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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1010
TRE Public Account posted... http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales-data/24780/shin-megami-tensei-persona-4/ I was going by this, which puts NA sales at 350k. It sold 110k in NA in 2 weeks. That has to be way off. The 110,000 in 8 months number comes from an Atlas financial report and should be accurate. Well, 110k sounds waaay too low to me, given the popularity Persona 4 has seen over the internet. It wouldn't surprise me if the Giantbomb Endurance run itself had more hits than that. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
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As
for why Sonic isn't winning the ASV against a niche Atlus title, I
provided an explanation earlier on why I think Sonic's ASV has probably
tanked in recent years. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
From: Greyfeld | #150 There's nothing wrong with Sonic not getting a quadrupling, which is exactly what I'm saying. Sonic/Robotnik isn't a top tier rivalry in this contest. And Sonic's never been strong with the ASV because he gets a large chunk of his popularity from Europe. There's nothing surprising from this match. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
Of course a Hedgehog and a fatso is losing the asv to two hot chicks, why does this surprise anyone? --- Ngamer64: Zylo, you're making less sense every day. Black Turtle > Me |
I
still wouldn't count Kirby/Meta Knight out...honestly, I feel a little
more worried for my bracket now than previously. They got 58.5% on a
opponent that is much stronger. Granted, Jill/Nemesis had an awful pic,
but it's still impressive to pull that off overnight. I can't help
but think that their weren't enough users on this site who grew up on
the Genesis to confidently say Sonic/Robotnik will win it handily. Meta
Knight is just awesome. I can't say how strong team Catherine, since I
don't know anything about the game, but I have difficulty seeing
Kirby/MK getting less than 70% on them. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
And Sonic's never been strong with the ASV because he gets a large chunk of his popularity from Europe. Except his opponent is doing better in Europe... and is from a niche anime game. Those types of games are notorious for their awful ASVs. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
From: FateStayAlbion | #156 Except Persona 4 didn't actually have a bad ASV in the last contest. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
From: Haste_2 | #155 They probably wouldn't. Nobody's saying Sonic/Robotnik is going to double Kirby/Meta Knight, just that they'll probably win without much trouble. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Also,
how someone is doing right now in a certain area doesn't indicate how
they're going to do later in that same area, so that's pretty poor
reasoning for saying why Sonic should be doing better because
Catherine's doing better in Europe right now. But this point was brought up to you several times during GOTD, so you should know better by now. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
K/Catherine avoided a double by Big Boss/The Boss. I doubt Kirby would do much better, if at all. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
I have Sonic at just under 70 in my oracle, like a percentage upset, and I still didn't think twice about Sonic>Kirby. Catherine is just not that weak guys, and Sonic not that strong. Still stronger than Kirby though. |
LeonhartFour posted... Also, how someone is doing right now in a certain area doesn't indicate how they're going to do later in that same area, so that's pretty poor reasoning for saying why Sonic should be doing better because Catherine's doing better in Europe right now. But this point was brought up to you several times during GOTD, so you should know better by now. You're the one that brought up the fact that Europe meant his ASV wasn't good... --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I forgot that the poll is far from over, too. Sonic/Robotnik could still rise significantly. Still, my point is that if (huge
if!) team Catharine is an absolute joke, Kirby will take the win next
round. We saw Luigi got 74% on fodder compared to Squall's 60% on Jill,
and everyone assumed Ratchet couldn't be THAT bad.... well, he was that
bad, and Luigi got flattened by Squall the next round. I want Kirby to win next round so badly. :[ --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
From: FateStayAlbion | #162 Which has nothing to do with "Sonic should be doing better because Catherine's doing better in Europe right now." It's not that hard to figure out. From: Haste_2 | #163 They did well enough in the vote-ins to rule out them being an absolute joke. They wouldn't be in this contest if they were THAT bad. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
We did see the "atherine"s in the vote-in and they did look respectable. It's not like this is coming out of left field. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
So
basically you're positive that Catherine is strong enough to ensure
that the match is in the bag? Remember how team Banjo beat eam Yuna in
the vote-ins? I imagine the actual result would be a doubling in Yuna's
favor. Which means Big Boss/The Boss could very well triple
Catherine/Katherine in a one-on-one setting, for all we know. It is
true that they did well in the poll, tying team Lloyd and team Arthas,
however, which makes an additional argument favoring they're a complete
