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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 812

TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 2/1/2010 9:39:19 AM | message detail
Either way, Ryu/Dante is right up there with Char/Kratos as a second round bracket buster where the winner is almost guaranteed a spot in the fourth round. I think it will be closer than everyone is expecting.
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:42:00 AM | message detail
Ryu/Dante is the match that has me most nervous. I know I picked an underdog, and even after today's match is validating Ken, Ryu still feels like an underdog.

It's funny how my bracket rests on the shoulders of both Ryus.
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ExThaNemesis | Posted 2/1/2010 9:46:02 AM | message detail
My bracket rests on the wings of Charizard, baby!

Also gonna need some help in round 2 from vivi and zelda... and for some reason I have Captain Falcon beating Riku.

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TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 2/1/2010 9:47:23 AM | message detail
When Captain Falcon puts 70% on Wanderer, the Riku/Falcon hype will begin.
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:47:50 AM | message detail
There is absolutely no way Zelda drops it to Ezio. I try to refrain from making bold claims because I hate sounding smug, but that one simply isn't happening. No reason to worry.
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Lightslayer987 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:49:54 AM | message detail

From: YoAriel33 | #205
There is absolutely no way Zelda drops it to Ezio. I try to refrain from making bold claims because I hate sounding smug, but that one simply isn't happening. No reason to worry.


just like people said no way was altair putting nearly 60% on liquid snake m i rite?
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:50:56 AM | message detail
Did he? DID HE?
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Lightslayer987 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:53:36 AM | message detail
yeah, zelda is a massive favorite, but anyone saying its a 100% lock is being silly imo
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/1/2010 9:54:01 AM | message detail
Lightslayer987 | Posted 2/1/2010 12:37:25 PM | message detail
Actually it explains nothing.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3745&region=EUR

Altair does worst in Europe and he's Ubisoft as well.


Interesting. Not so sure what happened to Samus then. Samus having only 2 hours below 74% with all of her other hours above 76% is strange.

I looked back at the round 1 Monkey Island match and did a quick hourly trend chart. Monkey Island managed to pull in 5 consecutive 10%+ hours during the night and early morning. If Samus's 2 horrible hours were the result of Europe, then she should have been pulling in more horrible hours than those 2 sub-74% hours.
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KamikazePotato | Posted 2/1/2010 9:54:14 AM | message detail
Very little is a lock with this contest.

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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:55:08 AM | message detail
That match is. I'd bet money on it if such things weren't frowned upon by the ToU.
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Lightslayer987 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:56:26 AM | message detail

From: YoAriel33 | #211
That match is. I'd bet money on it if such things weren't frowned upon by the ToU.


Only if you do it on the board itself!
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nintendo girl | Posted 2/1/2010 9:56:36 AM | message detail
I like how everyone is saying that Ken isn't weak because Wesker and RE boosted, so SF is strong so Ryu > Dante.

And misses the "RE boosted" and haven't considered if that has a knock on to Leon. Sure, it wasn't his game, but a bost to the series...

I'd say all 3 characters are back in the frame IMOOOO
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 9:57:57 AM | message detail
Kinda sucks for Leon that we're doing sprites in Round 3. He should be alright if he gets his RE4 in-game model, but if he gets his original RE2 model...

Bad, bad things.
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KamikazePotato | Posted 2/1/2010 9:59:31 AM | message detail
...74% update for Jill...

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Djungelurban | Posted 2/1/2010 10:00:30 AM | message detail
I looked back at the round 1 Monkey Island match and did a quick hourly trend chart. Monkey Island managed to pull in 5 consecutive 10%+ hours during the night and early morning. If Samus's 2 horrible hours were the result of Europe, then she should have been pulling in more horrible hours than those 2 sub-74% hours.

