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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 369
| transience | Posted 9/24/2006 9:34:09 PM | message detail |
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what day is the final on? is it a weekday or a weekend? --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 9:36:23 PM | message detail |
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Final as in bracket final or BR final? --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| transience | Posted 9/24/2006 9:37:09 PM | message detail |
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bracket final. --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| Who Cares? | Posted 9/24/2006 9:37:41 PM | message detail |
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I counted it up the other day, so unless my math is off...Female final is on a Saturday, and Male is on Sunday. --- Chun-Li's Road to the Female Final Four: vs Kasumi (Tomorrow) *Just 15 days until Tales of the Abyss* |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/24/2006 9:37:52 PM | message detail |
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| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 9:38:00 PM | message detail |
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November 13th for the bracket final...' That's a Monday. --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| SonicRaptor | Posted 9/24/2006 9:38:30 PM | message detail |
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That's assuming another Ryu/Jill match doesn't happen. --- Today's Subliminal Thought Is: |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/24/2006 9:38:30 PM | message detail |
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Nevermind. Bracket final is on November 13th, I believe, which is a Monday. --- "Master using it and you can have this." http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/160/masterjg3.jpg |
| Phediuk | Posted 9/24/2006 9:41:33 PM | message detail |
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Haven't posted here for about a week. Just goes to show how boring this contest's been so far. :/ --- "Thank you, Mario. But our princess is in another castle." -Toad in Super Mario Bros. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/24/2006 9:45:19 PM | message detail |
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I agree with Harrich wholeheartedly. Ada/Jade was easily 10 times worse than this match, if only because who the hell are they? At least Joanna and Cortana are both from extremely successful games (not sure how successful RE:2 was) TuRtLe ~~~ I used my brain and statistics to make my bracket. Karma Hunter used MGS fanboyism. KH won. Commit it to memory. |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/24/2006 9:45:50 PM | message detail |
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Resident Evil 4 was extremely successful, sir. --- "Master using it and you can have this." http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/160/masterjg3.jpg |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 9:46:27 PM | message detail |
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I'm not sure how successfull RE2 was, but I can tell you that RE4 was. --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 9:46:40 PM | message detail |
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darn you hm --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/24/2006 9:47:00 PM | message detail |
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RE2 is the best selling RE game to date. --- Demyx > Axel Z1mZum owned me in the Guru Contest with his mad skills! |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/24/2006 9:48:32 PM | message detail |
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I can say with relative confidence that I'd take Ada to thrash either of these jokers. Well, maybe not thrash Joanna, but I wouldn't see it much closer than 55-45. --- Commit it to memory. |
| Heroic Mario | Posted 9/24/2006 9:51:53 PM | message detail |
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http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/4g9742f.jpg The advertising begins!! --- "Master using it and you can have this." http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/160/masterjg3.jpg |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2006 9:52:52 PM | message detail |
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I'll remain skeptical on Ada decisively beating Joanna until further
notice. I'm not sold on her, no matter how badly she beat Jade. I know
she's in bot RE2 and RE4, the two biggest RE games in the series (and
maybe the two best-selling as well?), but I know Ada's not too big in
either game and I've never heard my brother mention her (who is an RE
nut). --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 9:57:42 PM | message detail |
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I think Ada would be a pretty safe pick on Joanna. Sure you can't use
Jade as a good scale to judge her strength, but I really can't see
Joanna be all that strong. --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 9/24/2006 9:59:44 PM | message detail |
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Meh, Ada only did so well on Jade because of Asian SFF. Joanna would beat Ada easily, thanks to GameFAQs being so racist. --- Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2006 10:07:08 PM | message detail |
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Oh, I'm not saying Joanna would win, but I'm saying that right now just
because Ada winning is the safe bet doesn't mean it's infallible. I
don't have THAT much faith in her, and if Joanna was SFF'd more than a
little, not to mention PD0 helping some, then it becomes debatable. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 10:09:30 PM | message detail |
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I'd say KH hit it about right with a 55-45 in favor of Ada. Maybe a bit closer. --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/24/2006 10:22:34 PM | message detail |
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64% update, then a 55% update? WTF. ~*ST*~ --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest Now Playing: Disgaea 2, KH:COM (Sora), FE8, Castlevania: LoI |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2006 10:24:43 PM | message detail |
