GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 338
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| UltimaterializerX | Posted 7/31/2006 10:11:49 PM | message detail |
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Final Fantasy is so screwed. *Creativename's websites* Everything you could ever imagine: http://www.GameFAQsContests.com http://www.sc2k5.com http://www.sc2k4.com Sortable Table for Every Contest Match: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/19 *Extrapolated Standings* Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: http://sc2k5.com/drupal/node/11 Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings: A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA Extrapolated Standings for All Contests (links to all brackets are on the left): http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/ *Solarshadow's Sites* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/2003/index.html Spring 2004 Contest: (not currently updating) http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/sp2004/index.html *Old Stats topics* Summer 2002 Contest: http://solarshadow2002.tripod.com/page1.html Summer 2003 Contest: http://solarshadow-stats.tripod.com/archive/topic1p1.html http://www.angelfire.com/games5/sum_contest/Page1.htm (See note) 2003-2004 Off-Season: http://membres.lycos.fr/shindohikaru/stats1.htm (See note) Note: Don't use the links in the topic to browse through the pages, change the page number in the URL. Spring 2004 Pre-Season (Chance the number after "Season" to view other pages; there are three of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringPreSeason1.htm Spring 2004 Contest (Change the number after "Stats" to view other pages; there are eight of them): http://sc2k4.com/archive/04SpringStats1.htm *Match Pictures* All the match pics, save for three from 2002: http://sc2k5.com/gallery/index.php *Miscellaneous* Creativename's Page of Links: http://sc2k4.com/links.php UltimaterializerX's Contest Sites (some offensive language): http://prophetchallenge.hyperboards2.com/index.cgi http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ NGamer64's Archive Site and (lol) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language): http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ http://thengamer.com/xstats http://thengamer.com/stats A List of Acronyms, A Lesson on Percentages, and Some Odd Matches: http://freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/acronymspercentsanomalies.htm All Time Top 25/Top 10 Lists: http://www.rpgdl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3251 HaRRicH's Fourpack of Fun Board: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=585007 TRE's poll listing (every poll!): http://members.shaw.ca/tre/Polls.html Aprosenf's Poll Script: http://www.geocities.com/aprosenf/allpolls.txt GameFAQs' Top 100 Games: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/top10_100.html !yawA tsoP |
| ExThaNemesis | Posted 7/31/2006 10:12:07 PM | message detail |
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first --- Everything's 10X better with a RKO and Orton pose. ~ Donkey111 |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 7/31/2006 10:12:19 PM | message detail |
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*finishes with 79 points* ^_^ --- Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| BlastTheSpeaker | Posted 7/31/2006 10:12:22 PM | message detail |
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ZELDAS GONNA WIN LOL --- Blast the Speakers!! Hopeful Soon To Be WWEGSB FPV DL Member |
| bobby200614 | Posted 7/31/2006 11:38:46 PM | message detail |
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I'm going to eat my family. LOL. --- New Sig! Coming Soon. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:21:43 AM | message detail |
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Letting third-party characters in would be so dumb. It violates the spirit of the contests. Leave that to other sites. --- 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. |
| junglebob22 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:22:26 AM | message detail |
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Zelda just broke it's losing streak. --- is gamefaqs influencing the vote?-livinlaravers Nominate Mewtwo and Meta-Knight for the Summer contest! |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:22:34 AM | message detail |
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Well, if the start time wasn't changed, you have far less exciting
activity at 12, and not as much at 4 as you could have had at 12. --- Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb |
| Draco1214 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:22:49 AM | message detail |
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I hope FF somehow pulls it off at the end. --- Organization XIII - Number III - Xordac Currently Playing - Suikoden V, Street Fighter Alpha 3, New Super Mario Bros. |
| FastFalcon05 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:23:44 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, I don't think we're desperate enough for entirely new contest
entrants yet; it's always about how you set up the bracket. One of
the..well, almost, coolest moments was when we all wanted to make the
bracket last year or so, too bad it didn't work out. --- Revenge is a dish best served cold. ~ Old Klingon Proverb |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 8/1/2006 1:24:10 AM | message detail |
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Damn you tranny, damn you to hell. You stole my 500th post. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:24:43 AM | message detail |
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Everyone hates tranny! --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:25:33 AM | message detail |
