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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 829
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:12:14 PM | message detail |
From: Japago | #147 Eh, this site is different now, for whatever the reason. Vincent probably couldn't get 79% on Kerrigan now himself. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:28:02 PM | message detail |
Hey
I want to ask if Missigno beats Crono will be a 1)upset,2)huge
upset,3)massive upset and how likely it is to happen?I know that no-one
knows the power of this joke character but are there any speculations? --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:31:33 PM | message detail |
It'd
be a pretty massive upset if Missingno won. It'd basically have to be
the strongest Pokemon to beat Crono, and I don't think it's got that
kind of power. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:32:43 PM | message detail |
As
much as Missingno > Crono has been tossed around, I always assumed
we were joking. Missingno > Crono would be one of the biggest upsets
in contest history, imho. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:34:32 PM | message detail |
One of? It'd be THE biggest wouldnt it? I cant think of anything aside What Kirby and Snake did. --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:35:29 PM | message detail |
L-Block 2007 --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/13/2010 1:36:41 PM | message detail |
Holy crap, 2 full topics of people debating fodder. Who cares as long as deserving or interesting characters don't get snubbed? Except for Tales characters. They really are the bottom of the barrel and there will never be any strength from that stagnant, boring series of crap games. --- http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:37:31 PM | message detail |
Time to fodder-ban Wesker and Ken then. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:37:47 PM | message detail |
L-Block
2007 will always be at the top of most improbable contest runs ever.
Only StarCraft is even in the same league with that. Unless Missingno
goes on to win the contest, it'd still be a big upset, but not #1. --- "Spoil it for me. I'm never going to play that game so I want to know if he's going to be another Auron or another Sin." - Soul about Jecht vs. PW |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:38:42 PM | message detail |
Oh yeah Nevermind. Completely forgot about Block there. --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
Fayt_Esteed | Posted 2/13/2010 1:39:15 PM | message detail |
Who
cares as long as deserving or interesting characters don't get snubbed?
Except for Tales characters. They really are the bottom of the barrel What about Wander and Guybrush? Surely you don't believe that even THEY deserve to keep making it in even though they'd likely lose to Tales characters? --- "Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:40:30 PM | message detail |
Man,
less people should have nominated Guybrush and more for Tifa so we
could have had Guybrush/Yuri and Vincent/Tifa in the first round. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:43:41 PM | message detail |
And
since we're discussing returning characters and we were discussing the
NRT earlier, I was wondering who you guys think is most likely to win
the Returners Tournament next year. I don't think there's any clear
favorite like there have been in previous years, with Raiden, Fox, and
Ken all managing to get in now. Looking at last year's bracket, here are all the characters who seemed to do well: Chun-Li Morrigan Aensland M. Bison Master Hand Felix And here are the characters who will be eligible for the next Returners Tournament who weren't eligible last year (You have to have missed the last two contests in order to be eligible for the Returners Tournament): Diablo Midgar Zolom Toad Bomberman Bidoof Sam Fisher Little Mac Out of all those, I figure Diablo might be the favorite, but with Arthas stinkin' up the joint this year, that might reflect badly on him. Speaking of which, do you guys take Kefka > Diablo now? --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
red sox 777 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:43:42 PM | message detail |
L-Block's 2007 run is the biggest upset ever for now. Missingno > Crono would beat out Knuckles > Magus and Starcraft. --- 6 years later, Crono's quest to defeat Sephiroth -- Round 1: Missingno 'Till shade is gone, 'till water is gone, into the shadow with teeth bared.... |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:43:52 PM | message detail |
Wander must be doing something right if he keeps getting in here. He still has one of the worst names ever. --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:44:45 PM | message detail |
From: Shoenin_Kakashi | #165 And to think, it was almost "Wanda" and not Wander! --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:45:23 PM | message detail |
Wander just missed out on the play-ins this year. I think he's done next time around, assuming the same format. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:45:40 PM | message detail |
Morrigan, Bastard Hand and Dictator were in last year 0_o? I do not remember that. --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:47:00 PM | message detail |
I think he meant in the NRT. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:48:47 PM | message detail |
Oh Well I dont really pay much attention to that <_< --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 2/13/2010 1:49:21 PM | message detail |
