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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 298
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| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/2/2006 8:21:37 PM | message detail |
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I didn't. I figured it would be more popular than the Villains
Contest, but that people wouldn't care as much because it wasn't the
Summer Contest. I never got why some people thought this. This is much closer to the Games Contest than any other contest out there, except this includes every game from a series put under one voting option. That has huge potential, and we're seeing it using every ounce of that potential right now. It never made sense for this to be an unpopular contest. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/2/2006 8:21:47 PM | message detail |
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From Master Moltar Posted 7/2/2006 11:18:14 PM I didn't. I figured it would be more popular than the Villains Contest, but that people wouldn't care as much because it wasn't the Summer Contest. Speaking of the Summer Contest, are things only going up from here? I doubt it. I think the high votals have to do with the timing of the contest (holiday weekend in Canada and the US) and possibly also because of Gamespot users. TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/2/2006 8:24:21 PM | message detail |
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Yes, because obviously a few posts about LoZ approaching an unheard
of 100k votes is as bad as twenty posts a minute talking about
imaginary vote barriers, and how Vercetti has gotten five votes closer
to taking the lead. You read my posts, good. Now go back and this time imagine them laden with copious amounts of sarcasm, designed to poke fun at all the people at the beginning of the match imploring individuals to post updates in the OMG SPECIAL UPDATE TOPICS Then come back. |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/2/2006 8:27:22 PM | message detail |
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You read my posts, good. Now go back and this time imagine them
laden with copious amounts of sarcasm, designed to poke fun at all the
people at the beginning of the match imploring individuals to post
updates in the OMG SPECIAL UPDATE TOPICS Then come back. How about you keep your rants involving your failure to write sarcasm out of this topic and instead focus on the contest so that you don't further embarrass yourself? It should hit 100k by 11:50. 90% is not looking good, though. --- sig |
| TransgenderLove | Posted 7/2/2006 8:27:29 PM | message detail |
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OMG 89.96% PRECENTAGE BARRIER'D. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Trannys. |
| Master Moltar | Posted 7/2/2006 8:29:01 PM | message detail |
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It never made sense for this to be an unpopular contest. Unpopular? No, I still expected around 90K for most matches, and 100K for the later and closer matches. But records being shattered on the first match? Didn't see that coming at all. --- Moltar Status: Excited, the Contest is here at last! LoZ vs. Civilization - Bracket: LoZ - Vote: LoZ (0/0) |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/2/2006 8:30:20 PM | message detail |
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How about you keep your rants involving your failure to write
sarcasm out of this topic and instead focus on the contest so that you
don't further embarrass yourself? omg i'm so sorry don't hurt me with your e-wang |
| Mister Mario | Posted 7/2/2006 8:31:06 PM | message detail |
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C'mon 90! --- 3rd overall in the "10 Best Games Ever" contest (Score 11/27%). 15th overall in the "Summer 2005 Character Contest" (Score 204). |
| TransgenderLove | Posted 7/2/2006 8:31:13 PM | message detail |
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Hay KH guess what. *slaps you across the face with massive e-wang* --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Trannys. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/2/2006 8:31:15 PM | message detail |
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)o( drama in the stat discussion topics ULTI GUN BE PISSED! TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| Mumei | Posted 7/2/2006 8:32:33 PM | message detail |
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So... Zelda's tracking for what, 100K - 102K-ish now, guesstimating from the posts. Right? --- "I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived"- Sensei, "Kokoro" |
| TransgenderLove | Posted 7/2/2006 8:33:31 PM | message detail |
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100,500 or so. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Trannys. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/2/2006 8:33:37 PM | message detail |
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I'd think just a lil' over 100K. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:33:49 PM | message detail |
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Or alternatively, I could stay here and you could calm the hell down.
