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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 569
| Kegger9 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:26:49 AM | message detail |
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Could the West coast have different voting preferences than the East coast? --- what ever i always new bruce wayne was batman anyway - ertyu |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:29:09 AM | message detail |
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| charmander6000 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:30:14 AM | message detail |
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Could the West coast have different voting preferences than the East coast? It's possible, but we've never seen any proof of it being a large factor. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 4/8 Today's Match: Marth > Niko |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/20/2008 8:31:04 AM | message detail |
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I'm really happy Duke had first place for a little while...nice. At this point, barring a wild weekend-comeback, we've got Marth > Duke this round and will likely have Lucario > Altair tomorrow. With Marth/Lucario, there will likely be a little bit of LFF/SFF since they're Nintendo who are currently drawing from SSBB. If Lucario hurts Marth much at all, that should give Duke a real chance to advance again (if not get first assuming Lucario sucks). I assume if Duke can beat Niko by over 4% today then he can almost certainly beat Altair, too. If Isaac makes it here instead of Altair, there's no way Duke doesn't take advantage of the three-way Nintendo split... ...but all this can still change by what happens for the rest of today's match. So, I'm gonna keep watching this match. If nothing else, it'll be fun watching Kefka continue to drop. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:31:39 AM | message detail |
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Duke had the lead at one point? Awesome. Go Duke! Wreck brackets, screw over the analysts yet again! --- SNES Reviews - http://mega64.20ehost.com/ "[Wylvane]'s the type of guy we probably need more of around here to keep the place interesting." ~Smurf |
| Kegger9 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:32:52 AM | message detail |
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Can someone explain why Lucario is going to do so well, exactly? --- what ever i always new bruce wayne was batman anyway - ertyu |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:34:07 AM | message detail |
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TIED --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 4/8 Today's Match: Marth > Niko |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/20/2008 8:34:21 AM | message detail |
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Pokemon had a tendency to kick ass last year, Lucario got into SSBB, and his opponents aren't exactly power-houses. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| Kegger9 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:34:37 AM | message detail |
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Last update before Kefka sits at the bottom for the rest of the match --- what ever i always new bruce wayne was batman anyway - ertyu |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/20/2008 8:34:43 AM | message detail |
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Pokemon and Brawl. --- *is Dranze* Duke/Kefka/Marth/Niko - Bracket: Marth > Niko - Vote: Kefka (4/8) |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:34:51 AM | message detail |
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Kegger9 (#156) Pokeyman --- SNES Reviews - http://mega64.20ehost.com/ "[Wylvane]'s the type of guy we probably need more of around here to keep the place interesting." ~Smurf |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/20/2008 8:36:00 AM | message detail |
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a tie! --- Moltar Status: augh Duke/Kefka/Marth/Niko - Bracket: Marth > Niko - Vote: Marth (4/8) |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 9/20/2008 8:36:37 AM | message detail |
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Given how Marth and Wario have done so far I'm beginning to question if
this brawl boost exists at all. Lucario could very well bomb tomorrow
though he'd have to do so pretty hard for Issac or Altair to catch him. --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| paulg235 | Posted 9/20/2008 8:37:53 AM | message detail |
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Kefka and Niko are tied. http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cbvii1lt0.png |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/20/2008 8:39:01 AM | message detail |
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yeahhhh niko pulling into third, niko > kefka one way or another now it's time to do the impossible and charge into second --- Moltar Status: augh Duke/Kefka/Marth/Niko - Bracket: Marth > Niko - Vote: Marth (4/8) |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/20/2008 8:41:47 AM | message detail |
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Zack was a new character, Marth is winning the most controversial first
round match, and we've not seen any Pokemon in action yet. Calling for
a Nintendo drop this early is still premature, no matter how many
people got burnt by Wario or expected Link to hit super-high
percentages. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/20/2008 8:46:03 AM | message detail |
