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Topic	So I made a mock Game of the 90s bracket.
Ngamer64 12/26/18 12:16:43 AM #46:	Final Four (1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time > (1) Final Fantasy VI (1) Chrono Trigger > (1) Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - should be a good one, but without rallies (or unless Pokemon Switch comes out that week) I like CT to continue its run Grand Finals (1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time > (1) Chrono Trigger - CT looked like it had the advantage in 2015, sure, but even if you outperform it in earlier rounds its really difficult to defeat Zelda in a Grand Finals scenario. should be a good one either way though Overall trends: I think a 90s Contest would put voters in a rose-colored, 14-years-old kind of mental headspace, giving extra oomph to the games they would have pulled down from the shelves when their friends were on the couch at a sleepover. They'll probably be less likely to factor in current trends (like anti-voting Fallout or MGS or Half-Life because gamers are down on the series recently) than they would in a characters or series or GotD environment. The exception is, maybe SmartVoterFAQs could kick in when faced with two very similar entrants and result in them thinking "which of these held up better?" and casting their vote in that direction. Such as I'm counting on in the Smash 64/Mario Kart 64 matchup. Overall thoughts: there are great setups all across this bracket, but I can't help feeling we have enough previous data on these games to sort them into fairly clear tiers. Something like Tier One Ocarina Tier Two Chrono Trigger Final Fantasy 7 Pokemon R/B/Y Super Mario 64 Super Mario World Tier Three Mario 3 Final Fantasy 6 Link to the Past Super Metroid Tier Four the rest of Nintendo/Square's heavy hitters Symphony of the Night Metal Gear Solid Tier Five everything else Now don't get me wrong- even tier five is still very strong compared to the entrants we'd see in any other kind of restricted Contest. And any matchups within those tiers should be really exciting. But I do think a 90s bracket suffers a bit from so many spots being occupied with those established T2/3 games absolutely trashing weaker competition. With four matches a day it's not such a huge minus, I'm guessing 2 out of the 4 would usually be competitive... Even so, it's got me leaning toward my initial thought of holding back the former champs to allow more inter-tier matchups in a bracket like this. If it completed the run, that potential CT/FF7 showdown would lose a little of its luster by being a bonus matchup but I still think I'd favor that layout in the interests of making the main bracket more unpredictable. --- Advo bested even The Show hosts in 2018, yowza! board8.wikia.com \| thengamer.com/xstats <cite>Ngamer64 posted [p:914714746] in So I made ... [t:77312325]...</cite> <quote>Final Four (1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time > (1) Final Fantasy VI (1) Chrono Trigger > (1) Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - should be a good one, but without rallies (or unless Pokemon Switch comes out that week) I like CT to continue its run Grand Finals (1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time > (1) Chrono Trigger - CT looked like it had the advantage in 2015, sure, but even if you outperform it in earlier rounds its really difficult to defeat Zelda in a Grand Finals scenario. should be a good one either way though Overall trends: I think a 90s Contest would put voters in a rose-colored, 14-years-old kind of mental headspace, giving extra oomph to the games they would have pulled down from the shelves when their friends were on the couch at a sleepover. They'll probably be less likely to factor in current trends (like anti-voting Fallout or MGS or Half-Life because gamers are down on the series recently) than they would in a characters or series or GotD environment. The exception is, maybe SmartVoterFAQs could kick in when faced with two very similar entrants and result in them thinking "which of these held up better?" and casting their vote in that direction. Such as I'm counting on in the Smash 64/Mario Kart 64 matchup. Overall thoughts: there are great setups all across this bracket, but I can't help feeling we have enough previous data on these games to sort them into fairly clear tiers. Something like Tier One Ocarina Tier Two Chrono Trigger Final Fantasy 7 Pokemon R/B/Y Super Mario 64 Super Mario World Tier Three Mario 3 Final Fantasy 6 Link to the Past Super Metroid Tier Four the rest of Nintendo/Square's heavy hitters Symphony of the Night Metal Gear Solid Tier Five everything else Now don't get me wrong- even tier five is still very strong compared to the entrants we'd see in any other kind of restricted Contest. And any matchups within those tiers should be really exciting. But I do think a 90s bracket suffers a bit from so many spots being occupied with those established T2/3 games absolutely trashing weaker competition. With four matches a day it's not such a huge minus, I'm guessing 2 out of the 4 would usually be competitive... Even so, it's got me leaning toward my initial thought of holding back the former champs to allow more inter-tier matchups in a bracket like this. If it completed the run, that potential CT/FF7 showdown would lose a little of its luster by being a bonus matchup but I still think I'd favor that layout in the interests of making the main bracket more unpredictable. --- Advo bested even The Show hosts in 2018, yowza! board8.wikia.com \| thengamer.com/xstats</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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