Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1041

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LeonhartFour 12/20/11 10:24:00 PM #451:	From: Lopen \| #449 Honestly I think in a most attractive vg character contest a joke entry would win. Like Wario or some crap. -- SuperNiceDog be rollin' http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:577961] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: Lopen \| #449Honestly I think in a most attractive vg character contest a joke entry would win. Like Wario or some crap. -- SuperNiceDog be rollin'http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
red sox 777 12/20/11 10:24:00 PM #452:	Well most attractive character is such a bad contest idea that I fully support people voting Link for the laughs. -- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:577962] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Well most attractive character is such a bad contest idea that I fully support people voting Link for the laughs. -- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pickyour 7 time champion, Link. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xcarvenger 12/20/11 10:27:00 PM #453:	Link will still win. I mean look at this: -- SuperNiceDog recommends the following SuperNiceGame: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=77WDL08B <cite>Xcarvenger posted [p:577963] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Link will still win. I mean look at this: -- SuperNiceDog recommends the following SuperNiceGame:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=77WDL08B </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/20/11 10:32:00 PM #454:	Link vs Zelda in a Most Attractive Character match... can Zelda win? -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577964] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Link vs Zelda in a Most Attractive Character match... can Zelda win? -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IngmarBirdman 12/20/11 10:34:00 PM #455:	Well most attractive character is such a bad contest idea that I fully support people voting Link for the laughs. But it's not THAT bad of an idea! It will be new and different. You get to look at attractive people. Who knows exactly who will win. Popularity doesn't mean everything because conceivably people can look at an attractive unknown and say DAYAM vote. Sure I'd rather see a Best Game Ever III or CB9 with a bracket that actually makes sense, but where's the guarantee of that? I'd take most attractive character over "hey here's Snake > Squall 5 etc." -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! <cite>IngmarBirdman posted [p:577965] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Well most attractive character is such a bad contest idea that I fully support people voting Link for the laughs.But it's not THAT bad of an idea!It will be new and different. You get to look at attractive people. Who knows exactly who will win. Popularity doesn't mean everything because conceivably people can look at an attractive unknown and say DAYAM vote.Sure I'd rather see a Best Game Ever III or CB9 with a bracket that actually makes sense, but where's the guarantee of that? I'd take most attractive character over "hey here's Snake > Squall 5 etc." -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 12/20/11 10:37:00 PM #456:	Most attractive provides the opportunity for...exploitative match pics. TJF alone would result in higher votals! -- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism. The guru champ isn't such a SuperNiceDog, he made me change my sig! <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:577966] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Most attractive provides the opportunity for...exploitative match pics. TJF alone would result in higher votals! -- XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.The guru champ isn't such a SuperNiceDog, he made me change my sig! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
greatone10 12/20/11 10:40:00 PM #457:	Most attractive would totally have a Giygas victory. -- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Gurus vs. SuperNiceDog is not even worthy of the Rivalry Rumble. <cite>greatone10 posted [p:577967] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Most attractive would totally have a Giygas victory. -- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM PunkGurus vs. SuperNiceDog is not even worthy of the Rivalry Rumble. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCodeisBosco 12/20/11 10:40:00 PM #458:	Most Attractive Character, huh? Man, if you thought Guybrush did bad in a normal contest...! -- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy <cite>TheCodeisBosco posted [p:577968] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Most Attractive Character, huh? Man, if you thought Guybrush did bad in a normal contest...! -- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sorozone 12/20/11 10:40:00 PM #459:	Ehhh, I'd rather see the fictional character inclusion contest, or a new game contest over an attractive character contest. -- - <cite>Sorozone posted [p:577969] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Ehhh, I'd rather see the fictional character inclusion contest, or a new game contest over an attractive character contest. -- - </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlitzKing900 12/20/11 10:41:00 PM #460:	Why don't they go random tag teams. Snake/Link vs Cloud/Mario. Confusion and anger would ensue once people realised the person they love is with someone they hate. Or not. .... -- www.youtube.com/blitzking900 <cite>BlitzKing900 posted [p:577970] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Why don't they go random tag teams. Snake/Link vs Cloud/Mario. Confusion and anger would ensue once people realised the person they love is with someone they hate. Or not..... -- www.youtube.com/blitzking900 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CP724 12/20/11 10:42:00 PM #461:	Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will do well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Joker only got 55% on Ganon over there so over here Ganon would 60-40 him at least. <cite>CP724 posted [p:577971] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will do well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Joker only got 55% on Ganon over there so over here Ganon would 60-40 him at least. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/20/11 10:42:00 PM #462:	*CP724 posted...* Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will so well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Ganon got 55% on the joker over there even so he'd probably get 60-40d over here. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3740 Which would put Joker around Mewtwo level -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577972] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> CP724 posted...Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will so well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Ganon got 55% on the joker over there even so he'd probably get 60-40d over here.http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3740Which would put Joker around Mewtwo level -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativename 12/20/11 11:55:00 PM #463:	From: CP724 \| #2260 Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will do well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Joker only got 55% on Ganon over there so over here Ganon would 60-40 him at least. I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it. And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link. Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake. Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo. Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters. It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games. And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this. -- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery <cite>creativename posted [p:577973] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: CP724 \| #2260Hey creativename just wondering why are you so confident that fictional characters will do well on gamefaqs? Looking at the Gamespot contest seems like they didn't do THAT well. Joker only got 55% on Ganon over there so over here Ganon would 60-40 him at least.I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it.And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link.Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake.Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo.Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters.It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games.And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this. -- www.gamefaqscontests.comwww.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativename 12/20/11 11:59:00 PM #464:	A new games contest is the next best route. Although people constantly complain about Link and obvious winner and all that, and OoT is the obvious winner there as well. But it would certainly beat any character contest which didn't include fictionals. With a good bracket a games contest could generate many good and exciting matches. I believe the vote totals for the character contest with fictionals would be higher than for a games contest though, because the games contest wouldn't reach beyond the site. A fictional character contest would probably generate interest and actually drive traffic and vote totals up. -- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery <cite>creativename posted [p:577974] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> A new games contest is the next best route.Although people constantly complain about Link and obvious winner and all that, and OoT is the obvious winner there as well.But it would certainly beat any character contest which didn't include fictionals. With a good bracket a games contest could generate many good and exciting matches.I believe the vote totals for the character contest with fictionals would be higher than for a games contest though, because the games contest wouldn't reach beyond the site. A fictional character contest would probably generate interest and actually drive traffic and vote totals up. -- www.gamefaqscontests.comwww.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/21/11 12:03:00 AM #465:	http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4165 Batman isn't touching Link here. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577975] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4165Batman isn't touching Link here. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 12:06:00 AM #466:	Batman isn't relying on the strength of his games to beat Link. I'm pretty sure you've been told that a few times now. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577976] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Batman isn't relying on the strength of his games to beat Link. I'm pretty sure you've been told that a few times now. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-LusterSoldier- 12/21/11 12:06:00 AM #467:	This contest allowed public domain characters and historical representations of real people to be in the contest. So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest. It would be an intermediate step towards allowing any character from a video game to be in a Character Battle. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! <cite>-LusterSoldier- posted [p:577977] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> This contest allowed public domain characters and historical representations of real people to be in the contest. So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest. It would be an intermediate step towards allowing any character from a video game to be in a Character Battle. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/21/11 12:07:00 AM #468:	*Team Rocket Elite posted...* Batman isn't relying on the strength of his games to beat Link. I'm pretty sure you've been told that a few times now. Well I know that, but Creative has said time after time they'll gain strength from their games. Like he thinks Nightcrawler will be strong since he was a playable character in some old X-men game. If he sees that the games do bad here, maybe he'll start thinking that maybe Batman isn't invincible on this site. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577978] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Team Rocket Elite posted...Batman isn't relying on the strength of his games to beat Link. I'm pretty sure you've been told that a few times now.Well I know that, but Creative has said time after time they'll gain strength from their games. Like he thinks Nightcrawler will be strong since he was a playable character in some old X-men game. If he sees that the games do bad here, maybe he'll start thinking that maybe Batman isn't invincible on this site. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 12:09:00 AM #469:	They will. A good game isn't going to hurt them. It's just not a very important factor when trying to take out Link. Batman either gets tons of power from his non-video game works or Link will beat him. Maybe if it's close, a good game could be the tipping point but just about anything can change a really close result anyways. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577979] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> They will. A good game isn't going to hurt them. It's just not a very important factor when trying to take out Link. Batman either gets tons of power from his non-video game works or Link will beat him. Maybe if it's close, a good game could be the tipping point but just about anything can change a really close result anyways. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gnik 12/21/11 12:10:00 AM #470:	The thing is, people always vote based on franchise, regardless of what the contest is, this contest showed that beyond the shadow of a doubt. If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. If we do a best music contest, SMB level 1-1, the Zelda overworld theme, FF's overture, and Pokemon RBY's battle theme will be top 4. If we do best quote, it will be "There's no gettin' offa this train that we're on", "The Princess is in another castle", "I like shorts because they're comfy and easy to wear", and "It's dangerous to go alone, take this". If we do a most attractive female character, it'll be Peach, Tifa, Zelda, and Lopunny. And so on. As long as these four franchises are allowed to compete in any form they will always win. The only way to get interesting results is to completely change the nature of the contest. Which, to be honest, I have no good ideas for. -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2" http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery <cite>Gnik posted [p:577980] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> The thing is, people always vote based on franchise, regardless of what the contest is, this contest showed that beyond the shadow of a doubt. If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. If we do a best music contest, SMB level 1-1, the Zelda overworld theme, FF's overture, and Pokemon RBY's battle theme will be top 4. If we do best quote, it will be "There's no gettin' offa this train that we're on", "The Princess is in another castle", "I like shorts because they're comfy and easy to wear", and "It's dangerous to go alone, take this". If we do a most attractive female character, it'll be Peach, Tifa, Zelda, and Lopunny. And so on.As long as these four franchises are allowed to compete in any form they will always win.The only way to get interesting results is to completely change the nature of the contest. Which, to be honest, I have no good ideas for. -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2"http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 12:12:00 AM #471:	If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. Mario Galaxy 2 and Pokemon GSC are definitely not Top 4 games. Series power helps but there are plenty of Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games that are far from invincible. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577981] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. Mario Galaxy 2 and Pokemon GSC are definitely not Top 4 games. Series power helps but there are plenty of Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games that are far from invincible. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/21/11 12:12:00 AM #472:	Anyway, I do feel if there were as many Batman fanboys as Creative says there are, they'd blindly vote for the games even if they haven't played them. You need that kind of loyal fanboyism to take out Link. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577982] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Anyway, I do feel if there were as many Batman fanboys as Creative says there are, they'd blindly vote for the games even if they haven't played them. You need that kind of loyal fanboyism to take out Link. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PartOfYourWorld 12/21/11 12:16:00 AM #473:	Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general. If Cloud really has fallen in the last two years, then Link could be at a point where he can damn near 60/40 anyone, including Cloud. Even if Batman can barely muster 40% on Link, he may still be able to beat EVERYONE ELSE. It's not as though losing to Link makes the entire idea a failure. -- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! <cite>PartOfYourWorld posted [p:577983] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general. If Cloud really has fallen in the last two years, then Link could be at a point where he can damn near 60/40 anyone, including Cloud. Even if Batman can barely muster 40% on Link, he may still be able to beat EVERYONE ELSE. It's not as though losing to Link makes the entire idea a failure. -- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpgWatch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IngmarBirdman 12/21/11 12:17:00 AM #474:	So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest. Who did you have in mind? Considering Adolf bombed as a joke vote, Dracula seemed just along for the ride, as Alucard's moderate strength was enough to claim the division, and Zeus didn't amount to much either. Gotta make sure one of these intermediates can actually make a contest! If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. Huh? If we do a best music contest, SMB level 1-1, the Zelda overworld theme, FF's overture, and Pokemon RBY's battle theme will be top 4. ... If we do a most attractive female character, it'll be Peach, Tifa, Zelda, and Lopunny. Speculation. Popular franchises do pretty well because they're popular for a reason and have widespread familiarity, but that's no guarantee. You cannot be so confident that Mega Man music or chicks from other series couldn't succeed in your listed examples. -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! <cite>IngmarBirdman posted [p:577984] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest.Who did you have in mind? Considering Adolf bombed as a joke vote, Dracula seemed just along for the ride, as Alucard's moderate strength was enough to claim the division, and Zeus didn't amount to much either. Gotta make sure one of these intermediates can actually make a contest!If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4.Huh?If we do a best music contest, SMB level 1-1, the Zelda overworld theme, FF's overture, and Pokemon RBY's battle theme will be top 4. ... If we do a most attractive female character, it'll be Peach, Tifa, Zelda, and Lopunny.Speculation. Popular franchises do pretty well because they're popular for a reason and have widespread familiarity, but that's no guarantee. You cannot be so confident that Mega Man music or chicks from other series couldn't succeed in your listed examples. -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FateStayAlbion 12/21/11 12:19:00 AM #475:	Batman taking out Cloud is something I could see as reasonable. I wouldn't take it, but it wouldn't shock me either. But yeah, Link is just out of anyones range at this point, which is why its best to retire him. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png <cite>FateStayAlbion posted [p:577985] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Batman taking out Cloud is something I could see as reasonable. I wouldn't take it, but it wouldn't shock me either. But yeah, Link is just out of anyones range at this point, which is why its best to retire him. -- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.pnghttp://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gnik 12/21/11 12:31:00 AM #476:	If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4. Mario Galaxy 2 and Pokemon GSC are definitely not Top 4 games. Series power helps but there are plenty of Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games that are far from invincible. Or some other game from those franchises. The specific game wasn't the point. There's no way we're going to see something like Psychonauts or Okami placing high, as much as people would like that to happen. Speculation. Popular franchises do pretty well because they're popular for a reason and have widespread familiarity, but that's no guarantee. You cannot be so confident that Mega Man music or chicks from other series couldn't succeed in your listed examples. I'll grant Mega Man and maybe Sonic as possibles in the music contest but to be honest I'm pretty sure people will vote based on familiarity in the end. Mega Man has no music track that is as iconic as the Mario, Zelda, or FF themes, Skull Castle 1 from Mega Man 2 would likely be the pick from that series and it only appears in a few games. Sonic has the same problem with his music, he'd probably get Green Hill. Castlevania's Vampire Killer is probably a bigger threat than both, because it does show up extremely often. Actually, I might be down for the music contest, now that I think about it more, but GF would clearly never do it anyway, they won't even let you link to youtube videos of game music. The one about female characters was something of a joke. That contest would probably be fairly susceptible to joke picks (but then maybe Lopunny would do well because of that). -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2" http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery <cite>Gnik posted [p:577986] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> If we do best game, Mario Galaxy 2, Final Fantasy 7, Zelda OOT, and Pokemon GSC will be top 4.Mario Galaxy 2 and Pokemon GSC are definitely not Top 4 games. Series power helps but there are plenty of Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games that are far from invincible.Or some other game from those franchises. The specific game wasn't the point.There's no way we're going to see something like Psychonauts or Okami placing high, as much as people would like that to happen.Speculation. Popular franchises do pretty well because they're popular for a reason and have widespread familiarity, but that's no guarantee. You cannot be so confident that Mega Man music or chicks from other series couldn't succeed in your listed examples.I'll grant Mega Man and maybe Sonic as possibles in the music contest but to be honest I'm pretty sure people will vote based on familiarity in the end. Mega Man has no music track that is as iconic as the Mario, Zelda, or FF themes, Skull Castle 1 from Mega Man 2 would likely be the pick from that series and it only appears in a few games. Sonic has the same problem with his music, he'd probably get Green Hill. Castlevania's Vampire Killer is probably a bigger threat than both, because it does show up extremely often.Actually, I might be down for the music contest, now that I think about it more, but GF would clearly never do it anyway, they won't even let you link to youtube videos of game music.The one about female characters was something of a joke. That contest would probably be fairly susceptible to joke picks (but then maybe Lopunny would do well because of that). -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2"http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-LusterSoldier- 12/21/11 12:35:00 AM #477:	IngmarBirdman \| Posted 12/21/2011 3:17:34 AM \| message detail \| quote Who did you have in mind? Considering Adolf bombed as a joke vote, Dracula seemed just along for the ride, as Alucard's moderate strength was enough to claim the division, and Zeus didn't amount to much either. Gotta make sure one of these intermediates can actually make a contest! I have nothing in mind outside of the characters from this contest that would normally be ineligible for a regular Character Battle. I'm not that familiar with characters outside of those that have been featured in a GameFAQs poll (or contest). -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! <cite>-LusterSoldier- posted [p:577987] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> IngmarBirdman \| Posted 12/21/2011 3:17:34 AM \| message detail \| quoteWho did you have in mind? Considering Adolf bombed as a joke vote, Dracula seemed just along for the ride, as Alucard's moderate strength was enough to claim the division, and Zeus didn't amount to much either. Gotta make sure one of these intermediates can actually make a contest!I have nothing in mind outside of the characters from this contest that would normally be ineligible for a regular Character Battle. I'm not that familiar with characters outside of those that have been featured in a GameFAQs poll (or contest). -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CP724 12/21/11 12:43:00 AM #478:	I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it. And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link. Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake. Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo. Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters. It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games. And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this. --- Sounds legit, I was just thinking fictional characters not from games that everyone knows would have fairly static strength across most game sites. I'm a bit skeptical that they'd be a lot stronger here than on Gamespot. Maybe Kerrigan over there is just their version of Link and Darth Vader getting 40% on her is actually really good, heh. <cite>CP724 posted [p:577988] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it.And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link.Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake.Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo.Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters.It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games.And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this.