Board 8 > NCAA Games II: Week 9 Results and Discussion Topic

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Oh wow World of Warcraft broke 40% for once. Progress!

Super Metroid did worse against StarCraft than Persona 3 did last week. Uhhh...why do I get the feeling that Half-Life 2 would defeat it now?

And would you look at that, Symphony of the Night broke 40% on a "top 5" game. Now it just needs to get away from that stuff.

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From: LinkMarioSamus | #151
Uhhh...why do I get the feeling that Half-Life 2 would defeat it now?

Because you still don't get how this works.

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RPI


1. Chrono Trigger (1)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2)
3. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (3)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4)
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (5)
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (6)
7. Resident Evil 4 (7)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (8)
9. Super Mario 64 (9)
10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (10)
11. Metal Gear Solid (11)
12. Paper Mario (12)
13. Final Fantasy X (13)
14. Super Metroid (15)
15. Portal (14)
16. Final Fantasy IX (16)
17. Mega Man 2 (18)
18. Super Mario World (17)
19. Final Fantasy VI (19)
20. Super Smash Bros. Melee (21)
21. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (22)
22. Metroid Prime (20)
23. Batman: Arkham Asylum (23)
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (24)
25. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (32)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (25)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (26)
Final Fantasy Tactics (31)
Star Fox 64 (28)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (30)

Well, not much really changed here, so...yeah.

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Nice jump there for Ace Attorney, our 3rd two-loss game in the top 25.

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Nier is a great game, sad to see it do so badly.

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muddersmilk posted...
Nier is a great game, sad to see it do so badly.

Fortunately it will get its chance next week.

Oh, and I just noticed that the main Mario games are all in the same order that I'd rank them (SMB3 > SMG2 > SMG > SM64 > SMW). Aside from Civilization IV and especially StarCraft occasionally screwing up, I'm really liking this contest's results so far.

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Just wait for MVP Baseball's postseason miracle run to win the contest!

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Speaking of winless games, is it sad that World of Warcraft seems to be the most impressive game this week so far to me just because it finally broke 40% in a match (against a somewhat okay strength opponent, no less)?

At least is gives WoW some breathing room to work with for its shot at finally claiming victory in...two weeks.

And man it's kinda funny to see Civilization IV not having lost to any game since week 4 (not to mention that I've been voting for it in every match).

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red sox 777 posted...
Just wait for MVP Baseball's postseason miracle run to win the contest!

Now that is something that I can get behind

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The baseball dudes will probably be able to fashion baseball bats that will deflect bullets in two weeks.

As of now they await...wrestlers, yay!

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I just noticed that Final Fantasy VI has the highest RPI of any two-loss games, even above Melee. That's impressive.

Also, Batman's score today against Pokemon Diamond is really impressive. I'm stubborn, but I suppose I will finally give in and toss it a vote next week.

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From: LinkMarioSamus | #158
is it sad that World of Warcraft seems to be the most impressive game this week so far to me just because it finally broke 40% in a match (against a somewhat okay strength opponent, no less)?

Yes, it's sad because you still have no clue what you're talking about and still insist on talking about it all the same.

From: red sox 777 | #157
Just wait for MVP Baseball's postseason miracle run to win the contest!

We don't let winless games into the postseason tournament.

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MVP Baseball will just have to start its victory run in the regular season then!

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It's okay, it's just like when LMS was obsessed with using votals to predict things in the site contests.

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From: red sox 777 | #163
MVP Baseball will just have to start its victory run in the regular season then!

Lawl

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You just wait Leonhart, you just wait!

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Man, if only I had been here last time to vote for the rankings, I'd look like a genius for keeping SotN in the top 25!

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Yesterday's results:

#4 Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Nintendo Objections Conference) (9-0) – 46 (83.64%)
Gears of War (Sonic Overload Conference) (0-9) – 9 (16.36%)
--When an undefeated game faces a winless game, this is generally what happens.

