GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 398
| MyWorldIsZelda | Posted 10/20/2006 9:36:34 PM | message detail |
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Samus Aran – 41.69% Princess Zelda – 33.71% We all know where Zelda should really be... --- The Master Sword is the most sought-after blade in Hyrule. He who wields it carries with him the hope of the kingdom. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 10/20/2006 9:38:04 PM | message detail |
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So...you just abstain when you're completely apathetic? Because that's generally when I bracket vote. Sometimes. Other time I'll pic vote, or vote for the first option (since I get an earlier vote that way). --- 99% of people just make up statistics on the spot. If you are part of the 1%, post this in your sig |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 9:38:33 PM | message detail |
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Bracket voting > Top option voting --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| Adept of Aiur | Posted 10/20/2006 9:38:58 PM | message detail |
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Morality in GameFAQs polls is serious business. >>; I bracket vote most of the time. Until I'm completely out of contention. --- "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 10/20/2006 9:39:28 PM | message detail |
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We all know where Zelda should really be... Right you are! Princess Zelda - 33.71% Samus Aran - 31.84% --- 99% of people just make up statistics on the spot. If you are part of the 1%, post this in your sig |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 10/20/2006 9:40:46 PM | message detail |
| I think I actually "X-Stats Voted" in Crono/Mega
Man...mainly because I held dislike/apathy for both of them and didn't
want to see Mega Man get potentially overperformed on by Mario and lose
a good read on that division's half. Sure, that would have made Snake #5 in the stats, but it's the principle of the thing! --- *kills self* Commit it to memory. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 10/20/2006 9:41:00 PM | message detail |
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And now for an update on The Race for Last Place!
It's looks like Chun is on pace for about 60% today, so we'll give her
that. Then if we assume that Samus = 04 Samus, Yuna = 05 Yuna, Jill =
03 Jill, and Zelda = 05 Zelda, the current values of the girls racing
for last is... Kerrigan - 11.17% Cortana - 9.12% Daisy - 8.58% And your winner, Jade - 8.26% Congrats to her! --- thengamer.com/xstats - "lol x-stats," The Contest Simulator thengamer.com/gamefaqs - The Contest Archives |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/20/2006 9:56:31 PM | message detail |
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From Mac Arrowny Posted 10/21/2006 12:33:31 AM Oh, and bracket-voting is the lamest thing ever, just so you know. I never consider my bracket when voting, even when I'm completely apathetic to both characters. Always vote for your favorite. I bracket vote all the time, unless one of the characters is a pile of trash, such as Yuna or Tidus. There are only a few characters I'll vote for in any match. Zero is one. Mega Man is another. TuRtLe ~~~ 35/40 in the contest. My analysis topic here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30498383&page=1 |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/20/2006 9:59:24 PM | message detail |
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And now for an update on The Race for Last Place! It's looks like
Chun is on pace for about 60% today, so we'll give her that. Then if we
assume that Samus = 04 Samus, Yuna = 05 Yuna, Jill = 03 Jill, and Zelda
= 05 Zelda, the current values of the girls racing for last is... Kerrigan - 11.17% Cortana - 9.12% Daisy - 8.58% And your winner, Jade - 8.26% Congrats to her! What about Alyx? --- Dancing with myself! Oh-oh! Dancing with myself! Oh-oh! And I'll sweat! Sweat! Sweat! Sweat! Sweat! Sweat! SWEAT! SWEAT! |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:04:18 PM | message detail |
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I bracket vote all the time, unless one of the characters is a pile of trash, such as Yuna or Tidus Both > Mega Man and Zero --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/20/2006 10:04:51 PM | message detail |
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lol TuRtLe ~~~ 35/40 in the contest. My analysis topic here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30498383&page=1 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:05:15 PM | message detail |
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Jill = 03 Jill ...Why would you do this? If you make Jill equal to her 2004 value, Daisy ends up around 8% on BL. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:07:13 PM | message detail |
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Huzzah for my bold prediction! --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| Yesmar | Posted 10/20/2006 10:07:25 PM | message detail |
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I actually voted for Lara today, in hopes that that one guy's crazy formula was actually correct. --- Z1mZum totally owned me in the July 2006 Guru Contest The Funky Chickens in Trivia XVIII |
| Chinballz | Posted 10/20/2006 10:15:14 PM | message detail |
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I still see Ceej insists on never using a Mega Man X pic. --- And that's The Word. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/20/2006 10:16:09 PM | message detail |
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Technically, Mega Man and Mega Man X are different characters, no? --- CB5 Points: 43/46, Current Oracle placement: 29/165 Now playing: Okami |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:17:21 PM | message detail |
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Technically, yes, but his 2003 profile seems to indicate that they are considered one and the same for contest purposes. I wonder what would happen if we rallied for X. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/20/2006 10:35:02 PM | message detail |
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I thought there was something at one point that said X and MM are the same, and if they were both rallied it would just me MM. At any rate, he counted MMX and MM as seperate series, so X might have a shot. It would be interesting to see if he syphons away some of MM's normal votes. TuRtLe ~~~ 35/40 in the contest. My analysis topic here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30498383&page=1 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:36:37 PM | message detail |
