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| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/20/2004 6:47:46 PM | Message Detail |
| Wow... I'm surprised at how many people showed up for the round we just ended. I wonder why... Anywho, here are those winners: Division 5: 2 - Andrew Schultz 18 - Dallas Scott Division 6: 39 - ZoopSoul 23 - Colin Moriarty Let's keep it up with the higher volume of voters here! It comes down to the amount of people who vote to determine who deserves a win, so every vote counts! The bracket, as well as CRP links, can be found here: http://members.verizon.net/~vze4c9cs/pbracket6.htm Good luck to the bottom quarter of the bracket in this third round! Division 7: 3 - Psycho Penguin vs. 30 - Minesweeper 51 - MetroidMoo vs. 46 - Daniel Engel Division 8: 70 - Shdwrlm3 vs. 27 - Efrem Orrizonte 11 - Mysticcat vs. 86 - Atom Edge --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: arminjewell | Posted: 1/20/2004 6:52:01 PM | Message Detail |
| Division 7: 30 - Minesweeper - Although Minesweeper and PP have the same detail level in my opinion, Minesweepers format wins out in this case. VERY tough match. 46 - Daniel Engel - Wow, another close one. I prefer Engel's work however because of the level of detail he has. Division 8: 70 - Shdwrlm3 - I like his FAQs better because of his style of writing and his format works better for me. Very close matchup. 11 - Mysticcat - Mysticcat does a great job of providing not only good information, but every single little detail you would ever need for the games he writes for. --- RPG Elite (298) Nemesis : little_jewell | FAQs: 6 (2398 KB) | Reviews: 5 (20 KB) | Codes: 7 |
| From: Merca | Posted: 1/20/2004 7:55:19 PM | Message Detail |
| 30 - Minesweeper: Although the both of them have incredible detail in their work, Minesweeper's writing style is more my cup of tea. Also, I prefer his layout over PP's. Additionally, I've used some of Minesweeper's guides before and found them very helpful; I've never used one of PP's. Abstain 70 - Shdwrlm3: <3 the Sword of Mana FAQ, amongst many other FAQs of his. His formatting is impeccable and his guides are as detailed and enjoyable to read as they come. Plus, there's just something about his style that I really like and makes his stuff so damn good. 86 - Atom Edge: Not only is he the God of ASCII, but he has some of the nicest-looking and professionally-done FAQs out there. His format is neither flashy nor all that unique, but it does a perfect job of keeping things separated and still looks nice. He's also got a nice level of detail that covers everything you need to know while preventing things from becoming too large and difficult to navigate. Also, that Illusion of Gaia FAQ just screams quality. --- "I meditate diligently every morning. The subjects are life and love. I quit after three seconds." ~ Vash the Stampede, Trigun |
| From: Wyldcard | Posted: 1/20/2004 7:57:51 PM | Message Detail |
| 3 - Psycho Penguin 46 - Daniel Engel 70 - Shdwrlm3 86 - Atom Edge --- John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. <>< |
| From: CVXFREAK | Posted: 1/20/2004 8:10:24 PM | Message Detail |
| 30 - Minesweeper - better format, better detail, and I can read his FAQs a bit easier. 51 - MetroidMoo - his FAQs are really great to read, because of the level of detail and effort. Division 8: 27 - Efrem Orrizonte - another underrated author. His English guides are incredibbly well written and I love his plot analysis for RE: Gaiden. It saved me the pain of playing the game. 11 - Mysticcat - Mysticcat has the better content overall, and her FAQs are very very detailed. --- "I pwned Link316!!!" - Me "Don't brag. Everyone's pwned Link316 at least once." - A Link to the Past |
| From: Snow Dragon | Posted: 1/20/2004 8:11:06 PM | Message Detail |
| You need reasons for your votes, Wyld. --- Everything in fiction is a symbol. Except a cymbal. That's just a pun. The Snow Dragon Archive, now online at http://www.geocities.com/bruisedeg0 |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 1/20/2004 11:11:00 PM | Message Detail |
