediction: GENES with 70.02% Leon’s Analysis This one should be interesting, at least in terms of the final margin. Snake probably gets 55-57% on Crono, who would blow out Liquid, who would beat Lavos. It’s a pretty interesting dynamic, seeing two Noble Niners facing off. The stronger character has a legit rival, while the other has a parasitic monster. We might see a flash of “rivalries matter” here if Solid/Liquid just obliterate Crono/Lavos here. We already saw Raiden/Vamp make Frog/Magus look bad, and I feel like Solid/Liquid will do the same here. For as much flack as MGS games received during GOTD, they’ve all looked pretty solid (no pun intended) in this contest. Some people are murmuring at the possibility of Solid/Liquid beating Cloud/Sephiroth. They’d have to go pretty high before I start worrying about that, but we’ll see. This could get pretty ugly though. Leonhart’s Prediction: Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake with 67.50% Kleenex’s Analysis How the mighty have fallen. Once upon a time, Crono could stand toe-to-toe with Mario and was a top 5 character on this site. Now he loses to glitches and can't even get into the main draw of a bracket. Sure, that may be because he doesn't have any kind of real rival, but whatever. Anyway, I'm hoping that Crono can hold his own in this match. He certainly won't win, but god willing he'll put up a good fight; lest we be forced to listen to weeks worth of Snake > Cloud nonsense again. Kleenex's Prediction: Snake vs. Snake vs. SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE with 57.98% |
Applekidjosh’s Analysis Solid Snake is the man in these contests. The guy makes waves. Liquid's kind of a nobody but the name synergy will help out a bit, I think. I have Solid Snake going far in this contest. Crono, though? Poor, poor Crono. One advantage Crono has is the lower vote totals, I think. The more hardcore dedicated nerds that will still frequent this site have to be the same ones that have fond memories of Chrono Trigger, right? I mean just look at the FF6 overperformance to see they've got that classic love thing going. However... Crono vs Lavos IS NOT A FREAKING RIVALRY! I mean not at all! It's essentially the same situation as Ness vs Giygas - silent protagonist vs big bad guy that plays a minimal part in the plot aside from the part where you fight him! This is a little different in that at least Ness should've been up against Pokey; I have no idea who Crono should be up against. The guy just isn't an interesting character! and that's a big freaking problem when he's going up against the master of being an interesting character, Solid Snake! I don't often predict things over great Square games, but when I do, I predict Solid Snake vs Liquid Snake with 65.00% Dante’s Analysis If this were just Snake vs Crono, I’d be amazed we got this in the first round. Admittedly, Crono has gotten way weaker over the years and I’d still take Snake to win – but it’d still be “whoa” for a round one matchup. But with the addition of the rivalrys, it turns this from an assured snake victory to a stomp since really, who cares about Lavos? Winner - The Snakes – 71.01% Guest’s Analysis - Black Turtle Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake This pairing reminds me I need to play Twin Snakes before I dive into the MGS HD Collection Crono vs. Lavos Our first noble nine entrant to ever require vote-ins to make a contest Analysis Some crazy seeding, and a piss-poor rivalry results in a Noble Nine clash in the first round. Unfortunately, there isn't much to talk about here. MGS has been impressing this contest (Big Boss/The Boss dominating their match, Raiden/Vamp beating Yuna/Seymour and making Frog/Magus look like crap) while Crono really has nothing going for him here. The fact that Rivalries Matter™ implies this match could get ugly. Solid/Liquid is a fantastic rivalry, that stretches across multiple games. Lavos is not a good rival for Crono, as he's more or less minding his own business consuming the planet when Crono & company attack him. A lot of people are putting the Snakes at around 60%, but I have a feeling that we might see a doubling, if not more here. I would like to mention that this match is a perfect example of how Sailor Bacon really dropped the ball with the way this bracket is layed out. The Guru cookie is perfect right now, and could potentially finish perfect as we've already passed most of the debated matches (only Frog/Alucard has the potential to screw that up IMO). Think of how much better this bracket would have been even if bacon just switched Crono with Leon/Ada. I'm sure we could put together a mockup of the bracket with way more debatable matches, even without changing the seedings. Oh well, I'm already out of this contest thanks to Phoenix and Alucard. BT's Prediction: Solid Snake/Liquid Snake with 69.23% BT's Bracket: Solid Snake/Liquid Snake BT's Vote: SNAAAAAAAAAAAAKE Crew Consensus: Snake/Snake sweep |
Jesus, those percentages are crazy. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
