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| Topic | Match pics |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:51:50 PM #314 | https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1994_l.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1994_r.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1998_l.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1998_r.jpg 94 might have the best collective pic of the contest. Those first three pairs encapsulate everything good about the 16-bit era. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:50:53 PM #51 | https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1994_l.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1994_r.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1998_l.jpg https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/byg/r4/1998_r.jpg 1994 overperformance incoming! Almost all of its pics apart from Daytona USA (lol) look incredible. 1998 got both its big PC games snubbed again, and that Pokemon pic looks kinda bland. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:34:37 PM #45 | squexa posted... If we're talking about putting years at their strongest and allowing consoles, why not allow rereleases? Don't see why we can't allow, say, 1999 to have Pokemon Yellow since it is a distinct game from Red/Blue. Sure, but I'm trying to examine this within the rule constraints that SBAllen gave us at the start of the contest. It was pretty clear that re-releases (apart from full-fledged remakes like, well, REMake) would not be allowed, while consoles would be. Consoles were mentioned with enough frequency that people logically assumed they'd be a big part of this contest. They were almost invisible. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:33:00 PM #43 | transience posted... or 06 getting the wii/ps3, or 1989 getting its trifecta Why are you lumping it under one umbrella "argument"? There aren't many entrants in this contest; it's easy to examine them individually. The NES was a huge deal in 1985 (though not big enough to reverse a tripling). The SNES was a huge deal in 91. The N64 was a huge deal in 96. Apart from the Wii (which hasn't aged well), I'm not sure if there are any consoles that were that hyped in their launch year. I think the voters would have recognized that, which is why I feel the SNES is a much bigger deal for 91 than the PS1 would have been for 95. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:24:51 PM #39 | OrangeCrush980 posted... I like how no one cares about the PS2 True, and I think that definitely extends to the PS1. Sony consoles need a year to get cooking. Nintendo consoles have almost always released with a killer app and immediate hype. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:19:11 PM #36 | 85 was tripled, there was no saving that year 95 gets PS1 = 01 getting three systems that were a bigger deal in 01 than the PS1 was in 95 96 gets N64 = 00 actually getting its four best games. I think that easily swings it, especially since at that point, 96 would be tripling down on Nintendo appeal while facing really popular Zelda and Pokemon games If we give each year their absolute best pictures within the format, I don't think any of those results above would flip. But I think 91/94 might have, certainly with a higher likelihood than the matches above. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Ultimate Opposites Day 15: New York City vs Los Angeles |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:02:27 PM #11 | It's not nearly as good as New York's, but the bus system is serviceable. Also, you CAN still own a car no matter where you're living in L.A. I've heard that owning a car in the heart of NYC is extremely difficult and expensive. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Ultimate Opposites Day 15: New York City vs Los Angeles |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 4:54:14 PM #9 | I've only been to NYC once (when my family first immigrated to the States). Based on everything I've heard, gotta easily go with L.A. Los Angeles is sprawling, and you have plentiful options whether you want to live in a big city condo and take public transit, or whether you want a quieter suburbanite lifestyle. Costs are expensive, but again, there seems to be a wider range than New York (where everything is super expensive and there's nothing you can do about it). You're close to some of the best beaches and theme parks in the world. Entertainment options are limitless, though that has to be the case in both cities. And this is subjective, but I really enjoy the L.A. weather, where it's almost never cold and the heat is manageable. Maybe I'm giving NYC an unfair shake, though. Enlighten me, NYC dudes. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 4:43:50 PM #31 | I think 91/94 is the least likely result to flip (91 got six great pictures and 94 was missing MMX, likely its #3 game). However, if there's one console that MIGHT have been able to swing a match, it's the SNES. If both years are coming in at full strength, I can't totally discount the X-factor that one console represents. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Paper Mario was released in 2000, not 2001. |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 4:40:17 PM #5 | Some people have thought the same, but GameFAQs is a U.S. site and well over half the voters are from America. Going by anything other U.S. dates might just confuse most of the voters. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Paper Mario was released in 2000, not 2001. |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 4:37:24 PM #2 | This contest is using North American release dates for each game. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 4:32:49 PM #29 | Ouuuuch. Don't blame ya bud, I'd be salty too. That's not to say that all four of those results would have reversed if every year got what the board considers to be its "top pics," but I think at least a case can be made for each. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Have you ever been to SpaceJam.com? |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 3:27:19 PM #5 | Suggestion: in the past results, I think it would look much better if you only include the % of people that HAVE been to the site (for example, ilovebees would be at 16%, not 84%). The way it's currently being presented looks kinda confusing. Also, yep I've been to SpaceJam.com. I recommend everyone check it out once. =) --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | 2017 BYIG Guru Challenge- Results, Discussion and Eliminations (Part One) |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 3:25:04 PM #342 | |
