Board 8 > The Zen Contest Highlights 2: a hate in time

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MetalmindStats
05/13/20 7:59:49 PM
#253:




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hylianknight3
05/13/20 8:16:38 PM
#254:









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KamikazePotato
05/13/20 8:17:56 PM
#255:


All the more freeform pics have been great. Good stuff everyone.

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hylianknight3
05/13/20 8:18:14 PM
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hylianknight3
05/13/20 8:20:24 PM
#257:




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PostContestUlti
05/13/20 8:24:16 PM
#258:


Majora's Mask has a shockingly small amount of things to work with.

And I am SO happy about my moon pic getting in.

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ZenOfThunder
05/13/20 8:24:25 PM
#259:



https://i.imgur.com/Ncf4lDQ.mp4

thank you allen


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PrinceOfKoopas
05/13/20 8:25:43 PM
#260:




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NFUN
05/13/20 8:26:30 PM
#261:


ZenOfThunder posted...

https://i.imgur.com/Ncf4lDQ.mp4

thank you allen
holy shit

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hylianknight3
05/13/20 8:28:47 PM
#262:




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ZenOfThunder
05/13/20 8:33:04 PM
#263:


https://i.imgur.com/my0qbDo.mp4

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hylianknight3
05/13/20 8:39:00 PM
#264:


Haha, that is amazing. Good job preserving its glory in full.

I think Majora has one more pic than Breath because I've been refreshing like crazy and I can't get a new Breath pic to pair with this Majora image so I give up.



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XIII_rocks
05/13/20 10:47:22 PM
#265:


I still don't know what that thing is

The thing that isn't the moon

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swirIdude
05/13/20 10:50:37 PM
#266:


XIII_rocks posted...
I still don't know what that thing is

The thing that isn't the moon

It's a Cucco, a chicken/rooster from the Zelda series.

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XIII_rocks
05/13/20 10:54:51 PM
#267:


oh right
cool

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BlAcK TuRtLe
05/13/20 11:04:28 PM
#268:


ZenOfThunder posted...


the return of the king
Feels like it's been a while since he posted

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ZenOfThunder
05/14/20 8:51:00 AM
#269:


MetalmindStats posted...
Am I the only one who's noticed the parallels between the top flight of this contest and the Noble Nine back when the term was still relevant? To break them down:

* BotW vs. Link: both obvious-winner Zelda entrants; both tore through their respective foes (except Link in 2003 ofc) before not quite looking as dominant as expected in the finals.
* Witcher 3 vs. Cloud: both are comfortably the second strongest entrants of their respective fields. Also, both would lose the board vote to pretty much anything, as Witcher 3 proved against Skyrim, before rising to heaven with the overnight vote, something which Witcher 3 even managed against BotW much as Cloud always did against Link.
* Skyrim vs. Sephiroth: both the third-place entrants, of a kind with second place, and they each had matches that proved a thing or two about said hierarchy. Again, Skyrim's trends were much like Sephiroth's, as it lost the board vote against everything other than Witcher 3 before climbing the entire rest of its matches, again except against Witcher 3.
* Smash Ultimate vs. Mario: both the second-strongest Nintendo presences in their respective fields, and each capable of SFFing any lesser Nintendo entrants while getting SFF'd just as hard by the predominant Zelda.
* Mario Odyssey vs. Samus: the hierarchical relationship between SSBU and SMO proved to be much like the relationship between Mario and Samus in 2005, even though most were again expecting a much closer match. In both cases, the more broadly-appealing entrant won out over the fan favorite.
Unfortunately, it's more of a stretch to tie anything else in this field to the last few members of the Noble Nine. Here's my best effort:

* Persona 5 vs. Crono: Both relatively niche JRPG entrants, and Witcher 3/Persona 5 was quite akin to both Cloud/Crono 2018 matches, albeit the latter were after the Noble Nine had stopped being a relevant concept.
* Dark Souls vs. Mega Man: Both fought against the third strongest entrants in their respective fields, in matches with upset hype, and gave it all they could for quite a while before letting the DNV run away from them.
* God of War vs. Sonic: This particular comparison mainly holds water for 2003, where in each case, the sheer magnitude of the losses sustained by these low-end NN-level entrants proved the winner was a threat and a half. Of course, both winners had already outperformed, but it arguably took their Round 4 results to get B8 to stand up and notice. Alternatively, you could go as far as to say both GoW and Sonic had already quietly been exposed prior to their painful losses.
* Xenoblade vs. Snake: Again a comparison focused on a specific year, in this case 2005. Both entrants' strength was doubted pre-contest, and both had tough-looking paths. Each one took care of business in impressive fashion despite minor Round 4 slip-ups before bowing out respectably against the Mario of their respective brackets. There's also somewhat of a parallel to 2006, where both had hype-fueled, expectation-smashing runs that ended at the hands of a Nintendo entrant.


