GameFAQs Contests

There is room for only ONE boss... and one cake.

~*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://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/index.php

~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages

~*Poll Start Times*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Character_Battle_8_Poll_Start_Times

~*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.

Noble Nine - Link, Cloud, Sephiroth, Mario, Crono, Solid Snake, Sonic, Samus and Mega Man.

Near-Elite - The Squall, Auron, Tifa, Vincent, Zelda, Kirby, etc group that has come at, near or even ahead of Noble Nine characters in the past.

The Fodder Line - A final X-Stat value of 15% or below.

For other information, surf the contest sites a bit. They have everything.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

No, the world would be better with no boss...and no cake.
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This is good...isn't it?

The Boss is a lie.
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Not Wylvane

Why Did They Lose? has jumped the shark, fyi
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

btw this is a horrible match. Cube coming within inches of losing to someone named The Boss is just despicable.
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Good Times,
Great Memories

From: XxSoulxX | #005
btw this is a horrible match. Cube coming within inches of losing to someone named The Boss is just despicable.

Get out.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

Tag
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

Sorry nintendogirl -- I thought that was common knowledge by then...! Ulti mentioned something about her making the bracket too.
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T E A M C H O C O L A T E
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7355/64590879.png

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Elephant Talk: A New Kind Of Music Blog!
http://elephantmusictalk.blogspot.com/

A better bracket would be to have a 128 character bracket (1 Vs 1) for characters who have never made a contest before.

The biggest issue with that is most people couldn't be bothered to look through past contests to check if the character they want to nominate has never made it into a contest before. Though I'm sure Bacon could set something like a page listing all of the characters that can't be nominated.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as KrahenProphet, Guru Champ!

Cube will probably take the ASV to get a bit of redemption.
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Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi

I haven't played any MGS past the first one, they're in my backlog.

Somewhere...
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Eventually.

From: HaRRicH | #008
Sorry nintendogirl -- I thought that was common knowledge by then...! Ulti mentioned something about her making the bracket too.

I'm not Ulti.
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A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII

Future Contest Schedules:

Sp2010: Characters
2010: Non-VG Characters
Sp2011: Companies/Systems (two 16 entrant brackets)
2011: Characters
2012: Huge 128 1v1 24 hour tournament to celebrate the 10th anniversary of contests
Sp2013: Newbies (32 entrant)
2013: Characters
Sp2014: Games
2014: Characters
Sp2015: Female Characters (32 entrant)
2015: Characters
Sp2016: Non VG-Characters
2016: Characters
Sp2017: Got Villains? 2.0 (32)
2017: Characters
Sp2018: Quotes (32)
2018: Characters
Sp2019: Games
2019: Characters

Boom! Done in 1 minute. Now just please set up a schedule like this and stick to it, Bacon!
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"Why did I become a lawyer in the first place...? Because someone has to look out for the people who have no one on their side."--Phoenix Wright

Wow WCC is easily winning in US.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 57/68 - Today's Winners: Luigi and The Boss

The Boss should be winning. The cube is a damn joke. Not kidding.

Villains/Female/ gender split contests should never happen again
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Nominate Red XIII for the Character Battle VII!
He's the Lion with a fire tail from Final Fantasy VII.

From: charmander6000 | #015
Wow WCC is easily winning in US.

And Boss is winning everywhere else. Its not a surprise though, FPS characters do best in US.
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I Am Albion Hero!

LOL @ Koume and Kotake mention in the last topic.
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Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg
Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world!

Man, poor Sandal is going to look truly abysmal in the X-Stats when everything is said and done.

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Chop Chop Master Onion for Character Battle '11!
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind!

I can't imagine anyone playing both Portal and MGS3 and voting for Cube unless your tastes are MWC-tier or something.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

I've played both and would vote for anyone from Portal over anyone from MGS. Portal is a much better game.
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Good Times,
Great Memories

Sandal doing bad was expected though. A normal person who played Dragon Age wouldn't remember his name.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 57/68 - Today's Winners: Luigi and The Boss

From: KamikazePotato | #021
I can't imagine anyone playing both Portal and MGS3 and voting for Cube unless your tastes are MWC-tier or something.

