Board 8 > The Greatest GameFAQs Contest Match Ever - Nominations!

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MetalmindStats
12/23/18 6:49:41 PM
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transience posted...
Mario/Crono 2003 should probably be the consensus greatest match ever. Have we ever done a contest? We should, and it should win.

This quote gave me the idea to host such a contest, and so here we are.

This is the Nominations phase, where you can nominate up to 10 (ten) matches that you would like to see in the running for the title of Greatest Match Ever. Note that I may increase the nomination limit as necessary, depending on interest. This contest will have 64 entrants, which will be determined at the end of the Nominations phase, on January 1st, 2019, at 12:00 AM PST. If there is a tie at that time in terms of total nominations among matches that are right on the cusp of making the bracket (for example, if 62 matches have 5+ nominations, then 8 more have only 4), the entrants from that tier will be determined by one or more vote-in polls as necessary. Nominations will also be used to determine seeding, with ties among matches that have enough nominations to definitively make the bracket broken for seeding purposes by myself.

Nominations must be for matches in official sitewide GameFAQs Contests, comprised of the following list:
- Character Battle I (2002)
- Character Battle II (2003)
- Best Game Ever (2004)
- Character Battle III (2004)
- Got Villains? (2005)
- Character Battle IV (2005)
- Best Series Ever (2006)
- Character Battle V (2006)
- Character Battle VI (2007)
- Character Battle VII (2008)
- Best Game Ever II (2009)
- Character Battle VIII (2010)
- Game of the Decade (2010)
- Rivalry Rumble (2011)
- Character Battle IX (2013)
- Best Game Ever III (2015)
- Best Year in Gaming (2017)
- Character Battle X (2018)

Bonus matches are allowed, including Link vs. Jay Solano. Also, there is no standardized format necessary for nominations - as long as each of your nominations is in a form where I can distinctly recognize which match you are nominating, they will count.

Once the Nominations phase has ended and the 64 entrants have been determined, this contest will begin in earnest, using the time-tested NCAA format, but with multiple matches per day in the first three rounds.
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NowItsAngeTime
12/23/18 7:53:34 PM
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Tracking topic for later
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Xeybozn
12/23/18 8:05:42 PM
#3:


Tag for later
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12/23/18 8:14:28 PM
#4:


You forgot about the quote contest.
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NowItsAngeTime
12/23/18 8:24:35 PM
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Tifa vs. Mega Man X 2018
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Crono 2006
Link vs. Commander Shepard vs. Draven 2013
Magus vs. Knuckles 2005
Link vs. Cloud Srife vs. L-Block vs. Solid Snake 2007
Bowser vs. Charizard 2010
Metal Gear Solid 2 vs. Shadow of the Colossus 2010
Final Fantasy X vs. The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask 2010
Super Mario RPG vs. Metal Gear Solid 3 2015

Wasnt around for any contest before Summer 2005
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NowItsAngeTime
12/23/18 8:27:00 PM
#6:


Zelda vs. Solid Snake 2018
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NowItsAngeTime
12/23/18 8:31:32 PM
#7:


Draven vs Solid Snake vs. Samus Aran 2013

That should be 10 for me
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Underleveled
12/23/18 8:32:29 PM
#8:


Golden Sun vs. San Andreas (GotD)
Mario vs. Crono 2003
Frog vs. Master Chief 2004
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scarletspeed7
12/23/18 8:33:17 PM
#9:


Draven vs. Shepard vs. Link (2013)

Best match of all time.
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MetalmindStats
12/23/18 8:40:23 PM
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@NowItsAngeTime, you're actually at 11 nominations, so I won't count your last nomination unless you would rather remove another of your choices.
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12/23/18 8:41:19 PM
#11:


scarletspeed7 posted...
Draven vs. Shepard vs. Link (2013)

Best match of all time.

In a weird way, it was.
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12/23/18 8:42:27 PM
#12:


Starcraft/Halo 2004
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scarletspeed7
12/23/18 8:57:09 PM
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Anagram posted...
scarletspeed7 posted...
Draven vs. Shepard vs. Link (2013)

Best match of all time.

In a weird way, it was.

Commander Shepard single-handedly had to make a moral decision, Paragon or Renegade, and the effects were felt through the rest of the series. It couldn't have been more Bioware if it was an actual Bioware game!
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NowItsAngeTime
12/23/18 10:20:17 PM
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MetalmindStats posted...
@NowItsAngeTime, you're actually at 11 nominations, so I won't count your last nomination unless you would rather remove another of your choices.


