Board 8 > Your First Thought 31: "The Best SBAllen-Era Contest"

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Previous results:
1) Strongest non-Noble Niner: Zelda (Tifa, Squall, Bowser)
2) Weakest Noble Niner: Sonic (Crono, Sephiroth, Mega Man)
3) Fodder Line: Vyse (Isaac, Pac-Man, Revolver Ocelot)
4) Strongest Western Franchise: Witcher (Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout)
5) Strongest Indie: Shovel Knight, Undertale (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Stardew Valley)
6) Biggest GotD2 Snub: Pokemon Go (Skyward Sword, Smash 4, Mario 3D World)
7) TJF/"The Jug Factor": Tifa (Morrigan Aensland, Tina Armstrong, Jill Valentine)
8) Strongest Pokemon not in a Contest: Blastoise (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Greninja)
9) Most unpredictable character: Kefka (Alucard, Donkey Kong, Magus)
10) Game series with most inconsistent strength: Final Fantasy (Pokemon, Mario, GTA)
11) Most disappointing performance of GotD2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tropical Freeze, Undertale, Dragon Age)
12) Game series you wish was stronger: Donkey Kong/Country, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Trails
13) Character that always disappoints: Tidus (Magus, Cecil Harvey, Donkey Kong)
14) A joke that stopped being funny: L-Block (GFNW, Weighted Companion Cube, CATS)
15) Character I am sick of seeing in contests: Link (Guybrush Threepwood, Lloyd Irving, Draven)
16) How did this get into Game of the Decade 2?: Dying Light (Fate/Grand Order, Persona 4 Golden, Obra Dinn)
17) Strongest game that's never been in a contest: Super Smash Bros. (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyward Sword, Final Fantasy V)
18) Theoretical winner of 'Worst. Game. Ever.': Big Rigs (E.T., Superman 64, Sonic 06)
19) Long-gone character that deserves another shot: Strider Hiryu (Liquid Snake, Terry Bogard, M. Bison)
20) Character that has fallen the furthest: Vincent (Magus, Tommy Vercetti, Crono, Gordon Freeman, Satan)
21) Low midcarder: Ness (Fox, Tidus, Zidane)
22) Strong franchise with characters not worth shit: Elder Scrolls (Grand Theft Auto, Tales, Persona)
23) Theoretical winner of 'Best. Boxart. Ever.': Ocarina of Time (FFVII, Phalanx, Mega Man)
24) Strongest Nintendo game with no N9er in it: Pokemon RBY (Star Fox 64, Xenoblade, something with Kirby)
25) Weakest playable character in Smash Ultimate: Alph (Mii Fighters, Dark Pit, Pichu, Little Mac)
26) Most photogenic character ever in a contest: Tifa (Dante, Crono, Solid Snake/Solid Shit)
27) Character I can beat in a fist fight: Guybrush (Olimar, Ness, a Pokemon)
28) Strongest game never on a Nintendo platform: Persona 5 (Kingdom Hearts/II, Symphony of the Night, God of War 2018, FFVII)
29) Franchise where the 1st game is the strongest: Pokemon (Chrono, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect)
30) The winner of 'Best. Video Game. Dad. Ever.': Kratos (God of War) (Jecht, Bowser, Phoenix Wright)

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2015 Best Game Ever contest

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2007 Character Battle

...That counts as SBAllen era, right?
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Game of the Decade 1

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CB9.

Even though that's abso freaking lutely wrong.

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Game of the Decade 1.

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Character Battle 2017.

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Game of the Decade 1 followed by 2

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Character Battle IX. Not because it was that good, but because it was the contest that brought me to the board, so its the first one I thought of.

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this is a tough one huh

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2007

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It's honestly 2007. I didn't like multiways as a reusable format, but the first one was lightning in a bottle.

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CBX

It's probably actually GotD 1, but that's the contest I enjoyed most of the ones I've been here for (so not GotD 1).

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L-Block

(was this even SBAllen era?)
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BGE3
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2007
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2007

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Drakeryn posted...

L-Block

(was this even SBAllen era?)

The first Allen contest, yes

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Game of the Decade 2010

I remember loving the hell out of the contest, and probably in no small part because it was the first one where I co-hosted the podcast with Ng. Memorable couple of months for me. =)

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GOTD1 was my first thought, although 2007 is the correct answer.

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CB9 - which is completely wrong.

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GotD 2010, but he's had lots of good ones.


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Game of the Decade 1

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Honestly 2013

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CB8

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2007

I really do think as far as the answer goes, it's a toss-up between that one and GOTD1

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2007

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Character Battle X

Zelda dominance was amazing and by golly I might not be a fan of Tifa but beating Seph was a shocker. What a contest for the ladies, even Samus got a good showing v Snake, even if she still couldn't pull of the Mario wins.

also was great to finally get a CB to kneecap rallies! the last few years were getting tiring but CBX brought back some interest for me

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GotD1

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cb 2007

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GotD1

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2007

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Years

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CBIX

Like both of the other people who said this, I will add that it is inaccurate!

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"god, when did allen take over?"

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GotD1

Just fun runs all around. I remember leeching wifi connections off every McDonalds I passed that day to check who was winning MGS2/SotC at that moment. Hard to beat those memories.

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2007

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CBX I guess

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GotD1

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