| 30 - Minesweeper (Quality over quantity. Just because Saunders has more time than Jesus on a vacation doesn't make him better. Nate, even if he's very dry in his guides, is not flashy with his formatting, and thus does not make me have a seizure every time I scroll down to find something from the screwed up formatting) 46 - Daniel Engel (Best maps EVER.) 70 - Shdwrlm3 (Wario Ware is so awesome. I love it. I love Efrem still, but I cannot let my personal feelings affect my decision. Shadow rocks, plain and simple.) 11 - Mysticcat (Atom Edge is one of the top 20 writers on the site. Sadly for him, mysticcat is one of the top 10 writers on the site. Excellent stuff here, with easy-to-find information on creative format. One of the top 3 writers in formatting.) -Zoop --- ZoopSoul FAQs: 19 - KB: 3760 - CRP: 26774 IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ |
| From: antseezee | Posted: 1/21/2004 2:53:10 AM | Message Detail |
| Division 7: 3 - Psycho Penguin - Both of these writers have similar formats (no really, they do). Great game selection, but the close similarities forces me to select PP based on the quality of his FF guides. 46 - Daniel Engel - While DEngel may have a lot of KB due to an image glitch, he's done plenty of work over the years on GameFAQs. Most of his guides are simply formatted, but he's detailed when it comes to walkthroughs. Moo's an excellent writer as well, but I'm giving the edge to another writer in this case. Division 8: 70 - Shdwrlm3 - Awesome use of spaces in guides. Just look at the Sword of Mana guide. Breathtaking headers, and ways of displaying his opinion to the reader. Too bad we couldn't have more writers like him. 11 - Mysticcat - I feel Atom is greatly overrated, DESPITE his amazing ASCII art. When it comes down to it, mystic has a decent format as well, but plenty of useful information for the games. Both are great writers, but mystic has done greater chunks of work for some fairly odd games out there. --- "Some people make sacrifices to make other people happy." http://antseezee.sphosting.com/ - An updated NES Rarity Guide is out! |
| From: Masamune3 | Posted: 1/21/2004 3:37:55 AM | Message Detail |
| 30 - Minesweeper - No contest. I love his GTA guides, amongst other things, and his format is nice. Better depth, better detail, and less filler. 51 - MetroidMoo - I've always been a fan of MM, and although he has several unfinished guides, I prefer his format and his writing style. ABSTAIN 86 - Atom Edge - This is a close call, but AE gets the win simply because of the professionalism displayed in his guides. --- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --Edmund Burke R.I.P. David "Hooksey" Hookes |
| From: Joni Philips | Posted: 1/21/2004 6:41:35 AM | Message Detail |
| Division 7: 3 - Psycho Penguin vs. 30 - Minesweeper: Both of them write very good, the format of their earlier FAQ's looks very familiar. While PP covers many overcovered games, Minewsweeper covers those games usely very early when there are little FAQ's. Might sound like a stupid reason but it seems to be the only big difference between those two. 51 - MetroidMoo vs. 46 - Daniel Engel: Clean and simple format that is a tiny tad better than the one MetroidMoo has. He also tends to go for games that aren't covered. And then I even haven't said anything about his maps. Division 8: 70 - Shdwrlm3 vs. 27 - Efrem Orrizonte: Both seem to be a bit underrated but I think Efrem's format looks a tad better than the one of Unpronounceable name 11 - Mysticcat vs. 86 - Atom Edge: No winner, abstaining seems to be the best option for this match for me. --- Goku- Look Vegeta! People popcorn! Vegeta- Ah! What is he on?! |
| From: Karpah King | Posted: 1/21/2004 8:18:46 AM | Message Detail |
| Zoop vs Colin is actually a division final? Is that some sort of joke? --- Psycho Penguin! | #3 | GP: NCAA 2004 | FP: NCAA 2000 Proud fiance of Karpah. ^_^ I love my queen dearly. |
| From: CWall | Posted: 1/21/2004 11:35:02 AM | Message Detail |
