Board 8 > I don't wanna be a negative Nancy, but this contest will be a waste of time...

(+) Yeah! (+)

Who's expecting anything but Link vs. Ganon to win? In fact, is anyone expecting different results from character battles (effectively, you just remove the weaker character in the rivalry, a.k.a. the "villain")?

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Yeah, it's not like there are going to be a bunch of other matches other than the final.

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I expect that result but some anomalies are subject to happen...glad we at least have some kind of contest.

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The final will suck but the rest of the contest could be fun and less predictable than before.

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This is a parody of Vlado topics. The topic title and first post are just so silly. :)

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I'm expecting a Cloud/Seph upset if people actually take the rival concept into account, but otherwise yep Link wins.

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I just hope Bacon uses some common sense and weeds out simple "hero/villain" pairings.

When I hear "rivals" I think of Sonic/Knuckles or Mario/Bowser, but not really Zidane/Kuja, for example.

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You are the epitome of a negative Nancy, tho

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I think a bunch of the non-final matches could be interesting

and Link/Ganon COULD possibly be upset but we'll see

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Vlado, some of us have not accepted your premise of "only the final match matters."

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Mershaaay posted...
but not really Zidane/Kuja, for example.

Zidane and Kuja are far more like rivals than typical heroes and villains. Getting into why is spoilers, but I'm sure you get the idea.

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Leebo86 posted...
Mershaaay posted...
but not really Zidane/Kuja, for example.

Zidane and Kuja are far more like rivals than typical heroes and villains. Getting into why is spoilers, but I'm sure you get the idea.

ok better example

Squall/Seifer are rivals, Squall/Ultimecia are not

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I agree with that.

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GenesisSaga posted...
I'm expecting a Cloud/Seph upset if people actually take the rival concept into account, but otherwise yep Link wins.

You and I both know that's not gonna happen. :P

Leebo86 posted...
Vlado, some of us have not accepted your premise of "only the final match matters."

I guess you only read the first sentence - so come back after you read the whole post.

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Your second sentence is pretty much the same idea, that if characters who have already met before meet in this contest, the whole thing is a waste of time.

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Also, someone's going to win a prize, presumably. Not a waste of time.

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From: abdou | #004
The final will suck but the rest of the contest could be fun and less predictable than before.

This

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Left Pong Paddle/Right Pong Paddle will own this contest.

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Vlado only cares about results he likes.

Doesn't matter if the matches are quality.

As long as Nintendo wins, he doesn't care.

He'd rather have a contest where Launchpad McQuack beats Albert Einstein for the title.

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yes this contest will be a waste of time, just like every other contest

and I wouldn't have it any other way

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Cloud + Sephiroth might be stronger than Link + Ganondorf, but I agree that the ending will be more or less predictable, it's the journey that will be entertaining.

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LeonhartFour posted...
Vlado only cares about results he likes.

Doesn't matter if the matches are quality.

As long as Nintendo wins, he doesn't care.

He'd rather have a contest where Launchpad McQuack beats Albert Einstein for the title.

Hmm, yeah, I'd much rather have an entertaining and unpredictable contest than watch "Nintendo cult in action version 235334746".

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Vloldo

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From: Vlado | #023
Hmm, yeah, I'd much rather have an entertaining and unpredictable contest

Except that contest was neither.

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I'd always been partial to a systems contest, and I know there were other people on board for that idea back then, but apparently...

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LeonhartFour posted...
From: Vlado | #023
Hmm, yeah, I'd much rather have an entertaining and unpredictable contest
Except that contest was neither.

xfd, that's what leon actually believes.

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Yes, I do believe it.

My bracket with Launchpad vs. Albert Einstein in the finals pretty much verifies it, too.

If you think "4chan ruins a contest for the lulz" is entertaining, this may not be the place for you.

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The final will suck but the rest of the contest could be fun and less predictable than before.

The funny thing is, I'm not sure this contest won't be the opposite. Cloud Sephiroth might upset Link Ganon if Ganon, being the weakest, adulterates Link enough. (Or if the "rival" thing makes people consider the story more. Or whatever other factor.)

My main problem is that Link Ganon and Cloud Sephiroth will destroy everybody up until they meet in the finals, which is predictable. I agree that the field will have lots of new characters, which is great, even though they are basically going to be trash tier fodder. So when two new fodders duke it out, we should have some real matches. And I suspect that certain groups like Sub Zero Scorpion and Red Blue will be a bit stronger with the pair than alone, so that will also be a shake-up, unless they have some predictable route where they steamroll some no-names before losing to Link Ganon.

Won't know tell we see the bracket, so we may very well be in for some solid matches; I was just hoping for a contest without the heaviest of the heavy hitters (Link, Mario, Cloud, Sephiroth, Samus, Snake) that will always be 1-seeds, will always win their division, and will continue to reduce the possibility of matches between folks like Vincent, Tifa, Squall, Auron, Yoshi, MissingNo, Pikachu, etc who are just below them in strength.

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LeonhartFour posted...
My bracket with Launchpad vs. Albert Einstein in the finals pretty much verifies it, too.

Hmm, and who do you have as the winner?

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I picked the wrong winner, but 4chan announced they were going to push for Launchpad to win right after the contest started. But that doesn't really invalidate my claim that 4chan was going to do whatever they wanted with this contest because GameSpot doesn't care enough to make it a contest of their own.

4chan announced "This is what we're going to do," and then they did exactly that.

If you think that is either unpredictable or entertaining, then you may want to reconsider who you're laughing at.

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This contest will be a waste of time if Barkley/Jordan gets snubbed

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JFYI, Reddit had a MUCH bigger pull this contest than 4chan (we've seen how "strong" 4chan is here and in the last 2 Gamespot contests - they can get a character to the quarterfinals at best, then they collapse).

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And yet everything happened the way they wanted to anyway.

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And yet it wasn't anywhere near that in the last 2 contests. They just got lucky this time, they picked cool enough characters that a lot of people joined the bandwagon.

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i'm nominating Leonhart4 vs Vlado

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Mario/Sonic ftw!

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Hey, look! All the good entries denied.

Vlado right as usual...

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Mario/Sonic had a chance at transcending the individual character argument. Damn shame.


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a waste of time?



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Vlado has a point. If Bacon is just going to deny the interesting entries, this contest will be bland. Just ignore the weaker entry for the most part.

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