Board 8 > The Show EP 2 - Breaking Down the Rivals Bracket PART ONE (w/ Alec!)

(+) Yeah! (+)

Santa will be bringing better games to the children for Christmas this year.

2011 as an awesome gaming year boost for Santa Claus

Ironically it's Skyward Sword that seals Link's fate

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Oracle and Guru woooooo

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"Yona"

seriously, yo?


great ep!

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you should know this by now!

Almost as bad as mizno.

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Whoa, lots of strong responses! I'll go through them later tonight.

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Bumpo.

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From: RPGLord95 | #089
DRACULA HAS POWER! Name power

Shepard has Game Power!

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Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks.
Einstein > You

Game power pfft

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I'm glad my habit of play-by-play comments while listening is starting to catch on!

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"Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!"
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And now it's time to start looking into that certain OTHER podcast...

*creates massive hype*

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Which podcast would that be?

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Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ!

Rock and I are on it. . . .

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AN OTHER PODCAST?!!

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From: RPGLord95 | #112
Rock and I are on it. . . .

"Are?"

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Taping tonight. Unless Rock is missing

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Awesome, the show!

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It is awesome indeed.

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Curiously, where did the round 1 predictions (i.e. Alucard 18 / Shepard 2) come from?

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Never mind, found it:

http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls

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There ya go.

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Why was I under the impression yoblazer was black?

I don't hear a black guy in there.

I don't know why you thought that.

You don't hear a black guy because he's not black.

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Must have have confused him with someone else.

KoolAidShoto, perhaps.

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Or maybe Palmer.

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Or Voltch

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Perhaps!

Only KoolAid comes to mind but I think he was generally referred to as shoto anyway.

Huzzah, the mysterious "other" podcast just came online!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60796851

After The Show was over, Alec stayed on the line to talk Breaking Bad and Walking Dead with us. Be sure to give it a listen if you watch either of those shows!

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Unfortunately, I don't.

Oh well!

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At first I had Tidus/Jecht > Big Boss/The Boss on the basis of The Boss is not strong at all, day match, and the possibility of Big Boss not getting a Naked Snake picture.

Then I changed it because Tidus doesn't get to Round 3. Ever.

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Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop

yoblazer is a rhyming genius xD

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Up we go.

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Anchors away!

voltch posted...
Alec feels neutered by the editing of Ngamer.

I got out the scissors, it's true, but never did more than apply a light trim to that area. (A service I provide all my guests.)

voltch posted...
People called this bracket a perfect bracket potential?

"Chalk chalk chalk", that's all I heard out of Leon and tranny's mouths when the bracket came up!

-LusterSoldier- posted...
When Ngamer talked about predicting the vote totals in the final match of this contest and he referenced my stats, he was referring to these stats:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tIpdES4GIvHTXSXboxVJZoA

Great work Luster!

LeonhartFour posted...
For the record, the prime candidate to maintain The Show Curse (TM) is Luigi/Waluigi vs. Cecil/Golbez...!

Cecil, the homeless man's Squall. But hey, I hate Waluigi as much as the next man not named yo, so I look forward to it!

LinkMarioSamus posted...
I know I said I'd never watch one of these again, but there's a low chance I won't be following that.

*holds breath*

whatisurnameplz posted...
Actually screw it i'm listening to this.

Song sucks ass. (yoblazer's)

Wow, never played Mortal Kombat OR watched The Simpsons, that's reeeeeeeeally something.

whatisurnameplz posted...
Attn Ngamer: This ain't the 90s anymore.

Tell that to red sox! Or OoT fans, or FF7 fans, or Link fans, or Cloud fans, or... *continues naming everything that's been successful on this site since 2002*

UItimaterializer posted...
DK is not beating Ezio, holy crap.

That's why I TRIED to tell them, but they wouldn't listen!

UItimaterializer posted...
Ramza was not in Dissidia, LMFAO Nlamer.

*blushes*

LeonhartFour posted...
Also, Crash Bandicoot isn't as bad as people think. Crash finished 124th in the raw stats thanks to being behind Mega Man/Hayabusa, Mario/Mega Man, and Link/Mario.

True, I made him look worse than was needed on account of how much I hate him- the guy was behind a terrible string of results. Still feel nostalgia and joke appeals earns Pac an easy win though!

LeonhartFour posted...
Phoenix Wright owes it to the universe to revert GFNW back to its original state.

And it shall be done.

Yesssssssssssss.

LeonhartFour posted...
Special thing to note about Donkey Kong: This is the first time in the entire history of these contests that Donkey Kong had a major release between contests.

The first time.

Think about it.

*mindblown*

LeonhartFour posted...
The one thing that may help Jill/Nemesis is the fact that Kirby/Meta Knight is a Kirby series rivalry. We know Kirby and Meta Knight are popular primarily because of Smash Bros., and Kirby games are not very popular here.

If you think rivalries actually matter this time around, I give Jill/Nemesis a small shot.

Good point- MK's strength is all character design and being a popular choice in Brawl. SmartVoterFAQs could keep this one more interesting than pure x-stats would tell you.

RPGLord95 posted...
Hitler could Missingno this whole contest

*Vader voice* Miznooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

voltch posted...
you should know this by now!

Almost as bad as mizno.

Did somebody say Mizno?

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Jill and Nemesis are more iconic than Kirby and Meta Knight? :O.. I guess it depends on your perspective, but overall I would have to disagree.

Great episode though, the next one is on Halloween?

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The Kirby/Meta Knight rivalry is really only highlighted in Revenge of Meta Knight.

I mean, it's a cool rivalry just for that game alone, but it's not a major focal point of the games.

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Just watched the show, and regarding the slated matches covered:

Kirby vs. Jill - Sticking with Kirby because no one seems to care much for RE3. But huh, Nemesis's announcement in UMvC3...

DK vs. Ezio - Sticking with Ezio since DK is bound to get loads of bracket support. Also Ezio has received a new game since then while K. Rool wasn't in DKCR to my knowledge.

Sub-Zero vs. Leon - Stuck with Mortal Kombat from the start. Plus I was burned by Sub-Zero last year so I'm not going to make that mistake again. Fun fact: Leon has only three 1vs1 victories.

Fox vs. Yuna - Stuck with Fox from the start.

Tidus vs. Big Boss - I picked Tidus to R3 last contest and I don't feel like getting burned by him again.

Phoenix vs. Gordon - Picked Phoenix Wright because no one cares about Freeman's rivalry with Dr. Breen while Phoenix's rivalry with Miles seems to be a centerpiece of the series from what I've heard.

Alucard vs. Shepard - Picked Alucard because from what I've read on IGN, Shepard vs. Saren doesn't seem to be much of a rivalry.

Crash vs. Pac-Man - ...I apparently had Crash winning this, when I thought I picked Pac-Man. Oops. Changed right now.

Siegfried vs. Ramza - Picked Ramza because FFT would paste anything Soulcalibur on this site, plus I have a feeling that FF rivalries will get a boost from the format for whatever reason. Then again, I picked FFT > GSC in the games contest and look how that turned out. Not to mention Ramza is projected to be held under 60% by Wander (...though perhaps that isn't so bad after what SOTC did in GOTD???). Time to change!

Sora vs. BJ - ...Well, Sora is a huge anti-vote magnet, but then again he also has a hardcore fanbase that won't abandon him. Hitler may not do much better than he would've done without name recognition.

How does a "tiebreaker answer" of 70000 sound?

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It's Showtime

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tag for later

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Also, is guru gonna be going on this contest? I can't find it by searching.

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It'll go up when the prediction period ends and brackets finalize.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...
How does a "tiebreaker answer" of 70000 sound?

TOO LOW

LeonhartFour posted...
It'll go up when the prediction period ends and brackets finalize.

Well we can afford to start it a LITTLE earlier than that... Look for it Monday night!

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When exactly is the next show?

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Monday/Tuesday.

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THE SHOW HYPE

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When do brackets close again?

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It's listed on the front page now!

Basically, until the contest starts on Wednesday.

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From: LeonhartFour | #148
It's listed on the front page now!

Basically, until the contest starts on Wednesday.

Who the hell goes to the front page other than to vote?

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