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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 542
| hochiminh155 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:46:59 PM | message detail |
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I like how a lot of people are now coming forward by saying the L-Block is, in fact, not funny. Silent majority theory proven --- Hochiminh155's Trail to Victory Future winner of the Summer 2007 Contest |
| ZFS | Posted 11/1/2007 9:47:32 PM | message detail |
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Cloud - 38921 L-Block - 42384 things will die --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:47:58 PM | message detail |
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If anything, I figured the Nintendo "hive mind" would give Link the edge. He'll be the lone Nintendo rep, after all. Eh, while this isn't true for most Square games, the FFVII fanbase is just as dedicated. I think Link has 2 somewhat distinct fanbases though- one is centered around his NES/SNES games- this is the part that might be expected to be hurt by L-Block. And the other is centered around OOT and his newer games, with strength from Smash thrown in. The older fanbase here is perhaps larger (the last favorite Nintendo console poll was absolute SNES domination), although that might have changed by now, but the newer fanbase is much less likely to abandon Link/Nintendo I think. --- 8/30/03. Remember. |
| ThreeLions4life | Posted 11/1/2007 9:48:09 PM | message detail |
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lol @ the people thinking anyone else but Link would win this... AGAIN --- Hatton will break Floyd's jaw in three places before the end of round 3. -trentonchase |
| Seginustemple | Posted 11/1/2007 9:49:01 PM | message detail |
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Hey man, I've never said the thing was funny. And I actually agree with whoever said that L-block may lose support becuase people think he's gone TOO far. --- If you fail at life you try suicide. If you fail at suicide, what's next? Failing at poetry... - Fidormula |
| MnMZero | Posted 11/1/2007 9:49:09 PM | message detail |
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MnMZero, miaminole21, Aww yeah double leaderboard action. Somehow I don't feel safe though. I have a feeling there's gonna be another kick to the teeth before the contest ends... --- Proud Supporter of Zero |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 9:49:16 PM | message detail |
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Geez, it doesn't really help your case FF7 characters, when Sephiroth increases and Cloud actually drops a bit Well, maybe it means FF7 always gets close to 40%...in which case Cloud>L-Block :) Course that's not actually true. Also FF7's total percent here will rise...but, it won't be by nearly as much as usual, with above-average day vote characters like Link and Samus in there. They're not hitting 45% total, might even struggle just to get 43%. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| BDawg | Posted 11/1/2007 9:49:23 PM | message detail |
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There will be plenty of time for loling in two days when the results
are in hand, I don't want to jinx this. Especially with a wild L-block
running around here. --- Should I start running now? |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:49:24 PM | message detail |
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Tetris's nigh-unparalleled recognizability and "nobody hates it" status
helps L-Block, sure, but let's get real here. Nobody is looking at its
matches and thinking "Tetris?! My favorite game!" *click* --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/1/2007 9:50:16 PM | message detail |
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I am, actually. :) --- "The idea of rallying for Solid Snake against a Tetris block is both disgusting and necessary. *goes*" -Karma Hunter |
| Lopen | Posted 11/1/2007 9:50:28 PM | message detail |
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I've been hatin on L-Block since round one, baby! *blows a kiss to the fans* --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:50:32 PM | message detail |
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They're not hitting 45% total, might even struggle just to get 43%. And that would be a pretty terribly sign, seeing as how Vincent and Sephiroth were just shy of 42%. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| JonPen1416 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:51:33 PM | message detail |
