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Final-Fan on 03 September 2009
Riot Of The Blood said:
People are waiting the second coming -- Galaxy 2.

I'm willing to bet that GT5 outsells Mario Wii in all 3 regions within the first few months or so. FF13... Is going to flop IMO. So I'm not taking a chance on it. I'll take the Wii's side and say Tales of Ten outsells it in Japan.

So, you'd bet with me that GT5 will outsell NSMBWii in NA and in Europe and in Japan after, say, 4-6 months (you pick) for each territory?  I'll take that bet.  What stakes would you like? 

(Just to be very clear, it looks to me like NSMB outselling GT5 in any one of the big three territories would result in me winning the bet.  Is that what you meant?)



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zexen_lowe on 03 September 2009
Final-Fan said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
People are waiting the second coming -- Galaxy 2.

I'm willing to bet that GT5 outsells Mario Wii in all 3 regions within the first few months or so. FF13... Is going to flop IMO. So I'm not taking a chance on it. I'll take the Wii's side and say Tales of Ten outsells it in Japan.

So, you'd bet with me that GT5 will outsell NSMBWii in NA and in Europe and in Japan after, say, 4-6 months (you pick) for each territory?  I'll take that bet.  What stakes would you like? 

(Just to be very clear, it looks to me like NSMB outselling GT5 in any one of the big three territories would result in me winning the bet.  Is that what you meant?)

I think he meant that WW it's gonna outsell it, not in each particular region...at least I think so. It'd make a more interesting bet...not that "one-sided"




Final-Fan on 03 September 2009

^ Yeah, but if he goes for my version I'm not turning it down, you know?



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Final-Fan on 03 September 2009

Well, I'm going to bed, but for the record,

@RiotoftheBlood:

If you take the WW version of the bet (I bet NSMBWii outsells GT5 WW after 4, 5, or 6 months (you pick)), I will agree to it unless you make some truly bloodthirsty stakes that scare me off.

(with "aligned launches" for the different territories, just so potential staggered release dates in diff. areas don't screw either of us up)



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Final-Fan on 03 September 2009

Before I leave for real, I had an idea. Maybe it'll look stupid in the morning but here it is:

The following will last 6 months:
- notice in loser's signature to the effect of "___ LOST A BET WITH ____: __ outsold ___ after X months WW" (Where it goes in the loser's sig is the winner's choice -- top, bottom, etc.)
- Any time the winner enters a thread the loser is in, the loser must post, "Greetings, master ___." (___ being the winner's name of course)
- Any time the loser enters a thread the winner is in, he must begin his post with "Pardon the intrusion, master ___"
- If the loser fails to notice the presence of the winner entering a thread (his next post isn't ^^^), then if anyone points this out, the loser must post "A thousand pardons, masters ___ and ___!" (the other one being the one who pointed it out, if not the winner)
- If the loser fails to notice that the winner was already in the thread AND the winner posted on the most recent page or in the first page, then (same as above)

I'm setting myself up for trouble since I'm pretty forgetful, but this seems like an amusing way to spice up the bet to my sleep-deprived mind.



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Carl on 03 September 2009
Wii_Master said:
well i don't think so cause i ain't letting you cause you know what i realized that you cheaped me out you can change the 1 week to 1 month or 2 month or more but otherwise i cancel and i am sorry but no i ain't letting you control my avatar or my sig..

Eww.

Respect -1



                            

darthdevidem01 on 03 September 2009

@claude

I'm surprised at how condescending you still are, even after bans for it

anyways

I agree with carl!



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

Demotruk on 03 September 2009

Odd thread.

I have a more interesting bet. By the end of 2010, NSMB:Wii will have outsold FFXIII, combined with GT5, combined with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

Final-Fan on 03 September 2009

@ darthdevidem01

No, he was too dumb to keep from agreeing to the bet, but I don't respect him less for backing out in this case. Carl pushed him into agreeing to a no-win situation on false premises -- that is, conned him -- and therefore I think Wii_Master has a good enough reason to justify backing out.

But I do have low respect for him in the first place for being dumb!



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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.

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The old smileys: ; - ) : - ) : - ( : - P : - D : - # ( c ) ( k ) ( y ) If anyone knows the shortcut for , let me know!
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Carl on 03 September 2009
Final-Fan said:
@ darthdevidem01

No, he was too dumb to keep from agreeing to the bet, but I don't respect him less for backing out in this case. Carl pushed him into agreeing to a no-win situation on false premises -- that is, conned him -- and therefore I think Wii_Master has a good enough reason to justify backing out.

But I do have low respect for him in the first place for being dumb!

I didn't con him, i just took the really dumb bet he gave for people, and turned it around on him. And as you can see, he didn't like it.

I agree with you on the "dumb" part though.

And backing out from the bet now means i will take nothing he ever says, seriously.