I played both. I voted Cube because

1. I'm not a patriot
2. I'm not into old ugly women
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I Am Albion Hero!

I'm having a hard time coming up with even 32 female villains... just not a contest that would ever work.
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:>

From: XxSoulxX | #022
I've played both and would vote for anyone from Portal over anyone from MGS. Portal is a much better game.

No offence Soul, but you know this is a character contest right?
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Chell has no character.

Almost 43.68% of "alive" Guru's do NOT have WCC picked for this one. Lot's of people gettin knocked out today!
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Point Total: 62/70. Guru Status: Alive(85)
My Bracket Says: Night: Luigi Day: WWC

From: nintendogirl1 | #026
Chell has no character.

Neither does Link.
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I Am Albion Hero!

Well, I was smart enough to know that Drake would suck no matter what, at least.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

From: Lightslayer987 | #024
2. I'm not into old ugly women

I'm not into fire breathing dragons, I leave that to WVI, but I still vote for Charizard.

It's not a "who do you want to screw the most" contest either. Do you base all our opinions on acting, personality and comic value on appearance?
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Pray tell.

The Cube is a funny little cube. The only thing it has going for it is emotional attachment, and Boss smashes that category by a landslide and has other things going for her.

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KrahenProphet lived up to his name.

2. I'm not into old ugly women

Uhh... wow.

You do know this is a character contest and not a who would you sleep with contest?

You must hate almost all male characters too then.
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 57/68 - Today's Winners: Luigi and The Boss

From: Lightslayer987 | #028
Neither does Link.

Oh, so original. And wrong, too!
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

Obviously this just means Albion wants to put his junk in that box.
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:>

Almost 43.68% of "alive" Guru's do NOT have WCC picked for this one. Lot's of people gettin knocked out today!

Ooh! Lots of KOs today!
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

From: charmander6000 | #032
2. I'm not into old ugly women

Uhh... wow.

You do know this is a character contest and not a who would you sleep with contest?

You must hate almost all male characters too then.

Most male characters are attractive.
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http://i50.tinypic.com/2ew1hz7.jpg
I Am Albion Hero!

From: charmander6000 | #032
Uhh... wow.

You do know this is a character contest and not a who would you sleep with contest?

You must hate almost all male characters too then.

I think Albion claims to be bi.

Not that it matters since he couldn't get any if he tried.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

People who think looks matter that much, man, what ewwww.
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Shakes Fist!

From: vcharon | #034
Obviously this just means Albion wants to put his junk in that box.

And that's the way you do it?
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

Most male characters are attractive.

Not really, even if you are gay there aren't that many attractive guys in this bracket.

Solid Snake, Big Boss...
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Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls
Character Battle VIII - 57/68 - Today's Winners: Luigi and The Boss

Jecht is p attractive, imho
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

From: charmander6000 | #040
Not really, even if you are gay there aren't that many attractive guys in this bracket.

Solid Snake, Big Boss...

He likes 7 year old girls. Let's not get into what Albion finds sexually appealing.
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Please.

From: charmander6000 | #040
Most male characters are attractive.

Not really, even if you are gay there aren't that many attractive guys in this bracket.

Solid Snake, Big Boss...

Attractive male characters:

Link
Nathan Drake
Ken
Altair
Big Boss
Miles Edgeworth
Zidane
Ike
Zack
Jecht
Chris Redfield
Riku
Sora
Leon Kennedy
Balthier
Dante
Axel
Solid Snake
Squall
Sephiroth
Marth
Vincent
Yuri
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I Am Albion Hero!

There's Mario if you want passion, Luigi if you want someone gentle, Waluigi if you're into ****ed-up ****, and Wario if you like smelling like bacon for a week after sex.
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Not Wylvane

I'm backing away slowly.
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:>

Zidane

You ARE a joke, aren't you?
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

[This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]

Uhhh... Umm.... *shudders*
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"Here I go! Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia

That only proves my point.
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who needs a dick when you're good at smash brothers - stingers
Now this is entertainment!

From: Lightslayer987 | #047
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oh god damn you

Though I guess Zidane could put that tail to good use on you, especially if you're the top.
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Not Wylvane