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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1008
Thanks
for posting the picture (saves me the time to search it out). I guess
that does technically establish a precedent, but that was a CJayC era
picture made by CJayC. He probably took the first/easiest Ratchet render
he could find. It's not all that similar to this case, where match
results can be changed. Imagine if Red/Blue get Charizard/Blastoise and
roll through the Street Fighters (or heck, imagine they lose
regardless). What's now stopping people from throwing Samus into
Ridley's pics, or Mario into Wario's? --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
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Technically, there was this picture, but it's not the same situation. http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/cb8/cb8-126-2.jpg --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
http://oi43.tinypic.com/dqnec8.jpg --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
So I have Chris/Wesker > Big Boss/The Boss in my bracket. |
Message From PartOfYourWorld on 11/02/2011 Quick question that some people on Board 8 are wondering: will you be accepting Pokemon Trainer Red/Blue pictures that showcase actual Pokemon (such as Charizard and Blastoise) beside/behind the trainers? Message From GameFAQs on 11/02/2011 Sure, as long as they're appropriate to the characters. Ho boy. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Oh dear. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
PartOfYourWorld posted... Message From PartOfYourWorld on 11/02/2011 Quick question that some people on Board 8 are wondering: will you be accepting Pokemon Trainer Red/Blue pictures that showcase actual Pokemon (such as Charizard and Blastoise) beside/behind the trainers? Message From GameFAQs on 11/02/2011 Sure, as long as they're appropriate to the characters. Ho boy. Brackets are still open guys! --- 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 |
****
this ****. Switched to Red/Blue>Ryu/Ken, Dante/Vergil>Sora/Riku.
Neither will happen, but I'd rather support my favorites in defeat. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Switching to Trainers > Street Fighters as well. Trainers > Samus even seems like a plausible upset now. --- Yoblazer: http://i32.tinypic.com/zlf1w7.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
That
seems like a dumb rule. Couldn't you make Link/Ganon vs Cloud/Sephiroth
essentially a group picture of Zelda vs FF7 then? Seems to open up too
many weird possibilities. They should just limit to the characters in
the match. I doubt it'll matter much, though. I don't see how a picture can make Red go from being equal to Ocelot to beating Ryu. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
The
picture alone won't increase Red's strength from Ocelot's level to
Ryu's level. The people who are picking Red over Ryu are also hoping
for a rivalry boost as well, which would increase Red's strength more
than any picture could. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Ok,
so I just switched to Jill > Kirby (just like last time!). But then
I realized I had Kirby/MK beating Sonic/Robotnik in round 2 before,
because Robotnik sucks. More hard decisions! --- 90s games > 00s games |
I
could see Charizard/Blastoise's additions boosting the rivalry-aspect
for Red/Blue, but I don't think they would do much if they were just in
the background for Red or Blue in a standard Character Battle either.
It'll be fascinating to watch. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
I'd probably take Ryu/Ken over Charizard/Blastoise, so that won't affect my pick. --- xyzzy |
What would be "appropriate" for Red and Blue? Charizard, Pikachu, Pidgeot on one side Blastoise, Eevee and Fearow on the other? --- When you've got a pretty-boy monkey on your back constantly calling you a puppet, you hardly want to seem like you're happy to be used. - DSakaCharanJ |
Gah,
wussed out of Conker > Ike. Ike is just too much stronger than
Conker, and no amount of villain blandness will drag him down enough. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
someone hasn't played PoR --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
Oh yeah, there's a contest that's about to start or something. --- Wylvane Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user. |
charmander6000 posted... someone hasn't played PoR Just like most people, which is the problem. Outside of the real Fire Emblem fans, he's just some generic knight that won't help Ike. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
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Anyone know all the board contests going on other than predicting the bracket %? --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
