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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 619
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/3/2008 4:13:20 AM | message detail |
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People said that in 06 against Crono tbh. Sonic will lose but it's fine - Auron the generic whore's got no chance next round with Sephiroth in the poll. --- JUSTICE FOR FORCEFUL DRAGON |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 4:14:59 AM | message detail |
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Sonic needs 10 votes an update to catch up. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 11/3/2008 4:16:52 AM | message detail |
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People said that in 06 against Crono tbh. Auron doesn't do too good in the BSV (the time period we are in right now) and the ASV, but Crono sucks even worse than Auron during those 2 time periods. So it was easy for Sonic to pull a comeback. This time, a comeback is a bit harder in a 4-way format, since votes can be spread out between 4 characters and there's still the chance that Sandbag is holding Sonic down. --- Participate in my Presidential Election Prediction Challenge: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=46163188 |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/3/2008 4:28:02 AM | message detail |
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I was just pointing out that it's foolish to write Sonic off when he's 2000 votes down and almost 17 hours left in the poll. --- JUSTICE FOR FORCEFUL DRAGON |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/3/2008 4:33:17 AM | message detail |
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"Sonic will lose but it's fine - Auron the generic whore's got no chance next round with Sephiroth in the poll." Oh my god, you're right! How did we not realize this? Sorry guys, but the noble nine is saved. Sonic will redeem himself by beating a heavily SFFed Auron. All is well in the world. --- http://backloggery.com/embok/sig.gif http://img.imgcake.com/embokbackloggerynotextcopy.jpg |
| HaRRicH | Posted 11/3/2008 4:43:12 AM | message detail |
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If Auron beats Sonic much worse than this and Tifa doesn't advance, it
will be interesting to see how Sonic/Auron compare next round anyway.
Auron is smoking Sonic right now (Sandbag isn't nearly enough for this
kind of difference) and Auron resisted a lot of SFF in 2k4 against
Sephiroth pre-KH2. He won't be SFF'd as bad as he was by Cloud last
year, either... ...not calling for that huge of an upset, but without Tifa it might be fun to see how close Auron still gets to Sonic. --- NRT winners: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2 Remember these games! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 4:46:08 AM | message detail |
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Auron may not be SFF very hard, but he will suffer LFF. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/3/2008 4:48:31 AM | message detail |
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...You are the worst human being ever. --- http://backloggery.com/embok/sig.gif http://img.imgcake.com/embokbackloggerynotextcopy.jpg |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 4:56:16 AM | message detail |
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Learn the terminology, it's not that hard to understand, this isn't quantum mechanics. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/3/2008 5:09:42 AM | message detail |
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Auron may not be SFF very hard, but he will suffer LFF. Nah I'm pretty sure you should stop talking after that one. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 5:16:25 AM | message detail |
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I agree I think we need a new term for unproportional fanbase overlap. SFF is too overly used. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 11/3/2008 5:19:47 AM | message detail |
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Not that it matters anyway because the Kratos > Sonic train is about to take off choo choo. (Hey Karma Hunter start hyping Rider for the next character contest already) --- http://backloggery.com/embok/sig.gif http://img.imgcake.com/embokbackloggerynotextcopy.jpg |
| Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 11/3/2008 5:33:15 AM | message detail |
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Hey I am in top 100 for first time!Now if only Sonic could win...But
whatever I am happy because first time I do so well and I take part in
contests since 2003... --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
| vcharon | Posted 11/3/2008 6:10:41 AM | message detail |
| Sandbag is a joke... literally and figuratively.
So much for "boosted Magus" I think, unless it pulls another comeback
during the day, Magus is either terribly bad with the day vote or there
was a good amount of stuffing to propel Sandbag onward. I think it's
some combination of that to be honest. I'm not seeing any sort of great
ASV for Sandbag now, because it is out of contention to move on,
therefore no rallying and/or stuffing will be happening. Or, people just continue to underestimate Subby. I think that's pretty plausible too. --- :> |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 6:27:05 AM | message detail |
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Still Sandbag broke 40% on Sonic last round and now is barely avoiding
the double, though the same can be said about Auron/Sub-Zero. Does Sonic/Auron always underperform in round 1? --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/3/2008 6:32:28 AM | message detail |
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Something's telling me that Sandbag's ASV got overrated due to facing
Magus, a one of the characters who is at his worst at that point in
time. --- 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 |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/3/2008 6:46:32 AM | message detail |
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Sonic and Auron were huge favorites in round 1, so they underperformed.
