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pjbasis 09/10/21 8:16:52 PM #51: |
I bet twitter really helps out the competitive games.
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plasmabeam 09/10/21 8:17:13 PM #52: |
WTF @ these seedings.
OoT vs Skyrim in Round 1? Super Metroid a #1 seed? (and I'm a HUGE Metroid fan!) Smash Ultimate a 16 seed? This why I use GameFAQs. --- ~Jacksonville Jaguars~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swordz9 09/10/21 8:24:14 PM #53: |
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I'm not exactly sure what it looks like under mobile but there should just be a bunch of polls in the posts in that section. That link is just a blank YouTube page for me on mobile. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mewtwo59 09/10/21 8:27:35 PM #54: |
Putting Red Dead Redemption as a 1 seed and snubbing RDR2 is certainly an odd choice.
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Team Rocket Elite 09/10/21 8:30:58 PM #55: |
swordz9 posted...
If even that doesn't work, it sounds the page won't work on your phone for some reason. --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamikazePotato 09/10/21 8:31:34 PM #56: |
Youtube is breaking hard for Titanfall 2 over AC New Horizons.
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LeonhartFour 09/10/21 8:35:04 PM #57: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7928-division-2-round-1-doom-vs-inside
somehow it's even more lopsided on IGN --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swordz9 09/10/21 8:35:23 PM #58: |
Thats weird. I cant think of any reason why it wouldnt load on my iPhone.
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LiquidOshawott 09/10/21 8:35:45 PM #59: |
Well its Original Doom not 2016 so that could be why
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Cavedweller2000 09/10/21 8:38:55 PM #60: |
swordz9 posted...
That link is just a blank YouTube page for me on mobile.Should look like this --- Well done to azuarc for finishing 67 places above me in the 2020 GOTD Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UF8 09/10/21 9:01:56 PM #61: |
poor burnout 3 :(
also i know they've both been popular and it's always been close but halo 2 and not 3? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 09/10/21 10:28:03 PM #62: |
no FFX results are invalid
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KokoroAkechi 09/10/21 10:48:13 PM #63: |
Some of these are weird like overwatch, fortnite, and lol. Games that are very important to gaming overall but like 0 people talk positively about them now. Like I get why they were put in the bracket but the only way they'd get a win is if they faced each other really. Same with WoW but that has much more history to fall back on.
Also random half life alyx. Like this has to be the least played game on the list. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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segasaturn 09/10/21 11:42:16 PM #64: |
How tf is GoldenEye in the list? There are so many better games than that!
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HaRRicH 09/11/21 9:51:12 AM #65: |
I'm surprised Goldeneye is winning its match, but hey -- way to get in there. I figured time and demographics would count against it more.
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Leonhart4 09/11/21 11:17:08 AM #66: |
They put up their Instagram polls last night. These are super casual results...!
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Sheep007 09/11/21 12:13:53 PM #67: |
Some of these game choices are nuts, particularly in franchises. Pokemon Yellow, Halo 2, RDR1 over 2 and MKD8 are all just weird. Also, Journey as a #2 seed? Assassin's Creed 4, KotOR and Half-Life Alyx being anywhere near a "best games ever" list at all? Just about the only odder game I'm glad got in is Burnout 3 but I think that's just cause I love driving games.
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Safer_777 09/11/21 12:14:24 PM #68: |
Voted in all of them.
Since I am lazy why these games were chosen and the brackets/seeds were decided? --- So why we exist? What happens when we stop existing? Azuarc the best Guru of the 2020 Contest! Nice job man! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KokoroAkechi 09/11/21 12:25:57 PM #69: |
The original kotor is 100% a game that you'd expect to be in a contest like this.
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Sheep007 09/11/21 1:35:57 PM #70: |
I'd expect it but that doesn't mean it's a good game
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Nanis23 09/11/21 1:58:32 PM #71: |
Some notable matches and differences from GameFAQs contests-
Matchup 2 -Mario Kart 8 would totally dominate San Andreas in a GameFAQ contest Matchup 4/5 - LoL and Fortnite being this weak even in mainstream website like IGN makes me wonder if the LoL and Fortnite players even visit video game websites at all Matchup 6 - I literally never heard of the burnout series. Chrono Trigger would probably 80-20 it here Matchup 10 - I don't know, I believe GoW still wins this, but not in such a landslide like it does in the IGN Contest (77% currently) Match 17 - This sounds like a very hard match to predict in a GameFAQs contest imo. I have no idea how it would go Match 18 - MGS3 made it to the finals in 2010 Game of the Decade. I have hard time believing it can lose to the Last of Us Matchup 26 - Yeah no chance in hell Animal Crossing would lose to Titanfall Matchup 29 - I know Hades is well liked and popular but being this close to Metroid Prime? would never happen here --- wololo ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 09/11/21 3:34:41 PM #72: |
What exactly is wrong with Pokemon Yellow? Does Gen 1 not belong?