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There is only one explanation: Romero. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/24/2006 11:16:18 PM | message detail |
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As I go to bed, Cortana's got 38.1%. As this point, using Joanna's 2k5
value, she's at 11.52% on last year's Link...but with the chances of
Joanna being SFF'd, PD0 helping her out, and Cortana rising through-out
the day, expect her to finish a decent bit higher than that. Not alot
higher, but noticably if all goes well. --- Z1mZum performed a hit and run on me in the Guru Contest. It still hurts to be rear-ended like that..... |
| transience | Posted 9/24/2006 11:47:38 PM | message detail |
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come on now, Cortana is not getting SFF'd. most of Joanna's strength is
coming from the 64 game, and either way Halo is miles more popular than
PDZ. --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/24/2006 11:48:49 PM | message detail |
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I'd say nearly all of Joanna's strength is from the N64 game. Correct
me if I'm wrong, but didn't PDZ get less than spectacular ratings? --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/24/2006 11:58:52 PM | message detail |
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Ratings aren't that big a deal. I think PDZ is enough to give Joanna a
tiny boost. When you're the star of a very hyped game after having been
completely absent for five years, you're bound to get something. Anyway, I'm hoping Joanna wins the day vote. After Castlevania took it against Halo, I'll never say never again. --- The Little Mermaid 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD Coming October 3, 2006 |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/25/2006 12:01:46 AM | message detail |
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I'm just taking ratings into account because in a lot of cases, better ratings mean more people will play the game. --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| transience | Posted 9/25/2006 12:02:19 AM | message detail |
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but Castlevania didn't take it from Halo, it just didn't do as much as
we expected it to. Castlevania still fell 1% during the day - you could
call it a wash, but Castlevania in no way "took it" from Halo. I think it was more of a surprise that Castlevania didn't fall apart in the daytime, personally. Joanna (or rather, Nintendo) has a better day vote than does Castlevania. I'd expect her to do better than I would Alucard for example. --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| Jericoholic | Posted 9/25/2006 12:03:34 AM | message detail |
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My thoughts on this contest so far: I'm glad I didn't really listen to you guys after the bracket is released. Just like every year, I make the bracket within the first few hours by contest knowledge and instincts, and never touch the bracket again. As a lurked here, read all the debates between Kairi/Claire and The Boss/Celes, I doubted by picks, but never changed them, and in the end, I end up with my name on the contest stats... Unfortunately, instincts told me GF would NW... --- I don't have an ego. I'm way too cool for that. |
| Same Orphanage | Posted 9/25/2006 12:04:35 AM | message detail |
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GFNW will remain true for at least one more year. BOOK IT! --- CB5 Points: 12/13, Current Oracle placement: 20/156 Now playing: Xenosaga 3 (kinda) |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 9/25/2006 12:07:35 AM | message detail |
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Huh, I remember Castlevania taking it. Ah well, **** GameFAQs. --- The Little Mermaid 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD Coming October 3, 2006 |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/25/2006 1:32:55 AM | message detail |
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come on now, Cortana is not getting SFF'd. most of Joanna's strength
is coming from the 64 game, and either way Halo is miles more popular
than PDZ. HaRRicH was referring to the fact that Joanna may have been SFFed by Mario last year, not Cortana being SFFed by Joanna. Thus underrating her strength from which Cortana's 11.52% value is derived. And that that plus other factors mean this year's x-stats will have Cortana ranking higher than that. --- Take off every sig. |
| transience | Posted 9/25/2006 1:35:26 AM | message detail |
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oh... I seem to have completely misread that or something. sorry. --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| greatone10 | Posted 9/25/2006 3:06:54 AM | message detail |
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I'm glad I didn't really listen to you guys after the bracket is
released. Just like every year, I make the bracket within the first few
hours by contest knowledge and instincts, and never touch the bracket
again. As a lurked here, read all the debates between Kairi/Claire and
The Boss/Celes, I doubted by picks, but never changed them, and in the
end, I end up with my name on the contest stats... Christ, if you are going to post something like this, at least wait until a board favorite loses. So far that has yet to happen. --- RIP Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 Z1mZum made me look like Shadow Hearts in the Guru contest. |
| Kratos_42 | Posted 9/25/2006 3:40:46 AM | message detail |
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Damn, did we lose ANY perfects? --- He wields the blade of a fallen hero, but now he is the hero, and it is the others who fall. He is rising. |
| Jericoholic | Posted 9/25/2006 4:24:21 AM | message detail |
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Nah. I felt like posting it now. The board tends to overevaluate the
match to the point where it becomes a toss up. Every year, people
complain about listening to others here, and how they should have stuck
with their initial guess. That's my strategy, and that's how it works.
