GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 581
| hailEC | Posted 10/1/2008 8:43:20 AM | message detail |
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so you like things just because other people dont go make some friends plz --- all hail ec your lord and savior |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 8:43:44 AM | message detail |
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Like I said last night, if Bacon decided fourway games contests were a
good idea, I'd hound him with e-mails until he either reconsidered or
banned me. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 10/1/2008 8:43:56 AM | message detail |
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hailEC (#301) It's a great way to live. <3 --- 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 |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:43:58 AM | message detail |
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The good thing about 4ways is that even blow out matches can have some
excitement about who finishes second... that was my main problem with
the old matches, you could have several days of blowouts in a row, and
nobody really cares, and it didnt get any good till the late rounds. --- Bacon, please just give me purgatory already. MyWorldisCrono has already been suspended for 7 days, the length of purg. |
| hailEC | Posted 10/1/2008 8:45:41 AM | message detail |
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except you can actually have CONTEST STATS and DISCUSSION instead of just discussion --- all hail ec your lord and savior |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:46:32 AM | message detail |
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There's far too much BS where characters lose because of fanbase
overlap, it used to be a case of the strongest character wins in 4 way
it's often not the case. It was a good idea last year it freshened things up and masked the true strength of everyone for a year but there's no reason to make it a habit. 1 v 1 is the real deal. --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 10/1/2008 8:46:59 AM | message detail |
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_Hogger_ (#304) Exactly. Fourways have three times the potential to be exciting. Plus they're more unpredictable. And now people want 1v1 back because they want this contest to be predictable and boring again? All because they're upset over a damn Tetris block? If you want more obvious borefests, be my guest. I'll opt for the exciting and unpredictable fourways because I'm not afraid of change. --- 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 10/1/2008 8:48:04 AM | message detail |
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Not really sure why Bacon decided this format even warranted a second
year, especially when it's probably harder to run and he's overwhelmed
with all this GameFAQs work. Maybe he likes the fact that 128 entrants
can participate or enjoys the higher votals (?). Either way though, I
bet that even a traditional 1v1, 64 entrant Character Battle could be
(partly) ruined next year. Even with only 64 spots open, you know a
bunch of joke characters will still get in (especially if WCC and
Sandbag manage to win a match). --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:50:04 AM | message detail |
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The obvious reason he chose this way was because the 1v1 was getting
stale. It was way too predictable, and whats the point of running the
contest every year when everyone knows all the characters strengths and
who will win? This adds unpredictability and more excitement cuz nearly
every match has excitement. --- Bacon, please just give me purgatory already. MyWorldisCrono has already been suspended for 7 days, the length of purg. |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:53:27 AM | message detail |
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Plus the whole reason of the contest in the first place was to get more
hits on the site. And 4ways seem to have higher votals, so as long as
he gets more hits from 4 ways, it would be dumb from a site standpoint
to make it 1v1 again. --- Bacon, please just give me purgatory already. MyWorldisCrono has already been suspended for 7 days, the length of purg. |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 10/1/2008 8:53:56 AM | message detail |
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Hoggy knows where it's at. At least we have more excitement, and
L-Block has a tougher road than Link ever did in the 1v1. And we also
have potential for other surprising runs, like Pikachu's. Seriously,
when else have we had such huge runs besides Starcraft and Diablo? Two
in one contest, and one actually winning out of nowhere? And you guys
still want 1v1 to return and drain all excitement from these contests? Out of curiosity, how many of you are Republican? --- 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 10/1/2008 8:54:35 AM | message detail |
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Bacon pulling a Nintendo confirmed Look for Character Battle Fit in 2009. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:55:32 AM | message detail |
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I like these contests cuz of the unpredictability and stuff, and it
just gets boring knowing exactly who will be final characters every
year. Having Dante, L Block, and Master Chief in Elite 8 last year for
me was good cuz it mixed things up a bit, and thats why 4way was
implimented in the first place. --- Bacon, please just give me purgatory already. MyWorldisCrono has already been suspended for 7 days, the length of purg. |
| Gatarix | Posted 10/1/2008 8:56:49 AM | message detail |
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I'm surprised that WCC's so widely branded a joke character; I haven't
played Portal, but I remember in the days surrounding the game's
release there was all sorts of WCC hype on the board and it seemed a
whole lot of people genuinely thought it was awesome. --- The cow has no allegiances. It desires only destruction and death. - OddName {Drakeryn} |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/1/2008 8:57:35 AM | message detail |
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I'm surprised that WCC's so widely branded a joke character; I
haven't played Portal, but I remember in the days surrounding the
game's release there was all sorts of WCC hype on the board and it
seemed a whole lot of people genuinely thought it was awesome. Its a box with a heart on it, that appears in one level. How is it not a joke? --- Bacon, please just give me purgatory already. MyWorldisCrono has already been suspended for 7 days, the length of purg. |