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Team Rocket Elite 09/11/21 3:54:21 PM #73: |
It's just an awkward to do it that way. Normally you would put in Pokemon RBY or if Yellow is considered too different the group together just Pokemon Red/Blue.
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Safer_777 09/12/21 9:15:51 AM #74: |
Well if you are going with popularity it had to be Minecraft, Fortnite or World Of Warcraft. I mean these are the most inluental games on their genres and these are the most known games by the genera population.
But if you go best ever generally well there isn't one because no game is perfect and no genre is loved by everyone. --- So why we exist? What happens when we stop existing? Azuarc the best Guru of the 2020 Contest! Nice job man! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 09/12/21 10:14:14 AM #75: |
Safer_777 posted...
Well if you are going with popularity it had to be Minecraft, Fortnite or World Of Warcraft. What about the League of Draven? --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KokoroAkechi 09/12/21 3:57:34 PM #76: |
Right now by playerbase it's Fortnite. But Fortnite itself is not influential in like a gaming sense. It's influence is because of it's popularity. Like WoW is here more for history vs actual popularity now as FFXIV has since surpassed it, but FFXIV doesn't have the history WoW has and that tends to be important.
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Team Rocket Elite 09/14/21 10:40:46 AM #77: |
"With nearly 73% of votes coming via Instagram Stories, each game needs a strong performance there to hope to advance."
So basically none of the results we were looking at mattered. >_> I think they are still updating the page but voting probably starts soon: https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-best-video-game-of-all-time-bracket-vote-round-2 --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 10:41:57 AM #78: |
If that's the case, Super Metroid lost unless that result changed since I voted.
And it did lose. Chrono Trigger lost, too. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Team Rocket Elite 09/14/21 10:45:06 AM #79: |
Apparently the page update was accidental and they took it down. It used to say:
After more than 13 million votes (10 million on Instagram Stories alone), IGN's Best Video Game of All Time Bracket's first round kicked off with a bang. And, judging by the final results, high seeding will not be enough to save any game from elimination. Upsets Galore Out of 32 total matchups, a whopping 11 ended in upsets, with two 1 seeds (Super Mario World, Super Metroid) going down. The biggest upset in terms of margin of victory came from 12 seed Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which took 85% of the vote against 5 seed Sid Meier's Civilization IV, a difference of more than 300,000 total votes. The narrowest margin of victory came in the form of 15 seed Rise of the Tomb Raider beating out 2 seed Half Life 2 by only four percentage points, or about 16,000 votes. Instagram Makes Champions With nearly 73% of votes coming via Instagram Stories, each game needs a strong performance there to hope to advance. For example, 3 seed Chrono Trigger beat 14 seed Burnout 3: Takedown on every platform but Instagram, which was enough to tilt the scales in favor of the underdog. If you're passionate about a favorite game, make sure you're also voting for it on Instagram to help its chances. The Round of 32 Is Totally Unpredictable Could we lose another 1 seed when Red Dead Redemption squares off against another Rockstar classic, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? Will the other 1 seed Portal 2 stand a chance against 2018 powerhouse God of War? Voting for Round 2 is open now, and it's clear that things are just getting started! --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamikazePotato 09/14/21 11:01:42 AM #80: |
HL2 and Super Metroid were at least doubling their opponents on Twitter, IGN, and YouTube. This really is just an Instagram contest, huh
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 11:15:18 AM #81: |
Which means it's just going to be a super casual contest where nothing older than 15 years old has a chance
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ZaziGuado 09/14/21 11:30:49 AM #82: |
Leonhart4 posted...
Which means it's just going to be a super casual contest where nothing older than 15 years old has a chance Just doing a quick look through the results, this doesn't look to be the case in my eyes. GTA San Andreas Chrono Trigger Goldeneye OoT Super Mario World Mario 64 Half Life 2 Super Metroid Tetris SMB3 These games all won against younger foes. Goldeneye managed to take out the Call of Duty that made CoD what it is today. San Andreas took out one of the most casually accepted games going at the moment in Mario Kart 8. Super Mario World took out the most recent Smash. I think the games that have a legacy will do just fine. --- snowpork azuarc is OP. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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squexa 09/14/21 11:34:43 AM #83: |
ZaziGuado posted...
