GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1004
I'm really impressed and pleased with Banjo/Gruntilda. CJ/Tenpenny is a big dissapointment. |
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From: HaRRicH | #148 Except that's a legitimate complaint. Seymour would beat Barthandelus. Although this poll shows Yuna/Sin would've been stronger regardless, but most of us figured Sin would be stronger anyway when it made the Villains Contest instead of Seymour way back when. But regardless, this is massive overanalysis. I remember trying to do some mock X-Stats based off of vote-in results from the 2010 Character Battle, and the results were pretty hilarious. --- Support Squirtle (Pokemon R/B/Y) for Character Battle IX! http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8463/banner2squirtle.jpg |
It's
about more than Lightning. Nothing we've seen about FF13 looked even
close to better after its release than before its release. Not only
that, but the types of RPGs people go for now went through a significant
change since FF13 was first announced. It managed to bring in a lot of
excitement despite following FF12, but it still disappointed big-time
which shouldn't be ignored. Also, you can't really defend it getting last place in a poll of this "caliber." It's not even very close to eleventh place, and Yuna/Seymour don't seem so likely to SFF her. You could argue SFF/LFF in Jigglypuff's case, but this? Stretching it. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I'm
still amazed Lightning vs. Barthandelus made a vote in. I've played
most FFs and thought about lots of possible rivalries to nominate from
them (settled on Yuna/Seymour, Tidus/Jecht, Squall/Seifer and
Tifa/Aeris)... and that never entered my mind. Honestly, who nominates
that? >_> Lightning does have some good mitigating factors here (Barthandelus is "what", there is no rivalry, FFX's a bad opponent for later 3D FF to deal with) but this is a shocking performance. Predict the next set of vote-ins, go go. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
would be hilarious if Shirou/Archer or Battler/Beatrice got in one of them --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
SuperAngelo128 posted... would be hilarious if Shirou/Archer or Battler/Beatrice got in one of them I've seen more support for Shirou/Kotomine, so if any F/SN pairing gets in, its probably them. Hopefully they'll do well enough to make it, though I doubt it. --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
From: GintokiSaotome | #156 where did you see this --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
SuperAngelo128 posted... From: GintokiSaotome | #156 I've seen more support for Shirou/Kotomine, so if any F/SN pairing gets in, its probably them. Hopefully they'll do well enough to make it, though I doubt it. where did you see this OT and /a/ --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Bleh.
Should've looked at the results before voting. I like Yuna/Seymour
better but I assumed Raiden/Vamp would need the help more. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Five bucks says my favorite nomination, Link vs. Mido, won't make it. |
I gave my vote today to Yuna/Seymour, but I was really tempted to go with Banjo-Gruntie. |
Extrapolate Mario/Bowser vs Cloud/Sephiroth based on this poll and Banjo/Yuna. I don't care how meaningless the stats are, I want a good laugh. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
Cloud/Sephiroth gets 49.45% on Mario/Bowser based off of that...! --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I also want to go back to one other comment: The Mana Sword posted... Really should not attempt to extrapolate anything from these vote-in polls for use in a 1 on 1 setting. Okay, let's just compare how Lightning looks in this vote-in compared to her last vote-in. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3691 She beat Raiden with room to spare and advanced to the contest. He was dealing with The Boss, sure, but she was dealing with Axel too. Blame Vamp/Barthandelus all you want, but FF13 dropped big time. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
It's
also possible that people are actually considering the rivalry thing
when voting. Lightning/"whoever that guy is that doesn't show up for
the first half of the game" isn't really a good rivalry, considering the
guy isn't there for most of the game! --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Hey there's the other factor you're missing: rivalries matter. This isn't just gonna be a tagteam, because the relationship between the pair is a factor. |
Hmm, wonder what we're going to see for the rest of the vote-ins. This is a pretty freaking weak group. I'm also really starting to worry that X/Sigma got in over X/Zero I will be extremely pissed if that's the case. I also had a startling thought, this could be the final contest on this site if site traffic continues to nosedive like it has. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
I think there's only one question that really matters. Earthworm Jim vs. Carl Johnson in 2005 instead of Ness vs. CJ, great match, or greatest match? Alternatively, Queen Slug-For-A-Butt vs. Officer Tenpenny, who ya got? --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Tenpenny he gets the Samuel L Jackson Fanbase/Bad Mother ****er votes. --- Nice catch BlAcK TuRtLe. But too bad your ass got SAAAAAAAAAAACKED.*tackles* |
Lopen posted... Bleh. Should've looked at the results before voting. I like Yuna/Seymour better but I assumed Raiden/Vamp would need the help more. I think it goes without saying that if you're going to meta-vote instead of just voting for your favorite, you should always check the results first! --- From his looks Magus is Macho Man Randy Savage as an anime zombie. The black wind howls, and one of you will snap into a Slim Jim ooh yeeeah! -sonicblastpunch |
Based
on this poll, I'm starting to think a duo like Frog/Magus may be
stronger than Crono/Lavos just because nobody actually cares about
Lavos. --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
GintokiSaotome posted... Based on this poll, I'm starting to think a duo like Frog/Magus may be stronger than Crono/Lavos just because nobody actually cares about Lavos. I would hope so, to be honest. |
