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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1036
Yeah,
Samus/Ridley are going to end up looking respectable after factoring in
SFF. Trainers are going to be falling until the morning vote, and might
fall the entire rest of the match. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/597oi.png |
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Donkey Kong vs. K. Rool – 22.40% Kirby vs. Meta Knight – 22.24% >_> --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Rivalry Rumble: 85/104 Today: Samus/Ridley |
Second Quarter Stats Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue – 50.00% Ryu vs. Ken Masters – 39.96% Samus Aran vs. Ridley – 32.29% Big Boss vs. The Boss – 30.05% Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O’Donnell – 27.99% Chris Redfield vs. Albert Wesker – 26.08% Terra Branford vs. Kefka Palazzo – 25.32% Tidus vs. Jecht – 24.26% Jim Raynor vs. Sarah Kerrigan – 23.08% Luigi vs. Waluigi – 22.04% Yuna vs. Seymour Guado – 21.87% Cecil Harvey vs. Golbez – 19.71% Ratchet vs. Dr. Nefarious – 14.68% The Kid vs. The Guy – 12.50% Dan Hibiki vs. Sagat – 10.84% Vyse vs. Galcian – 10.80% Based off of the first five minutes because it's more amusing. --- http://i.minus.com/iH9vIGOBoyTQ2.gif |
Trainers wouldn't even beat Mario if they got 65% here. Mario is one of the three or four who beat Trainers by default. --- If you believe in Jesus Christ and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3788/ronpaul2012banner.jpg |
SAVE_US.TRAINERS if this holds this Contest will have redeemed itself. Totally hoping for a Trainers overall win. C'mon, these two have been rivals since birth. --- Xbox Live Gamertag: ffmasterjose Your favorite Trapper's favorite Trapper |
ffmasterjose posted... SAVE_US.TRAINERS if this holds this Contest will have redeemed itself. Totally hoping for a Trainers overall win. C'mon, these two have been rivals since birth. So have Mario and Bowser! http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7jgty_nmY7I/0.jpg --- "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 |
PartOfYourWorld posted... Dammit, terrible start. I wanted over 70% at the freeze. I don't think this is that bad for the trainers. I really don't think there is that much SFF overlap between Metroid and Pokemon as one might initially think. Sure, they're both Nintendo, but Metroid/Pokemon are pretty damn contrasting as entrants. --- "I am riding the Poke-wave, using the metaphorical Surf and hopping on my Blastoise, all the way to Mario vs Bowser." - RPGLord |
"Almost doubling Samus" "Bad performance" My, how times change. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
This performance isn't really inspiring me after Mario's. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Sounds like yo's expectations were too high to me! --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
KamikazePotato posted... "Almost doubling Samus" "Bad performance" My, how times change. Relative to the semi-finalists, failing to double Ridley when helped by SFF *is* bad. People really, really want to believe Link/Cloud isn't the only worthwhile match left. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/597oi.png |
By
the way, I don't buy that there's a bandwagon now or has ever been one.
Red/Blue have crushed every round. None of their matches have been
close or in doubt. You don't start bandwagons from that. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
You
don't really get bandwagons without pulling off an upset (or at least
something perceived to be an upset by a large chunk of the site). Look
at every character we've perceived to get a bandwagon in these contests. If you want to point out one of them that didn't get an upset at some point during their run, feel free. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
Man I decided to go big on the trainers with my oracle...and they exceeded my expectations by some distance. Damn. Damn! --- http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0810/colonel-metal-gear-solid-snake-colonel-demotivational-poster-1223416269.jpg |
By
the way, I don't buy that there's a bandwagon now or has ever been one.
