GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1007
From: HaRRicH | #450 ME had more room to grow because the original wasn't that popular to begin with. The original Portal was plenty popular already. And Portal 2 isn't gonna win GOTY in the end anyway and everybody knows that. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
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HaRRicH posted... Portal 2's arguably still our GotY There is absolutely no way Portal 2 is beating Skrim or Skyward Sword. --- http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/header-fate-zero.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I'm assuming he's talking about the games that are already out now, not including the games that have yet to be released. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Yeah,
just the Game of the Past Ten Months. Batman: Arkham City is the only
serious competition Portal 2 hasn't already beaten. Notice I already said Portal wouldn't need as big of a jump as what ME got. Previously weaker or not, ME's stock jumped because the sequel was successful. It's hard to then say Portal can't benefit from Portal 2's success when Portal was a pre-order bonus for that sequel. With that and my other previous reasons, Portal could scare or even upset RE4 -- a former GotY-winner. Portal/Oblivion would be a good match and there's not been any polled comparisons of Portal 2/Skyrim yet, so it's hard to count Portal 2 out so easily considering its reception. I'll hold back on taking that upset though until I see Chell/GLaDOS in action. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
Oh hey, a GTA poll. Could be interesting. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
Not bad, 80% playrate for the GTA series. That's a lot better than the Castlevania series. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I
thought GTAIII would be the one with the largest playrate since it
seems to have been by far the most popular GTA on the site going by
GOTD. So the option that's currently in first place is rather surprising. Then again, it seems that GTAIII has a playrate of ~50%, whatever. Dunno. Can't think of much to contribute. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Tomorrow's
poll will be "Which of the three current consoles do you now own?",
which we had earlier this year back in March. When we had that poll in
March, it got over 80000 votes. With vote totals sucking even more
since then, I project that poll to only get 64438 votes based on the
average vote totals around the time we last had this poll. Average vote totals this month are currently at 48692, which is the first month this year with an average under 50000. Though vote totals should improve next month with a heavy lineup of games. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Well now we know have proof playrate =/= contest strength. |
Oh yeah, UK with 31% still owning the original release (play rate of 64% for the game, and 91% for the series). To put this in context, 17% of UK voters said they'd never played a console Zelda this year. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
90% playrate for Europe and 92.5% playrate for the U.K. Pretty impressive for GTA, and yet it's so weak here. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
Well now we know have proof playrate =/= contest strength. I thought Wii Sports took care of that last year. Everyone played it, and everyone knew it didn't belong. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
90% playrate for Europe and 92.5% playrate for the U.K. And only 80% in North America, which of course explains GTA's bad ASV. 84% playrate in Asia and 88.50% in Oceania. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Amazing
how close the GameFAQs console race has become. As of right now the 360
has ~55%, the PS3 ~58% and the Wii ~62%. 360 should rise a little from
here though. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
ps3 for first --- peace comes from within |
Looks
like this poll will definitely break 60000 votes. I was a little
worried that it wouldn't break that after there were only 543 votes in
the first 5 minutes and just 4979 votes after the first hour. The first
hour managed to average 415 votes per update, which is kind of
impressive considering the first 5 minutes had just 543 votes. So the
vote totals managed to pick up after the poll had bad vote totals at the
start. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
