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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 933
LinkMarioSamus | Posted 10/31/2010 9:28:15 AM | message detail |
So SMG and GTAIV were holding them both back, plain and simple. --- Why did I pick Brawl to win the contest? |
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UltimaterializerX | Posted 10/31/2010 9:31:51 AM | message detail |
PLAIN AND SIMPLE --- http://images.memegenerator.net/The-Most-Interesting-Man-in-the-World/ImageMacro/2926034/Anagram-is-so-interesting-and-also-mad.jpg |
irriadin | Posted 10/31/2010 9:39:35 AM | message detail |
I agree with the sentiment that we're not gonna know who'll win between Melee and Brawl until the day of the match. --- "I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=177506 |
FFI3_Lightning | Posted 10/31/2010 9:40:31 AM | message detail |
who
is more likely to be antivoted? people said FFVII lost to OoT not
because OoT was more popular but because FFVII was more hated. --- http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/Mithos_2006/Ayaneff13.png |
HaRRicH | Posted 10/31/2010 9:40:41 AM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #396 SSBB also had SMG to deal with in its first match with CoD4...though I think SSBB beat GTA4 worse there than R1 despite SMG, too, so I don't know how big of a detriment SMG really was. Either way, this match is a fine counter to the meaningless comparisons we're gonna try making about SSBM/SSBB. SSBM facing Morrowind will hopefully tell us something about how the SSB-winner will compare with FFX and SSBM facing CoD4 should help a little with the SSB-match, though good luck getting something definitive -- especially if this idea of CoD going down recently is legit somehow. SSBB killing VC won't help either. It's a game of patience for the match we probably care about the most. --- "Support Epona because we've run out of good ideas." --Leonhart http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg |
Greyfeld | Posted 10/31/2010 9:40:47 AM | message detail |
lol
of the 23 "perfect" brackets, only 9 have a remote chance of winning
the contest, based solely on their winning pick. So I'm not too
concerned at this point :P |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 9:49:58 AM | message detail |
I want to say Melee=Brawl. It certainly seemed that way last year. Who wins could very well be up to who's the bracket favourite. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
TheCodeisBosco | Posted 10/31/2010 9:51:30 AM | message detail |
DANG!!
Brawl is looking even better than Melee, if you ask me. I still think
Melee will pull through, but killing MKDS is a lot more impressive than
killing GH2, SFF or not. --- CURRENT GOTY SCORE: 18 Disgaea = :( |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 9:51:50 AM | message detail |
Why the match started 1 hour earlier? --- 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~ |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/31/2010 9:55:08 AM | message detail |
Why the match started 1 hour earlier? It didn't start 1 hour earlier. You Europeans went back 1 hour because of DST, so I can understand why you thought it started 1 hour earlier. This site is hosted in the US and DST occurs one week after Europe goes through its DST change. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 9:58:20 AM | message detail |
From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #409 Daylight savings Anyway The way I see it, both Melee and Brawl are voted for by the same people. You've got a few people who hate Brawl, true, but htey're compensated by the people who haven't played Melee but have played Brawl. Now my theory goes that people who have only played Brawl but not Melee will vote for Melee due to being the predecessor to Brawl, but will vote for Brawl over it because that's the one they've actually played. So the question becomes "do the people who prefer Melee outnumber the people who haven't played it+the people who prefer Brawl". Now, the answer to that could very well be yes, but the more I think about this one the more I regret changing to Melee, especially since if it doesn't win my bracket is royally screwed. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
medicority | Posted 10/31/2010 9:59:42 AM | message detail |
huh I totally forgot that I changed my pick to VC. well I guess I didn't let the fanboy in me take over. having a perfect bracket halfway through round 1 doesn't mean a lot when you have MM or WoW winning the contest. |
medicority | Posted 10/31/2010 10:01:00 AM | message detail |
as for brawl vs melee I picked brawl because A. a lot more people have wiis than game cubes B. consequently brawl sold about twice as much as melee. 4.5 million vs 8.7 million so I figured brawl would be more popular by sheer number of people that have played it. |
Eeeevil Overlord | Posted 10/31/2010 10:01:19 AM | message detail |
Happy to lose the point on VC/Disgaea. The better game won, that's what counts! --- James - Board 8's Resident Warm And Safe, Slipper-Wearing User & The Cream of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 10:09:11 AM | message detail |
