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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 893
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:36:03 PM | message detail |
From: Cyclo_Reaper | #292 my bad, only .1% from the board vote. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:36:19 PM | message detail |
If
Cloud ends up higher than he did in 2006, let's drop this talk about
how Link is invincible and needs to be removed. He's lost 2 out of 8
contests you know, THAT'S A LOT. Even 6 hours of trailing Snake FILLS
ME WITH RAGE. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:36:52 PM | message detail |
You
mean the trends that say that Cloud should have gained more than .19%
from the board vote by this point? I think you're overrating the ffvii
trends here. This is the Nintendo Power Hour. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
paraboxx | Posted 3/20/2010 9:36:52 PM | message detail |
A gross and misinformed exaggeration! Hey, they ended up pretty close. If there's any SFF at all, Samus still takes it. On another note, good lord that took you 23 seconds. |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:37:08 PM | message detail |
Not a stretch to believe that Tifa could bridge the gap. Yes, it is. Squall forever. --- Squall Leonhart is the worst Final Fantasy character ever created. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:37:50 PM | message detail |
Tifa's
a huge wildcard. She hasn't had a legitimate chance to prove herself
yet, considering all the wonky-ass matches she's had. I wouldn't mind seeing Tifa vs Crono. --- Not Wylvane |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:37:50 PM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #1402 I have no idea why anyone would ever believe this, yet I see people say it all the time. It confuses me. Cloud beat Link when he had *two* - two - games of note, and one was basically a friggin' cameo. You're seriously telling me he wouldn't beat Link if he got a FF7 remake? Come one. Link vs. Cloud wouldn't even be competitive if that happened. Cloud would rock him. I actually want Link to get the hell out and for the winner of the contest to actually be in doubt for once The winner wouldn't be in the doubt, the winner would be Link...? What's the point? If you want more competitive matches and think removing Link does that I can sort of understand (although removing 1 guy is really not going to affect the matchmaking greatly). But the "winner" would still be Link, that wouldn't change. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:37:53 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #303 And? Even in 2006 he gained like .75% from the board vote by this point. They're essentially going even. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:38:38 PM | message detail |
From: creativename | #307 Not being in the bracket would make it kinda hard for him to be the winner of said bracket, no? --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:39:46 PM | message detail |
Then the "winner" would have won the title of second best character, i.e. loser. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:41:15 PM | message detail |
From: creativename | #307 It's more like how 2005 winner was Mario and 2006 was Samus, even though beyond those contests Link won out anyway. Plus Link did kinda ruin a lot of potential by taking out a bunch of good characters with a bit of unpredictable strength like X, Luigi, and Sonic. Bad bracket making is the main fault here, but then you're gonna end up wasting strong characters to Link regardless of how the bracket is set up. I'd prefer just taking him out and allow for more potential crazy matches to be set up. --- Not Wylvane |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:41:26 PM | message detail |
Cloud gets his first 45% update. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:41:52 PM | message detail |
And? Even in 2006 he gained like .75% from the board vote by this point. They're essentially going even. Because FFVII always wins. You can't really deny that Cloud won't smash Link at night, day vote should be interesting. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:42:34 PM | message detail |
From: Cyclo_Reaper | #1509 Seriously? He'd be in the last match, obviously. There's no chance Link would be removed entirely. And even if he was the "winner" still wouldn't be the winner, just a fugazi champ. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
UltimaterializerX | Posted 3/20/2010 9:42:35 PM | message detail |
Man, I hope we get a game contest with this format and soon. I'm itching to pick Pokemon RBY > FF7. --- "Watching regs bash Ulti is like watching an ant colony revolt against a lawnmower." -Lucid Faia |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:42:39 PM | message detail |
I
do expect that Cloud should cut a couple percentage over night... maybe
get it to like 54.5% or so. But that day vote should kill him. Link is
the king of the day --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:42:55 PM | message detail |
Cloud is now winning on 4 continents. Only North America is holding strong for Link. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:42:59 PM | message detail |
I
wish Cloud fanboys would get smart and realize the only way they'll
ever win a contest is if they vote for Link here so that he does so
well he gets removed next year! --- Not Wylvane |
paraboxx | Posted 3/20/2010 9:44:07 PM | message detail |
I
don't care if the contest is actually for second place, I just want
Link to stop ruining matchups. This year alone, we could've seen X vs.
