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| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/18/2004 6:52:50 PM | Message Detail |
| Yet another smooth round has gone by, I prefer it this way. Anyway, the winners were: Division 1: 1 - Devin Morgan 81 - Meowthnum1 Division 2: 40 - Aaron Tadeo 24 - marshmallow The bracket, which also contains links to everyone's CRP, can be found here (AstroBlue, if you read this, check your mail; I sent it to you as well): http://members.verizon.net/~vze4c9cs/pbracket6.htm Good luck! Division 3: 4 - Dan Simpson vs. 36 - Adrenaline SL 13 - CVXFREAK vs. 20 - CyricZ Division 4: 69 - falsehead vs. 37 - AstroBlue 12 - Brian P. Sulpher vs. 21 - Joni Philips --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: Sweet Vengeance | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:08:05 PM | Message Detail |
| Ah dammit. Just as I was about to post, the topic was closed. Ah well, onto the next round... 36 - Adrenaline SL: Both are awesome, with good formats and very in-depth FAQs, but I'm going to go with ASL because I like his writing style a little more. Abstain. 69 - falsehead: She is a little more detailed and has much better formats, in my opinion. Abstain. --- "You're about to die. Scream if you must." Proud Ex-Member of the Star Ocean 2 Social |
| From: Gbness | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:11:17 PM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL Dan Simpson is a very smooth writer with good, easy-to-read work but my vote has to go to Adrenaline on this one. Adrenaline's guides have some of the best format ever. Her content is as good as it gets, and they're full of humor. Bottom line - Adrenaline is one of the greatest writers on the site. 13 - CVXFREAK I have always found CyricZ a rather overrated author. Sure, he's a good writer but I've never really liked his format that much, and plus, CVXFREAK is one of my top ten favorite writers. His RE guides simply kick ass, due to a large amount of detail. His story guides are, in a word, fantastic. Division 4: ABSTAIN 12 - Brian P. Sulpher Brian is a great, old school writer. He writes for games that don't have many FAQs usually, and that is something that is to be honored, although I do have to admit he pushes it a bit with NES. Plus, he's written for Colecovision games, which are really difficult to write for. --- [ #72 ] FAQs: 18 - 2245K | Come post at Space Harrier - 19313. "Forever and as long as it may go, may god bless the kitties and puppies." |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:13:08 PM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL (because she has boobies? oh, and she's the reason I even have formatting in my guides. she decorates FAQs like my girlfriend redecorated our bedroom with Hello Kitty items. So pretty.) 13 - CVXFREAK (no contest, imo... Not big on Cyric's stuff, although it is accurate. CVX just has his own style. There are FAQers, and then there are people that do their own thing in FAQing. If FAQing were batting stances, CVX would be Tony Batista.) 37 - AstroBlue (my lesbian buddy from the UK is so cool that the ground lights up when she walks on it, ala Michael Jackson in Billie Jean. A cool bassline likely plays, as well, although I cannot confirm this. But Astro is just a perfect writer, all around. Sophie's info is really great, and so is the style, but there is just something about Astro that makes you say "Okay, now HE is that damn good." when you look at his guides.) 12 - Brian P. Sulpher (master of ASCIIing, and it is tough to judge Joni's stuff due to it being foreign language [or the majority of it]. Plus, Brian wrote with me, which makes him the Jesus of the God.) -Zoop --- ZoopSoul FAQs: 19 - KB: 3760 - CRP: 26774 IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ |
| From: Sweet Vengeance | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:14:59 PM | Message Detail |
| ASL is female?! Whoops. (Magically changes all pronouns to "she") --- "You're about to die. Scream if you must." Proud Ex-Member of the Star Ocean 2 Social |
| From: Merca | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:17:31 PM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Adrenaline is the best writer on the entire site. Her guides contain insanely meticulous detail and some of the sexiest and most effective formats I've ever seen. 20 - CyricZ: Another of my favorite writers. Cyric's layout is a little plain, but it definitely gets the job done and he goes into plenty of detail. His guides are just better written than CVX's and he's got a nice style that makes his guides a joy to read. 37 - AstroBlue: Yet ANOTHER of my personal favorite writers on the whole site. I prefer his layout over falsehead's, and his writing style is a bit better, I think. 12 - Brian Sulpher: Joni's an awesome writer and all, but I can't look past all of Brian's old school goodness. He's done a ton of games that don't have anything else and he's done them very well. --- "I meditate diligently every morning. The subjects are life and love. I quit after three seconds." ~ Vash the Stampede, Trigun |
| From: me frog | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:20:44 PM | Message Detail |