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This
long prediction period is killing me. It's so hard to stay interested,
let alone hyped, about a contest when there's very little new to do with
it for almost a month. |
I
agree I was somewhat hyped but this long prediction period (and Skyrim)
killed some of my excitement for this contest. Two weeks would have
sufficed. . --- .... |
A
long prediction period might be good for the casuals, because there
isn't much interest in this contest and they will have more time to fill
out a bracket. This should help boost the number of total brackets
submitted for this contest, as we should have terrible bracket totals if
there was a much shorter prediction period. -LusterSoldier- | Posted 10/22/2011 2:50:43 AM | message detail | quote Tomorrow's poll will be "Which of the three current consoles do you now own?", which we had earlier this year back in March. When we had that poll in March, it got over 80000 votes. With vote totals sucking even more since then, I project that poll to only get 64438 votes based on the average vote totals around the time we last had this poll. My projection ends up being off by about 1500 votes. Fairly good projection by me. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I just updated the BOP http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Some talked about matches include Round 1 Donkey Kong/King Rool - 24 Ezio/Rodrigo - 4 Sub-Zero/Scorpion - 23 Leon/Ada Wong - 5 Fox/Wolf - 22 Yuna/Seymour - 6 Big Boss/The Boss - 20 Tidus/Jecht - 8 Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen - 15 Phoenix Wright/Edgeworth - 13 Pac-Man/Blinky - 23 Crash/Neo Cortex - 5 Siegfried/Nightmare - 18 Ramza/Delita - 10 Sora/Riku - 24 William/Adolf Hitler - 4 Round 2 Sonic/Dr. Robotnik - 23 Kirby/Meta Knight - 5 Sub-Zero/Scorpion - 20 Leon/Ada Wong - 4 Donkey Kong/King Rool - 4 Red/Blue - 20 Luigi/Waluigi - 6 Cecil/Golbez - 1 Jim Raynor/Kerrigan - 1 Alucard/Dracula - 22 Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen - 3 Phoenix Wright/Edgeworth - 2 Commander Shepard/Saren - 1 Frog/Magus - 19 Chell/GlaDOS - 9 Sora/Riku - 18 Dante/Vergil - 7 William/Adolf Hitler - 3 Round 3 Ryu/Ken - 19 Red/Blue - 7 Fox/Wolf - 2 Alucard/Dracula - 10 Frog/Magus - 8 Chell/GlaDOS - 6 Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen - 2 Phoenix Wright/Edgeworth - 1 Commander Shepard/Saren - 1 Cloud/Sephiroth - 25 Solid Snake/Liquid Snake - 3 Squall/Seifer - 21 Sora/Riku - 5 William/Adolf Hitler - 1 Dante Vergil - 1 Round 4 Samus/Ridley - 20 Red/Blue - 4 Ryu/Ken - 3 Big Boss/The Boss - 1 Round 5 Link/Ganondorf - 20 Cloud/Sephiroth - 6 Solid Snake/Liquid Snake - 1 Mega Man/Dr. Wily - 1 --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
Round 2 ... Donkey Kong/King Rool - 4 Huh? --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
People expecting a Donkey Kong Country Returns boost? --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
If you're going for a bizarre upset, there are a lot worse ones to go with than Donkey Kong/K. Rool to the third round. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Why do so many people have the Bosses over Tidus and Jecht? I'm stuck on that one that. --- Love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. |
The
Bosses have the strongest character of the four by a healthy margin,
and The Boss isn't weak enough to really drag Big Boss down. Not to
mention The Bosses is very likely to have 'Solid Snake with an eyepatch'
in their pic. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
The Bosses have the strongest character of the four by a healthy margin How do you figure Big Boss is so much stronger than Tidus? I don't really see anything that makes it so clear-cut.. --- Love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. |
Unless you think Samus not only beats Mario, but absolutely smashes him, Big Boss beats Sub-Zero easily, who beat Tidus easily. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
For
reference, in the unadjusted stats from last contest (which are based
on a Samus behind no SFF and a Big Boss behind Mario who got SFFed to
hell by Link) Tidus is expected to barely edge out Big Boss. So
in order for past results to make Big Boss over Tidus not very
clear-cut, you need to believe that Mario and Link do not have any
fanbase split. If you believe that, I know a Nigerian Prince who needs
only 1,000 dollars in order to access his family fortune worth billions.
