GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 629
| Kullstrom | Posted 11/11/2008 9:12:51 PM | message detail |
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An awful lot of n_n tonight! ~*creativename's contest site (all things contest!)*~ www.gamefaqscontests.com ~*The Board 8 Wiki (lots of useful contest and board information, including all past Post-Contest Analysis from Ulti, transience, Ed Bellis and others)*~ http://board8.wikia.com/ ~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~ http://thengamer.com/gamefaqs/ http://thengamer.com/xstats http://thengamer.com/stats ~*Character Contest Histories*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories ~*TRE's poll listing (every poll!)*~ http://members.shaw.ca/teamrocketelite/Polls.html ~*aprosenf's poll script*~ http://web.mit.edu/adamrose/Public/allpolls.txt ~*Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings*~ A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA ~*All the match pics*~ http://sc2k5.com/gallery/index.php ~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages ~*Say What? Some Common Stat Topic Lingo Defined*~ SFF (Same Fanbase Factor) - Same Fanbase Factor is the theory that, if two contestants share a common fanbase, the weaker of the two options will underperform in a direct matchup. For instance, Link was expected to defeat Ganon with 65% of the vote in 2004, based on their 2003 values. Instead, Link collected near 88% of the vote, because the Zelda fanbase so clearly sided with him. However, take some SFF labels with a grain of salt, as many people will slap it onto any match that doesn't make total sense. This has caused a few SFF jokes, with LordOfDabu's "Some Frivolous Factor" being the funniest of them. X-Stats - Short form of Extrapolated Statistics, aka the mathematical "strength" of a contestant that can be determined based on their performance in any given matchup. See above for a detailed explanation of the x-stat process. rSFF (Reverse Same Fanbase Factor): An unproven theory that states that an SFF match will feature the expected weaker character receiving more benefit from SFF than the stronger character. For example, all evidence supports Samus being indirectly stronger than Mario, yet Mario blew Samus away during their 2005 match. That's rSFF in action, and the one case we have of the weaker statistical character winning with it. For other information, surf the contest sites a bit. They have everything. --- Look right through me, Look right through me. |
| WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:08 PM | message detail |
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n_n --- ~War~ The Cream of Transexual Ex Girlfriend Fanboyism ~War~ |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:15 PM | message detail |
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Let's do this Sonic. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 247/368 Today's Match: Sephiroth > Sonic |
| Naomi_Diamond | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:16 PM | message detail |
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Snoic. --- ziggie ziggie wop wop |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:19 PM | message detail |
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I always thought Sonic over Sephiroth was more likely than Auron over Sonic. anyway, I'm thinking after this we'll be calling Sonic a lock next round, even though he's obviously benefitting from standing out + SFF --- xyzzy http://isobamapresident.com/ |
| MnMZero | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:31 PM | message detail |
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If this result were to hold, this would be the best contest ever. It'd
definitely make up for Zero, Knuckles, Sonic, Bowser AND Hayabusa
looking like crap. I'd like to have SOMETHING to be excited about in
this contest. :( --- Proud Supporter of Zero |
| Aprosenf | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:32 PM | message detail |
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Post 498 > Post 500 Also go Sonic. --- If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka. |
| Gaddswell | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:33 PM | message detail |
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n_n --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDaGWrPcjb8 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:35 PM | message detail |
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SnakeFAQs will consume you just wait and he will deliver --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| GrapefruitKing | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:43 PM | message detail |
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Expecting a 2%+ drop from Sonic at the next update --- Today's prediction: Sephiroth 36.79% - Sonic 24.84% - Auron 20.38% - Kratos 17.99% Status: |
| BDawg | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:51 PM | message detail |
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I don't care if it's a fraudulent result, Sonic needed this. --- Should I start running now? |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/11/2008 9:13:58 PM | message detail |
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YOU'RE TOO SLOW! --- 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 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 11/11/2008 9:14:40 PM | message detail |
