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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1015
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f*** yeah! So happy. Would have been horrible to watch FFX s*** on one of my favourite games again after it knocked out RE4 last year. Especially when Bosses were expected to win. --- http://i30.tinypic.com/16kdkbl.png |
"You've lost weight." "...you can tell just by the sound of my voice?" Most badass character ever. --- Yoblazer: http://i43.tinypic.com/25z1non.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
A bad contest for FFX. But don't worry, it'll be back, and stronger than ever once FFX HD is released! --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Big Boss tha best --- peace comes from within |
From: Kotetsu534 | #004 true I like to think of this as revenge for RE4. That result still ticks me off --- *is XIII_rocks* |
I just noticed I have Chris and Wesker beating the Bosses in round 2. ...That's bad, isn't it. --- And then the car wash cost five dollars. Pokemon White: 4427 1095 9089 |
Actually, the RE5 duo might win that one. --- Nobody listens to Glenn Beck except for easily manipulated, partisan sheep with sociopathic tendencies and simplistic world-views which don't work in real life. |
Actually, the RE5 duo might win that one. Redfield / Wesker 60-40's Tidus / Jecht? I 'm not seeing that one. --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
I'm hoping Chris/Wesker more than 60-40's Tidus/Jecht. |
sucks for my battle bracket, but I still think Chris/Wesker>Bosses --- 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 |
From: UltimaterializerX | #008 No, they mightn't. Excellent 500th post, by the way. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
I
see Chris/Wesker > Bosses. Of course, I'm biased because I have
Chris Wesker > Samus/Ridley in my bracket as well. >_> --- Keeping this until Casey Mears wins his 2nd Nascar Cup race. 7/7/07 Yankees Fan. Jaguars Fan. Mark Sanchez Wannabe. |
Well my bracket is officially in the *****er. Not even Shepard making it to the Elite Eight can save me now! Also I think this proves that Square being stronger than usual is a fluke. Tidus/Jecht would have easily stayed within the 40s (as in they would be well in it, not that they would be less than a percent ahead of the 40 mark), unless Big Boss/The Boss are just insanely strong (and by that I mean strong enough to put up a good fight against Link/Ganondorf). --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
From: whatisurnameplz | #014 I'm impressed that you think so highly of Tidus/Jecht that you think Big Boss/The Boss have to challenge Link/Ganon for 60/40 not to be a bad showing. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
From: LeonhartFour | #012 Why, thank you. ^_^ --- There ain't no gettin' offa this "Cloud/Sephiroth > Link/Ganondorf" hype-train we're on! Next stop: killing the Tales rivalry |
I feel people don't give Big Boss enough credit, 37% on Mario is just a bit weaker than Auron. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 14/14 Today: Chris/Wesker & Big Boss/The Boss |
Score-Brackets-% Right 14------1523------92.78 13------2709------88.74 12------3709------88.16 11------3293------86.91 10------2184------87.73 9--------1191------87.74 8--------534--------88.20 7--------218--------81.19 6--------82----------78.05 5--------34----------70.59 4--------12----------33.33 3--------12----------25.00 2--------14----------0.00 1--------13----------7.69 0--------24----------0.00 The perfects once again show they are on a slightly higher level than the tiers below them. The -1s to -6s all do roughly equally. Interestingly the -6s (8 points) do better than the -5s who do better than the -4s who do better than the -3s. All the 0s get through this match intact. 2 people fell off the Top 50. vertigold and Skaz9000 did not have Chris Redfield vs. Albert Wesker winning the match. --- Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8 Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place |
From: LeonhartFour | #015 It's just weird how Yuna/Seymour do better than expected given that their rivalry is crap and they were up against Fox/Wolf yet Tidus/Jecht aren't doing anything impressive at all. I just think that this contest makes as much sense as an LMS inequality topic right now. --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
From: whatisurnameplz | #019 They did? --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
Yuna/Seymour didn't do better than expected though. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 14/14 Today: Chris/Wesker & Big Boss/The Boss |
Yesterday's chart: Time | Chrisker | Dansag | Votes 0:05 | 77.96% | 22.04% | 744 1:00 | 78.10% | 21.90% | 4922 2:00 | 79.53% | 20.47% | 3107 3:00 | 78.54% | 21.46% | 2181 4:00 | 78.38% | 21.62% | 1637 5:00 | 78.93% | 21.07% | 1452 6:00 | 80.58% | 19.42% | 1308 7:00 | 79.74% | 20.26% | 1723 8:00 | 80.77% | 19.23% | 1976 9:00 | 80.31% | 19.69% | 2280 10:00 | 79.36% | 20.64% | 2287 11:00 | 78.96% | 21.04% | 2324 12:00 | 79.12% | 20.88% | 2079 Not much in terms of swings, but Chris/Wesker do better in the second half of the match than the first. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
From: LeonhartFour | #020 I literally don't know how to respond to this, and I'm not saying that to insult you. --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
whatisurnameplz posted... From: LeonhartFour | #020 They did? I literally don't know how to respond to this, and I'm not saying that to insult you. I think the problem is that you didn't expect them to do as well, and you're assuming that everybody else felt (or was supposed to have felt) the same way. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
From: whatisurnameplz | #023 I'll respond this way. http://oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k11&type=match&match=12 The majority of Oracle picks were lower for Fox/Wolf than what they finished with, and only a small number had Fox/Wolf winning by a lot more than what they did. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
I
knew i should've picked the trainers to make the final 4 at this point
it's a much better pick than Samus ¬_¬ Why do i always make 1 major
mistake with my brackets. --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/Shaneh87/Funny/siggy.jpg |
