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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 618
| nintendogirl1 | Posted 11/2/2008 3:07:37 PM | message detail |
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Posted by Safer Sephiroth 777 #149 Hey what the Correct and Partial % mean after each match? Correct is the % of people who predicted that character in first if they finished first or second if they finished second. Partial is the amount of people who predicted that character going finishing in the top 2 in that match, but in the wrong position. --- That was worded really badly. |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 11/2/2008 3:11:10 PM | message detail |
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Wasn't BT going on forever about how anyone who took Dante > Leon
in this match clearly wasn't around last year, and only a fool could
make such a pick, etc. etc? LOL BT lol indeed This just raises even more questions about what the hell happened last year with Pikachu. Maybe Ammastasdfasaseru was the one doing all the damage to Leon and Dante somehow? --- I want adventure in the great wide somewhere... I want it more than I can tell! - Belle http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3949/beautyandthebeast21024uh9.jpg |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/2/2008 3:13:36 PM | message detail |
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Sprite Pikachu > L-Block Book it! --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 163/232 Today's Match: Dante > Riku |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 11/2/2008 3:13:48 PM | message detail |
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Leon and Dante are guys that seem to draw on the general appeal of
their designs, and Pikachu just took advantage of their terrible
pictures. Riku can't do the same, not only because they both look
awesome today, but because he looks almost the exact same (only less
awesome). If he had a more unique picture (say, like the one Sora had a
few days ago), I'm sure he'd be doing better than this. |
| ffmasterjose | Posted 11/2/2008 3:16:30 PM | message detail |
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Riku's picture was meh, he looked naked to me the first couple of times I saw it >_> --- 171/232 points - The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII NP: Dante > Leon Kennedy | http://www.thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=0 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 4:55:25 PM | message detail |
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C'mon Sandbag, beat Sonic! --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/2/2008 5:22:38 PM | message detail |
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I like Sandbag and don't know Auron well or care a lot for Sub-Zero,
but...I don't want to see it advance any further, and if it does then I
certainly hope it's not at Sonic's expense. If Sandbag advances though,
it's probably alongside Auron... ...don't die yet Sonic! --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:27:31 PM | message detail |
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If a bag of sand defeats a noble niner, many lulz will be had --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| TestIcicles | Posted 11/2/2008 5:29:53 PM | message detail |
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Why does anyone think Sandbag has any chance of beating Sonic? --- mmm test icicles |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:30:58 PM | message detail |
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Sandbag was too far behind Sonic last time. To win, it would need Auron
+ Sub-Zero to get over 50% of the vote (possible) and maintain a value
static enough to make 2007 L-Block proud (not very possible).
Considering that both L-Block and WCC have shed some valuable
percentage between rounds, Sandbag's chances are almost nonexistent. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| __hiei__ | Posted 11/2/2008 5:32:22 PM | message detail |
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Sandbag stands no chance whatsoever even if it is static,24%in this match won't be enough to advance. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:32:23 PM | message detail |
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Sandbag's gonna show you guys up. --- CB7 Score: 168/232 http://64.81.113.250/a-kon-12/000177.jpg |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:34:02 PM | message detail |
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static percentage my friends if he gets his 27% while sffing Sonic, he'll get through at Sonics expense --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/2/2008 5:35:18 PM | message detail |
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I woulld've been convinced that Sandbad could potentially take Sonic
down if it dismantled Magus (who's really making an impression in my
mind as CT's answer to Donkey Kong). Instead, it edged him out by 240
votes. Not very convincing, IMO. --- Isaac and Princess Kumatora for SSB4! SSBB Mains: Zelda, Peach, Lucas, Ness Now we must duel, like two gleaming banjos on a moonlit stoop! -Dimentio, SPM |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/2/2008 5:35:42 PM | message detail |
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Auron's awesome and unique enough to nearly beat "format god" Ryu with
Cloud in the match. He's what every Magus, Zero, Citan, and even
Sephiroth wishes they could be - legitimately stronger than their
games' respective protagonists. He's interesting without being
annoying, cool without being one-dimensional, and pretty much the
textbook definition of "consumate badass." Oh, and he's also great and
fun to use in battle in both FFX and KH2. I don't even like the guy more than Sonic - but he's deserving of a standout performance, and I hope he gets it tomorrow. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/2/2008 5:35:49 PM | message detail |
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Sandbag* --- Isaac and Princess Kumatora for SSB4! SSBB Mains: Zelda, Peach, Lucas, Ness Now we must duel, like two gleaming banjos on a moonlit stoop! -Dimentio, SPM |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:35:52 PM | message detail |
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Sandbag supporters basically have to hope it's got a static fanbase
because Sonic/Auron/Sub-Zero is a beastly threepack. 27-30% or so MIGHT
be enough to sneak in there over one of them, especially if it's close.
