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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 753
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Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:16:26 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #450 huh, why? Everyone uses it thaT I know --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 8:22:13 PM | message detail |
Maybe
it's another rift between Canada and US. The only people that use MSN
are young teenagers, the older teens/young adults use Facebook. Still
with it dropping in popularity in Canada should give the bottom option
some extra percent. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:22:48 PM | message detail |
i dont see how facebook has anything to do with messengers, since they are different things --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 8:26:12 PM | message detail |
If you want to talk to someone you message them on Facebook. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:27:49 PM | message detail |
But most people don't have facebook, but most people do have messenger programs. plus facebook is full of nothing but emo teens. i steer clear of that --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
HaRRicH | Posted 8/6/2009 8:29:39 PM | message detail |
Facebook's
got a chat-toolbar now (and I think MySpace does too...at least, it
did). Also, the rise in popularity of texting has likely hurt the
popularity of messengers. It'd be interesting to see the changes from the last poll if Facebook and "Who needs IMs when I can text?" were options, though I can't say I'd care a whole lot personally. --- Nominate DOC LOUIS (Punch-Out!!): http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=49774975 |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:30:45 PM | message detail |
But most cell phones do texting through instant messengers I thought? Like my phone uses AIM IMs --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
XxSoulxX | Posted 8/6/2009 8:31:58 PM | message detail |
Instant
Messaging pretty much died here in Ottawa when Facebook came around.
Many people here use AIM, but other then that, I haven't seen any of my
friends go on MSN or anything else in years. --- "Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:33:12 PM | message detail |
MSN
is pretty much dead in America from what I see, though it was never
really alive to begin with. I've tried to do MSN since I like it
better, but like nobody has MSN accounts, everyone uses AIM. --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
XxSoulxX | Posted 8/6/2009 8:34:41 PM | message detail |
I've never heard of AIM before coming here. Everyone was using MSN where I'm from. --- "Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:35:26 PM | message detail |
its neat seeing how super popular things in america are apparently barely known other places xD --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 8:57:45 PM | message detail |
Yeah AIM is pretty much non-existent in Canada. Speaking of which I wonder how many votes for AOL are from US. But most people don't have facebook, but most people do have messenger programs. In Canada everyone who's not anti-social has facebook while MSN has pretty much died. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/6/2009 8:59:43 PM | message detail |
Schools start back here tomorrow, so we should be easing back into ASV trends soon enough. Hopefully, we get a contest announcement tomorrow or Saturday. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 8:59:50 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #462 While gamefaqs is mostly anti social, the minority have facebook on here --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 9:00:19 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #463 Schools in maryland don't start till last week of august. I doubt we'll be seeing many significant trends till later August --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 9:01:07 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=US holy crap --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:02:16 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=US lol Yahoo http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=CA Told you Hotmail was huge here. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/6/2009 9:02:55 PM | message detail |
Yahoo beats Gmail in the U.S., though Gmail wins North America overall. Brazil and Netherlands don't use AOL at all, and one lone Australian uses AOL. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 9:02:56 PM | message detail |
seems like almost everywhere outside of america can't get with the times. Hotmail is so late 90s --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:03:39 PM | message detail |
While gamefaqs is mostly anti social, the minority have facebook on here Not in Canada http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3444®ion=CA --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 9:03:56 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=PH woah the hell --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:05:29 PM | message detail |
95.19% of all AOL votes came from US 86.93% of all Yahoo votes came from US --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
LeonhartFour | Posted 8/6/2009 9:05:51 PM | message detail |
Those Philippinos sure love Yahoo though. --- "Yuna's easy to read...But hard to guard." "Many stories ended here today, but yours goes on, I see." |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:06:45 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=PH woah the hell Forgot to mention Asia is big on Yahoo. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/6/2009 9:07:38 PM | message detail |
i am honestly surprised that yahoo is number 1 in america though cuz like... i barely see anyone with yahoo accounts --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:11:04 PM | message detail |
Same here. Maybe this site is older than we thought --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 8/6/2009 9:17:31 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=EUR I knew it! Hotmail > Gmail > Yahoo confirmed in Europe. LOL, I never expected Yahoo to win in the US. Yahoo won in Asia too. Gmail's lead over Hotmail in the US: 6689 ...After expanding that to all of North America: 1434 A 1434 vote lead just isn't enough to hold off Europe. Speaking of which I wonder how many votes for AOL are from US. Okay, I can provide this, plus some extra stuff: % of AOL votes from the US: 95.19% % of Yahoo votes from the US: 86.93% % of Gmail votes from the US: 73.84% % of Hotmail votes from the US: 39.17% --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 8/6/2009 9:20:27 PM | message detail |
Brazil and Netherlands don't use AOL at all, and one lone Australian uses AOL. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3567®ion=DE Germans are weird for not going along with the usual European majority of Hotmail. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ! |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/6/2009 9:25:34 PM | message detail |
Gmail's lead over Hotmail in the US: 6689 ...After expanding that to all of North America: 1434 A 1434 vote lead just isn't enough to hold off Europe. Europe/Canada tagteam, aw yeah. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Ngamer64 | Posted 8/6/2009 10:00:41 PM | message detail |
charmander