That falls in line with with all the other Noble Niners and near
elites. As for today, Auron looks like he's going to win by at least
5000. --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/3/2008 6:47:45 AM | message detail |
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Oh my god, you're right! How did we not realize this? Sorry guys,
but the noble nine is saved. Sonic will redeem himself by beating a
heavily SFFed Auron. All is well in the world. Auron's clearly cheating anyway, so it'll be fun next round when even with the foul cheats - presumably like yourself - fail because Sephiroth is taking all the votes. How can you fail at cheating in one of these given how lax the admins are about it? It boggles the mind. Absolute failure. --- JUSTICE FOR FORCEFUL DRAGON |
| vcharon | Posted 11/3/2008 6:49:21 AM | message detail |
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lol Sonic fans --- :> |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 6:50:21 AM | message detail |
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Auron's got some pretty dedicated stuffers then because he's been awfully consistent most of the match. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| vcharon | Posted 11/3/2008 6:51:18 AM | message detail |
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As for the comment about the Noble 9... no, just no. You can't "save"
the Noble 9 by losing and then winning because of SFF. If you lose, you
lose. Regardless, if you think the Noble 9 applies to this format then there isn't a Noble 9 anymore anyway. The Noble 9 will never be broken unless this format ends and it goes back to the old way of things. --- :> |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 6:54:34 AM | message detail |
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For the interested, Auron is currently netting 54.04% on Sonic here. He's pushing toward Snake numbers! (Nevermind that Snake beat Sonic worse than that last year! Samus, here we come!) --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/3/2008 6:54:34 AM | message detail |
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Sonic and Auron just both suffered from Obvious First Place Factor last
round. Now that they're going head to head their competition is
suffering accordingly. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| CP724 | Posted 11/3/2008 6:56:48 AM | message detail |
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Auron's clearly cheating anyway, so it'll be fun next round when
even with the foul cheats - presumably like yourself - fail because
Sephiroth is taking all the votes. How can you fail at cheating in one of these given how lax the admins are about it? It boggles the mind. Absolute failure. Pathetic. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:05:34 AM | message detail |
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It's very nice to see that a joke character can
be pushed into last place, and all the way down to 15% in fact. That
gives me hope Samus/Crono/Vincent can push L-Block into last also... --- Crono's quest to kick L-Block out of this contest: Round 3: Crono vs. L-Block vs. Pikachu vs. Alucard |
| BDawg | Posted 11/3/2008 7:13:47 AM | message detail |
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I've always been a fan of Auron, but I wasn't really looking to see
Sonic flat out embarrassed like this. STOP MAKING CRAPPY GAMES SONIC
TEAM. *sees ad for werewolf Sonic* Oh boy. --- Should I start running now? |
| GameZACKS | Posted 11/3/2008 7:19:12 AM | message detail |
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So is everyone ready to admit that Auron > Sonic would have
happened, Magus or not? If not, you're wrong, but I'll check back in
later. --- LONG LIVE GAMEZACKS |
| XIII_rocks | Posted 11/3/2008 7:19:19 AM | message detail |
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Regardless, if you think the Noble 9 applies to this format then
there isn't a Noble 9 anymore anyway. The Noble 9 will never be broken
unless this format ends and it goes back to the old way of things. Anybody with half a brain cell knows this. The idea of the N9 breaking in a completely different format that brings in completely different factors to 1v1 matches is laughable. --- JUSTICE FOR FORCEFUL DRAGON |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:23:41 AM | message detail |
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So is everyone ready to admit that Auron > Sonic would have
happened, Magus or not? If not, you're wrong, but I'll check back in
later. I'm not! Edumacate me! --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:31:06 AM | message detail |
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I'm not sure if this is a running gag or not, but the amount of
sucessful cheating is probably kept to a minimum in this contest.
Voters never vote consistently in every update and only change at the
end of every voting period because people are not robots. So seeing
vote spikes and vote drops isn't unusual. One of the main arguments for
changing the updates back to 15 min. back in 2005 was that it minimized
the voting spikes that we see in each 5 min. update. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 11/3/2008 7:34:23 AM | message detail |
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It doesn't seem like Auron is vote-stuffing. Sonic characters are
notorious for looking like crap in this format, but this is still a
huge shock to me. --- TurnTurnTurn your brain in. ~*ST*~ Now Playing: Mother 3, Spore, Castlevania: OoE, MGS3 |
| Lopen | Posted 11/3/2008 7:39:16 AM | message detail |
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I thought Auron would win, even before R1 (one of my main regrets in my bracket) but damn I thought it'd at least be close this is just domination. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 2 - Raiden/Big Boss/Kirby. Target: 48%. Kain Stronger than Kirby & Big Boss!?!? Believe |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 7:41:14 AM | message detail |
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Hey, I told you guys Auron was great with this format! Drop Rydia and
Marcus, add Sandbag and Sonic, and...only drop 5%?! Great stuff! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:41:57 AM | message detail |
