GameFAQs Contests

450 is typically the cutoff post count for new topics in the offseason. Surprised this hasn't been made yet.

Oh and "soda" > all other options. We civilized people know the correct names for things.



~*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 (Thanks to Raven 2 for the info transfer)*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories

~*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.

LFF (Leech Fanbase Factor) - A common issue in four-way polls, where two entrants of the same fanbase leech one another's strength and make each other weaker. This is the main factor currently discussed in stat topics, since four-ways look like they're here to stay. The earliest example we have of this is Arthas/Diablo leeching each other half to death and letting KOS-MOS sneak into second place back in 2007. SFF still happens now and again, but LFF is just as huge these days.

Last Place Factor - A huge issue in four-way contests where an entrant having no expected chance to advance in the poll does far worse than past strength dictates. A lot of these entrants are naturally weak, but a lot of things come along that make little to no sense. A great example is Zero -- he scored 47% on Crono and won several updates, then one round later he gets disproportionally blown out once Link enters the picture. This factor also works in reverse, when an obvious first place game does worse than expected thanks to smart voters helping a game come in second place. The final of 2008 is a good example of this, where Snake stayed even with Link until the day vote and ultimately defeated Cloud. (Credit to red sox 777 and Leonhart4 for the examples)

For other information, surf the contest sites a bit. They have everything.
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450 is typically the cutoff post count for new topics in the offseason. Surprised this hasn't been made yet.

True, but the stats topics have been very dead lately so it takes very long just for it to reach 500 once we're at 450. I even remember someone else making a stats topic when the other one was around 450 and it ended up purging because current one was moving way too slow.
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Soda is the correct answer, but soft drink is also acceptable. Pop is a genre of music or a failed advertising campaign for TNN/Spike TV.
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I'm wondering why we even need a cutoff point during the off-season. The topic moves pretty slowly.
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I'm wondering why we even need a cutoff point during the off-season. The topic moves pretty slowly.

I would say the cutoff point is needed during the contest season and also during the first few weeks (probably the first 2 or 3) of the off-season when there's still a lot stuff to discuss that's actually related to the contest.
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From: PartOfYourWorld | Posted: 7/20/2009 5:53:29 AM | #004
I'm wondering why we even need a cutoff point during the off-season. The topic moves pretty slowly.

I've come around that we should wait until 500, but I doubt this will ever happen.
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KrahenProphet lives up to his name. Congrats on winning!

Yup. I have decided it. Super Mario World is my 3rd favorite game.

Oh wow, a one-line post. I think this is a first.
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From: LinkMarioSamus | #007
Yup. I have decided it. Super Mario World is my 3rd favorite game.

Never change.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

Is LMS actually Wylvane's alt or something?

Soda > Soft Drink > Others
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Krahenprophet he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests.

Nah, I just like annoying people.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

It makes me very happy to see pop in third now

I mean seriously... "pop"?
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40% for Soda

Also while Pop lost to Coke it's doing a lot better compare to last year.
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Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest

I can't believe how much Soda fell overnight though

thats like an Oregon Trail type of europe vote
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I noticed how over the last 3 days the stats topic has moved a lot faster than usual what gives?
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Silly me for going against Krahenprophet in the guru,he predicted his own victory as well as my doom.

From: voltch | #015
I noticed how over the last 3 days the stats topic has moved a lot faster than usual what gives?

we're in deep discussion about such polls as main way to cook a hot dog, what you call soft drinks, and peoples favorite pizza topping
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We're secretly mocking the off-season polls.
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Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest

Hey now, we had some serious discussion about how strong games from the last contest really are in between all the hot dog and soda discussion!
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Krahenprophet he come to town to win the Gamefaqs Contests.

I just realized something, you guys call Pop Machines Soda Machines don't you?
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I just realized something, you guys call Pop Machines Soda Machines don't you?

Well, yeah. But I prefer to call them "vending machines".
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Vending Machines usually means food not drinks.
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I still call them vending machines either way.

During Soda's worst time, it was dropping by about 0.10% to 0.15% per update. The most it dropped at once since the Power Hour ended was 0.18%.
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Hmm....despite living in an area where everyone uses soda, I've never heard the term soda machine before.
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There is a possible chance that over 90% of the Soda votes could come from the United States. There was a poll a few months ago where the United States provided one of the options with over 90% of its votes.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3444

The United States gave MySpace 92.49% of its votes and did about 6% better in the United States compared to the entire world. Everywhere else, MySpace did horrible (even in Canada).
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MySpace did horrible (even in Canada).

MySpace is non-existent in Canada, even during the boom. Just because we're neighbours doesn't mean we use/agree to the same thing. I'll be surprised if Soda comes anywhere near the top.
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Post Poll Analysis, gogogo
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MySpace is non-existent in Canada, even during the boom.