Super Smash Bros. (Smash Trigger Conference) (5-4) – 24 (43.64%)
#20 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Brawl for Broke Conference) (8-1) – 31 (56.36%)
--Yoshi's Island rebounds from its first loss last week with a solid win over the original Smash Bros.

Resident Evil 2 (Smash Trigger Conference) (2-7) – 22 (44.00%)
Skies of Arcadia (Tanooki Blitzball Conference) (7-2) – 28 (56.00%)
--RE2 was actually leading this match for quite a while, but Skies went on a huge run at the end of the match to soar ahead for good.

Gunstar Heroes (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (2-7) – 13 (24.07%)
#7 Super Mario 64 (Nintendo Objections Conference) (9-0) – 41 (75.93%)
--Welp, Mario 64 didn't get anywhere close to matching MGS1's 90%+ mark on Gunstar Heroes last week. Might as well drop it from the top 25 completely with this shoddy performance. How ironically embarrassing.

Sonic CD (Sonic Overload Conference) (3-6) – 22 (48.89%)
Burnout 3: Takedown (Smash Trigger Conference) (3-6) – 23 (51.11%)
--It looks like Sonic CD was the one who burnt out at the end of this one as it allowed Burnout 3 to make a big comeback and steal the win.

#6 Resident Evil 4 (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (9-0) – 35 (68.63%)
The World Ends With You (Zelda Overload Conference) (3-6) – 16 (31.37%)
--TWEWY had put up some impressive performances against R/B/Y and PW1 in recent weeks, but RE4 wasn't havin' none of that today.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Games of the Decades Conference) (1-8) – 11 (20.75%)
#23 Portal (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (8-1) – 42 (79.25%)
--Portal takes care of business against CoD4.

Gears of War 2 (Zelda Overload Conference) (0-9) – 7 (16.67%)
Fallout 3 (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (7-2) – 35 (83.33%)
--Gears 2's defense just couldn't stop Fallout 3 from scoring all those touchdowns.

#17 Metroid Prime (Metroid Eater Conference) (8-1) – 36 (69.23%)
WWF No Mercy (Smackdown Hotel Conference) (1-8) – 16 (30.77%)
--Metroid shows no mercy to a game that is clearly no longer in its prime.

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Metroid Eater Conference) (8-1) – 34 (64.15%)
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum (Patriot Time Portals Conference) (2-7) – 19 (35.85%)
--Batman puts a hurtin' on D/P/P and flexes its muscles a bit.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Metroid Eater Conference) (2-7) – 10 (19.23%)
Mega Man X (Fanservice Conference) (5-4) – 42 (80.77%)
--MMX blows Warped out of the water.

Final Fantasy VIII (Games of the Decades Conference) (6-3) – 24 (51.06%)
Kingdom Hearts II (Fanservice Conference) (3-6) – 23 (48.94%)
--The only way we could've had a more high quality matchup with a high quality result was if we were watching FFVIII quadruple MVP Baseball 2005 instead.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Thousand-Year World of Sunshine Conference) (0-9) – 17 (37.78%)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (Cult RPG Galaxy Conference) (6-3) – 28 (62.22%)
--It didn't dominate, but Persona 3 keeps Marvel Ultimate Alliance winless all the same.

Suikoden III (Fanservice Conference) (1-8) – 21 (48.84%)
Chrono Cross (Sonic Overload Conference) (5-4) – 22 (51.16%) (OT, 10-9)
--The Suikoden fans are not gonna be happy about this one.

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Oh wow MUA shows some strength.

Looks like Spidey and friends really want to pick up two free wins against heavy anti-vote targets!

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what an embarrassing result for FFVIII

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As an FFVIII fan, any win is a good win.

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Wait, you like Kingdom Hearts Leon?

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What, you're surprised?

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Yes, very much so. I thought that the only video games that we had very different views on were the trio of PS Final Fantasy games

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"Oh sure, walk to the sun"- Guybrush

Wow, I hadn't realized how bad D/P/P's record was. Looking at it's schedule, though, ouch.

