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From: transience | #448
if the top seed is an odd number, night match.
if the top seed is an even number, day match.

This should be put in the first post.
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Not Wylvane

At this point the problem with using x-stats is that we only have useless 4-way stats for the past 2 years, and 3-year old 1v1 stats aren't much better than last year's 4-way stats.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

I'm just waiting for LinkMarioSamus to bust out the Maxim Magazine polls and convince us of Kratos' OBVIOUS victory this year
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I'm surprised more people haven't been raging over her being paired up with him.

Probably because most people don't know/care about her yet from lack of you know... playing her game.
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From: ffmasterjose | #453
I'm just waiting for LinkMarioSamus to bust out the Maxim Magazine polls and convince us of Kratos' OBVIOUS victory this year

Where is LMS? I'm looking forward to his posts this year.
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Not Wylvane

Contests aren't going anywhere, and there was nothing "given in" for this one.

My arse XD
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KrahenProphet_rocks
"This topic is now about Renee Walker aka Rack Bauer." - LostHisHardcore

Ha, LinkMarioSamus.....prepare for the return of votal-stats.....which I actually rather like. They were one of the first things this topic focused on back in 2002 when it got started after all, and have always been interesting. You can talk about them without treating them as the ultimate in predictive information.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

What's the general feeling on Tidus/Sub-Zero?
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

Tidus always finds a way to lose.
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xyzzy

I'm siding with Sub-Zero myself. I wouldn't pick Tidus over 2006 Master Chief.
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Not Wylvane

Everyone post your final for the Heart Division.

Kratos > Sora, baby.
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Not Wylvane

Just did a quick look at the bop so far, some interesting things

- Nathan is getting very little support. If this was his first contest I think a lot more people would take him.
- Liquid Snake/Altair is very debated in round 1
- Surprised that Ellis has almost no support against Commander Shepard
- Vivi/Liquid/Altair debated in round 2
- Gordon > Tifa seems to be a possible upset
- Sora/Bowser is expected to be good
- Squall/Auron, the most one-sided debated match so far
- Kirby > Sonic is popular despite people taking Sonic over Ganondorf
- Solid Snake > Sephiroth is a popular pick.
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yeah, I fully expect everyone to side with Squall there.
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xyzzy

I think I have Nathan going two rounds!

Bad idea? Probably!
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If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer!

I have Nathan winning two rounds too.

So yeah, probably a bad idea.
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For your health.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Cyclo/pokewhat.jpg This is my Chocomander, KrahenProphet

Why is Lightning in here anyway? Correct me if I am wrong but I don't recall any character (or game) from past contests ever being in the brackets before their game was released here in NA. Even with the bracket submission and actual match time lag, FFXIII won't still be around by then.

It isn't even a good experiment to see how a character would do based on pure hype alone. They should have stuck someone other than Sonic in here for that (a midtier or slightly lower character would have been a better choice).

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Sackboy from last year opened that can of worms.
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Correct me if I am wrong but I don't recall any character (or game) from past contests ever being in the brackets before their game was released here in NA.

Sackboy, last year.
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According to the Krahenprophet, Dweebenheimer!

- Surprised that Ellis has almost no support against Commander Shepard

In a match between two characters a lot of people on this board are unfamiliar with, they'll just take the much higher seed and run with it. That's what I did anyway.

- Squall/Auron, the most one-sided debated match so far

I'm surprised about this. HaRRicH and Soul are really the only Auron supporters I've seen so far. I was hoping this would be a more split match in order to raise the awesomeness. Still lookin' forward to it one way or the other! I'm hoping it turns out to be Squall/Vincent II. I just wish we had more matches between near elite characters. Really, the only other big matches like this are Sora/Bowser and the Ryu/Dante/Leon trio.

So what does everyone expect from the vote totals this year? Are we thinking early SC2K2 numbers (50-75k)? SC2K4 numbers (80-95k)? Or do we think we'll be able to break 100,000 on a regular basis?

I think if people are aware that there are two matches per day, we might be able to break 100,000 votes, but I dunno. I'm kinda surprised Bacon went this route because I'm sure he's aware that it probably means lower vote totals.
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"I can set you free, mate."
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Squall should win, but I've picked Auron and haven't convinced myself to change yet. Must be bias from how high Auron is on the "awesome meter"
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From: swirIdude | #470
Squall should win, but I've picked Auron and haven't convinced myself to change yet. Must be bias from how high Auron is on the "awesome meter"

But Squall is at the top of the awesome meter! This is silly reasoning!
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

That is your opinion. The awesome meter is scientific fact, and Squall is nowhere near the top.
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According to the Krahenprophet, Dweebenheimer!

I'm thinking votals will probably end up being around 50k for the night matches and 80k for the day ones.
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If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer!

I'm expecting vote totals to start off at roughly in the 60k area, but as more people become aware of two polls a day I can see the vote totals jumping up to 80k+
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I'm thinking votals will probably end up being around 50k for the night matches and 80k for the day ones.

