GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1028
I will bet a testicle that trainers beat fighters. ~*creativename's contest site (all things contest!)*~ www.gamefaqscontests.com ~*The Board 8 Wiki (lots of useful contest and board information, including all past Post-Contest Analysis from Ulti, transience, Ed Bellis and others)*~ http://board8.wikia.com/ ~*List of All Polls (a search bar is at the bottom)*~ http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html ~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~ http://www.thengamer.com/ http://thengamer.com/xstats ~*GameFAQs Contests Hall of Fame*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Hall_of_Fame http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Match_Hall_of_Fame ~*Character Contest Histories*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories ~*Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings*~ A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA ~*All the Match Pics*~ http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/index.php ~*Leonhart4's Trend Charts*~ https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=tOGmynfNIiNy5VukpEF-PdA&hl=en#gid=0 ~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages ~*Say What? Common Stats Topic Lingo Defined*~ SFF (Same Fanbase Factor) - Same Fanbase Factor is the theory that, if two contestants share a common fanbase, the weaker of the two options will underperform in a direct matchup. For instance, Link was expected to defeat Ganon with 65% of the vote in 2004, based on their 2003 values. Instead, Link collected near 88% of the vote. This is the best example of SFF we've ever seen. However take some SFF labels with a grain of salt, as many people will slap it onto any match that doesn't make perfect sense. Extrapolated Standings - The mathematical "strength" of a contestant that's determined based on their performance relative to the rest of the field. This number is typically based on the contest entrant's loss, but adjustments are sometimes made. See above for a watered down explanation for how the stats are calculated. --- ##Alec |
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can you bet testicles on the favorites to win? Seems pretty lame --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/NathanDrake90.png |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4319 If anything, I think people are underrating possible anime characters we'd get. More people watch anime than read comic books on Gamefaqs. I'd take Goku to take out most comic book characters outside of like Batman, Wolverine, Spiderman and Joker. --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Spider-man would beat Goku edit: dat ninja albion edit --- http://www.yourgamercards.net/trophy/a/NathanDrake90.png |
Comic characters are popular because of their status in pop culture and movies, not from the actual comics. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
From: TheKoolAidShoto | #002 If somebody takes me up on it. Fighters are Guru favorite and many still have confidence in them winning. --- http://img.imgcake.com/drakeryn/alecjpguz.jpg |
red sox 777 posted... Comic characters are popular because of their status in pop culture and movies, not from the actual comics. Do people go see those movies that aren't already fans? Maybe I assumed too much but I didn't think people who didn't care about the comics would be the ones going to see the movies. --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Best 500 post in a long time. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Also, obviously I need somebody to make the bet with. I'm not throwing away testicles willy nilly! --- http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/sihp/waluigi.gif |
Do
people go see those movies that aren't already fans? Maybe I assumed
too much but I didn't think people who didn't care about the comics
would be the ones going to see the movies. Yes, there's a reason why Dark Knight is the #3 highest grossing movie ever. Because Batman is just popular with the general public. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
From: FateStayAlbion | #007 I never read any comics ever. Been to Batman, Spiderman and X-Men movies a lot! --- Sack Up Or Shut Up™ |
FateStayAlbion posted... red sox 777 posted... Comic characters are popular because of their status in pop culture and movies, not from the actual comics. Do people go see those movies that aren't already fans? Maybe I assumed too much but I didn't think people who didn't care about the comics would be the ones going to see the movies. Yeah, Batman's last movie grossed $500 million domestic because all these people read his comics. Albion, sometimes you really outdo yourself :) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Also, anime would get anti-voted hard. Worse than FFVII probably. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
I would laugh out loud if we had a fictional contest and only anime characters got enough noms to get in --- Watch me play games! http://www.livestream.com/dabu |
Well,
its not like I'm arguing Batman wouldn't be strong. But I don't see
X-men movies making characters like Nightcrawler or some other random
X-men anything more than fodder. And I know you'll bring up the game
argument again, but even the characters in MvC wouldn't be boosted any
higher than fodder level. The big names should have strength, but after that there would be a big drop off and theres no reason to sacrifice characters with good strength for fodder fictional characters. --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
The
day vote in Link v. some niche anime character would be glorious. The
sun rises in North America, and Link goes from sub-80% updates to 90%
updates. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Kingdom Hearts usually has a decent eurovote right? This will get really ugly. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
red sox 777 posted... The day vote in Link v. some niche anime character would be glorious. The sun rises in North America, and Link goes from sub-80% updates to 90% updates. Battler and Archer have had some of the worst day votes I've seen in those vote in polls. VNs have the same fanbase so thats probably what you'd see. Characters like Goku, Naruto and Ichigo might be able to hold up during the day though. Kids love those characters --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I agree on Nightcrawler specifically. I didn't know who he was before tonight. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
From: LordOfDabu | #014 With Board 8 as influential as it is on noms these days, it will probably be all anime characters and wrestlers. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
Think
DBZ are the only anime characters that would have any strength worth
mentioning, and they wouldn't be all that strong these days. Spidey
could probably breeze through 70% on Goku (though there's always the
lack of data factor which would make for interesting discussion anyway). Can't really think of any other anime characters that would be above low midcard level at best. (obviously excluding the Pokemonz) --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Man, I almost want to see these VN characters in a contest just so I can watch Link pull 95% updates on them. One Winged Angel is such a good theme song for Gamefaqs Link. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
