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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1010
Well, America is waking up and slowing the trim. Looks like Jill won't hit 42%. Damn. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/51alecpngpa.png -Nio |
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Haha, that was a massive overnight collapse. The other shoe had to drop for Kirby. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Yeah, this is why we should, once again, never make contest predictions off of the first hour. --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
Kirby/Sonic is going to be brutal in Europe... that might be what kills Kirby next round. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Jill got very close to winning an hour overnight. Sonic could pull some 60% hours next round. --- 90s games > 00s games |
I'm shocked at all the predictions of Sonic failing to quadruple today. I know TJF and day match but isn't Catherine like terribly niche and obscure? --- Black Turtle won the Guru Contest. |
From: __Smurf__ | #045 Yeah, but this board loves its upset theories :) Anything less than a tripling will be seen as weakness on his part. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
KingBartz posted... I'm shocked at all the predictions of Sonic failing to quadruple today. I know TJF and day match but isn't Catherine like terribly niche and obscure? Thats why I think he'll get an easy 80%. I think Catherine will be weaker than Earthworm Jim.. and if Mario can get 85% on Jim, I don't see why Sonic can't get 80% on some super niche Atlus characters. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Because Catherine actually has an active fanbase? And the best competitive scene ever? I mean I might be overrating the Catherines a bit, but I'd be shocked if Sonic broke 80%. |
Kamekguy posted... Because Catherine actually has an active fanbase? And the best competitive scene ever? I mean I might be overrating the Catherines a bit, but I'd be shocked if Sonic broke 80%. I'd be surprised if even 15% of gamefaqs has played Catherine. If Sonic doesn't break 80%, it'll be because of anti-votes, not Catherines popularity. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I had an 86% pick and lowered is to 84% out of concern. But the match pic isn't even flattering for the Catherines, Don't see how Sonic can get less than 80% --- KingBartz: Oracle Ranked #1 Bracket is 3/3 with today's pick being SNOIC |
When
does Sonic quadruple anyone? I remember people calling for the fall of
Sonic after he struggled to triple Jin Kazama and he went on to have one
of his strongest contests yet. He got 80% against CATS and Terry Bogard
which is pretty much his ceiling. I'd imagine Catherine can do better
than that with a recent release, TJF and not to mention Robotnik
dragging him down. 75% would be an on-par result in my books, I'd be
happy with that. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
Yes, but Catherine would be one of the few niche-type games that the obsessive Gamefaqs community could still attract. Still, yes, I'd probably take Mario or Link or Mega Man to break 80% here. |
Catherine sold like 200k in the USA and got a good amount of press for being what it is. It isn't that niche. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
red sox 777 posted... Haha, that was a massive overnight collapse. The other shoe had to drop for Kirby. It was 9:05 when I quoted Leon's post about a doubling and said, and I quote, "Jill will come back overnight, this won't be anywhere near a doubling by the time the morning vote hits." Of course, since I'm not one of the B8 personalities, my post got lost in the rush of other nonsense being posted. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
I
think everyone knew this could not stay near a doubling, but yes, good
call. I was thinking it'd end around 60 at that time, though Jill's
slow gains the first hour made me think it'd end up being more like 62.
Happy to see that Kirby's overnight vote really is bottom of the
barrel. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Oh hey, we broke 30,000 votes. Yay! --- http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/0/0e/Ffx-bahamut.jpg Support Bahamut if we ever get another real contest. |
I
think most of us knew Kirby would drop overnight, but most didn't
expect him to fall under 60% after still getting 65% after the first
hour. Kirby is going to have to survive the dead zone if it wants to challenge Sonic --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rival Rumble: 2/2 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight & Sonic/Robotnik |
__Smurf__ posted... When does Sonic quadruple anyone? I remember people calling for the fall of Sonic after he struggled to triple Jin Kazama and he went on to have one of his strongest contests yet. He got 80% against CATS and Terry Bogard which is pretty much his ceiling. I'd imagine Catherine can do better than that with a recent release, TJF and not to mention Robotnik dragging him down. 75% would be an on-par result in my books, I'd be happy with that. I don't think Robotnik is going to hurt Sonic at all. People keep saying that he will, but I just don't see it happening. Even if Knuckles is a "better" rivalry, Robotnik is classic nostalgia. I can clearly remember the hours upon hours I spent playing through the original Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Game Gear; both of which starred Robotnik as the main antagonist. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
red sox 777 posted... I think everyone knew this could not stay near a doubling, but yes, good call. I was thinking it'd end around 60 at that time, though Jill's slow gains the first hour made me think it'd end up being more like 62. Happy to see that Kirby's overnight vote really is bottom of the barrel. I was crossing my fingers and hoping he dropped below 58% for my spread bet, but it looks like I just barely missed it. Ah well, after totally screwing myself on the Mario/Bowser bet in the first round, I didn't really expect to come back from it. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
I
think when most people say "hurt" they mean the character helps a lot
less than the other team's second character. Meta Knight is definitely
worth a lot more than Robotnik is. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
From: Greyfeld | #069 I haven't seen any evidence that people aren't voting on raw character strength yet. Mind, I also haven't seen any evidence that people aren't just ignoring the weaker character in the rivalry either. Make these matches Mario v Earthworm Jim, Ike v Conker and Kirby v Jill and they all fall right into line with expectations. --- (\__/) Meet Ziggy,the Evil Bunny who wants to take over the world and eat the flesh of the weak. (='.'=] Put Ziggy in your sig to support his cause. |
