Board 8 > The Show EP 3 - Breaking Down the Rivals Bracket PART 2, with RPGLord aka Nick!

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From: LeonhartFour | #048
Before Portal 2.

Giygas is going to be very, very weak though. Way worse than anyone else.

While I think a good rivalry will help, I don't think a bad rivalry will hurt that much.

And I'd say Chell isn't gonna help much, so basically Ness vs. Glados, and I give Ness some hope! Though perhaps only a fool's hope...

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Man, if Seifer could give Sora a run for his money, I would be thrilled to death.

I'm assuming you meant Riku there and not Sora though, which would be more realistic.

2006 Kingdom Hearts can be thrown out of the window though. That was the peak of their strength. That was right after KH2.

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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
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Pokemon with the hierarchy advantage over Metroid?!

Series Contest begs to differ!

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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"I am lightning...the rain transformed."

Try this on for size:

Ryu/Ken > Big Boss/The Boss

HADOUKEN

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Skyward Sword creating a better rivalry for Link will weaken Link/Ganondorf, enabling Cloud/Sephiroth to get the win.

You know, just one of these days, I'd like to see Link/Cloud as a team face...like, the entire Noble Nine other than them put together.

Link/Cloud vs. Sephiroth/Mario/Samus/Mega Man/Crono/Sonic/Snake

Who wins?

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Link/Ganondorf vs. Batman/Joker

Or Luke/Vader

Or Jack Sparrow/Barbossa (Yes, that's right)

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Kang/Kodos

Approximately how many of the 64 teams do you think they beat?

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Link/Ganondorf vs. Jesus/Satan

ChristFAQs time.

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I banked several times during GOTD and I was on the leaderboard until...I think MGS4/SOTC.

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RPGLord with an A+ Ngamer impression

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I will win the Guru so I can choose something FFVIII-related.

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Team Leonhart is Dead serving the rest of the Oracle notice that we're coming for you all

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No matter how much you suck up to Moltar, you will never be a member of the Crew, Ngamer.

You do not get to refer to the Crew as "we" when speaking of the Analysis Crew.

SHAME

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You are officially off your rocker!

http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Crew

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You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle!

SHAME

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Great episode, guys! Strong contributions from all involved!

I'm assuming yoblazer's "special" segment will be returning next week once the contest has begun?

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Yes we'll be bringing back that very popular feature, you can count on it.

LeonhartFour posted...
Try this on for size:

Ryu/Ken > Big Boss/The Boss

HADOUKEN

I've going with it! (In my gut-reaction bracket.)

LeonhartFour posted...
RPGLord with an A+ Ngamer impression

Whaaaaa, when was this?

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You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle!

honestly it almost doesn't matter how bad the contest is (and for the record I don't think it will be bad at all) as long as fun stuff like the show is around.

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Nice episode again.

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From: Ngamer64 | #067
Whaaaaa, when was this?

Talking about how hyped he got when he heard Ngamer's ANGELIC VOICE saying, "Hello and welcome"

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lol bigboss

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This year i'm focusing on the Spread betting.

Next year i might take another crack at the Oracle.

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You mean Infidels and Outfidels?

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sup guys

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

RKO RADIOOOO

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Woo Woo Woo! You Know It!

I'll listen now.

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

Someone needs to explain why Alucard is going to magically beat Shepard in a day match. You people are out of your minds.

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

I'm even tempted to say Shep > Frog. In a 12 hour day match I'd pick shep easily, but the 24 hours helps CT a lot.

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

Mass Effect is one of the series I know best (it might be one of my five favorite series). Shep is just a huge underdog there. His partner and rivalry is nothing. Saren is nothing.

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Does Alucard beat Shepard 1 v 1? Not sure. It's close.

Does Dracula beat Saren 1 v 1? Ooooooh yeah.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Shepard beats Alucard 1 on 1 55-45, at least.

Saren and Dracula are both irrelevant and IT'S A DAY MATCH. The only thing that collapses during the day more than Castlevania is Chrono Trigger.

X > Scorpion. We've seen that match already.

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

He does?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3283
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3819

Because even after accounting for ME growing and Falcon/Pikachu LFF, I'm not seeing it.

And Dracula being irrelevant is 'what'.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

From: UItimaterializer | #081
Shepard beats Alucard 1 on 1 55-45, at least.

No, not even close. That only makes sense if you think Pikachu can 70/30 Magus or some crap. Shepard (post-ME2 Shepard) got 39% on Pikachu. Alucard can break 40% easily even in a day match.

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I can guarantee you I'm going to Charitoise all over this bracket if Red and Blue make it to the thid round.

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

Only if I don't make those pics first.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

We'll both do it!

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Get the X out.
Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it.

GET THE HASSAN MUSIC.

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Vote for this guy in every contest: War

"Magus had a down year."


Down year? You mean down like, half-decade, yo?

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NGamer needs to think with his chest hair :P

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BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba."

Well, we finally got a general idea of the overall hype for this contest. Over 73% at the freeze for the last poll option, which should increase after the board vote dies down. This is already the least hyped contest ever just by looking at the freeze.

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Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ!

NGamer, stick with the Bosses over Samus!! You gotta go with Dat SmartVoterFAQs!!

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From: UItimaterializer | #077
Someone needs to explain why Alucard is going to magically beat Shepard in a day match. You people are out of your minds.

You have to be under the assumption that Shepard's strong enough to win in any format before you worry about him winning a day match.