Which reminds me: Do we want Bacon to do vote-ins again next year? Or would you prefer it was a one-and-done thing? --- KrahenProphet lived up to his name. |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:51:32 PM | message detail |
Vote-ins
were awesome, and I 100% support making them a regular part of the
contest. This is the best batch of 13-16s we've had, and a good number
of them probably miss the contest otherwise. Heck, I would even support
making more spots require a vote-in. Maybe 11-seed and down? --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:52:35 PM | message detail |
Yeah,
I enjoyed the vote-ins. They made for good fun. Unfortunately, a lot of
the vote-in guys get put into unwinnable positions (like Marth), but I
think it's fun. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 1:53:11 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #406 Gah that wouldve been worse. --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 1:53:15 PM | message detail |
By the way, could Lightning be the first character ever to go from a 16 seed to a 1 seed? Or at the very least, have the biggest seeding differential from one contest to the next? --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:53:54 PM | message detail |
Vote-ins are a good idea. --- Currently Playing: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ocarina of Time, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn |
WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 2/13/2010 1:54:26 PM | message detail |
Although
I would like maybe a rule where if you won your play-in last time
around in it that if you qualify for the play-in you get automatically
in rather than have to earn your way in again, and it helps give higher
13s a better seed. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 2/13/2010 2:00:08 PM | message detail |
Missingno winning this contest would top L-Block, because it would come in a relevant format. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ ; Rest in peace, Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
xp1337 | Posted 2/13/2010 2:11:09 PM | message detail |
From: UltimaterializerX | #178 Missingno winning this contest would top L-Block, because it would come in a relevant format. Not only that, but how long did L-Block get to hang around and build up the bandwagon before it reached the upper echelon of characters? L-Block didn't reach the Noble Nine until Round 3, and placed in second to Snake there (and in fact placed in second to Kirby and Kratos in the preceding rounds). L-Block didn't even place first in a match until the Quarterfinals (Round 4). Missingno winning would require it to outright and officially break the Noble Nine in Round 1. And then defeat Sephiroth in Round 3 en route to facing Link in the finals. In Round 1 L-Block was losing to Kirby and in Round 3 L-Block was losing to Snake. It's just on another level, even before the format is accounted for. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? SC2k10 (50/57) Vincent v Guybrush |
ToadYoshi | Posted 2/13/2010 2:11:26 PM | message detail |
vote-ins
are a terrific addition. It basically allows more fodder characters to
participate in some sort of contest function, while making sure that
mostly worthwhile characters appear in the main bracket. --- Guru contest: 52/55 (T1) Misses: Boss, Altair, Kefka. Next close pick: Bid Daddy > Soap |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 2/13/2010 2:24:32 PM | message detail |
Is Vincent not hated by the board or something? I don't remember a FFVII match that didnt even gain 1% from the board vote.. --- http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_lp2_x10_005.jpg I Am Albion Hero! |
Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 2/13/2010 2:25:43 PM | message detail |
Or at the very least, have the biggest seeding differential from one contest to the next? Think the Latter would be Crash wouldnt it? --- Ah, you know it's funny, these people, they go to sleep. They think everything's fine, everything's good... They wake up the next day and they're on fire. |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 2/13/2010 2:29:06 PM | message detail |
Probably less that Vincent isn't hated and more that Guybrush is as, if not more, disliked. --- Currently Playing: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ocarina of Time, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn |
Denzokuken | Posted 2/13/2010 2:29:54 PM | message detail |
Is Vincent not hated by the board or something? I have a few theories for this; this is the first FFVII match that hasn't started in the dead zone for Europe. The night matches start around 5am here which explains their steady rise as Europe wakes up and America goes to sleep. So the US is the main voting demographic in the early hours of night matches and we all know how the US hates FF7 in comparison to Europe. Day matches; Europe is now wide awake and makes sure FFVII doesn't get it's horrible early vote. I think this factor could be crucial in Seph/Snake's day battle as well. I doubt Snake will be able to hold the lead for long. I also think it's related to how this is the first FFVII match I can remember where it's getting a higher percentage in the US than the international average. The US always undershoots FFVII by 2-4% depending on what it's up against. This is of course because Guybrush is a remarkable case, probably the only guy whose European support stands up to FF7's. |
Denzokuken | Posted 2/13/2010 2:35:11 PM | message detail |