| How about 3rd characters limited to 2 slots per contest? |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:25:47 AM | message detail |
| 3rd party* |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/1/2006 1:27:23 AM | message detail |
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Odd suggestion. Anyway, finally below 2000. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Resident Evil 4, KH:COM (Sora), Larussa 92 (NYY) |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 8/1/2006 1:28:09 AM | message detail |
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Ya know. I dunno if I'm even looking forward to the next contest
that much right now. This one was short, but the way ceej handled it
burned me out on contests... not to mention I'm sick and tired of
seeing the same winner everytime. Not much anyone can do about that,
though. It's weird, but I feel differently about a lot of things in a
contest than I do in general, and I must say I despise LoZ/Link in
contests. Oh well. Heh, I'm actually the opposite way. Final Fantasy is by far my favorite series, but I've been cheering for LoZ the whole time. Something about this site just makes me want to go against FF. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:29:33 AM | message detail |
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No, it would still be bad. The *only* reason why we would want
third-party characters in the first place is for an opportunity to
attempt to down the true elites. That was the idea behind people
expressing a desire for Sephiroth to be in an 'Exhibition' match
against Darth Vader after the Villains Contest final. But the thing is
this is GameFAQs,
and there are no outside characters that can take down the likes of
Link or Cloud. And as for the rest of the elites, there are already
characters in line begging for a chance to take down Snake. Vincent
over Snake is much more meaningful than Spider-Man over Snake. --- 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. |
| Incompetence | Posted 8/1/2006 1:32:03 AM | message detail |
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*imagines what would happen if Ceej let someone like James Bond into the contest* James Bond 46.32% 49315 Gordon Freeman 53.68% 57151 TOTAL VOTES 106467 *shudders* --- My name says it all. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 8/1/2006 1:32:24 AM | message detail |
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But Spider-Man is awesome! --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:32:55 AM | message detail |
| ^Point taken. I hope there is enough power boost/fade for enough characters to keep things interesting. As we discussed before, Samus vs. Mega Man or Samus vs. Crono is a must next tournament. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 8/1/2006 1:33:16 AM | message detail |
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oh man, I'd love to see a Ninja Turtle. --- “Back in my day we used to actually play our videogames instead of watching them.” - Vivi0198 |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:34:02 AM | message detail |
| Heh, hell would freeze over before James Bond loses to Gordon Freeman. I am a Freeman fan too, but Bond sounds so out of reach. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:34:22 AM | message detail |
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But we already know that. We don't need to change the contest to prove
to us Spider-man would be a decently strong character. IGN already
holds contests that allow third-party characters, and the results
aren't pleasing -- characters like Wolverine and Goku ripping through
deserving video game characters, stuff like that. --- 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. |
| bobby200614 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:34:35 AM | message detail |
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below 2000 indeed. --- New Sig! Coming Soon. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 8/1/2006 1:35:34 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, and characters like Dante getting to the finals of said contests! --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 8/1/2006 1:35:47 AM | message detail |
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"Something about this site just makes me want to go against FF." Well it certainly can't be beacause FF wins everything. --- ... Detective in Sir Chris' Police |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:37:22 AM | message detail |
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Most casuals are under the impression that Final Fantasy always
wins, and I can't fathom why (especially since so many are aware of
Link's dominance)...on everywhere outside this board, the term
SquareFAQs is far more common than NintendoFAQs. --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:39:03 AM | message detail |
| I have more faith in GameFAQs voters than IGN. We'll just have to see how the next contest holds up in terms of excitement. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:43:06 AM | message detail |
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I'd like IGN to completely rip off SC2k3's bracket, just to see how the
results would go. It has the potential to be very unpredictable. --- 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. |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 8/1/2006 1:46:13 AM | message detail |
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Haha, FF just got a 60% update. --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:47:21 AM | message detail |
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I nearly fell out of my chair on that last update. Too bad it was a total Zelda tanking that made it happen. --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:47:23 AM | message detail |
| FF just ripped off 70 votes.. >_> |
| DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 8/1/2006 1:48:03 AM | message detail |
