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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 5:07:08 PM
#351:


transience posted...
anyway, I think we're far enough into this match now to definitively say this

this Monika thing needs to go down in history as one of the most hilarious failures in contest history. even the vote totals are barely any higher than the previous matches. if we're going to talk up L-Block and Draven and Undertale, we should probably mention Monika in that same list of things that scared the crap out of everyone and was completely nothing. I'm guessing that Monika has the second most picks for winner outside of Link? yeah.


To be fair the game is literally Undertale: Dating Sim Edition.
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transience
10/21/18 5:08:24 PM
#352:


I think things are different if you held it in the middle of DDLC mania. Undertale would struggle in much the same way if you had the same thing today.
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Hbthebattle
10/21/18 5:11:56 PM
#353:


davidponte posted...
Is it because each game is progressively worse which in hindsight makes the previous game look better?

No, the bigger cause is people who started with a generation generally start communicating online about two generations later
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Lopen
10/21/18 5:14:27 PM
#354:


transience posted...
Undertale would struggle in much the same way if you had the same thing today.


Pac-Man > Sans confirmed then you're sayin.
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LusterSoldier
10/21/18 5:26:34 PM
#355:


Hbthebattle posted...
davidponte posted...
Is it because each game is progressively worse which in hindsight makes the previous game look better?

No, the bigger cause is people who started with a generation generally start communicating online about two generations later


I think it's also harder to say positive things about the current generation without getting bashed by other people for your opinions. When the next generation comes out, the fanbase will be so focused on attacking the newest generation that you will be able to talk about the previous generation more positively while being far less likely to be criticized by other people.
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transience
10/21/18 5:30:34 PM
#356:


nah, Sans is more popular today than in 2015. but when it comes to rally strength, yeah
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Hbthebattle
10/21/18 5:30:58 PM
#357:


Sans is stronger than Monika rallyless.
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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 5:33:16 PM
#358:


I felt like Undertale has reached a semi-mainstream state of sorts.
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Hbthebattle
10/21/18 5:38:13 PM
#359:


Not even, everybody knows what Undertale is by now, even people who stay away from most video game website know about it. DDLC never reached that level, due to being a Horror VN compared to an RPG, the more popular genre is gonna get more attention.
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Master Moltar
10/21/18 7:27:56 PM
#360:


Round 1 Kratos vs. John Marston

Moltars Analysis

Kratos could embarrass himself here. Dude looked awful in 2013, but he does have the recent God of War game to bring him back into the spotlight. Still, it looks like our site is over the franchise, and Kratos will only sink lower and lower down the totem pole in time.

RDR did alright back in 2015, and RDR2 does have a fair amount of hype on the site. I dont think as many people care too strongly about John, but I get that same feeling about western characters on GameFAQs in general so it doesnt say much for Kratos either. At least Kratos is more recognizable between the two.

This result could flip down the line, but Kratos should still be strong enough today to win.

Moltars Bracket: Kratos

Moltars Prediction: Kratos 63%

transiences Analysis

Man, John Marston could have been a really interesting entrant given how hot RDR2 is right now. Then again, people don't play modern games here so maybe not. But still! He ended up getting the worst possible opponent - Kratos, who is the clear Sony mascot at this point and had a massive game this year. Does it matter all that much? Probably not THAT much on this website given his path. He does have a shot at toppling Pikachu or Scorpion, but blowing the hell out of a fellow modern action star isn't going to mean a whole lot. I do think he could get the highest percentage here, but I'm not all that worried about him unless he's up in the 80s or something.

transience's prediction: Kratos with 74.44%
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Master Moltar
10/21/18 7:28:00 PM
#361:


Leonharts Analysis

We dont get matches between two decently strong Western characters very often, so I think its cool that we got this one. With Red Dead Redemption 2 right around the corner, I think there would be a good argument to make for a Marston upset because its been doing really well in all the hype polls its been in so far. However, I think God of Wars big success earlier in the year should be enough to keep Kratos in front. Yeah, he looked kinda bad in CBIX, but Marston didnt look any better. I just think Kratos is higher on the pecking order here, and I dont think RDR2 will change that. Not yet anyway.

Leonharts Vote: John Marston

Leonharts Prediction: Kratos with 60.60%

Kleenexs Analysis

Poor Marston, missing the RDR2 release by a few days. Marston actually did surprisingly okay against Zelda back in 2013, and I have always thought Kratos was kind of a fraud. I dont think theyre actually close enough that a release day match would have made a difference (and yes I realize Marston isnt the main character in RDR2), but it might have been enough to expose Kratos a bit. Hes going to lose to Pikachu next round anyway, but I think Kratos kind of sucks and wouldnt mind seeing him get embarrassed here.

