GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 458
| swirIdude | Posted 9/4/2007 8:35:41 AM | message detail |
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creativename's updater is 3 minutes behind the actual update, is that normal? --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/4/2007 8:38:14 AM | message detail |
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Assuming the match gets 150,000 votes and KOS-MOS stays at her
current percentage, what percentage of votes do Arthas/Diablo need to
overcome her for second now? With 83,322 votes still left to be cast Arthas needs 20.81% of them and Diablo needs 21.44% --- The Board 8 BOP - http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB6%20BOP.xls Match 2: Mega Man > KOS-MOS Points: 4/4 |
| Xuxon | Posted 9/4/2007 8:38:42 AM | message detail |
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The actual updates are about 2 minutes late, so the updater is only a minute behind that. --- FFXII NLB - finished - 39 marks FFXII LLIENANMiNDM - Bhujerba (post-Ba'Gamnan) |
| swirIdude | Posted 9/4/2007 8:39:17 AM | message detail |
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The updates are late? What is this devilry? I blame Diablo. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/4/2007 8:39:46 AM | message detail |
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It's normal for CN's updater to do that, but I think it's because the poll does that. --- The Board 8 BOP - http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB6%20BOP.xls Match 2: Mega Man > KOS-MOS Points: 4/4 |
| Tequilla Gundam | Posted 9/4/2007 8:41:39 AM | message detail |
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Thrall was an easy pick for me. I just thought of the Sony SFF between
Ratchet and Vergil since they are exclusively on one console. --- Feel my truth. |
| transience | Posted 9/4/2007 8:41:40 AM | message detail |
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KOS isn't slowing down here, and my understanding of the Tuesday Effect
is that it would be occurring between 8am and 2pm. I can't even tell
anything is happening here. this match is remarkably consistent. ...I think we can write off any vote rallying in a format like this unless they're going for first place. --- "where the heck does diablo get his votes from on weekends? He should be losing because christians are fresh from the church and voting against evil" -voltch |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/4/2007 8:42:34 AM | message detail |
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"MMXcalibur | Posted 9/4/2007 10:21:52 AM | message detail Ganondorf > Vergil is a godawful stupid pick now.............and I made it." Aye, same here. And that also occurred to me after seeing this match. Had I known Arthas would put up this showing I probably would've given Ganondorf's four pack more consideration. --- 1 of 6267 - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VI Ago una , intereo unus |
| swirIdude | Posted 9/4/2007 8:43:44 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, I'd have Thrall advancing as well. Heck, I might have just picked him if I had known he was a Warcraft Orc. --- Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148 Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334 |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/4/2007 8:43:50 AM | message detail |
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KOS isn't slowing down here, and my understanding of the Tuesday
Effect is that it would be occurring between 8am and 2pm. I can't even
tell anything is happening here. this match is remarkably consistent. THERE WASN'T ANY MAINTENANCE AUGH --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| transience | Posted 9/4/2007 8:44:51 AM | message detail |
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I'LL MAINTAIN YOU --- "where the heck does diablo get his votes from on weekends? He should be losing because christians are fresh from the church and voting against evil" -voltch |
| transience | Posted 9/4/2007 8:45:01 AM | message detail |
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...i don't even know what that means --- "where the heck does diablo get his votes from on weekends? He should be losing because christians are fresh from the church and voting against evil" -voltch |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/4/2007 8:46:33 AM | message detail |
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i think you want me in bed --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| transience | Posted 9/4/2007 8:47:08 AM | message detail |
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hmmm good night --- "where the heck does diablo get his votes from on weekends? He should be losing because christians are fresh from the church and voting against evil" -voltch |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/4/2007 8:47:23 AM | message detail |
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maintain your composure guys gah --- PETITION: a "Contest Suggestions" board. Life-changing details below: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=35717580 |
| ZFS | Posted 9/4/2007 8:49:40 AM | message detail |
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Looking at, Arthas and Diablo keep going back and forth every now and
then while KOS-MOS just keeps extending -- went right past 1700. I
wouldn't even say for certain just yet that Arthas has a beast of a day
vote, either. The after school vote seems more like Diablo's territory.