Oh so you go back 1 hour after a week that is happened here?Strange but okay. --- 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~ |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 10:13:37 AM | message detail |
From: Eeeevil Overlord | #414 Ah, but when you got it right and the better game won. That is true joy. http://i54.tinypic.com/169s0w7.jpg Beas posting again. I do love how the gurus got killed by the casuals again on that one, and VC wasn't even that much of an overall favourite. Honestly I knew it'd be close but I'm shocked Disgaea was such an overwhelming favourite. Yes I'm very late on posting that second half! --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/31/2010 10:26:33 AM | message detail |
Oh so you go back 1 hour after a week that is happened here?Strange but okay. Yes, you got it correct. Until the US and Canada goes through the DST change, Europeans have 1 extra hour to vote in day matches before they start going to sleep. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Gooper Blooper | Posted 10/31/2010 10:26:35 AM | message detail |
I'm certain Mario Kart DS would beat the crap out of Guitar Hero II, but of course SFF had to mess up everything. I dunno. I picked Brawl but I have this feeling Melee will win. No way to be totally certain until match day. --- And then the car wash cost five dollars. Pokemon Platinum: 1719 9497 5082 Pokemon HeartGold: 2966 0920 7723 |
pjbasis | Posted 10/31/2010 10:29:42 AM | message detail |
I don't see why people crying THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SFF are thinking that could only work in Brawl's favor. Perhaps MKDS has leeched some Nintendo support hmmm? |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 10/31/2010 10:37:45 AM | message detail |
Brawl with 83% on MKDS? LOL THAT MEANS BRAWL IS DOOMED TO WIN THE CONTEST AMIRITE GUYZ? --- "if only there were some way I could have sex" - Smartmuffin |
Gooper Blooper | Posted 10/31/2010 10:41:41 AM | message detail |
Brawl with 83% on MKDS? LOL THAT MEANS BRAWL IS DOOMED TO WIN THE CONTEST AMIRITE GUYZ? Completely. It needs at least 98% to even avoid the doubling. --- And then the car wash cost five dollars. Pokemon Platinum: 1719 9497 5082 Pokemon HeartGold: 2966 0920 7723 |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 11:09:56 AM | message detail |
Has ever been a match when someone/something won by over 90%? --- 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~ |
Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 10/31/2010 11:11:31 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1606 --- "Let me believe what you've always believed! That living is wonderful!" "Thank you so much... Thank you for loving me." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/31/2010 11:21:53 AM | message detail |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #396 Well, the first one was an underperformance, and the second one was probably an underperformance, so Melee needs to land somewhere in the middle, at the very least. --- "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!" |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 11:22:12 AM | message detail |
MAN!Over 95%?Okay I know it is Zelda but still... --- 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 10/31/2010 11:23:59 AM | message detail |
From: Lightning Strikes | #416 When Board 8 has no idea about either game, there tends to be a consensus pick, and everyone sort of flocks to that because it's the popular pick. --- "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!" |
Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 10/31/2010 11:26:57 AM | message detail |
That's
not necessarily limited to games/characters we don't know, though.
Board 8 overwhelmingly supported Squall over Auron in CB8 despite
almost everyone expecting the match to be a toss up (and it really did
end up to be a close match). --- "Let me believe what you've always believed! That living is wonderful!" "Thank you so much... Thank you for loving me." |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/31/2010 11:30:02 AM | message detail |
From: Team Rocket Elite | #427 Well, it also happens a lot when Board 8 isn't sure who will win. A lot of people started picking Squall, and so the rest who weren't sure flocked to it. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
Safer Sephiroth 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 11:30:37 AM | message detail |
Well at the matches this board has lost: RB VS Deus EX=36% got it right so the board is okay SA2 VS SFIV=More than 70% got it right so the board got owned.I originally had SFIV too. DS VS M9=54% got it correct so that is again okay WC3 VS M=Less than 32% got it correct,the board is okay NM VS FE=Over 70% got it right so the board got owned again VC VS D=Around 58% got it right so meh. So we have 2 matches that the prediction percentage was ver low so it is okay,2 that the prediction was around 50% so yeah and 2 matches that the prediction was over 70% which the board got owned.So it is not that bad. --- 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~ |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 11:37:23 AM | message detail |
It's
not just about the casual's percentage, but our percentage as well.
