GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 586
| KamikazePotato | Posted 10/4/2008 1:00:10 PM | message detail |
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Nice pick, Harrich. TRE is already a human calculator and a B8er at the same time. --- Bracket: http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=10 |
| TheCatWhoSwims | Posted 10/4/2008 1:02:27 PM | message detail |
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I would trust TRE with my children. I might therefore let him create the bracket. Let me sleep on it. --- B8BL Gambling Project: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=39885921 |
| linkhatesganon | Posted 10/4/2008 1:12:33 PM | message detail |
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Pfffft what a fluke even a 10-years-old would notice that --- Please, don't insult me - Vlado about British blood SSBB FC code - 3007-9626-4713 |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/4/2008 1:35:43 PM | message detail |
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Ha, now Tidus is stalling. Man, make a move! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| red sox 777 | Posted 10/4/2008 1:36:37 PM | message detail |
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Yes, I'd be quite willing to forego the prizes- considering how much
time I spend following this contest, it has to be worth a lot more than
$500 to me. --- Evvivan: Character Battle VII --- Score: 53/64 --- T-127 (70 way) Bracket: Tidus > DK --- Vote: Tidus |
| Guess how many teens | Posted 10/4/2008 1:36:45 PM | message detail |
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If Tidus can still win this is one of the best matches ever.But I don't see him cutting 500 again. --- [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ -Red |||||||||||||| -Green ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] -Blue |
| red sox 777 | Posted 10/4/2008 1:38:20 PM | message detail |
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Traditionally New Square's best time on weekends/summer is the second
night vote, I believe. That would also make sense here, as Tidus
crushed Cube with the first night vote, and fell off with the day vote. --- Evvivan: Character Battle VII --- Score: 53/64 --- T-127 (70 way) Bracket: Tidus > DK --- Vote: Tidus |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/4/2008 1:39:52 PM | message detail |
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Tidus didn't start falling off until about an hour and a half ago. He
might do better come nightfall, but I expect the Cube will, too. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| red sox 777 | Posted 10/4/2008 1:42:55 PM | message detail |
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Tidus did markedly better with the true night (3 AM to 8 AM) than he
did in the morning, even if Cube didn't really stall him till around
noon. Although the character that improves as the day wears on is
usually the one who wins the second night vote.....there's still hope
for Tidus though. --- Evvivan: Character Battle VII --- Score: 53/64 --- T-127 (70 way) Bracket: Tidus > DK --- Vote: Tidus |
| transience | Posted 10/4/2008 2:06:30 PM | message detail |
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Alucard last year saw a shift go his way around 6:30-ish. that was also
on a weekend. I get the feeling Cube will stall this out until the
night vote comes, and then we'll be in for something interesting. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| HaRRicH | Posted 10/4/2008 2:06:49 PM | message detail |
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...so, if WCC can beat Tidus for first place, why can't Sandbag beat Magus for second place now? --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| transience | Posted 10/4/2008 2:07:44 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/images/poll_graph.php?matchnum=3260&type=2&seconds=60&max=0 3pm: aww yeah --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/4/2008 2:13:26 PM | message detail |
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Actually, I was thinking this match (and L-Block's) was better news for
Magus than not because though L-Block won and probably the Cube will,
too, it's not going to be by a lot. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| transience | Posted 10/4/2008 2:14:42 PM | message detail |
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that's slanted logic, I think. both got 30%+. Magus is gonna have a hell of a time getting to 25, let alone 30. gotta hope the Bag flops, I think. --- xyzzy "Man...tranny gets bored, the rest of us suffer." -satai |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/4/2008 2:16:45 PM | message detail |
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Well, yeah, the fact that Ryu and Tidus are fighting for first and not
second helps them out here, I suppose. Magus won't have that advantage. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/4/2008 2:19:42 PM | message detail |
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I'd happily give up prizes to help help put contests together. Anything beats this 4-way crap. --- "A joke format for a joke contest deserves joke winners." -Moltar Now Playing: Final Fantasy 4 DS, Spore ~*ST*~ |
| HaRRicH | Posted 10/4/2008 2:23:08 PM | message detail |
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| HaRRicH | Posted 10/4/2008 2:24:30 PM | message detail |
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The only way Sandbag flops is if it's SFF'd by Sonic or treated