And I'm not under that assumption.

From: UItimaterializer | #081
Dracula...irrelevant

Oooookay

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2487
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3243
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3445
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4068


http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4509

Yeah. Ouch.

EDIT: I thought I was posting this in stats lol.

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Instead of "buying" photoshop, posters can download GIMP for free (and it's legal!!), which is basically the same thing.

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Justin Beiber XD

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Awesome, new show episode!

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Space for Rent!

Finally got around to listening to this one. I see that RPGlord mentioned me in that episode when he was talking about tips for the battle challenge.

When Ngamer talked about how it's important to do well in the battle challenge early in the contest if you want to win a prize, I have to disagree with him (RPGlord disagreed with Ngamer as well). Just like how RPGlord finished in 9th place in last year's battle challenge, I have experience as well because I finished in 18th place. I started out slow in last year's battle challenge, with a lot of my streaks being broken up by unexpected upsets like Deus Ex and Street Fighter IV. Once I got past the first few days of the contest, I built up a decent streak and banked 6600 points on Morrowind/Warcraft III. It wasn't until about half-way into round 1 that I was shocked at some of the huge streaks that some people on the leaderboard had.

So I knew I had to "man up" and get more aggressive with my picks. I knew I couldn't win if I'm constantly banking on every debatable match. I had to take a chance on some of the lesser debatable matches that I felt confident in, like ToS/God of War in round 2. Most of the damage I did in last year's battle challenge came from a 31 match streak that started near the end of round 1 and spanned about half of round 2. The 31 match streak was worth 49600 points and I finished at 70500 points. But after banking on a 31 match streak, I only gained 700 more points for the rest of the contest, thanks to late contest upsets from Shadow of the Colossus, Brawl, KH2, and Majora's Mask that kept breaking up any streak I tried to build up.

But with this contest being cut in half, getting a 31 match streak would be a lot more difficult compared to last year's contest which had 127 matches. You needed just barely over 50000 points to finish on the leaderboard in last year's contest, so you could realistically finish on this year's leaderboard if you have about 25000 points at the time you make a bet on the final match. And looking at the bracket for round 1, I feel confident in getting every match correct until Tidus/Bosses, where I would have a choice to bank 12000 points or extend the streak until Phoenix/Freeman where I could bank 21000 instead.

As for banking, I would only recommend doing that only if you are truly unsure of who will win the match. I don't recommend using it on matches that are weakly debated, such as Donkey Kong/Ezio or Fox/Yuna. Also, don't bank if you have a very small streak going, because you have little to lose by picking incorrectly. I wouldn't even consider banking until I at least get up to a 10 match streak. If you guess incorrectly on a match, do not bank the next match, even if it's highly debatable. In the unlikely chance that you feel there are 2 consecutive matches that are highly debatable, bank on the first one (if you have a huge streak) and make a guess on the second debated match. Overall, I banked a grand total of 4 times in the last contest and that was over 127 matches. If you want success in this contest, you shouldn't have to bank more than 5 times at the most (2 or 3 banked matches would be more ideal).



I got mentioned again in that episode when RPGlord gave me a shout out. Ngamer, I know about the computer mic issue and I'll see if I can make any progress with that when I plan on buying a new laptop soon.

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I was pretty much equal with Luster in the Battle Challenge for the longest time, and I did pretty much the exact same things. I only finished higher because I had a bad feeling on MGS4/SotC and decided to bank 10 minutes before the match.

So, here's my take on the battle challenge. Like everyone else, I'll say that you are certainly allowed to bank, but you have to be careful when you are banking. One aspect is obviously the match being debatable, but more important maybe, is looking at the matches after the one where you might bank. If the next 10 matches contain 4 debatable matches, chances are poor that you'll make it through the entire stretch safely, so you should probably bank on the first debatable match and play it safe. However, if you have an isolated debated match, followed by 15 easy matches, you'll just have to play it risky, as your wins can get that much bigger.

I'll probably try to get to Phoenix/Gordon without banking, and then put my 21000 in the bank. The next match is Alucard/Shepard which is also debatable, and Chell/Ness, Pac/Crash and Siegfried/Ramza are all really soon after, so that's too many risky matches for me to be confident in.

Also, I'd say don't bank anything less than a 10-match streak.

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Support Bahamut if we ever get another real contest.

Personally I think Samus/Ridley is actually a good rivalry - better than something like Link/Ganondorf at least which is just a simple hero/villain rivalry.

Plus, I picked Half-Life 2 > Metroid Prime last year, and Samus shot some electricity at my back in exchange. Not going to underestimate her twice in a row.

To be fair, overestimating Half-Life 2 last year is also basically the reason why I have Freeman losing to Phoenix Wright this year.

I refuse to pick Link/Ganondorf to win the contest because it's just a hero/villain relationship in all Zelda games aside from Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker, and let's see those two games:

Ocarina of Time - Appears in two short moments before Young Link goes to the Temple of Time, then doesn't appear until the final boss fight.

The Wind Waker - Appears for like one or two seconds at some random time early in the game, then comes into direct contact with Link ONE time before the final boss fight.

LOL. I am not picking this nonsense to win the contest.

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On a side note, don't expect to see me here all that often over the next few weeks, in spite of me having just filled in a Guru Bracket for the first time ever. I really think it's best that I avoid GameFAQs as much as possible over the next few days, or even weeks.

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