Like, 80% of the gurus picked Disgaea. A massive 38% more than how many
picked that overall. That has to be the board's worst loss so far. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
LOLContests | Posted 10/31/2010 11:37:54 AM | message detail |
Mega Man 9 and Path of Radiance were the favorites on the board, IIRC. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/31/2010 11:38:00 AM | message detail |
From: Lightning Strikes | #430 LOL Sunshine/Halo 3 --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 11:43:42 AM | message detail |
From: LeonhartFour | #432 So it is, though more of us got that one right. I didn't get that one though. -_- --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 11:46:06 AM | message detail |
Oh, and I meant to say. That is more a testament to how shockingly we're doing in some of these matches relative to everyone else more than anything. A 50% gap? Seriously? --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
FFI3_Lightning | Posted 10/31/2010 11:59:52 AM | message detail |
From: medicority | #413 You got your Melee''s numbers wrong. I think it sold 4 million in US alone, either way Brawl sold maybe 2 million more than melee max if that. Sales are irrelevant because both games were huge successes. Plus it's Gamefaqs....I think nostalgia is slighty favoured in some areas and this is where i think Melee will pull through. But in the end it won't be a suprise whoever wins...unless one of them breaks 60% or something ridiculous like that. --- http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/Mithos_2006/Ayaneff13.png |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/31/2010 12:46:11 PM | message detail |
Yeah, sales numbers don't mean anything for Melee/Brawl. --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
__Smurf__ | Posted 10/31/2010 1:02:11 PM | message detail |
To
be fair Sonic, Disgaea, Rock Band etc all kept it close so they
justified it being a debated match. There was nothing embarrassing
picking the wrong winner there since little separated them. There WAS something wrong with the people who backed No Mercy because that got flat out humiliated. --- Smurf , The cream of Sonic fanboyism. |
_foolmoron_ | Posted 10/31/2010 1:07:13 PM | message detail |
Aww yeah my Valkyria pick launched me up 100 spots in the Guru list I made the best risks. SFIV, Valkyria dominated, GTAIV, ToV, and UYA will also pull through eventually. If only RE5 had won, all my risks in round 1 would be correct. --- _foolmo_ 'and they established that 5 minutes = 1 hour, which means 10 hours = 12000 hours' - Anagram |
Lightning Strikes | Posted 10/31/2010 2:37:53 PM | message detail |
From: __Smurf__ | #437 It's more the fact that they were such overwhelming favourites, largely due to arguments posted on the board, that makes it bad for us, and I say this having picked SA2 and Rock Band 2. However, you're definitely right about the No Mercy pickers. I don't normally say this about results, but what were you thinking? And the people who picked it were so sure it would win, many saying PoR outright had no chance. I'm not normally the type to harp on people's mistakes, but that's definitely as bad as it gets. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
Julian_Caesar | Posted 10/31/2010 2:47:16 PM | message detail |
What
about F-Zero vs Dragon Age? I've got the next three battles picked
(including this one) and I'm pretty sure about the next 8-9 after that
one...but i have no clue about that match. Does anyone have any sort of
idea as to how that one will turn out? --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
KinzoUshiromiya | Posted 10/31/2010 2:48:38 PM | message detail |
From: Lightning Strikes | #439 Fanboy throwaway pick. Because No Mercy is worth it tbqh. Also Melee confirmed to win the contest yet? --- My Heart is Empty. It is empty because there is nothing. Regaro_Ukiera |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/31/2010 2:49:19 PM | message detail |
From: KinzoUshiromiya | #441 Listen to this man. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 2:50:44 PM | message detail |
Back after a 2-day retreat. What's happened in contestland? --- Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest. |
red sox 777 | Posted 10/31/2010 2:57:28 PM | message detail |
Reactions: Pokemon DPP > Metroid Fusion: Expected, DPP didn't do quite as well as I'd expected. Fire Emblem > WWF No Mercy: Shocking. Fire Emblem winning isn't shocking, but it breaking 70% is. Valkyria Chronicles > Disgaea: Surprising to me, not too surprising. Brawl > Mario Kart DS: Okay, hard to tell which game is more impressive between Melee and Brawl. --- Nominate Crono so he can get a higher seed and avoid being fed to Clinkeroth early in the contest. |
PoncedeLeonhart | Posted 10/31/2010 3:00:04 PM | message detail |
From: red sox 777 | #443 People are starting to worry about G/S/C after D/P/P essentially confirmed that what it did in the last contest was legit and not really much LFF between it and Galaxy. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
-LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/31/2010 3:04:17 PM | message detail |
Pokemon DPP > Metroid Fusion: Expected, DPP didn't do quite as well as I'd expected. This match result also has us worrying about RSE's chances to defeat GTAIV, even in a day match. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
Magic8Squall | Posted 10/31/2010 3:05:43 PM | message detail |
GTAIV always had a good chance of winning that match though. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
XxSoulxX | Posted 10/31/2010 3:09:25 PM | message detail |
GTAIV/RSE is a funny match because neither game are strong. The battle is based on who can suck it up the least. --- "Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 10/31/2010 3:11:04 PM | message detail |
From: XxSoulxX | #442 That kind of match already burned me yesterday :( --- The 3DS will be $200 or I'm closing my account - Ngamer64 |
ZenOfThunder | Posted 10/31/2010 3:20:25 PM | message detail |
omg guys I just remembered ryo hazuki was in Sonic & Banjo racing that means he's got more recent appeal then TP uh ohhhhh --- http://8board.webs.com/holden.jpg |
