Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1367

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Mac Arrowny posted...

I don't agree with Safer at all, but this is a stupid argument. Game of Thrones was good because it was such a close adaptation to the books compared to most adaptations out there. The changes in Netflix's Death Note were awful.

sure, there can be bad changes. But change isnt inherently bad. Sometimes stuff in the source material just doesnt translate well to another medium. Even Game of Thrones aged up its characters, but for some reason no seems to complain about HBO not having a 9 year-old Arya.

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I for one am very happy they cut that one scene out of the adaptation of Stephen King's It.

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Oh nice, MGS1 playrate poll asked in a Cockney accent

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

The Critical Drinker is an okay critic when not bringing politics in and beyond awful when he does.

Politics aside, his writing-related insights are sharp.

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LeonhartFour posted...

Oh nice, MGS1 playrate poll asked in a Cockney accent

Looks like the mistake was corrected at some point while the poll was still in progress.
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LusterSoldier posted...

Looks like the mistake was corrected at some point while the poll was still in progress.

What did it say?

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It said "ave" instead of "Have"

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I love their accent.

"'Ave you eveh ploid Metul Geah Suled?"

(Maybe that's a little too Aussie...)

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Man One Piece is getting the Netflix treatment...Damn.

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its gonna suuuuuuuck


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I can only hope the Netflix One Piece will be just as fun to watch as the Death Note movie.

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There's something I just don't understand...

What makes a live-action anime adaptation so extremely complicated to develop properly? Like, why don't they actually try to be as faithful to the original sources as possible?

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Because they all want to add their own spin to it. I mean look at RE. Okay the new RE movie that will come out soon. When it first was announced the director said that he will be extremely faithfull to the games. Fine. BUT when the first info came out a few days ago and things were different like that Leon is and Indian and Lisa is the same age as Claire and stuff like that the director said well I don't want to be exactly as the games. Right.

Anyways for One Piece. I predict this since it will be on origin.

Sanji will be toned down a lot. No way we can have a guy leering on beautiful women.
Usopp will be a Black guy.
Nami will be a Lesbian.
Zoro will be an Asian.
Luffy will stay mostly the same since he is the main guy.

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Well Usopp is African, Zoro is Japanese, and Luffy is Brazilian so I expect you to complain a lot about it if any of those are changed.

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Hey as always I want to see the final result. Although I was sure that this was announced years ago and I thought it was canclelled?

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Advokaiser posted...

What makes a live-action anime adaptation so extremely complicated to develop properly?

When you jump from animation to live action there's just so much that doesn't come across the same. You just can't depict things the exact same way, even if you try it'll come across differently. CG can look pretty bad if its not done right. Is Luffy going to blow up like a balloon? Even something like just punching very fast can look dumb af in live action.

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pjbasis posted...

When you jump from animation to live action there's just so much that doesn't come across the same. You just can't depict things the exact same way, even if you try it'll come across differently. CG can look pretty bad if its not done right. Is Luffy going to blow up like a balloon? Even something like just punching very fast can look dumb af in live action.

That's a good point, but I still think they can work around some of those details if they're creative enough, like how they made Scott Pilgrim vs. The World an extraordinary live-action adaptation by not taking itself too seriously while simultaneously adding lots of stylish details.

And I'm talking about a MUCH more complex adaptation there. Like Safer said with the RE movie, they have one very simple job by choosing the right cast and respecting the game canons and they can't even do that right.

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Another FFVII playrate poll:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8573-
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I must have played through Midgar like 10 times and maybe the whole game 3 or 4 times.

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LusterSoldier posted...

Another FFVII playrate poll:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8573-

Holy... 80.48%

Is that a new record for the original?

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It has never finished above 80% playrate as far as I can tell from previous polls. I imagine this is the Remake effect, as well as the game becoming widely available on modern platforms.

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I wonder which option FFVIIR people voted.

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I thought so too... But I'm not sure how many votes actually come from people that have only played the Remake (since the title doesn't explicitly specify "original FFVII" this time).

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FFVII previously broke 80% playrate in 2003 with a slightly different poll question:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1251-have-you-played-and-completed-final-fantasy-vii

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FFVII finished with a playrate of 80.57% in yesterday's poll. This still falls short of the 81.34% playrate back in 2003, but that was a different time for GameFAQs compared to today.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

FFVII previously broke 80% playrate in 2003 with a slightly different poll question:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1251-have-you-played-and-completed-final-fantasy-vii

No wonder FFVII always wins.

