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Topic	All 25 Best Game of the Year Tournaments discussed here, one time only!
ZeroSignal620 03/06/21 9:27:45 PM #45:	Best Game of 2012 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?1&tid=439510 Ran: January 2013 Overall top seed: Borderlands 2 1 seeds: Borderlands 2, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Walking Dead, Zero Escape: VLR Final Four: First three games, Pokemon Black/White 2 Ultimate Loser: Spelunky Championship: Xenoblade Chronicles defeated Borderlands 2 24-18 2012... the Mayans got it wrong, Obama defeats Romney, and both Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson have incredible seasons after spending the previous year on the shelf. It was also a nice year for games for the most part! Let's start with the monthly winners... January - Final Fantasy XIII-2 February - Resident Evil: Revelations March - Mass Effect 3 April - Xenoblade Chronicles May - Max Payne 3 June - Pokemon Conquest July - Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy August - Sleeping Dogs September - Borderlands 2 October - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward November - The Walking Dead December - Far Cry 3 An interesting lineup nonetheless. Borderlands 2, Zero Escape, and Walking Dead won busy months, so their top seeds were justified. Xenoblade had the hype behind it and a dominating month so it grabbed the fourth top seed. Overall went to Borderlands 2 based on both performance and the fact that it was just recently voted GameFAQs' Game of the Year. The stage was set, and the tournament was underway. The vote totals were lower than those in 2011 and 2010, as it was around this moment that the site (and Board 8) had slightly less visitors than usual (either that or people felt this bracket was underwhelming. Either way, I'm not trying to find that answer out). In the first round, only two upsets occurred; the first being #4 seed Pokemon Conquest losing by a single vote to Hotline Miami, and the second being #5 seed WWE '13 losing to Darksiders II. In round 2, a major unthinkable happened as Zero Escape failed to live up to its #1 seed, losing 10-7 to #8 seed Dragon's Dogma. In the other divisions, all three remaining top seeds lived up to their hype. Walking Dead trounced FTL, Mark of the Ninja, and Kid Icarus: Uprising; its only close match was in round 3, beating Dishonored 12-7. Xenoblade Chronicles had some easy wins against some Atelier game and New Super Mario Bros U, before failing to double XCOM, and then having a respectable victory against Mass Effect 3 25-17 in the Elite Eight. Finally, Borderlands 2 mowed down a baseball game, Resident Evil 6, and Soulcalibur V before having a surprisingly close match in the Elite Eight against Halo 4. ...hold on a second, the fuck?! Halo had a history of bombing hard in these tournaments, but 4 was good enough to get a #6 seed going in. It wasted no time disposing of Paper Mario: Sticker Star and was expected to lose to Sleeping Dogs. Instead, we got a 10-9 Halo 4 victory and a date with #2 seed Final Fantasy XIII-2, so easy win for Final Fantasy, right? Nope, Master Chief put Sarah down 12-9 and headed on to face Borderlands 2 in a match that was close the whole time. Halo 4 lost that one 23-19, but hats off to Master Chief for finally getting in the Elite Eight. It was Zero Escape and Pokemon's region where a revelation came via PM and one that possibly affected past tournaments. During round 3, I received word from a user that someone had been using 3 alt accounts in nearly every topic. After further research from other users and various sites that had some archived info, the accusation of this person using alts was confirmed true. I kept quiet, just not counting the three extra votes they were casting. For example, if I had kept counting the extra votes, Journey would have beaten Pokemon B/W2 by a score of 14-13 in the Elite Eight. Instead, Pokemon won 13-11 and made its third Final Four appearance. Day one of the semis was whatever; Borderlands 2 smacks Pokemon 21-10 to get the finals. Xenoblade vs. Walking Dead, on the other hand... oh boy... To the surprise of everyone, Xenoblade and Walking Dead was close. Very close. And then the cat was let out of the bag when said user with 3 extra accounts voted four times for Walking Dead; two other users called him out on it. Had I counted the extra votes, Walking Dead would have won 25-23 over Xenoblade Chronicles. Instead, Xenoblade advanced 23-22. The finals were as expected; Borderlands kept it close, but Xenoblade never lost its lead and won the match 24-18 (or 24-18-2 if you count those still voting for Walking Dead). The tournament wasn't received by a few users, solely because of how I went through with Xenoblade/TWD. Admittedly, if I could go back and redo the tournament, I would have had an OT match to determine a true winner. It sucks, but eight years later, it is what it is. As for if the tournament was ran today, the only thing I know for certain is Xenoblade is stomping through everyone and Borderlands 2 might not even make the semis. No clue who wins Walking Dead or Zero Escape's division today. Regardless, 2013 looked to be a better year for gaming, and the tournament that ensued was almost my final GotY tournament, considering the events to come in 2014... Rankings So Far 2008 2011 2009 2000 2001 2010 2003 2002 2004 2007 2012 2005 2006 --- Formerly known as Raven 2 https://twitch.tv/ZeroSignalX <cite>ZeroSignal620 posted [p:951426377] in All 25 Bes... [t:79297411]...