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Seanchan 05/16/20 7:45:23 AM #453: |
But who wins in Castlevania 3 vs Contra? Prince of Persia vs Full Throttle?
Sure, they'd all get pulverized by any of the even minor games from the big franchises but I think there's still fun to be had from "fodder" vs "fodder" matchups. Because on some level, it's the the same shit seeing "mid-carder" vs "mid-carder" matches when we all know they're going to be obliterated by Zelda, Mario, Smash, etc. It's just a matter of designing the bracket right so you give the "little" games a chance to shine, at least for one day. --- "That was unnecessarily dramatic". - NY Mets motto (courtesy of InnerTubeHero) Congratulations to azuarc, the guru of gurus and winner of GotD 2020! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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shane15 05/16/20 8:02:09 AM #454: |
I'd like to see Angela or Riesz from ToM in a debatable match because of TJF.
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_SecretSquirrel 05/16/20 4:59:05 PM #455: |
Seanchan posted...
But who wins in Castlevania 3 vs Contra? Prince of Persia vs Full Throttle?There's two things I found from making my mock bracket a couple years ago for 90s games was the following. I could easily fill out a 64 game bracket without crossing the fodder line. Just using what's been in the previous contests, and what is obviously above the fodder line that hasn't been seen yet, there's enough depth for Round 2 and above to be almost exclusively heavy hitters. The other thing is that I had probably the most fun dealing with the other half of the bracket. It was kind of exciting trying to figure out what lower end would end up nominated, and going through various sources such as games used in Years's match pics, and the data that is publicly made available on the Top FAQs. Yeah, there will be some hideous fodder that makes it through, but even the weakest games in the bracket are still someone's nostalgia trip, and I guarantee you it's no worse than the fodder for the contest we just had. --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, azuarc, winner of Game of the Decade! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lordjers 05/16/20 6:29:52 PM #456: |
Seanchan posted...
But who wins in Castlevania 3 vs Contra? Prince of Persia vs Full Throttle? For those matches to happen one of those games would have to be on the upper side of seeding, and how many times would that happen? _SecretSquirrel posted... Yeah, there will be some hideous fodder that makes it through, but even the weakest games in the bracket are still someone's nostalgia trip, and I guarantee you it's no worse than the fodder for the contest we just had. It's cool when one of those games make the bracket, but it all cancels out when you know it's gonna get blown out. 90s fodder may be stronger than this year's fodder, but it would also be facing stronger competition, so the results end up been similar or worse. If one is surprised that a certain game made it through, even if it's a pleasant surprise, that just means it won't get past round 1, specially cause it most likely ended up with a low seed. --- Last finished: Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit), Space Invaders (NEC PC-98). ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrinceOfKoopas 05/17/20 12:05:07 AM #457: |
Smartphone got its first (two!) votes somewhere between those. --- For the best videogame commentary story on the Internet (sometimes featuring GameFAQs poll of the days and contest discussion) visit https://www.koopatv.org ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Seanchan 05/17/20 8:25:53 AM #458: |
lordjers posted...
For those matches to happen one of those games would have to be on the upper side of seeding, and how many times would that happen? Well, I mean there's a few ways:
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MetalmindStats 05/18/20 5:02:07 AM #459: |
If you're interested in seeing what a Best Series Ever II bracket might look like, check out my mock bracket right here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78689641
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charmander6000 05/19/20 2:19:18 PM #460: |
This topic isn't full yet...
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Advokaiser 05/19/20 2:48:45 PM #461: |
I feel like Best. System. Ever. will just be as poorly received as Years.
I'd personally gladly root for it, though. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 05/19/20 2:50:37 PM #462: |
I think systems would go over better than Years because people have nostalgia for console wars but I've never been a fan of it as a contest.
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swirIdude 05/19/20 3:06:16 PM #463: |
Not much could be as poorly received as Years.
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 3:27:24 PM #464: |
System is better than Years because it's something people are actually passionate about.
