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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1020
I wish Dante and Sora got better opponents so it'd be easier to judge their strength this time around. --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/swordz9 |
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For
round two, Chrono Trigger/Portal is pretty debatable and Dante/Sora
seems like a toss-up. Nothing else seems remotely questionable though. charmander6000 posted... I don't think you need someone from board 8 to make a fictional character battle bracket. SBAllen could randomize it and it would still be good. A randomized bracket would stink compared to the potential. I mean it would be better than this contest of course, but potentially seeing Batman vs. Vader and Link vs. Cloud in round one is just dumb. Randomized is just not a good idea and would waste potential. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Gonna be hard to judge Sora when he loses to Hitler... calling it now :| --- :> |
Dante/Vergil
looking pretty disappointing. Yes, disappointing with 80%. It can
happen. I mean, their opponents may well even be worse than
Vyse/Galcian, who put up a similar performance against Kefka/Terra. Feeling pretty good about Sora/Riku, but that depends on what happens in the next match. We could even see a /v/-fueled upset, though I do doubt it. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
I
was actually surprised how many people had Ramza in the Guru. There was
no real reason to take this upset, everything we've seen in the past
has indicated Nightmare > Ramza, and there's no doubt in my mind that
Siegfried > Delita. We'll probably lose a few more perfects on the
Sora/Hitler match too. Actually, looking through the Guru, it seems that pretty much everyone still alive aside from Yesmar took some really weird round 3 + upsets. If the rest of the bracket is cookie, I might still end up looking good in the final rankings. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Actually, that'll be pretty easy to judge. Still can't imagine Hitler getting 50% of the votes though. Can't wrap my mind around it. Even if I see it tomorrow, I still probably won't be able to believe it. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
Score-Brackets-% Right 29------488--------93.85 28------407--------71.01 27------832--------62.50 26------1483------64.60 25------2080------66.01 24------2244------66.98 23------2122------66.35 22------1890------69.21 21------1469------69.71 20------1017------71.29 19------622--------72.19 18------395--------68.35 17------197--------68.53 16------98----------68.37 15------76----------67.11 14------23----------52.17 13------20----------55.00 12------8------------50.00 11------2------------50.00 10------5------------40.00 9--------9------------33.33 8--------3------------0.00 7--------3------------33.33 6--------5------------40.00 5--------5------------80.00 4--------5------------0.00 3--------5------------0.00 2--------8------------0.00 1--------16----------6.25 0--------15----------6.67 The perfects just continue to do way better than everyone else. The perfects do over 22 percentage points better than the -1s and the -1s did much better than the tiers below them as well. It's really going to be interesting to see what happens at the first upset we get. 8 people fell off the Top 50 and they are all from the Top 25. Former first place KimPilgrim, former second place Mac_Arrowny, Fides_Invictus, MajinLou, waldram, Janus5000, KanzarisKelshen and Whiskey_Nick did not have Siegfried vs. Nightmare winning. --- Pokemon VGC2011 US Nationals - 54th place Pokemon VGC2012 NW Regional - 16th place |
From: creativename | #102 Kirby/Sonic isn't? Really? |
Samus barely got 80% on The Kid. I don't know how this is disappointing. --- Demyx is better than Axel. http://www.last.fm/user/crazydom |
Take me out, you must fight like a man. TAKE ME OUT, YOU MUST FIGHT LIKE A MAN! |
Are
any of those perfect brackets on the leaderboard alts? Because there
are a heap of Link/Ganon entries with similar names, all in a row :/ --- "I am riding the Poke-wave, using the metaphorical Surf and hopping on my Blastoise, all the way to Mario vs Bowser." - RPGLord |
Just noticed we have 15 0 brackets left. Trying to remember, have we ever had a successful 0 bracket? --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
From: Lightning Strikes | #104 It can. But this isn't one of those times. Not sure what you were expecting here, but 80% is very difficult to get, especially for a team that contains no Noble Niners, one of whom is hovering around the fodder line. This isn't like Link/Ganondorf barely getting 80% here. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
From: Xuxon | #108 Not really. Anyone taking those 4-way matches at face value are smoking something, plus Sonic just had his first well-recieved game in over a decade last week. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #112 I seem to remember a contest where he had one. 2006 I think? --- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Future 2011 Rivalry Guru Champion! |
This is an impressive result, all things considered. Blowouts any larger than this are extremely uncommon in modern times. --- :> |
Thought we lost all the 0 brackets on Sub-Zero/Chief that year? --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
