GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1001
Anri forgot the actual opening post or 1000 would have been perfect =/ ~*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/ ~*List of All Polls (a search bar is at the bottom)*~ http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html ~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~ http://www.thengamer.com/ http://thengamer.com/xstats ~*GameFAQs Contests Hall of Fame*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Hall_of_Fame http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Match_Hall_of_Fame ~*Character Contest Histories*~ 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 ~*Leonhart4's Trend Charts*~ https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=tOGmynfNIiNy5VukpEF-PdA&hl=en#gid=0 ~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages ~*Say What? Common Stats 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. 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. --- "They established that 5 minutes = 1 hour, which means 10 hours = 12000 hours." -Anagram |
 
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1000 was perfect enough as is. Just the right amount of nostalgia and hardly any bickering! --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
I
think it's funny people thought I would rage at Anri for that when I
told Icehawk forever ago he or some random toady of his could make it
and I wouldn't give a crap. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
hey guys 4-way tag teams let's do this --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Tag team Every team has Link Finals is Link/Cloud vs Link/Link --- http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4839/drfc.png http://img.imgcake.com/drfootballpngru.png |
From: UltimaterializerX | #003 That's because people who say that haven't posted in a stats topic in 5+ years! --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
From: KamikazePotato | #004 512 characters? Jesus, rallying made easy. Just get you and five other people to nom someone and you're set. Actually, now I'm kind of liking this idea, even though I shouldn't. --- Will not remove this line of my signature until the Seahawks, Jazz or Rockies win a title (Started 5-16-09) http://www.sporcle.com/games/Kazbar/gfaqscontest |
That was amazing Yoblazer. --- "Setsuna, you have to change. To make up for me... who didn't change." ~SCP~ http://img.imgcake.com/Jeffzeropngus.png |
Jeff Zero posted... That was amazing Yoblazer. No kidding. Crono's cameo kills me every time, too. :P --- Nominate Tallahassee (Zombieland) for the BFC! "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico? Los Submarinos!" |
Crono should feel honored for being included in that tribute! --- If you are reading this signature, then you are wasting a great deal of your time. |
Luster - For being the single funniest user in GameFAQs history. Yes, even funnier than Ulti! Thanks for that comment about me. PartOfYourWorld | Posted 8/27/2011 4:02:46 AM | message detail http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1844/linkalwayswins1000editi.jpg XD at that picture. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
PartOfYourWorld posted... IT ALWAYS WINS AND THANK GOD FOR THAT |
Awesome way to end the topic. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
I swear I had no intention of raining on anyone's parade or anything like that. It was just to be the first of many gimmick topics that promoted the new TMNT series. But I'm glad Ulti was fine with it and it turned out a success anyway because I seriously wasn't trying to be a dick. --- Congratulations to Rafael Nadal on a Career Golden Slam. - The Mana Sword |
Hail to the King Thanks for all the data, TRE and Luster! I also appreciate esoteric data, like with the ever-important soda polls! --- 90s games > 00s games |
Thanks for all the data, TRE and Luster! I also appreciate esoteric data, like with the ever-important soda polls! TRE only provides data related to contests. And while the Soda polls were great, I just want another continent poll (on a school day) so I can see what the trends would look like if there was an actual ASV. My current project right now is trying to figure out when the ASV starts up again. I remember the 8/26/2009 age poll having a normal ASV, so it's likely we've already gotten our ASV back this week. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
The final post of topic 1000 couldn't have been any better. --- MvC3: Haggar/Ammy/Wesker http://img.imgcake.com/1294368287999pngyz.png |
The
Anri making topic 1000 was kinda for the best, I guess. Made the topic
seem more like a b8 moment or something more than a STATS CLICK CLICK
CLICK moment. That being said it was kind of a jerk move and he knows it was a jerk move. But I'm glad TOPIC CREATION DRAMA didn't manage to derail the milestone topic in any case. And uh thanks for the shout outs at the end of that topic guys. Even though I haven't posted here with any regularity since like... well, whenever the last contest was. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
yay! --- Vote for this guy in every contest: Sess |
Thanks
for the kind words last topic, guys. For everyone, too, not just me.
