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~*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

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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. This is the best example of SFF we've ever seen. However take some SFF labels with a grain of salt, as many people will slap it onto any match that doesn't make perfect sense.

Extrapolated Standings - The mathematical "strength" of a contestant that's determined based on their performance relative to the rest of the field. This number is typically based on the contest entrant's loss, but adjustments are sometimes made. See above for a watered down explanation for how the stats are calculated.

Noble Nine - Link, Cloud, Solid Snake, Sephiroth, Mario, Crono, Sonic, Samus and Mega Man.
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Too soon, etc.
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What the hell, which game will win the most GotY's from gaming websites?

This year, the contenders gotta be Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and barring it bombing Fallout: New Vegas. I could see the first two doing the best, with ME2 coming out of nowhere to be a huge hit and RDR being a Rockstar title, which sites cream their pants over (lol GTA4 getting 10's) and probably being the most unique hit this year.
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Wylvane
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Halo: Reach is gonna be huge. It should pick up some awards as well.
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Whoomp there it is

Anniversary bump. Stupid wife's job not letting her have the day off :(
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Red Dead Redemption will probably be the pick on a lot of sites, I figure.
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There's this, but it's hard to say anything definitive about it: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3477

ME did do about 5% worse against Halo 3 than their GotY-poll suggested, yeah. I'm not sure exactly what to think since ME was a distant last place, but FO3 may have affected ME there. Still, WRPGs are becoming bigger here and having a big JRPG in FF13 may make things a bit more difficult to analyze on that front. Nothing certain about WRPGs affecting each other yet though.....
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Oh, and their GotY-poll: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2989
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Red Dead Redemption, Mario Galaxy 2, and Hal Reach will probably be the big GOTY winners from critics.

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How about Diablo II/KotOR? In the next round Diablo II performed better against Halo, though you could argue multiplayer SFF with SSBM.
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Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru.

I'd prefer to believe that Diablo II doesn't share a fanbase with anything aside from other Blizzard games.

I'd sooner say Halo and KotOR LFF'd before I would that Diablo II and KotOR did.
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"Stay with me until the end. Please."
"Not until the end. Always."

LOL at today's poll. Right now, Canadians seem to prefer Physical Education, while it's doing terribly in the US.

Social Studies ended up taking the lead over Math in the last 5 seconds or so of the board vote. Math maintained a small lead over Social Studies for most of the board vote.
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LOL Lanugage
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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
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PE was always the most fun.
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Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats
Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru.

History where it's at. Foreign language would be a close second if this were college level, but whoops high school foreign languages.
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Who the hell actually likes math?
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I voted for Math here.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
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Besides robots, who likes math?
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Math in high school was pretty good. Math in university was torture, I never cared much for Calculus.
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Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru.

Actually, I guess stats are math... I just don't group them under that in my mind for some reason. I'm talking about actual math classes where you learn things only 1% of the population might ever use.
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Yeah, math took a hit when computers can do it better, now you just have to learn how to work the computer.
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Calintares made a whole lot of geolocation x-stats
Congrats to Dr. Football for winning the Guru.

Besides robots, who likes math?

LOL, not true at all.

Actually, I guess stats are math

Most of the stuff I deal with regarding stats involves only basic math skills. But yes, stats are math.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ!

You're a good robot, it wasn't meant as a knock. I suppose with this poll I voted with my college heart, because I hated high school.
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Yeah, math can get out. Far and away my least favorite subject in school.
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I liked Algebra and Trig. Geometry can die the death though. Hated that class.
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Besides robots, who likes math?

I like... Oh I guess I don't count. >_>
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"Let me believe what you've always believed! That living is wonderful!"
"Thank you so much... Thank you for loving me."

I'll agree with those who said that there's a big difference between high school and university level math. I didn't mind math in high school, but it was an absolute struggle to get through the requisite calc classes in my university. Since I was a biochem major, I of course chose science.

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Dr. Football, the Guru's Special High Class Individual , has enforced the Obligation of Losing on my bracket

I chose Language Arts because most of my good friends were in those classes.
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Yeah, I chose Language Arts because all my favorite teachers in high school were English teachers. Fun classes.
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"So cold. I am always by your side."
"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

Have my Bachelor degree with a double major in Math and Statistics. You can guess what I voted for.
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Wylvane
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I ended up voting for Science, which seems to be easily #1 here. Oh well, I suppose it's inherent that gamers would enjoy science the most.

This poll was rather terribly timed for me. Right now I'm in India but really want to be in the United States and have even convinced my parents to move me back at the end of this year, and since I don't like school here I've simply began to take to the subjects which will matter most later in my life, meaning I'm studying hard for Math, Science, and English, while simply trying not to flop in other subjects that have tests and constantly bunking P.E. (which is no fun in India) and Art.

Bottom line: I don't care about school, but I do care about my studies and test scores. I even skip school quite often just so that I'm home.

Arts? Anybody?
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From: HaRRicH | #033
Arts? Anybody?

I did.
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Good man.
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Chose science. It's my field + Dr Colnaghi's Psych 101 class was my favorite class ever.
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If I only could make a deal with God, and get him to swap our places.

To be fair, I enjoy pretty much all subjects.

Except P.E., obviously. I wouldn't be a nerd if I liked P.E.

Polls like these are a fun excuse to get to know the people you're going to be vehemently disagreeing with come contest season.
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Wylvane
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I chose "Lanugage Arts", and didn't notice the spelling error till afterwards. >.>

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You're pretty good, Dr_Football.

I almost picked PE!
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Poll needs an "only when I'm forced to" option, like how some bars turn it on.
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We need another contest!!!! I'm getting bored on GameFAQs!!! (not in real life, though)

I guess the best we can hope for at this point is a winter '11 contest.

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"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my is to die, I must simply laugh."

Poll needs a "I occasionally turn them on for kicks just to see what lines CC messes up."
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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

I have a difficult time listening/digesting information from TV as opposed to, say, a classroom (ironically). (My parents say I should've been diagnosed with ADD, though it'd be a weird variation of it, maybe.) Hence, I can keep better attention on TV when it's close-captioned; otherwise I can't pay very close attention unless I'm REALLY in a movie mood (which rarely happens). I guess I find class much more interesting than movies. o_O

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From: LeonhartFour | #042
Poll needs a "I occasionally turn them on for kicks just to see what lines CC messes up."

That's actually the reason I hate CC. Too slow and inaccurate.
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Ew heels. I give those to the local ducks.
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End pieces make the best sandwiches. That's "end pieces" as the actual unsliced loaves.
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Not only do I not eat the heels, I don't eat the pieces of bread that are next to them, either.
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Wylvane
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So if we ever have that quotes contest, which would win: a "serious" quote, an iconic quote, or a joke?
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Crono > Sephiroth. 7 years of waiting, and perhaps many more to go. Remain steadfast.

Yesterday's poll had an interesting distribution of votes for each part of the world. For yesterday's poll:

North America - 80.55%
South America - 1.65%
Europe - 12.58%
Asia - 2.57%
Oceania - 2.53%
Africa - 0.12%

The day matches from the last contest were averaging 81.28% for each match and here we have a 24 hour poll almost matching that right here. 75-76% is about normal for North America in 24 hour polls. The unusually high percentage of votes from North America yesterday could be because of the fact that driving is unpopular outside of North America. I had a feeling that might happen and it did.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3404&region=NAM
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3404&region=EUR
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3404&region=ASI
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3404&region=OCE

Driving is unpopular outside of North America and public transportation is favored there instead.
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