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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 419
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/7/2006 1:39:06 PM | message detail |
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Zelda > Samus is a lock! *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, and thanks to RockMFR for finding the missing ones! 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/teamrocketelite/Polls.html Aprosenf's Poll Script: http://www.geocities.com/aprosenf/allpolls.txt GameFAQs' Top 100 Games (down for now, so here's a new link): http://transience.paragonsigma.com/top100.txt Manual Poll Updater: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/pollupdate.php |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 11/7/2006 1:39:33 PM | message detail |
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Samus > Zelda Mega Man > Snake Samus > Crono BOOK IT --- Basch is sooo sexy! http://www.galbadiax.com/ff12/wallpaper/basch-1024.jpg |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/7/2006 1:39:37 PM | message detail |
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It got quite a bit past 300. >_> ~~~ The one. The only. Lady Ashe. |
| The_Beginning | Posted 11/7/2006 1:39:57 PM | message detail |
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lol @ this being made now --- I am the Alpha, someone else is the Omega. |
| The_Ocelot | Posted 11/7/2006 1:40:08 PM | message detail |
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From SHINE GET 64 Samus > Zelda Mega Man > Snake Samus < Crono BOOK IT --- Xbox Live Gamertag: PhoenyX101 |
| wavedash101 | Posted 11/7/2006 1:40:17 PM | message detail |
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>_> v_v <_< ^_^ --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 11/7/2006 1:40:57 PM | message detail |
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THAT'S A DIRTY TRICK MR OCELOT --- Basch is sooo sexy! http://www.galbadiax.com/ff12/wallpaper/basch-1024.jpg |
| Cavalier Lowen | Posted 11/7/2006 1:41:35 PM | message detail |
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Samus>Zelda MM>Snake Sonic>Crono MM>Sonic MM>Samus Book that ****. My bracket did. >_> --- Z1mZum owned me in the guru contest (by two points!). Damn you Z1mZum! |
| WarThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2006 1:42:34 PM | message detail |
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Zelda will do worse on Samus than Squall did on Snake! Remember, both were locks according to Lady Ashe! --- War13104 had something weak beating something strong and he looks smarter than you or something - TessaTestarossa |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/7/2006 1:49:30 PM | message detail |
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Since when did I have Squall over Snake? ~~~ The one. The only. Lady Ashe. |
| MyWorldIsZelda | Posted 11/7/2006 1:49:54 PM | message detail |
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ZELDA > SAMUS !! --- "Let's face it: the princess Zelda has always been a symbol of sexual desire." |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 11/7/2006 1:50:08 PM | message detail |
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Samus>Zelda MM>Snake Sonic<Crono MM>Crono MM>Samus Book that ****. My bracket did. >_> Fixed. --- Do you really need me to bring out the Ovaltine?-Stripey12isback on why hes a war hero. |
| Keno316 | Posted 11/7/2006 1:50:30 PM | message detail |
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I'm just content with Tifa potentially keeping this under 51%...Good Show Tif! --- "Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 1:50:52 PM | message detail |
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Note that not believing in FF12 influencing this match is my opinion,
I'm not positive about it or anything. I just really doubt it. There's
no need to resort to that anyway, when something much more obvious is
literally staring us in the face. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Criona | Posted 11/7/2006 1:51:01 PM | message detail |
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Samus vs Shadow the Hedgehog Who wins? --- {O,o}:O RLY?::::::::{ò,ó}:YA RLY! /)__)::::::::::::::::::::::::(__(\::::::::::::: |
| jayguar | Posted 11/7/2006 1:51:09 PM | message detail |
| Samus >> Zelda... i think Tifa would've taken down Zelda.. |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/7/2006 1:51:37 PM | message detail |
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well, there's 100,000 votes. *looks* Zelda/FF had 121k at this point. woohoo summer! --- zizzy |
| wavedash101 | Posted 11/7/2006 1:51:48 PM | message detail |
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Samus>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shadow --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Board 8's Unofficial Master of the Phoenix Down |
| Master Moltar | Posted 11/7/2006 1:52:00 PM | message detail |
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Samus is still walking over both brackets folks. She'll be back in her orange suit in no time!! --- Moltar Status: Feeling good and hot-blooded. Samus vs. Tifa - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (88/96) |
| Criona | Posted 11/7/2006 1:52:37 PM | message detail |
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If she takes down the male bracket, the x-stats are going with her. --- {O,o}:O RLY?::::::::{ò,ó}:YA RLY! /)__)::::::::::::::::::::::::(__(\::::::::::::: |
| Cavalier Lowen | Posted 11/7/2006 1:53:00 PM | message detail |
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Shadow>Sam Fisher>MM>Sonic>Samus. Right Criona? --- Z1mZum owned me in the guru contest (by two points!). Damn you Z1mZum! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/7/2006 1:58:00 PM | message detail |
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Tifa > Zelda, friends. I don't know why people are automatically assuming Zelda is stronger than Tifa all of a sudden. Not counting SFF, I still don't see Tifa doing better against Aeris than Zelda did under most circumstances... ...and, as I understand, this match is well on its way to being the most voted-in match this contest easily. With the match being so close, I don't see why a so-much-less-recognizable picture of Samus and a KH2 picture of Tifa would draw in so many more votes than usual, much less being the highest-drawing match thus far. I'm now of the opinion this is that FF12 influx we talked about awhile back, because there is no doubt there is big FF12 traffic coming here and there isn't reason for Samus/Tifa to become THIS much bigger of a vote-draw than Solid/Squall (the current leader in vote totals). I'm calling this the FF12 influx, it's just a bit later than we once expected it and probably helping alot more than we thought it would...and, of course, Samus being out of her suit HAS to hurt her here too. Tifa surely boosted this year, yes, but nothing like this match implies -- have this match two weeks ago (even with the same pic, if you like), and it's still going to look noticably different percentage-wise. --- Diddy did it. Diddy did it. DAMMIT! What didn't Diddy do?! |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 1:58:39 PM | message detail |
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Catching up on the earlier topics, and I saw this post by Ngamer: But that's just the thing. Tifa is pulling in these huge 58% update victories during the hours of voting dominated by Europeans. Euroes, as in... the one group that isn't playing FF12 right now. Very solid insight there. Yeah, FF12 factor can pretty much be thrown out IMO. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Kaxon | Posted 11/7/2006 2:00:47 PM | message detail |
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By the way, this match should be taken as yet another example of why
the new poll time sucks. It's been an amazing match as is, but it would
have been twice as epic with the old poll time. Tifa would have started
winning updates as soon as the board/bracket vote was over, and
probably would have lead by a thousand votes before morning started.
People really would have been questioning Samus's ability to come back
if Tifa's 55% hours had come right at the beginning when she was
leading, instead of when she was trying to come back. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 2:02:04 PM | message detail |
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Let's not complain about minor things ;) This match is enjoyable enough, no need to be greedy :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/7/2006 2:03:56 PM | message detail |
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CN has an interesting point there...er, NGamer does, whichever. Hmmm..... --- Diddy did it. Diddy did it. DAMMIT! What didn't Diddy do?! |
| Kaxon | Posted 11/7/2006 2:06:20 PM | message detail |
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Very solid insight there. Yeah, FF12 factor can pretty much be thrown out IMO. Actually, not that solid an insight. Night time in the US is daytime in Europe and Asia. Metroid vastly more popular in the US than in Japan (MP sold under 100k in Japan, IIRC), and Smash Bros is a lot more popular in the US than it is in Europe. All that tells us is that the differences between regions are bigger factors than FF XII's release, but since those differences are basically constants, it's almost a meaningless observation. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/7/2006 2:07:12 PM | message detail |
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disagree with N/cn there. (cnn? works for me!) FF is simply stronger
than Nintendo at night. has been all contest. that's not going to
change. now, is this huge vote gain because of FF12? I have no idea and don't pretend to know. but I wouldn't rule out the possibility. --- zizzy |
| Criona | Posted 11/7/2006 2:07:21 PM | message detail |
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Actually Sam Fisher has a new game out. So why is nobody claiming that
Tifa is doing well because of the influx of Splinter Cell fanboys? --- {O,o}:O RLY?::::::::{ò,ó}:YA RLY! /)__)::::::::::::::::::::::::(__(\::::::::::::: |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 2:09:10 PM | message detail |
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Actually, not that solid an insight. Night time in the US is daytime
in Europe and Asia. Metroid vastly more popular in the US than in Japan
(MP sold under 100k in Japan, IIRC), and Smash Bros is a lot more
popular in the US than it is in Europe. All that tells us is that the
differences between regions are bigger factors than FF XII's release,
but since those differences are basically constants, it's almost a
meaningless observation. I don't understand what you're saying. We know that Samus' day vote is solid, so that's the base of comparison. To call that observation meaningless is way off. It's somewhat conclusive, actually. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 2:10:37 PM | message detail |
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Or in other words, "The trends were what we thought they were!" ;) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 11/7/2006 2:12:11 PM | message detail |
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Not counting SFF, I still don't see Tifa doing better against Aeris than Zelda did under most circumstances... ...I don't see why not. Aeris was thoroughly unimpressive the entire contest. Tifa getting 57%+ wouldn't be a shock at all. --- Captain Jack Sparrow's Run to the NCAA Character Contest II Championship: Week 7: Bahamut (2-4) |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/7/2006 2:12:38 PM | message detail |
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Yes, but that does not eliminate the possibility of Samus winning the
day vote by more if not for FFXII, given Tifa's history of losing the
day vote. --- "........!" ~Magus |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 11/7/2006 2:13:22 PM | message detail |
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Or in other words, "The trends were what we thought they were!" ;) Well, Kairi/Claire, Peach/Jill, and Dante/Yoshi all went the same way as this, and I said this probably would, too. That's why it's so disappointing. --- Captain Jack Sparrow's Run to the NCAA Character Contest II Championship: Week 7: Bahamut (2-4) |
| Kaxon | Posted 11/7/2006 2:14:50 PM | message detail |
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I don't understand what you're saying. We know that Samus' day vote
is solid, so that's the base of comparison. To call that observation
meaningless is way off. It's somewhat conclusive, actually. Err, not I'm not sure what you're saying. You and Ngamer pointed out that Tifa was doing well while Europe was voting, as if that disproves FF XII as a factor. I don't buy that reasoning. We knew that Tifa's best hours would be at night - the fact that FF XII didn't change that doesn't mean it's not having an effect. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| Larbeight | Posted 11/7/2006 2:15:49 PM | message detail |
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It's slow, but Samus seems to be taking this. --- ~Larbeight~. The finest mind of his generation. |
| creativename | Posted 11/7/2006 2:18:35 PM | message detail |
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Err, not I'm not sure what you're saying. You and Ngamer pointed out