Kleenexs Prediction: Kratos with 61%

Guests Analysis - spooky96

This is certainly an interesting match - Kratos and John Marston are very strong western game characters. I initially had John Marston beating Kratos thinking that Red Dead Redemption would handily beat any God of War game if it were a games contest. But as we all know games=/=characters and all that. Marston performed terribly against Zelda while Kratos was easily able to secure a win with 50ish% before getting destroyed by Mega Man and being some percentages behind Jill Valentine. I'm sure Marston is definitely one of the stronger western characters who'd beat any of the GTA characters and probably would beat or put a damn close fight again Nathan or Master Chief, but I just don't see any of the mentioned characters beating Kratos.

Even though it was 8 years ago, 45% on Pikachu is probably the most you can ask from a western character on GameFAQs. With God of War 4 being universally liked, Kratos should have no problem winning this match. I don't really see any kind of hype for Red Dead Redemption 2 which saves Marston here, he'll probably finish between low to mid 40s, which certainly isn't too bad. Unfortunately for Kratos, this will be his only victory as he'll face Pikachu again in the next round which will likely be worse than 2010's defeat against the rat.

Prediction - Kratos wins with 56%

Crew Consensus: The dad of war wins against cow BOY
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RoseChevalier
10/21/18 7:35:27 PM
#362:


huge spread on kratos
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Lopen
10/21/18 7:39:01 PM
#363:


I see Transcience's guess due to some weird ass PlayStation SFF as being more likely than the low end. Really think the guy not breaking 60% would be peculiar.
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The Mana Sword
10/21/18 8:02:33 PM
#364:


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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 8:03:34 PM
#365:


Aaaaand my theory lasted a few hours.
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ZenOfThunder
10/21/18 8:04:04 PM
#366:



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transience
10/21/18 8:04:07 PM
#367:


pikachu vs ganondorf who you got
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KamikazePotato
10/21/18 8:06:27 PM
#368:


The Mana Sword posted...
oh yeah go velvet

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Leonhart4
10/21/18 8:07:03 PM
#369:


welp Zero and Yoshi are boned
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WarThaNemesis2
10/21/18 8:08:11 PM
#370:


transience posted...
pikachu vs ganondorf who you got


but ganondorf will be facing mega man in the losers bracket, not pikachu
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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 8:10:40 PM
#371:


Leonhart4 posted...
welp Zero and Yoshi are boned


There goes my bracket.
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transience
10/21/18 8:13:26 PM
#372:


...master hand was the bracket favourite over noctis
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KamikazePotato
10/21/18 8:14:17 PM
#373:


transience posted...
...master hand was the bracket favourite over noctis

Man that's just rubbing salt in the wound
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WarThaNemesis2
10/21/18 8:17:22 PM
#374:


Smart People: Everyone from FFXII bombed when it was liked, Lightning bombed once people played her game (or Nintendo is very strong), but FFXV beat a portable game in the Game of the Year voting, so surely Noctis will be stronger than Kuja.

Casuals: Woo Smash.
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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 8:19:02 PM
#375:


"We inform you that the entire Crew has gone into early retirement and will be replaced by a group of casuals from now on".
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The Mana Sword
10/21/18 8:19:41 PM
#376:


excuse me I predicted the hand
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transience
10/21/18 8:20:12 PM
#377:


speak for yourselves, contest noobs
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WarThaNemesis2
10/21/18 8:21:09 PM
#378:


The Mana Sword posted...
excuse me I predicted the hand


transience posted...
speak for yourselves, contest noobs


I stand by what I said.
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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 8:23:01 PM
#379:


On another news: lol GotY
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Lopen
10/21/18 8:27:47 PM
#380:


Good call on cowboy stu being mercilessly slaughtered transience
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transience
10/21/18 8:28:32 PM
#381:


I don't know who you're even referring to but it's still better than Scorpion with 40%
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transience
10/21/18 8:31:10 PM
#382:


oh wait you must mean Marston

uhhh I take back my clapback
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LusterSoldier
10/21/18 8:38:37 PM
#383:


ZeldaTPLink posted...
On another news: lol GotY


Well, it was either FFXV or Pokemon Sun/Moon in 2016. Pokemon games have always had issues when it comes to GotY since they were always limited to handheld systems, and some people think handheld games are strictly inferior to console games. Pokemon X/Y came up very short in 2013, only barely losing to A Link Between Worlds in the 3DS poll (while A Link Between Worlds would later on go to win GotY that year). Pokemon Sun/Moon also fell just short in 2016. I think the 2019 Pokemon game on Switch can be a game changer as it would be the first time a mainline Pokemon game will be available on a console (something people have been wanting for a long time).
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Lopen
10/21/18 8:42:47 PM
#384:


Wow just assuming I was being a jerk instead of congratulating I never

As an aside I was 0.07 off on Wario. Real shame I didn't get the guest slot!
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Goosio
10/21/18 8:49:13 PM
#385:


I can just picture someone getting the first 2 divisions mostly wrong and then getting the next one 100% and going "dang if that was the first one I have a 100%!"
(Granted that isn't me, but someone probably has that)
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stage4saiyan
10/21/18 8:55:49 PM
#386:


GameFAQs is full of such plebs, holy shit. Master Hand over Noctis? Pikachu over Scorpion? Kratos over John Marston? Knuckles over Zidane? Velvet over James? Damn. Like...wow.
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garetha200
10/21/18 8:57:46 PM
#387:


Velvet is a good character, probably my favourite thing about Berseria
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stage4saiyan
10/21/18 8:58:47 PM
#388:


garetha200 posted...
Velvet is a good character, probably my favourite thing about Berseria

I agree. But James is a better, more iconic character.
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KamikazePotato
10/21/18 9:00:36 PM
#389:


James is a very good character, but Velvet is still better. I was going to walk away from that match happy either way.
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Lopen
10/21/18 9:02:48 PM
#390:


stage4saiyan posted...
But James is a better, more iconic character.


Is he as iconic as Victor Sullivan y/n
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Goosio
10/21/18 9:07:17 PM
#391:


Poor Scorpion, only if he went against James or Velvet instead (Granted I expected him to lose, but still!)
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Goosio
10/21/18 9:11:23 PM
#392:


On another note-if it wasn't for James I would of gotten a 100% today and yesterday.
I never played a Tales game and I'm not a fan of horror games, so I wasn't familiar with either character (I've been playing VG's since the 80s though)
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Ngamer64
10/21/18 9:28:51 PM
#393:


Master Moltar posted...
Kleenexs Analysis
These days, I would not be surprised to see him look really bad here. Pikachu is a real threat to win this division (he may be the favorite - havent checked the Guru topic)

Pika 32
Monika 7
Yoshi 6
Zero 5


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FlyingForever
10/21/18 9:45:22 PM
#394:


Ngamer64 posted...
Master Moltar posted...
Kleenexs Analysis
These days, I would not be surprised to see him look really bad here. Pikachu is a real threat to win this division (he may be the favorite - havent checked the Guru topic)

Pika 32
Monika 7
Yoshi 6
Zero 5



How could pikachu have NOT been the favorite?!
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Master Moltar
10/21/18 9:48:14 PM
#395:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7246

Zero fails to triple Primrose which doesn't look great for him.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7247

Sonic Team boost? Square getting weaker? Knuckles has no problem with Zidane.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7248

The Hand does it again and exposes yet another weak FF character.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7249

Wario shows us there's nothing to fear when it comes to a DDLC rally.

Crew Predictions: 10/12

Next Round Thoughts: Zero is still strong enough to beat Knux, and Hand/Wario looks like it's Wario's match to lose.

Crew Prediction Challenge:

transience: 12
Moltar: 10
Guest: 9
Leonhart: 9
Kleenex: 9

Crew Accuracy Challenge: Leon gets the point for Zero, ZenOfThunder gets the point for Knuckles, Kleenex gets the point for Hand, and Moltar gets the point for Wario

Guest: 5 (BetrayedTangy, SuperNiceDog, pjbasis, garetha200, ZenOfThunder)
transience: 3
Leonhart: 2
Moltar: 1
Kleenex: 1
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ZenOfThunder
10/21/18 9:55:22 PM
#396:


i cannot believe i got a point

my first ever

on a half-joke writeup
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Master Moltar
10/21/18 10:01:34 PM
#397:


gj zen
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transience
10/21/18 10:11:23 PM
#398:


not bad, Guest

now try playing the prediction challenge
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Leonhart4
10/21/18 10:12:04 PM
#399:


ZenOfThunder posted...
i cannot believe i got a point

my first ever

on a half-joke writeup


Like I said this is what we want from the Guest
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ZeldaTPLink
10/21/18 10:12:30 PM
#400:


Screw it, imma fill the next analysis with Godot quotes.
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