Must... resist... switching to Jill in the last five minutes --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Random
post involving numbers; this seemed like the place to put it: Or rather
"posts"; due to size, this will have to be a two-parter. Went through all of the contest histories on the wiki. Not going to bother listing all of the fodders that didn't make many appearances, but here are your tiers based solely on winning percentage, though appearances will also factor into it. Ties in percentage are broken down in order of number of appearances; further ties are listed in alphabetical order. Legitimately a Beast (at least 10 wins and a winning percentage of .667 or better) 1. Link, .955 (32-2) 2. L-Block, .833 (10-2) 3. Cloud Strife, .829 (34-7) 4. Solid Snake, .822 (37-8) 5. Sephiroth, .800 (32-8) 6. Samus Aran, .795 (31-8) 7. Mario, .784 (29-8) 8. Mega Man, .758 (25-8) 8. Sonic the Hedgehog, .758 (25-8) 10. Crono, .750 (24-8) 11. Vincent Valentine, .688 (11-5) Reliably Good (at least three contest appearances and a .500 record or better) 1. Tifa Lockhart, .692 (9-4) 2. Bowser, .652 (15-8) 2. Squall Leonhart .652 (15-8) 4. Luigi, .650 (13-7) 5. Zelda, .647 (11-6) 6. Pikachu, .643 (9-5) 7. Dante, .636 (14-8) 7. Ganondorf, .636 (14-8) 9. Auron, .632 (12-7) 9. Sora, .632 (12-7) 11. Kirby, .619 (13-8) 11. Ryu, .619 (13-8) 13. Master Chief, .611 (11-7) (I was amazed to see Master Choke up this high) 13. Yoshi, .611 (11-7) 15. Sub-Zero, .600 (6-4) 16. Zero, .588 (10-7) 17. Aerith Gainsborough, .583 (7-5) 17. Leon Kennedy, .583 (7-5) 19. Amaterasu, .571 (4-3) 19. Diablo, .571 (4-3) 21. Scorpion, .545 (6-5) 22. Alucard, .529 (9-8) 23. Fox McCloud, .500 (5-5) 23. Frog, .500 (5-5) 23. Kratos, .500 (5-5) 23. Liquid Snake, .500 (5-5) 23. Vivi, .500 (5-5) 23. Yuna, .500 (5-5) 29. Big Boss, .500 (4-4) 29. Tommy Vercetti, .500 (4-4) 31. Mewtwo, .500 (3-3) Impressive Newbies (at least two wins, but no more than two appearances--note, this tier also includes some who benefited from stuff like the Villains Contest) 1. Charizard, .800 (4-1) 2. Mega Man X, .714 (5-2) 2. Weighted Companion Cube, .714 (5-2) 4. Zack Fair, .667 (4-2) 5. Dr. Robotnik, .667 (2-1) 5. Jecht, .667 (2-1) 5. Missingno., .667 (2-1) 8. Altair, .600 (3-2) 9. Ada Wong, .500 (2-2) 9. Big Daddy, .500 (2-2) 9. Chun Li, .500 (2-2) 9. Mudkip, .500 (2-2) 9. Nightmare, .500 (2-2) 9. Vergil, .500 (2-2) |
Our Favorite Losers (at least three losses and a losing record) 1. Knuckles the Echidna, .462 (6-7) 2. Ryu Hayabusa, .455 (5-6) 3. Lara Croft, .444 (4-5) 3. Riku, .444 (4-5) 5. Captain Falcon, .429 (3-4) 6. Donkey Kong, .417 (5-7) 6. Jill Valentine, .417 (5-7) 6. Kefka, .417 (5-7) 9. Duke Nukem, .400 (4-6) 9. Magus, .400 (4-6) 9. Pac-Man, .400 (4-6) 12. Ike, .400 (2-3) 12. Marcus Fenix, .400 (2-3) 12. Max Payne, .400 (2-3) 12. Midna, .400 (2-3) 12. Princess Peach, .400 (2-3) 12. Raiden, .400 (2-3) 12. Terra Branford, .400 (2-3) 12. The Boss, .400 (2-3) 12. Wario, .400 (2-3) 21. Gordon Freeman, .385 (5-8) 21. Tidus, .385 (5-8) 23. Revolver Ocelot, .375 (3-5) 24. KOS-MOS, .333 (3-6) 24. Ness, .333 (3-6) 26. Phoenix Wright, .333 (2-4) 26. Rikku, .333 (2-4) 26. Shadow the Hedgehog, .333 (2-4) 26. Zidane Tribal, .333 (2-4) 30. Arthas Menethil, .250 (1-3) 30. Balthier Bunansa, .250 (1-3) 30. Chris Redfield, .250 (1-3) 30. HK-47, .250 (1-3) 30. Ken Masters, .250 (1-3) 30. Marth, .250 (1-3) 30. Meta Knight, .250 (1-3) 30. Roxas, .250 (1-3) 30. Ryo Hazuki, .250 (1-3) 39. Bomberman, .200 (1-4) 39. Isaac, .200 (1-4) 39. Lloyd Irving, .200 (1-4) 39. Sam Fisher, .200 (1-4) 39. Vyse, .200 (1-4) 44. Albert Wesker, .167 (1-5) 44. Laharl, .167 (1-5) 44. Ratchet, .167 (1-5) 47. Crash Bandicoot, .143 (1-6) 47. Tails, .143 (1-6) 49. CATS, .000 (0-8) 50. Guybrush Threepwood, .000 (0-5) 51. Geno, .000 (0-4) 51. Kratos Aurion, .000 (0-4) 53. Axel, .000 (0-3) 53. Banjo, .000 (0-3) 53. Cecil Harvey, .000 (0-3) 53. Conker, .000 (0-3) 53. Jak, .000 (0-3) 53. Miles Edgeworth, .000 (0-3) 53. Prince of Persia, .000 (0-3) 53. Ramza Beoulve, .000 (0-3) 53. Ridley, .000 (0-3) 53. Sarah Kerrigan, .000 (0-3) 53. Simon Belmont, .000 (0-3) 53. Tom Nook, .000 (0-3) Yeah, I was really bored. I figure some of those "reliable fodders" could be improving this contest due to having strong partners (Ridley seems like an especially good bet; he could even be pulled up to the point where he has a winning record), but it's still interesting. Also, remind me again why there are people who think Jill has a shot at reprising her 2002 win over Kirby? --- (This space for rent...okay, not really) [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Don't do it. |
Master
Chief isn't that surprising. He always managed to get a high seed, so
he had plenty of opportunities to blow out fodder before getting beat.
