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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 325
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| transience | Posted 7/23/2006 10:05:03 PM | message detail |
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There's no reason for a movie to bring new fans to the site though,
I seriously doubt that FF7 shooting up the charts was due to new users,
and not previous ones who already loved or at least liked FF7, because
honestly, who else would bother downloading a copy of it at that point
in time? I see no reason for it to bring new FF7 fans to the site. it isn't - it's bringing old FF fans to the site. this place is like the FF7 haven. if people see the movie, they might want to talk about it on the boards, or they might want to replay their copy of FF7. the AC leak was rather huge here, it's tough to argue against that. when the Vincent match happened, it was like 2 or 3 days after the leak. by then it had time to circulate and for people to start hitting the game again. that's the theory, anyway. I don't care to argue it any more than that. --- xyzzy I lost a sig bet to War13104. Yes, the same guy who had Kefka over Crono. FOR THE HORDE! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:05:57 PM | message detail |
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What's wrong with the idea of Magus getting 53% on Tidus? It's not THAT far above him. It's closer to 54% than 53%, and I think Tidus is potentially a smidge higher than he should be thanks to Kirby/Bowser or Bowser/Snake. Not that it's significant (as in he's probably still around that 2k4 value). But that's part of the reason why I'm torn. It's strange, but it could be legitimate. I would take Squall over Bowser now, just to clarify. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:06:00 PM | message detail |
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Actually, it was the year after that that she plummeted. She overperfomed by 1% looking at 2k2, or 8% looking at 2k4. Fair enough, but a 1% increase from 2K2 isn't something I'd call impressive. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Tai | Posted 7/23/2006 10:08:55 PM | message detail |
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FF's hurting MM, and I'm loving it. :-) --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=579987 - Wanna report a TOS violation? Go to Snack Attack and we can help! |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:10:29 PM | message detail |
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it isn't - it's bringing old FF fans to the site. this place is like the FF7 haven. if people see the movie, they might want to talk about it on the boards, or they might want to replay their copy of FF7. the AC leak was rather huge here, it's tough to argue against that. when the Vincent match happened, it was like 2 or 3 days after the leak. by then it had time to circulate and for people to start hitting the game again. that's the theory, anyway. I don't care to argue it any more than that. Well replaying FF7 doesn't really make it so that Vincent is suddenly more liked than he was before, people already had an opinion on him, and it's not going to change now. Hell I like Vyse, but I like Solid Snake more, if I go back to replay Skies of Arcadia for whatever reason, it doesn't suddenly make me like Vyse more than Solid Snake. I don't really understand how replaying a game or going back to it affects anything. As for bringing people to the boards to discuss it, the amount of people using the boards is so insanely lower than the amount of people who vote in the contest. And I sincerely doubt that all of the board users were brought in to discuss the movie, meaning the % difference is nearly meaningless. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:11:28 PM | message detail |
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I like Vyse, but I like Solid Snake more, if I go back to replay
Skies of Arcadia for whatever reason, it doesn't suddenly make me like
Vyse more than Solid Snake Yeah, only Heroic Mario would do something like that! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:13:50 PM | message detail |
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I think the thing is that people who already preferred Vincent to Crono
were brought to the site when they would have been elsewhere without
the AC leak. It's the same idea with Mario/Cloud. Yeah, most people on
GameFAQs legitimately preferred Cloud. But when you release SMS, you're
going to get an influx of people who like Mario, and have a tendency to
like him better than Cloud. It won't be absolute, sure, but even 55-45
is enough to change the result of a match. Not that AC had anywhere near the scale of SMS, it's just a comparison. If it had, Vincent could've made that match *scary*. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:13:59 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, only Heroic Mario would do something like that! HM doesn't count dammit! --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/23/2006 10:14:50 PM | message detail |
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HM can't count either !! --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:15:07 PM | message detail |
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If it had, Vincent could've made that match *scary*. Squall = Crono > Mega Man > Sonic! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| dethfdddddh | Posted 7/23/2006 10:15:52 PM | message detail |
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It really looked like Vincent was going to win early on.....if he wasn't one of the most consistent characters percentage wise. --- Just Got Owned By Guru winner Voltch. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:16:51 PM | message detail |
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Okay, FF7 isn't playing around anymore. This is starting to get bad. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:17:13 PM | message detail |
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DAMMIT I DID IT AGAIN --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:17:36 PM | message detail |