is correct, the combination of all young people having cell phones/text
messaging and all young people being on facebook (or more recently,
twitter) has really killed off both e-mail and instant messaging. I'd
agree, IM should be taking a major hit the next time we see that poll. --- KrahenProphet is the King of the Gurus! All Hail! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 8/7/2009 5:08:01 AM | message detail |
Comparing this contest (using the x-stats) to other sites' lists: Using Metroid Prime as the test subject: Only 12 of the 32 games that placed ahead of Prime on Entertainment Weekly's list would actually beat Prime in a contest setting. The same holds true for: 16 of the 24 games on IGN Readers' Choice List And I believe most of the 47 games that placed ahead of MP on Empire Magazine's list wouldn't actually beat it in this contest (then again, according to that list, Civilization > Street Fighter II > Doom > Ocarina, also according to the list Metroid Prime would beat Brawl and Twilight Princess but would lose to Eternal Darkness, The Sims, Tomb Raider, Silent Hill 2, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, GTAIII, Gears of War, and uh, whatever). |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 8/7/2009 5:22:18 AM | message detail |
Also, here are the percentages of all the games that faced A Link to the Past. Streets of Rage 2 got about 12.74%. Doom got about 23.77%. (which I think is more or less how well it does according to the stats, no?) Donkey Kong Country got about 24.26% in round 1. Donkey Kong Country got about 18.93% in round 2. (seems like it overlapped with something else. It was released in the same year as Super Metroid and shares characters with Super Mario Kart, so...it's quite funny to think that DKC got its ass kicked in the match when it had sold best out of all the games (about 8 million), no? well, and SMK had sold second best (also about 8 million), and Super Metroid had sold worst by a fairly good margin, and A Link to the Past is in the middle (about 5 million)) Eh, tell me if you want me to continue. |
L33t_Rappa_Sam | Posted 8/7/2009 6:15:27 AM | message detail |
Yes, continue. --- Brawl did well for me, but not enough to net me the Guru win over Krahenprophet, so kudos to him. |
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 8/7/2009 8:39:53 AM | message detail |
Sorry guys, I'm tired for some reason. |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:06:20 AM | message detail |
Donkey Kong Country got about 18.93% in round 2. (seems like it overlapped with something else. Well there was 4 Nintendo games in that match as oppose to 2 giving it a higher chance of overlap. It was released in the same year as Super Metroid and shares characters with Super Mario Kart, so...it's quite funny to think that DKC got its ass kicked in the match when it had sold best out of all the games (about 8 million), no? well, and SMK had sold second best (also about 8 million), and Super Metroid had sold worst by a fairly good margin, and A Link to the Past is in the middle (about 5 million)) Yeah, sales doesn't mean strength. If it did the finals would have been Super Mario Bros. vs. Tetris vs. Pokemon RBY vs. Pokemon GS (maybe GTA: San Andreas because of LFF) --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:07:21 AM | message detail |
World of Warcraft too, possibly. It sold like 20 million or so --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:21:30 AM | message detail |
More like approaching 12 million. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:22:17 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #487 Thats how many active subscribers there are. Active subscribers =/= total lifetime sales --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:36:37 AM | message detail |
Well most sites say the sales are about 12 million... --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:37:31 AM | message detail |
Because no one has ever quit, m i rite? Plus, there is no accurate way to track PC sales due to online sales and pirating. But I'd say at the very least, 20 million unique installs have been done. --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:40:01 AM | message detail |
Because no one has ever quit, m i rite? I'm just stating the number of copies World of Warcraft has sold Plus, there is no accurate way to track PC sales due to online sales and pirating. But I'd say at the very least, 20 million unique installs have been done. If we're going by pirating I'll give it to Starcraft because of Korea. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:41:57 AM | message detail |
So you think that over the last 5 years, every person who has ever bought it is still playing. Alright then. --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:44:29 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3328 Hell, this poll alone shows that more people who have played WoW on Gamefaqs don't play it anymore then active subscribers. So yeah, 20 million is a conservative estimate --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:44:52 AM | message detail |
So you think that over the last 5 years, every person who has ever bought it is still playing. Alright then. No I'm looking at sale figures (not subscribers) and none of them have the game above 12 million. If you can give me a link of WoW sales being that high I'll believe you. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:46:47 AM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #494 WoW is unique in that you can download the client for free from its website for a 10 day trial, then activate it after those 10 days. That doesn't count as a sale since you're only activating the monthly fee. --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 8/7/2009 9:49:56 AM | message detail |
Anyway I'm done arguing this since you're just being stubborn and refusing to acknowledge common sense --- http://www.xboxlc.com/cards/blue2/Albion%20Hero.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/4qpibl.jpg |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 9:50:03 AM | message detail |
Still Blizzard would keep some kind of record of those type of transactions. Besides does this really matter; sales doesn't equal strength. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
HaRRicH | Posted 8/7/2009 9:58:26 AM | message detail |
Having
no knowledge of how the online activation works, I'd imagine Blizzard
would count those activations as a sale and publish it in some fashion. Also, again, no experience with it...but in that scenario, wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just do it online after the trial than buying the game? How does that work? --- Nominate DOC LOUIS (Punch-Out!!): http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=49774975 |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 10:01:03 AM | message detail |
Might as well finish this topic Anyway I'm done arguing this since you're just being stubborn and refusing to acknowledge common sense I've been searching for anything that may support your estimate and found nothing so excuse me for being a little spectacle. From the looks of it you just pulled the number out of thin air. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
charmander6000 | Posted 8/7/2009 10:02:07 AM | message detail |
*sceptical --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/BGE2%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Krahenprophet for winning the guru contest |