| 4 - Dan Simpson vs. 36 - Adrenaline SL Anrenaline is easily one of my favorite authors. She has great formatting, and the information is so freaking solid. 13 - CVXFREAK vs. 20 - CyricZ Sorry Cyric, but CVXFREAK is who I'm choosing here. In my top five FAQ writers, CVXFREAK has pretty good formatting, but his FAQs are always helpful. Just stop putting in those stupid plot summaries... Division 4: 69 - falsehead vs. 37 - AstroBlue Another top five writer, AstroBlue has great writing style. Though I've never used one of his FAQs to help me on a game, I've read through them and I must say I'm impressed with the format and info. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher vs. 21 - Joni Philips Gotta love Brian's work, though Joni has some good stuff too. I personally think that Brian goes as in-depth as possible, and you can never go TOO in-depth (let's not talk about shoecream's monster enyclopedia, k? k.) --- Homer Simpson:Hello? Operator? Give me the number for 911! If you can't impress people with your intelligence, confuse them with your stupidity |
| From: Meowthnum1 | Posted: 1/18/2004 7:52:39 PM | Message Detail |
4 - Dan Simpson - Simpson is overrated, but so is ASL. Simpson's mastery of PC games gives him the nod here. He's also got a freakin' sweet format. 13 - CVXFREAK - CVX rocks at survival horror games and wrote a Pokemon Crystal guide that is far superior to mine. He's not afraid to do "Kiddy" games and even admits it with pride. That's something I respect. Division 4: 37 - AstroBlue - As awesome as falsehead is, AB gets the nod here. His Perfect Dark guide rocks, as do many others. I base part of my format after his. I'd like to point out a really weird thing on his CRP, though (maybe it's something I'm unaware of) - his FFTA guide has two different versions up. After looking at it, he has one guide by himself and one guide with Devin. Weird. Abstain - While I feel that Brian is an awesome writer with a clear mastery of NES games, it is impossible to come up with a clear winner. None of us can read Dutch. While that is no reason to vote for Joni (as we would not know the content of his guides), it is also no reason to vote against him. CVX, if you're reading this, I want to get something cleared up from something you said in one of the previous topics. Namely, are you doing WW or are you not? --- ''She's in to witchcraft and one kiss and I'm zapped...'' |
| From: CVXFREAK | Posted: 1/18/2004 8:57:19 PM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL - because she's a chick. Seriously, her work totally rocks. ABSTAIN 37 - AstroBlue - both are nice writers overall, but AstroBlue takes the cake. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher - sorry Joni, but Brian just has that extra touch that makes his FAQs charming. Thanks for your votes everyone. I truly am happy to see people admire my work. Trace: If you want someone else to do WW, then that's OK. I'm personally waiting on the GameCube Wario Ware to get back into the vibe, so that might be a better solution overall. Sorry for the inconvenience. --- "I pwned Link316!!!" - Me "Don't brag. Everyone's pwned Link316 at least once." - A Link to the Past |
| From: Haunter12O | Posted: 1/18/2004 9:15:29 PM | Message Detail |
| Division 3: 4 - Dan Simpson Adrenaline writes FAQs with already too many FAQs. I usually just overlook hers for another person's. I think DSimpson's FF1 faq alone is going to win him this one. 13 - CVXFREAK Same reason as above. I ignore Cyric's FAQs because there are so many other FAQs for the same game. Haven't read much of CVXFREAK's works since I don't play survival horror games, but I seem to like his writing style better. I especially liked his SMS faq. Division 4: 37 - AstroBlue AstroBlue's FFTA FAQ is God-like. It's probably the only good FAQ for FFTA out there (I'm not liking the writing styles of the others), and helped me a lot when I played it. I think that's reason enough for me to vote for him. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher Joni Phillips beat me =(. But the reason is that I've never read anything more detailed than his DKC FAQs. Platformer FAQs are hardest to do, and his basically tells everything there is to tell. Basically, he's the Platformer Mastermind. Joni Phillips is the Foreign FAQ Mastermind, but BSulpher seemed to work harder. Just a tad harder... --- Haunter12O: Team Red - CE Capture The Flag Chickenboy I am faster than the hand that pulls the trigger. -Xsquader |
| From: Haunter12O | Posted: 1/18/2004 9:16:02 PM | Message Detail |
| writes FAQs for games with too much FAQs* --- Haunter12O: Team Red - CE Capture The Flag Chickenboy I am faster than the hand that pulls the trigger. -Xsquader |
| From: Meowthnum1 | Posted: 1/18/2004 9:44:18 PM | Message Detail |
| That depends on when the GCN WW comes out. --- ''She's in to witchcraft and one kiss and I'm zapped...'' |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 1/19/2004 12:00:04 AM | Message Detail |
| I usually just overlook hers for another person's. YOU FOOL!!!! -Zoop --- ZoopSoul FAQs: 19 - KB: 3760 - CRP: 26774 IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ |
| From: me frog | Posted: 1/19/2004 12:04:11 AM | Message Detail |
| *gives Haunter evil glare* Adrenaline>>>>everyone --- Homer Simpson:Hello? Operator? Give me the number for 911! If you can't impress people with your intelligence, confuse them with your stupidity |
| From: Haunter12O | Posted: 1/19/2004 12:32:13 AM | Message Detail |
| omg help adrenaline's faqs are good, but... DSimpson's are... classic. oh, and I'm using your FFTA faq right now. I didn't notice it till now, pretty good, even though I still can't access #236. --- Haunter12O: Team Red - CE Capture The Flag Chickenboy I am faster than the hand that pulls the trigger. -Xsquader |
| From: Rodri316 | Posted: 1/19/2004 12:46:01 AM | Message Detail |
| DSimpson CyricZ AstroBlue BSulpher --- Leader of Cheese Finale Trivia 11 NE Div. *Playoff Qualified* Next: vs. Migrating Coconuts (2-9) / Record: 7-4 Second |
| From: Masamune3 | Posted: 1/19/2004 1:55:24 AM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL - Really, this is not contest. SL is the best writer on this site bar none. 13 - CVXFREAK - Never been a fan of Cyric's stuff, and I just love CVX's format and guides. 37 - AstroBlue - No contest. Astro is quite simply one of the top three elite writers on the site. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher - I've also had a small place in my heart for Brian's NES guides. While Joni is good, he just doesn't hold is own against such a dedicated writer like Sulpher. Haunter: If you even bothered to look at ASL's guides, you'd notice that she writes for the big games fairly early... I suggest you make informed posts, not pathetically misguided ones. --- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --Edmund Burke |
| From: Phoenix 1911 | Posted: 1/19/2004 2:19:59 AM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL - while DSimpson's work is <3, Adrenaline's stuff is <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3. The layout and in-depthness are terrific and I love her writing style. Plus, of course, she's a chick. 37 - AstroBlue - falsehead's stuff is OK, but Astro's work is a bit better. Those images are pixelperfect, and his FFTA guide rocks your ass. |
| From: Joni Philips | Posted: 1/19/2004 7:58:03 AM | Message Detail |
| Don't apoligize, once I saw the schedule of the tournament, my goal was to lose against Brian. --- Goku- Look Vegeta! People popcorn! Vegeta- Ah! What is he on?! |
| From: BSulpher | Posted: 1/19/2004 8:03:19 AM | Message Detail |
| Division 3: Neither (I like both author's works, and I can not see anything that seperates one from the other enough to make a choice). 20 - CyricZ (Cyric gets tagged with this "he is overrated" and "he writes for stuff that is already covered". Well, he has the best FAQ on the site in Ogre Battle 64 and he has been among the first two or three FAQs going up for games. Plus, he writes complete guides that scream out quality info and comprehensiveness at every turn. CVX is good, but Cyric is the clear cut winner here). Division 4: 37 - AstroBlue (I literally sat here for fifteen minutes thinking no this one and comparing notes between the two. I ended up going with Astroblue based on his format being slightly better. This is about the only difference that I could find that was more than marginal as both are good authors who write excellent stuff, they are comprehensive, and they have such a great flow to their writing. If I make the next round, I look forward to facing either one in a match-up because losing to them would have no shame involved in it). Abstain (due to my involvement in the match-up). --- Yap, yap, yap! Shut your trap! - Flak |
| From: antseezee | Posted: 1/19/2004 9:04:53 AM | Message Detail |
| Division 3: 36 - Adrenaline SL - extremely close matchup, however, I feel that Adrenaline is the better writer when it comes to the actual quality. The walkthroughs are so precise and accurate, plus, great formatting. Dan does the exact same job, but it feels like his FAQs are written from an advanced aspect, not matching all skilled players out there. 20 - CyricZ - love his FAQs so much, especially the Ogre Battle 64 one. Doesn't have quite the overwhelming layouts as other excellent FAQ writers, but makes up for it in a more concise walkthrough method. CVX is a great writer as well, but a tad inflated at times (especially on the RE walkthroughs or cutscenes). Division 4: 37 - AstroBlue - truly an awesome writer. Makes good use of extra space for formats, and unlocking lists. Great stuff, overmatches falsey. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher - extremely close matchup. Brian lacks in the depth we often see in huge writers, but he has a few guides that really go above and beyond the call of duty (Ogre Battle). Excellent spacers. Joni, great foreign writer, and keep up the good work. --- "Some people make sacrifices to make other people happy." http://antseezee.sphosting.com/ - An updated NES Rarity Guide is out! |
| From: supernova54321 | Posted: 1/19/2004 9:37:11 AM | Message Detail |