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60% update there! That's the largest of the match! --- Sp2k6: 60/64 Rank: Tied for 1018th Losses: Halo, GTA, SF Nominate Nidoran F and Yesterday's Pick: FF Today's Pick: FF CATS in the character contest! |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 1:49:48 AM | message detail |
| This match is approx. 1500 votes behind FF/Mario. |
| transience | Posted 8/1/2006 1:50:45 AM | message detail |
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and back to normal. what a freaky update. --- xyzzy I lost a sig bet to War13104. Yes, the same guy who had Kefka over Crono. FOR THE HORDE! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:52:45 AM | message detail |
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Mario keeping the Most Impressive Loser award and being involved in the
highest scoring match of all time is fine by me. Keep it up, slightly
lesser votals! --- 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. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:57:49 AM | message detail |
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Most casuals are under the impression that Final Fantasy always
wins, and I can't fathom why (especially since so many are aware of
Link's dominance)...on everywhere outside this board, the term
SquareFAQs is far more common than NintendoFAQs. Maybe people are resentful that Final Fantasy is strong enough to compete with all of Nintendo? It is just one series, after all. It's one series that crushes Nintendo's lower ranks, beats Mario without a struggle, and manages to at least challenge Zelda most of the time. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 1:59:25 AM | message detail |
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Besides, even with this loss, Final Fantasy is now 2-1 in
non-traditional contests. Cloud's win makes it 3-1. Link's three wins
make it 3-4. Not terrible. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 1:59:42 AM | message detail |
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So it's...Nintendo resentment? lol NintendoFAQs --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 2:01:48 AM | message detail |
| FF managed to cut Zelda's lead by 208 votes between 4am-5am. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 2:04:33 AM | message detail |
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| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 2:05:41 AM | message detail |
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Who knows? All I know is that this is the first time either Zelda or
Final Fantasy managed to win two contests in a row. It's always been
pretty competitive. It could remain that way. Remember, this was an unexpected result by board expectations. If this could happen, I don't see why Cloud winning in a few months is out of the question. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 2:05:49 AM | message detail |
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Heck, you want to talk about resentment, I'm resentful that a two-game
series (and the only series in this contest that is truly a two game
series, the others at least have three or even expansions) is able to
escape the doubling from the king of gaming himself and destroy every
other series in this contest that aren't the big three. With only two
games. I've got nothing against it being strong, but it just feels
wrong to have something with so little history and influence not even
get challenged by any other series. --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 2:07:14 AM | message detail |
| Don't look now, FF is on pace to cut the lead down to triple digits before the sunrise. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 2:08:08 AM | message detail |
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Actually, Final Fantasy did manage to win two in a row (SC2K3 and
SpC2K4). Still, it has been competitive. Also, in terms of unexpected
champions, this one falls right behind Cloud. Aren't surprises
generally viewed as a good thing, or are some people upset because they
view this as a guaranteed precursor of boring dominance in future
contests? --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 8/1/2006 2:08:11 AM | message detail |
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I really do see Cloud winning in two months as being a virtual
impossibility, though I almost certainly will be taking him the more I
think about it. KH2 will only do so much, it seems. Heck, I'm not
convinced FF would be doing any better even if the KH series were under
the Final Fantasy name. --- 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 8/1/2006 2:09:06 AM | message detail |
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Zelda always had a shot. If Mario had beaten FF, that would have been a Link/Cloud 2k3 worthy upset. --- 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 8/1/2006 2:12:58 AM | message detail |
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Zelda finally stems the bleeding, a bit, on that update. Also, as I said before, I'll be really surprised if Zelda isn't the bracket favorite, even with the board's massive favoring of FF. --- 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. |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 8/1/2006 2:15:59 AM | message detail |
| Heh, but FF winning this would be just as bad, if not worse than Zelda winning. I mean, Zelda really was the "underdog," until probably Mario's spirited effort against FF. I am a huge LOZ fan, but I hear where your coming from. LOZ & FF winning everything isn't exciting anymore. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 8/1/2006 2:16:03 AM | message detail |
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Jesus Christ. --- Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your WOOOOOOOOORLD!!! |