From: Xuxon | #108 Remind me why it should be. Haven't seen anything that tells me that match should be debated. --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
From: Xuxon | #108 No NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (I'm sorry, but we just did this last year) --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: BlAcK TuRtLe | #117 Series Contest, not Character Battle. --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Updated Top 5 Top 5 Closest Matches 1. Luigi/Waluigi – 55.28% vs. Cecil Harvey/Golbez – 44.72% - Round 1 – 10.56% 2. Siegfried/Nightmare – 55.68% vs. Ramza Beoulve/Delita Hyral – 44.32% - Round 1 – 11.36% 3. Frog/Magus – 56.13% vs. Raiden/Vamp – 43.87% - Round 1 – 12.26% 4. Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth – 56.56% vs. Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen – 43.44% - Round 1 – 13.12% 5. Kirby/Meta Knight – 58.47% vs. Jill Valentine/Nemesis – 41.53% - Round 1 – 16.94% Top 5 Smallest Day Vote Gaps 1. Siegfried/Nightmare – 16797 vs. Ramza Beoulve/Delita Hyral – 13368 – Round 1 - 3429 2. Luigi/Waluigi – 21861 vs. Cecil Harvey/Golbez – 17685 – Round 1 – 4176 3. Frog/Magus – 19662 vs. Raiden/Vamp – 15368 – Round 1- 4294 4. Solid Snake/Liquid Snake – 22190 vs. Crono/Lavos – 15565 – Round 1 - 6625 5. Ike/Black Knight – 22959 vs. Conker/Great Mighty Poo – 15677 – Round 1 – 7282 Top 5 Least Popular Night Polls 1. Pac-Man/Blinky vs. Crash Bandicoot/Dr. Neo Cortex – Round 1 - 23857 2. Zidane Tribal/Kuja vs. Meat Boy/Dr. Fetus – Round 1 – 24721 3. Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy vs. Laharl/Mid-Boss – Round 1 - 25924 4. Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth vs. Gordon Freeman/Dr. Breen – Round 1 - 26717 5. Chris Redfield/Albert Wesker vs. Dan Hibiki/Sagat – Round 1 – 27276 Top 5 Least Popular Day Polls 1. Siegfried/Nightmare vs. Ramza Beoulve/Delita Hyral – Round 1 - 30165 2. Amaterasu/Orochi vs. Tom Nook/Crazy Redd – Round 1 - 30862 3. Bartz/Gilgamesh vs. Guybrush/LeChuck – Round 1 – 31360 4. Kratos/Zeus vs. Professor Layton/Don Paolo – Round 1 - 33099 5. Mega Man/Dr. Wily vs. Banjo/Gruntilda – Round 1 - 33441 Top 5 Least Impressive Day Winners 1. Siegfried/Nightmare – Round 1 - 16797 2. Frog/Magus – Round 1 - 19662 3. Bartz/Gilgamesh – Round 1 – 20147 4. Amaterasu/Orochi – Round 1 - 20714 5. Luigi/Waluigi – Round 1 – 21861 --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 29/30 Today: Dante/Vergil & Sora/Riku |
Kirby got 45.39% 1v1 last year, and his rival is much better than Robotnik. |
jacko_vdz posted... Are any of those perfect brackets on the leaderboard alts? Because there are a heap of Link/Ganon entries with similar names, all in a row :/ How many bracket does Luster have this year? --- Link's is pretty much the video game equivalent of the Jesus story. -- Yoblaser |
From: LeonhartFour | #120 Ah, that makes sense. Pretty sure CV/Halo was the only wrong match I had in the first round that year, so it makes sense there was probably several 0 brackets that made it. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Sonic/Robotnik
is a classic gaming rivalry. Meta Knight is probably stronger 1v1, but
Robotnik adds more to Sonic than MK adds to Kirby. --- :> |
From: Xuxon | #122 I really wouldn't take that as a given. Robotnik may be fat and useless, but paired up with Sonic, he makes arguably one of the dozen-or-so most iconic pairings in gaming. Meta Knight just isn't at that level. MK does nothing for Kirby because he brings nothing new to the table - funny/cute/cool design and Smash appeal - which already made up the lion's share of Kirby's strength. You have to argue that Robotnik actively detracts from Sonic to even give Kirby a real chance. If you think Robotnik is a fat Waluigi, then I can see where you're coming from. I certainly don't think he's that bad for his team, however. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Knuckles
would do more for Sonic than Eggman could, but I don't think Robotnik
hurts Sonic at all though, which is why Sonic should be the favorite. --- "Go get me Jared...from Subway!" -- CM Punk Future 2011 Rivalry Guru Champion! |
From: Xuxon | #122 1-on-1, maybe, but I think Sonic/Robotnik as a team is fine. Kirby/Meta Knight isn't really a "classic" rivalry in the sense that Sonic/Robotnik is. You may not like Robotnik individually, but paired up? I don't see Kirby/Meta Knight getting RIVALRY FACTOR'D to victory over Sonic/Robotnik. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Well
the thing is, this is the only match of the contest I've thought might
be within 55/45 apart from Tidus/Bosses, simply because there's already
data suggesting it's within 55/45. Robotnik probably doesn't pull down
Sonic enough to lose, but it's more debatable to me than most matches
that have been debated. |
Yesterday's chart: Time | Siegmare | Ramita | Votes 0:05 | 56.62% | 43.38% | 408 1:00 | 55.04% | 44.96% | 3634 2:00 | 54.77% | 45.23% | 3142 3:00 | 56.03% | 43.97% | 2738 4:00 | 58.28% | 41.72% | 2838 5:00 | 56.17% | 43.83% | 2861 6:00 | 56.40% | 43.60% | 2670 7:00 | 56.27% | 43.73% | 2575 8:00 | 55.72% | 44.28% | 2306 9:00 | 54.94% | 45.06% | 2115 10:00 | 55.06% | 44.94% | 1938 11:00 | 55.65% | 44.35% | 1806 12:00 | 52.33% | 47.67 | 1542 Ramza/Delita hurt my Oracle prediction with a strong last hour (*grumble, grumble*). Other than that, not much to see here. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