Oh whoops, yeah just ignore the last one then
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OrangeCrush980
12/23/18 10:33:16 PM
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Golden Sun vs. San Andreas (GotD)
Link vs. Shepard vs. Draven (2013)
[Red vs. Blue] vs. [Cloud vs. Sephiroth] (Rivalry Rumble)
God of War vs. San Andreas vs. Symphonia vs. Oblivion (2009)
Crono vs. Missingno (2010)
Chrono Trigger vs. Final Fantasy X (2015)
Super Smash Bros Melee vs. Undertale (2015)
Solid Snake vs. Zelda (2018)
Tifa vs. Sephiroth (2018)
Zelda vs. Mario (2018)
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HaRRicH
12/23/18 11:21:50 PM
#16:


Tag.
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Hbthebattle
12/24/18 12:06:22 AM
#17:


Undertale vs. Pokmon RBY 2013
Mega Man X vs. Tifa 2018
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Underleveled
12/24/18 12:56:13 AM
#18:


Mega Man vs. Pikachu (2018; Legends Bracket)
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MetalmindStats
12/24/18 2:13:18 AM
#19:


My nominations, sticking to contests I was around for, and potentially subject to change:

Mario vs. Vivi vs. Ganondorf (2013)
Solid Snake vs. GlaDOS vs. Kefka (2013)
Super Metroid vs. Majora's Mask (2015)
Bowser vs. Gordon Freeman (2018)
Garrus Vakarian vs. Ramza Beoulve (2018)
Amaterasu vs. Draven (2018)
Geralt vs. Bayonetta (2018)
Alucard vs. Bowser (2018)
Samus Aran vs. Mario (2018; Legends Bracket)
Cloud Strife vs. Mario (2018)
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MetalmindStats
12/24/18 3:48:31 AM
#20:


The Current Nomination Tally:

3 nominations:

Link vs Shepard vs Draven (2013)

2 nominations:

Golden Sun vs San Andreas (2010 GotD)
Tifa vs Mega Man X (2018)
Snake vs Zelda (2018)

1 nomination:

Mario vs Crono (2003)
Halo vs StarCraft (2004g)
Frog vs Master Chief (2004c)
Magus vs Knuckles (2005c)
Sonic vs Crono (2006)
Link vs Cloud Srife vs L-Block vs Solid Snake (2007)
God of War vs San Andreas vs Symphonia vs Oblivion (2009)
Crono vs Missingno. (2010c)
Bowser vs Charizard (2010c)
Metal Gear Solid vs Shadow of the Colossus (2010 GotD)
Final Fantasy X vs Majora's Mask (2010 GotD)
Red vs. Blue vs Cloud vs. Sephiroth (2011)
Mario vs Vivi vs Ganondorf (2013)
Snake vs GlaDOS vs Kefka (2013)
Chrono Trigger vs Final Fantasy X (2015)
Super Metroid vs Majora's Mask (2015)
Pokmon RBY vs Undertale (2015)
Super Mario RPG vs Metal Gear Solid 3 (2015)
Super Smash Bros. Melee vs Undertale (2015)
Bowser vs Gordon Freeman (2018)
Garrus Vakarian vs Ramza Beoulve (2018)
Amaterasu vs Draven (2018)
Geralt vs Bayonetta (2018)
Mega Man vs Pikachu (2018 Legends)
Alucard vs Bowser (2018)
Tifa vs Sephiroth (2018)
Samus vs Mario (2018 Legends)
Zelda vs Mario (2018)
Cloud vs Mario (2018)
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_SecretSquirrel
12/24/18 4:39:32 AM
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Frog vs. Master Chief 2004
Solid Snake vs. Frog 2004
Mario vs. Samus 2005
Mario vs. Samus 2018 Losers
Chrono Trigger vs. Final Fantasy X 2015
Metal Gear Solid 3 vs. Super Mario RPG 2015
Starcraft vs. Wind Waker 2004
Starcraft vs. Super Smash Bros. Melee 2004
Jill Valentine vs. Ryu Hayabusa 2004
Undertale vs. Pokemon RBY 2015
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SuperNiceDog
12/24/18 5:16:00 AM
#22:


Link vs Shepard vs Draven(2013)

One of the best matches ever.

FFX vs Majora's Mask(2010 GOTD)

Mario vs Cloud(2002)

Mario vs Crono(2003)

Halo vs Starcraft(2004 Games)

Link vs Cloud(2003)

Undertale vs Super Smash Bros. Melee(2015 Games)

Majora's Mask vs Super Smash Bros. Brawl(2010 GOTD)

L-Block vs Link vs Cloud vs Snake(2007 Characters)

Undertale vs The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time(2015 Games)
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SuperNiceDog
12/24/18 5:18:50 AM
#23:


scarletspeed7 posted...
Draven vs. Shepard vs. Link (2013)

Best match of all time.


