GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 685
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/21/2009 10:00:49 PM | message detail |
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Aw yeah, nice update by Lufia to end the Power Hour. --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/21/2009 10:03:03 PM | message detail |
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I'm not "getting at" anything. YI is barely at 55% during the Power Hour (which, despite what some
would lead people to believe, is worlds better for traditional
Nintendo/Mario than the night vote). Assuming EB doesn't have Phoenix
Wright trends or anything, if YI had turned out to be a bit weaker or
if the dominant entry in the match was something less favorable to it
(ie any Nintendo with a name) it could have won. That is something to
take heed of. --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/21/2009 10:03:43 PM | message detail |
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Starman.net might be able to get a couple hundred votes total, which is really a non factor for a match with about 120k votes ...haven't you bragged about rallying several hundred votes in these contests, specifically Mega Man/WCC? Funny you're calling it a non-factor now. --- Prototype Shorthand, do you speak it?! |
| MetricTrout | Posted 4/21/2009 10:04:11 PM | message detail |
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So how would Super Mario Bros. 2 be doing if it was in Yoshi's Island's spot, and had a pic of Mario? --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147 |
| transience | Posted 4/21/2009 10:04:46 PM | message detail |
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yeah, this is an awful performance by YI. hopefully it stops the whole
'franchise voting' thing - it had every reason to do great here and is
going to lose updates to Earthbound. not a good show at all. --- xyzzy http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/_src/sc569/HNI_0022.jpg |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:04:54 PM | message detail |
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From: HaRRicH | #303 The WoW fanbase and a small site for a niche game is different. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:05:00 PM | message detail |
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Haha. I remember Somebody saying they'd take SMB2 in this match. Heck, one said Mario's Time Machine (Turtle?). Some of you people end up looking dumber than me! --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/21/2009 10:05:03 PM | message detail |
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Mario Bros. 2? I doubt it'd be doing much better or worse. ...No clue though. --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| LeonhartFour | Posted 4/21/2009 10:05:45 PM | message detail |
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One vote gain for Yoshi's Island there. And with that, I'm off to bed. --- http://www.court-records.net/animation/phoenix-superobjection.gif |
| redrocket | Posted 4/21/2009 10:05:55 PM | message detail |
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Someone said Mario Paint would be winning! You know who you are. --- From his looks Magus is Macho Man Randy Savage as an anime zombie. The black wind howls, and one of you will snap into a Slim Jim ooh yeeeah! -sonicblastpunch |
| transience | Posted 4/21/2009 10:06:07 PM | message detail |
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Mario 2 would take Yoshi's Island, probably. --- xyzzy http://img.imgcake.com//chewing.jpg |
| KamikazePotato | Posted 4/21/2009 10:06:15 PM | message detail |
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God damnit EarthBound, cut so I can go to sleep feeling happy. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/ |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/21/2009 10:06:35 PM | message detail |
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Mario Paint was awesome and you know it *swats flies* --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 4/21/2009 10:06:39 PM | message detail |
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Heck, one said Mario's Time Machine (Turtle?). Yes, Turtle. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:06:40 PM | message detail |
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I think Mario Paint could win. You are all basing too much off of Earthbounsd current %. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:07:00 PM | message detail |
| There's a difference between "better than the
night vote" and "better than CT with it." Look at yesterday's match -
SM64 pulled 44% in the Power Hour, 43% at night, 45% during school, and
48% after school, and that's with two night vote titans in the match. It's not the Nintendo Power Hour any more. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/rpguy96 |
| Karma Hunter | Posted 4/21/2009 10:07:24 PM | message detail |
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I think Mario Paint could beat WoW too alby --- turnturnturn your brain in turnturnturn your brain in |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:08:39 PM | message detail |
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You know, I like this contest. It's like people are actually voting
based on the merits of games, instead of voting for everything Nintendo
like in 2005-7. That seems to have been what the Boost was- an influx
of a large bloc of people who voted anything Nintendo over anything
else- and it appears to be gone now. The "Old Nintendo" fanbase is much
more reasonable. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:09:37 PM | message detail |
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From: red sox 777 | #318 We haven't had a game contest since 2004. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| HaRRicH | Posted 4/21/2009 10:10:37 PM | message detail |
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Haha, SMB2 versus SMW2:YI? SMW2:YI because it's not got a stigma of