FateStayAlbion posted... The big names should have strength, but after that there would be a big drop off and theres no reason to sacrifice characters with good strength for fodder fictional characters. You are really just being absurd now. As I've said many times before - the 64th strongest disallowed fictional character would crush the 64th strongest allowed VG character. Just crush them. Fictional characters have faaar more depth. I mean that's not even debatable, the field of characters who are disallowed absolutely dwarfs the "originated in a VG" character field. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
What would win if we had a VG music contest? SMB 1-1? --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? |
creativename posted... FateStayAlbion posted... The big names should have strength, but after that there would be a big drop off and theres no reason to sacrifice characters with good strength for fodder fictional characters. You are really just being absurd now. As I've said many times before - the 64th strongest disallowed fictional character would crush the 64th strongest allowed VG character.. No. --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I'd pick the Zelda Overworld Theme. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
For
instance, Nighcrawler is a good example. Is Nightcrawler truly among
the 128 strongest possible disallowed entrants? There's a good chance he
isn't. But Nightcrawler would murder Professor Layton or Eddie Riggs or junk like that. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
We've
talked about the "top tier fictionals" like Batman, Vader, Spider-Man,
and Homer Simpson so much that it almost feels like they've already been
in contests. In that sense, I might be more excited to see how lesser
guys like Nightcrawler do. And Gambit. I'd take Gambit to beat Dante and crush any other "appeal" character like Ezio. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
how many people even know who Gambit is without seeing a picture because I sure don't --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
Plus
if you're going to use the "Other Media" reasoning, what does Gambit
have? I know he's in MvC2, but that doesn't mean much since a good
amount of the characters in that game would be fodder. I'm not even sure
if I remember him in any of the X-Men movies (though I've only seen the
first two). --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
From: th3l3fty | #029 Ask that same question for any super-awesome-appeal-character. Way more people, even on a gaming site, will recognize the name "Gambit" than Ezio or Altair. Probably Dante and Kratos as well. Gambit is from the 90s. He got big the same time everything else that crushes on this site got big. --- Yoblazer: http://i33.tinypic.com/ml36gl_th.gif Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
Some
good movement for Dante in the last half-hour, but the 3 AM projection
isn't good. Things have gone poorly over the past 2 hours. Based on Dante/Riku, Sora/Riku win with 51.55%. One thing that may mess things up is that the Dante/Riku match was 25 hours, being on the day of the fall time change. Plus trends are just generally weaker nowadays than in 2008 due to the site being older. Not sure who those factors would help though. Dante had better hope those 2 things do matter a lot, because a deviation of 1.5% from established trends from 3 hours into the match is quite rare. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
I
would like an all fictional characters contest just to see how Sherlock
Holmes would do. I think he would be a top 5 fictional character and
would beat any video game character besides Link/Mario/Cloud/Seph/Snake. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3672 There are a lot of readers on Gamefaqs and this is one of the most read series ever. At least some Sherlock stories end up being read in a lot of High Schools. Then there are the dozens of movies (he is the most portrayed movie character ever) and TV shows. The only thing that might hurt him here is while there are a ton of video games based on him none of them are particularly popular. Also Sherlock's Europe vote would be amazing. He would probably 60-40 the second best Europe character there at least. --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
would God be allowed in? Harry Potter would beat Sherlock Holmes |
From: firefdr | #034 If Harry Potter beat Sherlock Holmes I would never visit this site again and no he wouldn't. --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
Gambit yikes. --- "When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it." |
I just looked at pictures of Gambit and I still have no idea who he is >_> --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
lefty,
I say with confidence that in this particular case, you don't represent
the norm on GameFAQs. The average voter here has heard of Gambit and
would be able to recognize him easily with a picture. EDIT: He HAS been the second most popular X-Men character since the 90s. It's been Wolverine-then-Gambit for a lotta years. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
From: JJH777 | #035 Yeah... pretty suer he would. --- http://img.imgcake.com/drakeryn/tiroalecjpgap.jpg http://img.imgcake.com/drakeryn/alecjpgyt.jpg |
Yeah, Harry Potter would probably be fairly popular on here. Adding fictional characters won't make GameFAQs' taste any better! --- "When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it." |
I have to agree with lefty.....I didn't recognize Gambit with a picture either. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
I recognize Gambit, but I couldn't tell you a thing about him. --- "When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it." |
All I know about Gambit is that he throws cards or something --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
I only know Gambit from hearing people wishing he had more than a cameo in that Wolverine movie. --- http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/sihp/waluigi.gif |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4401 Harry Potter should perform pretty well on this site. That's 86% of the site with some kind of exposure to Harry Potter. Also, that poll happened during a time that we were struggling to break 60000 votes per poll. Harry Potter somehow managed to bring in the votes there. --- Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ |
From: FateStayAlbion | #043 Well, what do you think the average voter can tell you about Dante? I think Gambit can make a serious run at beating our king of appeal characters. Gambit has the look and, because of his 90s fame, can actually muster some childhood nostalgia, something Dante can't really do. --- Yoblazer: http://oi52.tinypic.com/ad21i1.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I dunno Gambit's hair looks pretty silly to me --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
http://i.imgur.com/lEQWg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yRafN.jpg this is not a choice. ezio 100% --- "When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it." |
From: -LusterSoldier- | #045 I'm sure if there was a poll: Have you ever seen a Sherlock Holmes movie? it would get pretty close to that. There are an enormous amount of Sherlock Holmes movies. I'd be shocked if the majority of people who had read both series didn't prefer at least the character of Sherlock Holmes as well. In a series vs series I could see Harry Potter winning but if the character Harry beats Sherlock Holmes then that would be worst Gamefaqs poll result ever. --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
It's
hard to say what I could tell you about Dante if I hadn't followed
these contests, but I'm pretty sure I would at least know who he is
otherwise, and that he has silver hair. The name Dante also instantly
reminds me of the Divine Comedy. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