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It's not a matter of "if." It's a matter of how much. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| Blade Of Evils Bane | Posted 10/20/2006 10:39:23 PM | message detail |
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Just out of curiosity, would you guys still be interested in these
contests if there where no brackets to be made and no prize to be won? --- Can't think of a good sig. |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 10/20/2006 10:41:06 PM | message detail |
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No prizes would be fine, but I'm not sure about no brackets. I'm sure
we'd make brackets on our own anyway though, so it probably wouldn't
make too much of a difference. --- 99% of people just make up statistics on the spot. If you are part of the 1%, post this in your sig |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/20/2006 10:41:08 PM | message detail |
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I'd still pay attention because I don't really enter these contests expecting to win. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/20/2006 10:55:13 PM | message detail |
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Considering this is the first time Canadians have been eligible, prizes aren't that important. Brackets are necessary though, otherwise it's just a bunch of random popularity polls I could give 2 ****s about. TuRtLe ~~~ 35/40 in the contest. My analysis topic here: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30498383&page=1 |
| transience | Posted 10/20/2006 10:57:05 PM | message detail |
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after the weird overperformances of Zelda and Yuna and the
underwhelming performance by Aeris, it's kinda nice to see a match go
as expected here. nothing to say, we wait 22 more hours and get to the
good stuff. really looking forward to those first two matches. --- xyzzy |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 10/20/2006 11:14:07 PM | message detail |
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| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 10/20/2006 11:18:25 PM | message detail |
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Score-Brackets-% Right 43-----32-------96.8750000 42-----299------96.6555184 41-----795------95.9748428 40-----1613-----92.7464352 39-----2413-----91.0899295 38-----3214-----87.8655881 37-----3768-----86.4384289 36-----3822-----81.6849817 35-----3726-----77.8851315 34-----3443-----72.6110950 33-----3133-----69.0711778 32-----2819-----62.1142249 31-----2486-----60.8205953 30-----2131-----58.0478649 29-----1825-----52.9863014 28-----1568-----49.1071429 27-----1289-----48.5647789 26-----1093-----41.4455627 25-----837------40.0238949 24-----608------36.5131579 23-----493------34.8884381 22-----315------34.9206349 21-----228------32.8947368 20-----151------33.1125828 19-----90-------31.1111111 18-----60-------33.3333333 17-----45-------17.7777778 16-----30-------16.6666667 15-----15-------6.6666667 14-----8--------12.5000000 13-----6--------16.6666667 12-----5--------40.0000000 11-----9--------0.0000000 10-----6--------16.6666667 9------10-------10.0000000 8------17-------0.0000000 7------36-------0.0000000 6------52-------1.9230769 Everybody with a score of 5 or lower got the match wrong. Overall prediction percentage: 70.10% Great performace by the top performers again. The -1s, -2s, -3s, -4s and -5s all manage to break 90. Only one person fell off the Top 50 today. mrBorn was the only -1 to fall for nothing having Yuna win the match and prevents them from going perfect. --- I got pwnt by Z1mZum in the July 2006 Guru Contest. Support Toadette for the Summer 2006 Contest! |
| Blade Of Evils Bane | Posted 10/20/2006 11:30:14 PM | message detail |
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"Brackets are necessary though, otherwise it's just a bunch of random popularity polls I could give 2 ****s about." I meant if you didn't get to fill out a bracket. Not if the contest didn't use brackets. --- Can't think of a good sig. |
| Incompetence | Posted 10/20/2006 11:31:05 PM | message detail |
| How the hell could anyone get so far just to take Joanna over Yuna?! That's like taking Tanner over AiAi! |
| MyWorldIsZelda | Posted 10/20/2006 11:50:40 PM | message detail |
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| ChichiriMuyo | Posted 10/21/2006 12:03:30 AM | message detail |
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Ya know, I personally would follow the contest even without brackets. I
doubt I'm the only one. However, since this is a hypothetical that will
never come to be, we can all reast easy on that matter. Oh, and there's plenty of reason for people to pick a winner other than Yuna. Maybe some of them though Cortana would be a house, just as they always expect MC to be. Others don't follw the contest enough to know how weak Joanna is. --- If this post was overly verbose, that means I tried very hard to not call you an idiot. If you mark someone for flaming/trolling, you probably deserved it. |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:07:11 AM | message detail |
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I followed in 2002 without a bracket.. brackets are fun and all, but
just watching the contest is fun without one. you can predict the
winners without having them written down for you or with prizes on the
line. ..am I the only person who doesn't really care about the prizes? I mean, if I win that's great, but I sure don't hang around here for purpose of trying to win money. I just enjoy doing so. --- xyzzy |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/21/2006 12:09:49 AM | message detail |
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...My favorite contest is still SC2K3, and I had no bracket because I
didn't show up until the 2nd match of the contest. Having a shot at
prizes means very little to me. When I got 4th in the Anniversary
Contest, I was like, "Oh, that's nice. Didn't expect that." --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:11:22 AM | message detail |
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yeah, I was shocked when I got 50 bucks for that thing. I was like
"hey, I didn't ever expect to actually do well in one of these things.