Luigi, X/Luigi vs. Sonic, Mario vs. Cloud and even Mario vs. Sonic if Link's spot in the contest was empty. |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:44:40 PM | message detail |
Of course, we all know what will really happen next contest. Link gets removed from the bracket. Majority predicts Cloud to win it all. Cloud proceeds to have a close match with Snake and/or Mario and still wins the contest. People will whine about how FF7 always wins. I'll laugh at both sides of the whiners. --- Not Wylvane |
Hochimihnister | Posted 3/20/2010 9:44:59 PM | message detail |
Link is king of the day? He did nothing against Mario. The same Mario who lost it to Zero in 2005. |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:45:13 PM | message detail |
Unless Link breaks 55% at the end I don't see a reason to remove him. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:45:31 PM | message detail |
Eh,
the only one of those I would have enjoyed more than Link/Mario and
Link/Sonic is Mario/Sonic. But that is my Link fanboyism coming
through, I suppose. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:46:03 PM | message detail |
From: Hochimihnister | #321 He gradually went up all day, actually. --- "Stay with me until the end, Dr_Football. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:46:17 PM | message detail |
From: paraboxx | #1559 Blame the bracket then. And a much better and infinitely more exciting solution than this utterly lame "remove the strongest character" idea is to allow Batman to beat Link's ass down. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:47:17 PM | message detail |
Link was at 63.19% at 8 AM against Mario. He finished at 64.57%. He should get at least 2% against Cloud in that time frame. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:47:35 PM | message detail |
Link would beat Batman if it was called Character Battle IX, rather than best Fictional Character. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:47:36 PM | message detail |
From: paraboxx | #319 Exactly. If Link was replaced by, say, Ghost Pirate LeChuck, the left side of the bracket would definitely have been a hell of a lot more interesting. As is, all it had was Charizard's run. Compare that to the latter half, which had Missingno's run, Pikachu doing a number on Solid ****, Snake upsetting Sephiroth, Samus and Snake coming close to Link, and so on. I guess maybe there was a Zelda deboost after all, now that I think about it, if you consider just how damn impressive Snake and Samus looked on Cloud, and how weaker the other Zelda characters looked. --- Not Wylvane |
paraboxx | Posted 3/20/2010 9:47:39 PM | message detail |
Eh,
the only one of those I would have enjoyed more than Link/Mario and
Link/Sonic is Mario/Sonic. But that is my Link fanboyism coming
through, I suppose. Yeah, Link/Mario is probably more appealing than the other matches I listed. But at least those matches would've been competitive. |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 9:47:47 PM | message detail |
Blame the bracket then. How? Link will always have 7 matches. That's just how it is. The only way to prevent Link from ruining great matches is to stick him in a division full of fodder, and then people will just complain about fodder matches. Removing him is much simpler and better. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:48:35 PM | message detail |
Link would double Batman with ease. --- Not Wylvane |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:49:10 PM | message detail |
Exactly.
