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ZeldaTPLink posted...

_Dog_ posted...

Pikachu impresses in his match so far. Seems like @ZeldaTPLink must be eating his words about Pokémon dropping. Both he and @LusterSoldier should know that Pokémon Let's Go actually isn't a spinoff; if anything the games are boosting Pikachu here.

Pokemon LG is still a spin-off regardless of these results. And there's no way it's affecting this match. It's way too casual for this site.

And Pikachu is as strong as he was in 2010, from what I've been reading. I suppose what happened here is that I didn't bother to calculate what the 2010 stats were supposed to be.

Start around at the third minute and you'll find that Let's Go has consistently been referred to as a mainline game.

I still say Pikachu is quite impressive in this match even with some bled percentage, while Yoshi struggles to reach 70% against what is arguably the weakest character in Round 2. I'll be surprised if Pikachu doesn't take the division.

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Pikachu impresses in his match so far. Seems like @ZeldaTPLink must be eating his words about Pokémon dropping. Both he and @LusterSoldier should know that Pokémon Let's Go actually isn't a spinoff; if anything the games are boosting Pikachu here.

Pokemon LG is still a spin-off regardless of these results. And there's no way it's affecting this match. It's way too casual for this site.

And Pikachu is as strong as he was in 2010, from what I've been reading. I suppose what happened here is that I didn't bother to calculate what the 2010 stats were supposed to be.

Start around at the third minute and you'll find that Let's Go has consistently been referred to as a mainline game.

I still say Pikachu is quite impressive in this match even with some bled percentage, while Yoshi struggles to reach 70% against what is arguably the weakest character in Round 2. I'll be surprised if Pikachu doesn't take the division.

I don't care what Nintendo calls it. It's a dumbed down version of the normal games, targetted at a completely different audience. The fans of the normal games hate it. GameFAQs doesn't care about it. It's not going to influence this audience of 30 year olds who come here to vote.

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_Dog_ posted...

Pikachu impresses in his match so far. Seems like @ZeldaTPLink must be eating his words about Pokémon dropping. Both he and @LusterSoldier should know that Pokémon Let's Go actually isn't a spinoff; if anything the games are boosting Pikachu here.

Pokemon LG is still a spin-off regardless of these results. And there's no way it's affecting this match. It's way too casual for this site.

And Pikachu is as strong as he was in 2010, from what I've been reading. I suppose what happened here is that I didn't bother to calculate what the 2010 stats were supposed to be.

Start around at the third minute and you'll find that Let's Go has consistently been referred to as a mainline game.

I still say Pikachu is quite impressive in this match even with some bled percentage, while Yoshi struggles to reach 70% against what is arguably the weakest character in Round 2. I'll be surprised if Pikachu doesn't take the division.

I don't care what Nintendo calls it. It's a dumbed down version of the normal games, targetted at a completely different audience. The fans of the normal games hate it. GameFAQs doesn't care about it. It's not going to influence this audience of 30 year olds who come here to vote.

You are living a lie.

_Dog_ posted...

You are living a lie.

Go to the Let's Go board on gameFAQs.

GameFAQs would just as much prefer to play Spyro remakes as this mainline Pokemon game, as we saw in a recent PotD.

Compare Sun and Moon, which came close to FFXV in the monthly hype poll.

one minute overreaction

I like Sora

god I love round 2. what the hell is going on in any of these matches

and Red started pulling away as soon as I posted that

Big Boss is boned next round regardless of who wins though

Only Kefka can stop the pokeFEAR now.

so ganondorf didn't tank against chun-li

what does spyro = crash put ganon on big boss

Alucard blowing up Yuna is surprising me. Big Boss struggling isn't too much of a surprise.. but also, it's Crash.

Alucard/Kefka and Big Boss/Red? seems like a pretty fascinating fourpack. Sora could totally come back here still.

I had 100% confidence in Alucard going into this, but you guys made me worried!

we did our job in being convincing then! looks like moltar is the crew mvp today if this holds

Yeah, I thought there was a chance Alucard would win easily, too, but Yuna weaker than Peach is a "yikes."

we can put this Yuna > Tidus talk to bed if that holds

Wait, where is the next guest signup page going to be?

big boss sucks

time for the boss to reclaim her title

Kefka won't lose to Bomberman but he'll find a way to confuse everyone.

Also I'm probably the most incompetent guest of all time in terms of predictions.

Though I'm really enjoying doing this so I'll keep going.

so uh

Cecil/Ridley suddenly looks like it would've been a debatable match

I'm not sure who that's more LOL for

Alucard is SFFing Yuna imo

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Pokemon LG is still a spin-off regardless of these results. And there's no way it's affecting this match. It's way too casual for this site.

Pokemon Let's Go being casual couldn't be reason a lot of people on this site don't care about those games, because even the true mainline games have been heavily dumbed down and made more friendly towards casuals. Compared to the early games like Gen 1/2, the later mainline games are a lot easier and some features have also been added to make them more casual friendly. By Gen 7, the true mainline games were already about as casual friendly as you can get.

