Board 8 > Is there a point where contests lost their magic for you?

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LOLContests
07/01/12 12:29:00 PM
#1:


I can actually pinpoint when it happened for me. The two week delay we had before the 2008 contest. It's not the delay itself did anything. I was still excited going into 2008, despite not liking the format, but I guess those two weeks just allowed my excitement to wear off, and it's never really come back the same way again.

This was kind of inevitable I guess. From 2008 onwards, I got more of a social life/more complicated work and school commitments (although 2006 and 2007 were still "magical" despite the influence of college on me), and I guess this ultimately meant that contests just wouldn't do as much for me. They were a cool part of my summers during high school, but they haven''t really been that way in a while. I barely even play video games anymore, so I'm sure that doesn't help matters much. And I don't like either 4 ways or 12 hour matches as a format that much, so in a lot of ways for me 2006 was the last real contest.

But from 2002-2007, man those were the times.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 12:30:00 PM
#2:


Nah, real contests are still great.

Stuff like the Rivalry Rumble is not.

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Emporer_Kazbar
07/01/12 12:32:00 PM
#3:


Nope, I still love them.

Hell, Rivalry Rumble was better than nothing, IMO.

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WarThaNemesis2
07/01/12 12:32:00 PM
#4:


When people rallied for Zelda winning Game of the Decade.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 12:34:00 PM
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From: WarThaNemesis2 | #004
When people rallied for Zelda winning Game of the Decade.

Admittedly, that was a low point for the contests, especially since we decided Zelda winning was better than the actual best game ever winning.

But other than that, GotD was pretty great!

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gotspork
07/01/12 12:36:00 PM
#6:


one of the things I enjoy most about contests is the excitement level of people on the board, and that has been waning

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Bieber_My_Hero
07/01/12 12:36:00 PM
#7:


Who makes a username called "LOLContests"?
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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 12:36:00 PM
#8:


From: Bieber_My_Hero | #007
Who makes a username called "LOLContests"?

Hey Strahax.

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baubeta
07/01/12 12:38:00 PM
#9:


I always think I'm out, and never even try that hard on my bracket. Then the first match starts and the excitement of this board sucks me right back in!

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Xuxon
07/01/12 12:50:00 PM
#10:


I didn't like the last 2 contests so much, but I think if there is a regular ol' character battle again I'll get back into it more.
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McBonesII
07/01/12 12:52:00 PM
#11:


contests never had "magic" to me, I first visited B8 either by browsing board lists or via a link elsewhere on the site, I started lurking because I was in a few of Caelus' stories and kept up with them

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WalrusJump
07/01/12 12:53:00 PM
#12:


The 4-way games contest.

I was still really excited in '08 - especially since I almost won money.

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PartOfYourWorld
07/01/12 12:58:00 PM
#13:


A regular old character battle would lead to more Nintendomination than we've seen the past few years. Square has continually fallen further and further off the map, and there are no new Western characters to pose a challenge. The most viable Western characters (Kratos, Ezio, Altair) are probably weaker than they were in early 2010, and there's really no one else to threaten. Link will win again, Mario and Samus could be the #2 and 3 Noble Niners, and that Nintendo B-tier of Ganon/Zelda/Bowser/Luigi/Yoshi/the Pokemon will dominate any non-NN competition. And people will complain more.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 12:58:00 PM
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From: PartOfYourWorld | #013
The most viable Western characters (Kratos, Ezio, Altair)

SHEPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

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Kenri
07/01/12 12:58:00 PM
#15:


Nope, I still love them.

Hell, Rivalry Rumble was better than nothing, IMO.


This.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 12:59:00 PM
#16:


Also, Ezio's probably stronger now than he was in 2010, or at the very least, he wouldn't be weaker. He's had two more games since then. He only had AC2 behind him back then.

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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 12:59:00 PM
#17:


Yeah, RR was crap, but it was definitely better than nothing. I still love contests. Whether I'll ever have the hype for a match that I did Sonic/Crono, I don't know.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 1:00:00 PM
#18:


Also, Squall will never lose to Nintendo second tier.

NEVER

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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 1:03:00 PM
#19:


I wouldn't complain about Mario/Samus > Cloud and Seph, btw

It'd be a fun couple of matches/"upsets", and though I'm not really a Mario fan or Metroid fan they are far, far better than the alternative. And even if we see it coming, it still represents a big change from what we're used to.

Though Link absolutely needs to be banned like holy crap.

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thundersheep
07/01/12 1:04:00 PM
#20:


Villain Contest

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 1:04:00 PM
#21:


From: XIII_rocks | #019
And even if we see it coming, it still represents a big change from what we're used to.

what's the big change exactly

We've been trending toward Nintendo completely overtaking Square for 7 years now.

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LinkMarioSamus
07/01/12 1:08:00 PM
#22:


WarThaNemesis2 posted...
When people rallied for Zelda winning Game of the Decade.


The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess would've deserved it completely.

On the other hand, Majora's Mask is a horrible GOTD winner choice. Oh well, better than Brawl at least.

And...that's when these contests lost their magic for me. I have zero interest whatsoever in any of the members of the GOTD final four and IMO Brawl and Majora's Mask are horribly overrated (great games still, but yeah).

I have a good feeling I'll like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (worst game name ever, BTW) more than Brawl.
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Silvercross
07/01/12 1:18:00 PM
#23:


I was bored of them after the first one to be honest. I just stick around because I like the people here.