While more people will come to vote again in the second match I don't think the difference will be that much. The first half constantly outvotes the second half.
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yeah, because the poll opens then. cut out the first hour and the 12-1pm hour and I bet the second half wins.
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xyzzy

On school days, the ASV is by far the most popular timeframe, with the DSV in second place. Of course, the second night vote usually having worse vote totals than the Power Hour kinda nullifies that, but after 22 hours, just about anyone who's wanted to vote has had the chance to vote. I think we'll have a stronger last two hours of each poll than usual simply because the matches are shorter.
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

Yes, but it won't be a 30k difference.
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predicting votals for night 70k, 110k for the second match.
people voting twice man.
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Shakes Fist!

60k and 80k seems fair to me.
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xyzzy

lol there should be a 'do you plan to vote twice' poll.
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

also I don't know why people are expecting much out of Altair. Over Liquid Snake.. .ehhh it's a stretch, but Vivi? I wouldn't bother.
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

Altair is getting a boost because of AC2.
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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

This probably has already been covered, but I just realized 2/7 of these matches are going to be on weekends, changing the usual trends. Don't think this will change my bracket at all though.
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Link he come to town to dominate all other characters and trample them down with his sword of more votes.

Was he in AC by any chance?
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

He was mentioned many times in AC2, and you can get his armor and sword (both being the best items in the game I believe).

But that's not why I think he will get a boost. AC2 is so fresh on everybody's minds right now that most of his fans are visiting the site for FAQs/Hints/Reviews/etc. Should be enough to push him over characters with similar strength who have been non-existent for a while (Liquid/Vivi).
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"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

Well, I guess taking him over Liquid is all right considering you could argue he was just ballistic, but VIvi has been consistent for a long time. Beat Tidus, close match with Zero, etc. I can't see Altair doing any of that.
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*is Dranze*
Krahen Prophet did a fatality.

I can. I didn't trust him last year because of the backlash against his game by his own fanbase, but AC2 is loved and should have turned things around. Altair's true strength will be shown this year.
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Good Times,
Great Memories

An Altair/Ezio match would be funny match pic wise though.
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Shakes Fist!

Liquid did pretty well last year too so even if Altair gets a boost Liquid still has a buffer.
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Should be enough to push him over characters with similar strength who have been non-existent for a while (Liquid/Vivi).

Failing to beat Duke Nukem doesn't give me confidence that he can beat Liquid and especially not Vivi.

Oh, and almost getting doubled by Zack Fair doesn't help his case either. Liquid did really well on Luigi, who I'd probably take over Zack (It'd be a tossup at best). Vivi got doubled by Snake, but Snake >>> Zack Fair. I just don't see the Altair respect here.
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

Any idea what the vote totals will be for weekend matches? Are there any patterns to voting on weekends at all?
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Don't tell Krahenprophet what he can't do... 'cause he just kicked butt in the Guru Contest!

Weekends have patterns. They're basically weekday patterns, but they're diluted all across the day and not as drastic, really.
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

Failing to beat Duke Nukem doesn't give me confidence that he can beat Liquid and especially not Vivi.

Oh, and almost getting doubled by Zack Fair doesn't help his case either. Liquid did really well on Luigi, who I'd probably take over Zack (It'd be a tossup at best). Vivi got doubled by Snake, but Snake >>> Zack Fair. I just don't see the Altair respect here.

I know he was disappointing last year, but I believe he will get a boost because of the influx of AC fans on the site thanks to AC2.
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Good Times,
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Maybe Altair can beat Liquid, but I think Vivi's just out of reach, AC2 boost or not. I think Vivi's a really underrated character around here. I mean, he probably beats Pikachu in 2007 if Tidus isn't there.
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"Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!"
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Do we have a precendent for this kind of poll though, i am sure we'll see shifts in certain patterns, not all obviously, but the matches can't be static and stuck to the trends, i can see certain blocks getting more votes than usual, especially the last few hours of the day matches.
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Shakes Fist!

From: LeonhartFour | #493
Weekends have patterns. They're basically weekday patterns, but they're diluted all across the day and not as drastic, really.

So would you say a Nintendo character, for example, would be slightly stronger in a weekend day match and slightly weaker in a weekend night match. I know it probably won't make much of a difference here, just curious. :)
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Don't tell Krahenprophet what he can't do... 'cause he just kicked butt in the Guru Contest!

Also, I'm thinking that the Nintendo backlash will finally hit this site and as a result, the popular single player games on the Xbox 360 will be outright stronger then years past, which means stronger main characters from those games.

Shift from Square -> Nintendo -> Microsoft.
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"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

The trends don't determine the outcome. They simply define it. I doubt the day of the week a match is run on really decides anything (unless you're a believer in the Blizzard Tuesday Factor).
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

Sorry, reverse that. <_<
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