# (7)Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door vs (2)The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2010

_source: (7)Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door vs (2)The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2010 (revid 69241)_

## Results

**Round Two**

Monday, December 6, 2010

## Ulti's Analysis

- **Division:** Northwest
- **Match \#:** 96
- **Match Date:** Monday, December 6, 2010
- **Vote difference:** 5,848
- **Oracle Expectations:** The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 54.21% 80 for - 9 against
- **GameFAQs Prediction:** The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 53.37%
- **Battle Contest Predictions:** Banked: 304 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: 2940 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: 9133

The Paper Mario series ended up having a really good contest, and TYD's exit in the final match of round 2 made those who picked WW \> Oblivion breathe a sigh of relief. TYD exposed Oblivion here as a 4-way wonder, and simultaneously made all that Oblivion \> Wind Waker chatter pre-contest seem ridiculous. Western gaming is on the rise no doubt, but it has some time before it starts taking down titans like Zelda and Mario 1 on 1 in contests.

This match also thankfully ended a fairly boring round 2. Only 4 matches -- God of War \> Tales of Symphonia, Golden Sun \> San Andreas, Persona 4 \> Dead Rising and Shadow of the Colossus \> Metal Gear Solid 2 -- were really good. That's 4 matches in 32. Yikes. A few others were decent for various reasons, like Paper Mario \> WoW or MGS4 \> Diablo 2, but as actual matches they were over in 10 seconds.

Thankfully, round 3 and on would rank among the best we've ever had.

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