| Zoop vs Colin is actually a division final? Is that some sort of joke? Interesting. I hope no one says that coming to the boards has no impact on the results now. How the hell could Kao have been eliminated in the third round? --- Sign Duffman's petition for a History Board: http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=7&topic=11037045 |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/21/2004 12:14:04 PM | Message Detail |
| How about you both actually vote instead of carrying on here... It's a slow enough round today as it is... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |
| From: Psycho Penguin | Posted: 1/21/2004 12:16:27 PM | Message Detail |
| I vote for all the board members because - The other guy writes for oversaturated games. - I like his formatting better. - The other guy doesn't have enough info in his guides. If the board member is a girl, replace "guy" and "his" with "girl" and "hers" --- [ #3 ] No more games, I'm gonna change what you call rage. <Proud Fiance of Karpah> |
| From: Rodri316 | Posted: 1/21/2004 12:24:34 PM | Message Detail |
| 3 - Psycho Penguin 51 - MetroidMoo 70 - Shdwrlm3 86 - Atom Edge Second match = hardest match ever! DEngel and Metroid are both great, but I use MM's guides more. --- Leader of Cheese Finale NE Div. (7-4) Second *Playoff Qualified* Trivia League II Record: 1-0 |
| From: brian sulpher | Posted: 1/21/2004 12:44:49 PM | Message Detail |
| 3 - Psycho Penguin (Despite Steve acting like a total ass today [and basiaclly every other day], he still gets my vote here. Both have covered stuff that is well-documented and others that are not, so no big deal there. Steve wins on humour, where as Nathan wins in best formatting. Ultimately, Steve's ability to bring out some excellent information in most of his FAQs gets him the win. This is not to say Nathan has poor info himself, but I just find Steve's info to be a little easier to digest because of his writing style on the whole). 46 - Daniel Engel (Not real close here as DEngel writes a mean FAQ as well as makes the best maps around. MetroidMoo is alright, but nothing compared to the mighty DEngel). 70 - Shdwrlm3 (Love the games he covers, so inknow he covers them well. He also has a format and flow that seems to appeal to me). 11 - Mysticcat (Atom Edge may be a great ASCII man with some good FAQing skills, but he has nothing on this female FAQing force. Format and neatness for both are excellent, but I feel MC has the edge in comprehensiveness and well thought out strategies). --- 34 FAQs for games never covered at www.GameFAQs.com. |
| From: Psycho Penguin | Posted: 1/21/2004 12:50:57 PM | Message Detail |
| 51 - MetroidMoo: I like his Mega Man stuff a lot, and he's done some RPG guides lately which shows he is a versatile writer. DEngel is great, but he doesn't write as many FAQs (his maps are fantastic though.) 70 - Shdwrlm3: Hopefully he wins the entire division, because this guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. His Sword of Mana FAQ is brilliant. 11 - Mysticcat: He doesn't know too much English, but the FAQs he writes still provide tons of easy to read information. --- [ #3 ] No more games, I'm gonna change what you call rage. <Proud Fiance of Karpah> |
| From: Sweet Vengeance | Posted: 1/21/2004 1:26:09 PM | Message Detail |
| Abstain. 46 - Daniel Engel: I prefer MM's format, but I find Engel a little more detailed in his walkthroughs. 70 - Shdwrlm3: Efrem is a good foreign language author, and his English is amazing as well. But Shdwrlm3 gets my vote, due to attention with details and a decent enough format. Abstain. --- "You're about to die. Scream if you must." Proud Ex-Member of the Star Ocean 2 Social |
| From: Gbness | Posted: 1/21/2004 2:18:10 PM | Message Detail |