I don't think it is static, and besides, it only got 24% last time,
which won't be enough without Sub-Zero majorly overperforming (though
with that awesome pic he got, who knows?) Maybe Ammastasdfasaseru was the one doing all the damage to Leon and Dante somehow? Uhhh...I'd sooner blame the awful pics, especially for Leon. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| __hiei__ | Posted 11/2/2008 5:36:08 PM | message detail |
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27% won't be enough either. This match is overall on a lower level than Crono's and Crono still managed 32% Sonic won't end this below 30% |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:37:11 PM | message detail |
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A+ KH post, by the way. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:37:28 PM | message detail |
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I don't think Sandbag will advance- he only got 25% last round. It may
not seem like it, but as far as static percentages go, there's a huge
difference between 25% and 28%- Sonic and Auron will probably finish
fairly close together, and way ahead of Sub-Zero, meaning 25% probably
wouldn't be enough, even if Sandbag gets it. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:38:13 PM | message detail |
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This match is overall on a lower level than Crono's and Crono still managed 32% Sonic = Crono essentially, Auron > Ryu (when not SFF'd, this is blatantly obvious, last year proved it), Sub-Zero > Ammy --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:41:20 PM | message detail |
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From: Fayt_Esteed | #164 And Kirby massacered L Block round 1 last year. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| __hiei__ | Posted 11/2/2008 5:41:25 PM | message detail |
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L Block >>>>Sandbag Auron >> Ryu SUb Zero probably stronger than Ammy but not by all that much ok,this match may be very "slightly" harder. still it'd be weird for Sonic to go below 30% |
| chaosarcher07 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:43:15 PM | message detail |
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I have a really bad feeling about Sonic in this match. --- http://www.thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=29 CBVII Current Score: 54/64 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:43:54 PM | message detail |
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Anyways, round 1s for joke characters really don't mean much. WCC barely beat Tidus, then massacered him round 2. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:44:17 PM | message detail |
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Amaterasu wouldn't beat Sub-Zero or even come that close. 40% on Auron
is basically 35-39% on the lower rung of the Noble Nine. Ammy ain't
doin' that. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| __hiei__ | Posted 11/2/2008 5:45:14 PM | message detail |
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but the percentage does WCC massacred tidus because he is static like L block in this case Sandbag being static wouldn't help him. he needs to actually gain % to advance. |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:45:47 PM | message detail |
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Sub Zero is a midcarder, and closer to high mid then normal midcarder.
This guy came within 7% of Sonic in round 1 last year pre Brawl boost
for Sonic. He'll be taking up some percentage tomorrow. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:47:19 PM | message detail |
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Amaterasu avoided the doubling from Crono twice, and was closer to Ryu
than Ryu was to Crono. She's not far below Sub-Zero, especially if
Auron was hurt by being the obvious favorite last round. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:48:10 PM | message detail |
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Subby taking up percentage is good for Sandbag, but he won't be taking
up enough. It would actually be better for Sandbag for someone to blow
the fourpack away if it's only going to be getting 25%, which isn't
going to happen. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:48:16 PM | message detail |
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Ammy is a low mid carder. Shes just got a loyal fanbase, but not enough to do any real damage. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:49:29 PM | message detail |
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Nah, Auron/Sub-Zero went almost exactly like it did in 2006, so I doubt
he got hurt too much. Ammy's not getting 40% on Auron. Not saying she's
bad. She's obviously proven to be a decent midcarder, but I think
you're underestimating Subby. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/2/2008 5:51:48 PM | message detail |
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Sub Zero is always underestimated due to not being in many contests and not being from a game B8 is big on. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:57:05 PM | message detail |
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Sub-Zero is projected to get 36.75% on Crono in 2006, through Auron. Ammy got 33.71% on Crono last round. The gap is smaller than the gap between L-Block and Sandbag, but Auron is clearly substantially stronger than Ryu, so Sonic's pack is stronger, but not all that much stronger. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sonic get 30%, although honestly I think he's not quite at Crono's level nowadays, at least in 4-ways. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 5:58:20 PM | message detail |
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Crono doesn't seem to be as strong as 2006 either. He was still stronger than Vincent that year, after all. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 11/2/2008 5:59:41 PM | message detail |
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He's stronger than Vincent this year, too !! --- CB7 Score: 168/232 http://64.81.113.250/a-kon-12/000177.jpg |
| __hiei__ | Posted 11/2/2008 6:00:21 PM | message detail |
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well,Crono seems stronger this year than last year Also Vincent vs Crono could have been influenced by Link...after all Vincent comes from nintendo enemy number one in this site (ff7) so he likely didn't much support to Link.whereas Link and Crono probably overlap quite a bit. |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 6:04:40 PM | message detail |
