Board 8 > What is your best prediction in any of your contest brackets?

(+) Yeah! (+)

A few of you guys who have been doing this for a while (like me) might really have to think back.

All these years, and I think Sandbag > Magus might still be mine.
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Squirtle > Cloud
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I haven't done any contests prior to 2011 IIRC, but Squirtle > Cloud is probably it.

I didn't think much of it at the time besides "Well obviously pokmon is going to dominate", but it seems like such a far-fetched pick now that I doubt I would have had the guts to take it nowadays.

...instead, I took Charizard to win his division this year, killing my bracket sure was fun.
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I'm definitely proudest of picking Sonic > Crono 2006, still my favourite contest match ever

Maybe not my best upset pick statistically but that would likely be one I don't give a shit about. Sonic > Crono just made sense to me and damn did it pay off even as everyone was doubting Sonic.
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XIII_rocks posted...

I'm definitely proudest of picking Sonic > Crono 2006, still my favourite contest match ever

Maybe not my best upset pick statistically but that would likely be one I don't give a shit about. Sonic > Crono just made sense to me and damn did it pay off even as everyone was doubting Sonic.

Same here it was only my second or third contest and it was still bafflign that some game called Chrono Trigger was that popular on that site where I had previously heard no one talk about the gmae before
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"This theory that Crono will lose a bit of strength with higher votals and more time having passed since his only game was released is silly

2003 is like 'hey, what's up'."

Yeah well FUCK 2003

BLUE BLUR WITH THE GREATEST EVER COMEBACK BABY
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Sonic > Crono is one I would have loved to have. Props to the guys ballsy enough to pick it. I THINK Jakyl had that one on his way to the contest win, but I know he had most of success from going all-in on Snake.
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Starcraft in round 4 in the first BGE.

Got all of its opponents wrong except Halo but hey!
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I still come back to Zelda to win the Series Contest, I took lots of grief for it (and only 19% of the board picked it) but boy was the payoff ever worth it!


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CaptainOfCrush posted...

A few of you guys who have been doing this for a while (like me) might really have to think back.

All these years, and I think Sandbag > Magus might still be mine.

didn't you pick SMRPG > RE4? that's gotta be your best one.
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Xuxon posted...

didn't you pick SMRPG > RE4? that's gotta be your best one.

Oh thanks Xuxon, I forgot about that one. Yeah, it's up there for sure.

I also banked big on the Pokemon in 2013 and had both Squirtle > Cloud and Mewtwo > Vincent.

None felt as good as Sandbag > Magus, though.
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From this contest, Simon Belmont > Ryu Hayabusa.

From all contests as far back I can remember, Deus Ex > Rock Band 2 and Pikachu > Sora.
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Undertale > ME3 in 2015. Pity I didn't take it farther.
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unfortunately, while i had SMRPG > RE4 for the majority of the time predictions were open, i wussed out in the end. which i think leaves me with Auron > Sonic as the best pick i've ever made. because it not only required Sandbag > Magus but wasn't even the favorite among people who picked Sandbag > Magus.
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Nanis23 posted...

Squirtle > Cloud

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Master Chief to the semifinals in 2007, easily.
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Knuckles > Magus I suppose, even if it was fueled by fanboyism
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I pegged Chrono Trigger for a resurgence in the 2015 Games contest and took it to the Final Four.

Best prediction that didnt pan out ever.
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2001 > 1997 last contest allowed me to finish in the top ten on the leaderboard
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Crono > Pikachu escaping L-Block's division in 2008. Had a perfect division there.
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I don't make good predictions in any of my brackets, ever. I don't think I get any of the bigger results right.
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Golden Sun > San Andreas back when I cared a whole lot for these, but that wasn't too important in the long run.

Snake > Sephiroth
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Don't know about best, but Zelda > Squall and Tifa > X have been my favorite picks from this contest.
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Individual picks? Missingno > Crono and Snake > Sephiroth.

Overall? Leading the Guru after Round 1 in 2015.
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I was pretty steadfast with Deus Ex > Rock Band 2, and I think I even got close to full points on the Oracle. Not sure what major board upsets I hit.
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2005: Ness over CJ.

2007: Taking Ryu to get to round 4 as well as Master Chief to get to the semi's, though I expected him to get 2nd place (not first) the round before.

2008: I didn't participate in the guru, so I can't remember for sure, but I believe I picked Mewtwo to make it to round 4.

And... that's about it as far as major upsets go. Sadly. Granted, I'm not much of a risk-taker.
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I had L-Block winning 2007.

Rest of my bracket was probably garbage, and I don't recall placing on the leaderboard, but still.
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Diablo winning his division in the Villains contest. I ended up making the leaderboard at the end, though not high enough for a prize. Thats the only time Ive made it tha I can remember.
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Actually, I should probably bring up another of my picks.