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Duke cut Niko comeback FTW --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| Yesmar | Posted 9/20/2008 8:56:42 AM | message detail |
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I still don't understand why Duke Nukem appears to be more popular now
than he ever has been in these contests. Very odd. I doubt that people
are joke voting him due to DNF; I doubt that a lot of new gamers even
get the joke, and he's doing even better than Duke Milkem did, at least
in my opinion. --- "I'm a coward... A coward who cannot even defy orders he knows he ought not follow ..."--Cecil Harvey, FFIV |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/20/2008 8:57:24 AM | message detail |
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It's just the appeal, I think. I mean, just look at him. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| transience | Posted 9/20/2008 9:00:03 AM | message detail |
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crazy night for Duke. well played. Niko's time should be coming up soon, supposedly. not that he'll catch Duke, but he should at least bury Kefka. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| Tai | Posted 9/20/2008 9:00:25 AM | message detail |
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Mommy what's that thing above Kefka's name in the pic? : ((((( --- ~^*-.pUt tHiS iN yOuR sIg iF yOu wAnT tO eNd tHe fLaMeWaRs iN iRaQ.-*^~ SSB Brawl Code: 0903-4850-3529 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/20/2008 9:06:54 AM | message detail |
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Does anybody else feel weird that Kefka's getting last? I know he's
been ridiculed for failing, but it's not like the other opponents had
much credibility and Kefka was the guy we were mainly using as the
standard to compare with/to the others. It's odd to see the measuring
stick be the shortest..... --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/20/2008 9:08:23 AM | message detail |
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Duke beat Gordon last year, Niko is from GTAIV, and Marth is from SSB. It doesn't really surprise me at all. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| transience | Posted 9/20/2008 9:08:35 AM | message detail |
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not really. Niko's doing all right - same as Vercetti here, essentially - just Duke is surprising bigtime. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| charmander6000 | Posted 9/20/2008 9:09:32 AM | message detail |
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Well my prediction had Kefka coming in last though before the match you could have made a case for anyone coming in 1st-4th. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 4/8 Today's Match: Marth > Niko |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/20/2008 9:09:57 AM | message detail |
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Yeah well now you know why I have such a low opinion of him. -_- It's not like you had a high opinion of me in the first place, and I don't have a great deal of respect for you even now for obvious reasons, but I apologize for doing that. It was the wrong thing to do. Final stats from yesterday: Link – 50.00% Zidane Tribal – 22.56% Shadow the Hedgehog – 20.30% Luke fon Fabre – 9.16% Zidane gets 55.01% on Shadow and 79.30% on Luke. Shadow gets 77.44% on Luke. Holy Marth and Kefka day votes. Pretty insane. I always forget just how bad Kefka's day vote is until I see it in action. I've seen him bomb every year, and every year, I'm still amazed at how much he bombs. When I saw he was barely leading at the freeze, I knew it was over. He had to have a very strong start. I was kinda worried about the Duke after what he did last year, but I figured his competition was casual bait enough to prevent that. Guess not. This makes me feel kinda sorta better about Ike, for whatever the reason! I still believe in Ike > Pikachu! For the record, this will be the fourth match (barring Kefka collapsing so much he falls below 20%, which I won't rule out completely) where all four competitors finished over 20%. The first was Magus/Phoenix/Bomberman/Crash, the second was Leon/Vivi/Pikachu/Tidus, and the third was L-Block/Snake/Sonic/Squall. Liquid holds the record for lowest percentage by a first place character, and Marth is already above that mark, so we should be all right there. This match has 73,942 votes as of the 12:05 mark. Link/Zidane/Shadow/Luke had 68,780 and Zack/Wario/Cecil/Jade had 67,658. Weekend matches usually wrack up votes more quickly than weekday matches though, for obvious reasons. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| transience | Posted 9/20/2008 9:09:59 AM | message detail |
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hopefully we can put this SquareFAQs thing to rest though. two debated matches does not make a huge boost. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/20/2008 9:11:00 AM | message detail |
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I refuse to give up on SquareFAQs! I'll just call it NewSquareFAQs now! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 9/20/2008 9:13:17 AM | message detail |
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To be fair, Gordon went from struggling with Duke to killing him in the next round. I know this conversation has long passed, but Gordon had the Orange Box come out between rounds, which boosted him. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
| Yesmar | Posted 9/20/2008 9:17:32 AM | message detail |
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Hmm.. Maybe we just simply overrated DK last year, and Marth suffered
no SFF against him. That would be put him right above the fodder line.