joke. Plus, what if Jill/Nemesis was stronger than we all suppose? I'm probably making several of you angry now, but my goal is to make everyone wonder rather than just saying "Sonic has it in the bag. End of story." =P --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Oh right, yesterday's chart: Time | Kirmeta | Jimesis | Votes 0:05 | 67.49% | 32.51% | 846 1:00 | 65.00% | 35.00% | 5731 2:00 | 62.53% | 37.47% | 3512 3:00 | 59.23% | 40.77% | 2470 4:00 | 56.68% | 43.32% | 1893 5:00 | 54.23% | 45.77% | 1538 6:00 | 51.02% | 48.98% | 1576 7:00 | 56.25% | 43.75% | 1840 8:00 | 54.90% | 45.10% | 2104 9:00 | 54.95% | 45.05% | 2264 10:00 | 56.77% | 43.23% | 2540 11:00 | 56.13% | 43.87% | 2544 12:00 | 57.61% | 42.39% | 2496 It's not very often we see a chart where one option nearly gets doubled for one hour and almost wins another. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
From: Haste_2 | #166 ...Why would you think this? There's no reason to think this. --- http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2369/mythbattlers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png |
Nice to see Jill and Nemesis come back a good bit there. Too bad about Americans voting though. --- :> |
Wait, did Bacon pick Jill/Nemesis, too? --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
Yeah, it seems like it. --- My Japanese alter-ego. Hey all this is Bartz btw. |
Is there a website where that hourly chart is located? gamefaqscontests.com? --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/63 Poll updates are there. --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png http://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png |
Bacon wants to give people easy karma this year. How nice of him! --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
FateStayAlbion posted... Bacon wants to give people easy karma this year. How nice of him! Let's hope Bacon had Jill/Nemesis going to the finals/ --- This signature is signed by Dr. Football |
I
would take Yuna/Seymour > Banjo/Grunty because Yuna probably had
more overlap with other characters in the poll, but there's no reason to
think it wouldn't be reasonably close. I'd be surprised if it went
higher than 54% either way. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: red sox Batman...niche? O_o Batman is like the most universally appealing character around. That's like calling Mario niche. I don't get it? From: red sox Batman would own Snake and Snake isn't too far from Link as it is. He's like uber-Snake. Also not quite sure what you mean by 'true hero'. Batman is probably the most popular 20th century fictional hero in the US. From: KamikazePotato Tyrion is great (albeit pretty unlikable in the latest book...the brothers seem to be, intentionally by Martin I think, having opposite paths of likability) but Jaime is still cooler. From: tennisboy213 I can't really think of too many non-fictional characters who'd have any strength. Most would be jokes or fodder. Can anyone think of a non-fictional character who'd be above midcard? --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
From: AlecTrevelyan006 ^_^ What do you mean by crap they're pushing out - are they making an ASOIAF video game? And Bethesda considered making one! Wow. That would've ruled the universe. ...hell, ruled the multiverse for that matter. From: Leonhart Final Fantasy Tactics SPOILERS: Really? I'm with everybody else, I think they're definitely rivals - haven't played the game in ages but as far as I recall, Delita exploits the crap out of everyone, and probably the only person he exploits worse than Ramza is Ovelia. And it's a pretty tragic rivalry. There are very few video game antagonists (or pseudo-antagonist in this case) who successfully screw over the hero so badly. End SPOILERS --- I'm nervous about my Trainers>Luigi pick now...I picked the Trainers because they were heavily favored and I figure Waluigi adds nothing (might even attract anti-votes), but I think Luigi is significantly than the Trainers. Now the Trainers very easily have the better rivalry but I'm not sure they can make up the gap, plus Luigi is higher on the Nintendo totem pole so he might get SFF. I think I'd consider switching that pick if I could. Note that I never really got the Trainers vs. Ryu/Ken debate. I'd be pretty surprised if the Trainers could keep it all the close there. Regardless of the Pokemon being in the pics, I don't see that match as competitive. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Batman is probably the most popular 20th century fictional hero in the US. Amongst young men maybe. Superman is probably more popular overall, and Harry Potter is probably most popular amongst people age 15-30. I mean we have a very limited fanbase here on GameFAQS, but I'm not sure that Batman is the most popular overall on a national scale. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
From: LOLContests | #179 Absolutely no way Superman is more popular, there's a reason Batman movies make gazillions more than Superman movies, and why his comics have always been the best selling comics. And this is coming from a Superman fanboy who borderline hated Batman until the Nolan movies. As a youth I always greatly resented Batman for being so much more popular than Superman, who I considered the superior character. Batman is easily more popular than Superman and that's just a fact, and has been since the 80's. And I really doubt there is any male demographic amongst which Harry Potter the franchise is more popular commercially than Batman the franchise in the US. Let alone the characters, where Batman has vastly greater appeal, and the difference in pure individual character appeal will be much larger than the difference in franchise commercial appeal. I could however see Harry Potter being more popular than Batman amongst female US demographics. But almost definitely not among any segment of males. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
