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| Topic | * GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part One * |
| davidponte 04/20/20 10:01:07 AM #374 | squexa posted... Eh, I'd say Smash/Odyssey and Dark Souls/Skyrim are definitely contested matches right now and not complete moonshot upsets. Smash/Odyssey doesn't change too much other than gravy becoming the winner, metalmind falling to 2nd, azuarc going to 3rd, and me falling to 4th, so that one also doesn't shake things up too much other than the overall winner (which is a big deal, I'll give you that). This also assumes that it goes on to beat the Div 4 winner. That's also probably the more likely of your two mentioned upsets. Dark Souls > Skyrim would massively change things, though. Again, assuming that result happens and we don't have the GTA/P4G or ME2 match go the other way. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1348 |
| davidponte 04/20/20 9:55:34 AM #62 | KH3 > Portal and TLOU > Dark Souls were my only two major fanboy picks of the contest and they both ended up killing my bracket. I've never done extremely well before because I could never convince myself to make the objective pick despite knowing I should, and it has literally always ended poorly. This time around, I was able to do that for the most part and it looks like I'll probably stay on the leaderboard for the rest of the contest, unless GTA or NieR lose this round. Next time around I'm going 100% objective. Witcher > Skyrim was also a fanboy pick but at least I can base that one in facts. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1348 |
| davidponte 04/20/20 9:17:58 AM #57 | In hindsight I should have known TLOU > Dark Souls was a bad pick, but I didn't think it would make the difference between theoretically winning the guru and not. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | * GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part One * |
| davidponte 04/20/20 9:06:11 AM #371 | Forgot to add: The HGSS/NieR match also matters. If Pokemon wins and everything else is constant, azuarc goes into second and I fall to 3rd. If Pokemon wins then Bloodborne wins its division, we find the third scenario where neither MetalmindStats or myself wins. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1348 |
| davidponte 04/20/20 9:02:37 AM #55 | For anyone interested in guru/contest leaderboard stuff, @azuarc made a great spreadsheet that allows people to see the guru standings based on who wins every remaining match, and then I did some of my own trial and error to see who was most likely to be the winner: azuarc posted... azuarc posted... davidponte posted... Alright, I've inputted various results for the remaining matches, with the guaranteed winners staying constant and then going back and forth on all of the debated matches to see if it makes a difference. Forgot to add: The HGSS/NieR match also matters. If Pokemon wins and everything else is constant, azuarc goes into second and I fall to 3rd. If Pokemon wins then Bloodborne wins its division, we find the third scenario where neither MetalmindStats or myself wins. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | * GotD 2020 Guru Contest Stats & Discussion - Part One * |
| davidponte 04/20/20 8:59:29 AM #370 | Alright, I've inputted various results for the remaining matches, with the guaranteed winners staying constant and then going back and forth on all of the debated matches to see if it makes a difference. On the top of the bracket, I see no way in which @MetalmindStats doesn't win at this point. I am very likely going to come in second or tied for second. This assumes no major upsets like Zelda losing, and also assumes that Witcher beats Skyrim. Oddly enough, nothing else really matters, again, barring some theoretical upsets. The Bloodborne/RE2 match doesn't change things, regardless if the winner then wins the division. Xenoblade/Fire Emblem also doesn't matter. Even GTA/Xenoblade doesn't affect the top. The only matches that DO matter are GTA/P4G and ME2/Bloodborne/RE2. If P4G and/or ME2 win those matches, then someone else wins other than @MetalmindStats or myself, and neither of us are in second. The only way I come in first, given all those other results, is if TLOU beats Dark Souls, which isn't happening. So I'm essentially playing for second at this point. Please correct me if I'm wrong! Again, I didn't take into account the upset that definitely won't happen, and only looked at the contested matches. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 4 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 8:06:55 PM #249 | transcience posted... someone list the games in this bracket that can get 40% on breath of the wild Witcher Skyrim Dark Souls, maybe? --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 8:04:22 PM #349 | Alright can we skip to tomorrow now to get back to the interesting matches --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 8:00:40 PM #334 | Hey FFXV looked great for about 8 seconds there! --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy 7: Remake Spoiler Discussion Topic |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:49:26 PM #84 | I'm sure we'll get CC stuff, I meant to say that this isn't FF7 + Compilations, this is FF7 + Compilations + KH + Whatever Nomura thinks of next week. Can't wait for part 11 when Sephiroth becomes Sin. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy 7: Remake Spoiler Discussion Topic |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:42:17 PM #82 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... Sure but I'm of the opinion that they were always going to add the compilation stuff in regardless of these other major changes so I dunno man. Better to go all-in on changing things if you're doing it anyways. I think a remake with FF7 plus all the compilations tied into the story is a fantastic game. I loved CC. This isn't what we're getting, though. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy 7: Remake Spoiler Discussion Topic |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:26:06 PM #78 | HeroDelTiempo17 posted... so if we get CC-quality plot with this much, MUCH better battle system, I think that's a success. What if we could have gotten FF7-quality plot by retelling the original story with this much, MUCH better battle system? Imagine the success of that! --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 3 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:21:25 PM #46 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 77.45% Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - 55.65% --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:05:47 PM #327 | Lightning Strikes posted... It probably doesnt matter too much to the current GameFAQs audience, but I know numerous non-FF fans who still know Auron as the cool guy from Kingdom Hearts 2. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 2:03:24 PM #306 | yes --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Hearthstone Topic #4: Where Illidan and Millhouse are top tier. |
| davidponte 04/19/20 1:17:54 PM #77 | seems extreme --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 12:26:54 PM #292 | The rally may also be negatively affecting Pokemon, however that means we can't really have it both ways. Either the rally has had an impact, which is the reasoning for Pokemon dropping and Nier being below 70%, or the rally has had a negligible impact, which means Nier isn't particularly strong, but also that Pokemon has organically dropped and also doesn't look as strong as it did last night. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 11:53:42 AM #288 | Rolycoly posted... I find that a suspiciously high number considering it's at a fraction of Bloodborne's 800-upvote rally (on a similarly active subreddit), which only gave it about 2,000 votes across its whole match. Maybe Divinity has a better follow-through rate, but not by enough to matter. It's worth noting that there's also been a mildly successful FF14 rally with barely a third of the Divinity rally's upvotes, but on a subreddit with 5x the active users - and said rally seems to favor Nier over Divinity. I'm basing the number on the fact that we are over 1000 votes ahead of where we were during yesterday's matches. I haven't actually looked at any of the rallies. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Battle Challenge - Rounds 2 and 3 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 11:09:30 AM #99 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Mass Effect 2 Resident Evil 2 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Super Mario Odyssey Grand Theft Auto V Xenoblade Chronicles The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt God of War Persona 5 Red Dead Redemption 2 --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 11:07:30 AM #274 | So 1000 theoretical votes from a Divinity rally means NieR doesn't look as awful as we thought it did. My NieR > Pokemon faith is still there. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 9:34:32 AM #257 | You hate to see that --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | The Zen Contest Highlights - A Curated Collection of Screencapped Crap |
| davidponte 04/19/20 9:00:15 AM #287 | I've seen MikeTavish post here, so he's just playing dumb in those threads. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | If you had won the Guru, and you had to pick a game for this contest... |
| davidponte 04/19/20 7:33:51 AM #32 | The highest ranking game on my personal top 25 of the decade that didn't make the contest already is Pyre, so I'd probably go with that. Maybe also Apex Legends because that seems like the BR game that is least hated both here and around the internet. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/19/20 6:23:52 AM #244 | I expected the rise towards 80% to be well underway for Skyrim by the time I woke up, but it looks like it hasn't happened. Maybe the day vote will be great for it, but 6% at this point seems tough to do. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 8:13:45 PM #64 | So is today the last day of 4 matches a day? --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 8:11:46 PM #56 | Rough update, for sure. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1347 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 8:09:16 PM #34 | I'd go as far as saying that The Witcher and NieR have been possibly the two best looking games so far, relative to expectations. We all knew Zelda and Skyrim would dominate, but the two former games were a big topic of contention here before the contest. Would they be worth much? Would Geralt and 2B doing well translate to their games doing well? They've exceeded most expectations, at this point. They both get to go up against Skyrim, too, which should be interesting. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1346 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 8:02:17 PM #487 | Journey v. Divinity, who ya got --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1346 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 8:00:49 PM #479 | lol at the skyrim board vote, again --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 4-8 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 7:27:23 PM #225 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 77.94% Mario Kart 8 - 57.12% Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver Version - 70.39% NieR: Automata - 75.12% --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1346 |
| davidponte 04/18/20 6:54:26 PM #474 | Safer_777 posted... Plus punching Japanese Dudes in the face is always good. ??? --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1346 |
| davidponte 04/17/20 8:03:29 PM #170 | I am just about ready to call my TLOU > Dark Souls pick bad. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1346 |
| davidponte 04/17/20 8:02:00 PM #163 | Damn, no longer tied for first on the leaderboard. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 4-8 |
| davidponte 04/17/20 7:02:20 PM #182 | Dark Souls - 74.98% Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - 59.44% Batman: Arkham City - 55.65% The Last of Us - 72.12% --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Final Fantasy 7: Remake Spoiler Discussion Topic |
| davidponte 04/17/20 5:28:02 PM #49 | DeathChicken posted... Regarding the seven seconds thing, yeah, I get the feeling Cloud is going to make a heroic save there since that is very much the time it took Sephiroth to kill Aerith. Which...well, it sure would be a thing if he killed Cloud instead, wouldn't it Then Zack can rightfully take his place as the main character! --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:26:36 PM #440 | BlAcK TuRtLe posted... Lol kingdom shafts davidponte posted... BlAcK TuRtLe posted... --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:12:17 PM #383 | Kingdom Hearts has walked away from the contest --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:06:19 PM #356 | KamikazePotato posted... By the way, Kingdom Hearts 3 could absolutely win this I am intrigued by this --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:03:35 PM #344 | Uh, Red Dead? --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:02:14 PM #333 | The Sonic haters are looking real rough right now --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 8:01:15 PM #324 | go my kingdom hearts --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1345 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 7:34:16 PM #308 | Alright I'm likely going to see my only wrong pick of the second round coming up with KH. It won't drop me any spots in the guru, so we'll see if I'm still tied for first on the site after it. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 2 Divisions 4-8 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 7:13:04 PM #139 | Persona 5 - 69.21% Sonic Mania - 51.91% Portal 2 - 55.01% Red Dead Redemption 2 - 57.23% --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | JJ Abrams Developing Justice League Dark for HBO featuring John Constantine |
| davidponte 04/16/20 6:44:58 PM #6 | Fuck yes. Give me JLD and give me Constantine. I'd love for them to adapt stuff from Tynion's recent run. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Pull ups in ff7r is the worst minigame ever invented |
| davidponte 04/16/20 5:40:07 PM #21 | Yeah, I was definitely going to platinum it before learning hard was too hard. I don't like the combat enough to suffer through that. In terms of difficulty: Pull-Ups > Squats > Darts --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Hey guys, ASL? |
| davidponte 04/16/20 5:37:24 PM #6 | SantaRPidgey posted... Its not really as interesting of a question since the internet is such that most people are in a community of their peers. Yeah well I'm 25 and currently on an island in the middle of the ocean, so take that? --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 3 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 5:25:30 PM #492 | So what you're all saying is the crew curse is going to lead KH straight to victory. --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Your most favorite game of ALL time and why? |
| davidponte 04/16/20 3:46:30 PM #23 | FF7 The back of the case said so --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Battle Challenge - Rounds 2 and 3 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 1:22:33 PM #69 | Also picks for the rest of the round: Dark Souls Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Batman: Arkham City The Last of Us The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mario Kart 8 Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver Version NieR: Automata --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Battle Challenge - Rounds 2 and 3 |
| davidponte 04/16/20 1:21:37 PM #68 | CHANGE: Sonic Mania to BANK Then my BANK right after that to Portal 2 --- The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history. |
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