Duke still overperformed though. Even in his first match last year, he
got the same proportion against Guybrush that *Ryo Hazkui* *did, and
Guybrush might have been underperforming due to finishing in 4th place. *2002 Ryo who wasn't complete crap, but who was still admittedly only high end fodder. --- "I'm a coward... A coward who cannot even defy orders he knows he ought not follow ..."--Cecil Harvey, FFIV |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/20/2008 9:18:05 AM | message detail |
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I know these will change drastically because Marth is going up fast and Kefka is going down fast, but as for now: Marth is getting 51.60% on Duke Nukem, 55.91% on Kefka, and 55.68% on Niko Bellic. Duke Nukem is getting 54.33% on Kefka and 54.10% on Niko Bellic. Niko Bellic is getting 50.24% on Kefka. For the record, 55.91% on Kefka is worth around 25.25% on BL based on 2005 Kefka, which is around 2005 Frog. Dunno how much it means with this format, and the gap is only going to get bigger. Marcus Fenix got 53.49% on Kefka last year, for the curious. Marth seems to be at least stronger than Fenix. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| transience | Posted 9/20/2008 9:18:34 AM | message detail |
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the scary part about this is that it all but proves Ike > Marth unless you think Brawl didn't affect Ike at all. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| Yesmar | Posted 9/20/2008 9:21:56 AM | message detail |
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For the record, 55.91% on Kefka is worth around 25.25% on BL based on 2005 Kefka, which is around 2005 Frog. But that's also assuming that Kefka's on par with his 2005 self, when all the old-school Square CT characters have shown signs of dropping since then. But then again, if SquareFAQS and the Banner Theory hold any weight, Kefka might have gotten a little bit of strength back. --- "I'm a coward... A coward who cannot even defy orders he knows he ought not follow ..."--Cecil Harvey, FFIV |
| red sox 777 | Posted 9/20/2008 9:22:24 AM | message detail |
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| KamikazePotato | Posted 9/20/2008 9:24:12 AM | message detail |
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the scary part about this is that it all but proves Ike > Marth unless you think Brawl didn't affect Ike at all. Really, this match is great for Ike all around. Arthas pickers should feel a bit worried. --- Brawl FC: 4296-2658-3681 (KP) |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 9/20/2008 9:24:19 AM | message detail |
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the scary part about this is that it all but proves Ike > Marth unless you think Brawl didn't affect Ike at all. It's not scary if you've got Ike > Pikachu in your bracket! ...But why I refused to take Marth > Lucario I have no idea. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 9/20/2008 9:25:48 AM | message detail |
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| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/20/2008 9:32:36 AM | message detail |
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I'm still feeling good about Arthas, suckas! --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Master Moltar | Posted 9/20/2008 9:34:05 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, I'm not too worried about Arthas yet. (my bracket's already on life support anyway so woo) --- Moltar Status: augh Duke/Kefka/Marth/Niko - Bracket: Marth > Niko - Vote: Marth (4/8) |
| transience | Posted 9/20/2008 9:36:37 AM | message detail |
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Arthas is a different case. I'm actually skeptical of all three of
those guys. people have handed Pikachu first place and I don't see why. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 9/20/2008 9:36:47 AM | message detail |
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Duke's pretty much absorbing Niko's day vote. Duke's increasing his lead and Kefka's stalling Niko! This contest is awesome. --- SNES Reviews - http://mega64.20ehost.com/ "[Wylvane]'s the type of guy we probably need more of around here to keep the place interesting." ~Smurf |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/20/2008 9:38:54 AM | message detail |
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I did it out of Pikafear, straight up. It makes sense to assume he
won't be his beastly 2007 self with another Nintendo character in the
poll, but I didn't trust Ike or Arthas enough to give them the win. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 9/20/2008 9:47:26 AM | message detail |
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how Pikachu nearly matched Alucard's percentage with stronger
competition and split with Luigi is enough for me to put him first. --- *is Dranze* Duke/Kefka/Marth/Niko - Bracket: Marth > Niko - Vote: Kefka (4/8) |
| swirIdude | Posted 9/20/2008 9:53:20 AM | message detail |
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Pikachu is rightfully the favorite over Ike. Take out Brawl votes,
which they'll share, and ask yourself which is the bigger secondary
source of votes: Pokemon or Fire Emblem? --- SSBB FC: 4425-1156-3590 NOMINATE KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA! |
| Link The Hylian | Posted 9/20/2008 9:55:20 AM | message detail |
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If a gimmick character has to win the contest again, I hope its
Weighted Companion Cube and not L Block. I have no clue what game thats
from but the name is cool enough to pick him. --- "The PS2 had 12,000,000 pre orders. To give you an idea of how many people that is that's over half of the world population." - DifferentialEquation |
| HaRRicH | Posted 9/20/2008 10:02:53 AM | message detail |
| Not only does Pokemon smoke FE in multiple various
ways, but Pikachu can at least compete with Ike on the SSB-front.
Pikachu's been in all three SSB-games and is similarly enjoyed (though
to a lesser extent) by new players and casuals. Ike's main source is
being challenged, his secondary source will be decimated, and Pokemon's
fanbase is likely going to be the most hardcore of the three fanbases
mentioned. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| XxSoulxX | Posted 9/20/2008 10:06:32 AM | message detail |
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Extreme overration of Ike in this topic. How a guy that will most
likely struggle to match Marth can suddenly compete with Pikachu is
beyond me. --- Good Times, Great Memories |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/20/2008 10:08:49 AM | message detail |
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Ike needed Gordon and Duke hurting eachother to even come close. Marth is beating Duke by a good amount without said help. This match really makes me wonder what the hell happened in the second round last year though... Also, 2 more hours until the HOF kicks in (HungOver Factor). Go Niko! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 9/20/2008 10:08:56 AM | message detail |
| If anything, this match makes me feel even more confident about Arthas > Ike. It shows that Brawl BARELY boosted Marth at all cuz Ike was just about even with Duke last year. So I don't see how Arthas should have any problem with Ike, especially with the yellow rat sapping away his votes. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 9/20/2008 10:13:53 AM | message detail |
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I fear the Lich King. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