From: creativename | #178 An RTS came out already that was apparently terrible, the same company is making an RPG that is apparently going to be pretty terrible. --- "Link has spoken for years. And music is his language" -YoBlazer |
From: creativename | #177 This o_O but I'll raise my eyebrow the other way. From: creativename | #177 ***Game of Thrones spoilers*** I don't see how an incestuous child-attempted-murdering villain (anti-hero at best) would win a popularity contest against the smartest, funniest and most likable character in his own series. ...On the other hand, to people who are not familiar with A Song of Ice and Fire (or Game of Thrones), who would be stuck voting purely on appearance... ***End Spoilers*** From: creativename | #177 George Washington and Abraham Lincoln would do very well in the US vote. And maybe John Lennon? --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
From: LOLContests | #179 Batman vs Superman would be a 2:1 slaughter in Batman's favor. Same goes for Harry Potter, at least on this site. As for the world at large, Harry would have a shot thanks to females. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
Add JFK to the list of dead non-fictional characters who would do well. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
I
could however see Harry Potter being more popular than Batman amongst
female US demographics. But almost definitely not among any segment of
males. Which is why I mentioned people overall. I can't see Batman being as popular amongst women as Harry Potter is amongst men. Absolutely no way Superman is more popular, there's a reason Batman movies make gazillions more than Superman movies, and why his comics have always been the best selling comics. And this is coming from a Superman fanboy who borderline hated Batman until the Nolan movies. As a youth I always greatly resented Batman for being so much more popular than Superman, who I considered the superior character. Batman is easily more popular than Superman and that's just a fact, and has been since the 80's. The first Superman movie from the 70's was just as popular as the most popular Batman movies have been, and Superman Returns grossed just as much as Batman Begins, and the two were only a year apart. Batman might have a shot overall because of TDK, but it would be really close. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
From: LOLContests | #179 Superman is NOT more popular than Batman right now. Young men or Old men. --- http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/Mithos_2006/Skyrim1.png |
The
first Superman movie from the 70's was just as popular as the most
popular Batman movies have been, and Superman Returns grossed just as
much as Batman Begins, and the two were only a year apart. Batman might
have a shot overall because of TDK, but it would be really close. Batman > Spiderman > Wolverine > Superman. The only debatable point is Spidey > Wolverine as they're pretty close, but Superman isn't close to third. --- Calling Pokemon RBY a top 10 game was the most insane contest jibba-jabba ever Woe unto he who sig bets with the near-invincible Lord High creativename |
More Match pics are out: http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-05.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-06.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-07.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-08.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-09.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-10.jpg --- Sometimes life it takes you by the hand. It puts you down before you know it, It's gone and you're dead again. |
Regarding
the whole "fictional characters who could beat Link" thing... I can't
think of too many, aside from those already mentioned. Darth Vader and
Han Solo would probably win, and Homer Simpson, Indiana Jones and Cap'n
Jack Sparrow could potentially do it as well. In a perfect world, though, Michael Bluth and Archie Bunker would 80-20 every single Noble Nine character. If only. :( --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-09.jpg Awesome picture for Red vs Blue. I didn't think sprites would be allowed in a Round 1 picture. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
NewerShadow posted... More Match pics are out: http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-05.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-06.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-07.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-08.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-09.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-10.jpg Whoa, the Trainers and Luigi/Waluigi have huge pic advantages over their opponents. I also really like DK/K. Rool (NOSTALGIA'd), Scorp-Zero and Leon/Ada. And since Guybrush and LeChuck have a decent pic advantage... could the upset happen?!? :O --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Guess we'll get a chance to see Red/Blue's real strength before they get backed up by their Pokemon --- 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 |
Shoulda used the Gilgamesh sprite, instead of just as a fuzzy background... Other than that, pics looks good. --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/RyanSaotome.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
D'oh, Sonic going the wrong way. Needs to come back to the American 74.95%. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
Star of the contest set to dominate tonight. Expecting a good tripling. |
Wow, gotta make some Oracle changes with those pics... --- Sack Up Or Shut Up™ |
DK/ K Rool received an awesome picture. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
yeeeeah my scorpion/sub-zero and leon/ada --- ~Zen |