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ZenOfThunder
05/14/20 8:52:43 AM
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hylianknight3
05/14/20 9:46:31 AM
#271:




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The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
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ZenOfThunder
05/14/20 10:57:57 AM
#272:


transience posted...
final votal graph. that last day



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ZenOfThunder
05/14/20 11:18:45 AM
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ZenOfThunder
05/14/20 11:49:31 AM
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hylianknight3
05/14/20 3:17:04 PM
#275:




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The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
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hylianknight3
05/15/20 5:55:51 PM
#276:




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The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
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ZenOfThunder
05/15/20 7:48:27 PM
#277:




did u know board 8 is good @ contest

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ZenOfThunder
05/17/20 12:55:18 PM
#278:


keeping this alive for a bit

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hylianknight3
05/17/20 6:21:30 PM
#279:


Twitter Takes:







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swirIdude
05/17/20 10:15:06 PM
#280:


Are people really talking about the Character Battle in May 2020?

Maybe CBXI in 2022 will have better votals!

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ZenOfThunder
05/18/20 5:39:57 PM
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ZenOfThunder
05/19/20 1:41:45 PM
#282:


bumpo

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ZenOfThunder
05/19/20 4:33:35 PM
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MetalmindStats
05/22/20 10:42:39 AM
#284:


Best System Ever - yay or nay? Advokaiser decided to see what B8 thinks about Ngamer's preference for our next bracket contest:

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ZenOfThunder
05/22/20 7:00:09 PM
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Leonhart4
05/22/20 7:05:38 PM
#286:


Why is the entire internet like that?

This is why we can't get an all-fictional contest.

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Cavedweller2000
05/23/20 3:30:46 AM
#287:


I'd agree if the contest was called 'Which game is objectively the best?'

But people can't choose which game they like more?

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LeonhartFour
05/23/20 9:47:08 AM
#288:


wait they've got Persona 5 Royal in the bracket even though it's a 2020 game...!

seems like everyone plays fast and loose with Persona's eligibility in these things!

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swirIdude
05/23/20 10:45:37 AM
#289:


Green Man Gaming's contest allows any game that released during it's existence. The site started in 2010 or 2011, so they allowed early 2020 games in.

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ZenOfThunder
05/23/20 11:23:44 AM
#290:


the amount of times this has needed to be explained means they should have either put a disclaimer on the bracket or changed the name or just made it the actual fucking century

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shane15
05/23/20 11:24:40 AM
#291:


I see Zelda gets a bye into the final in that bracket.

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MechanicalWall
05/23/20 11:29:27 AM
#292:


I get where people who say 'it's like comparing apples and oranges' are coming from, but come one. At the end of the day, you have a gut feeling for which game you like more.

And when the semis are literally four open-world games, it's more like comparing oranges and tangerines...

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Cavedweller2000
05/23/20 1:13:07 PM
#293:


Orange
Tangerine
Satsuma
Mandarin

Who ya got?


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NFUN
05/23/20 1:15:02 PM
#294:


MechanicalWall posted...
I get where people who say 'it's like comparing apples and oranges' are coming from, but come one. At the end of the day, you have a gut feeling for which game you like more.

And when the semis are literally four open-world games, it's more like comparing oranges and tangerines...
don't try to extend the analogy like that. if you're going to go that route, it really isn't difficult to compare apples and oranges

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davidponte
05/23/20 1:25:02 PM
#295:


Why can't fruit be compared?

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ZenOfThunder
05/23/20 5:50:36 PM
#296:


ZeroSignal620 posted...
Took a while, but here's all the series to not win anything/advance in contest history. I even took spinoffs into consideration (Drakengard, whkle having Caim, eventually leads to Nier).