In either case, this one seems safe. --- Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion. |
| ZFS | Posted 9/4/2007 8:51:23 AM | message detail |
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Heh. Seeing how many perfects are left after this one should be good, though! --- Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion. |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 9/4/2007 8:55:19 AM | message detail |
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If Arthas actually got 2nd, well, hot damn on the perfects left. --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 9/4/2007 9:24:57 AM | message detail |
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I know of many schools who only ran for half of a day today nationwide
(First day back to school), they would've either already gotten out or
very close to doing so. --- 1 of 6267 - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VI Ago una , intereo unus |
| DpObliVion | Posted 9/4/2007 9:26:02 AM | message detail |
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So, Arthas fought KOS-MOS a little bit, but KOS-MOS pushed through it and is gaining nicely now. I expected more of a fight. And yeah......completely overlooked Thrall in that match..... --- Dp, you are one awesome, sexy bastard. I less than 3 you. -Shadow Ryoko See Quote for Character Battle VI Printable Bracket |
| Big Bob | Posted 9/4/2007 9:30:45 AM | message detail |
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I am glad I picked Thrall now. >_> I hadn't even heard of him
before the contest, and just went with "lol warcraft" logic. Looks like
it will make up for the points I lost today. --- Okay, I promise I won't put any more TOS-bypassing words in my sig. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 9:31:34 AM | message detail |
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2k6 Snake was a whole different character than in previous years. He
also did great in the day against Sonic due to his newfound powers. Snake gained on Mega Man during the day. He lost 3% against Sonic in the day. That's not "doing great". --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 9:33:39 AM | message detail |
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And I have no idea if the Orc on the box shot of WarCraft III is Thrall
- he bears little resemblance, so I doubt it - but if he is, or if SB
decides to just give him that picture anyway (i.e. the CJ effect)
that's just as iconic as the shot that Arthas has right now. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| Haste_2 | Posted 9/4/2007 9:37:11 AM | message detail |
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Meh, I really hope Vergil beats Thrall. I struggled with the match at
first, but everyone was saying Thrall was as weak as Kerrigan, so I
went with Vergil... =P Also, I don't get this "Tuesday" effect... is it really going on right now? Basically, Arthas has no hope now besides perhaps a miraculously large after-school vote? --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 9:38:21 AM | message detail |
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It being a Tuesday doesn't matter anymore. Not that my misleading ramblings have done much to clarify that fact. <_< I MEAN TUESDAY --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| xp1337 | Posted 9/4/2007 9:46:53 AM | message detail |
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Yea, another part of the problem is that most of Board 8 doesn't
understand the workings of the "Tuesday Factor", which is
understandable because it has nothing to do with GameFAQs at all. The Tuesday Factor worked as such - Previously, Blizzard would take the WoW Servers offline for maintenance every Tuesday at 8 AM EST to around 2 PM EST. This would usually dump a truckload of WoW players on the WoW forums, and therefore a rally could be greatly fueled because they'd have a massive influx of users. However, recently, Weekly Tuesday maintenance has been abolished. Now, it is actually more rare for that 6 hour downtime to occur. More frequently you'll get a "rolling restart" which basically means the servers are down for 5 minutes at most, or even no downtime at all. This negates the "Tuesday Factor" ENTIRELY. As it turned out, there was no maintenance done today. Hence, the Tuesday Factor never existed. Only, this could not have been known until late Monday night, or even early Tuesday morning. Signs pointed to no maintenance then, and I recall mentioning it several times, maybe not in CSD, but elsewhere on B8. It's not that "Tuesday Factor" bombed. "Tuesday Factor" never happened. At all. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? SC2k6 (190/240) 99.4958 Percentile |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 9/4/2007 9:59:29 AM | message detail |
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It is Square fans, not RPG fans... sure Ratchet will get some from
them, but it will not be too significant and Square fans usually try to
avoid voting anything Nintendo, unless the game was made by Square...
>_> *sigh* At least 80% of the site likes Nintendo. At least 80% of the site likes Square. They are *not* mutually exclusive. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:07:39 AM | message detail |
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By the hour: Time | Arthas | Diablo | KOS-MOS | Mega Man 01:00 | 14.27% | 15.93% | 18.91% | 50.89% 02:00 | 15.44% | 15.42% | 19.57% | 49.57% 03:00 | 16.97% | 14.61% | 19.54% | 48.87% 04:00 | 16.06% | 15.80% | 19.42% | 48.72% 05:00 | 16.99% | 14.96% | 20.33% | 47.72% 06:00 | 18.87% | 15.16% | 20.27% | 45.69% 07:00 | 18.69% | 15.22% | 17.19% | 48.90% 08:00 | 16.24% | 15.77% | 17.48% | 50.51% 09:00 | 16.67% | 14.60% | 17.91% | 50.83% 10:00 | 16.35% | 15.13% | 17.87% | 50.64% 11:00 | 16.78% | 15.62% | 17.79% | 49.81% 12:00 | 15.94% | 15.41% | 18.66% | 49.98% 13:00 | 15.37% | 15.44% | 18.35% | 50.84% KOS-MOS stumbled a bit in the morning, but not enough to let Arthas do much. Diablo seemed to have benefited at Arthas' expense during the Power Hour(s), which is kind of weird. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Brawl.jpg |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:09:18 AM | message detail |
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Haven't really been following this...just look at the poll since the first time 5 minutes ago. Good lord Arthas. Anyone wanna take my Arthas vs. Diablo thing at this point? Really not sure who I'd pick at this point. Has KOS been consistent since the sun rose? Looks like it, but I'm not really sure. --- Kleenex - Now with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:09:56 AM | message detail |
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Well, that answers my question! --- Kleenex - Now with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:11:52 AM | message detail |
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I guess I'd still take Diablo due to him