I think you might be right about this.
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XIII_rocks
12/24/18 5:35:47 AM
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LSD winning would be a really damning indictment of these contests

Sonic/Crono 2006
Mario/Samus 2018
Knuckles/Magus 2005
Snake/Sephiroth 2010
Jill/Peach 2006
Pokemon Trainers vs. Cloud and Sephiroth 2011
Solid Snake vs. Sephiroth vs. Cloud vs. Link, Battle Royale Day 3 2006
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XIII_rocks
12/24/18 5:42:09 AM
#25:


Kuja/Master Hand 2005
Vivi/Mario/Ganondorf 2013
Squirtle/Cloud/Leon 2013

That should do it
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spooky96
12/24/18 6:05:26 AM
#26:


RSE vs GTA IV
FFX vs MM
Charizard vs Bowser
Red vs Ocelot Revolver
Trainers vs Cloud/Sephiroth
Link vs Draven vs Shepard
Mario vs Vivi vs Ganondorf
MM vs Zero vs Charizard
RBY vs Undertale
Melee vs Undertale
CT vs FFX
SMRPG vs MGS
Zelda vs Snake
Zelda vs Mario
Crono vs MM
Cloud vs Mario
Cloud vs Zelda
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MetalmindStats
12/24/18 6:05:34 AM
#27:


XIII_rocks posted...
Mario/Samus 2018

@XIII_rocks, which Mario/Samus 2018 match do you wish to nominate? (Edit: I forgot that those two matches had the entrants in a different order; I'm going to assume you're going with the Losers match as such.)

Also, @spooky96, I'm going to have to take only your first ten choices for now, sorry. And I'm also assuming the Bowser vs. Charizard match you're nominating is the 2010 one?
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bullhogderbaxer
12/24/18 6:06:41 AM
#28:


Sonic vs Crono 2006
Knuckles vs Magus 2005
Cloud vs Mario 2018
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spooky96
12/24/18 6:13:18 AM
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Oh in that case pick the bottom 10 matches, think I like those matches more. And yeah, meant the 2010 match but screw it.
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XIII_rocks
12/24/18 9:01:22 AM
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Yeah sorry I meant their nail-biting rematch
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Safer_777
12/24/18 11:00:35 AM
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Mario VS Crono 2002
Mario VS Samus 2018 Rematch
Link VS Cloud 2003
L-Block VS Link VS Cloud VS Snake
Draven VS Link VS Shepard
Charizard VS Bowser 2010
Undertale VS SSBM
Mario VS Cloud 2018
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Underleveled
12/24/18 11:04:28 AM
#32:


Mario vs. Cloud 2002
Sonic vs. Crono 2006
Kirby/Dante/Sephiroth/Sonic 2008
Ryu Hayabusa vs. Jill Valentine 2004
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HeroicSpiderPig
12/24/18 12:13:06 PM
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Mario Vs. Crono 2003
Link Vs. Shepard Vs. Draven 2013
Sonic Vs. Samus 2002
Mario Vs. Cloud 2002
Frog Vs. Master Chief 2004
StarCraft Vs. Wind Waker Sp2004
Halo Vs. StarCraft Sp2004
Kefka Vs. Vercetti 2005
Squall Vs Luigi 2003
Link Vs Cloud 2003
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MetalmindStats
12/24/18 7:40:36 PM
#34:


The Current Nomination Tally:

6 nominations (1):

Link vs Shepard vs Draven (2013)

4 nominations (3):

Sonic vs Crono (2006c)
Super Smash Bros. Melee vs Undertale (2015)
Cloud vs Mario (2018)

3 nominations (12):

Mario vs Cloud (2002)
Mario vs Crono (2003)
Link vs Cloud (2003)
Halo vs StarCraft (2004g)
Frog vs Master Chief (2004c)
Magus vs Knuckles (2005c)
Link vs Cloud vs L-Block vs Snake (2007)
Chrono Trigger vs Final Fantasy X (2015)
Pokmon RBY vs Undertale (2015)
Super Mario RPG vs Metal Gear Solid 3 (2015)
Snake vs Zelda (2018)
Mario vs Samus (2018 Losers)

2 nominations (9):

StarCraft vs Wind Waker (2004g)
Ryu Hayabusa vs Jill Valentine (2004c)
Bowser vs Charizard (2010c)
Golden Sun vs San Andreas (2010 GotD)
Final Fantasy X vs Majora's Mask (2010 GotD)
Red vs. Blue vs Cloud vs. Sephiroth (2011)
Mario vs Vivi vs Ganondorf (2013)
Tifa vs Mega Man X (2018)
Zelda vs Mario (2018)