</cite> <quote>Best Game of 2012 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?1&tid=439510 Ran: January 2013 Overall top seed: Borderlands 2 1 seeds: Borderlands 2, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Walking Dead, Zero Escape: VLR Final Four: First three games, Pokemon Black/White 2 Ultimate Loser: Spelunky Championship: Xenoblade Chronicles defeated Borderlands 2 24-18 2012... the Mayans got it wrong, Obama defeats Romney, and both Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson have incredible seasons after spending the previous year on the shelf. It was also a nice year for games for the most part! Let's start with the monthly winners... January - Final Fantasy XIII-2 February - Resident Evil: Revelations March - Mass Effect 3 April - Xenoblade Chronicles May - Max Payne 3 June - Pokemon Conquest July - Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy August - Sleeping Dogs September - Borderlands 2 October - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward November - The Walking Dead December - Far Cry 3 An interesting lineup nonetheless. Borderlands 2, Zero Escape, and Walking Dead won busy months, so their top seeds were justified. Xenoblade had the hype behind it and a dominating month so it grabbed the fourth top seed. Overall went to Borderlands 2 based on both performance and the fact that it was just recently voted GameFAQs' Game of the Year. The stage was set, and the tournament was underway. The vote totals were lower than those in 2011 and 2010, as it was around this moment that the site (and Board 8) had slightly less visitors than usual (either that or people felt this bracket was underwhelming. Either way, I'm not trying to find that answer out). In the first round, only two upsets occurred; the first being #4 seed Pokemon Conquest losing by a single vote to Hotline Miami, and the second being #5 seed WWE '13 losing to Darksiders II. In round 2, a major unthinkable happened as Zero Escape failed to live up to its #1 seed, losing 10-7 to #8 seed Dragon's Dogma. In the other divisions, all three remaining top seeds lived up to their hype. Walking Dead trounced FTL, Mark of the Ninja, and Kid Icarus: Uprising; its only close match was in round 3, beating Dishonored 12-7. Xenoblade Chronicles had some easy wins against some Atelier game and New Super Mario Bros U, before failing to double XCOM, and then having a respectable victory against Mass Effect 3 25-17 in the Elite Eight. Finally, Borderlands 2 mowed down a baseball game, Resident Evil 6, and Soulcalibur V before having a surprisingly close match in the Elite Eight against Halo 4. ...hold on a second, the fuck?! Halo had a history of bombing hard in these tournaments, but 4 was good enough to get a #6 seed going in. It wasted no time disposing of Paper Mario: Sticker Star and was expected to lose to Sleeping Dogs. Instead, we got a 10-9 Halo 4 victory and a date with #2 seed Final Fantasy XIII-2, so easy win for Final Fantasy, right? Nope, Master Chief put Sarah down 12-9 and headed on to face Borderlands 2 in a match that was close the whole time. Halo 4 lost that one 23-19, but hats off to Master Chief for finally getting in the Elite Eight. It was Zero Escape and Pokemon's region where a revelation came via PM and one that possibly affected past tournaments. During round 3, I received word from a user that someone had been using 3 alt accounts in nearly every topic. After further research from other users and various sites that had some archived info, the accusation of this person using alts was confirmed true. I kept quiet, just not counting the three extra votes they were casting. For example, if I had kept counting the extra votes, Journey would have beaten Pokemon B/W2 by a score of 14-13 in the Elite Eight. Instead, Pokemon won 13-11 and made its third Final Four appearance. Day one of the semis was whatever; Borderlands 2 smacks Pokemon 21-10 to get the finals. Xenoblade vs. Walking Dead, on the other hand... oh boy... To the surprise of everyone, Xenoblade and Walking Dead was close. Very close. And then the cat was let out of the bag when said user with 3 extra accounts voted four times for Walking Dead; two other users called him out on it. Had I counted the extra votes, Walking Dead would have won 25-23 over Xenoblade Chronicles. Instead, Xenoblade advanced 23-22. The finals were as expected; Borderlands kept it close, but Xenoblade never lost its lead and won the match 24-18 (or 24-18-2 if you count those still voting for Walking Dead). The tournament wasn't received by a few users, solely because of how I went through with Xenoblade/TWD. Admittedly, if I could go back and redo the tournament, I would have had an OT match to determine a true winner. It sucks, but eight years later, it is what it is. As for if the tournament was ran today, the only thing I know for certain is Xenoblade is stomping through everyone and Borderlands 2 might not even make the semis. No clue who wins Walking Dead or Zero Escape's division today. Regardless, 2013 looked to be a better year for gaming, and the tournament that ensued was almost my final GotY tournament, considering the events to come in 2014... Rankings So Far 2008 2011 2009 2000 2001 2010 2003 2002 2004 2007 2012 2005 2006 --- Formerly known as Raven 2 https://twitch.tv/ZeroSignalX</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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