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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1014
Wow,
already over 60%. That board vote was something else, especially since
Nintendo picked up all the first vote people. After that barrage, I
think it was 50-50 for a minute or two. Man, I can just imagine Cloud winning the freeze against Link. That'd be the day. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
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lancealots_son posted... I know its still a ways off but does Frog/Magnus have any hope of beating Raiden/Vamp? I still have a perfect bracket and was looking ahead and noticed I had Frog> Phoenix and then came to the conclusion that I dun goofed. Whats the consensus on Froggies strength? I fully expect Frog/Magus to take their division. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #051 I'm gonna hurt you. --- http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/984/rvpi.jpg "I was wrong" - SmartMuffin |
You
goofed with taking Phoenix so far. But Frog/Magus has a great shot at
taking the division. Alucard or Shepard will be their competition. --- Pobody's nerfect. |
Not the greatest images, at all. --- :> |
think
the point is that Cortex is more iconic and valid than multi-coloured
layerless "enemy" symbols that are the ghosts. He has a background,
ideals and motivation. There's "something" going on in the rivalry at
least. No, "iconic" and "quality" are not the same. Cortex is not more iconic than a Pac-man ghost no matter how much they lack character. Simply being in Pac-Man is what helps them. While Crash is (or was?) an icon, Cortex could not join him in that same light. Having motivation and background surely won't be enough if nobody on the site cares about Crash games or their stories. And I'm surely not banking on GameFAQs to care about the background of old platforming games. They barely care about the main characters as it is. --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
Hey
I just got an idea for a contest. What if the votes for each character
where weighted based on the country the vote came from? The weights
would be by actual population. Basically, votes from countries that are overrrepresented on gameFAQs compared to real life, be they big or small (The US, the Netherlands), would count for less than votes from countries that are underrepresented compared to real life, again regardless of size (China, Laos) For example, imagine a match between Link and Squall where all the votes came from either China or the US. In the US, Link is leading by 70% to 30%. In China, Squall is leading 60 to 40%. Thus the result displayed is 54.3% in Squall's favour (as per wikipedia's population estimates, which gives China about an 80% weight if only the US is also involved). It could be a sort of "world" contest or something. Would shake things up a bit, right? In general, I'd say it's a terrible idea to use this system for all the contests (or even the main contest) but I think it could be fun for a smaller side contest. --- Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men. - John F. Kennedy |
We'd
just abuse the geolocation. Though I think people will have a problem
when something like 400 voters control 1/3 of the results. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 10/10 Today: Ryu/Ken & Fox/Wolf |
Does everyone still feel the same way about the Tidus/Jehct vs. BigBoss/TheBoss match? --- *is Dranze* I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse. |
Lets not turn the contest into another 2000 presidential election --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Can Terra/Kefka>Samus/Ridley? --- GamF@qs = Large amounts of text and merry-goround- debates that normally end with going off topic and talking about something that nobody cares about --Lambent7 |
MarioSuperstar posted... Does everyone still feel the same way about the Tidus/Jehct vs. BigBoss/TheBoss match? Yep. I've never seen this match as being too debatable (Boss should win with ease, I think), but I guess we'll see soon. --- peace comes from within |
scotted4 posted... Can Terra/Kefka>Samus/Ridley? Not a chance. --- Presenting a great man. The one and only of his kind. Dudes and dudettes, it's an honor to give you... CTES... umm... well... oh whatever. |
I
think that I'm just starting to do some good predictions in the oracle
and then this happens...you'd think that given how people love jerking
off to Star Fox 64 and its quotes that Fox and Wolf would win easily! --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
From: MarioSuperstar | #060 I can't shake the feeling that Final Fantasy is gonna pull that one off. |
From: MarioSuperstar | #060 If Yuna/Seymour can hold down Star Fox through the ASV then I'll consider it. I actually have Tidus/Jecht in my bracket but after a few matches I switched to the Bosses. --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
The
