swirIdude posted...
I'm assuming that the stronger a game's SoS is, the less it falls in a loss, right?
Not really. All that means is that a game with a stronger SoS gets more of a benefit against games with similar ratings otherwise. The fall from a loss would still be proportionally equal to what a lower SoS game experiences...in most cases.
I suppose FFVI falling a whopping seven spots should have been enough indication.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is actually 0-2 against the RPI top 30 right now, and yet it's ahead of both the games it lost to! It has good opportunities to kick Phoenix Wright 3 out of the top 30 and (further?) expose FFIX waiting in the wings though.
Majora's Mask is 2-1 against the RPI top 30, but it also faces the dubious distinction of being the first game to appear here to have lost to something outside of the RPI top 30 (in fact, that game is sitting outside the top 50 right now, and man remember when WW was ahead of MM in the RPI?). MM likely falls out of the top 20 next week, but who knows? Afterwards it gets some weak opponents.
Super Metroid, however, is the first game to appear here with a whopping THREE losses. It's currently 1-2 against the RPI top 30 (with that one victory being a 60-40 unexpected blowout of FFVI), has another loss to MGS2, seems to struggle with fellow Nintendo games and stuff from the 6th generation and later, and...overperforms against JRPGs. Samus is in for an extremely unpredictable ride for the next three weeks, though I honestly have a feeling that Super Metroid will win all three of its next matches.
Super Mario World 2 is 1-1 against the RPI top 30 and has a second loss to DKC2. It'll likely fall out of the top 20 in the next rivalry week, but perhaps week 17 could allow it to undo the damage?
Portal is 2-2 against the RPI top 30 and had a third loss, again to MGS2. It gets a free ride in rivalry week, has a guaranteed fall in week 16 due to facing KCF Baseball 2011 (which it might as well be by now), and has an interesting week 17 opponent.
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