| 3 - Psycho Penguin As much as I love Minesweeper's work, I have to vote for Psycho Penguin on this one. His guides are all full of comprehensive detail and have all helped me through the games. His Legaia 2 guide, in my opinion, was fantastic, and it was detailed like you can't believe. Also, FFX and FF9 are great too. 46 - Daniel Engel For some reason, I've never been a large fan of MetroidMoo's work. For some reason, I didn't like his Mega Man guides, because he lacked enough detail in them and I never loved his format. DEngel, on the other hands, has very easy to read guides, writes for difficult games, and has incredibly comprehensive guides. Division 8: ABSTAIN 11 - Mysticcat Mysticcat's guides are some of my personal favorites on the site, as I have stated many times in the past. Her guides are some of the best formatted in the entire site, and in my opinion a little better than Atom Edge's. Also, Mysticcat's style of writing and the detail just beat out Atom Edge's stuff, in my honest opinion. Still, AE's stuff is still good, though. --- [ #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: Karpah | Posted: 1/21/2004 2:21:28 PM | Message Detail |
| Just one vote here from me. And I bet you could all see it coming. 3- Psycho Penguin Well, I know most of Steve's work like the back of my hand, and it's all fantastic, so I decided to check out Minesweeper's to see if it could compare. I looked at guides for games I've played, so I could compare well, and I must say that I don't like Minesweeper's formatting as much. The detail of the content is good, but the section headers are ugly and there is SO much unneeded (and bad) ASCII art. Plus Minesweeper's layout can be odd at times. Why, for Dino Crisis 2, would you list a bestiary BEFORE a walkthrough? --- [ #52 ] Push button to turn on. Play with button to drive wild... <Proud fiance of the Psycho Penguin> |
| From: SinirothX | Posted: 1/21/2004 2:22:57 PM | Message Detail |
| Division 7: 3 - Psycho Penguin - no contest here. Steve's guides are well-formatted (a little bit fillerlicious sometimes), provide awesome information, and he's very humorous. Not to say Minesweeper isn't a great author, I just prefer Steve's work over his. Abstain Division 8: 70 - Shdwrlm3 - this guy has some of the best FAQs on the site, hands down. Great info, layout, charts, and occasional humor. Plus he writes for some great games that I like. Hands down he's the winner. 11 - Mysticcat - he's another writer who I admire a lot. I understand English is not his primary language, so that doesn't deduct from his vote here. He provides A LOT of DETAILED and well-organized information in a solid, crisp format, which is easy to use. --- No jag. Sini has the worst faqs ever! They are not indepth, too short, and he indents his paragraphs WAY TOO MUCH! - Bijan Salari |
| From: ZoopSoul | Posted: 1/21/2004 2:43:26 PM | Message Detail |
| Christian, you've stated that you're in the small minority of readers that dislike my writing. Maybe you just don't "get it" or something. That's more than cool, to each his own, but just because you're in the minority of writers that dislikes my work does not mean that it is fact. It's your opinion. I didn't get where I am from being liked on the boards. I doubt IGN gives a **** who likes you on the GameFAQs boards. ;) Keep in mind that I've won multiple awards for my writing from the former owner of GameFAQs. Not to toot my own horn (and I realize it sounds that way, but bear with me here), but everything I've accomplished does boost me into the high ranks of the hobby. This hobby is all about opinion, and I respect that. It depends on what the reader prefers. My work and my accomplishments did not come from nothing. I worked my ass off to get where I'm at. If you don't like my stuff, that's 100% cool. I did my best, and it has paid off. Readers can see that I've included everything in a well organized format into my guides, and I poured my heart into it. Plus, while I'm startled to have beaten Kao, award winning writers that I rarely speak with (if at all) have voted for me. It either has to do with me being talented, Moves List being out since the arcades are dead (which is a shame, because I miss the arcades), or people that simply dislike Kao's stuff (and there are quite a few). Just thought I'd friendily (created a word, ROCK!) explain some things to Christian, because he seems like a decent guy. As for Saunders, I could hit him hard here, but out of respect for Devin and the tournament, I will refrain. -Zoop --- ZoopSoul FAQs: 19 - KB: 3760 - CRP: 26774 IGN Guides: http://guides.ign.com/ |
| From: Psycho Penguin | Posted: 1/21/2004 3:00:02 PM | Message Detail |