being in the name of his game and being more well-known... but
Arthas/WC fans are liable to be *way* more hardcore in general, and
likely more liable to rally in a one-on-one match like that (to most
people, it looks like Mega Man is crushing the competition with the
fight for second place being rather pointless). --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:13:16 AM | message detail |
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This match kinda makes me wonder why we've never seen Arthas in a contest until now. --- Kleenex - Now with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor. |
| JustForFun1988 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:15:00 AM | message detail |
| Arthas should have been in the Villain contest instead of crappy Master Hand and Ultros. |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/4/2007 10:15:57 AM | message detail |
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The same reason we've never seen Akuma or Mewtwo while people like Guybrush make contest after contest. --- Demyx is better than Axel. I don't like Haley Scarnato |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:16:36 AM | message detail |
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...because WarCraft has like 10 other main notable characters, Kerrigan
bombed (and thus he didn't get board support), and the WC hardcore
don't seem to have much of a nomination presence? A 5th seed in the
Series Contest is okay, but remember that entries like Silent Hill and Suikoden matched and/or exceeded that. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:20:15 AM | message detail |
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Well, the Kerrigan stuff makes sense, but as far as the WarCraft front
goes, Arthas is, at least in my eyes, the face of the series. Thrall
coming in a rather distant 2nd. None of the other characters stack up. Though, I suppose when you take into account last year's split bracket and the fact that WoW hadn't really ballooned for 2k5 like it has in recent years, it works out. --- Kleenex - Now with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor. |
| MMXcalibur | Posted 9/4/2007 10:20:34 AM | message detail |
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Question for you all.... Which pick(s) are you now regretting? My Ganondorf > Vergil pick looks doomed and for some stupid reason, I had Master Chief > Alucard in Round 2. Don't ask me....I have no clue. --- KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (0-0) : AFC Wildcard NEXT: at Houston Texans (0-0) |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:23:33 AM | message detail |
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Uh... *checks bracket* hahahahaha Liquid Snake > Ness? Sora > Wesker? Master Chief > Ganondorf? ...take your pick! --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| xp1337 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:25:17 AM | message detail |
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Samus > Knux Although this is less a "regret" and more of a "Wait a second, I thought I unjokify'd my bracket on Friday..." thing. My original kneejerk bracket was awesome, Alucard made it to the finals on the greatest SFF Predator Run ever. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? SC2k6 (190/240) 99.4958 Percentile |
| JaKyL25 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:25:50 AM | message detail |
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I regret nothing! I do somewhat question Vincent > Zelda and Mega Man > Knuckles though... Hey, I've got a perfect bracket thus far and Ganondorf > Thrall. I'm fine. --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. Character Battle V Contest Winner! |
| Forceful Dragon | Posted 9/4/2007 10:28:26 AM | message detail |
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Arthas doing well does not conclusively prove that Thrall will beat
Vergil... It will be Ganondorf, not Mega Man, a lot more votes will be
up for grabs. --- Eff Dee |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:29:35 AM | message detail |
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...but Thrall won't have another midcarder Blizzard entity holding him
back. If he's in any way comparable to what we're seeing out of Arthas
today, he's got it in the bag. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:31:24 AM | message detail |
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And Mega Man isn't THAT much stronger than Ganondorf. Even if you
believe he's equal to Sonic, he only beats 'dorf with 54% of the
vote... and that was before Twilight Princess. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| DpObliVion | Posted 9/4/2007 10:32:27 AM | message detail |
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Vergil should do a bit better than KOS-MOS though, right? --- Dp, you are one awesome, sexy bastard. I less than 3 you. -Shadow Ryoko See Quote for Character Battle VI Printable Bracket |
| Forceful Dragon | Posted 9/4/2007 10:33:04 AM | message detail |
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But if vergil is in any way comparable to Dante... --- Eff Dee |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:34:48 AM | message detail |
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If you wanna believe Vergil could beat KOS-MOS - let alone in this
setting - be my guest. I'm a hardcore Vergil/DMC3 fan and I would never
consider that upset. KOS-MOS thrashes him in every comparison you could
make. It's really Thrall's match to win. If he's got the strength, he'll pull it off. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 9/4/2007 10:35:47 AM | message detail |
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But if vergil is in any way comparable to Dante... We've seen Vergil in a contest already - and unfortunately, he's not. He's decent fodder, but fodder nonetheless. --- delicious cats Commit it to memory. |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:37:44 AM | message detail |
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Hopefully I'll get on the leaderboard after today because I won't be
perfect for long unless Marcus proves his worth and beats Kefka. --- The Board 8 BOP - http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB6%20BOP.xls Match 2: Mega Man > KOS-MOS Points: 4/4 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 9/4/2007 10:41:44 AM | message detail |
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So is there any chance Arthas can get to KOS-MOS' position now or is it pretty much over? --- Pokemon Pearl Code: 2663-9266-2709 WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 9/4/2007 10:42:35 AM | message detail |
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Unless Arthas starts really biting into KOS's lead and not just biting at her heels, it's pretty much over. --- Kleenex - Now with an invigorating blast of citrus cherry flavor. |