The Monkey Island games are MUCH more popular in Europe than the Prince of Persia series... Heck, if we had a franchise tourny and if the contest were limited to some specific parts of Europe, Monkey Island would be a contender to win the entire thing... Even if given the most favorable situation, only tallying votes from it's most favorable areas, the Prince of Persia series would never amount to anything close to that...
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MegatokyoEd | Posted 2/1/2010 10:00:56 AM | message detail
This Ezio > Zelda upset is just ridiculous. Why are people still discussing this? We have never seen a western character come in and start beating top 15-20 characters besides Chief in 4-ways on Game Fuel.
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red sox 777 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:02:21 AM | message detail
Wow, Jill. I don't want to try extrapolating Red through her and Niko, right? I get the feeling the answer will be that Red is stronger than Mario.
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Lightslayer987 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:02:27 AM | message detail

From: KamikazePotato | #215
...74% update for Jill...


the niko power hour is over
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HaRRicH | Posted 2/1/2010 10:03:57 AM | message detail
The only reason why I won't 100% rule out Ezio > Zelda is Altair-fear...and that's if Liquid didn't drop from 2008. Otherwise, Zelda's got this.
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/1/2010 10:05:39 AM | message detail
The Monkey Island games are MUCH more popular in Europe than the Prince of Persia series...

I'm aware of that. I looked at the Monkey Island match because it was a franchise published by a European publisher.

When someone pointed out that Prince of Persia was made by Ubisoft and that Ubisoft was also a European publisher, I wanted to see exactly how beastly Monkey Island was overnight and in the early morning. It was for the purpose of comparing how long Monkey Island was acting all beastly and seeing if there was any link towards the amount of time that Prince of Persia looked all beastly with the night vote.

Unfortunately, the Prince only had 2 good hours, compared to to Monkey Island's 5 good hours. Not sure if this means that Prince of Persia games aren't as strong as Monkey Island games in Europe, even if both games perform well there.
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 2/1/2010 10:05:44 AM | message detail
I don't think Kairi/Claire would change. Claire has nothing whatsoever to do with why Jill, Wesker and (presumably) Chris doing so well.
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red sox 777 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:08:02 AM | message detail
The difference between Monkey Island in Europe and North America is absurdly large. Check out this:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3480&region=DE

4-6 AM are traditionally by far the strongest hours of the European/Early Morning/Late Night vote. It's when FFVII goes berserk too.
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/1/2010 10:08:12 AM | message detail

From: -LusterSoldier- | #221
Unfortunately, the Prince only had 2 good hours, compared to to Monkey Island's 5 good hours. Not sure if this means that Prince of Persia games aren't as strong as Monkey Island games in Europe, even if both games perform well there.


I think its more to do with the Asia vote than anything. As you can see, Samus/Prince went about even in Asia.
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nintendo girl | Posted 2/1/2010 10:08:51 AM | message detail
America has Oregon Trail, Europe has Monkey Island.

It's just the way it is.
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/1/2010 10:10:19 AM | message detail
I can't rule out the Asia vote entirely, although I don't quite buy the Asia vote having any significant effect on Samus's trends, when Asia as a whole can't even contribute more than 5% of the votes in a night match.
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/1/2010 10:10:25 AM | message detail
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3247&region=EUR
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red sox 777 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:11:42 AM | message detail
Niko is winning in China. Remember when Vercetti got a surge of a few hundred votes from China that CJayC couldn't explain?
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charmander6000 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:11:52 AM | message detail
Damn, it's a shame Jill and Chris weren't given a better position in the bracket. There's only so much Niko could have fallen IMO.

I don't think Leon will be affected since he and Claire weren't in the game.

Chris vs. Leon?
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:12:31 AM | message detail

From: UltimaterializerX | #222
I don't think Kairi/Claire would change. Claire has nothing whatsoever to do with why Jill, Wesker and (presumably) Chris doing so well.


Yeah, but 2006 was undoubtedly Kairi's best year, and maybe this site has grown some balls since then. I swear, the way I voted in 2006 still shames me to this day. I wish I could go back and beat the crap out of myself. If I were to ever go back in church, it would be the FIRST thing I would confess.