Canadians couldn't sign-up for MySpace during its boom? Or was it just a total unknown there?
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MySpace is non-existent in Canada, even during the boom. Just because we're neighbours doesn't mean we use/agree to the same thing. I'll be surprised if Soda comes anywhere near the top.

This is very true. No one ever used MySpace in Canada while Facebook is incredibly popular. Last I heard Toronto was the largest Facebook network in the world.
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Canadians couldn't sign-up for MySpace during its boom? Or was it just a total unknown there?

It was more unknown. Sure we heard it on shows and the news did a story on it, but those types of sites need a small userbase to start off like with Facebook.
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I only knew one or two people who used myspace and they were the rocker girls in our school

But definitely facebook was more popular
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Here's a list of results that Canada and US disagreed about during the contest.

Round 1

US - Punch-Out > DK
CAN - DK > Punch-Out

US - Oregon Trail > Pac-Man > Pong
CAN - Pac-Man > Pong > Oregon Trail

US - Ninja Gaiden > Duck Hunt
CAN - Duck Hunt > Ninja Gaiden

US - Tecmo Super Bowl > Secret of Monkey Island
CAN - Secret of Monkey Island > Tecmo Super Bowl

US - Super Metroid > Super Mario Kart
CAN - Super Mario Kart > Super Metroid

US - Mortal Kombat II > Secret of Mana
CAN - Secret of Mana > Mortal Kombat II

US - GoldenEye > Super Mario RPG
CAN - Super Mario RPG > GoldenEye

US - Metal Gear Solid > Pokemon GS
CAN - Pokemon GS > Metal Gear Solid

US - Halo > Star Wars KotOR > Diablo II
CAN - Diablo II > Halo > Star Wars KotOR

US - Oblivion > ToS > God of War > GTA: San Andreas
CAN - ToS > Oblivion > GTA: San Andreas > God of War

US - Halo 2 > World of Warcraft
CAN - World of Warcraft > Halo 2

US - Kingdom Hearts II > Resident Evil 4
CAN - Resident Evil 4 > Kingdom Hearts II

US - Street Fighter IV > Persona 4
CAN - Persona 4 > Street Fighter IV

Round 2

US - Sonic 1 > Street Fighter II
CAN - Street Fighter II > Sonic 1

US - Super Mario 64 > Chrono Trigger
CAN - Chrono Trigger > Super Mario 64

US - Final Fantasy VIII > Starcraft
CAN - Starcraft > Final Fantasy VIII

US - Kingdom Hearts > Final Fantasy X
CAN - Final Fantasy X > Kingdom Hearts

US - Halo > LoZ: Wind Waker
CAN - LoZ: Wind Waker > Halo

US - Oblivion > World of Warcraft > ToS
CAN - ToS > World of Warcraft > Oblivion

Round 3

US - Legend of Zelda > Super Mario Bros. > Mega Man 2 > Tetris
CAN - Super Mario Bros. > Legend of Zelda > Tetris > Mega Man 2

US - Super Mario 64 > Chrono Trigger
CAN - Chrono Trigger > Super Mario 64

US - Kingdom Hearts > Diablo II
CAN - Diablo II > Kingdom Hearts

US - Oblivion > Metal Gear Solid 3
CAN - Metal Gear Solid 3 > Oblivion

Round 4-6

US - Legend of Zelda > Super Mario World > Super Mario Bros. 3
CAN - Super Mario World > Super Mario Bros. 3 > Legend of Zelda

US - Pokemon RBY > Final Fantasy X
CAN - Final Fantasy X > Pokemon RBY

US - Super Smash Bros. Brawl > Metal Gear Solid 4 (round 5)
CAN - Metal Gear Solid 4 > Super Smash Bros. Brawl (round 5)



26/63 matches are different.
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And now for the results

Coke
South America
Europe
Asia
Brazil
United Kingdom
Philippines

Cola
Netherlands

Pop
Canada

Soda
North America
United States

Soft Drink
Oceania
Australia
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The United States contributed 93.18% of all the Soda votes.
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And now for the results

Don't forget Mexico, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Sweden:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3550&region=MX
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3550&region=DE
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3550&region=IT
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3550&region=FI
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3550&region=SE

They are the 5 secret options.
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The United States contributed 93.18% of all the Soda votes.

XD

I've barely heard of Soda outside of GameFAQs so I guess it sounds right.
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I updated the list:

Coke
South America
Europe
Asia
Brazil
Mexico
United Kingdom
Italy
Sweden
Philippines

Cola
Germany
Netherlands

Pop
Canada

Soda
North America
United States

Soft Drink
Oceania
Australia

Other
Finland


Finland is the weird one here being the only country where "Other" wins. In Sweden, there's a close 4-way race between 4 different options. Other than the United States, Mexico is the only other place where "Soda" actually looked decent.
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Whoops, forgot to bold "Soft Drink".
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Congratulations, one of the rare times when the rest of the world got it right.