I told you all Netflix Castlevanina Factor was real.

Alucard is taking this division.

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

so ganondorf didn't tank against chun-li

what does spyro = crash put ganon on big boss

oh right I guess I could answer this

currently Ganondorf would beat Big Boss with 61.86%

here's a take that maybe only Leon will get: this is like the 2018 version of the devil division

transience posted...

here's a take that maybe only Leon will get: this is like the 2018 version of the devil division

This really is the Division of Death. Even now, I have no clue who should be favored to win.

other than the fact that it shouldn't be Big Boss augh

big cut for sora

I think we're getting Alucard vs Sora part 2. Who knows who walks out of there but I'm kinda leaning Sora (I wasn't joking about Yuna getting SFFed Castlevania has had weird interactions with FF in the past)

I didn't really put much thought into it pre-contest (or anything, really), because it just felt like Big Boss or Sora would take it and that was that. but with BB sucking, Sora looking mediocre, Red being a human Pokemon character and Alucard looking kinda legit.. yeah, who knows.

I still think Kefka's got a shot at it, too, even though he's underperforming a bit against Bomberman.

I mean if Crash and Spyro can suddenly not totally suck why not Bomberman?

Bomberman is probably my third favorite character in this division so I'm all for Bomberman being as strong as possible.

God I wish we'd got Bomberman vs L-Block though. It's looking like Bomberman could've taken that.

LeonhartFour posted...

transience posted...

here's a take that maybe only Leon will get: this is like the 2018 version of the devil division

This really is the Division of Death. Even now, I have no clue who should be favored to win.

other than the fact that it shouldn't be Big Boss augh

Yeah... Red and Sora are both theoretically maybe strong, so the fact that that's so close doesn't necessarily mean the winner isn't rbe favorite.

But then there's Alucard doing as well on Yuna as Kefka is on Bomberman!

Sora has got to be one of the biggest teases ever

just like kingdom hearts 3

you have to want it for it to be a tease

had my preorder for almost 5 years now...!

so from this point, Sora lost 1.35% vs. Ryo. Red lost.. 1.48%.

yeah, this one will probably be close all day.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7306

Zero does okay against Knux.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7307

Wario stops the hand with ease.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7308

Yoshi does as expected in his match.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7309

Pikachu has another strong victory.

Crew Predictions: 65/72

Next Round Thoughts: Zero's got a pretty easy R3 match, and Pikachu is looking way too good to be challenged by Yoshi.

Crew Prediction Challenge:

transience: 66
Moltar: 64
Leonhart: 61
Kleenex: 59
Guest: 56

Crew Accuracy Challenge: transience gets the point for Zero, DoctorJimmy133 gets the point for Wario, Kleenex gets the point for Yoshi, and Moltar gets the point for Pikachu.

Guest: 20 (BetrayedTangy, SuperNiceDog (2), pjbasis, garetha200 (4), ZenOfThunder, Ranticoot (2), Hbthebattle (2), NowItsAngeTime, spooky96, RoseChevalier, Lopen (2), paulg235, DoctorJimmy133)
transience: 17
Moltar: 13
Kleenex: 13
Leonhart: 10

Lopen's out-Crewing the Crew, I see!

I don't know what that means but I had a good read on the non-debatable matches at least !!

Round 2 – 2B vs. Ness

Moltar’s Analysis

2B
Round 1 - 77.80% vs. Cayde-6

Ness
Round 1 - 53.26% vs. Shadow the Hedgehog

does the 2b stand for bye bye?

2B blowing out super fodder like Cayde-6 doesn’t mean much for her actual strength. Lightning managed to score a big blowout too and she still almost got doubled by Dante. Ness is no Dante, but 2B is also no Lightning.

That Ness win looks even better in hindsight after seeing Tails, Knuckles, and Metal Sonic all do well. Combine that with Ness being a Smash character and he’s pretty much got this locked up.

Unless SCVI announcement boost is a thing…

…

oh god

Moltar’s Bracket: Ness

Moltar’s Prediction: Ness – 58%

transience’s Analysis

You know how sometimes you get deceived by numbers? That's me and 2B. It's not just the huge percentage she put on a joke character -- it's the 1 seed as well. Nier: Automata is legit, there's that Soul Calibur 6 reveal, and if we've learned anything from gamefaqs this year, it's that they no longer play games and just imbibe them through media like trailers. The trailer is weaponized contest strength.

I'm not going with her, but I also wouldn't be super surprised? Ness should have a relatively clear 60/40 here or so, but 2B is a wild card.

transience's prediction: Ness with 60.40%

Leonhart’s Analysis

2B scored one of the biggest blowouts of the contest in round 1 against Cayde-6, but I was honestly not super impressed by it. If the Destiny dude is as weak as we think, I think 2B should’ve gotten at least 80% if she wanted to demonstrate she has real strength. Ness won a close match with Shadow, and it looks a little better now after how good Sonic Team has looked, as well as Smash hype being at a fever pitch as the release date approaches. I’ve got 2B in my bracket, but at this point, I’m honestly having a hard time seeing her win. I really want her to win though just so we can avoid an SFF beatdown next round. Gotta hope that SoulCalibur 6 trailer is worth as much as a Smash trailer…!

