Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1358

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ZeldaTPLink
05/08/20 12:12:23 PM
#203:


KamikazePotato posted...
Word to the wise, posts like these fuel redditors more than anything else, so probably not a good idea to say stuff like that later on when Witcher is in the finals

Fair enough, lol. Will delete it.
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Lightning Strikes
05/08/20 12:19:08 PM
#204:


I don't know if Dark souls has enough WRPG credit (It has always seemed to have more of a JRPG audience but really is pretty broad), and if it does I don't know if it is above Skyrim, which is still a very high entry on that hierarchy.

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HaRRicH
05/08/20 12:21:27 PM
#205:


SMG2 probably beats MK8 head to head, but I wouldn't guarantee it and indirectly I don't know that there's much difference. MK8's widely considered the best of the series, it's the only Mario Kart game to have two major releases, and Switch-games have mostly been on fire here (of which MK8 has been the best selling among them).

Now people adore SMG2 and it's got top-of-the-decade levels of reception so I don't want to downplay that. Mario Kart games are almost always top-sellers too so I don't want to overstate that. Still, I think that match is more complicated than it's been treated. For all of its accolades, SMG2 wasn't THAT big of a release for the Mario-series.

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DoomTheGyarados
05/08/20 12:45:30 PM
#206:


It would be funny if MK8 was just super strong and Skyrim is actually a beast

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Mac Arrowny
05/08/20 12:57:27 PM
#207:


Now that we have 8 games left, what would people rank as the top 10 games in the contest? Think I'd go with something like:

1. Breath of the Wild
2. SSBU
3. Witcher 3
4. SMO
5. Skyrim
6. Dark Souls
7. Persona 5
8. Xenoblade
9. Mass Effect 2
10. God of War or P4G?

Not sure about 10th place. GoW looked so bad. Really not sure if it'd match up to P4G at this point. Also the order for a lot of these is debatable, of course.
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charmander6000
05/08/20 12:57:38 PM
#208:


DoomTheGyarados posted...
It would be funny if MK8 was just super strong and Skyrim is actually a beast

It would be almost a "Cloud is still the second strongest character" feeling after everything it's been through.

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adamko
05/08/20 12:57:57 PM
#209:


The Galaxy games are overrated as fuck in these contests. For all the amount of praise they get they always perform like shit.
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charmander6000
05/08/20 12:59:35 PM
#210:


Mac Arrowny posted...
Not sure about 10th place. GoW looked so bad. Really not sure if it'd match up to P4G at this point.

There isn't much space between Xenoblade and P4G to put things in between

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MechanicalWall
05/08/20 1:00:10 PM
#211:


Mac Arrowny posted...
2. SSBU
3. Witcher 3
Spiderman vs God of War who you got

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transience
05/08/20 1:06:15 PM
#212:


I think this is the top 5:

BOTW
Witcher 3
Skyrim
Smash
Mario Odyssey

you can quibble on the order if you want, or add in Dark Souls if you really think it's all that.

the rest go something like:

Persona 5
Dark Souls
Mass Effect 2
Xenoblade
Persona 4

with Link Between Worlds as an honorable mention. I don't believe in God of War at all, really. it'll be hard to make direct comparisons with Witcher/Skyrim, Smash/Xenoblade and Zelda/Smash coming up. I wanted Persona 4 to win just to avoid Xenoblade getting potentially embarrassed.

edit: I just realized that we basically have 8 RPGs and 2 Nintendo games. yikes.

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Leonhart4
05/08/20 1:08:36 PM
#213:


Sounds like business as usual

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squexa
05/08/20 1:10:12 PM
#214:


My thoughts on the top 10:

BotW
Witcher 3
Smash/Odyssey
Skyrim/Dark Souls/Persona 5
Galaxy 2/God of War
Mass Effect 2

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Wanglicious
05/08/20 1:11:06 PM
#215:


i'd sooner take Link Between Worlds over Persona 4, i don't have any faith in P4.
but i think the debate is largely in that last slot more than anything else.