Believe it or not your exaggerations were obvious, and you're still
overreacting to the situation. I don't really feel like getting
involved in any arguments over something this trivial (I still cringe
over my 200 debate with chuchiri over a comment I made about cloud
possessing less personality then black mage from FF1) and I doubt you
do either. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Mumei | Posted 7/2/2006 8:35:14 PM | message detail |
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I prefer 8-Bit Theatre BM over Cloud, myself. --- "I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived"- Sensei, "Kokoro" |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:36:23 PM | message detail |
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That should read 200 post debate. And it was more a shouting match then a debate, and an argument over semantics. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:36:51 PM | message detail |
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One update left before this becomes the biggest blowout (vote wise) ever. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/2/2006 8:37:00 PM | message detail |
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Wait, what? Okay, let me try this again. I made a joke. Apparently it wasn't good enough for the trolling alt or anything, but them's the breaks. I'm not disagreeing or arguing with ANYTHING. <_< |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/2/2006 8:37:53 PM | message detail |
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These are some INSANE vote numbers. The Legend of Zelda breaking 100,000 by itself? Holy crap. And it looks like it might break the game LoZ's record for margin of victory against Adventure, despite Civilization having 2-3 times more votes, heh. I think it was TRE who made the early comparison of this match's vote totals to Link/Magus. Looks like it's going to be fairly close to the same amount there. We're looking at top 25 all time for most total votes just in this match. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:39:01 PM | message detail |
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I prefer 8-Bit Theatre BM over Cloud, myself. I prefer the plain non-talking back mage from ff1 over cloud, but I generally openly state my opinion on him anymore to avoid flame-wars. And believe it or not, I don't hate ff7, even though I thoguht cloud was a terrible main character and sephiroth was a terrible villain, but meh. The main cast surrounding them made up for what they lack... well except for cait sith. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:40:10 PM | message detail |
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That should read, generally don't openly state my opinion
on him anymore. And I was referruing to cloud if that wasn't clear...
maybe I should start proof-reading my posts. >_> --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/2/2006 8:40:37 PM | message detail |
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Another factor would be the length of the off-season. I'm sure Sc2k5
and 4 would've gotten more inital votes if the spring contests weren't
there. TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:42:06 PM | message detail |
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Okay, let me try this again. I made a joke. Apparently it wasn't good enough for the trolling alt or anything, but them's the breaks. I'm not disagreeing or arguing with ANYTHING. <_< Oh... well... huh. I feel like an idiot now. >_> Come to think of it, it was pretty obvious that you were joking, I just didn't pick up on it for whatever reason. I blame it on my general thick headedness when I comes to these things...>_> --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/2/2006 8:42:09 PM | message detail |
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Also, since it looks like stats are going to be ready right away, let's start the guessing game for LoZ's prediction percentage. I say 99.55%. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/2/2006 8:43:04 PM | message detail |
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99.01% --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:43:46 PM | message detail |
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99.91%... or something ridiculously high like that. Maybe I'm
overestimating the average bracket maker, and it will be 95% or
something. --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:43:57 PM | message detail |
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About 98% of the brackets. Zero brackets and favorites brackets should keep it from 99% --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
| Quaarma Hunter | Posted 7/2/2006 8:44:46 PM | message detail |
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I say it gets 1.72%...Civ winning is gonna hurt like nothing else. --- *is Karma Hunter* |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/2/2006 8:45:14 PM | message detail |
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With some 45,000+ brackets, I would expect that to help out LoZ because
I would think that there would be a greater percentage of serious
brackets out there. Heck, Link broke 99% prediction percentage against
AiAi in 2003, if I recall correctly. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/2/2006 8:45:32 PM | message detail |
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I never got why some people thought this. This is much closer to the
Games Contest than any other contest out there, except this includes
every game from a series put under one voting option. That has huge