legitimately like Master Hand instead of a joke like L or WCC. Being
too new or not wide-spread enough is no longer an issue for Sandbag to
place second since WCC is winning today, and Sandbag has the added
advantage of SSBM/B being far more liked/popular games here than Portal
or Tetris (though Tetris obviously smokes it in play-rate here). Also, we've seen The Dog get 14% despite L-Block and Mudkip(z) broke 30% against MMX, so Sandbag looks great if he's taken more as a joke than a character. Magus got 30% against Phoenix/Bomberman/Crash and Sonic/Sandbag alone should be stronger than those three combined. It'll be fun to watch. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/4/2008 2:32:53 PM | message detail |
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HaRR, your points embolden me with confidence! Anyway, I've heard Portal takes about four hours to complete. If that's so, I think I've spent more time beating up Sandbag in Brawl's online waiting room. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 10/4/2008 2:34:51 PM | message detail |
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/4/2008 5:19:42 PM | message detail I'd happily give up prizes to help help put contests together. Anything beats this 4-way crap. This. --- 50/64 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Tidus > Donkey Kong |
| HaRRicH | Posted 10/4/2008 2:36:27 PM | message detail |
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If you've spent four or more hours beating up on Sandbag online (not to
mention any other time spent with Sandbag in matches or home-run
derbies!), you've spent more time than 90% of Portal players have spent
with WCC period. Personally, it took me five hours to beat Portal and my brother first beat it in six hours...though he now takes maybe an hour to destroy it. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| Guess how many teens | Posted 10/4/2008 2:37:50 PM | message detail |
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It would be cooler if the prices would be something that can be available for everyone on gamefaqs, not just americans like special privileges on gamefaqs or something like that :). --- [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ -Red |||||||||||||| -Green ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] -Blue |
| Zenithian Legend | Posted 10/4/2008 2:40:31 PM | message detail |
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Wow Tidus, can't believe that Monkey is so weak these days. Poor DK,
he's suffered more than anyone since Nintendo and Rare's divorce. --- Detroit Red Wings 2008 Stanley Cup Champions! |
| smitelf | Posted 10/4/2008 2:41:25 PM | message detail |
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Slightly off-topic, does anyone remember what King Morgoth's conditional probability model is? --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Biden/Obama...er, I mean Obama/Biden '08! |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 10/4/2008 2:42:27 PM | message detail |
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So this is what the top Oracle people think about... --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| Zylo the wolf | Posted 10/4/2008 2:48:05 PM | message detail |
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Oh yeah TAILS CUT! --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. The 2008 Guru contest winner > Me |
| greatone10 | Posted 10/4/2008 2:49:36 PM | message detail |
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Really, I think we should just stick 32 of these inanimate objects into
a Spring contest and then never hear from any of them (except maybe
L-Block) again. It's not so much that I am mad that they are beating my
favorite characters (because they have yet to beat anyone I like), but
the joke is getting really old really fast. That, and we can rally the
Mushroom from the Mario series to the top. --- Donkey Kong Country 2 for next Games contest. Brawl FC: 3050-7287-5564 Kart FC: 3738-0020-0896 |
| Decon082 | Posted 10/4/2008 2:57:02 PM | message detail |
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The Death of My bracket has been confirmed. I'm better than 3% of everybody, at least. |
| Lopen | Posted 10/4/2008 3:25:17 PM | message detail |
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Man if this ends with less than a 150 vote victory for the cube I'm
going to be pretty annoyed. Tidus is starting to turn votes again. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 1 - Raiden/Kain/Other Dude. Target: 48%. GAME FUEL. Believe |
| __Smurf__ | Posted 10/4/2008 3:26:47 PM | message detail |
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ffmasterjose (#270) So who wants to pose this suggestion to Allen? >_> --- Smurf. The cream of Sonic Fanboyism you're like some devious internet fiend- Majin |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 10/4/2008 3:27:37 PM | message detail |
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Stop teasing me with comeback attempts, Tidus! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 1: CATS, Nathan Drake, Yoshi |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 10/4/2008 3:40:54 PM | message detail |