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ZeldaTPLink
05/08/20 1:20:34 PM
#216:


Imo it's something like

BotW
Witcher/Smash
Odyssey/Skyrim/Dark Souls/Persona 5
Xenoblade/God of War/Persona 4/Mass Effect 2

Also GTA 5 and RDR kind of tied with P4 so maybe they should be there too. Or maybe it's Xenoblade we are overrating, because of the result on Three Houses.
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calimelee
05/08/20 1:21:17 PM
#217:


If GTAV was on Switch it would have beaten Persona 4
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charmander6000
05/08/20 1:36:09 PM
#218:


The last bit for the top 10 is quite the cluster. Xenoblade/P4G/GTAV/RDR are all about equal with each other. RE2/Bloodborne aren't too far from ME2 to not at least be within the conversation.

Having God of War while making Witcher ~= SSBU means we need to entertain the idea of A Link Between Worlds and Spider-Man (even if you think GoW was SFF then ALBW also has that argument).

You could even make a case for Portal 2, TLOU, Pokemon HGSS and NieR depending on how close Persona 5/Dark Souls/Skyrim get to Witcher.

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Nintendogs
05/08/20 1:36:22 PM
#219:


squexa posted...
This match to me is more HGSS being exposed than Skyrim being super legit. That 72% on Rayman is just awful.
Why do you think that?
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LeonhartFour
05/08/20 1:37:03 PM
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Nintendogs
05/08/20 1:39:51 PM
#221:


Anclation posted...
So much for Skyrim being a disappointment, though Game Freak being so bad and Sword/Shield being so underwhelming is probably hurting Heart Gold/Soul Silver a bit, similar to how Naughty Dog's actions and TLOU2 is hurting TLOU1.
Oddly enough, Andromeda didn't do anything to damage ME2, nor did Fallout 76 with Skyrim. Perhaps it's a recency issue that can cause anti-votes?
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HaRRicH
05/08/20 1:48:49 PM
#222:


1) LoZ:BotW

2) SSBU

3) Witcher 3
4) SMO
5) Skyrim
6) DS1

7) P5
8) ME2

9) Xenoblade
10) P4G

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ZeldaTPLink
05/08/20 1:59:14 PM
#223:


I'm not sure how easily we can call SSBU > Witcher tbh
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Anclation
05/08/20 2:03:30 PM
#224:


Nintendogs posted...
Oddly enough, Andromeda didn't do anything to damage ME2, nor did Fallout 76 with Skyrim. Perhaps it's a recency issue that can cause anti-votes?
Weren't people talking a lot about Skyrim underperforming prior to today's match? Especially seeing how it's even gotten Nintendo representation in recent years (and the Switch port is really solid too), which you'd think would have strengthened it further. I definitely think Bethesda's fall from grace has hurt Skyrim somewhat, and should prove decisive if it goes up against TWitcher 3.

ME2 is a better example, I guess people are more sad about what BioWare has become than they are outright angry at the company, and EA probably gets a lot of the blame for that anyway. ME2 is probably seen as a blameless product of Good BioWare.

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pjbasis
05/08/20 2:13:49 PM
#225:


Is mario kart 8 an actually strong game?

Like going 50/50 with Automata?

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Advokaiser
05/08/20 2:44:23 PM
#226:


*checks results*...

Wow, Skyrim looking good for once!

Dark Souls lost a bit of steam, but hey, it's still a beastly performance.

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LinkMarioSamus
05/08/20 2:58:15 PM
#227:


It wasn't just Fallout 76 turning people against Bethesda. I've seen more and more YouTube videos pop up expressing criticism of even the company's more highly-regarded games. Fallout 3 has basically become the Fallout series' equivalent of J. J. Abrams's Star Trek.

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ctesjbuvf
05/08/20 3:19:44 PM
#228:


MechanicalWall posted...
I've said Skyrim was a disappointment relative to the expectations of it easily getting to finals, which is still the case.

True, but it looks to be more due to Witcher exceeding expectations right now.