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C'mon Snoic --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/hansen.jpg http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| Master Moltar | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:00 PM | message detail |
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you're too slow you're too slow you're too slow you're too slow you're too slow spin move aerial spin move aerial spin move aerial run fast LOOK AT ME I'M SONIC you're too slow you're too slow you're too slow --- hmm well then |
| SpeeDDemon13431 | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:01 PM | message detail |
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Hell yeah! Seph took the lead. I predict it to stay like this. --- Watch our words spread hope like fire. http://i33.tinypic.com/29wvi0z.jpg |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:07 PM | message detail |
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well that didn't take long --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| MegatokyoEd | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:08 PM | message detail |
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LOL at that drop. --- Demyx is better than Axel. |
| Majin Lou | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:11 PM | message detail |
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And Sephiroth takes the lead! --- But the scars of memory never fade away. I can't stop loving you. Stop my tears. Stop my loving. Kill my memories. |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:17 PM | message detail |
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that's more like it. contest preserved and whatnot. that opening vote was all sorts of weird thanks to it being even more of a board vote than usual. --- xyzzy http://isobamapresident.com/ |
| WarThaHedgehog | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:19 PM | message detail |
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Sephiroth's board vote will never stop amusing me. --- ~War~ The Cream of Transexual Ex Girlfriend Fanboyism ~War~ |
| paraboxx | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:21 PM | message detail |
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... okay, next |
| Lopen | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:23 PM | message detail |
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Sephiroth was a bit nervous, with two strong men in the poll... it would take him some time to rise to the occassion. --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 3 - Dante/Leon/Kirby. Target: 48%. Robot LFF/SFF from Raiden? I THINK SO. Believe |
| ZFS | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:28 PM | message detail |
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Watching Snake in this position will be awesome never loses the lead book it --- "You don't have to worry about me." |
| Panthera | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:29 PM | message detail |
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And Sonic loses his lead. --- This Earth has died, yet no one has seen ~Electric Wizard-Funeralopolis |
| Gaddswell | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:30 PM | message detail |
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and Seph LEADS Ok, nothing to see here! Move along! --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/MapleMasta/IkeClimbers2.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDaGWrPcjb8 |
| charmander6000 | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:34 PM | message detail |
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Well it was fun while it lasted. This is going to get ugly after the power hour. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB7%20BOP.xls Character Battle 2008: Points 247/368 Today's Match: Sephiroth > Sonic |
| BDawg | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:37 PM | message detail |
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Yeah that's real shocking. But Auron is deader than dead, someone get Yuna to send him or whatever. --- Should I start running now? |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:47 PM | message detail |
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lol snoic --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/hansen.jpg http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| GrapefruitKing | Posted 11/11/2008 9:15:53 PM | message detail |
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GrapefruitKing | Posted 11/12/2008 12:13:43 AM | message detail Expecting a 2%+ drop from Sonic at the next update woo --- Today's prediction: Sephiroth 36.79% - Sonic 24.84% - Auron 20.38% - Kratos 17.99% Status: |
| WarThaHedgehog | Posted 11/11/2008 9:16:17 PM | message detail |
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Let it be remembered that Auron is the only character in this poll to never have a 0% update. Suck it you other failures. --- ~War~ The Cream of Transexual Ex Girlfriend Fanboyism ~War~ |
| MnMZero | Posted 11/11/2008 9:16:49 PM | message detail |
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Ugh, time to disappear again. :( --- Proud Supporter of Zero |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/11/2008 9:17:10 PM | message detail |
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Auron's still got this people! You'll soon see that no one outside of the first 15 minutes likes Sonic. Trust me. n_n --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/11/2008 9:18:19 PM | message detail |