Red/Blue have crushed every round. None of their matches have been
close or in doubt. You don't start bandwagons from that. I agree. None of Red/Blue's matches have been upsets in terms of current consensus, and their match last round probably wasn't even a bracket upset. They most likely have a decent amount of support in regards in beating Samus as well. This isn't Charizard with less than 10% predicting him to make it this far. --- "What's wrong with bootblacking? We like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
This
match could be the catalyst of a bandwagon next round. And we are
really really starved for upsets right now. If they do manage to pull
it off against Mario, I'd expect a sizable bandwagon in the final
against the tyrants who have ruled this site forever. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
If they beat Mario, yeah, a bandwagon probably forms. Before that, there won't be one, and they won't beat Mario. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
From: red sox 777 | #066 Citizens who are under the LAW do not defeat the LAW. Only someone outside of the LAW could defeat it. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
Dan Hibiki vs. Sagat – 10.84% Vyse vs. Galcian – 10.80% augh --- Surskit .-#Elements of Water#-. |
Link will divulge some of his poll mastering secrets to Mario to ensure the Poke-menace is dealt with. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Citizens who are under the LAW do not defeat the LAW. Only someone outside of the LAW could defeat it. Link's writ runs really thin when it comes to Pokemon. It's the Wild West out there, and we've never seen Link/LoZ exercise SFF power over Pokemon, only LFF. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
Heh, if Samus keeps this up she might finish above Ryu/Ken. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/597oi.png |
From: red sox 777 | #071 And yet R/B/Y never managed more than 36-37% on OoT at any one time. --- http://i.imgur.com/CbfFb.jpg |
WarThaNemesis2 posted... Heh, if Samus keeps this up she might finish above Ryu/Ken. Even if she does, I'd still take the Fighters over her. This is a bandwagon for the Trainers at this point --- http://raptr.com/badge/cf898f37d9c30ef120ada6c35e636ad3/fs.png http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
And yet R/B/Y never managed more than 36-37% on OoT at any one time. Nothing else did or would either, except for FFVII. OOT is that beastly. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
I think if Luigi can SFF Pokemon and vice versa, Link can SFF Pokemon. |
From: red sox 777 | #075 And that's the point. Everything Nintendo is so pressed beneath Link's boot that they can't ever hope to get out from under it. --- http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8718/leonflowchart.png |
From: FateStayAlbion | #074 What? That makes no sense. An anti-bandwagon or something? --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
FateStayAlbion posted... WarThaNemesis2 posted... Heh, if Samus keeps this up she might finish above Ryu/Ken. Even if she does, I'd still take the Fighters over her. This is a bandwagon for the Trainers at this point Wait, are you saying that Samus doing better on a stronger Trainer pair would imply Fighters beat her? That's...not how it works. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/597oi.png |
From: LeonhartFour | #073 Because more people have rosy nostalgia for OOT than Pokemon G1. --- GameFAQs.com: Where YOU make the content, but CBS makes the money. http://lueshi.info/Mario_Zelda_Tier_List.gif |
red sox 777 | Posted 12/14/2011 12:34:58 AM | message detail | quote Nothing else did or would either, except for FFVII. OOT is that beastly. FFVII probably would have put up about 60% on RBY, because it's that strong. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Jesus,
they're dying here. Samus may end up looking just a bit worse than
Ryu/Ken, which is kinda asstacular for the Fighters since I was thinking
they'd easily defeat Samus. Looks like this format has Link, Cloud,
Mario, and Pokemon on top and then a bunch of teams jostling for the
spots directly underneath. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
I
thought Samus would be doing a lot better here. Samus broke 45% on one
of the titans of the character contest setting when she went out in
Winter 2010, and Metroid Prime did likewise to one of the GOTD titans in
that contest. But NOOOO, they have to get bowled over by Poketrainers. I thought we'd be talking about how badly this bodes for Cloud's team since it reveals that Metal Gear entrants really aren't that strong. And...Samus has actually risen since the first five minutes? In other words, I'm surprised how little discussion there is here. Way to disappoint me again, board, and remind me once again why I took to watching YouTube LPs instead of visiting these forums as often as I used to. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