If Link was replaced by, say, Ghost Pirate LeChuck, the left side of
the bracket would definitely have been a hell of a lot more
interesting. As is, all it had was Charizard's run. Compare that to the
latter half, which had Missingno's run, Pikachu doing a number on Solid
****, Snake upsetting Sephiroth, Samus and Snake coming close to Link,
and so on. No it would just be Mario destroying the entire half. Let's ban Mario! --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:49:10 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #1607 ...there is no chance this would matter. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:49:36 PM | message detail |
The
only way to prevent Link from ruining great matches is to stick him in
a division full of fodder, and then people will just complain about
fodder matches That's what Bacon did in 2008, and it ended up being the best division of that contest! --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the Dr_Football, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Cyclo_Reaper | Posted 3/20/2010 9:49:37 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #332 Mario is at least beatable. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/24y7282.jpg Albion Hero is the Cream of Loli fanboyism |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 9:50:18 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #332 Then it would just be Mega Man/Mega Man X meeting in the semi-finals. Let's ban Mario! --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:50:23 PM | message detail |
Mario didn't destroy his 2 divisions, actually. Charizard did really well on him. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:50:27 PM | message detail |
Plus good luck getting Bacon to make a great bracket, especially a 128-character 1v1 one! It'd be better to just make a good bracket with Link, but Bacon won't do that, so we might as well take the easy way out rather than get stuck with more matches like Link vs X or Link vs Sonic where wildcard characters are wasted. --- Not Wylvane |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 9:50:34 PM | message detail |
...there is no chance this would matter. It probably does. There's a reason people haven't figured out this is a popularity contest after years and years simple because it's called the 'Character Battle'. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:50:55 PM | message detail |
From: Not_Wylvane | #1651 There is zero chance of Batman failing to break 40% on Link, none, zip, zilch, nada, doesn't exist. I mean, what??? --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:51:03 PM | message detail |
Mario is at least beatable. Who cares? Mario would have made that entire half bracket boring. Let's ban Cloud too, all he did was coast to the championship. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
red sox 777 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:51:30 PM | message detail |
43% breached! And we're not even out of the Power Hour. --- 2010 Extrapolated Standings: Crono gets 46.85% on Sephiroth. All you need now is KH3 or SSB4, Crono. Then your quest shall be fulfilled! |
Iamthekuzalol | Posted 3/20/2010 9:51:48 PM | message detail |
At this rate, Cloud might end up above 46%. So much for Link being in his own "God Tier" status. --- ...I...AM...THE...KUZA...LOL |
charmander6000 | Posted 3/20/2010 9:52:06 PM | message detail |
Mario didn't destroy his 2 divisions, actually. Charizard did really well on him. Doesn't matter Mario won fairly easily, Link may even struggle to outdo Mario on Cloud. --- Board 8 BOP: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB8%20BOP.xls Character Battle VIII - 325/384 - Today's Winner: Link |
KamikazePotato | Posted 3/20/2010 9:52:19 PM | message detail |
Let's ban Cloud too, all he did was coast to the championship. Being led for three hours by both Snake and Samus =/= coasting. Cloud is mortal. Link is not. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8OjPKN9B4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrSUvrXRc4 |
creativename | Posted 3/20/2010 9:52:25 PM | message detail |
From: Iamthekuzalol | #1703 I don't think he can because the day vote won't be kind. 45% looks doable though. --- gamefaqscontests.com gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
LeonhartFour | Posted 3/20/2010 9:52:38 PM | message detail |
For
the record, Link had 57.52% at the end of the Power Hour in 2006, so
Cloud may indeed end up doing better than he did back then. His day
vote isn't as good now though, so who knows. --- "The great GF...Dr_Football." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 3/20/2010 9:53:33 PM | message detail |
The
fact that it's a weekend is a good sign for Cloud. Usually weekend
power hours favour the day guy, but results in less votes during the
actual day, plus a whole afternoon/evening of SNV to look forward to. --- "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" - trancer1 |
paraboxx | Posted 3/20/2010 9:53:36 PM | message detail |
At this rate, Cloud might end up above 46%. So much for Link being in his own "God Tier" status. Three characters can break 46% on him - probably only one directly - and he's not on another level? |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 3/20/2010 9:53:43 PM | message detail |
From: charmander6000 | #341 Charizard gave Mario a good scare, and are you really bringing in Cloud now? Really? After the last two rounds? Even Cloud may not break 45% on Link when the match is over. How the hell can anyone threaten Link the same way Mario and Cloud got threatened? --- Not Wylvane |