| RockMFR 5 | Posted 10/1/2008 8:59:01 AM | message detail |
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I think L-Block's got this. Ryu has a terrible ASV, and if that goes like the BSV did, L-Block will be gaining. --- Be a good little washing machine, now... o_0 The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n. |
| Gatarix | Posted 10/1/2008 9:00:02 AM | message detail |
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Because, from what I've seen, it actually has a fanbase that likes it
(not just people voting it because it would be hilarious to see a box
with a heart on it do well in the contest, which would be the mark of a
joke character). --- The cow has no allegiances. It desires only destruction and death. - OddName {Drakeryn} |
| The Mana Sword | Posted 10/1/2008 9:06:31 AM | message detail |
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Hmm, does anyone have an hourly chart for this match up to this point? --- Kleenex - Not on his computer. |
| Denzokuken | Posted 10/1/2008 9:07:42 AM | message detail |
| somebody hold me and tell me l-block will win...not because i want him to but for the sake of my bracket |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 10/1/2008 9:13:33 AM | message detail |
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The obvious reason he chose this way was because the 1v1 was getting stale. Our last 1v1 contest was 2006. Let me list to you the upsets in that bracket, as follows (not counting the Battle Royale): Vincent > Ganondorf Luigi > Zero Sub-Zero > Master Chief Luigi > Kirby Snake > Mega Man Sonic > Crono Snake > Male Bracket And then take into account upsets that while weren't upsets initially, became such by the time the matches rolled around, like Yoshi > Dante and Samus > Snake. Now consider that all but ONE of these upsets took place in the male bracket - the finals. 1v1 wasn't the problem with 2k6. The female bracket was the problem. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 10/1/2008 9:38:57 AM | message detail |
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Time | L-Block | Meta-Knight | Ryu | The Dog 01:00 | 33.34% | 21.77% | 29.77% | 15.12% 02:00 | 32.79% | 20.52% | 32.48% | 14.22% 03:00 | 32.17% | 19.80% | 34.63% | 13.40% 04:00 | 32.57% | 19.32% | 34.55% | 13.57% 05:00 | 31.45% | 18.68% | 37.30% | 12.57% 06:00 | 31.45% | 19.28% | 36.52% | 12.75% 07:00 | 31.76% | 22.92% | 31.34% | 13.98% 08:00 | 33.23% | 23.36% | 29.66% | 13.75% 09:00 | 30.97% | 21.83% | 31.81% | 15.39% 10:00 | 31.23% | 22.69% | 31.49% | 14.59% 11:00 | 30.81% | 22.55% | 31.87% | 14.77% 12:00 | 30.26% | 20.96% | 34.15% | 14.63% --- Mustache...and green... |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/1/2008 9:39:04 AM | message detail |
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Like I said last night, if Bacon decided fourway games contests were
a good idea, I'd hound him with e-mails until he either reconsidered or
banned me. You'd probably get banned. Bacon doesn't seem to care about these contests all that much. At this point, it almost feels like it's out of duty, and he's trying to do as little as possible with it as he can. Ceej seemed to care about these contests a lot more than Bacon did, at the very least. And go Ryu! Hang on to that lead! Meta Knight will be taking that ASV, by the way. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/1/2008 9:39:43 AM | message detail |
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Man, Ryu spiked almost entirely at Meta's expense. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 10/1/2008 9:41:28 AM | message detail |
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With intelligent placement a 1v1 contest should never be predictable. --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/1/2008 9:43:07 AM | message detail |
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Oh right, almost forgot. Yesterday's match chart: Time | Ammy | Crono | Frank | Kaim PHV | 26.26% | 50.72% | 15.54% | 7.48% | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 26.18% | 50.44% | 15.49% | 7.89% | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 27.46% | 48.67% | 15.58% | 8.29% | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 26.74% | 49.05% | 15.91% | 8.29% | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 26.65% | 48.17% | 17.18% | 8.00% | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 25.41% | 50.88% | 15.53% | 8.17% | (22:00-24:00) No huge percentage bleed for Crono or Frog so far, so that's a good sign for Magus, I guess. Of course, the current match doesn't bode well for him. As expected, Frank West does well with the ASV, and for some reason, Kaim did better during the day than at night. I mean, I know he's XBox, but still. Ammy did really well all around, though she dropped off a good bit at the end, for some reason. Yesterday's stats: Crono – 50.00% Amaterasu – 35.05% Frank West – 24.73% Kaim Argonar – 14.05% --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 10/1/2008 9:44:24 AM | message detail |
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I think the scariest thing there is that L-Block looks like a fairly
normal character. A 3% variation is probably under the average, if
anything. --- Mustache...and green... |
| Electroplankton | Posted 10/1/2008 9:44:51 AM | message detail |
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Are there mock x-stats for each division yet? --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
| Jose Escamilla | Posted 10/1/2008 10:06:26 AM | message detail |
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Come on Ryu, keep building that lead up.... --- ffmasterjose's school account |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 10/1/2008 10:10:15 AM | message detail |
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WHY L-BLOCK WHY --- The Straight Up G WWEGSB Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| frisqo | Posted 10/1/2008 10:36:22 AM | message detail |
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I don't know why I consistently go into Board 8 pre-contest when my picks would net me more points every year. BRAWLFEAR more like BRAWLOLWUT? --- Name: Flex FC: 4510 7199 0698 |
| frisqo | Posted 10/1/2008 10:41:42 AM | message detail |
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Assuming L-block's almost guaranteed entrance to the quarterfinals. Samus/Vincent/Crono/L-block=match of the contest? lol, who do you even take --- Name: Flex FC: 4510 7199 0698 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 10/1/2008 10:44:02 AM | message detail |