potential, and we're seeing it using every ounce of that potential
right now. It never made sense for this to be an unpopular contest. Probably because of the "meh" predictability of this contest. It gives off the feeling that nobody cares about this contest as much as a good character battle. But that's irrelevant to the actual popularity of the entrants of this contest. As for prediction percentage, I'm wondering how many zero and favorites brackets there are. I mean, we're looking at over 40,000 brackets. With all the alts around here, I'm sure there are a ton of zeros and favorites, as well as alternates. I know I have 2 other brackets myself in addition to my main. --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| Read_Only_Thx | Posted 7/2/2006 8:45:35 PM | message detail |
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At this rate, it might not get 100k until 11:55. --- sig |
| HaRRicH | Posted 7/2/2006 8:50:44 PM | message detail |
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One last update until history. --- Miss my Four-Pack Of Fun? Go here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/2/2006 8:51:03 PM | message detail |
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Heh, only 59 votes away from 100,000 now. The next one should do it. Who would have ever guessed I wasn't talking about the whole match before this contest began? --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| Yesmar | Posted 7/2/2006 8:51:13 PM | message detail |
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This probably isn't why votals are so large today, but it is of note
that today's Top 10 list was listed on the Tech section of Fark. --- "Dropo! You're the laziest man on Mars." |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:53:48 PM | message detail |
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I'm hoping the board/topic explodes in about two minutes. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/2/2006 8:54:03 PM | message detail |
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EXPLOSION!!!! --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| SexplicitCon | Posted 7/2/2006 8:54:22 PM | message detail |
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I can't believe I got suspended for one of my posts in the stats topic,
but oh well! I'm sure the mod is being overly harsh and an admin will
lessen it. --- Sexplicit Content Cheer Up Sexual Delinquents |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 7/2/2006 8:54:39 PM | message detail |
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I fully expect an explosion. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory. |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/2/2006 8:55:08 PM | message detail |
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The Legend of Zelda 89.97% 100163 Civilization 10.03% 11169 TOTAL VOTES 111332 --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:55:09 PM | message detail |
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The Legend of Zelda 89.97% 100163 --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| SexplicitCon | Posted 7/2/2006 8:55:17 PM | message detail |
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*explodes on yo's face* --- Sexplicit Content Cheer Up Sexual Delinquents |
| Undeniable | Posted 7/2/2006 8:55:21 PM | message detail |
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It is done. --- " Let history decide if my actions were good or bad. For now we must simply forge ahead! - Cardinal Albert Simon |
| charmander6000 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:55:40 PM | message detail |
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And that's Contest History my friend. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| SexplicitCon | Posted 7/2/2006 8:56:53 PM | message detail |
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The question? Can SMB repeat this spectacular accomplishment? --- Sexplicit Content Cheer Up Sexual Delinquents |
| therealmnm | Posted 7/2/2006 8:57:07 PM | message detail |
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I can't believe I got suspended for one of my posts in the stats
topic, but oh well! I'm sure the mod is being overly harsh and an admin
will lessen it. What happened? --- Nominate Carmen Sandiego for SC2k6 Currently playing: Fable, MGS3:S, GTA:SA, MMAC |
| dragoontheguy | Posted 7/2/2006 8:57:08 PM | message detail |
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I never expected anything remotely noteworthy to come out of this match. As far as numbers go is civilization being beaten by more then any other contestent in any contest has been? --- When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ~ Victor Hugo {WoT}~> Board 408 |
| yoblazer33 | Posted 7/2/2006 8:57:21 PM | message detail |
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No way. This is one for the ages. --- Board 8: Where Wii treat each other right. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 7/2/2006 8:58:05 PM | message detail |
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97.85% prediction TuRtLe ~~~ Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| SexplicitCon | Posted 7/2/2006 8:58:08 PM | message detail |
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What happened? I said "Wow, Zelda is absolutely BLEEPing." --- Sexplicit Content Cheer Up Sexual Delinquents |
| swirIdude | Posted 7/2/2006 8:58:36 PM | message detail |
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98.57% --- Xbox 360 melts disks! And people made jokes about the PS3 being a grill. ~bokunokuso |