Meta Knight might be worth a bit now because of Smash. I think you are seriously underestimating Robotnik though. |
__Smurf__ posted... I haven't seen any evidence that people aren't voting on raw character strength yet. Mind, I also haven't seen any evidence that people aren't just ignoring the weaker character in the rivalry either. Make these matches Mario v Earthworm Jim, Ike v Conker and Kirby v Jill and they all fall right into line with expectations. This is true. But if this is the case, then Robotnik can't really hurt Sonic, can he? That said, I fully expect to see how the "rivalry factor" plays out when we see the DK/Ezio matchup. --- PSN - Aevio BlackMageJawa - "I'm on a Goomba." |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2016 Not exactly pretty. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik 75% 6 Katherine vs. Catherine 25% 2 TOTAL VOTES 8 --- LM |
unsurprisingly board 8 has a lot of catherine fans --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rival Rumble: 2/2 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight & Sonic/Robotnik |
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik 73.17% 30 Katherine vs. Catherine 26.83% 11 TOTAL VOTES 41 Go Sonic >_> --- "The great fallacy is that the game is first and foremost about winning. It's nothing of the kind. The game is about glory." - Danny Blanchflower |
TheOneAboveAll posted... Meta Knight might be worth a bit now because of Smash. I think you are seriously underestimating Robotnik though. I can see Meta Knight attracting a few votes Kiby wouldn't, I can't see Robotnik making anyone vote for the pair Sonic wouldn't already guarantee. --- 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 |
This'll get ugly for Catherine/Katherine soon --- ~ Rivalry Rumble Oracle Challenge ~ Rank - 68th Today's Prediction: Kirby/Meta Knight with 58.31% |
We hit 100 votes in under a minute. I think that's a bit better than yesterday. |
48 charmander6000 3 Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth Oh yeah. This is also the earliest I've reached the leaderboard. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rival Rumble: 2/2 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight & Sonic/Robotnik |
I still think 80% is possible. That ASV is gonna be ugly for Cath. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Yeah
looks fine for Sonic, if you're nearly hitting expectations during the
board vote against Atlus you won't have a lot to worry about. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
we really can't draw one minute conclusions anymore if we can't even get to 100 votes! yeesh next --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Standard,
expected, win for Sonic. I think MK is better as a partner than
Robotnik, but probably not by enough to overcome the Sonic/Kirby gap. --- 90s games > 00s games |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2016 Not exactly pretty. It's not so much more than Link beat Sonic by. I think we have to assume that for some reason there is at least a bit of SFF between the Zelda and Sonic series. |
I think people are underselling Robotnik. He's weak, yeah, but he's still a good rival for Sonic. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Sonic probably won't break 80%, but it looks like he'll get the tripling. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rival Rumble: 2/2 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight & Sonic/Robotnik |
Well yeah, it's not as if the average voter is gonna be disappointed that Robotnik is there instead of Knux or Shadow --- ~ Rivalry Rumble Oracle Challenge ~ Rank - 68th Today's Prediction: Kirby/Meta Knight with 58.31% |
37 Link/Ganon brackets vs. 5 Cloud/Sephiroth brackets on the leaderboard. Good, let's do this. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Heh. Exactly 500 votes at the freeze. --- http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/0/0e/Ffx-bahamut.jpg Support Bahamut if we ever get another real contest. |
KamikazePotato posted... I think people are underselling Robotnik. He's weak, yeah, but he's still a good rival for Sonic. Still woulda been way better with Knuckles, though. How did Robotnik get more noms? Was he on the suggested list or something? --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Only 40 votes better than Ike/B.Knight .. --- .... |
I think Kirby taking the early lead on Sonic is kinda guaranteed. he should bleed throughout the day though. interesting match. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Still woulda been way better with Knuckles, though. How did Robotnik get more noms? Was he on the suggested list or something? They were both on the suggested list. We just suck. --- 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 |
From: KamikazePotato | #088 It brick walls Sonic which is the problem. He'd need the fan favourite Knuckles with him combined with some Mario/Shadow weirdness to take down Mario/Bowser. It ain't going to happen with Robotnik and the Kirby upset wouldn't even happen if he was paired with Silver. --- http://mypsn.eu.playstation.com/psn/profile/smurfsdabomb.png |
I think Kirby taking the early lead on Sonic is kinda guaranteed. he should bleed throughout the day though. interesting match. Kirby needs to take the lead at the beginning if it wants to make it interesting. Sonic will crush it during the dead zone and in the day Kirby probably won't be smashing Sonic that badly. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rival Rumble: 2/2 Today: Kirby/Meta Knight & Sonic/Robotnik |
MarquessLaus posted... Still woulda been way better with Knuckles, though. How did Robotnik get more noms? Was he on the suggested list or something? They were both on the suggested list. We just suck. Huh, that doesn't make sense then. For me at least, when I think of Rivals in gaming, Sonic/Knux is one of the first to come to mind... since its a similar rivalry to Ryu and Ken. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
red sox 777 | Posted 11/4/2011 10:59:37 AM | message detail | quote Haha, that was a massive overnight collapse. The other shoe had to drop for Kirby. Overall, Kirby only finished about 1% higher against Jill than his match against Rikku. The result falls in line with my thought that Rikku is slightly stronger than Jill. FateStayAlbion | Posted 11/4/2011 11:29:11 AM | message detail | quote Thats why I think he'll get an easy 80%. I think Catherine will be weaker than Earthworm Jim.. and if Mario can get 85% on Jim, I don't see why Sonic can't get 80% on some super niche Atlus characters. Sonic isn't really a guy who is going to give you those 80% blowouts, so you will be disappointed if you think that was going to happen. I really don't understand all of the Oracle predictions in the high 70s and 80s, because Sonic is no Mario and I think Katherine/Catherine is stronger than Earthworm Jim. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