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_SecretSquirrel
05/08/20 4:29:52 PM
#229:


https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/107502.jpg
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/34111.jpg

https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/480957.jpg
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/43584.jpg

I presume these to be the upcoming match pic URLs, but Allen could troll us by using a different folder name than "gotd-r5."

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Advokaiser
05/08/20 5:09:50 PM
#230:


LinkMarioSamus posted...
Fallout 3 has basically become the Fallout series' equivalent of J. J. Abrams's Star Trek.

That is to say?

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DoctorJimmy133
05/08/20 5:12:03 PM
#231:


Advokaiser posted...
That is to say?
Probably something along the lines of "Popular and critically acclaimed, but controversial among the fanbase for being completely different"

Which has absolutely been the case for over ten years for each, so I don't get the "basically become" wording.

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Advokaiser
05/08/20 5:33:09 PM
#232:


That reminds me that I still have to start the series sometime in the future since I already have the first two entries in my Steam backlog.

Hey, @LeonhartFour , can you do some Dark Souls = Skyrim = Witcher III x-stats?

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Leonhart4
05/08/20 5:35:29 PM
#233:


I've done Dark Souls = Skyrim and Skyrim = Witcher, so you can cross-compare those since I'm on my phone at the moment.

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Advokaiser
05/08/20 5:36:13 PM
#234:


Oh okay, thanks.

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HaRRicH
05/08/20 7:55:06 PM
#235:


Can Shepard impress against Link in a match without Draven?

We'll know in five minutes.

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SuperNiceDog
05/08/20 7:56:28 PM
#236:


nice relaxing day for once

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ShortReplies
05/08/20 7:56:56 PM
#237:


Now how the contest plays out? 1 match per day?
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_SecretSquirrel
05/08/20 7:57:41 PM
#238:


ShortReplies posted...
Now how the contest plays out? 1 match per day?
Two matches a day this round, which is only two days, then we go to single matches

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Team Rocket Elite
05/08/20 7:57:46 PM
#239:


Still 2 matches a day.
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_SecretSquirrel
05/08/20 8:00:56 PM
#240:


How, are there three people credited with match pics for Smash/Odyssey?

Oh, we have rotating pics.

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Sharinnegan
05/08/20 8:02:31 PM
#241:


guess no one cares about these matches
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Mr Lasastryke
05/08/20 8:02:35 PM
#242:


lol how am i #1 on the leaderboard? i thought my bracket sucked!

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CaptainOfCrush
05/08/20 8:02:58 PM
#243:


Zelda looking poor for the second round in a row.

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cerna_zelva
05/08/20 8:03:15 PM
#244:


SSBU shitting the bed here
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davidponte
05/08/20 8:03:16 PM
#245:


smash sucks

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HaRRicH
05/08/20 8:03:41 PM
#246:


Yeah this is the deadest I've ever seen the topic when a match started. I thought the site was messed up.

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davidponte
05/08/20 8:04:10 PM
#247:


davidponte posted...
smash sucks

this was the push it needed. I take all the credit

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CaptainOfCrush
05/08/20 8:04:53 PM
#248:


Mr Lasastryke posted...
lol how am i #1 on the leaderboard? i thought my bracket sucked!
You've clearly made some great picks along the way, congrats! What's in your bracket from here on out? I'm curious if I have any chance of catching you (I'm sure the other Board 8ers right behind you are wondering as well).

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Wildspark
05/08/20 8:04:55 PM
#249:


I shouldnt have gambled on Xenoblade beating Smash. Its been surprising me this entire time though so I thought it might somehow pull off another win. If it does win Ill make the second chance leaderboards lol

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KamikazePotato
05/08/20 8:04:59 PM
#250:


I was really enjoying this early vote until like, 10 seconds ago.

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MechanicalWall
05/08/20 8:05:19 PM
#251:


This probably as good as XBC gets, I don't think Smash is sucking here

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tgs2
05/08/20 8:05:33 PM
#252:


ME2 and Xenoblade cratered at the exact same time. That was funny.
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