being a bad SMB-game -- it's just a different one. That said, I would
have to vote SMB2 -- it was the first game I ever fairly beat (killing
King Wart with Luigi with one heart, no lives, and no Game Genie for my
first time rocked...that's a defining game memory for me!). --- Prototype Shorthand, do you speak it?! |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:11:02 PM | message detail |
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We had character battles though, and Nintendo utterly dominated those. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:11:44 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, but we know how games and characters go down around these parts. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| ff6man | Posted 4/21/2009 10:11:59 PM | message detail |
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So tomorrow I've got Pokemon > Majora's Mask... I don't think it's
THAT crazy an idea considering nostalgia votes + Majora never really
being that loved... Oh who am I kidding I wish I'd picked Majora to win. >_< --- Rs Name: Igglybuff138 - Skill Total - 1820+ - Combat level 118 - 281/281 Quest Points - BGE Contest Score: 48/60 Today: Chrono Trigger > Yoshi's Island |
| MetricTrout | Posted 4/21/2009 10:12:41 PM | message detail |
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Nothing is better than CT during the Power Hour. CT should fall to
around 50% at the end of the match, which is still pretty impressive
considering it is going up against a Mario game. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147 |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:13:20 PM | message detail |
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Time to argue hopelessly for MM > PD! --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:13:55 PM | message detail |
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Or actually, to rephrase that, it feels
as though individual people are voting for individual games, and not as
part of a fanbase. Hence, the relative lack of SFF/LFF. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:13:58 PM | message detail |
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From: MetricTrout | #324 *Yoshi game struggling with Earthbound. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:15:45 PM | message detail |
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EB won't ever take the lead here --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| LordLockeRA | Posted 4/21/2009 10:17:12 PM | message detail |
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*prepares to go and vote for Yoshi's Island, stops to look at the match pic.* Aw, Baby Mario is crying. *images of many, many episodes of infant bawling passes through head* So... much... crying. Please, stop crying. Quiet, please. No, not louder. Stop crying stop crying stop crying STOP! *votes for Earthbound* Goddamnit. I think this is the first time I ever anti-voted a game due to match pic. --- Meeh. Whatever. |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 4/21/2009 10:17:34 PM | message detail |
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From: MetricTrout | #324 Crono has never fallen that much in any of his matches in the past 2 years. Putting aside the one against Vincent and Link, the most he ever dropped from the power hour to the end was 2%. With Link and Vincent he fell over 3% but that was a combination of being pounded by Link's awesome day vote and FF7's at the time horrid Power Hour. It would take a lot to duplicate that --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| MetricTrout | Posted 4/21/2009 10:18:18 PM | message detail |
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Well, it is pretty obvious that Yoshi's Island > SMB2 one-on-one, but who would be stronger in a four-way format? http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1181 Mario 2 beat Yoshi's Island in this poll and would probably get a better pic, with a picture of Mario as opposed to that annoying baby Mario. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:18:20 PM | message detail |
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Not to mention this match has nothing that resembles a day vote outside of mario --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| BidoofKiller | Posted 4/21/2009 10:19:50 PM | message detail |
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"EB won't ever take the lead here" but it can take 2nd place --- Gamertag:MoldyMarshmello Wii#: 7620-1937-0333-3841 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:20:22 PM | message detail |
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From: BidoofKiller | #333 Lead as in over SMW2 Its supposed to be cutting by this time if it wanted to take the lead over night. --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:20:48 PM | message detail |
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Hm.. looks like EB won't even win the night vote here. --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| creativename | Posted 4/21/2009 10:25:28 PM | message detail |
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SMB2 should beat Yoshi's Island without trouble, and I always would've
said that. It's actually considered a real Super Mario Bros. series
game (even though, ironically, in Japan it wasn't an SMB game at
all...). There's no way SMB2 would be doing worse than this against EB,
so the question of who'd be stronger between SMB2 and YI is pretty much
resolved. There's a difference between "better than the night vote" and "better than CT with it." Look at yesterday's match - SM64 pulled 44% in the Power Hour, 43% at night, 45% during school, and 48% after school, and that's with two night vote titans in the match. It's not the Nintendo Power Hour any more. I don't quite know what you mean, it's the NPH as much as it's ever been. Nintendo still does very well with it. Stuff like Frog has always been more extreme than Nintendo. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:25:59 PM | message detail |
