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What do you figure the ods are for Lightning to get in the next character contest (before FFXIII is released) and how strong do you think she would be?

would you take her to beat Kefka? how would she fare against Zack?
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I'd so take Mai to win that division.

And nobody even likes KoF!
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Today's poll is a rather fun one. As expected, 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM started in first place at the freeze, but lost first place to 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM on the second update of the poll. But once 12:30 started rolling around, the "11:30 PM - 12:29 AM" poll option was pulling in some really crappy updates, allowing the "1:30 AM - 2:29 AM" poll option to make a hard charge to take the lead over 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM. Now that it's past 1:30 AM, the "12:30 AM - 1:29 AM" poll option will be doing horrible, giving the "1:30 AM - 2:29 AM" poll option about one hour to overtake 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM. On the 1:30 AM update, the "1:30 AM - 2:29 AM" poll option got a 10 vote cut on on 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM (reducing its lead from 249 to 239) and a 35 vote cut at the 1:35 AM update (lead reduced from 239 to 204). Once it's past 2:30 AM, the "1:30 AM - 2:29 AM" poll will start doing horrible after that point in time. As for which poll options do best in the ASV, they would be the "Before 8:30 PM", "8:30 - 9:29 PM", and "9:30 - 10:29 PM" poll options.
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Small mistake in my last post. Reposting what I deleted.


Wow, this topic has really died down big time. Anyways, today's poll is really getting epic here. So far up to this point, there have been multiple comeback attempts. After going through the updates I have tracked up to this point in time, there have been 7 different comeback attempts, but due to the explanations I gave to each comeback attempt so posting the list would end up being a pretty long post that I'm sure not everyone would want to read.

I will say that the most successful comeback attempt was 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM building up a maximum lead of 503 over 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM at 2:30 AM, then there was a stall-out up until the dead zone arrived at 4:00 AM. The Europe vote seemed to benefit 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM big time here, so that's when the stalling stopped. It took 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM almost 3 hours to cut the lead from 456 at 4:01 AM to taking the lead over 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM at 6:42 AM. Cutting over 500 votes in 3 hours is pretty impressive when you are dealing with a 10-way poll.
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Whoo, Archer 1 seed.

Gotta get through either Locke or Epona though.
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I just noticed this, but why is last contest labeled "Character Battle 8" on creative's site?

Didn't even realize, thanks. I'll fix that at some point.
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I will say that the most successful comeback attempt was 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM building up a maximum lead of 503 over 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM at 2:30 AM, then there was a stall-out up until the dead zone arrived at 4:00 AM. The Europe vote seemed to benefit 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM big time here, so that's when the stalling stopped. It took 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM almost 3 hours to cut the lead from 456 at 4:01 AM to taking the lead over 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM at 6:42 AM. Cutting over 500 votes in 3 hours is pretty impressive when you are dealing with a 10-way poll.

Whoops, I was wrong. The biggest comeback attempt in today's poll was 3:30 AM - 4:29 AM obtaining a maximum lead of 1772 over 9:30 - 10:29 PM. This maximum lead was reached at 5:16 AM. 3:30 AM - 4:29 AM managed to blow an almost 1800 vote lead over the course of 8 hours, which it lost to lead to 9:30 - 10:29 PM at 1:18 PM. Blowing a 1800 vote lead isn't really a problem when you are dealing with a 4-way match, but this is a 10-way poll where each poll option has less votes to work with. For a 10-way poll, this is embarrassing to see.
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11:30-12:30 - 65%
12:30-1:30 - 50%
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Looks like Oceania/Australia is the only demographic whose primary bedtime was not 11:30-12:29 A.M.! They're early to bed people!
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Trend chart for the bedtime pol since it's too large for me to post it in this topic as plain textl:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8913/bedtimepolltrends.png

11:30 PM - 12:29 AM won the board vote, but lost the lead to 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM right on the second update of the poll. Soon after, 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM would eventually overtake 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM just 30 minutes later. 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM did best in the Power Hour. 8:30 - 9:29 PM, 9:30 - 10:29 PM, and 10:30 - 11:29 PM all did horrible with the board vote, Power Hour, and the night vote. The night vote was pretty deadlocked between 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM, 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM, and 1:30 AM - 2:29 AM, with 12:30 AM - 1:29 AM barely winning during this time period. 2:30 AM - 3:29 AM, 3:30 AM - 4:29 AM, and 4:30AM or later did their best work during the night vote.