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well,Crono seems stronger this year than last year Unexpected overperformance =/= Stronger Crono We fell into that trap last year with Cloud, heh. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:06:33 PM | message detail |
| I don't really want to argue about Link/Crono LFF
again (we'll get our evidence as to its effect soon, if only L-Block
would lose!), but it's my opinion Crono would have beaten Vincent 1v1
comfortably last year and he would also do so this year. And for that
matter, he would have beaten Vincent with more than the 51% their
matches against Sonic suggested in 2006, and Sonic would have gotten
closer to Crono than projected through their matches with MM or even
won in 2005. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:12:51 PM | message detail |
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The thing that makes me doubt Link/Crono LFF most is Crono's absolutely
terrible performance in round 2 last year. Letting Zero win whole
hours? That's just disgraceful, and I really have no explanation for
it, but at least Crono looks to be stronger than that now, whether or
not that match was indicative of Crono's 2007 strength. As for Cloud,
his performance in round 2 was impressive, but while I initially
thought he looked great in round 3, Link looked even better. I was not
impressed by Cloud in round 4 (I said he needed 45% against
Samus/MM/Ryu to challenge Link, and he didn't get close). --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 6:19:20 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, Cloud eventually showed us he wasn't ready to take on Link, but a
couple of impressive performances sure made us feel like he could. I
think Crono looked impressive partially because we overestimated Ryu a
bit. He beat him worse than I thought he would. Besides, Kratos did
about the same number on L-Block last year in round 2. I have a hard
time taking L-Block (or WCC) matches very seriously, for obvious
reasons. And I personally think LFF gets thrown around way too much. Leon and Dante are already proving here that what happened last year was more of a fluke (or perhaps pic factor) than anything else. It doesn't happen as often as we think. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/2/2008 6:23:17 PM | message detail |
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CT has seemed to have rebounded this year, at least a little - probably
due to the Nintendo fans once brought here by the Wii (and completely
ignorant of CT) not coming around any more. Its day vote has not been
as catastrophic as it was last year or even in 2006. Toss a smidgen of
CT: DS hype into the mix to fill out the rest. I like Crono >
Vincent when they hit each other, though it won't matter unless *sigh* Pikachu can pull off another miracle. >_< --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 6:24:59 PM | message detail |
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Its day vote has not been as catastrophic as it was last year or even in 2006. Well, except for Magus. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:29:15 PM | message detail |
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It's not that Link and Crono have a particularly close overlap, it's
that Link had 45% of the votes in that match, and if his voters favored
Crono even slightly, that would be enough to swing the result of
Crono/Vincent. I can't say that they would with a high level of
confidence, but you can't really be confident in either Crono or
Vincent winning a 1v1 when they were that close, and only playing with
43% of the total votes. I have no solid evidence for this, but I think Crono is perhaps our most stable character, and differences in performance arise primarily from differences in how favorable matchups are with different opponents. I would really like to see Crono face a strong SNES character 1v1- I think he would surprise us with how well he does. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/2/2008 6:30:59 PM | message detail |
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"lol Magus" I'm going to withhold judgment on that collapse until I see Sandbag tomorrow. The thing was making more percentage gains than Sonic during the ASV - we know it's very, err, Master Hand-ish. Magus' day vote might've been less disgraceful and more merely 'awful' in retrospect. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/2/2008 6:31:35 PM | message detail |
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It's very possible that Link voters could have favored Vincent slightly
just as easily! There's really no reasoning for this other than Zelda
and CT sharing a console, which is insignificant when it comes to FFVII. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:33:10 PM | message detail |
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For what it's worth, Axel's comeback on Frog was more impressive
considering they were dealing with lower percentages and a lower amount
of votes. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 11/2/2008 6:37:30 PM | message detail |
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Lower amount of votes=/=harder comeback. If two characters are
receiving 60 votes an update each on average, a minor shift is going to
do some serious damage. --- Bracket: http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=10 |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:40:55 PM | message detail |
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I'd thought that Crono had a link with old Nintendo for a long time
before that match- a greater overlap than between CT and FFVII, even,
although both are quite small. I have no proof other than CT's history
of excellent performances in 1v1s against old Nintendo (since CT wins
the shared fanbase against virtually anything, more overlap is good for
it in 1v1s), and speculation. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/2/2008 6:42:44 PM | message detail |
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Um, no, a lower amount of votes does make it harder to pull comebacks
of the same size vote-wise. That's why it's harder to pull off large
comebacks in 4-ways than in 1v1s. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
