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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 524
| hochiminh155 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:00:29 AM | message detail |
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Poor showing? All she really needs to do is manitain her percent she
got last round. She might even go higher thanks to being the only
non-Square character. --- Hochiminh155's Trail to Victory Future winner of the Summer 2007 Contest |
| Warsola | Posted 10/18/2007 11:00:42 AM | message detail |
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Replace Lara with Akuma. Do you take Akuma to get second? --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 10/18/2007 11:01:34 AM | message detail |
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But look what Squall did to Aeris last round. Considering Aeris's sub-par performance last year, I don't even know if I'd call that SFF. Well yeah, obviously there was some but for someone who barely outperformed Yuna last year.... ehhhhh Besides, Akuma had that fighting game character thing going on, and that seems to be helping some characters. Lara is just kind of a casual "well I don't care about these other people, so..." kind of thing --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:01:56 AM | message detail |
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Yes, I take Akuma to get second. What kind of question is that? Akuma nearly beat Aeris without Sora --- Hochiminh155's Trail to Victory Future winner of the Summer 2007 Contest |
| PortugalTheMann | Posted 10/18/2007 11:03:08 AM | message detail |
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Replace Lara with Akuma. Do you take Akuma to get second? Probably, yeah. --- Explicit Content. I wish Lei Fang were my mom. I'd like drug her and feel her up and stuff. - Ken |
| Warsola | Posted 10/18/2007 11:04:45 AM | message detail |
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I just find it funny that people are giving Lara no chance, when she
put 45% on Chun-Li, who is no doubt well above Akuma >_> --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:05:08 AM | message detail |
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*looks at poll for first time* Sweet tapdancing Christ, Snake!!!!! --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 11:12:10 AM | message detail |
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The thing about SF4 is, with online play being huge these days, we could be primed for a big fighting game revival. The fighting genre went down in relevance a lot with the demise in popularity of arcades. Soul Calibur and games like that were big hits, but they never approached anything like peak SF2 and MK popularity. Now SF4 won't approach anything like the arcade days popularity either, but with the Street Fighter brand name, and online play being the big thing these days, it might be a lot more successful than any fighting game since the arcade days. Which would be very relevant for these contests :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:13:09 AM | message detail |
| I wonder if Snake and Sonic will be in it. |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 11:13:23 AM | message detail |
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Thanks to the SFF, Lara has a great shot at getting third. But after
her poor showing last match, there's no way she's getting second. I agree. Though I do think Lara has a shot at 2nd, I think it's pretty unlikely. One out of Aeris/Sora will probably hold up well. One may also collapse, which means she could get 3rd. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 11:15:32 AM | message detail |
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I think Square SFF tends to be slightly less brutal. Well, in hochi's defense, look at Riku/Roxas. That looked to have been epically brutal. I wonder if Snake and Sonic will be in it. Heh. Better yet, put Link on the Wii version :) Hell, put Ganon in there too! Now that would give him a boost. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:17:17 AM | message detail |
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Riku was a lot stronger than Hayabusa last year. Regardless of how
Round 1 looked, that alone should've caused at least some consideration
that Riku could beat Hayabusa this round. I think some of us still thought Riku had a shot because of the crazy SFF in the last match, but yeah, he should have been given more credit. Oh well, my bracket is happy for once, it looks like the ASV will probably be enough to push Riku over Hayabusa. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 11:17:26 AM | message detail |
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Going by the morning and the last few updates, this could be getting ugly for Ryu soon. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Mac Arrowny | Posted 10/18/2007 11:19:09 AM | message detail |
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just find it funny that people are giving Lara no chance, when she
put 45% on Chun-Li, who is no doubt well above Akuma >_> If Chun's above Akuma, it's probably not by much. And Lara also nearly lost to Wesker, which is pretty pathetic. I mean, Wesker was nearly doubled by Kefka of all people. --- Rapid analysis, accurate judgment, and superb powers of concentration. That is all we need. |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 10/18/2007 11:19:34 AM | message detail |
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Well, in hochi's defense, look at Riku/Roxas. That looked to have been epically brutal. Well it was also 2 people from the eaxct same game >_> --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| RPGGamer0 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:22:39 AM | message detail |
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Man, I can't wait for Riku to come back. I like Ryu more, but my bracket needs double greens. --- Metal Gear Solid OOOOWWWWWWNS! |
| Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/18/2007 11:23:33 AM | message detail |