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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 1:23:00 PM
#24:


From: LeonhartFour | #021
From: XIII_rocks | #019
And even if we see it coming, it still represents a big change from what we're used to.

what's the big change exactly

We've been trending toward Nintendo completely overtaking Square for 7 years now.

ugh

There still hasn't been that one moment where you can say "yeah it's over". When we actually, physically see Samus > Cloud (rather than just strongly predicting it with X-Stats), I'll consider that the big change. Yes, it's been coming, yes, it's a bit predictable, but absolute confirmation of that big change at the top is still a big deal.

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Mershaaay
07/01/12 1:24:00 PM
#25:


4-ways, and whatever first signaled Nintendomination (probably best series ever or GOTD-- whichever came first)

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trizob
07/01/12 1:24:00 PM
#26:


When I went to college in 2007 I kinda stopped following them. I also very much slowed down my video game playing at that point, and the more new characters I didn't know were in the contests, the less of a crap I gave about them.

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Veola
07/01/12 1:55:00 PM
#27:


Hey look.

It's LMS.
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Menji76
07/01/12 2:01:00 PM
#28:


Nope,

It's fun just for moments of everyone saying GSC is going to dominate and then it loses to Majora's Mask.

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Liquid Wind
07/01/12 2:12:00 PM
#29:


I stopped caring about contests in like, 2005
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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 6:22:00 PM
#30:


From: XIII_rocks | #024
There still hasn't been that one moment where you can say "yeah it's over".

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4573

This one came pretty close.

Yeah, I know it's a different format and all, but man, what a depressing result.

From: Mershaaay | #025
4-ways, and whatever first signaled Nintendomination (probably best series ever or GOTD-- whichever came first)

2005 when Mario started dominating out of nowhere was when it began.

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Natwaf_akidna
07/01/12 6:23:00 PM
#31:


Nope.

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dethfdddddh
07/01/12 6:24:00 PM
#32:


Link/Ganondorf beating Cloud/Seph by 58%.

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Drakeryn
07/01/12 6:28:00 PM
#33:


gotspork posted...
one of the things I enjoy most about contests is the excitement level of people on the board, and that has been waning

Same here. I've never cared that much about contests in and of themselves, but it's fun when everyone is hyped, which is less of a thing recently.


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whatisurnameplz
07/01/12 6:31:00 PM
#34:


No. I loved Character Battle 8 and GotD. Rivalry Rumble was just a mistake.

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AlphaRayAllen
07/01/12 6:33:00 PM
#35:


Was it Rivalry Rumble that had a record setting number of high scoring brackets and absolutely no upsets to be had?

I'll go with that.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 6:34:00 PM
#36:


From: AlphaRayAllen | #035
Was it Rivalry Rumble that had a record setting number of high scoring brackets and absolutely no upsets to be had?

I'll go with that.

That was the one.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 6:40:00 PM
#37:


From: XIII_rocks | #037
that may literally be the best results in contest history.

Nope, it was abysmal.

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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 6:40:00 PM
#38:


Rumble was awesome. I finally got on the leaderboard in that s***. I won't hear a word against it.

From: LeonhartFour | #030
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4573

This one came pretty close.

Yeah, I know it's a different format and all, but man, what a depressing result.

a) yeah, if it's not 1v1 characters it doesn't count as that "watershed moment" (I guess) that I'm talking about
b) lmao that may literally be the best result in contest history. Certainly top 5, not sure anything will beat Sonic/Crono 06 for sheer magnificence though

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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 6:43:00 PM
#39:


FF trash losing to the iconic rivalry in videogames.

Yes plz.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 6:43:00 PM
#40:


FF losing to overrated Pokemon tripe

no thanks

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SanityLapse
07/01/12 6:47:00 PM
#41:


I don't know what years. But I remember liking the first 2 or 3 regular character contests. I liked the game contest that Starcraft tore through. Then it seemed pretty "meh" for a while, outside of a few interesting entries. I liked L-Block winning. I liked MissingNo winning. I liked Mudkip winning. That was about it. It's boring now. I don't even nominate or vote in them anymore.


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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 6:49:00 PM
#42:


From: LeonhartFour | #040
FF losing to overrated Pokemon tripe

no thanks

FF could never lose to anything more overrated than itself

I mean I could actually accept Pokemon is overrated, but I'd still be in the right because of just how overrated FF7 is. You don't call the opponent of something Final Fantasy-related overrated and get off scot-free.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 6:50:00 PM
#43:


From: XIII_rocks | #042
FF could never lose to anything more overrated than itself

If only that were true.

Then Cloud and Sephiroth wouldn't have lost that match.

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Metal_DK
07/01/12 7:00:00 PM
#47:


the contests have been pretty "meh" as of late. I'd say 02 to about 05 was the golden age, with the silver age from about 06 to 08.

I do feel though the contests have gotten worse mainly due to how the internet has evolved, and not necessarily that they have "just gotten stale" or something
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XIII_rocks
07/01/12 7:01:00 PM
#48:


From: LeonhartFour | #043
If only that were true.

Then Cloud and Sephiroth wouldn't have lost that match.

I think you missed the point

There is nothing more overrated. And I'm not just talking videogame stuff, either. Sports teams, players, movies, etc? Nothing as overrated as that.

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LeonhartFour
07/01/12 7:01:00 PM
#49:


I got the point.

I was saying you're wrong.

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