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Results[]

Round Three

Poll4178

Monday, December 13, 2010


Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 4178
Division West Division Semifinal
Match # 110
Match Date Monday, December 13, 2010
Vote difference 466
Oracle
Expectations
Shadow of the Colossus - 45.37%
1 for - 87 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Shadow of the Colossus - 15.19%
Battle Contest
Predictions

Banked: 249
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: 6077
Shadow of the Colossus: 3320

A couple matches ago, we had Mass Effect score 46% on Portal and show just how good you can look in a loss.

Fast forward one whole day. Did you ever think you'd see a game score 49.57% in any poll and look so thoroughly terrible? In 2009, Metal Gear Solid 4 beat Brawl twice and came within one FFX night vote push of making the final, where it would have undoubtedly gotten third place ahead of Link to the Past.

And then this match happened and all of that -- all of it -- just completely went to hell. Contrary to popular belief, "SotC" does not stand for "Shadow of the Colossus". It stands for "Star of this Contest". Or "Star of the Contest", if you prefer something simple. The MGS2 upset, awesome as it was, could be described as a fluke in some circles. Going out and beating 4, however, was raw power with a sprinkle of bandwagon. And you can bet your house MGS3 would have suffered the same fate had it gotten Star of the Contest in a day match.

The only contest entrant to ever look this bad in a loss was Magus at the hands of Knuckles in 2005, but I'll make the argument MGS4 looked worse here. For one, Knuckles > Magus ended up a near-meaningless 1 point match (had Mega Man beaten Crono in the semifinal, Magus would have ended up the Ultimate Loser™) and Magus proved later to be a complete joke. The jury is still out on the Metal Gear Solid series, but this match meant much more than Knuckles > Magus did. It was later in the contest, and people care far more about games than they do characters. Run Magus vs Knuckles again and it could threaten 60/40 in Knuckles' favor. Run Metal Gear Solid 4 vs Star of the Contest again and MGS4 could very well win. Who really knows?

Don't let the final margin of 466 fool you, by the way, even with MGS4 cutting an 850 vote lead down that much in the final 4 hours. It was never in this match beyond the freeze, and that rally meant about as much as Magus's rally did against Knuckles. When you think Magus/Knuckles, do you honestly remember Magus cutting 1000 votes off the lead near the end? This 400 vote final push by MGS4 will be forgotten by history as equally meaningless.

I once said there would never again be a match where the Guru, BOP and Oracle all got it unanimously wrong. porchy77 being a lamer aside, this match broke that streak. It might have also happened in the LOL 4-ways, but who gives a flying F about 4-ways? I'd sooner forget about the one correct Oracle pick and remember this match as the first in 5 years to make all three intelligent side projects look dumb, because this match deserves to be remembered for a long, long time. Damn MGS3 getting Star of the Contest in a day match, too.

Before this contest, we were supposed to finally get a good read on the MGS hierarchy. Instead, thanks to Star of the Contest, none of them ever had matches with one another. SotC's run was so good that even *I* jumped on the bandwagon.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/924364-shadow-of-the-colossus/reviews/review-142658

Me, of all people. ExThaNemesis would break his femurs trying to keep up with me, the grand master of bandwagon-hopping!

Match Trends[]

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Game of the Decade Matches

Round One
Fallout 3 > inFamous
Deus Ex > Rock Band 2
Batman:AA > Psychonauts
TF2 > Fable
Uncharted 2 > LoD
SFIV > SA2
Halo 3 > SMS
Halo > Ninja Gaiden
Metroid Prime > SO3
DMC3 > Mother 3
MM9 > Demon's Souls
Okami > No More Heroes
ToS > RE5
God of War > L4D
GTAIII > LBP
Half-Life 2 > L4D2
Melee > GH2
Morrowind > Warcraft III
PD > CBFD
CoD4 > PoP:SoT
Pokémon DPP > Metroid Fusion
FE:PoR > WWF No Mercy
Valkyria Chronicles > Disgaea
Brawl > MKDS
SMG > BG&E
Pokémon RSE > GTAIV
DA:O > F-Zero GX
LoZ:TP > Shenmue
BioShock > Battlefront II
KHII > Halo 2
MW2 > Dissidia

KH > Castlevania DoS
FFX > Viewtiful Joe
Borderlands > ToV
Golden Sun > R&C:UYA
GTA:SA > Dead Space
KotOR > DMC
FE > Tony Hawk 2
Persona 3 > Civ4
FFIX > PW:T&T
RE4 > JGR
GTA:VC > SH2
Dead Rising > TWEWY
Persona 4 > Braid
Portal > Gears 2
FFXII > Crisis Core
Skies > Baldur's Gate II
Mass Effect > PvZ
MGS3 > TimeSplitters 2
MvC2 > NSMBW
Paper Mario > Katamari Damacy
WoW > Animal Crossing
MGS4 > Assassin's Creed
Diablo II > ED:SR
MGS2 > Banjo-Tooie
SotC > Sims
LoZ:MM > Wii Sports
Chrono Cross > DQVIII
MKWii > PW:AA
Pokémon GSC > Advance Wars
LoZ:WW > God of War II
Assassin's Creed II > ICO
PM:TTYD > Gears
Oblivion > SoulCalibur II

Round Two
Fallout 3 > Deus Ex
Batman:AA > TF2
Uncharted 2 > SFIV
Halo > Halo 3
Metroid Prime > DMC3
Okami > MM9
God of War > ToS
Half-Life 2 > GTAIII
Melee > Morrowind
CoD4 > PD
Pokémon DPP > FE:PoR
Brawl > Valkyria Chronicles
SMG > Pokémon RSE
LoZ:TP > DA:O
KHII > BioShock
KH > MW2
FFX > Borderlands
Golden Sun > GTA:SA
KotOR > FE
FFIX > Persona 3
RE4 > GTA:VC
Persona 4 > Dead Rising
Portal > FFXII
Mass Effect > Skies
MGS3 > MvC2
Paper Mario > WoW
MGS4 > Diablo II
SotC > MGS2
LoZ:MM > Chrono Cross
Pokémon GSC > MKWii
LoZ:WW > Assassin's Creed II
Oblivion > Paper Mario:TTYD

R3 and following
Fallout 3 > Batman:AA
Halo > Uncharted 2
Metroid Prime > Okami
Half-Life 2 > God of War
Melee > CoD4
Brawl > Pokémon DPP
LoZ:TP > SMG
KHII > KH
FFX > Golden Sun
FFIX > KotOR
RE4 > Persona 4
Portal > Mass Effect
MGS3 > Paper Mario
SotC > MGS4
LoZ:MM > Pokémon GSC
LoZ:WW > Oblivion
Fallout 3 > Halo
Metroid Prime > Half-Life 2
Brawl > Melee
LoZ:TP > KHII
FFX > FFIX
RE4 > Portal
MGS3 > SotC
LoZ:MM > LoZ:WW
Fallout 3 > Metroid Prime
Brawl > LoZ:TP
FFX > RE4
LoZ:MM > MGS3
Brawl > Fallout 3
LoZ:MM > FFX
LoZ:MM > Brawl
Link > Santa (Bonus)

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