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Topic	All 25 Best Game of the Year Tournaments discussed here, one time only!
ZeroSignal620 03/12/21 11:13:47 PM #52:	Best Game of 1999 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=457131 Ran: February 2015 Overall top seed: Final Fantasy VIII 1 seeds: Final Fantasy VIII, Pokemon Snap, Super Smash Bros, Mario Party Final Four: Final Fantasy VIII, Crash Team Racing, Super Smash Bros, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Ultimate Loser: Driver Championship: Spyro 2 defeated Final Fantasy VIII 70-67 The inspiration behind this tournament was that why wait for 2015 to end when we could go backwards? Think of the hottest years in the 90s, especially 1998! But before we get to 98, it was time to party like it was 1999! Final Fantasy VIII led the pack in nominations and easily snatched the overall top seed. Nintendo would fill the void with the remaining #1 seeds, though not without a scare from Crash Team Racing and Spyro 2. The Dreamcast made its debut in 1999 and Sonic Adventure was able to power its way to a #2 seed. The end result when it was all said and done made way for some interesting matches, but too bad only two upsets happened in the first round. The first was #11 seed Planescape: Torment beating #6 seed WWF Attitude. It's no secret that most wrestling games do pretty bad in these tournaments, unless you're No Mercy and can manage a round 3 appearance. The second upset was Medal of Honor beating #5 seed Rayman 2: The Great Escape; admittedly, the first Medal of Honor was pretty solid and a groundbreaking title for FPS war games, so this upset was pretty nice to see, even if it was at the expense of a great game like Rayman 2. FF8 was living up to its overall top seed hype, pasting San Francisco Rush and Resident Evil 3 easily, before having a surprisingly respectable match against NFL Blitz 2000; Blitz 2000 remains the only football game to make it to round 3 . After the 17-11 win over Blitz, Final Fantasy VIII met Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in the Elite Eight, and Tony Hawk wouldn't go down without a fight. After a day of overtime, Squall and crew advance 31-30 to the semifinals. Super Smash Bros was the other #1 seed proving it earned its spot, though after easy wins over Thousand Arms and Tomba 2, Smash had close affairs against Donkey Kong 64 and Sonic Adventure, winning each by only 4 votes. As for the 2 disappointing #1 seeds, first was Pokemon Snap. Snap looked good enough beating Aliens versus Predator and System Shock 2, and had a decent bout with Worms Armageddon. However, once it faced a more known adversary in Crash Team Racing, it was all she wrote for the N64 hit, as Crash beat Pokemon 17-14 to advance to the Final Four. Second #1 seed was Mario Party; after putting up 75% on Pac-Man World, Mario Party spent the next two rounds failing to get 66% on Pokemon Pinball and Mario Golf. Finally in the Elite Eight, Spyro 2 shuts the party down with a final score of 14-12. In the semifinals, Final Fantasy VIII had its hands full with Crash Team Racing, and barely pulled it off in the end with a 21-18 victory. The more shocking result was Spyro 2 beating Super Smash Bros, not only because of the win itself, but also because it was an astounding 19-9, the biggest margin of victory against a Smash title in tournament history. So when Squall and Spyro finally met in the championship, many thought Final Fantasy VIII would pull through and they could finally celebrate winning a tournament on here. However, Spyro didn't come to mess around and eventually forced overtime. On the second day, Final Fantasy VIII nearly had the match won, leading by a few votes going into the final hour. However, in the final 30 seconds of regulation, a user casted a vote for Spyro 2 to tie it up and force double overtime for the first time in championship history. And it was here Spyro 2 would cap off its crazy run, getting enough votes to win in 2OT 70-67. The 1999 contest was fun, in my opinion. Maybe it's the good sense of nostalgia speaking, but you could never go wrong with most of the top seeded games that year. When the tournament ended, I wanted to do 1998 and knew several board members wanted to see it due to its crazy stacked lineup. However, thanks to a mission in Germany and a baby on the way, 1998 would have to wait a few months... Rankings So Far 2008 2013 2011 2009 2000 2001 2010 1999 2003 2002 2004 2007 2014 2012 2005 2006 --- Formerly known as Raven 2 https://twitch.tv/ZeroSignalX <cite>ZeroSignal620 posted [p:951656142] in All 25 Bes... [t:79297411]...