---Sounds legit, I was just thinking fictional characters not from games that everyone knows would have fairly static strength across most game sites. I'm a bit skeptical that they'd be a lot stronger here than on Gamespot. Maybe Kerrigan over there is just their version of Link and Darth Vader getting 40% on her is actually really good, heh. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 12:47:00 AM #479:	It's not reasonable to expect voters to spend 6 to 10+ minutes to listen to two songs before voting so a music contest wouldn't work. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577989] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> It's not reasonable to expect voters to spend 6 to 10+ minutes to listen to two songs before voting so a music contest wouldn't work. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-LusterSoldier- 12/21/11 12:48:00 AM #480:	And then there's still the legal issues associated with hosting copyrighted music on this site for the purpose of a contest. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! <cite>-LusterSoldier- posted [p:577990] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> And then there's still the legal issues associated with hosting copyrighted music on this site for the purpose of a contest. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-Tofa7- 12/21/11 1:01:00 AM #481:	Ugh. Why the hell do people want to remove Cloud and Mario from a contest? Just removing Link gives us a very unpredictable final few matches already. There's no need to remove anyone other than him. -- "Thank you, thank you, no applause necessary, just send money..." SuperNiceDog rolled over his competition. <cite>-Tofa7- posted [p:577991] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Ugh. Why the hell do people want to remove Cloud and Mario from a contest? Just removing Link gives us a very unpredictable final few matches already. There's no need to remove anyone other than him. -- "Thank you, thank you, no applause necessary, just send money..."SuperNiceDog rolled over his competition. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JJH777 12/21/11 1:02:00 AM #482:	From: CP724 \| #478 I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it. And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link. Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake. Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo. Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters. It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games. And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this. --- Sounds legit, I was just thinking fictional characters not from games that everyone knows would have fairly static strength across most game sites. I'm a bit skeptical that they'd be a lot stronger here than on Gamespot. Maybe Kerrigan over there is just their version of Link and Darth Vader getting 40% on her is actually really good, heh. With the incredibly low vote totals of this contest Link wouldn't even have got 30% on a majorly rallied Kerrigan (as in the level of rallying she got for that contest) -- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis Congratulations to SuperNiceDog for winning the 2011 Guru contest. <cite>JJH777 posted [p:577992] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: CP724 \| #478I'm confident because this site's demographics are perfectly in line with the main popularity base for superheroes and action movie characters. Of course, the appeal for these characters is incredibly wide. But if there was a main target demo for superheroes and action movie (e.g. Star Wars) characters, this site hits it.And Batman is the most popular American pop culture character of the last century. He would no doubt be among the most popular characters and I would bet on him to beat Link.Gamespot is trash, there results mean nothing and correlate in no way with gamefaqs, you cannot compare at all. Kerrigan is strong there for goodness sake.Ganon would not 60-40 Joker on this site - I'd be pretty confident Joker beats Ganon here. Joker is a very popular character in his own right and again, perfectly hits this site's demo.Remember, the VG originating thing is a fairly quirky delimiter, added by CJayC and Bacon has stuck with it (although Dracula, Zeus and Adolf push it). Also don't forget even Santa almost hit 40% on Link and Santa is obviously not close to the 10 most popular non-VG originating fictional characters. That Santa hit that number on Link, is a very bad sign for VG characters.It's largely math. The non-VG character field is so wide-spanning. The 128th strongest non-VG originating fictional would crush the 128th strongest VG character. Completely crush them. Much deeper field for obvious reasons - there's so many possible characters from so many areas, rather than just video games.And it would make sense that the top non-VG characters are stronger than the top VG characters. Santa, a non-top 10 fictional relying almost entirely on "lulz" votes, doing better than some of the top 9 VG characters would do on Link supports this.---Sounds legit, I was just thinking fictional characters not from games that everyone knows would have fairly static strength across most game sites. I'm a bit skeptical that they'd be a lot stronger here than on Gamespot. Maybe Kerrigan over there is just their version of Link and Darth Vader getting 40% on her is actually really good, heh.With the incredibly low vote totals of this contest Link wouldn't even have got 30% on a majorly rallied Kerrigan (as in the level of rallying she got for that contest) -- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - ArtosisCongratulations to SuperNiceDog for winning the 2011 Guru contest. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExThaNemesis 12/21/11 1:03:00 AM #483:	BEST idea: Retire Link, ADD FICTIONALS. Holy crap what an amazing contest we have! -- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/ExTha/10and14.jpg "What about the lion from Lion King?" - SuperNiceDog <cite>ExThaNemesis posted [p:577993] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> BEST idea: Retire Link, ADD FICTIONALS.Holy crap what an amazing contest we have! -- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/ExTha/10and14.jpg"What about the lion from Lion King?" - SuperNiceDog </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 1:05:00 AM #484:	Ugh. Why the hell do people want to remove Cloud and Mario from a contest? Just removing Link gives us a very unpredictable final few matches already. There's no need to remove anyone other than him. Because they think Cloud always wins for some reason. Mario is just unlucky to get grouped in the same option. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577994] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Ugh. Why the hell do people want to remove Cloud and Mario from a contest? Just removing Link gives us a very unpredictable final few matches already. There's no need to remove anyone other than him.Because they think Cloud always wins for some reason. Mario is just unlucky to get grouped in the same option. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JJH777 12/21/11 1:07:00 AM #485:	I'm really surprised at these results. If this is what the average voter thinks then how the heck was Link the strongest he's ever been? -- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis Congratulations to SuperNiceDog for winning the 2011 Guru contest. <cite>JJH777 posted [p:577995] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> I'm really surprised at these results. If this is what the average voter thinks then how the heck was Link the strongest he's ever been? -- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - ArtosisCongratulations to SuperNiceDog for winning the 2011 Guru contest. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IngmarBirdman 12/21/11 1:08:00 AM #486:	I don't mind that the last option is most voted. He may opt to relegate former winners to a Champions match. At that point the contest is Snake's to lose, but it should open things so we have more matches between our near-elites. -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! <cite>IngmarBirdman posted [p:577996] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> I don't mind that the last option is most voted. He may opt to relegate former winners to a Champions match. At that point the contest is Snake's to lose, but it should open things so we have more matches between our near-elites. -- My weapons are USELESS against SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PartOfYourWorld 12/21/11 1:09:00 AM #487:	Hey uhh am I looking at things wrong or is this poll about what to do with Link outdrawing every single actual match we just had? -- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! <cite>PartOfYourWorld posted [p:577997] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Hey uhh am I looking at things wrong or is this poll about what to do with Link outdrawing every single actual match we just had? -- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpgWatch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Team Rocket Elite 12/21/11 1:12:00 AM #488:	It's currently ahead of even Red/Blue vs Cloud/Sephiroth. I guess the contest really was turning away voters. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket. Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! <cite>Team Rocket Elite posted [p:577998] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> It's currently ahead of even Red/Blue vs Cloud/Sephiroth. I guess the contest really was turning away voters. -- SuperNiceDog was not so nice to my bracket.Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the Rivalry Rumble Guru Contest! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PartOfYourWorld 12/21/11 1:13:00 AM #489:	That's horrible. Poor SBAllen. -- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! <cite>PartOfYourWorld posted [p:577999] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> That's horrible. Poor SBAllen. -- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpgWatch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ViviffTheMobile 12/21/11 1:16:00 AM #490:	I like that yes for removing Link has 49.99%. He's over-powering being over-powered and I love it. -- The King of GameFAQs Brawl posting from his phone. http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/board8/images/8/8b/ViviffChampS1.jpg <cite>ViviffTheMobile posted [p:578000] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> I like that yes for removing Link has 49.99%. He's over-powering being over-powered and I love it. -- The King of GameFAQs Brawl posting from his phone.http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/board8/images/8/8b/ViviffChampS1.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BK_Sheikah00 12/21/11 1:16:00 AM #491:	A "get rid of Contests altogether" option would sadly be winning -- Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Guru 2011 winner <cite>BK_Sheikah00 posted [p:578001] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> A "get rid of Contests altogether" option would sadly be winning -- Hey, its that SuperNiceDog! Guru 2011 winner </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-LusterSoldier- 12/21/11 1:31:00 AM #492:	PartOfYourWorld \| Posted 12/21/2011 4:09:26 AM \| message detail \| quote Hey uhh am I looking at things wrong or is this poll about what to do with Link outdrawing every single actual match we just had? Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) \| Posted 12/21/2011 4:12:06 AM \| message detail \| quote It's currently ahead of even Red/Blue vs Cloud/Sephiroth. I guess the contest really was turning away voters. I guess this poll is bringing in some good votals here because it shows that most of this site has a strong opinion over the current state of the contests. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! <cite>-LusterSoldier- posted [p:578002] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> PartOfYourWorld \| Posted 12/21/2011 4:09:26 AM \| message detail \| quoteHey uhh am I looking at things wrong or is this poll about what to do with Link outdrawing every single actual match we just had?Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) \| Posted 12/21/2011 4:12:06 AM \| message detail \| quoteIt's currently ahead of even Red/Blue vs Cloud/Sephiroth. I guess the contest really was turning away voters.I guess this poll is bringing in some good votals here because it shows that most of this site has a strong opinion over the current state of the contests. -- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ejm5446 12/21/11 1:35:00 AM #493:	*PartOfYourWorld posted...* Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general. You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon. OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure. <cite>ejm5446 posted [p:578003] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> PartOfYourWorld posted...Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general.You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon.OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gnik 12/21/11 1:35:00 AM #494:	It's not reasonable to expect voters to spend 6 to 10+ minutes to listen to two songs before voting so a music contest wouldn't work. Most of the songs in the contest would probably be fairly short, and to be honest the majority of people would probably not vote for a song they've never heard before. And then there's still the legal issues associated with hosting copyrighted music on this site for the purpose of a contest. It's so readily accessible there's no need for them to host it, they could just put the name that the song is commonly known by and any google search will turn it up. GF keeps their hands clean. Nevertheless I'm sure it would never happen anyway. -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2" http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery <cite>Gnik posted [p:578004] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> It's not reasonable to expect voters to spend 6 to 10+ minutes to listen to two songs before voting so a music contest wouldn't work.Most of the songs in the contest would probably be fairly short, and to be honest the majority of people would probably not vote for a song they've never heard before.And then there's still the legal issues associated with hosting copyrighted music on this site for the purpose of a contest.It's so readily accessible there's no need for them to host it, they could just put the name that the song is commonly known by and any google search will turn it up. GF keeps their hands clean.Nevertheless I'm sure it would never happen anyway. -- http://terosclassicgaming.blogspot.com/ - Watch me beat "NES Megaman 2"http://www.backloggery.com/tero - My backloggery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativename 12/21/11 1:37:00 AM #495:	From: FateStayAlbion \| #2308 Well I know that, but Creative has said time after time they'll gain strength from their games. Like he thinks Nightcrawler will be strong since he was a playable character in some old X-men game. If he sees that the games do bad here, maybe he'll start thinking that maybe Batman isn't invincible on this site. No. Pay more attention. I've said time after time that Batman will gain like zero strength from his games, and mocked the notion that most of Batman's strength would come from his games (because that's utterly comical yet I've actually seen it stated). If Batman had never appeared in a video game he would perform almost no different. You're very confused with my Nightcrawler example. I've used Nightcrawler in the context of - is he one of the 128 most powerful non-VG originated characters? Very possibly not. But, he'd absolutely annihilate the 128th most powerful VG character. Relative to the top tier non-VG characters, Nightcrawler isn't strong at all. Relative to comparable level VG characters (e.g. Professor Layton, Claptrap), he's a complete monster. From: FateStayAlbion \| #2352 Anyway, I do feel if there were as many Batman fanboys as Creative says there are, they'd blindly vote for the games even if they haven't played them. You need that kind of loyal fanboyism to take out Link. Haha. Not even Zeldrones are that dronish. And Superman would be decent strength, probably top 10-20 among fictionals, despite being known for the worst game ever. Clearly game strength is going to have zero correlation with character strength. Now some characters would have decent strength from games alone. For instance, Batman and Spider-Man would probably be decent mid-carders based on their video games alone even if they'd never had a pop culture existence - they've had popular games that sold millions and have good character design. But their actual strength is virtually unchanged by whether the games exist or not, because they are way above that. The marginal strength added from their games existing is almost nil. From: -LusterSoldier- \| #2307 This contest allowed public domain characters and historical representations of real people to be in the contest. So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest. It would be an intermediate step towards allowing any character from a video game to be in a Character Battle. These types of characters would not be strong. You need characters that have major modern commercial success from their own brands. Characters that are strong in pop culture. Zeus is a nothing. Dracula is not quite a nothing, but he isn't anything of note. From: ViviffTheMobile \| #2410 I like that yes for removing Link has 49.99%. He's over-powering being over-powered and I love it. Almost all of that is from the "remove everyone" option. The remove just Link option currently has the lowest votes of anything. From: PartOfYourWorld \| #2353 Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general. Exactly. It's the best possible contest idea for a contest that would be exciting and unpredictable. Even a hypothetical games contest with a great bracket would be far more predictable. -- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery <cite>creativename posted [p:578005] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: FateStayAlbion \| #2308Well I know that, but Creative has said time after time they'll gain strength from their games. Like he thinks Nightcrawler will be strong since he was a playable character in some old X-men game. If he sees that the games do bad here, maybe he'll start thinking that maybe Batman isn't invincible on this site.No. Pay more attention. I've said time after time that Batman will gain like zero strength from his games, and mocked the notion that most of Batman's strength would come from his games (because that's utterly comical yet I've actually seen it stated). If Batman had never appeared in a video game he would perform almost no different.You're very confused with my Nightcrawler example. I've used Nightcrawler in the context of - is he one of the 128 most powerful non-VG originated characters? Very possibly not. But, he'd absolutely annihilate the 128th most powerful VG character.Relative to the top tier non-VG characters, Nightcrawler isn't strong at all. Relative to comparable level VG characters (e.g. Professor Layton, Claptrap), he's a complete monster.From: FateStayAlbion \| #2352Anyway, I do feel if there were as many Batman fanboys as Creative says there are, they'd blindly vote for the games even if they haven't played them. You need that kind of loyal fanboyism to take out Link.Haha. Not even Zeldrones are that dronish.And Superman would be decent strength, probably top 10-20 among fictionals, despite being known for the worst game ever. Clearly game strength is going to have zero correlation with character strength.Now some characters would have decent strength from games alone. For instance, Batman and Spider-Man would probably be decent mid-carders based on their video games alone even if they'd never had a pop culture existence - they've had popular games that sold millions and have good character design. But their actual strength is virtually unchanged by whether the games exist or not, because they are way above that. The marginal strength added from their games existing is