Can you help him out? Not that Tidus/Jecht have no chance against The Bosses, but if Tidus/Jecht do win, it's not going to be because Tidus or Jecht would threaten Big Boss 1-on-1. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3802 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3834 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3765 You can do the math. Note: Big Boss did have the benefit of a night match against Mario, so it probably would've been worse in a day match or a 24 hour match, but you're still looking at about a 3% better performance against Mario than Sub-Zero got against Samus. --- http://i.minus.com/iH9vIGOBoyTQ2.gif |
I'm pretty sure Big Boss had his Naked Snake picture against Mario, so he would have overperformed in that match. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #481 And odds are good there will be another Naked Snake pic! --- http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/sihp/waluigi.gif |
Treeman, until now I have seen you as a terrible poster, but you have redeemed yourself with that sig. Props. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Alucard/Dracula - 22 Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen - 3 Phoenix Wright/Edgeworth - 2 Commander Shepard/Saren - 1 I understand that Shepard/Saren is an upset, but only 1 takes them to the third round? I don't think its that much of a longshot... --- http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/header-fate-zero.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I agree, in fact I'm shocked that almost no one is taking Shepard/Saren > Alucard/Dracula. This isn't like Squall/Auron. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
I'm
more surprised that Dante v. Sora isn't a coin flip, even if it is a
day match. Dante loses twice by 1% to characters who are stronger than
Sora and now he's got the unreliable stigma? They haven't fought before
but looking through contest histories, Dante's losses are more
impressive than Sora's. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
IngmarBirdman | Posted 10/25/2011 2:31:00 PM | message detail | quote I'm more surprised that Dante v. Sora isn't a coin flip, even if it is a day match. That's not a day match. It's a 24 hour match, because we only have 12 hour matches in round 1 before switching over to 24 hour matches. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
IngmarBirdman posted... I'm more surprised that Dante v. Sora isn't a coin flip, even if it is a day match. Dante loses twice by 1% to characters who are stronger than Sora and now he's got the unreliable stigma? They haven't fought before but looking through contest histories, Dante's losses are more impressive than Sora's. I'm actually taking Dante > Sora, myself. I know that KH is popular here, but I'm banking on Dante's rivalry being stronger than Sora's. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
charmander6000 posted... I agree, in fact I'm shocked that almost no one is taking Shepard/Saren > Alucard/Dracula. This isn't like Squall/Auron. Even though the x-stats show Alucard and Shepard pretty close to each other, I can't help but feel that this is one of those "close, but never in contention" matches. I think Dracula is going to do more for Alucard than Saren does for Shepard, and I'm pretty sure that Alucard has stronger rallying power than Shepard does. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
I wouldn't take Shepard one-on-one but is his game bigger than SOTN at this point? --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
I'd
take Shepard like 53-54% over Alucard in a day match. To me it comes
down to how much of an impact Dracula makes.. and I doubt many people
who aren't already Alucard fans are going to be voting for Dracula. --- http://pixelatedgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/header-fate-zero.jpg http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
From: FateStayAlbion | #491 Yeah but Dracula doesn't need the Castlevania context to have name recognition/respect. People who don't know who Alucard is will certianly have heard of the name Dracula. --- ~Acting on Impulse~ Black Turtle still didn't MAJORA'S MASK |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #481 He didn't. He got a Peace Walker pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-073.jpg He didn't look like Solid Snake in that picture. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
New Show has just hit the airwaves! http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60771860 In this one yoblazer and Alec go in-depth on all the new bracket's most debated Round One matches. We also get in some tiebreaker talk and SB bashing (over bracket placement). It's pretty great! --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
LeonhartFour | Posted 10/25/2011 7:20:54 PM | message detail | quote He didn't. He got a Peace Walker pic. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-073.jpg He didn't look like Solid Snake in that picture. Thank you for confirming this for me. I originally thought he had Naked Snake in that match, but I guess I was wrong after all. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Someone wanna go ahead and make the next topic? --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Nope. --- I wish I could wear skirts and dresses :( -GMUN |
From: charmander6000 | #485 Shep will win that division. --- Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind. Small words, from a small being, trying to attack what it doesn't understand. |
Truly. --- I've been pretty busy being dead. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster. |
Play EarthBound. --- "It's because I'm female and not every poster on the site has been hand delivered a sandwich yet." -nintendogirl1 |