You can't believe the level of apathy this board was like in Years. I think we didn't even have an Oracle. Didn't help that after two consecutive contests of rallies, the general feeling was that contests were dead and Allen was giving us a terrible contest because that was the only left to protect us from rallies (thanks for trying though, Allen!) Still, the bracket itself will probably not be much more interesting than Years. But we'll probably have our reddit whiners, our memes, etc, and that may make it somewhat better. --- There is only one Guru of the Decade, and his name is azuarc. Congratulations! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 05/19/20 3:30:34 PM #465: |
There is always an Oracle just like there's always a Guru.
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_SecretSquirrel 05/19/20 3:32:22 PM #466: |
The big problems with Years is that it assumed people actually associate games with the years that they came out, when in reality there's a good chance people will play a game long after they come out (especially in their younger years, where they are reliant on their relatives to buy their video games). It's part of the reason why assuming people would look down on P4G for being a Vita port was a bad idea, because Persona 4 was definitely a game that gained a bigger fanbase the longer it was out. For a lot of people, it was a banner game of the their 2010s, even if they played the PS2 version.
So, with people not really paying attention to what came out in what year for the most part, it really just was "vote for the four/eight games that scroll up on the front page." --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, azuarc, winner of Game of the Decade! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 3:32:57 PM #467: |
Leonhart4 posted...
There is always an Oracle just like there's always a Guru. Nope. Oracle site doesn't show Years. --- There is only one Guru of the Decade, and his name is azuarc. Congratulations! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 05/19/20 3:34:18 PM #468: |
ZeldaTPLink posted...
Nope. Oracle site doesn't show Years. It doesn't show 2013 either but it happened. I'm pretty sure TRE had to track results elsewhere since the one who runs the site wasn't around. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AxemRedRanger 05/19/20 3:41:43 PM #469: |
what would the entrants look like for systems at this point?
Nes, snes, n64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, switch genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast Ps 1/2/3/4 xbox, 360, One Gb, gbc, gba, ds, 3ds psp, vita last 8 are going to be terrible. Uh. Uh. Atari 2600 Virtual Boy Master System Game Geat Sega CD Turbografx-16 phillips CD-I n-gage ...something like that. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO Advokaiser NO PEACE] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MoogleKupo141 05/19/20 3:55:02 PM #470: |
console contest just sounds so boring
even a lot of the not completely shit entrants just dont elicit any sort of passion from me. Like Ive spent hundreds of hours with my Xbone, but I cant say id give a shit if it won a match or not less lame years contest is still pretty lame --- For your Azuarc . At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 3:56:29 PM #471: |
Looking at the ranking of biggest selling systems worldwide on WIkipedia:
1- PS2 2- DS 3- GB/GBC 4- PS4 5- PS1 6- Wii 7- PS3 8- X360 9- GBA 10- PSP 11- 3DS 12- NES 13- Switch 14- SNES 15- XOne 16- Genesis/Mega Drive 17- N64 18- Atari 2600 19- Xbox 20- Gamecube 21- WiiU 22- Sega Game Gear 23- PSVita 24- Master System 25- TurboGrafx-16 26- Sega Saturn 27- Dreamcast (SNES Classic Edition) 28- Sega Pico 29- WonderSwan 30- Color TV Game 31- Intellivision 32- N-Gage That is close to your list. Of course, you want to add PC, so no N-Gage (sorry, Jay Solano). You might want to split GB and GBC too, so bye Intellivision. And maybe you want to do that thing they said in the SHow and split PC in two eras, so no Color TV Game (whatever that is). As for the others mentioned, CD-I is a few positions below and I'm pretty sure Sega CD and Virtual Boy were huge flops. --- There is only one Guru of the Decade, and his name is azuarc. Congratulations! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 3:57:36 PM #472: |
On a second thought, keep PC as a single entry (splitting it probably gets too confusing in practice) and bring N-Gage back so we can have a Jay Solano pic.