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Because it's not like Squall, Sora and Aeris were all in the same game, or anything. --- Ask Heroic Mario about your bracket. I am a ToS fanboy and I love Kratos/Lloyd yaoi |
| Warsola | Posted 10/18/2007 11:24:18 AM | message detail |
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And Lara also nearly lost to Wesker, which is pretty pathetic. I mean, Wesker was nearly doubled by Kefka of all people. Auron did FAR worse on Pyramid Head than Bowser did! Clearly this means Bowser is going to get first in his match! --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| RPGGamer0 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:25:10 AM | message detail |
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Because it's not like Squall, Sora and Aeris were all in the same game, or anything. Yeah, KH/KHII, but I'm pretty sure Squall and Aeris are better known for VIII and VII. --- Metal Gear Solid OOOOWWWWWWNS! |
| Warsola | Posted 10/18/2007 11:26:06 AM | message detail |
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KH/KHII moved Squall from 34% on a weaker Snake to 43% on post-Brawl Snake. --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| Warsola | Posted 10/18/2007 11:26:33 AM | message detail |
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...and you know what I mean by post-Brawl >_> --- And if we armed them all with two swords, we'd have four times the votes! |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:28:09 AM | message detail |
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| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:29:40 AM | message detail |
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Grammar would like to have a word with my last post << Yeah, KH/KHII, but I'm pretty sure Squall and Aeris are better known for VIII and VII. Squall did get a significant boost from his KH appearance, though. I doubt Aeris got much out of it, but Squall was badass (though maybe it would help him more if he'd actually been called Squall in the game instead of Leon). --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/18/2007 11:30:54 AM | message detail |
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Uh, you do realise that Wesker was almost TRIPLED by Kefka right? Tripled, not doubled. Get it right. --- Ask Heroic Mario about your bracket. I am a ToS fanboy and I love Kratos/Lloyd yaoi |
| RPGGamer0 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:32:48 AM | message detail |
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I know he got a big boost with KH, but there's still a huge userbase difference between Squall and Aeris IMO. --- Metal Gear Solid OOOOWWWWWWNS! |
| The Real Truth | Posted 10/18/2007 11:32:55 AM | message detail |
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I don't think Lara stands a chance. I think the only reason she did
well last year was because it was 1vs1. It seemed to me it was like,
well do we vote for Lara or the other guy, *Votes for Lara.* I mean,
she barely beat out Wesker didn't she? And we know how well he does in
these things. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:34:15 AM | message detail |
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Observations about this match: 1. I think we can all safely say that Snake is now >43 on BL? :) 2. Riku is probably still > Ryu H., but he's dropped, and Ryu has probably risen a bit, but not a whole lot. 3. SFF/LFF/whatever you're calling it has been reaaaaly underestimated in general. There's no way Riku could be where he is now against Ryu unless a) Ryu is getting really SFFed somehow, or b) Riku was absurdly SFFed in round 1 - like > 80% of Roxas's votes would have gone to him, and a hell of a lot of Haseo's too. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| RPGGamer0 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:36:08 AM | message detail |
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Dammit, Riku, you're going the wrong way! --- Metal Gear Solid OOOOWWWWWWNS! |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:36:23 AM | message detail |
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I know he got a big boost with KH, but there's still a huge userbase difference between Squall and Aeris IMO. I don't think the difference is that big, but probably larger than the difference between Squall and Sora, which is Sora's problem. Aeris has proven that she can stand up reasonably well to Squall, but Sora could easily fold. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| Master Moltar | Posted 10/18/2007 11:36:35 AM | message detail |
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13% for Nightmare? Amazing, amzing stuff. Excellent performace from a midcard at least. Perhaps more. --- Moltar Status: The Analysis Crew...believe Snake/Nightmare/Ryu/Riku - Bracket: Snake > Riku - Vote: Nightmare (191/232) |
| TheOmegaMetroid | Posted 10/18/2007 11:36:54 AM | message detail |
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I'm not even going to say it... *(backs away slowly)* |
| voltch | Posted 10/18/2007 11:38:30 AM | message detail |
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how riku's votes compare to the last round? and if he's incresed what's the difference between him and roxas? --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 10/18/2007 11:40:48 AM | message detail |
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... Big Ryu gain there. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:43:26 AM | message detail |
| ...don't tell me... |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 11:43:50 AM | message detail |