I should have won Ayvuir's testicle on this battle. --- Chex Warrior (Chex Quest) for CB2011 |
Ngamer, it's spelled "pageant" and what the heck is a jp? --- "Getting lucky 100% of the time... it's called PRO SKILL." -BlAcK TuRtLe |
All matches perfect and I shall lose because I chose Phoenix to lose.Man...I should had listen to board 8... --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
I'd sooner believe Chris/Wesker will lose worse than Tidus/Jecht are than believe they'll challenge Boss/Boss. Could today be the first contest-upset? It's a 7-seed beating a 2-seed and FF(X) has always had a bigger presence here than MGS(3). --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
From: IngmarBirdman | #028 An annoying fat slob of a user that is hated by all. --- Thanks for reinforcing your stupidity, jerks. Einstein > You |
From: IngmarBirdman | #028 He has his own gravitational pull. --- *is XIII_rocks* |
FFX
is considered one of the best JRPG's of all time,is really popular,it
is among the top 5 strongest games in this site and yet the characters
from it do really bad all the time.I don't get it. --- GameFaqs is NOT the place to go for relationship advice.Nobody here gets any action unless it is their right or left hand.Including me.~Dawn and Dusk~ |
Tidus is a hate magnet. That's all there is to it. The problem is, aside from the laughing scene... |
How
would Auron/Yunalesca have done? TFB (cookie to whoever gets the
abreviation) would be turbofodder, but could Auron have carried her to a
win, based solely on his strength? --- There ain't no gettin' offa this "Cloud/Sephiroth > Link/Ganondorf" hype-train we're on! Next stop: killing the Tales rivalry |
That ****ing *****? --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Safer Sephiroth 777 posted... FFX is considered one of the best JRPG's of all time,is really popular,it is among the top 5 strongest games in this site and yet the characters from it do really bad all the time.I don't get it. For the same reason any other character's strength is disproportionate to the strength of his/her game, I would assume. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Nope. The B is correct though. --- There ain't no gettin' offa this "Cloud/Sephiroth > Link/Ganondorf" hype-train we're on! Next stop: killing the Tales rivalry |
Boring division before the awesome one. Kinda interested to see how Link does though. |
From: Greyfeld | #037 Yeah, kind of like how Tales of Symphonia and God of War are almost even in strength, yet a battle of the Kratoses would be a slaughter for God of War. --- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Future 2011 Rivalry Guru Champion! |
Good
performance by the Bosses here. I feel that they will hold their own
with Samus, but not win. I see Samus getting less than 60% there. Maybe
mid to high 50's. Interesting question on the last topic if this had been Auron/Jecht. Do they win here? That seems 50/50 to me. Also if Link/Dark Link were in the contest I'd think they'd stomp everything. Even though Dark Link has like no character whatsoever. [fully expecting a snarky "Neither does Link!" remark here] From: Ultimaphazon | #155 Yunalesca would have made them much weaker than Auron by himself. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Show EP 4 is up, featuring Stats favorites ExTha and Kotetsu! http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60954749 Rivalries mattering was of course the subject of the night, but I thought we took the discussion in some interesting places in terms of what that will mean going forward. Hopefully you enjoy the listen! --- thengamer.com/guru thengamer.com/xstats board8.wikia.com You should search for The Show, the cool podcast featuring Guru Champ Black Turtle! |
I'm
thinking roughly half the brackets picked the Bosses, so we may be
seeing 1 in 20 brackets still flawless by the end of the first half. If
the same rate of busting perfect brackets occurs in the second half
(meaning 1 in 400 brackets), we would still have more perfect brackets
than spots in the Top 50 by the end of Round 1. The second half doesn't
look much more difficult, though at least we have the Southwest
division. Easiest 64-character contest ever. Sadly, that doesn't mean it's that much easier for Board 8 members to win a prize... if anything, the casual brackets have a much better chance than normal. --- "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: creativename | #041 Auron/Jecht isn't a rivalry. So no. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Should've had Tidus/Chocobo. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IV (FF2US) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3445328 |
Hey
now. FFX is strong, but it's not top 5. It's probably not even top 10,
though I could at least kind of buy that. And as said,
games=/=characters. Fun fact: Tidus is probably the weakest FFX
character (not counting Sin) we've seen. Despite being the main
character. People hate Tidus, and no amount of respect for FFX will change that. EDIT: Yes, Leon, yes it is. Not a very present rivalry, but it was indeed a rivalry. What we saw of it suggested it as the classic hot blooded/stoic rivalry dynamic which is always a good one. Of course, I'm not sure including rivalries found exclusively in the back story is a good idea, but it counts. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
Regardless of what people say about Tidus, I'd still take him directly over any other FFX character not named Auron. --- http://www.gifsoup.com/view/593815/frasier-and-niles-dance-o.gif |
LeonhartFour posted... From: creativename | #041 Interesting question on the last topic if this had been Auron/Jecht. Do they win here? That seems 50/50 to me. Auron/Jecht isn't a rivalry. So no. This is why I said that it wouldn't do well. Because most people won't understand why it's a rivalry. --- PSN - Aevio "I'm on a Goomba." - BlackMageJawa |
Directly? Hard to say. When your own fanbase hates you... --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
New pics http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-17.jpg http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-18.jpg Link/Ganondorf seem to be competing for worst match pic. Can't see a damn thing. --- My Japanese alter-ego. Hey all this is Bartz btw. |