From: redrocket | #170 True enough. I'm not sure why I didn't! I guess it's not a big deal though they probably both qualify. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Lavos > Magus tbqh Also I seriously doubt any Mega Man fans think "Sigma" when they hear rivalry. |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #167 Should have done Einstein versus Hitler! And thank's to you're stupid capital to lower case letter pattern in your name, you didn't get my message to choose Einstein vs. Hitler! --- Nominate Albert Einstein and Adolf Hitler!!! http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60415725#p011 |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... I also had a startling thought, this could be the final contest on this site if site traffic continues to nosedive like it has. Man, that's really depressing to think about. Talk about ending with a whimper. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
I'm
not sure why the thought is that the traffic has been nosediving. Is
there a source for this? PotDs aren't really significant because
offseason PotDs are about where they've usually been. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Driver: San Francisco was released shortly before nominations started. You know what that means... --- Xbox Live: Mach Tornado PSN: HeyGuysItsGhoul |
Lopen posted... I'm not sure why the thought is that the traffic has been nosediving. Is there a source for this? PotDs aren't really significant because offseason PotDs are about where they've usually been. Alexa has shown a significant nosedrive in the overall traffic for Gamefaqs in recent years. http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=800&h=440&o=f&c=1&y=t&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=5y&u=gamefaqs.com The numbers on the left are overall rank of the website on the internet. So its fallen from 200 to 1000 in a few years --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Possible
that a lot of that is due to the rest of the Internet expanding and
more websites becoming prolific but yeah that's a pretty significant
drop. Interesting. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Lopen | Posted 10/4/2011 6:45:27 PM | message detail | quote I'm not sure why the thought is that the traffic has been nosediving. Is there a source for this? PotDs aren't really significant because offseason PotDs are about where they've usually been. PotDs have been dropping off in vote totals. Here are the average vote totals by year: 1999 - 4408 2000 - 7062 2001 - 14019 2002 - 34435 2003 - 55397 2004 - 54598 2005 - 56643 2006 - 74644 2007 - 87908 2008 - 91112 2009 - 85797 2010 - 72588 2011 - 56882 Contest matches are not included in those averages. Vote totals began dropping off hard in August of last year. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Damn that was a sharp decline. Hopefully it doesn't drop any more though. Maybe the 2007 era was just an anomaly peak. |
Vote totals began to increase quite a bit in 2006 because of the huge amount of hype for the Wii, TP, and Brawl. 2008 was the peak of the vote totals, because of the fallout from the increased site traffic that came as a result of L-Block's 2007 run, and because 2008 was an excellent year for games with Brawl, MGS4, and Fallout 3. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
For some quick Geolocation nonsense since this poll's about to end: Banjo's doing about a half percent better and Raiden and Yuna are doing about a half percent worse in North America, and Banjo is winning Canada outright. The Kid/The Guy is actually in 4th place. Raiden/Vamp is winning easily in South America, and Laharl/Mid-Boss is surprisingly in 2nd by a decent margin. No surprise with Europe: Raiden/Vamp 1st, Yuna/Seymour 2nd. Earthworm Jim is 4th here. Despite Asia loving its FF, Raiden/Vamp is still 1st with Yuna/Seymour 2nd, and Laharl/Mid-Boss 3rd. CJ/Tenpenny in 4th place. GameFAQs' Asia voter base seems to like GTA, for some reason. Banjo > Yuna > Raiden > CJ in Oceania Earthworm Jim is winning Idaho, Little Mac is winning North Dakota, C.J. is winning Montana, and The Kid/The Guy is winning Oregon. Banjo seems to be more popular in the northern states, for whatever the reason, as well as Yuna being more popular in the midwest. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
What about WYOMING --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
It's time to play .... predict a rivalry that will be the next vote-in poll! I'll go with Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth --- A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack. OR IS IT |
Nah, I suspect Wright/Edgeworth got enough noms to bypass the process. I'll guess one (or more) of the following: Ratchet/Nefarious Jak/Errol Warrior of Light/Garland Firion/Emperor Tom Nook/Crazy Redd Arthas/Illidian Lucas/Claus Luigi/Waluigi --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Hopefully one that isn't a main character vs main villain --- Want to listen to more video game music every day? Check out the VGMusicoftheDay Youtube Channel sometime! |
Yuna/Seymour is the clear winner in Wyoming. --- From his looks Magus is Macho Man Randy Savage as an anime zombie. The black wind howls, and one of you will snap into a Slim Jim ooh yeeeah! -sonicblastpunch |
hmm, yeah, I kinda forgot how weak some of the rivalries in today's poll are.... we'll see --- A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack. OR IS IT |
Well,
Phoenix Wright has always been very popular with the nominators anyway.
He always gets a high seed. Even Edgeworth managed a 9 last year. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Everyone knows that we should have nominated Fighter/Black Mage. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Also whoever is making match pics if the Banjo/Grunty pic doesn't have a rhyme making fun of the opponents I will be real mad. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Vote
totals still aren't very good, though I'll attribute that to a lot of
reading to answer the poll question so maybe its daunting for some.
Should be easier to vote once the matches start --- http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/467785-one_piece_we_go_super.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Vote-ins haven't had great vote totals in the past either because of so many options, so yeah. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
Missingno/Seventh Item is going to win the next vote-in poll. Trust me. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
I think today's group of characters are fairly weak, which means bad vote totals. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Seymour is just saving up for Total Annihilation, that's all. --- :> |
-LusterSoldier- posted... I think today's group of characters are fairly weak, which means bad vote totals. Can't wait to see what SB scraped the bottom of the barrel for tomorrow's poll! --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
Tomorrow's group could very well end up having an overall stronger group compared to today. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