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smitelf (though maybe it would help him more if he'd actually been called Squall in the game instead of Leon). I didn't even think of that. If he had actually been called Squall...hmmm. The boost would've been at least slightly bigger, possibly significantly so. 1. I think we can all safely say that Snake is now >43 on BL? :) Well I don't use BL anymore, I put him at 38%-40% on Link, with Samus at 40%. But either A) Samus/Snake is looking more and more fishy as times goes by, B) Snake increased since last year, C) Snake is better with this format, or some combination. b) Riku was absurdly SFFed in round 1 - like > 80% of Roxas's votes would have gone to him, and a hell of a lot of Haseo's too. Isn't this what you thought too though? Aeris has proven that she can stand up reasonably well to Squall, but Sora could easily fold I agree. KH basically meant little for Aeris, so that's all VII/VIII overlap, which might cause leeching but should favor either. Squall/Sora SFF could be very much in Squall's favor. Also we've seen Aeris SFF Sora before due to pure Square SFF. I think Sora has the most downside in that match. But even though Sora has the most downside, I still think it's unlikely for Lara to move above him. RPGgamer0 Dammit, Riku, you're going the wrong way! Now that's not what I expected. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 11:56:14 AM | message detail |
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Well I don't use BL anymore, I put him at 38%-40% on Link, with
Samus at 40%. But either A) Samus/Snake is looking more and more fishy
as times goes by, B) Snake increased since last year, C) Snake is
better with this format, or some combination. My vote is for some combination. MGS characters have definitely been doing better in this format in general, so Snake is benefiting slightly from that, but I don't see that as enough to justify this absurdly good performance. I don't know what to think of Samus vs. Snake. I think some sort of bump by Snake has to be factored in for this to make any sense, though. Isn't this what you thought too though? Yeah, but I thought Ryu might still pull off an unclean victory (I think my Oracle prediction had him winning by .3%), but even that's not looking likely. But even though Sora has the most downside, I still think it's unlikely for Lara to move above him. I'm honestly not sure after the SFF tomfoolery we've been witnessing so far. With two characters there to SFF Sora, it really wouldn't surprise me if Lara, the only non-RPG character of the bunch, managed to do pretty well for herself. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| Lopen | Posted 10/18/2007 11:57:14 AM | message detail |
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I don't think Riku has this match at all, the X-Box day vote is much
stronger than the morning vote and if Master Chief is any indication
the 6-7 block just annihilates X-Box characters and Riku would've won
that by default. (And most of his damage was done there) I'm tellin ya, Hayabusa wins the ASV. Bank on it! --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 10/18/2007 11:57:15 AM | message detail |
| ...You're ****ing kidding me. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 10/18/2007 11:58:46 AM | message detail |
| What an unbelievable buzz kill this would be. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 10/18/2007 11:58:56 AM | message detail |
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Ryu taking off with the pre-ASV. TuRtLe ~~~ 181/232 in the contest. Next pick: Snake > Riku BlAcK TuRtLe. The cream of Zero fanboyism |
| smitelf | Posted 10/18/2007 12:00:40 PM | message detail |
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Okay, my little brother just got home, it's ASV time. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Political Compass: -0.38, -4.21 |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 10/18/2007 12:00:50 PM | message detail |
| Ah, good. Faith in humanity (and my bracket) lost once again. Darn you Ryu. =/ |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 10/18/2007 12:01:24 PM | message detail |
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The people with horrible taste has arrived, another potential close match is over thanks to the Kingdom Hearts kids... --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Kyle Bowen: Ignore me then and dont be an ass when I post. It solves everything. |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 10/18/2007 12:01:43 PM | message detail |
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Riku just took Ryu's huge update back. Hopefully it means he's about to get in gear. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 10/18/2007 12:02:18 PM | message detail |
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XD smitelf's little brother was the key this whole time! smitelf, tell him to get detention on days where we want the night character to win. |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 12:02:19 PM | message detail |
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It's amazing the swings in confidence here. Before the contest, Riku is a big favorite. Then before the 1st round match it's a toss-up. Then after that match, Ryu is a huge favorite here. But in the first few minutes of this match Riku looks real good. Then Ryu starts looking great overnight. Then in the morning Riku looks great. Now it's Ryu again based on the last 15 minutes! But wait, it's Riku again based on the last update! If this contest had a stock market, prices between these two would be going all over the place. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lopen | Posted 10/18/2007 12:03:00 PM | message detail |
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Stop signaling the death bells for Ryu, all that happened there was he
lost his massive gain. If it happens two, three times in a row I'm
worried. But for now I'm confident mighty X-Box shall crush the
Kingdom. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 10/18/2007 12:03:14 PM | message detail |
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XD you are so right that it the truth hurts... --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Kyle Bowen: Ignore me then and dont be an ass when I post. It solves everything. |
| creativename | Posted 10/18/2007 12:03:43 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and even if Ryu decisively loses the ASV (which isn't clear yet), he could still decisively win the evening vote. Crazy ass match. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 10/18/2007 12:04:20 PM | message detail |
| I'm not feeling particularly confident about anything. I'm just amazed that we found the After School Messiah. |
