LeonhartFour posted...
From: TsunamiXXVIII | #040
And Leon...that argument only works if the 9-vote win over ALttP happened just this week as well.
No, it doesn't. Don't be dumb. If you're judging the best game in the contest right now, you take everything into account, and there's nothing Mario 64 has done that puts it over CT.
And you're pretty much indicating that a 2 vote win over FFX was impressive enough to now make Mario 64 better than CT since you weren't ranking Mario 64 above CT before.
So go figure.
Correct. CT was ahead of SM64 before, but by beating another highly-ranked game, SM64 moves ahead--barely. Next week, it could be different. CT's opponent has a worse record (4-9, vs. 7-6 for SM64's opponent), but I've already expressed my opinion that SoMI isn't as good as their record indicates due to high levels of fodder in the schedule, and on top of that it's a common opponent so if SM64 does a lot worse than CT did it could be a turnaround. I suspect that what their past opponents do next week could have quite the effect, too. Should also be interesting to see what stirs up behind them, as well--RE4 is undefeated and has a strong opponent, but doesn't have enough meat in the past to get by; SMB3 has the meat and the strong upcoming opponent, but lost to both of the games ahead of it. And of course, "strong opponent" isn't always a good thing, because it also means a potential loss. So really, I haven't the slightest idea what next week's ballot might look like. It looks like there's a bit of a gap between #2 and #3 this week, but with both of the top 2 facing weaker opponents, next week's #7 could be week 15's #2. (Because, of course, the top 2 are facing each other in Week 15--the loser could very well be only 3rd or 4th.)
But that's beside the point. The point is that you misinterpreted my remarks about the CT-ALttP match. I didn't say that the low votals made it any less impressive for Chrono Trigger; I said that the low votals made it (the match) a disappointment. Seriously, ALttP was ranked #2 at the time. A #1 vs. #2 can't even draw 50 votes? That's a seriously disappointing outcome. Chrono Trigger almost breaking 60% on the #2 game (at the time) is still incredibly impressive.
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