Just doing a quick look through the results, this doesn't look to be the case in my eyes. You checking the main site? Instagram makes up 73% of the votes and those skew super modern. Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger both lost because of Instagram. --- congrats to azuarc, our GotD2 guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZaziGuado 09/14/21 11:35:13 AM #84: |
OOOOOOOOH okay I was only doing the link to IGN voting. I don't have an Instagram. My bad I look silly carry on everyone.
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swordz9 09/14/21 11:42:58 AM #85: |
Leonhart4 posted...
Which means it's just going to be a super casual contest where nothing older than 15 years old has a chance Whats wrong with that? Seems like a nice change of pace compared to here where most recent games have little to no chance and the winner is 2-3 decades old ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 11:45:20 AM #86: |
swordz9 posted...
Whats wrong with that? Seems like a nice change of pace compared to here where most recent games have little to no chance and the winner is 2-3 decades old So you basically just want the exact opposite, where anything old is bad and only new stuff is strong, which is what we're going to get here. You haven't fixed the problem. You've just inverted it. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamikazePotato 09/14/21 11:48:39 AM #87: |
The results without Instagram were actually very balanced between old and new. This majorly skews it in one direction.
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Team Rocket Elite 09/14/21 11:53:56 AM #88: |
swordz9 posted...
Remind me again, what year did Undertale come out? --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swordz9 09/14/21 11:54:45 AM #89: |
Leonhart4 posted...
Well its a problem thats impossible to fix on this site. The only new game that would likely stomp all the old shit on this relic is just another LoZ game because nobody here gives enough of a shit about other new games for them to do well ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swordz9 09/14/21 11:55:57 AM #90: |
Team Rocket Elite posted...
That one is an exception and only won due to rallying didnt it? Didnt we get rid of that the contest after? It certainly didnt look good the next contest it was in lol ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 11:57:53 AM #91: |
It's a problem that will be impossible to fix for this contest either.
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Team Rocket Elite 09/14/21 11:59:13 AM #92: |
Is BotW even weak on Instagram? I didn't check the results there at all.
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 12:02:58 PM #93: |
Team Rocket Elite posted...
Is BotW even weak on Instagram? I didn't check the results there at all. I mean, it wrecked FFVII, but it won pretty handily everywhere. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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squexa 09/14/21 12:06:31 PM #94: |
swordz9 posted...
Whats wrong with that? Seems like a nice change of pace compared to here where most recent games have little to no chance and the winner is 2-3 decades old I personally like the change of pace, but people generally don't like "unproven" new stuff beating out the proven classics and that's true for most mediums. If you hold a best movie contest and it's all blockbuster movies released in the past 5-10 years beating out old classics (eg Jurassic World or Wonder Woman winning against Vertigo or the Godfather or something), you'll get a lot of complaints too. --- congrats to azuarc, our GotD2 guru! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swordz9 09/14/21 12:10:13 PM #95: |
Theres no real way to run these without someone complaining about something. That much is true.
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 12:11:16 PM #96: |
I don't mind new stuff doing well. It's kind of lame when it's all new stuff winning, just how it's kind of lame when it's all old stuff winning.
But there will almost always be some sort of weird imbalance in gaming contests wherever they're held. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pjbasis 09/14/21 12:17:01 PM #97: |
I think if you zoom out, new stuff winning is the norm. Old stuff winning only happens on sites like this.
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Leonhart4 09/14/21 12:19:10 PM #98: |
pjbasis posted...
I think if you zoom out, new stuff winning is the norm. Old stuff winning only happens on sites like this. Well yeah, most sites are populated by young people who've never seen a SNES in their lives. We are definitely the exception. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KamikazePotato 09/14/21 12:20:47 PM #99: |
More than the new stuff winning is the fact that Instagram is deciding the contest all on its own. Why bother holding polls on three other sites when 75% of the votals come from one?
And no, new games having a major advantage in this format isn't inherently better than GameFAQs just because we're not used to it. Same problem, different colors. --- It's Reyn Time. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MetalmindStats 09/14/21 1:03:43 PM #100: |
You know, speaking of polls on one site deciding everything, how terrible an idea would it be for Allen to post contest matches on GameFAQs' Facebook page and tweet about them using GameFAQs' official account next contest?
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