Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1278

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KamikazePotato posted...

I don't regret a single one of the weirdo pics we made during that year. They're all classic.

what about the 2008 contest

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-49-4.jpg
http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-57-2.jpg

although Zen's best work was sneaking in what is clearly a fan art to make sure Rikku beat ? Block

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb9/5220.jpg
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AxemRedRanger posted...

Who made this one?

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb7/cb7-57-2.jpg

Okay maybe this one was a mistake (looks like it was made by thebaracuda)

All the others though? Classic
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http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/gotd/gotd-119-1.jpg

I don't think I've ever spent so little time working on a match pic, yet it's probably within the Top 3 of my all time greats.
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I love that one a lot

try to remember the basics of CQC
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_SecretSquirrel posted...

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/gotd/gotd-119-1.jpg

I don't think I've ever spent so little time working on a match pic, yet it's probably within the Top 3 of my all time greats.

That's edited? I thought it was official art!
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well all he did was edit in a silhouette of Naked Snake and edit out Wander/Agro I imagine
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Ohhhh... Yeah, I barely noticed the difference.
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LeonhartFour posted...

well all he did was edit in a silhouette of Naked Snake and edit out Wander/Agro I imagine

Yeah, it was basically

1. Crop SOTC art
2. Clone Stamp out Agro
3. Paste and Resize Naked Snake
4. Color overlay on Snake

I made it as a joke fully expecting the match to still be MGS3 vs. 4.
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Two of my favorite pics I made:

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/thumb_cb8-125-1.jpg

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/thumb_cb8-122-3.jpg

Speaking of Mario/Charizard, this one was criminally rejected:

https://imgur.com/gallery/w38W1Go
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I only made a handful of pictures for round 1 in 2010 because I'm not any good at making pictures
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(no pic is better than yo's for SSBB > SSBM)
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HaRRicH posted...

(no pic is better than yo's for SSBB > SSBM)

http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/gotd/gotd-115-4.jpg

has there ever been a more hyped match for one that took place so early in the contest?

I guess Mario/Crono II but that's probably it
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The Sandbag pic is modern art that transcends GameFAQs contests.
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Speaking of Mario/Crono 2003, I dunno if ya'll are ready for this.....

https://imgur.com/a/RPHr24B
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HaRRicH posted...

Speaking of Mario/Crono 2003, I dunno if ya'll are ready for this.....

https://imgur.com/a/RPHr24B

the best
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HaRRicH posted...

Speaking of Mario/Crono 2003, I dunno if ya'll are ready for this.....

https://imgur.com/a/RPHr24B

I can't even see the image for some reason, but I'm pretty sure I know what it is.
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Imgur's weird. It looks like it took down that picture but reuploaded it multiple times...? Can't explain it.

Try this:

https://imgur.com/gallery/qsLwiZX
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that picture just reminds me of how much we cared about contests back then

Squall beating Luigi caused so much furor that CJayC had to put a user level restriction on Board 8

granted most of us were still largely immature teenagers back then and now most of us are in our late 20s and early 30s

like people got angry about Draven and Undertale but nothing like what contests used to do to us way back in the early days
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HaRRicH posted...

Imgur's weird. It looks like it took down that picture but reuploaded it multiple times...? Can't explain it.

Try this:

https://imgur.com/gallery/qsLwiZX

Yup, exactly what I thought it was.
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one of these days I'd like to do a contest retrospective where I talk about old contests just for the nostalgia
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LeonhartFour posted...

that picture just reminds me of how much we cared about contests back then

Squall beating Luigi caused so much furor that CJayC had to put a user level restriction on Board 8

granted most of us were still largely immature teenagers back then and now most of us are in our late 20s and early 30s

I don't know what you're talking about, I handled that loss quite well!
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Not_Wylvane posted...

I don't know what you're talking about, I handled that loss quite well!

since you are Not Wylvane I'm sure you did
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some of you will require a link to the new Stats Topic so here it is

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76577355
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LeonhartFour posted...

that picture just reminds me of how much we cared about contests back then

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like people got angry about Draven and Undertale but nothing like what contests used to do to us way back in the early days

This is kind of true --and kind of sad-- but not entirely. As I've said before, nothing seems to please Board 8 in terms of contests anymore. I've enjoyed every contest since my first one (Game of the Decade) all the way to Years, and I remember just how pissed off people were back when Brawl beat Melee (ah... good times...), but they weren't really pissed for unfair reasons. I remember that everyone was expectant just before Years started. I think people in general do still care about contests, it's just less traffic, unfair rallies and lack of actual contests that gives the illusion of people not caring.
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Mario/Crono in the final was 2005.

Brawl > Melee is one of the better contest results ever. It's great being on the right side of a result that makes a lot of people upset.
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being on the wrong side of the result that makes a lot of people upset isn't fun though

like Master Hand > Kuja
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Squall > Luigi forever
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