The morning vote features the biggest trend shifts of this poll. 10:30 - 11:29 PM jumped about 11% from the night vote to the morning vote. 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM did about a 7% jump between the night vote and the morning vote. 10:30 - 11:29 PM did drop off about 3% going into the late morning vote and dropped about another 1% going into the ASV and the second night vote. However, 11:30 PM - 12:29 AM actually went up slightly in the late morning vote, and once it dropped off with the ASV, it stayed around the same even in the second night vote. Before 8:30 PM, 8:30 - 9:29 PM, 9:30 - 10:29 PM all did their best in the morning vote. Makes sense, since those people would be waking up early enough to vote in that time period.

2:30 AM - 3:29 AM, 3:30 AM - 4:29 AM, and 4:30AM or later all managed to recover with the second night vote, but it wasn't as good as their first night vote. Those same poll options also did horrible during the morning vote, but 4:30AM or later didn't do all that bad for that time period since it was still running strong off the night vote. 4:30AM or later actually did worse in the late morning vote.
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LL's poll yesterday covered the subject of our 2010 Spring Contest, so thought I'd share the results:

Of the Two "Best Consoles Ever," which is better?
SNES, because I'm nostalgic 11.63% 253
SNES, because it's just plain better 26.11% 568
PS2 because nostalgia is for **** 3.59% 78
PS2 because it's just plain better 31.45% 684
Neither of these consoles are the best and you should feel bad for making this poll 27.22% 592
TOTAL VOTES 2175

So in other words

SNES - 37.74%
PS2 - 35.04%
PSX/N64/360/NES/etc - 27.22%

Pretty close! LL's demographic skews older than GameFAQs in general and they're also bigger into pre-Wii Nintendo from what I've seen, so I would imagine the PS2 comes closer if we asked this site-wide.

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Nomination Rally Tournament has started, so if you're so inclined, feel free to vote and push for new blood and some old blood, too!
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
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that means doc guys


More seriously, on the subject of Punch-Out!!...

1) What do we think of Little Mac now?
2) Are there any other Wii-games coming out this year that may beat PO in the GotY's? I don't know Nintendo's '09 line-up right now.
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KrahenProfit: a one-Guru wrecking crew.
He savagely abused my bracket.

Mac is still fodder, just not embarrassingly bad fodder.

Wii GotY...oh boy. Punch-Out might win. I love the game and that's just sad.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

what about

THA CONDUIT
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This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists?

Jesus christ Kleenex will you lay off the conduit already.
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never
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This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists?

From: Calintares | #351
What do you figure the ods are for Lightning to get in the next character contest (before FFXIII is released) and how strong do you think she would be?

I don't know about the next contest but once released I could see Lightning posing a serious threat to the Noble 9. From the demo vids I've seen her character seems to tick all the boxes for what Gamefaqs likes in a character.
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This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists?

Depends on FFXIII. If it tanks, Lightning's gonna be fodder. If it's the smash hit that will bring Square back to the forefront like everyone's hyping it to be, I could see her being equal to the rest of the near elites (which, amusingly, are ALL FF characters, I think).

I really don't think FFXIII will tank. If that game bombs, it would be the biggest disappointment Square has ever put out. That game has no reason to fail.
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
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From: LeonhartFour | #374
I really don't think FFXIII will tank. If that game bombs, it would be the biggest disappointment Square has ever put out. That game has no reason to fail.

Then again, Square has been REALLY hit-or-miss since Spirits Within tanked in the cinemas. The game has to truly be the new FF7 to give Lightning good strength, because all the hype means it's got some massive expectations to live up to. Merely being good won't be enough, it has to cure at least two types of cancers, more or less, or the fanbase will revile it.

FFXIII will probably fail same way FFXII did. A great game, but people expecting WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.
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Nah, FFXIII has a lot of things going for it that FFXII didn't.
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"Krahenprophet is lightning...the rain transformed."

Yeah, FFXIII DOES have a better shot, but that doesn't mean it's a guaranteed classic. I'd say it has a 33% chance of being a classic, to XII's 10% or so.

I don't know about the next contest but once released I could see Lightning posing a serious threat to the Noble 9

Lol, there is not a shot in absolute hell that a new character will be knocking on the Noble Nine's door. Maybe if she appears in three or four more games she'd be in the elite, but she will have nothing on anyone in the NN for a long time coming.
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FFXIII is going to be huge, no doubts about that. It'll be more along the lines of a FFX than it will be FFXII. It has much more appeal all around, both its characters and its style. I'd imagine Lightning would be stronger than any of the FFX cast, too, save for Auron. Anything higher than that depends on how much GameFAQs takes to the game.

