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Round One

Poll6094
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 6094
Division Division 6
Match # 44
Match Date Sunday, November 15, 2015
Oracle
Expectations
Dark Souls - 64.70%
96 for - 1 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Dark Souls - 83.88%

When I first saw the bracket I almost picked Civ 5 to pull the upset, but that's because I'm dumb and haven't played the Dark Souls series yet. Outside of FLOWCHART™ reasons, Dark Souls could very well be the most popular modern series in gaming. Gamers absolutely revere the series for being mercilessly old-school, and in a gaming world with checkpoints every 2 seconds and linear everything, Dark Souls decides to not give a crap and just chops your balls off whenever possible.

Gamers rewarded this by giving Dark Souls the easy doubling over Civilization 5, and it was rather obvious after round 1 that MGS5 was completely screwed in round 2. There was no way it had a prayer of beating this game. It's fun to think about how far Dark Souls could have gone if it was in Division 7 or 8, but alas.

Ctes's Analysis[]

I don't think anyone doubted who the winner would be here, but the match served as a decent indicator for whether or not Dark Souls would have a chance at upsetting MGSV in round 2. The other match probably says a whole lot more, but we hadn't yet actually seen Dark Souls in these contests and upset wouldn't only require a MGSV disappointment, it would also require Dark Souls showing some strength. Civilization V would obviously be really darn weak. IV was in the last contest and lost to Persona 3, it wouldn't take much, but if Dark Souls couldn't score somewhat big on Civilization V here, then it probably wouldn't have what it took to take advantage of a weakened Metal Gear Solid series against its latest entry.

It did however score big. A doubling is pretty good here. Dark Souls is a new game too, and I feel like we took its strength for granted. All debates about the upcoming match with MGSV were about the strength of MGSV, not Dark Souls. Dark Souls fit well with our expectations, but I don't really feel like it was any guarantee. It's nice to see a recent game do well though, just because it's not that common and Dark Souls is a really darn game too. People complain about games being easy today, despite most non-Nintendo games giving you a choice of difficulty, but if you want a challenge, this is the kind of game you wanna play and it's lots of fun!

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2015 Contest Matches

Round One
CT > R&C:UYA
DQVIII > P3
MMX > Batman:AC
FFX > HL1
Melee > Portal
Pokemon GSC > TWEWY
KHII > MGS4
TLoU > Halo 3
FFVI > ACII
TTYD > ToS
KotOR > Xenogears
Zelda:WW > Pokemon X/Y
Smash Wii U > Planescape
ME > SMG2
Halo > Minecraft
FFVII > Journey
SMB3 > AoE2
Pokemon RBY > Tetris
Sonic 2 > Portal 2
Uncharted 2 > Walking Dead
Fallout 3 > Life is Strange
Undertale > ME3
FFVIII > GTA:VC
SMW > AC:NL
Skyrim > PW:AA
GE007 > Diablo II
Metroid Prime > Morrowind
HL2 > Demon's Souls
Mario 64 > MK8
FFT > RE2
Zelda:TP > SoA
Persona 4 > 999

Zelda:OoT > Hearthstone
Suikoden II > MH4U
Okami > Warcraft III
FFIX > KH1
DKC2 > Xenoblade
FE:A > Mario Maker
BK > Baldur's Gate II
SotN > PW:T&T
Zelda:LttP > Cave Story
FFIV > Deus Ex
MGSV > Perfect Dark
Dark Souls > Civ V
Super Metroid > CoD4
Mario Galaxy > DA:O
FFXII > Bloodborne
Zelda:MM > Valkyria
GTAV > Shenmue
SMRPG > Oblivion
GTA:SA > Shovel Knight
CC > WoW
Witcher 3 > Isaac: Rebirth
MGS2 > RE
Fallout:NV > BioShock Inf
RE4 > Paper Mario
MGS > Splatoon
EB > Borderlands 2
SotC > TF2
RDR > Bayonetta 2
MGS3 > Mother 3
BioShock > SH2
Starcraft > Destiny
ME2 > VLR

Round Two
CT > DQVIII
FFX > MMX
Melee > Pokemon GSC
KHII > TLoU
FFVI > TTYD
Zelda:WW > KotOR
Smash Wii U > ME
FFVII > Halo
Pokemon RBY > SMB3
Sonic 2 > Uncharted 2
Undertale > Fallout 3
SMW > FFVIII
Skyrim > GE007
Metroid Prime > HL2
Mario 64 > FFT
Zelda:TP > Persona 4
Zelda:OoT > Suikoden II
FFIX > Okami
DKC2 > FE:A
SotN > BK
Zelda:LttP > FFIV
Dark Souls > MGSV
Super Metroid > SMG
Zelda:MM > FFXII
SMRPG > GTAV
CC > GTA:SA
MGS2 > Witcher 3
RE4 > Fallout:NV
MGS > EB
SotC > RDR
MGS3 > Bioshock
ME2 > Starcraft

R3 and following
CT > FFX
Melee > KHII
FFVI > Zelda:WW
FFVII > Smash Wii U
Pokemon RBY > Sonic 2
Undertale > SMW
Skyrim > Metroid Prime
Mario 64 > Zelda:TP
Zelda:OoT > FFIX
SotN > DKC2
Zelda:LttP > Dark Souls
Zelda:MM > Super Metroid
SMRPG > CC
RE4 > MGS2
MGS > SotC
MGS3 > ME2
Melee > CT
FFVII > FFVI
Undertale > Pokemon RBY
Mario 64 > Skyrim
Zelda:OoT > SotN
Zelda:LttP > Zelda:MM
SMRPG > RE4
MGS3 > MGS
Melee > FFVII
Undertale > Mario 64
Zelda:OoT > Zelda:LttP
SMRPG > MGS3
Undertale > Melee
Zelda:OoT > SMRPG
Undertale > Zelda:OoT



Melee > SMRPG

Grudge Matches
CT > FFVI
Pokemon RBY > Mario 64


Zelda:OoT > FFVII

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