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Round 2 Division 3 Day 19
Marvels Spider-Man 57.65%
Minecraft 42.35%

Prediction Percentage 31.61%

This is probably the match that makes it so difficult for our board to accept Marvels Spider-Man is just really good. We have no faith in Minecraft being worth anything and we werent very openminded to Spider-Man being that either. Spider-Man had a really successful launch and weve shown to really like the similar Batman games in the past, so Im not sure why it was that difficult to believe. Also, remember that Spider-Man was doing a few percentages better before all the rallying in the Octopath Traveler vs. Shovel Knight match happened. Both parties seem to prefer Minecraft in this match. The prediction percentage is really low. Thats what happens when you share a fourpack with both Minecraft and Dota 2, I suppose!

Minecraft is not exactly the type of game that tends to do well here. Its not one of our typically liked genres, a lot of its playerbase is younger than us, and why would you need to go to a FAQ site for it. It seems like obvious casual bait that isnt worth much when it comes down to it. It also finished very low in the 2015 x-stats after losing to Halo, which went on to get killed by Final Fantasy VII.

It was however brought up before that perhaps Minecraft was a bit undervalued in the 2015 x-stats because of the Halo vs. Final Fantasy VII match, as perhaps FFVII is a really bad opponent for Halo. This contest makes it seem like there might be some truth to the theory. I also just think we tend to group Minecraft too much with usual casual bait like GTA, Fortnite, Dota, WoW etc. Unlike all of those, its not really disliked by anyone. We might not care for it much, but we dont dislike it either and everyone knows what it is. Furthermore, its huge enough that even a great part of our site has probably tried it out. Finally, its a Game of the Decade contest. Minecraft might boost a bit from that, because its one of the biggest games of all time and most sites mention it when discussing Game of the Decade. Minecraft will probably make it in again and be casual bait once more but still not get very far again, but its worth seeing it back I think, and it can win matches against the right games.

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