ASV has been more or less non-existent in 12 hour day matches, as in we
don't see anywhere close to the same shifts as we do in 24 hours. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 10/10 Today: Ryu/Ken & Fox/Wolf |
Yeah,
the ASV has been sucking badly in these day matches. Maybe we'll start
seeing stronger ASV shifts once we get to the 24 hour matches. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
ASV was terrible in the last two contests as well in 12 hour matches. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 10/10 Today: Ryu/Ken & Fox/Wolf |
I can just imagine Cloud winning the freeze against Link. Maybe not the freeze, but the 1 minute mark seems very possible. Cloud only picked up 1% from about a minute in to the end of the poll last year. Link developed this tendency to rise massively in the second half of the first 5 minutes last year. --- 90s games > 00s games |
No
kidding. I was like, "how did Luigi end up with 55%?" when he was
higher than that before the ASV! Even though it's true Luigi is
relatively night-oriented as a Nintendo character, a lack of clear ASV
seems to be better. Maybe it's because all the GameFAQs users graduated
high school now? Have there been any "new" voting trends lately? MarioSuperStar: Today's match definitely makes Tidus/Jecht look grim. How much stronger could they be than Yuna/Seymour? Fox/Wolf would beat Big Boss/The Boss by a narrow margin, at best, I think. Hey I just got an idea for a contest. What if the votes for each character where weighted based on the country the vote came from? The weights would be by actual population. I think it would be hilarious if each country had exactly equal weight in the votes! --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4521®ion=EUR Aww yeah. I'm so proud of my fellow Europeans. But nothing compares to the Phillipines for a FF match. That's always something else: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4521®ion=PH --- http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/0/0e/Ffx-bahamut.jpg Support Bahamut if we ever get another real contest. |
From: Haste_2 | #072 Uh, try tons stronger. Jecht is the way stronger than Seymour, and father/son relationships are among the top tier. |
Yes, the ASV is getting weaker as the site gets older. Percentage of the site under 18 according to the age polls: March 2011: 17.08% March 2010: 23.11% August 2009: 26.89% April 2007: 37.95% March 2006: 43.55% September 2003: 52.78% September 2002: 54.53% At the rate it's been going, it's probably well under 15% by now. --- 90s games > 00s games |
Seymour's match picture is godly. --- `·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.· http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9320/linkalwayswins.jpg |
Estimated
median age based on looking at the age polls (obviously not exact
because we can't tell how many people were what age within each of the
poll options): March 2011: 22 March 2010: 21.2 August 2009: 20.8 April 2007: 19.2 March 2006: 18.6 September 2003: 17.9 September 2002: 17.8 Estimated median date of birth: March 2011: March 1989 March 2010: January 1989 August 2009: December 1988 April 2007: February 1988 March 2006: September 1987 September 2003: December 1985 September 2002: January 1985 --- 90s games > 00s games |
pjbasis posted... From: Haste_2 | #072 Today's match definitely makes Tidus/Jecht look grim. How much stronger could they be than Yuna/Seymour? Uh, try tons stronger. Jecht is the way stronger than Seymour, and father/son relationships are among the top tier. There's always the chance that the board simply overestimated Fox/Wolf's strength. I don't know what everybody else thought they'd get, but I assumed it'd be close to a doubling, so this only puts me about 5% off. And I don't know where you're getting your assertion from about what constitutes as "top tier" in the way of rivalries. Unless I'm mistaken, we've yet to see a father/son duo in any of the matches that have been up so far. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Or the advent of internet on phones means you no longer have to wait until you get home from school/work to vote. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Seymour's match picture is godly. <_< --- JUMPJUMPJUMP |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... Or the advent of internet on phones means you no longer have to wait until you get home from school/work to vote. Interesting point, though the demographic most responsible for the ASV is still shrinking. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
