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GotD-63

Results[]

Round 1

Poll4131

Saturday, November 20, 2010


Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 4131
Division Northwest
Match # 63
Match Date Saturday, November 20, 2010
Vote difference 6,934
Oracle
Expectations
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 58.89%
99 for - 3 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 29.33%
Battle Contest
Predictions

Banked: 815
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: 7740
Gears of War: 14762

For whatever reason, casuals were lost about this match. I even had a couple very high-ranking mods IM me to ask for help on where to go for the battle challenge, so I'm glad Paper Mario TYD won after I spent all day telling people to go with it. Gears of War pulling the upset might have gotten me banned or something <_<

Every contest has a match or two where the experts just murder the casuals, and this was one such match in our Game of the Decade contest. Gears of War was a casual shooter that fell off the map fast in popularity, and casual shooters rarely have strength here. Not only that, it was up against FREAKING MARIO and DAT TOP OPTION on JRPGFAQs. CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME AND ET CETERA.

I can sort of understand why casuals would pick Gears 1 to win this in their brackets before the contest started, but after Gears 2 just got completely annihilated at the hands of Portal and Paper Mario similarly destroyed Katamari Damacy, there should not have been such a massive discrepancy in battle brackets. Losing a big streak to Marvel vs. Capcom 2's upset was one thing. That's a legitimate upset. Losing a big streak to TYD in a match it was never going to lose is on you. It wasn't some weird fluke win, either, as most people in the oracle were dead-on in picking this.

And so, it must be invoked once again: HAW HAW CASUALS.

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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