I'm much more worried over ChellDOS/Frogus than Sonic/Kirby. Still have no idea who I'm gonna stick with. --- When you have nothing to say, quote yourself ~ Solfadore |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... I was actually surprised how many people had Ramza in the Guru. There was no real reason to take this upset, everything we've seen in the past has indicated Nightmare > Ramza, and there's no doubt in my mind that Siegfried > Delita. We'll probably lose a few more perfects on the Sora/Hitler match too. Actually, looking through the Guru, it seems that pretty much everyone still alive aside from Yesmar took some really weird round 3 + upsets. If the rest of the bracket is cookie, I might still end up looking good in the final rankings. Man, like 3 days ago I was asking myself why I had Ramza/Delita. I actually took Nightmare in my battle bracket because I didn't think Ramza could win. --- 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 |
Also, seeing two of my favorite characters (Dante/Vergil) get above 80% is awesome. --- 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 |
23 Soul_Warper 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 24 SoulWarper 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 26 MariasPanties 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 27 CrimsonClown 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 28 DeathClown 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 29 DeathTiki 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 31 WelchsPanties 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 32 IzaksPanties 30 Link vs. Ganondorf 38 WelchsMelons 30 Link vs. Ganondorf Yeah, similar names here --- Anyone who has appeared in a video game should be allowed in the next character battle. |
Yeah,
there is one user with about 20 accounts on the bracket leaderboard
right now. Unlike with the battle leaderboard, multiple accounts with
the same score are not grouped into one entry on the leaderboard. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Is that user by any chance... you? |
No, it's not me. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I
wonder why they grouped them together in battle and not bracket,
anyway. I guess if you have 20+ brackets you probably want some
variation in there, so there's less concern about them clogging the
field. But clearly it matters now. |
That
grouping stuff was put into place during the last contest when I
dominated the battle leaderboard with multiple accounts, so my accounts
were grouped into one entry. However, I didn't have multiple accounts
on the bracket leaderboard during the last contest, so the grouping
stuff was not put in place for the bracket leaderobard. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
I think a real match here would be Dan/Sagat vs Sol/Ky Although it probably won't even break 20k votes. --- This signature is signed by Dr. Football |
From: cbaron0 | #140 I was thinking about the same thing. I'd imagine Dan/Sagat take that easily because Sagat is instantly recognizable as a SFII guy, and little more should be needed to pound Guilty Gear. Taking that (and only that) into consideration, it makes Dante look less impressive here, although we know that matches against such trashable fodder are useless. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Dante
probably rises a little from here out. I'm happy with this, not that it
means terribly much. I don't see Sora/Riku doing well this contest, not
after the eggs they laid last time round. Should be okay against Hitler
though. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
The problem is that this is Dante's M.O. Round 1 blowout against fodder character Round 2 choke against character that doesn't actually suck --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/Squall.jpg |
It needs to be next round so i can care again. --- http://img.imgcake.com/alecoweenpngam.png -fr0q http://img.imgcake.com/alecpngym.png -fr0q |
Man, I really hope Bacon learns a lesson from how bad this contest has been up to this point. And hopefully, it's the right lesson. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
What's bad about the contest exactly? I'm pretty surprised at how bad my oracle is. |
Really
just needs to stick to 2vs2 12 hour matches and keep the stronger
characters in with a mixed bracket. There's no reason for Squall to ever
be paired with Snake or Cloud, just like there's no reason for Samus to
ever be paired with with Mario or Link. --- 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 |
and by paired I mean on the same side of the bracket. There's literally no chance either wins any of those matches. --- 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 |
From: pjbasis | #146 Well, if you enjoy 32 straight matches of nothing, then I suppose you might consider this contest good! A first round where the lowest percentage for a winner is 55.28% and the lowest prediction percentage is 55.06% doesn't speak of a high quality first round. It's ultimately a huge waste of potential though. There are a few spots in this bracket where I look and say, "If only Bacon had put them there instead of here, we might have something interesting," but alas. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
From: LeonhartFour | #149 Good? You'd consider this THE BEST CONTEST EVER. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