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either way I'd say it's a good sign for Cloud and company if we ever have another Character Battle

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Here's a list of characters I think have good chances to get in due to recent game releases since the last character battle. Feel free to rank them in order of presumed contest strength:

Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Zagreus (Hades)
Ryunosuke Naruhodo (The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles)
Omori (Omori)
Steve (Minecraft)
Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Juro Kurabe (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)
Doomslayer (Doom)
Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Stella (Spiritfarer)
Jesse Faden (Control)
Yuito Sumeragi (Scarlet Nexus)

Some due to a popular game, some due to the game being popular on Board 8, and some due to Smash Bros.

EDIT: K. Rool has been removed because I forgot he got in the last contest.

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K. Rool got in on the strength of Ultimate last time and almost beat Shepard! He'll be much weaker if he gets back in just because the hype is no longer there.

I would not have much confidence in any of those. Doomslayer is the strongest there by default, I'd guess, and then it's a crapshoot. Well, K. Rool is probably still second, but who knows about the rest.

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I really wanna see Sephiroth after Smash and Remake

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The question is whether he loses to Tifa again. I say even with Smash he still loses.

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In a twist before our next contest, FFVII Remake Part 2 will be announced as not happening, causing all of the FFVII characters to fall off a cliff.

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In a twist before our next contest, FFVII Remake Part 2 will be announced as taking place in the world of FFVIII due to a huge temporal disturbance and Squall becomes top 10 again.

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FFVIIR becoming one giant series crossover would be something else

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pjbasis posted...

In a twist before our next contest, FFVII Remake Part 2 will be announced as taking place in the world of FFVIII due to a huge temporal disturbance and Squall becomes top 10 again.

This multiverse hype is getting a little out of hand...

And I love it.

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LeonhartFour posted...

FFVIIR becoming one giant series crossover would be something else

In the words of Bully Maguire himself...

https://youtu.be/urDjTx3x5Wo

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Big Bob posted...

Here's a list of characters I think have good chances to get in due to recent game releases since the last character battle. Feel free to rank them in order of presumed contest strength:

Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Zagreus (Hades)
Ryunosuke Naruhodo (The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles)
Omori (Omori)
Steve (Minecraft)
Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Juro Kurabe (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)
Doomslayer (Doom)
Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Stella (Spiritfarer)
Jesse Faden (Control)
Yuito Sumeragi (Scarlet Nexus)

Some due to a popular game, some due to the game being popular on Board 8, and some due to Smash Bros.

EDIT: K. Rool has been removed because I forgot he got in the last contest.

These guys all look weak af. Doomguy and maybe Pyra and Steve could have some strength thanks to Smash, but everyone else looks awful.

Also, the Tales crowd will almost certainly push somebody from Arise in, same for the FE crowd with Three Houses (one of the lords/Byleth). Genshin Impact has the potential to have multiple reps in as well, although idk how much vote splitting there's gonna be.

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I feel like Jin or Ichiban could win a match since their games did fine in GOTY. Yeah, most of them are fodder, though, since that's how newcomers are.

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Not KAZUYA MISHIMA? Gaming ICON?

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I was listing characters who hadn't been in contests before, and technically Kazuya made the 2002 contest. Smash probably gives him a boost, but Tekken's never been strong here.

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Kazuya probably beats most of those.

Also Steve was in 2013.

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My memory just sucks, then.

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I mean I can't blame people for forgetting who was in 2013, such a bloated contest

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https://www.ign.com/articles/ign-best-video-game-of-all-time-bracket-vote-round-1

IGN hosting a games contest, featuring Breath of the Wild vs. Final Fantasy VII in round 1!

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I was about to comment on how OoT is barely winning its match, and then I realized it's up against Skyrim R1??? This seeding's pretty whack. I'm not sure what the favorite to win is, though I'd expect Skyrim to be one of the 10 strongest normally...
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Chrono Trigger vs. World of Warcraft in Round 2 huh

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Would be pretty embarrasing for Chrono trigger to lose to something Cross beat!

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Seeing MGS3 getting doubled by Last of Us in the first round hurts so much

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pjbasis posted...

Not KAZUYA MISHIMA? Gaming ICON?

I havent played Tekken 6 or 7, but I always saw his son and especially his father as more of a star of the series. Actually its strange that weve never seen Heihachi as a low seed.

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snake_5036 posted...

Seeing MGS3 getting doubled by Last of Us in the first round hurts so much

To be fair, TLOU will probably be one of the strongest games in the bracket.

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