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Watching Cloud and Sephiroth take turns stealing Samus's % is cute. It's like they are cooperating. ;) --- "Even beasts know when to give up." ~Raphael Sorel |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 9:51:46 PM | message detail |
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Actually I shouldn't rule out FF7 getting 45% already, but it is looking shaky. Tetris's nigh-unparalleled recognizability and "nobody hates it" status helps L-Block, sure, but let's get real here. Nobody is looking at its matches and thinking "Tetris?! My favorite game!" Well duh :) What's your point exactly? --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| ZFS | Posted 11/1/2007 9:52:07 PM | message detail |
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Course that's not actually true. Also FF7's total percent here will
rise...but, it won't be by nearly as much as usual, with above-average
day vote characters like Link and Samus in there. They're not hitting
45% total, might even struggle just to get 43%. Eh, I think it would be pretty easy for them to hit that. If Cloud manages 30% -- which he should -- and Sephiroth manages 15% -- which he should -- that's 45% between them. I don't think it's necessarily out of the question for them to do a bit more than that either, although I may be optimistic. --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:52:42 PM | message detail |
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FFVII *needs* that 45%. If they can achieve that, then things are looking good for me... and grim for the rest of you --- Hochiminh155's Trail to Victory Future winner of the Summer 2007 Contest |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 9:53:36 PM | message detail |
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Well duh :) What's your point exactly? If this is all joke voting and no true Tetris fanboyism, then L-Block probably won't be hurting any one thing more than another (in this case, Link or Cloud). --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/1/2007 9:53:55 PM | message detail |
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Eh, I think it would be pretty easy for them to hit that. If Cloud
manages 30% -- which he should -- and Sephiroth manages 15% -- which he
should -- that's 45% between them. I don't think it's necessarily out
of the question for them to do a bit more than that either, although I
may be optimistic. That would probably call for Samus to drop to 17%. That's pretty severe. Although, not out of the question I guess --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| Lopen | Posted 11/1/2007 9:57:14 PM | message detail |
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If this is all joke voting and no true Tetris fanboyism, then
L-Block probably won't be hurting any one thing more than another (in
this case, Link or Cloud). Yes, but let me repeat again. People who do not like Tetris much are not nearly as likely to vote for it. Even if they are all voting for it as a joke. It's like the Carrier from Starcraft. People would vote for it because "MASS CARRIERS = INSTANT WIN!" but the majority of the people who find that funny are Starcraft fans anyway. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| Seginustemple | Posted 11/1/2007 9:57:16 PM | message detail |
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And Link says he aint gonna take that no more. --- If you fail at life you try suicide. If you fail at suicide, what's next? Failing at poetry... - Fidormula |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 9:57:27 PM | message detail |
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If this is all joke voting and no true Tetris fanboyism, then
L-Block probably won't be hurting any one thing more than another (in
this case, Link or Cloud). I don't quite follow. Why would joke voting vs. Tetris fanboyism affect the Link/Cloud Leeching proportion? Because Tetris fanboyism is more likely to leech votes from Link...? I wouldn't be too sure about that, as the board vote/power tending to side with both Nintendo and joke characters is circumstantial evidence to believe there's an overlap there...combine that with FF7 having pretty much the polar opposite patterns as joke characters, and I get the gut impression that FF7 fans won't abandon their boys as readily for joke characters. This is all heavily speculative no matter what, but I can't see L-Block hurting Cloud more, for instance. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| ZFS | Posted 11/1/2007 9:58:33 PM | message detail |
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Looking at Mario, he fell about 5.52% from 10 minutes in until the end
of the match. If Samus falls the same amount, she'd end up at 17.47%.