Hopefully I didn't miss anything

Bubble Bobble
Parappa the Rappa
Q Bert
Virtua Fighter
Mystical Ninja
Oddworld
Tekken
Dragon's Lair
Command and Conquer
Legacy of Kain
Punch-Out
Pitfall
Zero Wing
Mr. Driller
Syphon Filter
Space Channel 5
Super Monkey Ball
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Pikmin
.hack
Phantasy Star
Duck Hunt
Adventure
River City Ransom
Galaga
Secret of Mana
Shining Force
The Simpsons
Gunstar Heroes
DDR
Panzer Dragoon
Nights
Earthworm Jim
Driver
Jak and Daxter
Sly Cooper
Viewtiful Joe
Silent Hill
Lunar
Shadow Hearts
Grim Fandango
Hitman
Katamari Damacy
Civilization
Star Ocean
Harvest Moon
Madden
Beyond Good and Evil
Valkyrie Profile
Where is Carmen Sandiego?
Prince of Persia
Elite Beat Agents
Kid Icarus
Wii Sports
Resistance
The World Ends With You
Psychonauts
Lost Odyssey
Braid
Guitar Hero
No More Heroes
Professor Layton
Ice Climbers
Space Invaders
Oregon Trail
SimCity
Tecmo Super Bowl
Battletoads
Crystalis
Streets of Rage
Lufia
Left 4 Dead
Brutal Legend
Infamous
Rock Band
Fable
Legend of Dragoon
WWF
Dead Space
Tony Hawk
Jet Grind Radio
Baldur's Gate
Plants vs Zombies
Timesplitters
Eternal Darkness
The Sims
Advance Wars
ICO
I Wanna Be the Guy
Guilty Gear
Wolfenstein
Binding of Isaac
Alan Wake
SMT: Nocturne
Lollipop Chainsaw
Touhou
Zero Escape
Chester
Fate/Stay
Walking Dead
VVVVVV
Commander Keen
BlazBlue
Deadly Premonition
Gravity Rush
Ni No Kuni
Ghost Trick
Dynasty Warriors
Far Cry
Bit Runner
Dishonored
Recettear
Final Fight
Angry Birds
Planescape: Torment
Age of Empires
Life is Strange
Splatoon
Destiny
Doki Doki
Shantae
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Legend of Heroes
A Hat in Time
Danganronpa
Outer Worlds
Edith Finch
Bravely Default
Bloodstained
Fortnite
Inside
Dota
Dragon's Dogma
Baba is You
XCOM 2
FTL
Death Stranding
South Park
Obra Dinn
Stanley Parable
Talos Principle
Heavy Rain
Ys
Slay the Spire
Disco Elysium
Dying Light
Hotline Miami
Dragon Ball
The Witness
Dead Cells
Terraria
Crusader Kings
Subnautica
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Night in the Woods
Celeste
Hearthstone (may not count cause it has connection to Warcraft)


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ZenOfThunder
05/23/20 10:55:50 PM
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ZenOfThunder
05/24/20 11:29:11 PM
#298:


KamikazePotato posted...
Actually, here's how the indies shook out in the current (and probably final?) version of the X-stats:

Cuphead - 23.0540787540817
Stardew Valley - 21.96944
Shovel Knight - 21.5175
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 20.8907462632704
Ori and the Blind Forest - 20.020352
Undertale - 19.9569166308
Hollow Knight - 19.5841
Journey - 18.8310528
Celeste - 16.8005684363059
Bastion - 16.730404
Super Meat Boy - 15.8600178048
Dead Cells - 14.3764330879304
Disco Elysium - 14.3656209667021
Terraria - 14.3133560955736
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 13.7824759206844
FTL: Faster Than Light - 13.64761944
Crypt of the Necrodancer - 13.2844982951117
Life is Strange-13.27778
Hotline Miami-12.11619741696
Subnautica - 12.04224
Baba Is You - 12.0259449565202
VVVVVV - 11.8652744448
Night in the Woods - 10.91097993216
The Stanley Parable - 10.575602214912
The Witness - 10.1098121157141
What Remains of Edith Finch - 10.01325
Slay the Spire - 9.84589905321984
The Talos Principle - 8.63396352
Return of the Obra Dinn - 8.23854
INSIDE - 7.13943791233456

Couple more above Undertale than I remembered but I'd probably take it over Ori and Bloodstained regardless. Ori being so much stronger than most other indie games still confuses me.


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squexa
05/25/20 8:38:11 AM
#299:


ZenOfThunder posted...

Damn, Witcher 3 is laying an absolute beatdown on GMG's polls. 74% on God of War, 82% on Bioshock Infinite and now 73% on Skyrim.

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Claude Rena
05/26/20 5:11:00 AM
#300:


Zelda is losing to RDR 2 in the GMG poll today (currently 43%-57%). If Zelda somehow pulls through, they will have the same final as our contest.

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Lightning Strikes
05/26/20 5:17:21 AM
#301:


Caim won a poll so Drakengard wouldn't count even if it was considered separate!

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LeonhartFour
05/26/20 10:21:14 AM
#302:


it wasn't an official match so I'm not sure it actually counts toward his record!

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