People who put in all that effort being noticed by their peers is a good
thing. yoblazer is seriously responsible for the two best images in B8 history, btw. Sandbag Zero and Layin' Down The LAW. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
Link
would absolutely win Most Attractive, as a note. It would just turn
into a popularity contest by the end. Watch it be a stupid Link >
Cloud with 52.5% final, too. But at least it's a contest Seifer would
get into. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Mitch Stuekerjuergen :( |
Princess Anri posted... I swear I had no intention of raining on anyone's parade or anything like that. It was just to be the first of many gimmick topics that promoted the new TMNT series. But I'm glad Ulti was fine with it and it turned out a success anyway because I seriously wasn't trying to be a dick. I would have raised a stink if it was someone I didn't like, but you've never done s*** to me so who cares. It made the topic more "Board 8-like" anyway. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· "You can't win with a fun entry!" -SBAllen |
Do you guys think Leon Kennedy would do better in such a contest? Then again, Nathan Drake and Gordon Freeman are also well-known for being "attractive", so...could THEY possibly do better? Link is boring when he isn't cel-shaded (or cartoon-rendered...whatever's done in LttP) so he doesn't deserve to win that. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Amazing last post of the 1000th topic. |
If there's one thing I can say about yoblazer, it's that he knows how to finish with a bang. Well played. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
You
know, I'm listening to the final episode of The Show from GOTD (because
I don't think I actually ended up listening to it). Ngamer was talking
about how FFX wouldn't have been able to weather Brawl's ASV because of
how good Brawl's is compared to FFX's, but I disagree. The anti-Brawl
sentiment was big at that point, and it would've been, even against FFX.
I think even FFX could have held it off because of anti-Brawl rallying.
Here's why I think that. Does anybody remember this match? http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3305 Snake barely holds off Cloud. Do you guys remember what Snake's peak lead was? 819. And yet despite MGS's terrible, terrible, terrible day vote, Cloud couldn't get the lead below 300. I know FFVII's ASV doesn't compare to Brawl's (not anymore, at least), but then look at the very next match. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3306 Now Snake was rallied like crazy at the beginning of the match due to its upset of Cloud and people wanted to see if he could actually top Link. Now what was Snake's peak lead against Cloud in this match? Snake had a bigger lead against Cloud after 25 minutes than he had during the entire match the day before. Snake got up to a peak lead of 3700 votes against Cloud that match, and when the ASV rolled around, Cloud sliced the lead down to almost 2000 votes by the end of the match. How do you get from less than 500 votes cut to 1700 votes cut in the span of the day? Well, for one, Snake was basically so far ahead of Cloud at that point that there was no need to rally. There was no way he was going to lose. And if it HAD somehow gotten close, there was no chance Cloud would have finished it because the site wouldn't have let it happen just like it hadn't let it happen the day before. And I feel like something similar would've happened with FFX/Brawl. FFX would've been able to get out to close to a 2500 vote lead by the time of the ASV because Brawl's Europe vote is even worse than Zelda's, and the fact that Brawl wouldn't have had the huge Power Hour Majora's Mask did against FFX that kept it from building as big of a lead as it could have. And if Brawl had gotten close, it wouldn't have happened, Nintendo or not. Even Board 8 Nintendites were turning on Brawl and were ready to support FFX. But that's just me because I still think FFX beats Melee! FFX > Brawl/Melee is my version of "Magus > Squall" because I have the "You can't say Brawl/Melee would've won because the match never happened!" excuse. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
DID ULTIMATERIALIZERX SAY HE HAD SOME GRAND REVEAL FOR THE 1000 TOPIC?? Did be |
Bacon jumped the gun on him though. He said this back in 999. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
By
the way, BT needs to show up and give us his Guru nomination. It seems
pretty clear that we're going to get a Character Battle at this point
because Bacon said that the Character Battle was the most popular choice
for a contest, so he can give us his pick! --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
I
agree that FFX would have held off Brawl. It would have (likely and
hopefully) jumped out to a pretty big lead in the opening updates as
well, but unlike Majora, it would have really piled on the hurt
overnight. Even if Brawl would have attempted a thunderous daytime
comeback, Square fans, the anti-Brawl defense force, and much of B8
would have fended it off for the FFX win. Brawl was simply an unwanted
champion by the majority of hardcore contest fans, and that wouldn't
have changed regardless of which finals opponent it drew. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I
mean seriously, BRAWL as Game of the Decade? The very idea still makes
me facepalm. It's a multiplayer game with worse multiplayer features
than $10 Xbox Live games of the same era. GotD my FREAKIN ASS. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Nostalgia topic, more or less. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