1 nomination (30):

Sonic vs Samus (2002)
Mario vs Crono (2002)
Squall vs Luigi (2003)
StarCraft vs Super Smash Bros. Melee (2004g)
Snake vs Frog (2004c)
Kuja vs Master Hand (2005v)
Kefka vs Tommy Vercetti (2005c)
Mario vs Samus (2005c)
Jill Valentine vs Princess Peach (2006c)
Cloud vs Link vs Sephiroth vs Snake (2006c)
Kirby vs Dante vs Sephiroth vs Sonic (2008)
God of War vs San Andreas vs Symphonia vs Oblivion (2009)
Crono vs Missingno. (2010c)
Snake vs Sephiroth (2010c)
Metal Gear Solid 2 vs Shadow of the Colossus (2010 GotD)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl vs Majora's Mask (2010 GotD)
Snake vs GlaDOS vs Kefka (2013)
Cloud vs Squirtle vs Leon Kennedy (2013)
Mega Man vs Zero vs Charizard (2013)
Super Metroid vs Majora's Mask (2015)
Bowser vs Gordon Freeman (2018)
Garrus Vakarian vs Ramza Beoulve (2018)
Amaterasu vs Draven (2018)
Geralt vs Bayonetta (2018)
Mega Man vs Pikachu (2018 Legends)
Alucard vs Bowser (2018)
Tifa vs Sephiroth (2018)
Samus vs Mario (2018 Legends)
Crono vs Mega Man (2018)
Cloud vs Zelda (2018)

This should be correct, please tell me if there's any mistakes!
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MetalmindStats
12/25/18 8:53:35 AM
#35:


'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Board 8, only a bump was stirring.
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Safer_777
12/25/18 9:02:05 AM
#36:


Man if o nly more people would nominate things...
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Nanis23
12/25/18 9:09:45 AM
#37:


2007 - Link Cloud Strife L-Block Solid Snake
Rivals - Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer BlueCloud vs. Sephiroth
2010 - Missingno Crono
2013 - Link Shephard Draven
2013 - Draven Snake Samus
2013 - Mega Man Zero Charizard
2015 - Undertale Smash Melee
2018 - Mega Man X Tifa
2018 - Zelda Snake
2018 - Tifa Sephiroth
2018 - Mario Samus (the second)
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SuperNiceDog
12/25/18 6:10:48 PM
#38:


its nanis23!
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MetalmindStats
12/25/18 8:14:32 PM
#39:


I'm not really concerned is participation is low right now - it's Christmas, after all!
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SuperNiceDog
12/26/18 3:57:50 AM
#40:


no one is left on the board after the contest ended.
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Safer_777
12/26/18 5:32:42 AM
#41:


Well it makes sense. The only reason to stick here is to see Ulti's PCA which you can also see on Board 8 Wiki anyways.
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MetalmindStats
12/26/18 5:40:09 PM
#42:


Well, this isn't the place to be come Christmas.
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MetalmindStats
12/27/18 7:49:30 AM
#43:


Up.
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SuperNiceDog
12/27/18 1:57:17 PM
#44:


Woo
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MetalmindStats
12/28/18 7:41:07 AM
#45:


Up.
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Safer_777
12/28/18 9:43:12 AM
#46:


Why you don't make a small bracket with these matches and some others that you consider important?
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SirBinro
12/28/18 12:31:48 PM
#47:


Starcraft/Halo 2004
Starcraft/Wind Waker 2004
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MetalmindStats
12/28/18 3:37:43 PM
#48:


Safer_777 posted...
Why you don't make a small bracket with these matches and some others that you consider important?

I don't feel like I'm a great judge of this, since I wasn't around before 2013.

What I'll do instead is increase the nomination cap to 15, to give an additional 5 nominations to everyone who already nominated. @spooky96 since I know you wanted to nominate more matches.
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OrangeCrush980
12/28/18 10:32:35 PM
#49:


[Sora vs. Riku] vs. [William B.J. Blazkowicz vs. Adolf Hitler] (2011)
Chester vs. Mewtwo vs. Zero (2013)
Draven vs. Solid Snake vs. Samus (2013)
2001 vs. 1997 (2017)
Samus vs. Mario (2018 Losers)
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spooky96
12/29/18 3:08:51 AM
#50:


Nice, Trainers vs Cloud/Seph needs to be nominated. Even though it was just a bonus match.
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