Good performance from Batman regardless. This and last week seem like good indicators that this game may deserve a top 25 spot.

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Yeah, D/P/P has definitely had one of the more difficult schedules thus far.

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RPI


1. Chrono Trigger (1)
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (2)
3. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (3)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (4)
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (6)
6. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (5)
7. Resident Evil 4 (7)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (8)
9. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (10)
10. Super Mario 64 (9)
11. Metal Gear Solid (11)
12. Paper Mario (12)
13. Final Fantasy X (13)
14. Super Metroid (14)
15. Final Fantasy IX (16)
16. Mega Man 2 (17)
17. Super Mario World (18)
18. Portal (15)
19. Final Fantasy VI (19)
20. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (21)
21. Batman: Arkham Asylum (23)
22. Super Smash Bros. Melee (20)
23. Metroid Prime (22)
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (24)
25. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (25)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (26)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (27)
Final Fantasy Tactics (28)
Star Fox 64 (29)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (31)

Nothing interesting to report. I want a filet mignon.

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Hey Portal and Twilight Princess what happened to you guys?

And wow my personal top 10 and the RPI top 10 share six games in common. And no, SM64 is not one of them, though it's close.

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Batman for top 25. wow. I'm surprised it's so low in the RPI. it seems like it should be around #14.

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Batman did about as well on DPP as Phoenix Wright did...yeah, sounds like a powerhouse...

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Final Fantasy VIII (Games of the Decades Conference) (6-3) – 24 (51.06%)
Kingdom Hearts II (Fanservice Conference) (3-6) – 23 (48.94%)

Such a shame one of these games had to lose.

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More like such a shame that one of those games had to win while MVP Baseball 2005 and GTA IV still are without one

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More like it's a shame MVP Baseball can't have negative wins because KCF insists on continually insulting FFVIII despite me being the host.

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KCF0107 posted...
More like such a shame that one of those games had to win while MVP Baseball 2005 and GTA IV still are without one

GTA IV should have a win, and it would be nice if the FPS games weren't being anti-voted. Such is the nature of B8.

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What kind of timid person would back down from their thoughts and opinions because it is the opposite of how an authoritative figure feels? Plus, you know me well enough by now I like to be jocular a lot, so it isn't as if I am trying to get under your skin or anything

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It's called tact, not timidity!

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If this were a conversation that dealt with sensitive themes like death and religion, then I would act differently because I am actually a very considerate and understanding person. Video games are not a sensitive subject however

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"Oh sure, walk to the sun"- Guybrush

Depends on who you're talking to!

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I guess that's true but I have yet to encounter a situation where video games were a sensitive subject

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"Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?" -Royal
"Oh sure, walk to the sun"- Guybrush

'Kay guys, how "touchy" do FF7, MGS1, and Xenogears get?

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I guess that's true but I have yet to encounter a situation where video games were a sensitive subject

A lot of people get really touchy when you argue that the characters at the beginning of FFVII were terrorists.

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But... they were terrorists.

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Ya ain't in Mrs. Quitter's School for Resettin' Babies no more. It's time ya graduated, kid.

I'm pretty sure they even admit they were terrorists!

But I suppose it depends on what you mean by "sensitive," but a lot of people will flame you for saying something bad about a game/character they like. It's not that unheard of.

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Well some users had a difficult time grasping the concept that they were controlling terrorists.

A few of them even argued that they were freedom fighters.

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From: charmander6000 | #195
A few of them even argued that they were freedom fighters.

It's all a matter of perspective!

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Yeah, terrorists fighting against a tyrannical corporation.

(oh come on Square, a corporation instead of an evil empire???)

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From: Evillordexdeath | #198
Freedom Fighters? Everyone was already free!

The Planet wasn't free!

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Freedom Fighters? Everyone was already free!

They should've argued that they controlled environmental activists.

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Damn kinda forgot about this project.

Thank god Chrono Cross won. Can't have another match go a different way because I didn't vote.