Hello, and welcome to the Sixth annual GR Gamepost Video Game Showdown. First I'd like to apologize for being...four months late, or something or other. I'm in college now, and wasn't really coming to GR at that point, so I never got around to starting it. However, my idea on how to run a new showdown is still saved on a wordpad file in my computer, and I don't intend to let it go to waste. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with how things work around here, this is a deep rooted tradition in Gamepost history. Previous winners include... 2006: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2005: Metal Gear Solid 2004: Final Fantasy VII 2003: Grand Theft Auto III 2002: Half Life The showdown system has changed over the years, and I intend to bring yet another change this year. This time, the showdown will be run very similar to the way NCAA basketball is run. Every day there are a plethora of matches, pitting game VS. game, with people voting for the games they like better, and then after 24 hours we have new matches. However, games do not get eliminated for losing a match or even two matches, like in the past. If a game loses a match, it simply scores a 'loss' and draws another match in the next few days. This goes on for several months, games never getting eliminated, until a set number of matches for each game has been reached. Then we take a leaf out of the book of NCAA football, and based on 'regular' season performances, put the games into fifteen different bowl 'games', and then host the matches over the next 15 days, working up to the championship match. The games have been broken up into ten different divisions of eight games. 8 of these divisions are made up from the top 64 games in the recent 'top 100 list' I did several months back. The #1 game is the #1 seed in the first division, the #2 game is the #1 seed in the 2nd division, and so on until the 64th game is the #8 seed in the last division. The other 2 divisions are made up of games that have come out recently that weren't given the chance to make the list, yet likely would have if given the chance, and games on the top 100 list in the low range, plus a few I think should be given a shot. There are also two other divisions made up of games that made the list, but ranked rather low. These two divisions make up the a sort of 'Divison I-AA' for our 'league'. These two divisions have their own small league of games that are only somewhat popular, and every year games that do well in this league have the opportunity to move up into the 'big leagues', making way for more games for the little league. This continues ad infinitum in theory. Wins, losses, points for, points against, interdivisonial records, and other stats are kept track of, and at the end awards our handed out, the bowls are played, and we'll have our champion. http://www.freewebs.com/grncaashowdown/ Check my sig for the power rankings as of now. I'm kinda making this up as a go, so that site doesn't have alot of info yet...and if anyone is willing to help me out on this project, lemme know, I could use it, I'm going to college now. And remember, if you can't help me directly, this showdown is fueled by votes. You can help by simply voting. However, I encourage everyone to at least know what they're voting for and against in matches. I can't enforce any rules of this nature, but it's something to keep in mind. I'm not saying you should play the game first, but it'd be good to at least know what we're dealing with. Today's Matchups We'll start the showdown with all inter-divisional matches I think. Final Fantasy VIII VS. Resident Evil II Goldeneye 007 VS. Mario Kart 64 Super Mario Brothers III VS. Soul Calibur II The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker VS. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Beyond Good & Evil VS. Half Life 2 Tomb Raider VS. Halo The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask VS. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Soul Calibur VS. Super Mario Brothers The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess VS. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Burnout: Revenge VS. Fatal Frame 2 Divison I-AA Sonic The Hedgehog 2 VS. Warcraft II Rome: Total War VS. Condemned: Criminal Origins Vote in all matches you think you can within reason! I vote... FF8 Goldeneye SC2 OOT HL2 Halo Max Payne 2 Soul Calibur Castlevania No Vote No Vote No Vote May the best games win.[/b]
I heard you're going to college now! Is this true!? Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Beyond Good & Evil No Vote Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Super Mario Brothers Castlevania: Symphony of the Night No Vote Sonic The Hedgehog 2 No Vote
RE 2 Goldeneye SMB3 LoZ: OoT NO VOTE Halo Majora's Mask Super Mario Bros. NO VOTE NO VOTE Sonic 2 Rome: Total War
Resident Evil II Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half Life 2 Tomb Raider Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Super Mario Brothers No vote No vote Divison I-AA No vote Rome: Total War
RE 2 golden eye soul caliber 2 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half Life 2 Halo Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Super Mario Brothers Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Fatal Frame 2 no vote Sonic The Hedgehog 2
NO VOTE Goldeneye 007 SMBIII NO VOTE HL2 NO VOTE NO VOTE SMB Castlevania NO VOTE **EDIT** Let me add Warcraft II and Condemned.
Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Soul Calibur II The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Half Life 2 Halo Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Soul Calibur Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Burnout: Revenge
Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time . Half Life 2 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Soul Calibur Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Fatal Frame 2 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Condemned: Criminal Origins
Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time no vote Halo no vote Super Mario Brothers no vote no vote Warcraft II Condemned: Criminal Origins
This is going to steal my thunder, lol. Resident Evil II Mario Kart 64 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half Life 2 Halo The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask . Super Mario Brothers The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Fatal Frame 2 . Warcraft II Rome: Total War
Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Soul Calibur II The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Half Life 2 Tomb Raider The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Super Mario Brothers Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Burnout: Revenge Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Rome: Total War
Final Fantasy VIII Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half Life 2 Tomb Raider Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Super Mario Brothers The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Fatal Frame 2 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Condemned: Criminal Origins
Resident Evil II Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Beyond Good & Evil Tomb Raider The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Super Mario Brothers The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Fatal Frame 2 Divison I-AA Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Rome: Total War
My votes! Resident Evil II Goldeneye 007 Super Mario Brothers III The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Half Life 2 Halo The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Super Mario Brothers Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Burnout: Revenge Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Condemned: Criminal Origins
FFVIII beats RE2 8-6. Goldeneye beats MK64 14-1. SMB3 beats SC2 10-5. OOT beats WW 11-3. HL2 beats BG&E 10-2. Halo beats Tomb Raider 7-5. MP2 beats MM 7-6. SMB beats SC 11-3. SOTN beats Twilight Princess 8-3. FF2 beats Burnout: R 5-4. Sonic 2 beats WCII 8-3. R: TW and C: OC tie 5-5. Today's Matches God of War VS. Silent Hill 3 Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow VS. Chrono Trigger Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic VS. Unreal Tournament Devil May Cry VS. Resident Evil REMake Super Metroid VS. Max Payne Final Fantasy X VS. Dragon Quest VIII Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VS. SOCOM II Earthbound VS. Super Mario 64 Sonic the Hedgehog VS. Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner Disgaea: Hour of Darkness VS. Kingdom Hearts Division I-AA Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories VS. Diablo 2 Harvest Moon 64 VS. Deus Ex My votes... God of War CT KOTOR DMC MP FFX GTA: SA SM64 ZOE2 Disgaea Diablo2 Deus Ex May the best game win!
God of War Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Devil May Cry Max Payne Final Fantasy X Super Mario 64 Sonic the Hedgehog Kingdom Hearts Diablo 2 Deus Ex
Today's Matches God of War Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Resident Evil REMake Super Metroid Dragon Quest VIII Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Super Mario 64 Sonic the Hedgehog . Kingdom Hearts Diablo 2 Harvest Moon 64
God of War Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Devil May Cry Max Payne Final Fantasy X no vote Super Mario 64 Sonic the Hedgehog Kingdom Hearts Division I-AA Diablo 2 Harvest Moon 64
No vote No vote Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic No Vote No Vote No Vote Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Super Mario 64 Sonic the Hedgehog Kingdom Hearts Division I-AA No Vote Deus Ex