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"What would you like to confess, my son?"

"I... I... I voted for Kairi and Peach in the 2006 contest." *breaks down*

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creativename | Posted 2/1/2010 10:13:15 AM | message detail
I think its more to do with the Asia vote than anything. As you can see, Samus/Prince went about even in Asia.

Albion with solid insight.

*golf clap*
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/1/2010 10:13:41 AM | message detail
kairi is hotter than claire in kh2
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BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/1/2010 10:14:00 AM | message detail
Wow that halfdivision last year is whack. Or arthas is now tanner level.
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KamikazePotato | Posted 2/1/2010 10:14:23 AM | message detail
You voted for who

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creativename | Posted 2/1/2010 10:15:45 AM | message detail
OK, I just really noticed the character battle logo for the first time.

The hell is that?? Is that Squall making out with WCC...!?
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-LusterSoldier- | Posted 2/1/2010 10:16:30 AM | message detail
Niko is winning in China. Remember when Vercetti got a surge of a few hundred votes from China that CJayC couldn't explain?

I looked back at the updates for that match again and saw that Vercetti almost got an 80% update in that match, 2 other updates that were around 76%, and one update slightly below 70% (which was the first update of the Vercetti spikes). Kefka's vote totals remained pretty consistent even during the spikes, but it was Vercetti that got some crazy spikes.
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LOLContests | Posted 2/1/2010 10:17:00 AM | message detail
I still want an apology from Chichiri for saying that Kairi/Claire was an obvious match.
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nintendo girl | Posted 2/1/2010 10:19:39 AM | message detail
From: creativename | #235
The hell is that?? Is that Squall making out with WCC...!?

Yes.
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rpgapzx | Posted 2/1/2010 10:28:58 AM | message detail
the jugs factor reborn IMO
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Djungelurban | Posted 2/1/2010 10:30:15 AM | message detail
America has Oregon Trail, Europe has Monkey Island.

Indeed... Atleast kinda... There's atleast some support for Monkey Island in the US... However, Oregon Trail in Europe... If one only counted European votes... Man... Not only would it most likely lose against every other game that has ever appeared in a contest, and every game in every franchise in the franchise contest, and every game that any character that has ever appeared in a character tournament has appeared in... But it would have a hard time beating something like Barbie Vacation Adventure... As a hypothetical scenario it's kinda funny to think about...
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:33:36 AM | message detail
With Jill, it's all about TAF, at least since RE5.
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MyWorldIsCrono | Posted 2/1/2010 10:36:03 AM | message detail
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rpgapzx | Posted 2/1/2010 10:36:24 AM | message detail
With Jill, it's all about TAF, at least since RE5.

we can have both

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Samus is so screwed!
Silverflash-x | Posted 2/1/2010 10:38:46 AM | message detail
What the hell? I checked the results, was glad when I saw the expected result of Jill winning, checked my bracket and saw that I had Niko winning.

What was I on when I made that choice? I've never even doubted that Jill would win.
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YoAriel33 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:40:21 AM | message detail
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Right you are!

By the way, Lost in Nightmares (the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RE5 DLC) hits before Round 2. Jill to break 40% on Samus confirmed.
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KamikazePotato | Posted 2/1/2010 10:42:37 AM | message detail
More like Samus to break 40% on Jill

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charmander6000 | Posted 2/1/2010 10:46:41 AM | message detail
Keeping a constant Niko, Jill is now among the potential noble nine breakers

Jill > Kirby after all these years would be funny.
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TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 2/1/2010 10:58:12 AM | message detail
Damn its sucks that Chris/Jill got to face Cloud/Samus. I was looking forward to Kirby breaking the Noble Nine first :/
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The n00b Avenger | Posted 2/1/2010 11:01:05 AM | message detail
Samus is the perfect character to crush Jill.

BADASS FEMALE SFF OH SNAP
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