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Clearly Rydia rSFFed Auron, and would actually beat the guy 60-40! --- ...I'm still War13104! "and seriously, white flags, god damnit. v.v" - ExThaNemesis, 11:44 PM EST, 1/28/07 |
| H__RR____H | Posted 11/3/2008 7:43:39 AM | message detail |
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If Sandbag was neutral to Sonic, I would think Sonic would be ~2%
closer to Auron. If Magus had beaten Sandbag, I would say Auron would
have ~2% less than he has now. Combine the two, and... ...Auron would still be beating Sonic, but in more of a 51-49 match that would be interesting to watch. Regardless, this is a stand-out performance by Auron...even if EC thinks he's under-performing! Let's try this: Auron Crono Mega Man Sonic --- BT about Round Two: If Snake gets 43-45%, I'll close my account right now. www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3285 |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 7:45:28 AM | message detail |
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Auron > Sonic > Crono > Mega Man That's right! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:48:49 AM | message detail |
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pre-CTDS Mega Man > Sonic > Crono > Auron (damn leeching) post-CTDS: Crono > Mega Man > Sonic > Auron (still damn leeching) Replace Crono with, say, Naked Snake: Auron > Big Boss > Mega Man > Sonic --- ...I'm still War13104! "and seriously, white flags, god damnit. v.v" - ExThaNemesis, 11:44 PM EST, 1/28/07 |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 7:53:38 AM | message detail |
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Auron's lead is over 3000 now. Pretty awesome! --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| YoAriel33 | Posted 11/3/2008 7:55:56 AM | message detail |
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This is great stuff. Man, I wish someone like Kirby would be in
Kratos's place; it would make a Seph > Auron far more plausible. --- Yoblazer: NO LIMITZ Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 11/3/2008 7:57:03 AM | message detail |
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It's not going to happen anyway. It's not like Sonic and Kirby are
going to LFF each other considerably, if at all, and definitely not to
the extent of Sephy/Auron. --- Squall Leonhart's Path to the CBVII Championship Round 2: 1st place, 38857 votes (30.47%) |
| Master Moltar | Posted 11/3/2008 8:05:04 AM | message detail |
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Wow, I expected Auron to get the job done, but he went far beyond the call of duty! Good stuff from him today. Chief are you watching this?! --- Moltar Status: augh Sonic/Sandbag/Auron/Sub-Zero - Bracket: Sonic > Auron - Vote: Auron (169/240) |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 8:06:26 AM | message detail |
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This round has killed my bracket, I've only got 5 matches fully correct
(6 if Sephiroth > Kratos tomorrow) and the longest streak I had is 2
(Mario > MMX, Samus > Ganon), still my bracket is better than 97%
of the site. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| Lopen | Posted 11/3/2008 8:07:57 AM | message detail |
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Chief sees a weakened Sonic to pick off. He knows to bring in an oversized energy sword for that match. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 2 - Raiden/Big Boss/Kirby. Target: 48%. Kain Stronger than Kirby & Big Boss!?!? Believe |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/3/2008 8:08:43 AM | message detail |
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Yeah it astounds me that I'm probably going to be on the leaderboard
after this match after how poorly I've done (I doubt this was a trendy
upset among bracketeers). --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/3/2008 8:10:45 AM | message detail |
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That's it I'm starting the Kirby > Sonic train. Hmm... seems a little small in here. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 167/240 Today's Match: Sonic > Auron |
| -LusterSoldier- | Posted 11/3/2008 8:20:24 AM | message detail |
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Man, Sonic can't even use his beastly morning vote to cut into Auron's
lead. Or his morning vote just isn't as strong as it once was. Finally,
he could be getting LFFed by Sandbag. --- Participate in my Presidential Election Prediction Challenge: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=46163188 |
| HeroicTronBonne | Posted 11/3/2008 8:23:11 AM | message detail |
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sonic has no excuse to be losing this, hes just pathetic now --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/rydia.gif http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 11/3/2008 8:39:21 AM | message detail |
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Auron Crono Mega Man Sonic Now: Mega Man > Crono > Auron > Sonic After CT:DS: Crono > Mega Man > Auron > Sonic --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy. -trancer1 |
| hailEC | Posted 11/3/2008 8:48:59 AM | message detail |
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I'm not! Edumacate me! Sandbag is pulling in a % far lower than anyone was expecting. You have to assume he's still getting a good deal of joke votes as well. I seriously doubt a sizable portion of Sonic's fanbase is going "man I like Sonic... but Sandbag is AWESOME!. I never really bought the overlap between the two before this match, and now I especially don't. With the bag bringing in such a low percent of votes. Sonic couldn't even cut Auron with the morning vote, his best time. All he could do is stall him. Auron is going to be winning this match by a fat margin, and it looks like my 5000+ may have undershot his ability. I really can't see Magus being enough of a force to stop Auron from advancing here, especially when we've never even seen significant 2D/3D FF SFF, I'm not willing to say FFX and CT would SFF. They pretty clearly have different core fanbases to me. --- LONG LIVE GAMEZACKS |
| hailEC | Posted 11/3/2008 8:50:40 AM | message detail |
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And don't get too comfortable thinking about Seph > Sonic, you blue
blur junkies, Auron can still has a chance to pull it off, even if he
shouldn't be considered the favorite. He's owning Sonic now. Hard. --- all hail ec your lord and savior |