Except for Canada. Silly Canadians.
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More like silly rest of the world.

Though I guess you can't blame South America/Europe/Asia since Coke is just that dominant where other pop just doesn't exist. Cola is just a funny way of saying Coke. I also respect Oceania's stance on Soft Drinks.
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I like how Fizzy Drink did so well in the UK.
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I took a look at the number of votes for Mineral and Fizzy Drink that came from Europe. There were 275 votes for Mineral and 1853 for Fizzy Drink. Once all of the votes from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Sweden have been excluded, there's only 136 votes for Mineral and 175 for Fizzy Drink that came from the rest of Europe. Assuming that they all came from Ireland (where both terms are popular), then this poll only had around 300 votes that came in from Ireland.
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From: -LusterSoldier- | #041
I took a look at the number of votes for Mineral and Fizzy Drink that came from Europe. There were 275 votes for Mineral and 1853 for Fizzy Drink. Once all of the votes from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Finland, and Sweden have been excluded, there's only 136 votes for Mineral and 175 for Fizzy Drink that came from the rest of Europe. Assuming that they all came from Ireland (where both terms are popular), then this poll only had around 300 votes that came in from Ireland.

So the moral from all this is that Smurf's opinions don't matter?

Because I already figured that out like five years ago.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

I also respect Oceania's stance on Soft Drinks.

If you took the total number of votes from Oceania and subtracted that from the total number of votes from Australia, most of the remaining votes should have come from New Zealand. There are 412 votes from Oceania that did not come from Australia. If you assume all 412 votes were from New Zealand, the results would look like this in New Zealand:

Coke 28.40% 117
Cola 1.94% 8
Fizzy Drink 28.88% 119
Mineral 0.73% 3
Pop 0.73% 3
Soda 7.28% 30
Soda Pop 0.00% 0
Soft Drink 24.76% 102
Tonic 0.24% 1
Other 7.04% 29
TOTAL VOTES 412

There are certainly other countries in Oceania besides Australia and New Zealand, but those 2 countries should be expected to contribute at least 95% or more of the Oceania votes.
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Trend chart for yesterday's poll:

Time | Coke | Cola | Fizzy Drink | Mineral | Pop | Soda | Soda Pop | Soft Drink | Tonic | Other
EBV | 17.56% | 1.19% | 0.28% | 0.37% | 19.39% | 49.91% | 1.19% | 4.32% | 0.46% | 5.33%
PHV | 18.14% | 1.56% | 1.02% | 0.34% | 20.58% | 47.83% | 1.07% | 4.46% | 0.61% | 4.39%
FNV | 20.38% | 4.42% | 3.25% | 0.81% | 16.50% | 39.61% | 0.86% | 7.09% | 0.76% | 6.33%
BSV | 22.27% | 6.94% | 5.39% | 0.81% | 16.04% | 31.91% | 0.94% | 7.39% | 0.80% | 7.50%
DSV | 20.35% | 3.84% | 2.61% | 0.58% | 19.72% | 40.71% | 1.07% | 4.49% | 0.71% | 5.93%
ASV | 20.24% | 2.75% | 2.07% | 0.43% | 20.17% | 43.66% | 1.18% | 3.67% | 0.82% | 5.01%
SNV | 20.50% | 2.29% | 0.82% | 0.45% | 20.93% | 44.09% | 1.18% | 3.84% | 1.07% | 4.83%

Soda got the board vote and Power Hour support. The FNV was bad and even more worse for the BSV. It was able to recover in the DSV. It improved with the ASV and barely improved with the SNV, but the ASV was never as good as the support it received at the start of the poll. Coke gets off to a bad start in the first hour, but every other time period was better than its Power Hour. It wasn't really capable of taking advantage of the Soda and Pop drop off with the FNV and BSV, but it only went up slightly during these two time periods. Pop also got a strong Power Hour and dropped off big time with the FNV and BSV. It recovers in the DSV and has a good ASV and SNV. Canadian ASV lives! Cola, Fizzy Drink, Mineral, Soft Drink, and Other all did their best with the FNV and BSV.
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See, this topic is fun when nothing's taken seriously.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

Agree to disagree!
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this topic lacks debate on new strength.
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Silly me for going against Krahenprophet in the guru,he predicted his own victory as well as my doom.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2186

2005 poll. Interesting to see how this changed in four years.
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Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him.

Damn, I was going to post that.

Looks like even the game that made GameFAQs is starting to fade.
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Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest

Tomorrow, probably a poll about OoT or another popular game.
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