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It's averaging high 73% at this point. A tripling is unlikely unless it gets a monster day vote. And it got the day vote against Diablo despite that ridiculous percentage it was already at. Who knows? --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:18:18 PM | message detail |
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I think the thing is that people who already preferred Vincent to
Crono were brought to the site when they would have been elsewhere
without the AC leak. It's the same idea with Mario/Cloud. Yeah, most
people on GameFAQs legitimately preferred Cloud. But when you release
SMS, you're going to get an influx of people who like Mario, and have a
tendency to like him better than Cloud. It won't be absolute, sure, but
even 55-45 is enough to change the result of a match. Solid Snake/Bowser - 101578 Vincent Valentine/Crono - 95360 Sonic/Mega Man - 98839 Sure, votal fluctuation is normal, but if I'm supposed to believe there is some new Vincent Valentine fans to be found on this site on account of Advent Children, shouldn't it's votals at least compare to the match previous to, and after it? Hell even if you further back another match, and another match into the future, the votals pale in comparison. I don't feel like looking any further, but I don't see this sudden increase in Vincent fans coming to the site to boost him up. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:20:23 PM | message detail |
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Well, the thing is that Vincent/Crono was also a Square/Square match.
Two strong characters can pull in horrid votals if they share the same
fanbase. Just look at Bowser/Kirby. And it didn't have to bring a very large amount of people in either. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/23/2006 10:20:25 PM | message detail |
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...What the hell was that? --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:21:33 PM | message detail |
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Both of them dropped off by about 100 votes or so. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Janus5000 | Posted 7/23/2006 10:21:51 PM | message detail |
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Oh, that was MM's votes not being updated. Final Fantasy 73.09% 12498 Mega Man 26.91% 4601 TOTAL VOTES 17099 --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:21:56 PM | message detail |
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FF finally loses a wee bit of percentage for the first time in a while. That makes me feel a bit better. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:24:35 PM | message detail |
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And it didn't have to bring a very large amount of people in either. It's going to need a couple thousand to make a difference in the percent. If Vincent had received 2,000 less votes, he would have ended up with only a percent less than he had. And I honestly feel like 2,000 people is being very generous. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:27:48 PM | message detail |
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Heh, and Final Fantasy responds with a 75.71% update. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:27:53 PM | message detail |
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It's not exactly impossible. For all we know, Crono/Vincent could have
been another Bowser/Kirby affair in terms of votes. If there was an
increase, it's hard to gauge as it is. And from what I do at least, it would seem that I put more stock into their performances than most. Squall > Bowser, Vincent > Ganondorf, and Knuckles > Yoshi are just a few of the results I would take in 2k6 that most wouldn't dream of. But I still have my doubts, and find it helpful to voice them. --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:28:43 PM | message detail |
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*hits screen* STUPID FIGHTING ROBOT! --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| dethfdddddh | Posted 7/23/2006 10:29:03 PM | message detail |
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...Why wouldn't I dream of Knuckles>Yoshi? --- Just Got Owned By Guru winner Voltch. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:30:31 PM | message detail |
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Granted, but I think Bowser/Kirby have more in common than
Vincent/Crono is. And yeah, I realize that's pretty controversial, but
meh. There's not much left to say about this issue anyway. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:30:49 PM | message detail |
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Knuckles > Yoshi is something I'd have a hard time taking considering he's barely ahead of Luigi. Then again, he scores nearly the same percentage on Bowser that Yoshi did based on SC2K3, though I don't know what that's worth. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:34:28 PM | message detail |
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Squall > Bowser, Vincent > Ganondorf, and Knuckles > Yoshi I forgot to mention that none of those seem unrealistic at all, and I'd be tempted by every single one. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:35:32 PM | message detail |
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I've already made my Squall > All non-Noble Niners stance known, and
considering this contest probably won't even begin before Dirge of
Cerberus is released, Vincent > Ganondorf is tempting as well. --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 7/23/2006 10:37:18 PM | message detail |
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Then it looks like we'll all be going down together in 2k6! --- Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are codes of behavior. |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 10:47:12 PM | message detail |