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shane15 05/19/20 4:01:40 PM #473: |
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WarThaNemesis2 05/19/20 4:02:20 PM #474: |
How soon we forget OUYA
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AxemRedRanger 05/19/20 4:04:35 PM #475: |
Virtual Boy being a massive flop is exactly why its guaranteed to get in assuming people nominate the consoles instead of Allen just taking the top 32 best selling. I figure the CD-I Zelda and Mario games getting memed so hard for awhile would get it a spot too.
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 4:06:29 PM #476: |
AxemRedRanger posted...
Virtual Boy being a massive flop is exactly why its guaranteed to get in assuming people nominate the consoles instead of Allen just taking the top 32 best selling. I figure the CD-I Zelda and Mario games getting memed so hard for awhile would get it a spot too. Hmm a CD-I Link pic sounds tempting. Ok was looking for a reason to kick Sega Pico out, so bring CD-I in. I still don't see why the Virtual Boy gets noms tho,. It never gets mentioned except to say how much it sucks. --- There is only one Guru of the Decade, and his name is azuarc. Congratulations! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LinkMarioSamus 05/19/20 4:09:08 PM #477: |
The funny thing is Color TV Game was Nintendo's first foray into video games...and it was one of umpteen Pong consoles around in the '70s. That's why there's a "Pong" assist trophy in Smash.
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ZeldaTPLink 05/19/20 4:09:08 PM #478: |
1- PS2
2- DS 3- GB 3- GBC 4- PS4 5- PS1 6- Wii 7- PS3 8- X360 9- GBA 10- PSP 11- 3DS 12- NES 13- Switch 14- SNES 15- XOne 16- Genesis/Mega Drive 17- N64 18- Atari 2600 19- Xbox 20- Gamecube 21- WiiU 22- Sega Game Gear 23- PSVita 24- Master System 25- TurboGrafx-16 26- Sega Saturn 27- Dreamcast 29- WonderSwan 32- N-Gage 36- CD-I PC How about this --- There is only one Guru of the Decade, and his name is azuarc. Congratulations! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LeonhartFour 05/19/20 4:17:53 PM #479: |
WarThaNemesis2 posted...
How soon we forget OUYA not a moment too soon imhotbqh --- Me reading azuarc just won the Guru: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AxemRedRanger 05/19/20 4:18:48 PM #480: |
ZeldaTPLink posted...
Hmm a CD-I Link pic sounds tempting.That its an extremely bad console by the sites favorite company is why it would get in. A not-completely trivial minority is gonna nominate terrible or meme consoles. Like, if the field had 32 quality consoles then yeah, maybe Virtual Boy makes the top 32, maybe it doesnt. but we dont so it will! --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO Advokaiser NO PEACE] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MoogleKupo141 05/19/20 4:19:34 PM #481: |
ZeldaTPLink posted...
virtual boy is funny. Basically no one here in the year 2020 is going to care about the Wonderswan or Intellivision enough to nominate it, but people might care enough about something being funny honestly if we were doing the console contest we may as well just not have actual nominations. Make the bracket like 28 objectively chosen things (the top 28 sellers list looks like a solid basis) and then have four vote-ins spots for the random garbage and jokes. --- For your Azuarc . At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza ... Copied to Clipboard!
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hylianknight3 05/19/20 4:21:32 PM #482: |
virtual boy would get in because what in the everlasting heck is a sega pico
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LeonhartFour 05/19/20 4:22:11 PM #483: |
I don't feel like you need nominations for a console contest. You can do vote-ins for the last, what, 3 or 4, like Allen did for Years, but we know 80%+ of the stuff that would get in. This isn't a contest where you're going to have to worry about something big getting snubbed.
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MoogleKupo141 05/19/20 4:23:31 PM #484: |
hylianknight3 posted...
virtual boy would get in because what in the everlasting heck is a sega pico It was a console specifically targeted toward children in the early 90s. I think my parents got me one when I was like four, then soon after they got it I played an SNES somewhere and we realized it was way better and returned the Pico. --- For your Azuarc . At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lordjers 05/19/20 4:32:11 PM #485: |
I'm sorry but if you include PC there's gonna be a giant elephant in the room when it loses to a particular console. And I don't care if it gets beaten by the SNES which I love, but a system spanning 40 years with noteworthy releases left and right just shouldn't lose.
