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GotD-18

Results[]

Round 1

Poll4086

Thursday, October 28, 2010


Ulti's Analysis[]

Poll 4086
Division East
Match # 18
Match Date Thursday, October 28, 2010
Vote difference 456
Oracle
Expectations
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 46.89%
21 for - 97 against
GameFAQs
Prediction
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 32.76%
Battle Contest
Predictions

Banked: 1842
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos: 10144
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: 7068

Did you ever think you'd see the day where something related to Blizzard lost a close match? This match was weird, for a multitude of reasons.

Obviously, Board 8 massively favored Warcraft due to past success. The battle stats had it as a tossup, while brackets favored Warcraft. Everything went according to plan at the first freeze, too, what with Warcraft having 57% of the votes. It's almost impossible to come back from so low a percentage when you're losing by that much, but then Morrowind went and increased by 5% during the next update.

Warcraft 3 was hanging on by a tenuous thread from there, after about an hour it just snapped. It stayed there up by 100 for ages, and then Morrowind finally made a move. The games stayed deadlocked for awhile from there, but then Morrowind won the ASV to take the match. Sure the final margin was close, but it was clear Warcraft 3 wasn't going to do anything by the time the match was half over.

It was weird seeing a PC vs PC match go like this, and weirder still to see Morrowind pull the upset. But the weirdest thing of all was Blizzard, the supposed king of the rally, losing a close match like this. Warcraft 3 basically laid over and died after the first 5 minutes, which is just strange. This was another match in a growing trend of people closely missing 1-point matches, and the first round would have many more of them before we were finished.

It almost makes you disappointed. Close matches are the best thing about contests, but soooo many of them were these meaningless 1 point affairs. Some of these needed to happen in later rounds, even 2. Round 2 was mostly bad, which I think most people would agree on.

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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