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I'd rather not. <_< >_> --- 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 |
| Iamthekuzalol | Posted 11/11/2008 9:18:33 PM | message detail |
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Sonic always dissapoint after 2006. Snake never dissapoint after 2006. Snake will beat both overated Cloud and Sephiroth in the semi-final. Welcome to Gamefaqs is Snake. --- Steroid Snake's quest : To advance to the final for the third consecutive time. Please support him, thks. |
| Kullstrom | Posted 11/11/2008 9:18:55 PM | message detail |
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I'm going to bed now, any instant dropoff is merely coincidental. >_> --- Look right through me, Look right through me. |
| Xcarvenger | Posted 11/11/2008 9:19:02 PM | message detail |
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Why is Sephiroth already on top of Sonic? ¬_¬ --- Kweh! Kweh!!! --> http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=xcarvenger For all your board 8 needs: www.board8.wikia.com |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 11/11/2008 9:19:30 PM | message detail |
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From: Xcarvenger | #036 snoic sucks --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/hansen.jpg http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| MnMZero | Posted 11/11/2008 9:19:35 PM | message detail |
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Auron's still got this people! You'll soon see that no one outside of the first 15 minutes likes Sonic. Trust me. n_n And I hate you. --- Proud Supporter of Zero |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 11/11/2008 9:19:35 PM | message detail |
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dissapoint Grammar phailure! --- 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 |
| creativename | Posted 11/11/2008 9:19:59 PM | message detail |
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Saw the posts on how Snake vs. Cloud/Sephiroth will look early on -
yeah, hadn't thought of that, but with "Seph" leeching and the dismal
FF7 early vote, and Snake being a big favorite around here, he'll be
massacring that thing early on. He'll probably lead Cloud past the
first update, in fact - maybe even well into the Power Hour. I wonder if there's a chance he ran ride his ridiculous board vote, very high Power Hour superiority over them, and excellent night vote to actually leading against Cloud going into the dead/early morning hours? Probably not, but maybe. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/11/2008 9:20:52 PM | message detail |
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calling it -- Kratos gets third --- xyzzy http://isobamapresident.com/ |
| Iubaris | Posted 11/11/2008 9:21:25 PM | message detail |
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From: Fayt_Esteed | #039 dissapoint Grammar phailure! I believe you mean spelling phailure! --- It's iubaris, not Lubaris. Bracket: 279 points || Oracle: 28th || Guru: 5th || Leaderboard: 19th |
| Xcarvenger | Posted 11/11/2008 9:21:33 PM | message detail |
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so sandbag was definitely hurting Sonic like it or not --- Kweh! Kweh!!! --> http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=xcarvenger For all your board 8 needs: www.board8.wikia.com |
| ZFS | Posted 11/11/2008 9:22:01 PM | message detail |
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Hey not bad Sonic - he did better that update than the last. --- "You don't have to worry about me." |
| trannyscience | Posted 11/11/2008 9:22:49 PM | message detail |
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Sonic will still drop hard. probably finishes around 30, if not lower. --- xyzzy http://isobamapresident.com/ |
| Lopen | Posted 11/11/2008 9:23:21 PM | message detail |
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so sandbag was definitely hurting Sonic like it or not Sub-Zero imhhho --- Master Chief's quest to defeat Cloud: Round 3 - Dante/Leon/Kirby. Target: 48%. Robot LFF/SFF from Raiden? I THINK SO. Believe |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 11/11/2008 9:23:33 PM | message detail |
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Sonic only did so well that update because all the first 15 minute
people who didn't get a chance to vote because of the late start voted
just then. This is when Auron's super comeback begins PAY NO ATTENTION TO HIS WORRYINGLY SMALLER GAINS ON KRATOS --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| creativename | Posted 11/11/2008 9:23:51 PM | message detail |
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No way Sonic finishes above 30%. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 11/11/2008 9:24:06 PM | message detail |
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From: Xcarvenger | #043 Maybe, maybe not. With how weak FF7 charaters start off, this may end up a huge blowout. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/hansen.jpg http://card.mygamercard.net/aero/Albion+Hero.png |
| ZFS | Posted 11/11/2008 9:24:21 PM | message detail |
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Yeah. Sonic's gonna come down once Sephiroth starts picking it up more.
Might end up in the high-20s. Should hit most people's expectations. --- "You don't have to worry about me." |