red sox 777 | Posted 11/8/2011 5:24:05 PM | message detail | quote Yes, the ASV is getting weaker as the site gets older. Percentage of the site under 18 according to the age polls: Another sign of the ASV getting weaker is looking at what percentage of votes we get in the first 12 hours. During the 2006 contest, the first 12 hours only had 45.99% of the total votes on matches that occur on a weekeday. This has increased to about 53% on polls that have taken place in 2011. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Nice ASV data from sox and luster here. From: __Smurf__ | #044 You disgust me. Papa Smurf screamed reeeal good when he died. From: Haste_2 | #072MarioSuperStar: Today's match definitely makes Tidus/Jecht look grim. How much stronger could they be than Yuna/Seymour? Your thinking is off here. Tidus/Jecht will be a lot stronger than Yuna/Seymour. From: UltimaterializerX | #076 That's really Seymour? I wouldn't have guessed. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
I had Tidus/Jecht for the longest time but then I backed out the night before the contest. Still think there's a decent chance, but I'm pretty sure the bosses have it. |
Yeah
Tidus/Jecht is way stronger in relation to Yuna/Seymour. Ofcourse it's
been eons since I played FFX and I dunno how other players feel, but I
don't even recall much of Yuna's/Seymour's progression because it was so
bland. I might end up banking that match because it is the first one I'm genuinely shocked by other's opinions/responses in BigBoss/TheBoss winning that fight. I figured tidus/jecht would have it np. --- ------ --------- |
I blame the format for the weak ASV. A) The match starts during the DSV so the jump is going to be a lot lower. B) People that vote in night matches are now able to vote in day matches thus bringing part of the night vote to the day. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 10/10 Today: Ryu/Ken & Fox/Wolf |
http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-13.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-14.jpg lmao, Terra looks embarrassed to be sharing the poll with that (can't blame her). --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
^What's your sig gif from? --- Inter-planetary-mega-stellar-hydro-static. There's no gravity between us. Our love is automatic. |
I'd be annoyed about such a Kefka pic but not even Amaro art would struggle with Vyse. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/FII1z.gif |
Resident Evil: Degeneration, a direct-to-DVD computer animated movie released about three years ago. --- Yoblazer: http://oi53.tinypic.com/2hd0dh1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
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Kid and Guy look so hilariously out of place. between the name and the pic, they could be a joke vote magnet --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #087 I made Samus. I really like how it turned out! --- ´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯` "We don't always agree but you own this board." -Warning_Crazy |
I
wouldn't read too much into Ryu/Ken vs. Samus/Ridley from this match.
Just don't think Ratchet/Nefarious and Kid/Guy are good opponents to get
reads from! Terra/Kefka and Fox/Wolf next round are much better IMO. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Fox/Wolf
doing about as I expected after the last few days. They're decent, but
they'll get rocked by Ryu/Ken next round. This doesn't say much about
Tidus/Jecht's chances at all, really. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
With that pic I think Kefka will benefit from TJF (The Joker Factor). --- "whats a matter afried i might boobs punch you" - ertyu |
From: UltimaterializerX | #093 Yeah, Samus/Ridley is well done and captures the MUST KILL YOU NO U feel of that rivalry nicely. The problem is that everything about their opponents contrast so heavily. It's like Sonic vs Katherine again. I'm expecting a fodder overperformance. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: Kotetsu534 | #094 Not really. At least we have a rough idea of where Ratchet/Kid are compared to eachother (fodder and turbofodder respectively). I have no idea where to peg Fox/Wolf and Terra/Kefka is a bit of a wildcard too. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Yesterday's results: Time | Ryu/Ken | Ratchious | Votes 0:05 | 82.73% | 17.27% | 799 1:00 | 82.62% | 17.38% | 5121 2:00 | 82.26% | 17.74% | 2993 3:00 | 80.22% | 19.78% | 2235 4:00 | 82.81% | 17.19% | 1681 5:00 | 81.59% | 18.41% | 1483 6:00 | 83.58% | 16.42% | 1437 7:00 | 81.65% | 18.35% | 1766 8:00 | 80.15% | 19.85% | 2106 9:00 | 81.01% | 18.99% | 2401 10:00 | 82.10% | 17.90% | 2481 11:00 | 80.52% | 19.48% | 2577 12:00 | 80.60% | 19.40% | 2216 Ryu/Ken stayed above 80% for every hour of the match. Not too shabby. --- http://i.minus.com/iH9vIGOBoyTQ2.gif |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #087 Wow...I thought Terra/Kefka was going to obliterate Vyse/Galcian and push 70%, but that Vyse/Galcian pic absolutely *owns* (probably the best pic so far next to the Trainers), and Terra/Kefka is horrid. Not even Terra looks good - and that's not easy. From: transcience | #092 Agreed, though if Samus fails to quintuple such uberfodder it will still be embarassing. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