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all your percentage are belong to CT now This might get over 56% before Europe vote --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| MarioSuperstar | Posted 4/21/2009 10:28:15 PM | message detail |
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Turtle sure has gotten quiet ever since the match started! --- *is Dranze* BGE2 - Today: CT > EB - Points: 46/60 Vote: YI |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 4/21/2009 10:30:59 PM | message detail |
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CT is stealing Earthbound's votes to get over 60% updates --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:31:22 PM | message detail |
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I don't quite know what you mean, it's the NPH as much as it's ever
been. Nintendo still does very well with it. Stuff like Frog has always
been more extreme than Nintendo. Compare to 2006, where The Legend of Zelda got 57% on Final Fantasy during the Power Hour, 48% at night, and 51% during the day. That's a goddamn Nintendo Power Hour. --- Mustache...and Green... http://backloggery.com/rpguy96 |
| MetricTrout | Posted 4/21/2009 10:32:03 PM | message detail |
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As to how much Chrono Trigger will fall: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/22?matchnum=2902&num=4 I think it should follow the trends of this match: Crono and 3 midcarders, none with particularly defined trends like Link or FF7. We have Crono at 38.67% at the end of the Power Hour, and finishing at 36.65%. Which is at 94.77% of his Power Hour strength. Multiply that by Chrono Trigger's current Power Hour value of 54.51%, and you get 51.66%. Still a great showing by Chrono Trigger. I was sort of afraid it would bomb, but it turns out Yoshi's Island was the one that bombed. --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147 |
| MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 4/21/2009 10:33:00 PM | message detail |
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From: MetricTrout | #341 im sorry, the awesomeness of the 61% update CT just got drowns out everything you just said --- http://card.mygamercard.net/geothermal/blue/Albion+Hero.png Starcraft >= Diablo 2 > The Lost Vikings 2 >> trash >>>> World of Warcraft |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:33:28 PM | message detail |
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CT over 55% now and rising again. It just had a 61% update preceded by
two 59% updates. I wonder if it can double the other games combined for
a update some time tonight. And I'll make a prediction here that CT
actually wins the day vote over Earthbound and Lufia, doesn't fall too
much against YI, and finishes above 55%. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| Fayt_Esteed | Posted 4/21/2009 10:34:42 PM | message detail |
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Might as well see what everybody thinks are the biggest bombs of the contest so far. --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
| creativename | Posted 4/21/2009 10:35:33 PM | message detail |
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Compare to 2006, where The Legend of Zelda got 57% on Final Fantasy
during the Power Hour, 48% at night, and 51% during the day. That's a
goddamn Nintendo Power Hour. That's because it was FF, and on top of that it was the finals. Both things exaggerate the results greatly. Early vote bandwagoning, favoritism etc. is scaled up in the finals (see L-Block's and Snake's monster late round power hours). If that match was held again today I doubt the relative trends would be much different. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| creativename | Posted 4/21/2009 10:37:56 PM | message detail |
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And I'll make a prediction here that CT actually wins the day vote
over Earthbound and Lufia, doesn't fall too much against YI, and
finishes above 55%. I don't know about 55% - that Europe vote will hurt (though YI will be the only game that benefits, and it's not strong enough to benefit overly much). But the competition here is quite weak so it shouldn't finish that much below 55%. My guess right now would be it finishes with 53+%. --- Save_Us.RAT BREAK THE BLOCK DOWN |
| red sox 777 | Posted 4/21/2009 10:38:59 PM | message detail |
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MetricTrout: You're forgetting three things. One, all of CT's
competition today have great power hours, much much better than Crono's
competition in that match. Two, even last year, Crono's day vote looked
a bit better than in 2007. Three, CTDS very possibly improved CT's
Europe and day vote strength. --- Link he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests. |
| MetricTrout | Posted 4/21/2009 10:40:30 PM | message detail |
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Chrono Trigger has always been higher up in the Power Hour hierarchy than any Nintendo game, though. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Chrono_Trigger_vs_Link_to_the_Past_2004 http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Mario_vs_Crono_2005 http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Crono_vs_Bowser_2006 --- http://thengamer.com/guru/bracket.php?id=147 |
| Lieutenant Kettch | Posted 4/21/2009 10:42:11 PM | message detail |
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I believe the CT/LttP match was before the poll time change, so there wasn't a power hour then. --- FastFalcon and Solid Snake snapped my neck in the guru contest. |
| The n00b Avenger | Posted 4/21/2009 10:46:39 PM | message detail |
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Neither was 2005. 2006 was when we first started midnight eastern. It
was also the year Crono displayed the strange trend of completely dying
after the first 3-4 hours that hasn't really been seen to that extent
before or after --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