Leonhart’s Vote: 2B

Leonhart’s Prediction: Ness with 55.75%

Kleenex’s Analysis

Given how well other Sonic characters have ended up looking so far, this really makes Ness look a lot better going into his round 2 match. We still don’t exactly know where 2B stands. She blew out fodder last round, but that doesn’t mean a whole lot, especially when your opponent is Cayde-6. Given the dreaded Smash Boost, and what we’ve learned so far through this contest, Ness is probably the smart pick here against a nearly untested entrant. However, my blind fanboyism won’t allow me to make the smart choice here, so get fucked Ness.

Kleenex’s Prediction: 2B with 55%

Guest’s Analysis - RoseChevalier

So U want 2B over Ness here?

I got 2B the only one who can
Withstand the test n' B the best n'
I got 2 strive keep up the drive
B a master (Of Division 4~)

It takes a certain kind of skill
And she won't stop until
150 Battles are won
She must define the art of conquest (Gamefaqs Contests~)
2B the master... the Contest Master
She will be writin' a brand new chapter
Votals go... go... (all the children sing)
na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na
It's all about the popular'ty of Automata
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
2B go...go
Got my Oracle and my Crew Writeup
I listened to The Show, to help me out
2 win 'em all
gotta' win 'em all
Yo it's all about the popular'ty of Automata
The endings attaining N' bein'
part of the phenomenon
B a lewd thigh icon...Ha!
Western RPGs B long gone

But first U gotta' know about the different fights
Cayde, Ness, and Bowser, Kirby, Crono,
Cloud, then Link, and Snake, and the final round,
Don't forget about Link rematch!
2B the master...the Contest Master
She will be writing a brand new chapter
2B the master ... the Contest master
She will be striving to be the greatest entrant
Votals go...go (all the children sing)
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Like I said before
It's all about the popular'ty of Automata
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
The greatest master of GameFAQs Contests
Mmmm... somewhat impressive
Now you've reached the plateau
But not yet a hero
R U ready 2 shine... against The Noble Nine?
Do you think you'll be fine against the Hero of Time?
Just remember... Gotta win 'em all!
Show me what you've got!

Votals go...go
2B the master...the Contest Master
She will be writing ( She will be writing) a brand new chapter ( a brand new chapter)
2B the master... the Contest Master
She will be striving to be the greatest master ( 2B the greatest master)
Say it children Contest Master
Contest master hey!
The greatest master ( the greatest master) Hey!
Contest Master
She will be writing the greatest chapter
Say it Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na x45
The greatest master of Gamefaqs Contests

2B with 69.00%

Crew Consensus: 2B or not 2B? We say not 2B in a 3-2 split.

Lopen posted...

I don't know what that means but I had a good read on the non-debatable matches at least !!

Yeah, I'm talking about how the Crew expected Big Boss and Kefka to fare much better (as did I), while it looks like your predictions for both will pretty much be right on the money.

well the Big Boss prediction was more hope for me than anything

I originally had him lower (although not THIS low) but I bumped him up in hopes he could attain the lofty goal I set for him

The results in the contest this year have been kind of incredible. It feels more like something out of a favorite’s bracket rather than the typical stuff GameFAQs used to produce 15 years ago. Are we chalking this up to the atrophy of a userbase, or is this all the SMASH factor?

A little bit of both. Smash seems to be having a big impact, but it also feels like anything new and/or western isn't amounting to much of anything either. We're more stuck in the '90s than we've ever been.

Master Moltar posted...

transience’s Analysis

You know how sometimes you get deceived by numbers? That's me and 2B. It's not just the huge percentage she put on a joke character -- it's the 1 seed as well. Nier: Automata is legit, there's that Soul Calibur 6 reveal, and if we've learned anything from gamefaqs this year, it's that they no longer play games and just imbibe them through media like trailers. The trailer is weaponized contest strength.

GameFAQs still plays new games, but they don't like new games as much as older games. These 2 posts from the most recent topic for The Show are worth reading:

Lightning Strikes posted...

On that note, can we please kill the "GameFAQs doesn't play (new) games anymore" meme, there are so many polls to the contrary. As of last year 94% of the site plays at least one game a week, 95% bought a game last year, and 73% bought at least five games that year.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7157-how-many-different-games-have-you-played-in-the-last-week
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6914-how-many-games-digital-or-physical-have-you-bought-this-year.

KamikazePotato posted...

I don't mind switching from 'GameFAQs doesn't play new games' to 'GameFAQs doesn't like new games'. End result is the same.

heroicmario posted...

The results in the contest this year have been kind of incredible. It feels more like something out of a favorite’s bracket rather than the typical stuff GameFAQs used to produce 15 years ago. Are we chalking this up to the atrophy of a userbase, or is this all the SMASH factor?

DroneFAQs