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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1022
From: Lopen | #147 There's yet to be any evidence that this is a factor in voting. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic fanboyism |
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http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/rivals/rivals-37.jpg gg Luigi --- My Japanese alter-ego. Hey all this is Bartz btw. |
Damn, gonna be a tripling. --- - |
From: __Smurf__ | #151 Who cares about what you bolded. You should've bolded "a couple of years before" because that was my point. OLD FACTOR --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
XFD Awesome picture, Red/Blue got it locked up. Semi-finals baby. --- "I'll tell you Sess' placement in an hour" - l3fty "OK, Ryan f***ing Seacrest" - Sess |
Hell I don't even think DK vs K. Rool is a prominent rivalry except by the most loose definition of the word. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
No crotchslap for Waluigi? Trainers with 98% --- "Link has spoken for years. And music is his language" -YoBlazer |
Heh, I would've kept Charizard and Blastoise for Ryu/Ken, but seeing Waluigi get roflstomped will be worthwile too. --- This is a signature. |
Man all pictures with trainers should have Charizard,only then we can see their maximum potential! --- 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~ |
From: SuorGenoveffa | #158 We'll hopefully still get them in the freeform pics in some way! --- "nah, it's not my team if I drop pitchers for merely being horrible" -War13104 |
Uh-oh,
tomorrow's gonna be ugly. I actually like the WaLuigi picture a lot,
but box art starters are gonna boost the Trainers a lot. --- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy |
That's an amazing pic I want the trainers to win this contest --- ... |
yeeees my pic --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
...I like the Luigi/Waluigi pic better, to be honest. But I'm pretty immune to Pokestalgia, so whatever. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Man,
Sub-Zero/Scorpion are going to get awfully close to that spread, but
they probably can't go up another .6% in the next two hours. So is 64.5%+ still considered a bad performance here? --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Compared to Round 1? Very much so. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
I
know I had them going pretty high here, but I think I underestimated
DK/K. Rool and overestimated Leon/Ada (I think we ALL overestimated
Leon/Ada here, which is why that Sub/Scorpion round 1 performance looked
so good). Sub-Zero doesn't put up 65% on DK 1-on-1, so in hindsight,
this isn't too bad. I think expecting them to be able to challenge X/Zero was probably unrealistic, but I think they're definitely noticeably stronger together than they are apart --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
I find it to be fine, it's not the MMX/Zero beater, but it wasn't going to happen. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 35/38 Today: Sub-Zero/Scorpion |
From: LeonhartFour | #164 Yeah but you hate all things of quality. --- Sack Up Or Shut Up™ |
From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #169 I don't recall saying I hate Pokemon, but sure! --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Match XXXVII: (1) Pokemon Trainer Red/Pokemon Trainer Blue (4) Luigi/Waluigi Previous Round Pokemon Trainer Red/Pokemon Trainer Blue – 76.92% Jim Raynor/Sarah Kerrigan – 23.08% Luigi/Waluigi – 55.28% Cecil Harvey/Golbez – 44.72% Analysis As a person that took Luigi and Waluigi I find it very hard to defend them after what happened in the first round. While Red and Blue had no problem destroying Raynor and Kerrigan last round Luigi and Waluigi were struggling to distant themselves from Cecil and Golbez. Still I feel that people are giving the trainers a bit too much credit and should this match turn out to be a blowout it won’t be because Red and Blue are that strong. I feel that people are forgetting that Cecil does have some strength based on his performance from last contest. Yes Luigi probably would have defeated Cecil by more than what he and Waluigi got against the pair last round, but at the same time Luigi would probably struggle to break 60% considering that Knuckles only got 52% and Shadow would get 38% on Luigi based on Amaterasu. A match between Cecil and Red should actually be debated, though in reality the board would heavily favour Red when he should only be a slight favourite. I wonder how an Ocelot verses Cecil would turn out in terms of board favourites. With that said as demonstrated last round Red and Blue due seem to be benefitting from the format and while Raynor and Kerrigan aren’t the best tests the size of the blowout does suggest it to be the case. Waluigi added almost no rivalry strength to the pair and while some people suggest anti-votes I don’t feel that’s the case, Waluigi is just weak. Either way Red and Blue need to use their rivalry power in this match because as I’ve been saying in the past Luigi probably breaks 50% on them by himself. Red and Blue will probably win, but it won’t be by the amount everyone is expecting. The pair will be using a lot of their rivalry power just to get above 50% here. Of course the possibility for SFF is very real. Not surprisingly many fans have played games from both series which means they are aware of the situation of the rivalry. This could lead to many Luigi and Waluigi fans changing sides and supporting Red and Blue. charmander6000’s Bracket: Luigi/Waluigi > Pokemon Trainer Red/Pokemon Trainer Blue charmander6000’s Prediction: Pokemon Trainer Red/Pokemon Trainer Blue wins, 54.84% - 45.16% --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 35/38 Today: Sub-Zero/Scorpion |
From: LeonhartFour | #164 You and me both. The official art of Ash and Gary kinda sucks. Waluigi and Luigi have awesome coloring. Oh did I say their names incorrectly "whoops" --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
From: LeonhartFour | #170 I am a master extrapolater. --- "nah, it's not my team if I drop pitchers for merely being horrible" -War13104 |
Man,
votals are getting so low that the halfway point of matches is getting
pushed back to around 11:10-11:15 AM, on a school day. That tells you
how frontloaded matches are getting. Those numbers would be early for a
weekend match, let alone one during the school week, where the midway
point can happen after 12. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
The midpoint has been before 12 for a long time. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 35/38 Today: Sub-Zero/Scorpion |
Upon looking at some numbers it appears: -My halfway point numbers were based off of 2007, which for whatever had much later midway points that 2009. -2009 starts off with half-way points in weekday matches that are not too far off from weekend numbers, but does go up halfway through the first round, and many matches do reach their halfway point past 12. I suspect that rolling Spring Breaks were keeping the numbers more balanced up until that point. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
Front-loaded?