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Down to the top of the leaderboard maybe! --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 10:57:11 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, only Heroic Mario would do something like that! If that were so, I don't think I should play any more games outside of MGS anymore!! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 7/23/2006 10:58:19 PM | message detail |
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I don't intend to be going down anywhere! Only up! --- SC2K6 Nominations: Squall, Roxas, Serge, Seifer, Laguna, The Prince of Persia, Nightmare, Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Raiden |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:00:21 PM | message detail |
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Vincent over Ganon better be taken by people in here. It's
guaranteed to be after the much improved Dirge of Cerberus (releasing
in mid-August), and I would definitely guess a potential match takes
place before TP. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| FlamboyantSpy | Posted 7/23/2006 11:00:35 PM | message detail |
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http://objection.4camp.net/go.php?n=210804 Oh right... wrong Contest Stats and Discussion. --- Explicit Content Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/23/2006 11:10:51 PM | message detail |
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Hah. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), WC3: Frozen Throne |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/23/2006 11:25:46 PM | message detail |
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I saw the greatest thing at the beach today. Some giant seagull went
into the water and caught a catfish. He then stood on guard for a good
15 minutes while at the same time killing the fish; he more or less
poked away at the fish's heart until it died. 10 or so seagulls then ate the fish apart, leaving nothing but bones. No eyes, no tail, nothing but bones. And what's awesome is that they did it with amazing precision. No bone was ripped off by accident and nothing edible was left behind, all in a matter of minutes. Nature is awesome. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), WC3: Frozen Throne |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:27:13 PM | message detail |
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You were at the beach? Man, I cannot wait to vacation to Florida in August. --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/23/2006 11:28:47 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I was at a wedding on Saturday (which kicked so much ass that I
can't even go into details), then woke up real early this morning to
hit up the Jersey Shore. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY), WC3: Frozen Throne |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:30:04 PM | message detail |
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Hah! I'll be going to a wedding in August, too. Good stuff. The beach is always awesome to go to. <3 --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| Draco1214 | Posted 7/23/2006 11:31:34 PM | message detail |
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Man, I live in Florida and almost never go to the beach. Ironic, isn't it? --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Capcom vs. SNK 2, New Super Mario Bros. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/23/2006 11:32:37 PM | message detail |
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Man, I love in Georgia and I never go to the beach either. ...Of course, there's no beach for miles, and I'm too lazy to go. Besides, all that would happen to me is that I'd get sunburned because I can't swim. Yes, I can't swim. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:36:36 PM | message detail |
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You can't swim?! Ah, man, that has to be brutal. And I have been
fortunate enough to never have gotten sunburn since I was a wee one. (It's great that he posted that on his Jack Sparrow account, too! Looks like the Captain has a fault -- he can't swim!!) --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/23/2006 11:37:55 PM | message detail |
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Actually, Captain Jack Sparrow CAN swim. He proved it in the first movie. He's the pride of the king's navy! --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Ed Bellis | Posted 7/23/2006 11:39:00 PM | message detail |
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Don't feel too bad, Leon - the only reason I kinda know how to swim was
because I had to pass the Red Cross test for swimming in tenth grade,
and it took all year just to get me to learn the damn front stroke and
the back stroke. Fear of water FTW! --- This was Ed Bellis. |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:39:48 PM | message detail |
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Hmph! And there is nothing scary about water, Bellis!! --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 7/23/2006 11:40:18 PM | message detail |
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Swimming is awesome, Leon. I didn't learn as early as most kids (I was
about 12), but I took to it fast. Hell, I'm now like a mermaid in the
water. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 7/23/2006 11:41:12 PM | message detail |
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I remember I took some lessons when I was like 8 years old, and it
didn't take. They even tried to do that technique where they throw you
in the deep end and try to force you to swim. I basically hopped over
to the side and climbed out. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 7/23/2006 11:41:13 PM | message detail |
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*merman --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| Tatsumaki Senpuu | Posted 7/23/2006 11:43:38 PM | message detail |
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*merman You had it right the first time. =p --- "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing." -- Solid Snake |