Of course, people need stuff to talk about for the month or so when the
bracket is released, and with alot boring matches in the bracket,
reasonably close ones get blown out of proportions. Not saying its bad,
since then the board would be dead, but that it happens. And we lost a few perfects somehow according to TRE's numbers... --- I don't have an ego. I'm way too cool for that. |
| transience | Posted 9/25/2006 4:25:34 AM | message detail |
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but you act as if the board has been wrong. it's been right 100% of the time so far. ..what exactly are you trying to say? --- iddqd "MY SLEEPING PATTERNS ARE SHOT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FANFICTION" -windmage |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/25/2006 5:21:48 AM | message detail |
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Joanna... winning the day vote? --- Take off every sig. |
| Mr Lasastryke | Posted 9/25/2006 5:23:59 AM | message detail |
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but you act as if the board has been wrong. it's been right 100% of the time so far. I distinctly remember a big portion of the board saying Claire would beat Kairi. --- It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. ~ Kierkegaard |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/25/2006 5:37:42 AM | message detail |
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True just not the majority. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/25/2006 5:44:20 AM | message detail |
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Looks like we are going to have a close race for least vote totals.
Right now it's projected that Joanna/Cortana will finish 400 ahead of
Ada/Jade and that would easily change depending on the day vote. --- "I was trying to escape. Obviously, it didn't work." - President Bush |
| MegaReincarnate | Posted 9/25/2006 6:07:49 AM | message detail |
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This match is depressing. What's also depressing is that I haven't bothered voting in half these horrible matches. It's also sad that Nidoran F actually deserves a 5 or 6 seed in this field. I mean, this field is just horrible. --- Hispanics 4 | Whites 5 Asians 5 | Blacks 4 |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 9/25/2006 6:21:39 AM | message detail |
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Wow. Joanna doing a little better in the before-school hours. Cortanna being so bad that she might not even benefit from her game's day vote? Tsk tsk tsk. --- ertyu and VeghEsther are truly proof that there is much about this world we still do not understand. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/25/2006 6:30:12 AM | message detail |
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Amy got the day vote against KOS-MOS, it stands to reason that Cortana should concievably get the day vote in this match. TuRtLe ~~~ I used my brain and statistics to make my bracket. Karma Hunter used MGS fanboyism. KH won. Commit it to memory. |
| Who Cares? | Posted 9/25/2006 6:31:35 AM | message detail |
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I still maintain much of the fault on the female half is just poor
bracketmaking. Hell, the Villains had just as much fodder, but yet the
bracket was still put together fairly well. The only thing we were
really missing in that one was Bowser/Ganondorf. However with this bracket, there's been too many times I found myself saying "If only ____ switched positions with ____!" And believe me, this is a phrase we'll be saying a few times in the male side too. --- Chun-Li's Road to the Female Final Four: vs Kasumi (Tomorrow) *Just 15 days until Tales of the Abyss* |
| ShadowOwns | Posted 9/25/2006 8:49:15 AM | message detail |
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But we can always say "if this guy was here......." Cjay does his best
(sometimes?) and we just have to accept that maybe he was putting a
little more effort intoo the male bracket this time around. Maybe he
was even planning the female bracket being this boring :S --- 10 days!Can't wait for the raising of the western conference champs banner. Lovin Oil Country. |
| wavedash101 | Posted 9/25/2006 8:50:12 AM | message detail |
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Slowest match ever. Agree? --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 9/25/2006 8:54:49 AM | message detail |
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At the 11:50 mark, this match has 45593 votes. To compare with other matches at the same time: Ada/Jade - 44976 Peach/Daisy - 49519 Terra/Kerrigan - 45903 KOS-MOS/Amy - 47749 --- "...And then they made me their chief." - Captain Jack Sparrow |
| Who Cares? | Posted 9/25/2006 8:57:28 AM | message detail |
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But we can always say "if this guy was here......." Cjay does his
best (sometimes?) and we just have to accept that maybe he was putting
a little more effort intoo the male bracket this time around. Maybe he
was even planning the female bracket being this boring :S Honestly, the only brackets prior to this year I felt needed serious tweaks were 2k4 & the series contest. Every other bracket was pretty good. IMO 2k5 was the best he put together. Just look up & down that thing and tell me he didn't have the X-Stats in mind! --- Chun-Li's Road to the Female Final Four: vs Kasumi (Tomorrow) *Just 15 days until Tales of the Abyss* |