Match #83 (R2) 24 Glorious Hours

Xenoblade Chronicles - 87 (44.16%)
DK Country 2 - 17 (8.63%)
Super Mario Maker - 53 (26.90%)
Fire Emblem Awakening - 40 (20.30%)

Only time I've been in the right when at least 90% of Gurus messed up. I could honestly extend that to having that entire division perfect, since literally half the Round 1 matches were called incorrectly by at least 40% of gurus, two of them being outright Guru upsets. But I'll stick with the R2 match where the correct pick was the least popular choice to win the fourpack and I got it.
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under tale
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probably Sub > Chief in 06. I also had CT in the final in 2015 and that Melee rally made me so mad.
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Paging @jcgamer107

We've got a fresh Correct Unique Guru Pick. Congrats on being the only one to correctly call Alucard winning his division.
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I'd have to think a little, but Sub-Zero > Master Chief immediately came to mind. I also had Sonic > Crono in 2006. I had Melee winning Division 128. I had Ryu to the Quarterfinals over Bowser and Auron in 2007. I had Auron > Sonic in 2008. I had FFX in the finals in 2009. I had Squall > Auron and Big Daddy > Ness in 2010. I had Halo 3 > Sunshine in GotD (also got Brawl > Melee and KH2 > KH1 right). I had Wrex winning his match in 2013. I had Mass Effect > Galaxy 2 in 2015. Tifa > X this year probably qualifies, too.

Man, I was so close on Squall winning the Devil Division, too.
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This guy either is a HUGE Alucard fan or crazy.
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Crono > snake in 2k2 is my most memorable
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The ones that came to mind:

Trainers > Samus/Ridley
Snake > Mega Man and Sonic > Crono back-to-back
Mario > Crono in 2005
SotC > MGS2 (I think I got a shout-out on The Show for this one)
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I don't think I've ever taken any truly risky picks in the later rounds of contests during previous contests. My brackets usually don't take many risks and tend to be more similar to the cookie bracket.

In GotD, I had Morrowind > Warcraft III where the winner only had 27% of the Gurus on board, but that was only a round 1 match.

In this contest, I do have Crono > Cloud in both Legends and the Loser Bracket, so that could be my best pick of all-time if it works out.
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I always predict I'll do poorly and man am I constantly on point

Brawl > Melee, not because it was absurd or anything, but for the live episode of The Show where it was 100 vs 1 for Melee vs Brawl.
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Probably Melee winning 128?

My Best Game Ever bracket was pretty solid... Top 10 before it went to crazy town with SMB3 > CT because I thought I needed an upset back then. Starcraft > Halo and SMRPG > SF2 and probably a couple of others.

I dunno, does Zelda > Squall here count? Think I had MM > GSC in GotD but I'm not certain and I also forget how debated that was pre-contest.
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xp1337 posted...

Think I had MM > RBY in GotD but I'm not certain and I also forget how debated that was pre-contest.

You mean G/S? G/S was a very heavy favorite in the Guru. Literally 2/3 of them had it winning.

also looking at the matchup stats I'm kind of stunned by how heavy of a favorite MGS4 was to win its division

well I guess it makes sense after its 2009 run but I had MGS3 there so I guess I can brag about that one too
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also the 2004 Games Contest was my first bracket and boy was it ever a doozy

I had Tetris > LoZ, Sonic 2 > Mario World, Metroid Prime > Wind Waker, and Mario 3 winning the whole thing

I had a perfect Division 32/64 though!
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Yeah, fixed that in an edit right after because my immediate thought on posting was "wait it's not possible that RBY was in that contest. too old."
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_SecretSquirrel posted...

I pegged Chrono Trigger for a resurgence in the 2015 Games contest and took it to the Final Four.

Best prediction that didnt pan out ever.

This. I was shocked to see FFX being the guru favorite to beat CT lmao
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LeonhartFour posted...

and Mario 3 winning the whole thing

yep

that was my "hey i need a dark horse upset pick to separate myself from the pack and have a chance of winning the contest"

joke was on me when i was in 10th the day of SMB3/CT and would have landed in the prizes if i just stuck to the script
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LeonhartFour posted...

also the 2004 Games Contest was my first bracket and boy was it ever a doozy

I had Tetris > LoZ, Sonic 2 > Mario World, Metroid Prime > Wind Waker, and Mario 3 winning the whole thing

I had a perfect Division 32/64 though!

my final four was Tetris/FF6/FF7/FF10
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spooky96 posted...

I was shocked to see FFX being the guru favorite to beat CT

this is what happens when one person has too much influence over bracketeering LOL

but I actually picked Mario 3 to win because I thought it was commonly considered the best game ever so why shouldn't it win
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actually for all my stupid mistakes I'm pretty sure I got the final four in 2004 perfect

I just had Mario 3 winning instead
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