October 2000: What Do You Think You Think?

After a long and horrible wait, Contest #7 has finally arrived! Hooray! And this time, you don't have to know a thing about video games, all you have to do is give us your opinion. That, and the opinion of everyone else that enters the contest.

The rules are simple: You'll be asked a series of multiple-choice opinion and demographic questions on the next page. Tell us your personal opinion or give your personal information for each one, and then try and guess the three most popular answers that everyone else will give.

Okay, so maybe it's not that simple.

For each question, points will be awarded based on how close your three guesses were to the top three actual entries. 5 points will be awarded for an exact match, 4 for only one place off, 3 for two places off, 2 for three, 1 for four, and zero for five or more. These points will then in turn be multiplied for which place your guess was for: 3X for first place, 2X for second place, 1X for third place.

In the most popular GameFAQs contest so far (4362 valid entries), competition was tight. Out of a possible 450 points, the highest score was 419 by Chris Amis, while three entrants scored 416 and had their placements determined by the tiebreaker question. The average score of all entries was 340.

1st Place - Chris Amis
2nd Place - Eli Zatezalo
3rd Place - Jason E. Jenkins
Random Draw - Maria Francis-Moullier, Michael Humphreys, David Saeger, Josh Rieken, Timothy G. Maus

Honorable Mention (410+ points): Iain R., Jason Meyers, Matt Callanan, Adam Blaiss, Sean Easton, Jeffrey Lam, Nick Orpilla, Alex Majlaton, Devin Adair, John Broky, Ian Muller, Vincent M. Capello.

Question	Poll Results
1. What's the best Final Fantasy game ever?	Final Fantasy VI/III (SNES/PSX) - 33.5% Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - 31.6% Final Fantasy VIII (PSX) - 10.5% Final Fantasy IV/II (SNES) - 7.4% Final Fantasy III (NES) - 5.8% Final Fantasy V (SNES/PSX) - 4.0% Final Fantasy IX (PSX) - 3.6% Final Fantasy (NES) - 2.6% Final Fantasy II (NES) - 1.2%
2. What's the best Fighting game series of all time?	Street Fighter - 35.9% Tekken - 20.2% Capcom's VS. Series - 17.4% Mortal Kombat - 9.7% Soul Edge/Calibur - 8.6% The King of Fighters - 3.8% Samurai Shodown - 1.7% Virtua Fighter - 1.4% DarkStalkers/Vampire - 1.2%
3. What's your favorite game genre?	RPG - 72.5% Action/Adventure - 10.0% Fighting - 6.8% Strategy/Simulation - 3.0% Action - 2.9% Racing/Sports - 2.6% Pro Wrestling - 2.1%
4. Which one of the original eight Street Fighter II characters is your favorite?	Ryu - 40.7% Chun Li - 16.6% Ken - 14.4% Guile - 11.3% Blanka - 8.4% Dhalsim - 3.5% E.Honda - 2.6% Zangief - 2.5%
5. Who do you think the biggest winner will be in the next-generation console wars?	Sony PlayStation2 - 70.5% Nintendo Gamecube - 16.1% Sega Dreamcast - 7.6% Microsoft X-Box - 5.8%
6. Who's your favorite mascot?	Mario - 59.2% Sonic the Hedgehog - 27.3% Crash Bandicoot - 13.5%
7. What's your all-time favorite console?	PlayStation - 39.8% Super Nintendo - 31.4% NES - 7.5% Nintendo 64 - 6.7% Dreamcast - 6.2% PlayStation2 - 5.3% Genesis - 3.0%
8. What's your favorite contoller style?	Analog Gamepad - 59.6% Digital Gamepad - 27.3% Joystick - 6.2% Mouse - 3.3% Keyboard - 3.0% Trackball - 0.7%
9. How many different game consoles do you own?	4-5 - 30.9% 3 - 23.6% 2 - 15.6% 6-7 - 11.0% 8 or more - 10.8% 1 - 6.8% None - 1.2%
10. How many hours a day do you spend playing games on average?	2 to 3 - 28.4% 1 to 2 - 25.3% 3 to 4 - 18.8% 4 to 5 - 9.7% More than seven - 6.3% Less than one - 6.2% 5 to 6 - 3.8% 6 to 7 - 1.6%
11. Who is your favorite Final Fantasy lead hero/heroine?	Cloud - 45.3% Terra - 19.8% Cecil - 16.9% Squall - 14.5% Bartz (Butz) - 3.5%
12. How old are you?	16-18 - 32.4% 13-15 - 26.4% 19-21 - 21.4% 22-24 - 10.0% 25-27 - 4.1% Over 27 - 2.8% 10-12 - 2.8% Under 7 - 0.1% 7-9 - 0.0%
13. How many brothers or sisters do you have	1 - 42.1% 2 - 26.6% None - 14.4% 3 - 10.3% 4 - 3.6% 6 or more - 1.7% 5 - 1.4%
14. What's your favorite color?	Blue - 40.1% Black - 22.4% Green - 17.1% Red - 9.4% Purple - 4.5% Orange - 2.8% White - 1.5% Yellow - 1.4% Pink - 0.3% Brown - 0.3%
15. If you win, what will you spend your gift certificate on?	A PlayStation2 console - 36.8% A PlayStation game - 17.8% A Dreamcast game - 14.1% A PC game - 11.9% A PlayStation2 game - 11.0% A Nintendo 64 game - 8.4%