70% on Crono is Link-esque! I don't even think Link could hit 70% here --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Well yeah I mean Crono is weak all right but not THAT weak. --- 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~ |
*checks poll, thinks it's a good result for Snake* *comes here* woah --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
what the heck is wrong with you people --- I wish I could wear skirts and dresses :( -GMUN |
lmao I thought I was going really high with 65 wow guys --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
I blame Liquid. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Well
I don't know about my fellow crew members because like me no one
explicitly mentioned Leon/Ada (with regards to the percent) but I used
the MK vs Leon/Ada match as a template for this match, since it seemed
pretty much the same to me in terms of difference in rivalry quality and
base strength of the entrants. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
hey, my internet is out. Hopefully it'll be up by the time the match starts but if I don't get an analysis in you know why --- Boring and mundane signature informing you I'm on a Droid Now with more bold! Less italics due to bold. |
From: Dantezoid | #171 wow just text him a short one like a real man --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
From: Lopen | #170 missed this yeah I uh I definitely used other matches and stats to make my detailed analysis and stuff! um --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
the only other person to draw that comparison was Luster. just sayin' --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
(1) Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy vs. (8) Laharl/Mid-Boss Another obvious blowout comes along. The only question is how big it will be. Squall has never tripled anyone apart from pre-UC2 Nathan Drake, and that includes such stalwarts as CATS and Geno. Laharl is poor fodder, but still managed to win a match and hold 32% against Sora in 2010. His rivalry also made it through the vote-in poll, even if it did lose to Banjo/Gruntilda and Yuna/Seymour. Night match and possible some fanbase overlap should help Squall/Seifer into the mid 70s here, at least. Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy with 76% of the vote. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Well you know what they say: Even Luster is right twice a day. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
From: Lopen | #176 You are referring to the common idiom, "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." This is referring to the fact that while a clock's hands aren't moving, real time will eventually pass through the broken time indicated by the clock. This happens twice per day because we tend to use 12 hour clocks for our 24 hour day. However, a person cannot be right about something in the same manner as a clock. The reason the idiom works is the clock does nothing yet external forces take care of everything - in your example, Luster is actually doing work and is still sometimes correct. That is why your comparison is flawed. --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
Strange
that Snake's percentage against Squall is nearly identical to what he
has against Crono/Lavos. Even though this is a day match, while
Snake/Squall was a night match. I'd expect Crono to be slightly above
Squall, but still close enough that it could be a toss-up with how Crono
has declined the past few years. transcience | Posted 11/16/2011 7:05:26 PM | message detail | quote the only other person to draw that comparison was Luster. just sayin' I only brought that up after the match had started. I did go a little high on my Oracle prediction, but that was based on the rivalry factor. I assumed Snake was going to benefit from the rivalry factor, and Crono would be hurt by a bad rivalry. But I guess if x-stats project the MK ninjas to beat Snake/Liquid, that does help support the idea of Ryu/Ken > Samus/Ridley since we widely assume that Samus is just below Snake today. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Don't you Luster me. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Squall vs Laharl This might very well be the worst matchup in the whole bracket. There's others that will draw fewer votes or feature weaker characters or where both teams are dead in the water next round so it doesn't matter, but I'm sticking to my guns and calling this awful. I guess I should cut Laharl a little slack, since he's gone from getting 60'd by Vyse to beating Neku easily and being a favorite against Vyse if they had a rematch (probably?). Still though, whatever usefulness he brings to the table is wasted in an SFFfest against a much more popular fellow Playstation RPG hero. Especially since we saw this happen just last year when Sora hung 68% on him. Another reason this is so bad is that there's not a huge range for the final percentage to fall. You take that 68, account for Squall being a little ahead of Sora, factor in Squall having the better rivalry, add a touch of "Final Fantasy vs PS RPG Factor" since we're all still stunned by Kefka's final number, maybe add in just a pinch for Squall getting to use his strong overnight vote, and you're left with Squall - 74.39% --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
Any match with Squall in it is the best match, you blasphemer --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
Northwest Division: Round 1 - Match 29 – (1) Squall/Seifer vs. (8) Laharl/Mid-Boss Moltar’s Analysis Squall/Seifer How did these guys get a 1-seed? darn you leon Laharl/Mid-Boss How did these guys even get in the bracket? darn you vote-ins Boring and easy match. Sora killed Laharl last year and Sora sucks at blowing out opponents. Squall should do significantly better as we’ve seen time and time again (and definitely not for the last time) that Squall beats Sora easily. Seifer who cares Mid-Boss who cares rivalry who cares Moltar’s Bracket: Squall/Seifer Moltar’s Prediction: Squall/Seifer - 76% Lopen’s Analysis I dunno where to place this one. I don't think Squall vs Seifer is on the top tier of rivalries given that it's not a big focus of the game, but it is probably on the second tier. But the Disgaea fanbase tends to like Laharl vs Midboss so it probably doesn't fare too poorly either-- might even get a boost. BUT it's a night match which probably favors Laharl. Also don't really think Seifer adds too much to this-- guy couldn't get into a contest with rally help like 5 times so how many people care about him really. So what all this means is I put Squall vs Laharl into lol X-Stats for 2010 (why are these values so high?!) and then arbitrarily remove points from Squall because Laharl's rivalry is better. I mean half of the good stuff in Squall vs Seifer happens after Squall's dead anyway. HEHEH Lopen's prediction: Squall vs Seifer with 68.23% Leon’s Analysis I’ve been waiting for the day that FFVIII gets a second rep for years upon years, and now the day has finally come. We won’t have an exact idea of how good Seifer is here, but if this team does well, it will give some justification to get more reps in 1-on-1 contests, at least. This SHOULD be an easy win, but I’m going to avoid going too high so I don’t ultimately get disappointed when they go lower. The 2010 X-Stats predict a 72% win for Squall vs. Laharl, and this match probably won’t be too far off from that, with FFVIII’s fantastic night vote. FF rivalries haven’t been doing that great so far, but we’ll see. Leonhart’s Prediction: Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy with 74.15% |
Kleenex’s Analysis How does Laharl keep getting into these things? I guess having your game released 20 times on different platforms gives you some exposure (perhaps this is why Cecil has been doing so well lately?!) and in turn, votes. Regardless, Squall is quite possibly the #10 character - or even higher - and Seifer is a guy who has had a lot of trouble getting into these things despite decent support. Both of which are better than Laharl or Midboss. This one could get pretty ugly, but I guess Laharl has enough of a cult fanbase to avoid a complete embarrassment. Kleenex's Prediction: Squall vs. Seifer with 73.76% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Squall is the man. Great character and a great rival here. I'm so glad he didn't get something ridiculous like "Squall vs Ultimecia" and actually got his REAL RIVALRY THANKS BACON. It's interesting that he's going up against Laharl vs Midboss because their rivalry has really died down lately. It was cool enough in Disgaea 1, but in Laharl's appearances in Disgaea 2, 3, and 4, his rival has always been whoever was trying to be main character at the time. After all is said and done, Adell, Mao, and Valvatorez are a whole lot cooler than Mid-Boss, too! So this match. Obvious Squall win. Honestly this is Squall's division to lose, so I hope he really comes out swinging here and shows why Final Fantasy 8 is a top tier game. Sorry NIS, the (admittedly small) Disgaea fanbase is moving on from Laharl! also RPG SFF or something? this will be ugly AKJ Predix Squall vs Seifer with 68.00% Guest’s Analysis - Ringworm I had plans for a big write up here, then I realised it involved FFVIII and Leon is on the crew. Squall and Seifer with 75.94% Crew Consensus: Squall and Seifer easily win |
From: AppIekidjosh | #177 ONWED |
God damn Lopen, are you going to take that from AKJ lying down? --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
From: WarThaNemesis2 | #185 well he just freaking Price is Right'd my prediction so I think he wins in the end --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
From: Master Moltar | #182 Hey don't look at me! I didn't even rally that hard for them! BUT it's a night match which probably favors Laharl. FFVIII is a night monster because that game and its characters are so much more popular in Europe than in America. Auron actually beat Squall in the U.S. but Squall 55/45'd him in Europe in a day match. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3464®ion=EUR http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3464®ion=US Good times. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
