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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Mar 16, 2012 16:21:31 GMT -5
My pick is probably not iconic. Or something anyone else would pick. At least I'd be super surprised if they did.
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Post by J on Mar 16, 2012 16:44:45 GMT -5
I know that mine probably won't score that high. But it is a sentimental choice.
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Mar 16, 2012 17:45:37 GMT -5
Haha. Great minds think alike is the moral of this story. In terms of these picks... there's alot of good picks to be had, but you begin to figure out if you stray too far off of the most popular ones, that you will not score as well. This pick specifically, there's only a handful of universally known moments in VG history that nearly everyone liked. It becomes "who can turn it in faster" rather than "who can come up with the best idea". I immediately knew what I wanted to use, only to find out someone else beat me to it. So now I'm struggling to find something I think is even close to it. Interesting theory but I don't agree yes there are a few popular moments that the majority of people like but there are also moments in video games that is extremely good but not popular and the reason its not popular has NOTHING to do with the game or moment it has to do with the fact that a lot of people just haven't played the game probably due to the fact that the games weren't promoted good enough. Since Final Fantasy was picked earlier I'll use it as an example with a spoiler {Spoiler}One of the popular scenes on Final Fantasy VII was Sephiroth killing Aeries at the end of Disc One thats popular due to the fact that millions and millions have played that game Now take a scene from a game people don't know about as much as Final Fantasy like Breath of Fire III, a decent RPG but not as well known as Final Fantasy, and you see a moment in that game that you think is the best and better than anything from Final Fantasy. The point is just because a game is SUPER popular doesn't mean its going to do the best in this game sometimes games don't get SUPER populer to do poor advertising or lack of discussion, I mean there are a lot of game that have a small fanbase, like Breath of Fire for example, and the reason they don't have a larger fanbase because they weren't promoted good enough, not like Final Fantasy and Mario that gets promoted out the wazoo. I hope this makes sense in what I'm saying the judges aren't going to rank the picks based on how popular the scene is with everybody they will rate it based on how well they like the scene, they may see a scene from a game they never heard of and be like "oh **** thats a good scene I'd like to try that game sometimes"
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 17, 2012 2:42:33 GMT -5
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Mar 17, 2012 3:46:16 GMT -5
I just watched all clips and even did my own rankings for fun, I wont post my rankings now as I don't want to give away my pick I may post my rankings after the results come up if I feel like it.
I really haven't played most of these games and some of them I've never heard of but I think some of the scenes were very well done and I'm under the belief that it you can enjoy a scene from something (game, movie, TV show, etc..) even if you either never heard of it or never seen or played it you can still enjoy it and I'll bet there are a lot of entries that most if not all the judges ever heard of before but I'm sure they will judge everything fair based on the clip not from their knowledge or experience with the game as a whole.
I'll admit a big biased toward my pick I think its simply one of the best but there was one other pick that I ranked even higher than my own even though I've never played the game before I thought the scene was very excellent and could led me to trying that particular game sometime, I'll probably never get around to trying it out but that scene really blew me away.
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Post by Jazzman on Mar 17, 2012 22:31:14 GMT -5
Again, most of my first choice picks didn't have a good video on YT, that's part of the problem, stuff I really want to use just doesn't exist on YT.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2012 23:32:01 GMT -5
My rankings are in.
Good luck to everyone.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 18, 2012 19:21:39 GMT -5
Round 6 results are in! Remember, next round we will find out who our bottom 3 are before cutting to top 7. From there, our bottom 2 will be having head-to-heads. Let's find out who has set a high standard for that cut and who has to do a bit of climbing to reach safety.... {Spoiler}
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 18, 2012 20:56:55 GMT -5
The judges really spread the love in this round. Made it pretty interesting when results time rolled around. The top score got no 1st place votes. That was different.