I don't think that's happening at all. In yesterday's match, we had
54.44% of our votes after 12 hours (26653 votes at 12:00 PM). That's
perfectly normal for a weekday match. It just shows you that the ASV is
a lot weaker today compared to 3 or 4 years ago. During the 2006
Character Battle, we were averaging 45.99% of our votes after the first
12 hours. As of right now, that's been around 54% with our much weaker
ASV. And for the weekend matches, it's slightly higher than 54%. If you want an example of front-loading, check these out: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/22?matchnum=4196&num=2 http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/22?matchnum=2926&num=4 In the Link/Santa match, there were already 11091 votes after the first hour. Under normal circumstances, a poll with 11091 after the first hour would normally go on to finish between 112000 and and 120000 votes, but the Link/Santa match finished at just 93248 votes. The Link/Santa match also had 59.15% of the total votes after just 12 hours. In the ? Block/L-Block bonus match, the vote totals were so ridiculous in the beginning that it looked like it would outdo the previous match and break 200000 votes. It had 19108 votes after the first hour, which would normally put it on track for about 205000 to 215000 votes, but it only finished at 165499 votes. My definition of front-loading: An unusually high number of votes early on in the match relative to the final vote total. Normally, most polls/matches should have vote totals that are between 10 to 12 times higher than what the poll had at the end of the first hour. If a poll/match finishes with less than 9.5 times more votes compared to the vote total at the end of the first hour, that's a sign of front-loading. Using Link/Santa as an example, it had 11091 votes at the end of the first hour and 93248 votes overall. Link/Santa finished with only 8.41 times more votes than what it had at the end of the first hour. 8.41 was acquired by doing 93248 / 11091. If Link/Santa wasn't front-loaded at all, the overall ratio between the first hour and final vote totals would have been higher than 9.5. --- Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ |
Man!
From the looks of it, most of the people in the Spread Betting topic
are about to get owned. I can't imagine the Trainers crack 62.5%! --- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #178 It's not that hard to imagine. I don't think they will, but it won't surprise me. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
People
are underrating Luigi/Waluigi here. 62.5% on them would be a very, very
good result for Red/Blue. Shame that if they reach that it won't look
impressive to anyone. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Yeah,
Luigi is easily the strongest singular entity in this match, and I
think it'll prevent him from getting beaten TOO badly, regardless of how
much Waluigi hurts the team as a whole. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue 100% 11 Luigi vs. Waluigi 0% 0 TOTAL VOTES 11 wow --- Moltar Status: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60973141 Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Vote Accepted Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue 92.31% 12 Luigi vs. Waluigi 7.69% 1 TOTAL VOTES 13 Aw yeah first Luigi vote --- http://i52.tinypic.com/2zfiu09.gif http://i54.tinypic.com/10729w2.gif |
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue 83.33% 25 Luigi vs. Waluigi 16.67% 5 TOTAL VOTES 30 --- Anyone who has appeared in a video game should be allowed in the next character battle. |
look at that pokefear. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 35/38 Today: Sub-Zero/Scorpion |
trainers will break 60% easily --- ... |
Vote Accepted Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue 93.33% 14 Luigi vs. Waluigi 6.67% 1 TOTAL VOTES 15 --- "I am riding the Poke-wave, using the metaphorical Surf and hopping on my Blastoise, all the way to Mario vs Bowser." - RPGLord |
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue 84.62% 44 Luigi vs. Waluigi 15.38% 8 TOTAL VOTES 52 --- 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 |
oh dear look at that pokévote --- ~ Rivalry Rumble Oracle Challenge ~ Rank - 29th Today's Prediction: Sub / Scorp - 68.44% |
aw yeah --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Man, what in the hell is this. --- "Claire likes to say 'You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution.' But I happen to believe you can be both." - Phil Dunphy |
hahahhaha --- ... |
lol charizard and blastoise --- 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 |
Damn looks like I was right about SFF, too bad my oracle prediction didn't take that into account. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 35/38 Today: Sub-Zero/Scorpion |
From: TheCodeisBosco | #193 I blame Nintendo SFF. --- ##Alec |
I thought Red/Blue could go wild here! --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Well, this is pretty amazing. --- "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!" |