I expected at least a few more paragraphs from you there Leon. Oh well. Plenty of chances in later rounds for some FFVIII love. Seriously though, should be another pretty one sided match, didn't think it deserved a long write up. Would've given a similar score no matter how I justified it. A tripling may have been pushing it a bit, but I can see it happening. --- ~ Ringworm ~ |
Well, I was in a pretty big hurry to get my writeup in for this match, so that limited me a bit! I am somewhat surprised that Squall/Seifer got a 1 seed. I know there weren't a lot of overall nominations, but I think it's a good sign that enough nominators think this is a good rivalry to get it a 1 seed. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
is my predix not in your pms moltar? --- Boring and mundane signature informing you I'm on a Droid Now with more bold! Less italics due to bold. |
Only on b8 does someone see a bad luster impersonation and say OWNED after it !! Anyway really like my prediction for today so the ultimate victory shall yet be mine as AKJ conceded! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Squall's at your prediction at the freeze. I'm thinking you're outta luck, Lopes! --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
Bracket votez Laharl gonna kill the night. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
LOL FFVIII getting a board vote --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
From: Dantezoid | #190 whoops Dante's Analysis Squall/Seifer No internet bad. Squall Seifer good. Mid boss who? Winner - Squall/Seifer - 82.30% --- Moltar Status: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60973141 Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Moltar lower my predix for next match by 6% --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
(4) Siegfried/Nightmare vs. (5) Ramza/Delita A dodgy mid-seed match, ugh. Siegfried has made one contest and looked about as strong as Ramza in it - compare his % on Riku vs. Ramza's last year. Nightmare looks to be a tier above them, given both his higher % on Riku and holding up decently against against Snake and Samus (both in 4-ways, unfortunately). More importantly, fighting game rivalries have looked strong so far (ignore Dan/Sagat!), while the only FF that's done better than expectations are SNES characters that were in Dissidia. It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that the SC duo flop this match away, but I'm confident they'll see it through. Siegfried vs. Nightmare with 55% of the vote. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Crash Bandicoot vs. Dr. Neo Cortex 36.49% 8706 Pac-Man vs. Blinky 63.51% 15151 TOTAL VOTES 23857 Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake 58.77% 22190 Crono vs. Lavos 41.23% 15565 TOTAL VOTES 37755 Crew Predictions - 28/28 What Happened: Pac-Man beats Crash in a battle of the icons, and Snake vs Crono plays out...like Snake vs. Crono Why it Happened: Even though people don't care much for both, they still are slightly less apathetic towards Pac than they are Crash. Snakes vs. CT played out almost like a Snake vs. Crono match, which kind of makes sense in retrospect. What will Happen: Snake/Liquid can rest easy next round. Crew Prediction Challenge - easy points Moltar - 28 Leon - 28 AKJ - 28 Guest - 26 Kleenex - 26 Lopen - 25 Dante - 25 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Moltar gets the point for Pac/Blinky, Kleenex gets the point for Snake/Liquid Leon - 7 Lopen - 5 Kleenex - 4.5 Guest - 4 (Luster: 1, Menji: 1, pjbasis: 1, Korayashi: 1) AKJ - 3 Moltar - 2.5 Dante - 2 --- Moltar Status: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60973141 Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Nightmare vs Ramza Everyone's taking Nightmare in their Battle picks and slotting him in for 56-57% in their Oracles, and honestly I'm not sure where that confidence is coming from. SC1 getting plastered by 12% versus StarCraft? SC2's managing only 37% on Oblivion? The series barely edging Tekken for favorite 3D fighter? I guess you could make an argument that fighting game rivalries have done well this season, but after that Dan/Sagat debacle I'm thinking maybe Ryu and Sub-Zero are the exception rather than the rule... Now granted, I'm one of the 66% of this board who went with the SC duo in my bracket, but I've always looked at this as the most fodderific and coin-flippy matchup of the whole season, one I'd always intended to Bank on if I had a streak going. Well as it turns out, I'm one of the 130 remaining perfects in the Battle, and Bank I shall! If Nightmare wasn't a chump who's incapable of making 1v1 brackets so we can get a read on him, or even if he didn't look like total garbage in that match pic, perhaps I'd be able to do otherwise. As it stands now I see no reason to stick my neck out for these scrubs! Nightmare - 53.31% --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
that Kleenex fellow is getting awful good at this --- I wish I could wear skirts and dresses :( -GMUN |