Of course, I didn't vote, but the title of the round was "Bro, You Gotta Come See This." As such, this was probably the most underwhelming round I've personally seen thus far in the game. There were quite a few picks that wouldn't bring to mind the phrase "Bro, you gotta come see this!" And then there were some that completely captured the essence of that phrase (for me). Metroid's amazing swerve that anyone who ever played the game marked out for was really clever as a choice, and finally beating Mike Tyson is the epitome of hollering, "Bro, you gotta come see this!" Quite honestly, I felt like there would be more of those type picks (see also "impossible" achievements). Props to Call of Duty for displaying another "You gotta come see this" moment. Pretty graphics are great sometimes, sure; but the epic video game *moment* was what the round was supposed to be about (in my opinion). Also, why do I always go deer in the headlights for that "Mad World" clip playing in the background of Gears of War? Nice touch; captivating.
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Mar 18, 2012 21:14:09 GMT -5
Notorious made me see the light I agree I'm a contestant not a judge I would really like to be a judge on the next F.A.N. Idol when it rolls around because I think judging is pretty fun.
I'll just say this I really enjoyed the Gears of War pick I thought it was a very powerful scene and I can see Pegasus point on Metriod and now that I look at it from that perspective I see it was a great pick as well.
I can't wait to see what the next round will be and I hope I can get over this slump I've been having.
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Mar 18, 2012 21:15:12 GMT -5
I like hearing other peeps opinions of my picks. Even if they don't like em. The reason I chose what I chose was because as a kid I remember never beig able to beat Tyson. And when one of my buddies did it was almost a "bro come see this!". Moment. I'm glad I did as well as I did.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 21:28:39 GMT -5
I'll probably get to all the games at some point, but since we're on the subject...
I ranked Mike Tyson Punch-Out as my number one because I know how much of a pain it is to beat Mike Tyson, and the waves of jubiliation that wash over you are insane. It's definitely a "Bro! You gotta come see this!" moment for me. It's so tough to accomplish and then when you finally do it, you just want someone to be there to make sure it's really happening.
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Post by Jazzman on Mar 18, 2012 21:31:16 GMT -5
Well, I guess nothing says, hey man, come see this, than ripping a dude in half with your bare hands splitting them down the spine. Really shocked that Dom didn't do as well, but as Peg says, that clip with that music and that moment.... man, chills.
EDIT: Might have done even better if I went with Batter Up!
Moral of the story, Shao Khan will f***ing kill you dead
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Mar 18, 2012 21:34:16 GMT -5
I think I just misunderstood this category I thought it was find a good video game scene like we did with the Cartoons last round or the one before that which ever it was, which if that was the case I think my pick might of done better at least I would hope so, I didn't realize it was more of an epic moment that had you go "Dude that was an awesome take a look at this" even though Pegasus explained it perfectly at the start of the round I just took it wrong I guess. So its not on Pegasus it was all on me I didn't understand to well even though it was explained perfectly.
But all in all it was a fun round and glad the bottom three voting isn't this round though I think I'll have to do real good next round to stay out of the bottom three.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 18, 2012 21:47:19 GMT -5
Well, I guess nothing says, hey man, come see this, than ripping a dude in half with your bare hands splitting them down the spine. Really shocked that Dom didn't do as well, but as Peg says, that clip with that music and that moment.... man, chills. EDIT: Might have done even better if I went with Batter Up! [youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_vH6M5wD4&feature=related][/youtube] Shao Khan... f***ing beast I like both of those picks. I had never seen anything from Mortal Kombat 9, so that Shao Khan picks left me saying, "WHAAAAT?!?!" Definitely would be a "Bro, come look at this!" moment the first time I pulled it off. And remember, you used the Mulligan. I didn't really divy that spreadsheet up like I should have graphically, I realize. But Dom did well. Shao Khan did well too. You definitely benefited from your use of Mulligan though because they sorta "rescued" each other from the fate of some judges' difference in rankings that round.