cool." I kinda forgot about it after a week. --- xyzzy |
| MyWorldIsZelda | Posted 10/21/2006 12:12:29 AM | message detail |
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I certainly don't enter these contests hoping to win some cash. It'd be great
if I do, but it's definitely not the reason I follow them. I do like
creating a bracket and trying to predict these matches to see how well
I do -- and that combined with some discussion is probably the best
thing about these contests -- but I doubt I would quit following them
if we couldn't enter a bracket, not that I ever expect that to happen. I do wish we could get a bracket with everyone back in it though. --- The Master Sword is the most sought-after blade in Hyrule. He who wields it carries with him the hope of the kingdom. |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/21/2006 12:14:09 AM | message detail |
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You know, the more I think about it, the more I believe that Ceej has
just been waiting for Twilight Princess before having another Games
Contest. I'm almost expecting one next year now. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:18:19 AM | message detail |
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I think it's impossible for us not to have one next year. at least this
year we had that top 10 games nonsense that sort of acted as a game
contest. --- xyzzy |
| HaRRicH | Posted 10/21/2006 12:18:30 AM | message detail |
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I enter my bracket for prizes, I follow the contests for fun. Best of both worlds, methinks. --- http://wemajor12.myrockinprofile.com/ Next celebrity I hope to out-rank: Weird Al Yankovic (#8) |
| MegaReincarnate | Posted 10/21/2006 12:21:46 AM | message detail |
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Talk of a second games contest is blasphemous since we haven't even had the Female Villain Contest yet! --- Hispanics 1 | Whites 5 Asians 4 | Blacks 3 |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/21/2006 12:22:44 AM | message detail |
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I could grab my bracket from the other topic! --- CB5 Points: 43/46, Current Oracle placement: 29/165 Now playing: Okami |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/21/2006 12:24:13 AM | message detail |
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I would sooner have a best Final Fantasy VII Materia Contest than a Female Villains Contest. --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:25:18 AM | message detail |
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(1) Fire (8) Sense (4) All (5) Ifrit (3) Deathblow (6) E. Skill (2) Cure (7) Choco-Mog --- xyzzy |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/21/2006 12:26:08 AM | message detail |
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Where's Knights of the Round?! --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/21/2006 12:26:48 AM | message detail |
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(1) Fire (5) Ifrit (3) Deathblow (2) Cure --- CB5 Points: 43/46, Current Oracle placement: 29/165 Now playing: Okami |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:27:20 AM | message detail |
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KOTR gets antivoted due to how long it takes! --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 10/21/2006 12:27:37 AM | message detail |
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also, anyone voting for Ifrit over All has no soul. All is where it's at. --- xyzzy |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/21/2006 12:27:54 AM | message detail |
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Bahamut Zero takes longer! --- CB5 Points: 43/46, Current Oracle placement: 29/165 Now playing: Okami |
| Janus5000 | Posted 10/21/2006 12:28:03 AM | message detail |
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E. Skill would destroy Deathblow. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=2916&diff=4 |
| SquallidSnake | Posted 10/21/2006 12:28:04 AM | message detail |
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How could Enemy Skill possibly lose that first round match? It's quite possibly the most useful materia in the game! And don't count out All against Ifrit. 1.4 million gil is always a nice benefit! --- Some stories can't be told by words. Some legends are meant to die. October 22 - Internal war rages between the Squallid and the Snake |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 10/21/2006 12:28:28 AM | message detail |
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The funny part is I actually pondered the Ifrit/All match for a good 10 seconds. --- CB5 Points: 43/46, Current Oracle placement: 29/165 Now playing: Okami |
| MyWorldIsZelda | Posted 10/21/2006 12:29:20 AM | message detail |
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You know, the more I think about it, the more I believe that Ceej
has just been waiting for Twilight Princess before having another Games
Contest. I'm almost expecting one next year now. Indeed. After Twilight Princess comes out, you almost have to have another Games Contest. I wouldn't mind a one year break from the Character Battle and the other gimmick contest to have a June-ish 64 entry Games Contest. I'd really love to see what it could do too. Most of this site should have by the time another contest would roll around and I think the game could be really, really strong. --- The Master Sword is the most sought-after blade in Hyrule. He who wields it carries with him the hope of the kingdom. |