I think this factor could be crucial in Seph/Snake's day battle as well. I doubt Snake will be able to hold the lead for long. As an addition this is also why I'm more worried about Cloud/Samus than I am Seph/Snake. Sure Cloud has his night vote but will it be worth anything if he gets buried by Samus early on and Nintendo lovers activate the barriers? Samus is also clearly stronger than Snake right now and Seph...indirectly...may be stronger than Cloud after Dissidia...nah, I won't quite consider that though Marth/Ridley says quite the opposite. |
KingBartz | Posted 2/13/2010 2:39:19 PM | message detail |
I think Bartz could be potentially high-fodder after Dissidia. MORE LIKE LOW MID-CARD M I RITE?? Seriously though, Bartz is untested. I would love for him to get in one of these times. And despite the talk of Guybrush being bad for the stats discussion, we've filled up almost 500 posts talking about him. --- Contest score: 48/57 Today's picks: Sephiroth & Vincent Valentine |
thok | Posted 2/13/2010 2:47:19 PM | message detail |
Or at the very least, have the biggest seeding differential from one contest to the next? Kirby jumped from a 14 seed in 2002 to a 3 seed in 2003. Lightning would need a 5 seed to match that jump, which is possible. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 2:48:28 PM | message detail |
From: Cyclo_Reaper | #181 Anti-votes only matter so much. When Guybrush doesn't have much strength as it is, the weight of those anti-votes lessens. The stronger a character is, the more those anti-votes matter. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 2:49:36 PM | message detail |
From: thok | #187 Yeah, unless FFXIII absolutely bombs, I'd imagine Lightning would probably get a 5 seed next contest, if not slightly better. I mean, she'll have to wait probably a full year at least before she gets a chance, but we'll see. I'm very interested to see how FFXIII stacks up to the rest of the series, and I hope Bacon runs a "Which FF game is your favorite?" poll after the contest is over. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 2/13/2010 2:52:31 PM | message detail |
if soap can get a 3 seed, so can lightning --- http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_lp2_x10_005.jpg I Am Albion Hero! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 2:53:05 PM | message detail |
Yeah, but Soap was fortunate to have nominations be around during MW2's peak frenzy. Lightning won't have that advantage. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 2/13/2010 2:53:24 PM | message detail |
vote-ins
are a terrific addition. It basically allows more fodder characters to
participate in some sort of contest function, while making sure that
mostly worthwhile characters appear in the main bracket. Except we still get all the "Board 8 Hard-on" fodder losers like the Fails crew and Wander. If we had more people nominating PLUS the vote-ins, we'd have a balanced bracket where the losers get the beatings they deserve and all the midcarders get interesting 8-9 seeded matchups. As is, we have hosers like Guybrush as a 9 seed and Yuri Lowell (whoever the hell that is, since she's apparantly different from that other turbofodder loser Yuri) getting a 7 seed. The only entertainment these clowns can provide is to be reduced to 10-15% on Noble Niners. --- http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/020/b/f/Ariel_by_lolita_art.jpg |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 2:54:23 PM | message detail |
Yuri's a dude, dude. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 2/13/2010 2:55:52 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #193 http://th04.deviantart.net/fs40/300W/i/2009/051/f/2/Tg__ed_Yuri_Lowell_by_Rezuban.png --- http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_lp2_x10_005.jpg I Am Albion Hero! |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 2/13/2010 3:06:29 PM | message detail |
Vote-ins are amazing outside massive screw-age from SFF (Jigglypuff). --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/ ; Rest in peace, Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 2/13/2010 3:07:37 PM | message detail |
From: UltimaterializerX | #195 Thats actually a good thing. It keeps more of the same series/company out if they just SFF each other, so we will have more variety. --- http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_lp2_x10_005.jpg I Am Albion Hero! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 3:21:14 PM | message detail |
The
LFF could be prevented if Bacon had just spread out the characters a
bit better. That's not really the fault of the format, just the guy who
put the groupings together. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 2/13/2010 3:22:20 PM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #197 You can't help but feel he does it on purpose though to get characters out of the way. I mean Cid/Aerith in the same poll? --- http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_lp2_x10_005.jpg I Am Albion Hero! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 2/13/2010 3:25:13 PM | message detail |
From: Cyclo_Reaper | #198 And yet they both made it in! You know, I wonder if Big Daddy wins his vote-in poll if Andrew Ryan isn't in it with him. That would've been pretty impressive considering Liquid, Rikku, and Frog were all in that one, and he barely lost to Liquid. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
EternalxCourage | Posted 2/13/2010 3:29:21 PM | message detail |
Why are people even entertaining the thought of Missingno over Crono? It's dumb and shouldn't even be joked about at this point. Ken > Ganondorf is 100x more likely. --- Curt - PSN - CPhoenixM I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. |