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Post by Jazzman on Mar 18, 2012 21:52:29 GMT -5
Well, I guess nothing says, hey man, come see this, than ripping a dude in half with your bare hands splitting them down the spine. Really shocked that Dom didn't do as well, but as Peg says, that clip with that music and that moment.... man, chills. EDIT: Might have done even better if I went with Batter Up! [youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_vH6M5wD4&feature=related][/youtube] Shao Khan... f***ing beast I like both of those picks. I had never seen anything from Mortal Kombat 9, so that Shao Khan picks left me saying, "WHAAAAT?!?!" Definitely would be a "Bro, come look at this!" moment the first time I pulled it off. And remember, you used the Mulligan. I didn't really divy that spreadsheet up like I should have graphically, I realize. But Dom did well. Shao Khan did well too. You definitely benefited from your use of Mulligan though because they sorta "rescued" each other from the fate of some judges' difference in rankings that round. Yeah, the spreadsheet threw me a little bit, I'm just happy to be back on top again, let's see if we can make it stick this time.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 18, 2012 21:53:20 GMT -5
[glow=gray,2,300]WELCOME TO ROUND SEVEN![/glow]Did You Just Say “Since I Moved Up Like George and Weezy?”This is a MEDIUM-SPECIFIC round. Choices must come from a song.Contestants, this round will feature a song submission from you that MUST make at least one pop culture reference in the lyrics of the song from outside the realm of the music industry itself. In other words, if you choose a 2-Pac song that talks about kicking Biggie’s rear end, that doesn’t count. But if 2-Pac were to give props in a song to Don Flamenco for his mad fighting skills, then you’ve got the right idea. We are not looking for video references to pop culture. The lyrics of the song itself must drop a pop culture reference. Judges should judge the song itself that you choose. So just because you drop a song with 38 references to movies and tv and such and someone else tosses out a great song that makes one reference, that doesn’t mean the 38 references wins. Judges *may* (and actually probably will) take the reference you use into consideration, but it won’t be THE determining factor in the rankings. There have only been one or two song picks so far in the game, so you should be good as far as not duplicating a previously used artist in this game. HOWEVER, avoid lyrical references to pop culture choices ALREADY used in the game. For example, busting out a line about Fred Flintstone is off limits, because Fred has already made his appearance in one of the picks of the game so far. You submit your picks to pegasuswarrior and Cageking via PM (both of us just in case one of us were to go missing in action for an annoying period of time so that the other one could pick up the slack). We'll sort it out, send it to the judges, and all that. Haven’t seen Cageking lately, but I’m still around, so it seems to be working alright. PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ALSO, when you send your PMs, please include the actual web address link of the pick you choose. This would reduce my management time 10 minutes or so, no joke. You can still embed the videos, but you MUST copy and paste a link in there -- definitely helps me out. Please submit your picks in the following format: Artist – Title of Song Ex: Animaniacs – Countries of the World www.youtube.com/PLEASE-QUIT-EMBEDDING-WITHOUT-INCLUDING-THE-LINKS-TOOAs always, if you have a question, just ask. I think I’ve been pretty good about communicating what’s in the competitors’ best interest when they PM me a question. I want everyone to be able to do well. Please get these in ASAP, but definitely no later than Tuesday night. We have had two Mulligans used thus far in the game. This option will not be available the entire game. That being said, I’m not begging you to use it this round or any particular round. Just reminding you all that you can use it in a round when you feel vulnerable to lower rankings than you normally might get with just one pick.
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Mar 18, 2012 21:58:37 GMT -5
This is going to be an interesting round I got to do some soul searching on this one. I'll try and have my pick in sometime tonight.
EDIT: It didn't take me long to think of a good pick I found two awesome choices for this round just got to listen to the songs to make sure they don't reference anything thats already been used.
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Post by Jazzman on Mar 18, 2012 22:09:19 GMT -5
Peg, anyway you can update the first post? It would be much appreciated.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 18, 2012 22:16:30 GMT -5
1st page Master List updated. I haven't done the best job at keeping that up-to-date.
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