| I beat Kao in the last tournament. It's not hard to do. --- [ #3 ] No more games, I'm gonna change what you call rage. <Proud Fiance of Karpah> |
| From: Happybuddha311 | Posted: 1/21/2004 4:10:30 PM | Message Detail |
| 3 - Psycho Penguin vs. 30 - Minesweeper Tie. 51 - MetroidMoo vs. 46 - Daniel Engel ? 70 - Shdwrlm3 vs. 27 - Efrem Orrizonte ? 11 - Mysticcat vs. 86 - Atom Edge ? I bet that helped alot... --- Happybuddha311:Has a Dynamic Sig! |
| From: Son Kain | Posted: 1/21/2004 6:08:08 PM | Message Detail |
| 30 - Minesweeper - Nathan gets my vote, mainly since in my eyes, his FAQs work better for me, when I need help with a game. I don't really like to browse through countless tables of things, such is with Steve's stuff and with Nathan's, I can just get right in, get to work and get through the game quickly. Just over all better, really. Abstain - Don't know both's works well enough. 70 - Shdwrlm3 - Wow. I mean, wow. Shdwrlm3 is amazing, especially with his Sword of Mana FAQ. I've never seen a game so well covered (and fast to boot) than what he did. His writing style is top notch, though the format isn't all too good, still, he gets my vote. Abstain - Don't know both's works well enough. --- IGN Guides - http://guides.ign.com/ Project(s) - Headhunter: Redemption (Soon - LifeLine) |
| From: Meowthnum1 | Posted: 1/21/2004 6:13:31 PM | Message Detail |
Division 7: Abtain. They both rock. 51 - MetroidMoo - As f'n awesome as Engel is, I've gotta give the nod to Ryan. He does Megaman games and does them well. While his Megaman guides do not provide a full walkthrough, they provide enough to help the reader through the game. With people like Ryan, some can take the in-depth, full walkthroughs (mine, Colin's, etc.) or the skeletal ones that cover what you need to know and don't lead you by the hand (Ryan's, Devin's, etc.) His format is simple but sweet. Division 8: 27 - Efrem Orrizonte - Not only is he an awesome writer, but he also writes Italian guides. Those are useful to those who read Italian. Few other writers do this. Orrizonte has single-handedly made the site better for foriegn users. 86 - Atom Edge - He's a fellow Megaman writer with a superb format, great ASCII art, a great deal of content, and a sweet Final Fantasy 3j guide. --- ''She's in to witchcraft and one kiss and I'm zapped...'' |
| From: Meowthnum1 | Posted: 1/21/2004 6:18:24 PM | Message Detail |
| After serious consideration of both writers' works (I'm a huge fan of both), I finally decided to give the nod to... 3 - Psycho Penguin - His Final Fantasy I guide freakin' rocks. Additionally, Minesweeper's lack of section headers (or some way of division) in certain key areas hurt him. It was a tough match. --- ''She's in to witchcraft and one kiss and I'm zapped...'' |
| From: Devin Morgan | Posted: 1/21/2004 6:30:10 PM | Message Detail |
| Division 7: Abstain. 51 - MetroidMoo - Nothing against Dan here, and being this was a REALLY close one for me, I have to go with Ryan here. His FAQs are well done for a variety of games, complete with a clear/concise format, and detailed info. Not to mention the excellent work he put into all those MegaMan Boss charts; he earned my vote here. :) Division 8: 27 - Efrem Orrizonte - Another close one, especially given my experience with both their work in the past. Sure, the majority of Efrem's work is in Italian, but the ones that are in English are excellently done (Zelda: Four Swords, for instance). Shdwrlm3 does an excellent job with his work, but I was generally unsatisfied with his latest finished guide, which lowered him a bit for this vote. Sorry! 11 - Mysticcat - A veteran to the scene, Mysticcat is an EXCELLENT writer (and she's female, but that had no bearing on the vote here :P). Her guides are always well-presented and complete with everything you'd need to know in order to beat the games she wrote for. AE also does great work, but as I said in Colin's match a couple days back, I'm just not a big fan of the "overdoing it" method... --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 Prolific Writers' Ranking Page: http://www.accentral.net/list.php |