And also if you include it we better get Commodore 64, Amiga, Spectrum, etc which add more variety than just Nintendo/Sony/MS/Sega, and Arcade while we're at it. Also at least slap in a Neo Geo for God sake. --- Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit). ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ShatteredElysium 05/19/20 5:17:18 PM #486: |
What about phones? Probably include mobile gaming right?
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Zylothewolf 05/19/20 5:19:46 PM #487: |
ShatteredElysium posted...
What about phones? Probably include mobile gaming right? Long live the N-Gage. --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Azuarc >Me ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MoogleKupo141 05/19/20 5:20:24 PM #488: |
maybe? Its such a broad thing to just say mobile is a system... like iOS and Android are different platforms so I guess either of them could be individual entrants?
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Advokaiser 05/19/20 5:39:07 PM #489: |
MoogleKupo141 posted...
virtual boy is funny. Basically no one here in the year 2020 is going to care about the Wonderswan or Intellivision enough to nominate it, but people might care enough about something being funny This sounds like a good idea to me. Years had vote-ins, after all. --- azuarc - Good friend, VGM lover, Guru Champion. I pass my baton on to you! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MetalmindStats 05/19/20 8:11:41 PM #490: |
What about Arcades? Presumably, this system contest will have its eligible entrants determined by platform listing on GameFAQs.
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Leonhart4 05/19/20 8:19:41 PM #492: |
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Seanchan 05/19/20 8:20:47 PM #493: |
What about Pinball (as separate from Arcade)!
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lordjers 05/19/20 8:28:28 PM #494: |
LeonhartFour posted...
I don't feel like you need nominations for a console contest. You can do vote-ins for the last, what, 3 or 4, like Allen did for Years, but we know 80%+ of the stuff that would get in. This isn't a contest where you're going to have to worry about something big getting snubbed. I've already mentioned a few and I could go on. This contest would be way more interesting among the mid and fodder level anyway. 3DO vs. CD-i Jaguar vs. 32X Colecovision vs. Atari 7800 Turbographx-16 vs. Neo Geo --- Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit). ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Leonhart4 05/19/20 8:30:53 PM #495: |
I can't imagine anyone caring who wins in any of those matches. That's why I've predominantly been against a system contest. Anything that Nintendo or Sony didn't make, no one will care about with a couple exceptions.
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MoogleKupo141 05/19/20 8:35:53 PM #496: |
Jaguar vs. 32X
this would be the hardest ever match to predict because how can you predict the results of a match that gets 0 votes I feel like we could do a game contest with 2048 entrants and still not see a single game from either of those systems --- For your Azuarc . At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza ... Copied to Clipboard!
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_SecretSquirrel 05/19/20 8:36:13 PM #497: |
Leonhart4 posted...
I can't imagine anyone caring who wins in any of those matches. That's why I've predominantly been against a system contest. Anything that Nintendo or Sony didn't make, no one will care about with a couple exceptions.Yeah, I really don't even want to have to pick between The Jaguar and The 3DO. At least with fodder matches, there's someone that cares about the entrants somewhere. --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! This line reserved for the true greatone, azuarc, winner of Game of the Decade! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lordjers 05/19/20 8:41:35 PM #498: |
Yeah SNES vs. 3DO is more fun *rollseyes. Thanks for participating ye unfortunate entrant kthxbai.
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lordjers 05/19/20 8:48:08 PM #499: |
I've been enjoying the 7800 so far.
Haven't played 3DO though =D --- Last finished: Ozma Wars (ARC), Galaga '88 (Sharp X68000), Big Adventure of Owata's Life (PC), Blasteroids (ARC), Asteroids (Atari 8 Bit). ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lordjers 05/19/20 8:48:12 PM #500: |
Pick a fodder console and play it!
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