GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 681
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 10:51:32 PM | message detail |
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And now Secret of Mana has tied Sonic 2's mark of 12 consecutive
updates with percentage losses with 12 consecutive updates with
percentage gains. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 10:56:03 PM | message detail |
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You just had to jinx it! --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:06:23 PM | message detail |
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aww yeah SoM cutting MK lets do this --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:06:40 PM | message detail |
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And there it is! Secret of Mana cuts Mortal Kombat 2 and hits 26%! --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| Lopen | Posted 4/17/2009 11:15:23 PM | message detail |
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Wow. Very surprised to see Secret of Mana worth anything. In other places in the bracket it would've owned me, probably. --- So I lost a bet to creativename (yeah...hardly shocking). Like usual, I should've known better! FACT: Halo 3 was 1000% responsible for Master Chief's boost. |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/17/2009 11:21:01 PM | message detail |
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Man, I bet Donkey Kong Country would be beating Sonic here. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/17/2009 11:29:30 PM | message detail |
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Interesting thought, yo. Let me mix and match for a sec..... Donkey Kong Country Mega Man X Sonic & Knuckles Tetris --- Prototype Shorthand, do you speak it?! |
| creativename | Posted 4/17/2009 11:36:34 PM | message detail |
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I was quite wrong about Link's Awakening. MMX wasn't much weaker than I thought, but LA was significantly stronger. The next batch of pics is very good, I'm liking it. Today's pic is strong too - really digging the Secret of Mana pic. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| PartOfYourWorld | Posted 4/17/2009 11:38:15 PM | message detail |
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That Secret of Mana picture must bring back strong emotions in people
who played the game, because it looks super bland to someone who hasn't
(me). --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:40:01 PM | message detail |
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From: PartOfYourWorld | #059 http://minicastle.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/secret_of_mana_box.jpg --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| ZenOfThunder | Posted 4/17/2009 11:40:54 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, I have to admit, that pic just screams "bland jrpg." --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
| tim333 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:40:58 PM | message detail |
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Jesus why is Sonic not dominating this match? Sonic really is garbage in these contests now, isn't he? --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:41:55 PM | message detail |
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He is who we thought he was! --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:42:33 PM | message detail |
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holy crap what happened there --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:42:39 PM | message detail |
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Massive 34 vote cut by Secret of Mana. Let's get this comeback going for a few hours until the day vote arrives! --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| creativename | Posted 4/17/2009 11:42:52 PM | message detail |
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Wow. Very surprised to see Secret of Mana worth anything. In other places in the bracket it would've owned me, probably. I didn' think of that. God damnit Secret of Mana screwed by bracket placement!! Sonic 2 was a great game, MK2 was good, but SoM got my vote here. That Secret of Mana picture must bring back strong emotions in people who played the game, because it looks super bland to someone who hasn't (me). That's so true. It did bring back some emotions for me. Very good game, great gameplay. Loved the co-op - was unheard of for its time for that type of game. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:43:32 PM | message detail |
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SoM cut sonic also! --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| tim333 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:45:48 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/images/poll_graph.php?matchnum=3457&type=1&seconds=60&max=0 Okay that is NOT NORMAL --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| ZenOfThunder | Posted 4/17/2009 11:46:49 PM | message detail |
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From: tim333 | Posted: 4/18/2009 2:45:48 AM | #068 ....WHAT THE HELL --- (|| ' ' ||) Not changing my sig until EBA2/Ouendan 3 is announced. (4/22/08) . /|_|\ http://imgcake.com/img/40/all_eba.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:48:13 PM | message detail |
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someone seems to be helping som lol --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:50:07 PM | message detail |
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Just a big spike, probably signaling the beginning of a comeback
attempt overnight by SoM. Nothing at all unusual; you see updates like
that in every match. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:51:08 PM | message detail |
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From: red sox 777 | #071 it went from like 27% to 36%... --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:51:44 PM | message detail |
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Oh, and those kinds of updates will probably be the norm in a couple hours when Europe and late night voters have their say. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| tim333 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:52:37 PM | message detail |
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Sure, SoM suddenly having an update well above MK2 is nothing special. But above SONIC? WTF --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:55:00 PM | message detail |
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It's not like Sonic is far ahead of MK2. It's lost an update to it
already. Really, when you have a match with 288 updates in total, some
of them are going to end up pretty far from the mean. That's just basic
probability. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| creativename | Posted 4/17/2009 11:56:15 PM | message detail |
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That was weird. Let's see what happens. Might be shenanigans, might not be. Not like it matters anyway, no chance of SoM actually placing here. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/17/2009 11:56:32 PM | message detail |
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you're not trying to cover up something are you red sox 666 --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 4/17/2009 11:57:24 PM | message detail |
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Well, no upset here, but SoM's doing pretty good and that's good enough for me. --- I'm gonna keep on going, I know I'll be strong. http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z114/Javer8000/FanimeCon2008/Sandbag.jpg |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:03:58 AM | message detail |
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Obviously not. I hate how people nowadays throw out the idea of
shenanigans for updates that deviate to an amount that happens in every
match. If there were really outrageous updates or a number of strange
spikes, that would be different, but unless you see behavior that
doesn't happen often in matches, you can't really say anything about
whether there is stuffing going in the poll just from looking at the
updates. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| tim333 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:06:07 AM | message detail |
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Who's claiming shenanigans? I was just expressing surprise at the rather unusually large spike for SoM in that update. --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| masseffect90 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:08:15 AM | message detail |
| There's stuffing going on in almost every poll sox. People know how to do it, and there's money on the line. So in any match where stuffing could plausibly make a difference, someone's gonna try. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:08:24 AM | message detail |
| Well, you said "not normal," which presumably
means "could not happen normally, without interference," no? If that's
not what you meant, it's what people typically mean with those words in
this topic. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:09:50 AM | message detail |
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I mean the matches that aren't close too, by every match. Not just the
close ones. It's just that no one notices when it happens in a match
that isn't close enough to have people paying attention to cuts and the
like. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| tim333 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:11:43 AM | message detail |
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I meant not normal in the sense of "not something you usually see".