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I give L the favorite status in that match, if not then Vincent and
then Crono. I'd say L has a 70% shot at placing, Vincent has a 20% shot
and Crono has a 10% shot. ...this is ignoring the fact that I think L has a 50% shot at taking first in that match <_< --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 10:44:19 AM | message detail |
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L-Block > Samus. Easy spleezy. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| M_e_g_a_6_4 | Posted 10/1/2008 10:45:43 AM | message detail |
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frisqo (#331) L-Block > Samus without thinking twice. Though if you mean the Vincent/Crono rematch, I'd probably go with Vincent just because I want to see Crono fail 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 |
| frisqo | Posted 10/1/2008 10:51:44 AM | message detail |
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I meant the whole match L-Block 29%>Samus 26%>Crono 23%>Vincent 22% looks just about right --- Name: Flex FC: 4510 7199 0698 |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 10/1/2008 10:55:05 AM | message detail |
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Ryu's starting to slow down, I don't think he'll get any higher than 600 before the ASV. --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 10:55:37 AM | message detail |
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With no fine-tunin'... L-Block - 31% Samus - 27% Vincent - 21.5% Crono - 20.5% --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| The Mana Sword | Posted 10/1/2008 10:56:20 AM | message detail |
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Crono will not let L-Block win. Believe in Crono. --- Kleenex - Not on his computer. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 11:01:09 AM | message detail |
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Belief didn't really do him much good last year. Plus, I think he
dropped the ball by failing to hit 50%+ against his pathetic opponents,
especially after Kaim turned out to be ultra fodder. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/1/2008 11:01:18 AM | message detail |
| So after this year, who will L have left in the Noble Nine to beat? Mega Man should be the only one if I'm looking at this right. |
| The Mana Sword | Posted 10/1/2008 11:03:05 AM | message detail |
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Ammy was 4REAL. I still don't get why Crono's performace was bad yesterday, personally. It was average. Not great, not bad, just Crono being Crono. That might not be enough to beat Vincent this year, but it certainly doesn't make me think he has no chance. --- Kleenex - Not on his computer. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 11:08:34 AM | message detail |
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If Ammy's performance was for real, why did Frank West do better
against her than he did against Ada Wong last year? I know
extrapolations from this format should be taken with a grain of salt,
but it's not as if I'm referencing insane, L-Block/SFF-spanning stuff.
Frank had a match against Ada last year and a match against Ammy this
year. Frank did better against Amaterasu despite her being stronger than Ada last year. Crono dropped the ball. He should never fail to double Amaterasu (seriously, Dante managed it easily last year). --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 10/1/2008 11:10:09 AM | message detail |
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Maybe it has something to do with Okami getting a Wii release. Y'know
new audiences do generally increase a character's popularity. --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| The Mana Sword | Posted 10/1/2008 11:11:41 AM | message detail |
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Crono anti-fanboys in the house. We'll see what happens when the time comes, but I don't think Crono has any worse of a shot than he did before the contest started. --- Kleenex - Not on his computer. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 11:12:18 AM | message detail |
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A very real possibility, but once again, that begs the question "why
did Frank do surprisingly well against her yesterday?" I guess one
could argue that Frank was taking advantage of an Xbox fanbase split
with Kaim, but eh, I'll have a hard time buying that. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Crimson Dragoon | Posted 10/1/2008 11:14:01 AM | message detail |
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Chop 'til you Drop boost confirmed. --- ~FFDragon. (at Work !!) The Cream of Resident Evil Fanboyism. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/1/2008 11:14:33 AM | message detail |
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Nah, I actually think Crono is pretty cool, but I just don't like the
way he stacks up based on what we've seen. I'd call him a slight
underdog against Vincent and a huge underdog against L-Block in the
next round. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Wii_TuRtLe | Posted 10/1/2008 11:14:53 AM | message detail |
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I don't even know why we're discussing Crono still. He's a complete
non-factor now. He might beat L next round, but L advance (in Ryu's
place damn you block) from third round on. I had Crono > Ryu in round 2, but that was before L went almost even with Ryu (with the ASV to still look forward too) Once again, goddamn these autistic 10 year old kids that we call a userbase. |
| The Mana Sword | Posted 10/1/2008 11:15:53 AM | message detail |
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Pfft, forget L, did you see that last update? Meta Knight almost
stalled. And he's only 8500 votes behind. Get ready for a comeback. --- Kleenex - Not on his computer. |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 10/1/2008 11:16:14 AM | message detail |
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A very real possibility, but once again, that begs the question "why did Frank do surprisingly well against her yesterday?" Frank wasn't in a fourpack of losers like last year. Crono being there skews things, and Balthier's relative overperformance indicates that Dante/Ada SFF may have been to blame for Ada's loss last year. I'm almost always down on Crono, but his day vote was surprisingly not awful this time. I think he's stronger. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
