Worst Gamefaqs.com Contest ever

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/bge09_bracket.html

I mean just look at the matchups that's just plain ludicrous

[scooterb23]

So, I assume you are complaining...say...at the site that is hosting the contest?

[ryborg]

Worst worst gamefaqs contest thread ever

[scooterb23]

I found a way to improve it...

Add bacon

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See, it's better now, right?

[PapaStu]

I found a way to improve it...

Add bacon

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See, it's better now, right?


It is now my favorite GameFAQs contest ever.

And this doesn't belong in Off Topic. Shimmy to Modern Gaming!

[megasdkirby]

I know what the outcome will be...once again, it will be a faceoff between Final Fantasy 7 and Legend of Zelda. It's ALWAYS those two games.

Damn rabid fanboys.

[sebastiankirchoff]

Resident Evil 5 isn't on the list? Yah this contest does suck.

[DigitalSpace]

I found a way to improve it...

Add bacon

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See, it's better now, right?

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's...

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[kupomogli]

Then there's the bracket entry where you get to guess how good you are at what games they're going to pick.

Well. The round one battlers I got everything correct except Donkey Kong(which I think many of them haven't played and are only voting for due to the character.) So I missed Donkey Kong(I put Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.)

Then with round 2. I missed Sonic. I got Street Fighter 2 right, but Sonic? I chose Castlevania 3 which is far better. Then I didn't get Secret of Monkey Island because I chose Super Tecmo Bowl. First off I guarantee 99% of these people didn't even play Secret of Monkey Island, and Tecmo Super Bowl is an awesome game. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

Well. So far I only missed three. But then I looked at the next bracket. Damn I fucked up. When I originally made the list I saw "Final Fantasy II." I didn't really take notice to the (IV.) Instead, I chose Mega Man 3(which again was my personal favorite in that listing) and River City Ransom(another favorite in the listing.) I guess I'm not so good at jumping on the fanboy bandwagon and picking only the most well known games.

[backguard]

OP - I'm kind of with you there. These contests are getting kind of old...they take 1-2 months and the winner is always FF7 vs. OOT, or Link vs. Cloud.

It was cool to see L-block win once though. :P

[Push Upstairs]

Cool, another GameFAQ's contest I can totally ignore!


I did like the bacon version though. Mmmmmm...bacon.

[c2000]

I know what the outcome will be...once again, it will be a faceoff between Final Fantasy 7 and Legend of Zelda. It's ALWAYS those two games.

Damn rabid fanboys.

I hear ya..

[Oobgarm]

I'm amazed that anyone is even remotely interested in any content that site offers outside the FAQs themselves.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

I'm amazed that anyone is even remotely interested in any content that site offers outside the FAQs themselves.

Normally I wouldnt care but when I looked at it and scrolled through the pairings I was like wtf Lufia 2 Earthbound and Chrono trigger in the same group, DW 3 with Zelda and Metroid River city ransom and crystalis with SMB and FF 1

[TheDomesticInstitution]

What's gamefaqs?

[DigitalSpace]

What's gamefaqs?

I heard it's a place where Final Fantasy VII fanboys ask stuff like "not to be a total idiot but whats an emulator? my sister told me she played zelda on one." And they get responses like "is ur sister hott???? PICS PLZ!!!!!"

[tubeway]

I heard it's a place where Final Fantasy VII fanboys ask stuff like "not to be a total idiot but whats an emulator? my sister told me she played zelda on one." And they get responses like "is ur sister hott???? PICS PLZ!!!!!"

OMG UR ICON IZ HOT PICZ PLS!!!

[Aussie2B]

I'm amazed that anyone is even remotely interested in any content that site offers outside the FAQs themselves.

For what it's worth, it is a pretty good resource for finding out general data on a game and for checking out box art and screen shots. I've been able to get some info and images on obscure imports that I can't find anywhere else. There are also some well-written reviews among the sea of dreck if you know where to look, although most have migrated over to Honestgamers. And some of the game-specific board communities aren't bad since you can find people discussing games that aren't talked about elsewhere, although I generally stick to the Japan-exclusives as they tend to attract an older crowd.

[Nirvana]

Yeah, the message boards on that site are seriously awful. It's like a censored 4chan.

[kupomogli]

Whenever there's a Gundam game I like that ends up coming out, I usually post on those boards frequently(even credited in an Encounters in Space faq.) It's not all bad. Though yeah, the majority is a little bit bad. If you ask me, low profile game specific boards are the only ones worth going to, but usually go dead after a couple months of the game being out, depending on the game.

[Push Upstairs]

I heard it's a place where Final Fantasy VII fanboys ask stuff like "not to be a total idiot but whats an emulator? my sister told me she played zelda on one." And they get responses like "is ur sister hott???? PICS PLZ!!!!!"

So its kinda like here, except 100% of the members there like androgynous FF characters.

:p

[Gameguy]

Then I didn't get Secret of Monkey Island because I chose Super Tecmo Bowl. First off I guarantee 99% of these people didn't even play Secret of Monkey Island, and Tecmo Super Bowl is an awesome game. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
The Secret of Monkey Island is pretty much one of the best games of all time, I can see why it won against Tecmo Super Bowl(though that's also a good game). But now it's up against Super Mario 3, it's kind of obvious which game will win out.

I don't think I'll really pay attention to this contest to see who wins.

[Nature Boy]

I don't think I'll really pay attention to this contest to see who wins.

What kills me is that I like visiting the site just to vote in the polls, but I hate the "Best Game" and "Best Character" polls because of the aforementioned predictability of them.

If I were looking to shake it up I'd put all the past winners in the same 1st round bracket or something. I'd *definitely* put all of the Nintendo stuff all in one bracket.

Make the voters make hard choices as early as possible - then you can see what happens when they have to vote for games they wouldn't normally because there is always a Mario title to vote for.