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smite, check your gmail. We've been through this many times, but yes, I would be be willing to do away with the cash prizes in order to get some outside input on Contest and bracket creation. Whether that was in the form of SB hiring on a Contest Administrator such as myself or TRE, or whether it would just be a small select committee of people who know what they're talking about to be able to give SB advice or help him stop cheating, either would be a major improvement. I think the way to approach this with SB would be to suggest that instead of doing away with prizes altogether, they could be replaced with some kind of within-GameFAQs reward. The private boards he gave away a few months back are a good example of something to suggest as an alternative. --- Check out the '08 Guru Site! http://thengamer.com/guru/ Other Hot Content: thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 3:41:56 PM | message detail |
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Why do we have to do away with prizes at all? I don't see why you can't have both someone advising him and prizes.. --- For your health. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, Steve! |
| smitelf | Posted 10/4/2008 3:48:19 PM | message detail |
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awesome ngamer, thanks --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! Biden/Obama...er, I mean Obama/Biden '08! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/4/2008 3:49:06 PM | message detail |
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MoogleKupo141 (#283) Not saying Ngamer would do this, but an adviser could be helping out friends to well on the bracket by giving them easy to pick matches and stuff, or even take votes for "Cheating" to help their friends. Not that any of this matters, Its up to C-net, not Bacon. Bacon would need to go through C-net approval to do any major changes to the site or give admin to new people. --- Vote for Arthas Menethil in the Character Contest! http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/Albion+Hero.png |
| Osfan | Posted 10/4/2008 3:49:52 PM | message detail |
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Ok so am I the only one that looks at the moment in question for WCC
and am thinking his stat graph is flipping us all off. I mean look at
it, thats exactly what it looks like! On another note I don't think words can describe the disappointment that will ensue from us loyal Tidus fans if this result is under 150 vote differential. I mean I think a small riot should result from such a tragic fall for Tidus first his "story" in general and now this... for shame... |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 3:53:26 PM | message detail |
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Not that any of this matters, Its up to C-net, not Bacon. Bacon
would need to go through C-net approval to do any major changes to the
site or give admin to new people. Does CNet really meddle in the affairs of the site that much? --- For your health. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, Steve! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/4/2008 3:58:12 PM | message detail |
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MoogleKupo141 (#287) C-net owns the site, Bacon is only the admin who works day to day to make sure everything on the site goes smoothly. But everyone has a boss, and C-Net is his boss, and for major things, he'd have to go through them. He can do minor things on his own, like My Games stuff was probably up to him, but giving admin powers to someone else (He is only admin status himself, so he can't give someone else his own ranking) or major changes (like layout) would have to be approved by C-Net. --- Vote for Arthas Menethil in the Character Contest! http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/Albion+Hero.png |
| Gr8CyberMonkey | Posted 10/4/2008 3:58:27 PM | message detail |
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MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 6:53:26 PM (#287) I think they would only get involved if the adviser was a paid position, rather than a volunteer. --- World's #1 isoamyl acetate fan. I'm also available for children's parties! |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/4/2008 3:59:47 PM | message detail |
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Gr8CyberMonkey (#289) MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 6:53:26 PM (#287) I think they would only get involved if the adviser was a paid position, rather than a volunteer. Going by what people are saying though, is a contest admin who would be able to run the contest and stuff, and I'd assume that would be a paid position because it has admin powers. Moderators and such are volunteer, but admin of any type is serious power they wouldn't just give to a volunteer. --- Vote for Arthas Menethil in the Character Contest! http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/Albion+Hero.png |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 4:00:16 PM | message detail |
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C-net owns the site, Bacon is only the admin who works day to day to
make sure everything on the site goes smoothly. But everyone has a
boss, and C-Net is his boss, and for major things, he'd have to go
through them. He can do minor things on his own, like My Games stuff
was probably up to him, but giving admin powers to someone else (He is
only admin status himself, so he can't give someone else his own
ranking) or major changes (like layout) would have to be approved by