| 36 - Adrenaline SL - so many awesome guides with original formats (MGS2 anyone?) 20 - CyricZ - as I said before, he's always been the FAQer I admire the most, with excellent guides covering various genres, particularly Star Wars games. 37 - AstroBlue - as much as I like falseheads' plot analyses, I cannot deny that AstroBlue is the superior author, with detailed but always easy to read instructions and extensive coverage of some very complicated games. 12 - Brian P. Sulpher - a really tough match. I really like Joni's guides, but Brian has the edge in terms of experience and influence. His Ogre Battle guide is untouchable. --- Super Nova | FAQs: 15 - 1347KB The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. - Alucard |
| From: Mizuho Kazami | Posted: 1/19/2004 10:52:24 AM | Message Detail |
| [This message was deleted at the request of the original poster] |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:10:22 AM | Message Detail |
| ^Elaborate all your reasons, thanks. --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: nintendomaster14 | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:16:19 AM | Message Detail |
| Dev- check out some of Adrenaline's votes. They are only saying "she is the best" like Masamune, or just because she is a girl. Just tell them to elaborate as well. --- FAQs: 12 (11=1230KB) | Non-Prolific |FFX-2 | BSalari |
| From: me frog | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:18:34 AM | Message Detail |
| 12 - Brian P. Sulpher: That other guy only has 6 FAQs in English and Brian has like 80. That's your reason? Because you can't read the Joni's FAQs? --- Homer Simpson:Hello? Operator? Give me the number for 911! If you can't impress people with your intelligence, confuse them with your stupidity |
| From: me frog | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:18:59 AM | Message Detail |
| woops, I didn't mean to say "the" --- Homer Simpson:Hello? Operator? Give me the number for 911! If you can't impress people with your intelligence, confuse them with your stupidity |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:26:27 AM | Message Detail |
| That last reason was my primary reason for questioning his votes. I guess I will be voiding CVX's ASL vote unless he can come up with more suitable reason. Zoop's vote is just sarcasm, and he even says he loves her formatting, so that's why his stays... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: antseezee | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:32:23 AM | Message Detail |
| The Mizuho guy doesn't have a CRP with at least 1 FAQ, and I believe that was required (besides reasonings) for the votes to be counted. --- "Some people make sacrifices to make other people happy." http://antseezee.sphosting.com/ - An updated NES Rarity Guide is out! |
| From: Mizuho Kazami | Posted: 1/19/2004 11:42:33 AM | Message Detail |
| Adrenaline SL goes more in depth on the games she FAQ's. Her format is also better then Dan's imho. CVXFreak uses better paragraph dividing then CyricZ, some of his paragraphs are way too long. His format is also slightly better than that of CyricZ. Astroblue goes always very in depth and gives incredible clear directions to finish a game. The fact that his section headers go to the end of the line unlike Falsehead whose section headers are often shorter than her text which kinda looks sloppy to me. Brian Sulpher because "No self-voting. This should go without saying, but for those who need it spelled out for them, it's here." And so it seems that I didn't link my CRP to this account but I'm using this one because I'd like to get a couple of more active messages on it. |
| From: antseezee | Posted: 1/19/2004 12:34:02 PM | Message Detail |
| No prob, I was just restating the rules of the tourney. Had no idea who you were. --- "Some people make sacrifices to make other people happy." http://antseezee.sphosting.com/ - An updated NES Rarity Guide is out! |
| From: Haunter12O | Posted: 1/19/2004 1:38:25 PM | Message Detail |
| I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to my own opinion as to who I vote for. Besides, ASL is going to win anyway. --- Haunter12O: Team Red - CE Capture The Flag Chickenboy I am faster than the hand that pulls the trigger. -Xsquader |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/19/2004 1:38:27 PM | Message Detail |
| The name you vote with doesn't necessarily _have_ to have the CRP connected if it's an alternate, but as long as I can find out who you are through my own means, it'll count. --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: CVXFREAK | Posted: 1/19/2004 1:38:46 PM | Message Detail |
| OK Devin, here's a better reason. Her work is incredibly detailed, to the point where you can't explain things better. Add to that they're aesthetically beautiful, with a top notch format, perfect paragraph size and informational... information. She's Ms. Information for you. :) --- "I pwned Link316!!!" - Me "Don't brag. Everyone's pwned Link316 at least once." - A Link to the Past |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 1/19/2004 2:06:58 PM | Message Detail |
...and she has boobs. Presumably big ones. -Zoop --- ZoopSoul FAQs: 19 - KB: 3760 - CRP: 26774 IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ |