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Round One

Poll6073
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 6073
Division Division 3
Match # 23
Match Date Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Oracle
Expectations
Final Fantasy VIII - 65.29%
106 for - 0 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Final Fantasy VIII - 43.86%

This was the first match of many where the Grand Theft Auto series would just thoroughly embarrass itself this contest. The Show talks about stars and turds of the entire contest. Is there any doubt the GTA series was the biggest turd? I have a whole list of hilarious GTA choke jobs in contests, but I'm saving it for a match later on. Vice City, even though it lost, was at least able to lose with a degree of dignity.

It was up against FF8, which gets anti-voted in its own right, and didn't really do all that bad. It would have broken 40% on a mainline Final Fantasy title had Undertale's rally not been there, which is probably the best it could have asked for. And even with the rally, FF8 went from 58% to 61%. Nothing crazy, and nothing at all when compared to the effect that rally had on Fallout 3/Life is Strange and Mario World/Animal Crossing.

Speaking of Final Fantasy 8, is it finally cool to like this game? Yeah, there was a lot of weird shit in it. So what? They went completely nuts because they knew they were following 7. It's hard following a legend, but FF8 did about as good a job as one could have done. The only real problem with it is the plot, but the gameplay is solid if not hilarious. Abusing junction is one of the funniest things in that entire series to do, right on par with beating yourself to death to gain stats in the original FF2. Intentional comedy is still comedy!

Bless your heart, Final Fantasy 8. And let's not forget about Triple Triad. There is no better mini game or side quest in the entire series outside of the hunts in FF12, and that is a damn fact. you loved Triple Triad. Don't even front.

Ctes's Analysis[]

This match was never really in any doubt. Vice City is very likely the strongest GTA on this site. Probably the only one that has been in a contest and has yet to embarrass itself in some way. Outside of course of being embarrassing for casuals. It even surprised once, by people beating Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime was a victim of LFF then and Kingdom Hearts might have taken some kiddy votes from the Nintendo games, but Vice City was still not supposed to escape that match.

A PS1 Final Fantasy game is out of its league though. FFVIII winning here was always a lock. Don't let the prediction percentage fool you, because it's just the casuals thinking GTA is good on this site as always. They never really learn. Vice City managed to get more than 41% too, which isn't that bad all things considered. FFVIII is no joke in these things. Of course, the Undertale rallies played its part here. This was actually the only match of the four where the rallies favored the game that was already winning. FFVIII went from 58% to almost 61%. Not quite as impressive as Life is Strange or Animal Crossing, but you gotta remember that its much harder to gain percentage than take it from a game that it blowing you out. People looked at this and at tumblr loving Animal Crossing and considered briefly that FFVIII could maybe use Undertale's rally powers to give SMW a scare. That was never going to happen in the first place, but the ones of those people that were actually serious simply forgot the main demographic on tumblr. Teenage Girls. GTA wouldn't be favored against anything there, most games would look against it with a tumblr vote influencing. Good thing for the series that the other games were far away from Undertale, even if they managed to find another way to embarrass.

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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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