I've been following this contest and spikes like that one are pretty
uncommon. --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:13:54 AM | message detail |
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Mortal Kombat II by the hour against Secret of Mana: 1:00 | 55.02% 2:00 | 53.32% 3:00 | 51.19% --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:18:36 AM | message detail |
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I meant not normal in the sense of "not something you usually see". Ok then, sorry for jumping on that. There's been way too much speculation on shenanigans based on very little data in this topic; that's all. It's also worth noting that a lack of suspicious looking updates is not sufficient evidence for lack of stuffing. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/18/2009 12:27:00 AM | message detail |
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Wow.. Sonic just fell off the map there. It's no wonder Super Mario Kart beat it now. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: Sonic 2 > MKII - Points: 30/44 Vote: Sonic 2 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 12:43:34 AM | message detail |
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I gotta say though Secret of manas night vote is deadly --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| tim333 | Posted 4/18/2009 12:51:52 AM | message detail |
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I just... what the **** Sonic Nothing makes sense anymore. --- Like an imploding star, like a burning car, my style shines so bright! |
| Gaddswell | Posted 4/18/2009 12:58:48 AM | message detail |
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Well, it'll be 4 am soon. Time to see if SoM will have the Chrono Trigger drop off. --- http://www.court-records.net/manga/4koma/(eng)4koma2.png Hail FastFalcon, our new guru overlord! |
| Masato_Tanaka | Posted 4/18/2009 12:59:47 AM | message detail |
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Well, I'm glad Sonic 2 and MK2 didn't choke! --- The Straight Up G The Palace of Wisdom Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 1:00:02 AM | message detail |
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It shouldn't, since SoM released in Europe whereas CT didn't. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| Masato_Tanaka | Posted 4/18/2009 1:00:19 AM | message detail |
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Yes, this is Sonic 2 not choking to me. I know it's silly. --- The Straight Up G The Palace of Wisdom Hardcore Legend and Board 8er Masa/Hiko |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 1:02:50 AM | message detail |
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If anything, SoM seems to be getting stronger. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 1:19:58 AM | message detail |
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lol sonic is getting big % losses during europe vote none of this makes sense anymore --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| Gaddswell | Posted 4/18/2009 1:43:16 AM | message detail |
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That's 3 SoM cuts in a row! Wonder if it can get things down under 750 with the weekend night vote. --- http://www.court-records.net/manga/4koma/(eng)4koma2.png Hail FastFalcon, our new guru overlord! |
| Ultimaphazon | Posted 4/18/2009 1:43:19 AM | message detail |
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Secret of Mana was, as far as I remember, the first Square rpg to get
released in Europe. And there weren't many rpgs released in Europe in
those days. I don't want to say it was the first jrpg ever released in
Europe, but it's the first one I remember. The game should be decently strong in Europe. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII |
| NineInch11 | Posted 4/18/2009 1:45:19 AM | message detail |
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Too bad SF II won't ever win... Sonic's awesome though |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 1:47:54 AM | message detail |
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by decently strong, its outdoing sonic we might have a new europe beast in the making! Its cut 60 votes from MK last 4 updates --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/18/2009 1:53:46 AM | message detail |
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oh, and first jrpg in europe would be phantasy star Sega always brought their stuff over there; part of why sega does so well in europe, because sega looked out for them instead of being screwed by nintendo so much. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/RyanSaotome/voteps4plz.jpg |