C-Net. Eh, I didn't realize we were looking at this as some sort of admin position. I figured it was just a couple guys volunteering to help make the contest better... no payment or anything like that, which I figured would be an Allen decision. --- For your health. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, Steve! |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 4:01:06 PM | message detail |
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Does stuff have to go through CBS now too, since they bought CNET or
they bought the site or they bought something that makes them own us? --- For your health. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, Steve! |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 10/4/2008 4:01:57 PM | message detail |
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Actually, ultimately the decision would be up to CBS if we want to get knitty-gritty. Just sayin' --- 50/64 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Tidus > Donkey Kong |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/4/2008 4:02:02 PM | message detail |
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MoogleKupo141 (#291) Then I don't really understand where you are coming from. An "Advisor" who is a regular member wouldn't do crap. I don't think Bacon even pays attention to the site enough to post matches, Its probably an audomated thing. If you were to have someone only to look after contests, it would need to be a contest admin, since an adviser would do nothing we don't have now. --- Vote for Arthas Menethil in the Character Contest! http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/Albion+Hero.png |
| hailEC | Posted 10/4/2008 4:04:19 PM | message detail |
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You can have a contest "administrator" who's still not an administrator
on this site like Bacon is. Not like it really matters though, because
it will never happen. --- all hail ec your lord and savior |
| _Hogger_ | Posted 10/4/2008 4:06:18 PM | message detail |
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hailEC (#295) Well yeah, but all people in the past who have had any kind of admin power on Gamefaqs have been paid positions. Even data admins and such. Gamefaqs is a huge site with lots of revenue coming in, its not just some fan site where they can get everyoen to work for free. You gotta go through interviews and such to find the right applicant, background checks, etc all that stuff before giving any kind of admin powers. Its not just as simple as "Hey that guy is one of the main contest gurus, lets give him admin powers to run the contest." --- Vote for Arthas Menethil in the Character Contest! http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/Albion+Hero.png |
| Osfan | Posted 10/4/2008 4:09:28 PM | message detail |
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And this is the problem I mean really is there anything wrong with
today's results? I mean yes its a joke character and yes that time in
question is really obvious, but what is gonna make CBS or CNET say "We
need a Contest Admin to make these contests credible again!" They don't
care about this contest just like SB doesn't care and its obvious by us
having to make all the pictures and the lack of reviewing any match
with outrageous vote spikes. It sucks because this was obviously
something that meant a lot to Ceej but SB and CNET both don't seem to
care about having a credible contest as much as they care about higher
site traffic. Votals go up every year so why interfere this is a
success to them... Granted I just as much as the next guy want a credible contest again with all the jokes aside, where the new characters surprise us each year not the same jokes over and over again, but coming from a business standpoint what is wrong with what happened today. My point is with these jokes winning we are only proving our own ignorance. CNET could care less , SB could care less, and a Gamefaqs regular will still win the prize. We just make ourselves look stupid by having these joke characters look like Icons in these polls... |
| Majin Lou | Posted 10/4/2008 4:10:25 PM | message detail |
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636-637-636 Interesting. --- But the scars of memory never fade away. I can't stop loving you. Stop my tears. Stop my loving. Kill my memories. |
| hailEC | Posted 10/4/2008 4:12:08 PM | message detail |
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charge a "Contest Coordinator" and let them deal with everything
contest related. You don't have to give them access to all of the
site's features and inner-workings, just so far as to be able to get
their hands on nominations, creating the bracket, and some sort of
ability to look check for vote stuffing. You're getting tied over the namesake that's being given here, and it really doesn't matter. --- all hail ec your lord and savior |
| MoogleKupo141 | Posted 10/4/2008 4:12:13 PM | message detail |
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Then I don't really understand where you are coming from. An
"Advisor" who is a regular member wouldn't do crap. I don't think Bacon
even pays attention to the site enough to post matches, Its probably an
audomated thing. If you were to have someone only to look after
contests, it would need to be a contest admin, since an adviser would
do nothing we don't have now. An actual admin as like a paid position made no sense to me, so I figured we must not be talking about that. The contest isn't really a significant enough component of the site to warrant paying someone separate to run it. --- For your health. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, Steve! |