</cite> <quote>Best Game of 1999 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=457131 Ran: February 2015 Overall top seed: Final Fantasy VIII 1 seeds: Final Fantasy VIII, Pokemon Snap, Super Smash Bros, Mario Party Final Four: Final Fantasy VIII, Crash Team Racing, Super Smash Bros, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Ultimate Loser: Driver Championship: Spyro 2 defeated Final Fantasy VIII 70-67 The inspiration behind this tournament was that why wait for 2015 to end when we could go backwards? Think of the hottest years in the 90s, especially 1998! But before we get to 98, it was time to party like it was 1999! Final Fantasy VIII led the pack in nominations and easily snatched the overall top seed. Nintendo would fill the void with the remaining #1 seeds, though not without a scare from Crash Team Racing and Spyro 2. The Dreamcast made its debut in 1999 and Sonic Adventure was able to power its way to a #2 seed. The end result when it was all said and done made way for some interesting matches, but too bad only two upsets happened in the first round. The first was #11 seed Planescape: Torment beating #6 seed WWF Attitude. It's no secret that most wrestling games do pretty bad in these tournaments, unless you're No Mercy and can manage a round 3 appearance. The second upset was Medal of Honor beating #5 seed Rayman 2: The Great Escape; admittedly, the first Medal of Honor was pretty solid and a groundbreaking title for FPS war games, so this upset was pretty nice to see, even if it was at the expense of a great game like Rayman 2. FF8 was living up to its overall top seed hype, pasting San Francisco Rush and Resident Evil 3 easily, before having a surprisingly respectable match against NFL Blitz 2000; Blitz 2000 remains the only football game to make it to round 3 . After the 17-11 win over Blitz, Final Fantasy VIII met Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in the Elite Eight, and Tony Hawk wouldn't go down without a fight. After a day of overtime, Squall and crew advance 31-30 to the semifinals. Super Smash Bros was the other #1 seed proving it earned its spot, though after easy wins over Thousand Arms and Tomba 2, Smash had close affairs against Donkey Kong 64 and Sonic Adventure, winning each by only 4 votes. As for the 2 disappointing #1 seeds, first was Pokemon Snap. Snap looked good enough beating Aliens versus Predator and System Shock 2, and had a decent bout with Worms Armageddon. However, once it faced a more known adversary in Crash Team Racing, it was all she wrote for the N64 hit, as Crash beat Pokemon 17-14 to advance to the Final Four. Second #1 seed was Mario Party; after putting up 75% on Pac-Man World, Mario Party spent the next two rounds failing to get 66% on Pokemon Pinball and Mario Golf. Finally in the Elite Eight, Spyro 2 shuts the party down with a final score of 14-12. In the semifinals, Final Fantasy VIII had its hands full with Crash Team Racing, and barely pulled it off in the end with a 21-18 victory. The more shocking result was Spyro 2 beating Super Smash Bros, not only because of the win itself, but also because it was an astounding 19-9, the biggest margin of victory against a Smash title in tournament history. So when Squall and Spyro finally met in the championship, many thought Final Fantasy VIII would pull through and they could finally celebrate winning a tournament on here. However, Spyro didn't come to mess around and eventually forced overtime. On the second day, Final Fantasy VIII nearly had the match won, leading by a few votes going into the final hour. However, in the final 30 seconds of regulation, a user casted a vote for Spyro 2 to tie it up and force double overtime for the first time in championship history. And it was here Spyro 2 would cap off its crazy run, getting enough votes to win in 2OT 70-67. The 1999 contest was fun, in my opinion. Maybe it's the good sense of nostalgia speaking, but you could never go wrong with most of the top seeded games that year. When the tournament ended, I wanted to do 1998 and knew several board members wanted to see it due to its crazy stacked lineup. However, thanks to a mission in Germany and a baby on the way, 1998 would have to wait a few months... Rankings So Far 2008 2013 2011 2009 2000 2001 2010 1999 2003 2002 2004 2007 2014 2012 2005 2006 --- Formerly known as Raven 2 https://twitch.tv/ZeroSignalX</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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