Doesn't seem too out there to me. --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| chaos knight | Posted 11/1/2007 9:59:03 PM | message detail |
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http://fc04.deviantart.com/images/i/2003/40/0/8/tatris_yaoi.jpg --- You know, if Microsoft were to stage a hostile takeover of EA...I'd actually cheer them on. |
| Tohoya | Posted 11/1/2007 9:59:14 PM | message detail |
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This year's X-stats are going to be epic. Kirby > Solid Snake confirmed! --- "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." --Ezekiel 23:20 |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:00:09 PM | message detail |
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It's like the Carrier from Starcraft. People would vote for it
because "MASS CARRIERS = INSTANT WIN!" but the majority of the people
who find that funny are Starcraft fans anyway. Well yeah, it'd be pretty dumb to debate that L-Block would be doing anything like this if Tetris wasn't the most played game of all time by far. If anybody actually needs this pointed out :) then just imagine a crash gem from Puzzle Fighter or "Yellow/Blue Pill" from Dr. Mario :) Yellow/Blue pill would get my vote, but it'd still be fodder. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:00:44 PM | message detail |
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Gogogo Link. --- CB6 - 338/502; Oracle - 32nd http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:01:16 PM | message detail |
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This year's X-stats are going to be epic. More like, this year's x-stats are going to be a waste of time and effort ^_^ Sure hope I'm not the one that has to make them. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| ZFS | Posted 11/1/2007 10:01:19 PM | message detail |
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Link's always gotta try to look good at the end of the power hour! darn you link --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/1/2007 10:01:21 PM | message detail |
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Yeah... Actually Samus is already getting 18% updates and we're not
even out of the 1st hour. 17% is actually pretty likely >_> On the other hand, that assumed Link would drop to 38%. But with those last 2 crazy updates, he might not go that low. --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:02:57 PM | message detail |
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I'm pretty sure anything named "Yellow Pill" would kick some ass
(relatively speaking) in this format. I could easily see it getting
through a round if it were in a favorable bracket position. "Yellow
Pill" would have demolished Balthier's fourpack. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:03:01 PM | message detail |
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I think this is the best Link will look. The night will hurt him, and
as I always say, the night is the most important time for long-term
percentage stabilization. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:04:16 PM | message detail |
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Yellow Virus > Yellow Pill --- CB6 - 338/502; Oracle - 32nd http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| Lopen | Posted 11/1/2007 10:04:21 PM | message detail |
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Well yeah, it'd be pretty dumb to debate that L-Block would be doing
anything like this if Tetris wasn't the most played game of all time by
far. And the majority of Tetris fans overlap when compared to FFVII, Zelda, Halo, or MGS? Zelda for sure. Undoubtedly. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/1/2007 10:04:33 PM | message detail |
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In his match against Sephiroth though, he actually ended higher than he
was after the first hour. I don't know. I don't think he'll pull quite
the same thing but I don't discount anything with the grand champion of
the contest --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:06:13 PM | message detail |
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I'm pretty sure anything named "Yellow Pill" would kick some ass
(relatively speaking) in this format. I could easily see it getting
through a round if it were in a favorable bracket position. "Yellow
Pill" would have demolished Balthier's fourpack. That's Yello/Blue pill buddy, get it right :) Yellow/Blue is a lot funnier.. As for kicking ass, I don't think so. It'd be much, much, weaker than Bidoof, for instance. Random Pokemon>Dr. Mario pill. The game that the joke comes from - and the joke's prominence within said game - matters more than anything else. e.g., Shinra Soldier Hat would suck, because it has no prominence or importance in FF7. I could potentially see Buster Sword being stronger than Bidoof though. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:06:40 PM | message detail |
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Honestly, while the recognizability of Tetris does give it a
significant boost, I think a large part of it has to deal with voters
getting a kick out of voting for anything so audacious. Remember all the talk about "Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII Furniture" being in the contest? Yeah, in this format, I bet it would actually do well. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| ZFS | Posted 11/1/2007 10:07:26 PM | message detail |
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The Buster Sword would rock Bidoof -- and rightfully so! --- "With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man." |
| Haste_2 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:08:11 PM | message detail |