almost nil.From: -LusterSoldier- \| #2307This contest allowed public domain characters and historical representations of real people to be in the contest. So I think the next Character Battle should allow characters like Dracula and Zeus into the contest, in order to test out the site's reaction to these characters being in a contest. It would be an intermediate step towards allowing any character from a video game to be in a Character Battle.These types of characters would not be strong. You need characters that have major modern commercial success from their own brands. Characters that are strong in pop culture. Zeus is a nothing. Dracula is not quite a nothing, but he isn't anything of note.From: ViviffTheMobile \| #2410I like that yes for removing Link has 49.99%. He's over-powering being over-powered and I love it.Almost all of that is from the "remove everyone" option. The remove just Link option currently has the lowest votes of anything.From: PartOfYourWorld \| #2353Everyone is so caught up on trying to find a "Link killer" that we're forgetting the main point of bringing the fictionals on board in the first place: to make things fresh and exciting again and to give us better contests in general.Exactly. It's the best possible contest idea for a contest that would be exciting and unpredictable. Even a hypothetical games contest with a great bracket would be far more predictable. -- www.gamefaqscontests.comwww.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ngamer64 12/21/11 1:38:00 AM #496:	*creativename posted...* From: Ngamer64 \| #1809 What new Contest would you to see GameFAQs host in 2012? * A new regular Character Battle * A Character Battle, but with former winners removed (Link, Cloud, etc) * A Battle featuring ANY Characters who've been in video games (eg Batman, Darth Vader, Gandalf) * A new Best Video Game Contest (from all eras) * Best. System. Ever. I like! Well done. Okay, submitted this as a PotD suggestion. I'll let you know what SB says about it (if anything). -- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com Best Show ever? Our interview of Guru Champ SuperNiceDog! <cite>Ngamer64 posted [p:578006] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> creativename posted...From: Ngamer64 \| #1809What new Contest would you to see GameFAQs host in 2012?* A new regular Character Battle* A Character Battle, but with former winners removed (Link, Cloud, etc)* A Battle featuring ANY Characters who've been in video games (eg Batman, Darth Vader, Gandalf)* A new Best Video Game Contest (from all eras)* Best. System. Ever.I like! Well done.Okay, submitted this as a PotD suggestion. I'll let you know what SB says about it (if anything). -- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.comBest Show ever? Our interview of Guru Champ SuperNiceDog! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativename 12/21/11 1:38:00 AM #497:	From: ejm5446 \| #2453 You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon. OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure. Weaksauce new fodder and junk may excite you, but it surely won't excite anyone else :) -- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery <cite>creativename posted [p:578007] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: ejm5446 \| #2453You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon.OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure.Weaksauce new fodder and junk may excite you, but it surely won't excite anyone else :) -- www.gamefaqscontests.comwww.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PartOfYourWorld 12/21/11 1:41:00 AM #498:	From: ejm5446 \| #493 You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon. This does little more than eliminate a dozen or more Final Fantasy characters that can win matches and draw votes. Their replacements would likely be fodder, so we'd know more or less how they would do in a contest. We're honestly starting to tap the bottom of the barrel for new characters with good potential power (unless you want to bring a new RBY-era Pokemon in every time, something you seem to be against). OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure. It could be unpredictable, but I don't know about exciting. Auron should run through it easily, and all but the top few entrants would be fodder. People here are generally unenthusiastic about the idea of fodder battling fodder over and over. Fodder is fodder for a reason - most people don't care about it. -- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! <cite>PartOfYourWorld posted [p:578008] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> From: ejm5446 \| #493You want to make things fresh and exciting? Limit each series to only 3 characters. That way we get new entrants instead of minor Nintendo/Square people and random Pokemon.This does little more than eliminate a dozen or more Final Fantasy characters that can win matches and draw votes. Their replacements would likely be fodder, so we'd know more or less how they would do in a contest. We're honestly starting to tap the bottom of the barrel for new characters with good potential power (unless you want to bring a new RBY-era Pokemon in every time, something you seem to be against).OR, we could have an entire contest of only characters who debuted in this millennium. That would be unpredictable and exciting for sure.It could be unpredictable, but I don't know about exciting. Auron should run through it easily, and all but the top few entrants would be fodder. People here are generally unenthusiastic about the idea of fodder battling fodder over and over. Fodder is fodder for a reason - most people don't care about it. -- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpgWatch and you'll see... SuperNiceDog own me... in the Guru! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 12/21/11 1:44:00 AM #499:	BGE4 FFVIII > FFX -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png b SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 /b <cite>pjbasis posted [p:578009] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> BGE4FFVIII > FFX -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.pngb SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 /b </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis 12/21/11 1:44:00 AM #500:	Heard it here first -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png b SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 /b <cite>pjbasis posted [p:578010] in Contest St... [t:61407558]...</cite> <quote> Heard it here first -- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.pngb SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 /b </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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