To understand the impact of yesterday's match (or lack of), you need to look over the scores of the previous tournament finals'
2000 - Pokemon GSC defeated FF9 29-26 2001 - SSB Melee defeated FFX 48-43 2002 - Metroid Prime defeated Kingdom Hearts 78-65 (OT) 2003 - Prince of Persia: Sands of Time defeated Star Wars: KOTOR 18-13 2004 - MGS 3: Snake Eater defeated Half-Life 2 18-16 2005 - Resident Evil 4 defeated Devil May Cry 3 9-7 2006 - Okami defeated Kingdom Hearts II 14-12 2007 - Super Mario Galaxy defeated Bioshock 31-23 2008 - Persona 4 defeated SSB Brawl 38-33 2009 - Uncharted 2 defeated Batman: Arkham Asylum 28-22 2010 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 defeated Mass Effect 2 24-20
The biggest margin of victory in all of those is Metroid Prime, and it took two days for MP to beat Sora and crew. That record changed in a matter of hours in the 2011 Championship match. The only times Uncharted led were the 1-0 lead at the beginning, and the 5-4 lead shortly after. Then Portal 2 commenced with the beating of a lifetime, joining the winners circle as the Best Game of 2011 with the final score being 36-13! Congrats to Valve and Portal 2!
And because I can, while there's the list of ultimate winners, here's the updated list of ultimate losers! 2000 - Thief II 2001 - Diablo II: Lord of Destruction 2002 - Dual Hearts 2003 - .hack//Outbreak Part 3 2004 - James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing 2005 - Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath 2006 - Table Tennis 2007 - Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2008 - Guitar Hero: World Tour 2009 - Killzone 2 2010 - Vanquish 2011 = Portal 2 > UC3 > Skyward Sword > Dark Souls > Skyrim > Radiant Historia > Battlefield 3
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2005 and 2006's votals are pretty low due to the fact that the contest was still a new idea when I started it back at the beginning of 2006.
And with that, I may be done with hosting anything on this board until August rolls around for the 2012-13 NFL season, but as always, I can't guarantee that.
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Out of the contests I've done, I agree with 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009. 07 and 10 would have been right if BioShock and ME2 had won, but it is what it is.
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