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From 52% to 56% to getting an equal of nearly 60% and now it's nearly a doubling! Wow. --- "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." |
| MasterOfHunters | Posted 11/1/2007 10:08:27 PM | message detail |
| There should be a weapons contest. Ebony & Ivory FTW. |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:08:38 PM | message detail |
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In his match against Sephiroth though, he actually ended higher than
he was after the first hour. I don't know. I don't think he'll pull
quite the same thing but I don't discount anything with the grand
champion of the contest Cloud's day vote is better than Vincent's. Or perhaps a better comparison, Cloud's day vote is slightly better than Sephiroth's, and Cloud here=Sephiroth from last match. And Sephiroth's day vote (or at least his non-early vote) is better than Vincent's (I think - correct me if I'm wrong), and Sephiroth is like Vincent here (though he'll have percentage, and thus be somewhat more relevant to the final percentages). --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Lopen | Posted 11/1/2007 10:09:23 PM | message detail |
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"Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII Furniture" If that was true, the Midgar Zolom would've done better. I'd say it's almost as stupid as a random piece of furniture. --- "GUYS I JUST DRANK A MASTER CHIEF SODA, MASTER CHIEF FOR 2007!" - Swirldude |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:09:25 PM | message detail |
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Link's Twilight Princess SPF must have kicked in since his last match! --- CB6 - 338/502; Oracle - 32nd http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/Afroking97/sonicwii.jpg |
| hochiminh155 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:10:16 PM | message detail |
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Link's Twilight Princess SPF must have kicked in since his last match! Close, it's MM SPF right now though.... --- Hochiminh155's Trail to Victory Future winner of the Summer 2007 Contest |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:10:16 PM | message detail |
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Remember all the talk about "Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII
Furniture" being in the contest? Yeah, in this format, I bet it would
actually do well. No, it would do horrible. Unless it was actually listed on the poll as "Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII Furniture", it which case it would get lots of votes just for the words "Final Fantasy VII" in there (and with the long-ass name factor, few would miss that) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| Seginustemple | Posted 11/1/2007 10:10:20 PM | message detail |
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I still think L-block has reached his max potential and he will drop
off next round. This is just speculation, but I think there's a lot of
voters who look at the poll with the preconception that their faves are
safe and the tetris piece is somewhere in fourth. I mean, look at the
prediction percentages for it, nobody thinks that it's real
competition. So they assume it's losing, throw a vote it's way, and
bam, they're freaking out because they just helped the damn L-block
stay ahead of characters they probably prefer. I think L-block beating
Snake is a pretty sobering poll result to see after you just voted.
Once people start to realize that it's a monster, they're going to stop
backing it so much. It's only a funny vote to cast until it starts
hindering your favorite characters. And now that it beat Snake, people
are starting to look upon it with disgust instead of lulz. Or maybe I'm taking this all way too seriously? --- If you fail at life you try suicide. If you fail at suicide, what's next? Failing at poetry... - Fidormula |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/1/2007 10:11:14 PM | message detail |
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I hope Seph doesn't end up passing Samus anytime soon. I'd like to see her keep this pace up. --- GSB International Champion WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:11:40 PM | message detail |
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For instance "Final Fantasy 7 inn" would do a lot better than "Nibelheim inn" I think. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 11/1/2007 10:12:00 PM | message detail |
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I understand the logic but I don't think it means much, with the severe
SFF going on against Vincent and now Sephiroth, the whole day vote
comparsion isn't so black and white. Regardless, I don't think Link will change that drastically in trends. He's guaranteed at least 38% here IMO and 39% certainly isn't out of reach --- This story is not an end yet. Because only you are in the infinity loop. |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/1/2007 10:12:33 PM | message detail |
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"Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII Furniture" would be stronger than
Midgar Zolom or Shinra Soldier or whatever the hell it is. Once again,
it's the sheer audacity of the entrant that will draw in the joke votes. "Random Piece of Final Fantasy VII Furniture" or "Single Blade of Grass from Hyrule Field" would have won Balthier's fourpack. Poor, stupid Balthier. --- yoblazer33: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| creativename | Posted 11/1/2007 10:13:19 PM | message detail |
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Seginustemple, I think you're way over-thinking things. Which I was going to say even before I read your last line, so it seems you do realize that :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
