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Topic	The top 10 "what if" questions in GameFAQs contests history
transience 12/13/20 12:55:00 PM #92:	4. What if the universe doesn't conspire against Cloud on August 26th, 2002? We all know the history here. Mario/Cloud happens the day after Mario Sunshine releases in the US. There was an offsite rally that led to this poll getting like 20,000 more votes than any other match this contest, something that feels unthinkable for 2002. I don't totally believe the explanations of some Gamecube fan site bringing in 20k votes because that defies logic, so you can perhaps throw in cheating or whatever else you want. What happened, Cloud somehow loses the night vote vs. Mario and drops a match that he absolutely should have won. But what happens if Cloud does win? I'd argue that the contests are significantly worse off for it. For one, we don't get Mario/Crono in 2002, which honestly cemented the contest's greatest rivalry. Crono's entire underdog act is because he went toe to toe with Mario after Cloud lost. Cloud's loss is really important there. The 2003 bracket is set up for a rematch because of it, and we probably don't get that without the 2002 match. Sure, we would most likely get Mario/Crono eventually, but Crono was only competitive with Mario until the Nintendo boost hit in 05. Cloud winning deprives us of our contest's best match. The other thing to wonder is how Cloud would have done vs. Link. Sephiroth got 43% - maybe Cloud gets to 46? Does the 2003 final feel like such a shocker if Link doesn't have the same aura of invincibility that he had after the 2002 contest, where no one could even get 45%? I think things worked out for the best here. But, I would still love to know exactly what happened in the Mario/Cloud match, because that is the biggest unexplainble contest anomaly we've had. Starcraft, Draven and Undertale are very easily explainable. Mario/Cloud? That one's just bizarre. Super Mario Sunshine was disappointing before it came out and no other major release coming out mid-contest has ever had a fraction of the impact that this one supposedly had. And Planet Gamecube isn't exactly twitter or reddit, you know? --- xyzzy <cite>transience posted [p:948283582] in The top 10... [t:79170817]...</cite> <quote>4. What if the universe doesn't conspire against Cloud on August 26th, 2002? We all know the history here. Mario/Cloud happens the day after Mario Sunshine releases in the US. There was an offsite rally that led to this poll getting like 20,000 more votes than any other match this contest, something that feels unthinkable for 2002. I don't totally believe the explanations of some Gamecube fan site bringing in 20k votes because that defies logic, so you can perhaps throw in cheating or whatever else you want. What happened, Cloud somehow loses the night vote vs. Mario and drops a match that he absolutely should have won. But what happens if Cloud does win? I'd argue that the contests are significantly worse off for it. For one, we don't get Mario/Crono in 2002, which honestly cemented the contest's greatest rivalry. Crono's entire underdog act is because he went toe to toe with Mario after Cloud lost. Cloud's loss is really important there. The 2003 bracket is set up for a rematch because of it, and we probably don't get that without the 2002 match. Sure, we would most likely get Mario/Crono eventually, but Crono was only competitive with Mario until the Nintendo boost hit in 05. Cloud winning deprives us of our contest's best match. The other thing to wonder is how Cloud would have done vs. Link. Sephiroth got 43% - maybe Cloud gets to 46? Does the 2003 final feel like such a shocker if Link doesn't have the same aura of invincibility that he had after the 2002 contest, where no one could even get 45%? I think things worked out for the best here. But, I would still love to know exactly what happened in the Mario/Cloud match, because that is the biggest unexplainble contest anomaly we've had. Starcraft, Draven and Undertale are very easily explainable. Mario/Cloud? That one's just bizarre. Super Mario Sunshine was disappointing before it came out and no other major release coming out mid-contest has ever had a fraction of the impact that this one supposedly had. And Planet Gamecube isn't exactly twitter or reddit, you know? --- xyzzy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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