that Tifa was doing well while Europe was voting, as if that disproves
FF XII as a factor. I don't buy that reasoning. We knew that Tifa's
best hours would be at night - the fact that FF XII didn't change that
doesn't mean it's not having an effect. I really don't get what you're saying. If FF12 was a factor, it wouldn't be in Europe. So the trends would not be what we would've expected - Tifa would've done horribly in the overnight vote, relative to the presumably massively FF12-affected day vote. The pic factor and/or an increase in Tifa's strength make vastly more sense. And I think the former is the more significant by a good bit. But if you wanna believe in FF12 and you wanna crown Cloud's ass, then crown it ;) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Larbeight | Posted 11/7/2006 2:20:39 PM | message detail |
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FF fanboys tend to come out at night, so her strong showing after the bracket voters came and gone could suggest it. --- ~Larbeight~. The finest mind of his generation. |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/7/2006 2:27:53 PM | message detail |
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...I don't see why not. Aeris was thoroughly unimpressive the entire contest. Tifa getting 57%+ wouldn't be a shock at all. I would take Peach to beat KOS-MOS, and if you assume Peach = KOS-MOS then Tifa gets 55.74% on Aeris...but Zelda already got 56.87% on Aeris... ...well, hell, looking at it like this, 57% isn't out of Tifa's reach afterall; my initial logic made me think otherwise. Still though, it doesn't feel right that Tifa's that much further ahead than Aeris nowadays (though I acknowledge it's probably the case). --- Diddy did it. Diddy did it. DAMMIT! What didn't Diddy do?! |
| Xuxon | Posted 11/7/2006 2:31:21 PM | message detail |
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Just felt the need to respond to this from the last topic... Show me a MM v Sam poll that states otherwise. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=986 :) --- Take off every sig. |
| Luis_Sera89 | Posted 11/7/2006 2:32:54 PM | message detail |
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Owned. --- Terrible demon. Ouch... |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 11/7/2006 2:49:19 PM | message detail |
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Still though, it doesn't feel right that Tifa's that much further
ahead than Aeris nowadays (though I acknowledge it's probably the case). Nowadays? Meh, Tifa was probably always ahead of Aeris, and likely not that close together. Am I saying that Vincent or Tifa could've beaten Sonic in 2003? It's very possible, really. --- Captain Jack Sparrow's Run to the NCAA Character Contest II Championship: Week 7: Bahamut (2-4) |
| Luis_Sera89 | Posted 11/7/2006 3:05:24 PM | message detail |
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Alternating lead of 1417. Odd... --- Terrible demon. Ouch... |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/7/2006 3:06:31 PM | message detail |
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Oh, I agree Tifa was probably always ahead of Aeris, but being ahead by
that much is a bit uncomfortable...I suppose you could mark it up to
their roles in FF:AC and I understand Tifa's simply more seen in KH2
than Aeris, so maybe that's what's throwing me off too. --- Diddy did it. Diddy did it. DAMMIT! What didn't Diddy do?! |
| Keno316 | Posted 11/7/2006 3:07:29 PM | message detail |
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I'll stand by overrated Samus...>> --- "Opinions are like butts, little girl. Everyone's got one and nobody thinks their's stink." -Lunar 2:EB |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/7/2006 3:08:11 PM | message detail |
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I've always wondered about that as well. if Tifa and Vincent are so far
ahead of Aeris, a.) why did they never make the field and b.) would
they have broken the Noble Nine before it ever existed? then again,
looking at Sub-Zero, option A doesn't look valid at all. --- zizzy |
| Janus5000 | Posted 11/7/2006 3:09:53 PM | message detail |
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Vincent never made the field because he's an optional character. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=2916&diff=4 |
| THEJackSparrow | Posted 11/7/2006 3:10:00 PM | message detail |
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Whoa, 98 vote jump for Samus there. --- Captain Jack Sparrow's Run to the NCAA Character Contest II Championship: Week 7: Bahamut (2-4) |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 11/7/2006 3:10:53 PM | message detail |
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Oh snap that last update was pure sex. --- Portugal. The Man Cheer Up Emo Kids |
| Xuxon | Posted 11/7/2006 3:19:16 PM | message detail |
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2002 x-stats have Aeris breaking 40 on Cloud already... but KH did a
lot more for Cloud/Sephiroth than the rest of FF7. And Cloud was almost
certainly underrated then anyway. I could see Vincent and Tifa being
noticably stronger than Aeris the whole time, and either of them
beating Sonic 03 or Snake 04. --- Take off every sig. |