| Topic | This 18 y/o Blonde Girl is BLAZING MAD she is Not VALEDICTORIAN!! Is She Hot???? |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 3:23:09 PM #9 | |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 2:54:23 PM #19 | Mac Arrowny posted... If you're throwing 1991 vs. 1994 in there, you can argue that 1995 would've beaten 2001 with the PS1 in the pic. And no PS1 games for the year? Doubtful. Plus, 2001 has three systems that were all excluded. I think a picture that showcased the GC + Xbox + GBA could have helped 2001 become even stronger. I think 95 reached its peak in R3 when it got awesome pictures of four SNES games. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Rigged Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1275 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 2:48:40 PM #17 | I now think there are four matches where, even within the constraints of SBAllen's chosen format, the loser may at least plausibly bring up the point of pictures costing them the match: 2006 vs 2011 1996 vs 2000 1991 vs 1994 2001 vs 1997 I'm sure somewhere, there exists a person whose only four misses are the ones above. You have my sword, sir. (I'm 2-2 myself so I'll hereby stop complaining about that 2000 match) --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:48:44 AM #461 | It really doesn't matter when you consider that nowadays, everything changes in the last week when rallies become a possibility and Nintendo fans decide to "come home." In order to get expected results throughout a contest, you basically need to purposely manufacture a boring contest - like this one or rivals. Other contests have all had craziness go down, especially at the end, since late 2010. In retrospect, I now think it's very impressive that Cloud was able to pull two clutch wins against Samus and Snake and actually reach the finals in early 2010, since it seemed like the voters were distancing themselves from results like that even back then. Basically, X-Stats and the "earlier matches" of a contest tell you that Chrono Trigger would beat Uncharted worse than Ocarina would. Potentially helpful for an Oracle prediction, but not useful when the best are actually up against the best. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | If It Were Up To Board 8 Best Year in Gaming Semis: 2001 vs. 2007 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:35:31 AM #14 | |
| Topic | Alien: Covenant |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:22:15 AM #6 | I thought it was quite different. Here come the big spoilers. Please only read if you've already seen this movie or if you REALLY don't give a crap about the series plot. In Alien: Covenant, the entire race of Engineers are killed in a single two-minute flashback. It was probably the most disappointing movie scene I've watched in years, because it pissed away ALL the potential that Prometheus built, and it reduced the Engineers to a mere plot point. So basically, David and the lone surviving female from the last movie (Dr. Shaw?) are flying the huge spaceship from the last movie and find the Engineers' home planet. As soon as they arrive, David drops a ton of Xenomorph bio-bombs on the population, infecting and killing all of them. That's the only time we see any Engineers during the whole movie. That lone two-minute scene where they all die. Another space crew discovers this planet a decade later. There are no more Engineers or anything interesting. There's just Xenomorphs and David, who has since killed/experimented on Dr. Shaw and is now a textbook "mad scientist" trope. He loves to cultivate and experiment on Xenomorphs because he thinks they're the "perfect organism." He's egotistical and hates humans and wants the Xenomorphs to infect them all. And I guess enough people consider this more interesting than the Engineers from the last movie. To each their own, but... I just don't get it. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:04:02 AM #455 | KamikazePotato posted... tl;dr - CT is projected to get like 54% on OoT when using non-rally matches. I'd sooner take LttP over CT than subscribe to the belief that CT would win the next game contest. Seems like a recipe for disappointment. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Alien: Covenant |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 6:01:22 AM #4 | I'm a Prometheus fan and walked out of this one disappointed. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Alien: Covenant |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:31:38 AM #1 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 5:30:32 AM #447 | creativename posted... With a fair pic, I still think 1997 wins. Agreed. 1997 got a majority of its Nintendo appeal hidden away while going up against a top five Nintendo game. An unfortunate recipe for disaster. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Best Scene from the Game Day 1: Ocarina of Time |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 2:43:38 AM #5 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 1:45:18 AM #402 | Allen has been running and entering the contests (for fun; he is not allowed to compete for any prizes) for years. A few of us joked about pic sabotage but none of us seriously think he's rigging things just to earn a spot on the leaderboard. As creativename said, he's just made some very questionable pic choices. It sucks for the people who are getting screwed over, but you can blame him for a poor understanding of what the best pictures are, not for intentionally messing with the results. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 1:37:36 AM #392 | Ok before I leave to see the new Aliens, I just wanna say that Ange's Devil May Cry pic may be the sexiest of the contest. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:48:03 AM #350 | Frog himself is clutch, but that certainly doesn't extend to all things CT. MAGUS LOL --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:47:36 AM #349 | I will argue against anyone who thinks this isn't at least MAYBE costing 97 the match. Last round, 97 had a fucking murderer's row for 90s kids. That was gutted in place of stuff that no one on GameFAQs cares about or gets nostalgic for. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:45:42 AM #344 | FFVII isn't gonna clutch every match. Nothing does that. MGS had the "clutch" reputation for a while and lost it to Shadow of the Colossus twice in a row. Mario has it occasionally but has also faltered, most notably against Vivi. Even Zelda has fallen to rallies twice in a row, and OoT didn't even bother putting up a fight last time. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:32:20 AM #318 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:21:20 AM #296 | Let's remember that 95 experienced probably the biggest boost in power between rounds 2 and 3 It's first two pictures were basically the equivalent of FFVII + 3 Harvest Moons --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:15:13 AM #281 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/20/17 12:14:19 AM #280 | creativename posted... Oh wow. If I had known Goldeneye and MK64 would be snubbed, I'd have predicted a couple points lower for 1997 in the Oracle. I lowered mine 5%. I thought about going with the big "2001 with 50%" upset, which would have locked me in as the winner if it would have pulled through, but I wasn't quite that brazen. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | SpC2k17 Oracle Challenge - Round 4 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:59:44 PM #55 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:37:17 PM #236 | GranzonEx posted... no more like 1997 depth is not as deep as 2001 haha SBAllen should have made that the format all along "The 30 'top' games of the year are thrown in a bucket and 8 are randomly chosen" 2001 wins the contest --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:33:53 PM #231 | MK64 > DKR in terms of contest strength, yes But DKR is also the strongest of the four games that 97 got subbed in. Harvest Moon, Tekken 3, and Age of Empires are all more unbelievable additions. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:32:11 PM #227 | I think general arguments is that Mario Kart had the better designed courses while DKR had a lot of advancements and bells and whistles. I can't remember MK64 courses but honestly... I dunno how many gamers are out there who can break down what a well designed cart race track even is. I think people just prefer the one their parents bought for them. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:27:00 PM #224 | Yes why mention the inexplicable snubbing of Goldeneye when you can take a swipe at DKC. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:24:14 PM #222 | 2001 Losses: Halo, Silent Hill 2, Zelda: OoA/S, Conker Gains: MGS2, DMC, Advance Wars, Golden Sun Thoughts: Improvement 1997 Losses: Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Turok, PaRappa Gains: Diddy Kong Racing, Harvest Moon, Age of Empires, Tekken 3 Thoughts: LOL --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:19:27 PM #216 | |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:17:54 PM #213 | I'd say 2001 is hampered a bit for losing Halo, but it finally got MGS2 and DMC. This is probably as strong a lineup as it got last round. 97 got straight up nerfed. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Match pics |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:16:28 PM #307 | 97 got Goldeneye AND Mario Kart subbed out. It suddenly looks really paltry on the Nintendo front. Of course, the first image people will see is FFX against unquestionably the most iconic FFVII picture ever... so edge still goes to 97. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 11:14:10 PM #210 | |
| Topic | Match pics |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 10:48:38 PM #296 | It's Friday night... it's hard to envision Allen still working on the pictures. They've gotta be uploaded somewhere. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 10:02:04 PM #191 | Also, the next big contest we get (hopefully) should be a 1v1 character battle. Whether we're running multiple matches a day or utilizing the 12-hour format, we haven't seen one of those in seven years now. We have no idea where a lot of these characters stand, and I think such a contest will be a ton of fun because the internet is more meme-driven than ever before, so every character could be a 1-day all star. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 9:59:33 PM #189 | Well, OoT > LttP pretty much forever, but apart from that you might be right. I can see LttP still challenging CT if the Nintendo fanbase sides firmly with the more Nintendo game. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274 |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 7:53:21 PM #168 | Still no pics huh. Allen's waiting for that final surge of good stuff. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
| Topic | The Show EP 05 - 1995/2000's pic-screwed controversy & Finals Preview w/ KP! |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 5:45:47 PM #135 | |
| Topic | The Show EP 05 - 1995/2000's pic-screwed controversy & Finals Preview w/ KP! |
| CaptainOfCrush 05/19/17 5:44:14 PM #133 | Januzaj_Dragon posted... The best game was probably a shooter(Doom) I've heard it was amazing and quite deserving, though. --- Yoblazer http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
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