Plus there was his 2007 run. The real surprise in that list is Sub-Zero being so high. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
2 minutes until lockdown. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Whoa what the, just realized my clock is three minutes ahead. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
LOCKED DOWN --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
The lockdown occured exactly at 10:02:20 PM. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I made a last minute switch to the Pokemon Trainers over Luigi >_>. --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
I made a last minute switch to the Pokemon Trainers over Samus. feels bad man |
Final BOP update is online http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls 44 brackets, thanks to all of those that contributed --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
Ready to go! Less than 2 hours away. I think I've got plenty of upsets this year, after a pretty boring bracket last time. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Match I: (1) Mario/Bowser vs. (8) Earthworm Jim/Queen Slug-for-a-Butt Previous Contest Mario – 2010 81.04% against Falco Lombardi 63.16% against Big Boss 74.10% against Ike 58.38% against Mega Man 53.59% against Charizard 35.43% against Link Bowser – 2010 63.22% against Frog 61.68% against Kefka 54.70% against Sora 45.27% against Charizard Earthworm Jim – 2004 17.02% against Mega Man Queen Slug-for-a-Butt – N/A N/A Analysis After a year of waiting SBAllen finally gives us a contest and we finally got that tag team tournament that was thrown around every now and then. The new format will probably alter expected results and it at least makes Link not a lock though he is still considered to be the heavy favourite according to the board. It has been a while since we last saw Earthworm Jim and since then he’s had his Genesis game remade onto the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, nothing that should make him look any stronger than his 2004 self. The pair survived the vote-in to reach the contest, but when you consider some of the competition and that the Queen has “butt” in her name which probably garnered a few extra votes it isn’t that surprising that the pair reached this contest. I feel relative to the rest of the noble nine Bowser brings more strength to the group. Even though Bowser was SFF by Mario in 2004 he did hold up rather well which suggests that people do prefer him and that he isn’t just a Mario proxy. You also have to take into account that the partners that most of the noble nine have are significantly weaker before taking any SFF into account and then you have Ganondorf which adds very little to Link. Sadly there’s very little to test this on before the final as all the threats are on the opposite side of the bracket. Maybe if Samus avoids SFF for once. It’ll be interesting to see how voting will change compare to other contests. While the majority may just pick their favourite out of the group and be done we could see some interesting tactics. People could actually take the rivalries into account sort of like how people did it with the Game of the Decade or we could see shifts in voting where people may take their second and third favourite characters over their first favourite should they not like the partner. Either way that requires knowledge of both games in order to make such a decision which means it may take a while before we start seeing the effects of voting pattern change. charmander6000’s Bracket: Mario/Bowser > Earthworm Jim/Queen Slug-for-a-Butt charmander6000’s Prediction: Mario/Bowser wins, 84.21% - 15.79% --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60566352 |
Mario's going to make Jim into his personal butt-floss. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IV (FF2US) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3445328 |
Huh. Is anyone else's bracket not showing their pick for the finals. --- I wish I could wear skirts and dresses :( -GMUN |
From: The Mana Sword | #438 Yeah, so no worries. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I've got the same problem that you have too. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I was also nervous for a sec. |
Yeah, I guess everybody has that problem... --- LM |
You know, I think this is the first year I've only made one bracket. I usually make several, including a favorites bracket. Goes to show. --- http://i.minus.com/iH9vIGOBoyTQ2.gif |
Oh right, I guess I had better get my trends charts ready. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Really wishing I switched to Chell/GlaDOS > Frog/Magus --- Not today |
YoboD posted... Really wishing I switched to Chell/GlaDOS > Frog/Magus Really wishing I switched to Frog/Magus > Alucard/Dracula |
I just don't know how strong Chell/GlaDOS will be. --- LM |
From: LeonhartFour | #444 Same here, but it has more to do with me having a busier life this time around. --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
I'm
counting on Chell/GLaDOS to take the division. Portal 2 plus the good
pictures/facetime coming from it for her first time should do GLaDOS
quite well, and Chell's quality of rivalry with her should ease or even
overcome the issue of her recognition. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