There
was no sort of widespread Brawl "backlash" except for the typical
people on this board. I doubt it gets any more anti-votes than FFX does. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #032 500 posts of everyone asking for BT's Guru nomination. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
From: LOLContests | #034 The first few updates against Majora suggest otherwise. Clearly, there was a sentiment against Brawl that extended beyond the board and among those hardcore voters who vote early. Replace MM with FFX, and I still think Brawl loses. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
You can think Fallout 3's 45% on Brawl is legit if you want. But I don't. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
FFX
would've been able to get out to close to a 2500 vote lead by the time
of the ASV because Brawl's Europe vote is even worse than Zelda's The ASV on the final match was very diluted. It almost looks like a weekend match in terms of hourly vote distribution, but I know for sure that some schools had their last school day on December 23rd (the date of the final match). I know schools in my area would have gone all the way to December 23rd before starting the Christmas break on December 24th. Although with the schools in my area, December 23rd would have been a half day (the length of the school day is cut in half) and they would have gotten out of school around 11:20 AM. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
The
first few updates against Majora suggest otherwise. Clearly, there was a
sentiment against Brawl that extended beyond the board and among those
hardcore voters who vote early. Replace MM with FFX, and I still think
Brawl loses. Majora was coming off of a huge upset with tons of ralliers still hanging around. That was the reason why it, and all the other entrants in the same position, have overperformed. Look at Snake in 2008. You can think Fallout 3's 45% on Brawl is legit if you want. But I don't. Brawl probably underperformed because it and FFX were seen as the favorites. It's not like it had show any weakness up to that point to imply that there were people anti-voting the game itself. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
From: LOLContests | #039 That's what happens when you face crap for three rounds and then face Melee. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
That's what happens when you face crap for three rounds and then face Melee. And neither Melee nor Twilight Princess appeared to be benefiting from anti-votes. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
Yes,
because we can tell that, having a clear read of both of their
strengths prior to the contest, especially compared to Brawl. --- Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX! http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3834/banner1barret.jpg |
Brawl
winning just was not fated to happen. This site would not have let it
happen. We've never had a bad champion before; every champion sans
L-Block (Link, Cloud, FFVII, OOT, Legend of Zelda, Sephiroth) has
received the respect of a large majority of the site, and L-Block was a
different category of events. I think Brawl's presence in the final could possibly have tipped MM/FFX in MM's favor though, as there was only a gap of 200 votes there. Before and during that match I thought MM had a better chance against Brawl in the final. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Problem? --- Nominate ExDeath for the next Character Battle. |
Though
I disagree with your analysis of why Cloud was able to cut so much
against Snake the second day. While Snake had less rallying later in
the day the second day, I doubt he rallied more than a few hundred on
the first day in total, so that wouldn't really explain it. Most of it
is from Snake being massively bandwagoned/rallied at the start of the
match on the second day, putting him far above his normal trendline.
Sans bandwagon, Cloud would have beaten him easily with no Sephiroth in
the poll, and by the afternoon, Snake wasn't really getting any more
votes from the bandwagon. That is, the first day was pretty close to normal trends. The second day had wildly aberrant trends due to bandwagoning. --- 90s games > 00s games |
FFX would have beaten Brawl to a pulp. Nothing in the GotD could have stood up to FFX without massive rallying. |
SB
didn't even recognize a suggestion for a best-console contest? Either
he doesn't care for the idea or nobody suggested it...for shame. --- BT about Round Two: If Snake gets 43-45%, I'll close my account right now. www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3285 |
From: H__RR____H | #047 Either way, we're in good shape because it means he and everyone else realizes it's a bad idea! --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
H__RR____H | Posted 8/27/2011 3:29:48 PM | message detail | quote SB didn't even recognize a suggestion for a best-console contest? Either he doesn't care for the idea or nobody suggested it...for shame. Well, there aren't a whole lot of consoles compared to games or characters. And a best console contest would be limited to 32 consoles at most. And even then, there would be some bad fodder in a 32 console contest. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
1) Playstation 2 8) Gameboy 4) Xbox 360 5) Gamecube 3) Wii 6) DS 2) NES 7) Dreamcast 1) Super Nintendo 8) Xbox 4) Genesis 5) Playstation 3 3) Nintendo 64 6) PSP 2) Playstation 7) Game Boy Advance --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