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Yeah, but it doesn't just have to be good, it has to receive massive acclaim. I'm not sure how much Square fans differ from Nintendo's, but TP and Brawl were hyped to high heaven, just like FFXIII is being hyped now, and they were mostly seen as letdowns when they didn't end up being all that and a bag of chips (they were still amazing, though). Hype backlash could easily kill Lightning's potential for a year or two after release.

FFXIII has a lot of hype behind it, but it's not to the same degree as Brawl and TP. No one's calling it the best game ever and building up expectations that can't be met. People will definitely take to the game, I've played the demo and it's great. Long overdue return to the Final Fantasy everyone loves.

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Okay, since I've yet to upgrade to the latest gen (being a PC mark and all), where would you put Lightning's ceiling and floor, assuming the game ends up curing cancer in the first case and is the new Cheetahmen in the second one? I feel like your expectations would be a lot more accurrate than mine. ;)

The thing that could help FFXIII a lot is the multiplatform release. Of course, it depends on how well it sells on the 360, but it's going to sell on the PS3 like hotcakes, I'd imagine.
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"Krahenprophet is lightning...the rain transformed."

Tough to say.

Lightning is probably the most appealing main character since Cloud, which makes sense given that she's made to be a female verison of him! If FFXIII gets the massive critical and fan acclaim, and sells like it should, she could be probably be up there with the near-elites. She won't be beating any of the Noble Nine, unless Sonic and Mega Man keep sucking to the point where they're not really apart of the group anymore, but no reason to think she couldn't be above the likes of Sora if FFXIII becomes a big hit.

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Yeah, it being multiplatform means that everyone on GameFAQs will have a chance to play it. Don't have to worry about it being limited by the userbase like MGS4.

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FF13 really does have to be the biggest FF title since 7 in terms of acclaim and sales for Lightning to become a Square upper midcarder. She won't threaten the Noble Nine like Vincent constantly does unless FF13 develops a passionate fanbase during the offseasons.
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Yeah, to threaten the NN, you need three things:

A) Hardcore Fanbase. If you don't have rabid supporters, forget about this. Even in a SFF match with the biggest guy from your company (Link or Cloud), if you fall below a certain threshold, you're just a high midcarder.

B) Appealing Design, tons of it. This is the reason Squall is so strong despite being antivoted, and why Vincent is so strong in spite of being a secret character.

C) Recent good releases under your belt, preferably absolutely amazing ones.

Lightning will have recency going for her, and B looks pretty safe. She needs FFXIII to be brilliant to gain A and complete C, though. Otherwise, I'd put her at Tidus' level. If FFXIII flops, meanwhile, she could be as weak as Balthier.

Lightning's floor is Balthier if it bombs. Her ceiling would be near Ryu/Dante I believe. All the characters that are in the elite have years of nostalgia or many games featuring them (or both), so there's no way she'd be able to get close to them so early. Like I said earlier, give her a few years to get a stable fanbase and she could be as strong or stronger then Sora.
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Given that Squall is lucky to beat Vincent, I would say Lightning doesn't have much chance there. But she's not going to fall into the Balthier and Tidus zone -- FFXIII wouldn't even need to be a massive hit for her to avoid that group, considering her design and personality. One of the big things she has going for her is that she's the complete opposite of Zidane/Tidus/Vaan trio we've gotten the past few FFs, and more along the lines of Cloud and Squall.

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plus she is hot
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From: MyWorldIsCrono | #391
plus she is hot

Admittedly, after Rydia's fluke, TJF is a proven force which could propel her upwards.

Tidus and Balthier aren't in the same tier!
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"Krahenprophet is lightning...the rain transformed."

Yeah, that's for sure. Tidus has recovered a lot since 2004. He was actually *gasp* DECENT in 2008!

Tidus probably hasn't increased much at all since 2004. But he's not going to be losing to Ada Wong any time soon.
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
"Krahenprophet is lightning...the rain transformed."

Tidus is a solid midcarder. Balthier is fodder line
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Quick semi-off topic question: If you had to compare FF XIII's gameplay to one other game, what would you say it is closest too?

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ffx
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Yeah, FFX is about right. It's command-based, fast, and stylish.

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It's more ATB-ish though, isn't it?
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"But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside."
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