Other M --- Starcraft is my life, so without it I wouldn't exist. - Artosis |
And that's the point. Everything Nintendo is so pressed beneath Link's boot that they can't ever hope to get out from under it. That's not just Nintendo. That's all games except for FFVII. All the actual Nintendo games sans RBY would get doubled easy by OOT. Melee and Brawl got 26% and 30%. SM64 got 24% once. LTTP, SMW, and SMB3 would be real lucky to get 33%, they'd probably be happy with 30%. RBY's 37% is a standout performance. In games nothing RBY could ever do could overcome OOT's huge natural strength advantage. But this is a different format. Here, the natural strength gap is a lot smaller. The SFF is the main problem. That said, I really doubt the Trainers could pull off a successful bandwagon against Link/Cloud even if they fuel it by beating Mario. Too much strength for them to handle, even if it's not OOT/FFVII. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
this this is nuts --- ~Acting on Impulse~ Black Turtle still didn't MAJORA'S MASK |
There's a reason why people laughed at Cloud so much after Round 1 last contest. It's goddamn Ridley. Although it'll be hilarious seeing people use Ridley to justify taking something really dumb like Sonic > Samus. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png http://i.imgur.com/597oi.png |
It's also amazing. But it's such a good performance I'm more worried about the Mario match than I thought I would be. <_> --- Oops! I'm breaking the fourth wall! http://imgon.net/di-CFMD.gif |
Wow,cool... I mean,I have trainers beating Samus but I never actually thought that they would really be able to I was against people underestimating the trainers but this is really too much right now imo |
Samus
doing a lot better than this implies that she'd take Ryu/Ken, which in
turn implies she could take anything in this bracket outside the big
four teams. I have a very hard time buying that, not with Ridley as her
partner and the lukewarm performances they have managed before today. If
that IS indeed true - that Samus can beat Fighters, Ninjas, Snakes, and
X/Zero despite having such a weak partner, then Cloud's chances are
thrown right out the window. Even farther out the window, I mean. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
hahahaohwow.jpg --- Jon Thomson - HKP: 179, 180's: 2, top kill: 160 gg Black Turtle |
From: red sox 777 | #085 And it's enough. It doesn't really matter if Pokemon can hold up better than other Nintendo franchises if they can't get close enough to actually compete to begin with. --- http://www.miscupload.com/upload/452457071929141623517416.gif |
JJH777 posted... Other M The reason why I picked Half-Life 2 > Metroid Prime last contest, and Samus shot me in the back for it. So I decide to pick a Metroid entrant to go further this contest, and what do I get? This. Although I just realized that the strongest Metroid entrant, in all our past three contests, lost the minute it got out of its division. Okay. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft: Brood War |
From: PartOfYourWorld | #090 Not necessarily. Sub/Scorp and possibly fighters are still stronger than the sum of their parts. Samus/Ridley being stronger than the Snakes doesn't mean much because Liquid is even weaker than Ridley. |
Samus
doing a lot better than this implies that she'd take Ryu/Ken, which in
turn implies she could take anything in this bracket outside the big
four teams. I have a very hard time buying that, not with Ridley as her
partner and the lukewarm performances they have managed before today. If
that IS indeed true - that Samus can beat Fighters, Ninjas, Snakes, and
X/Zero despite having such a weak partner, then Cloud's chances are
thrown right out the window. Trainers are still going to finish a lot higher here than against Ryu/Ken, so it still seems like they'd beat her. Same with X/Zero. Cloud/Seph > Trainers pretty clearly, so same with Snakes. Which leaves Ninjas, but considering Samus would be way over 50% (probably 60%) in a 3-way poll with them, it says rivalry factor is pretty powerful if they are even close to her. --- 2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud. Link 6, Cloud 2 |
From: Xuxon | #094 Eh, I don't know about that. I wouldn't take Ridley's performance against Cloud at face value. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
I just noticed how bad the match pics are, especially for Samus/Ridley Aaaahahaha --- If you believe in Jesus Christ and are 100% proud, put this in your sig. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3788/ronpaul2012banner.jpg |
From: LeonhartFour | #096 Maybe not, but Liquid is really weak and the stats say Ridley wins with 63%, so that's a lot of room to still be weaker than Ridley. |
Liquid is pretty inexplicable in these contests, probably the most variable guy we've seen aside from maybe Sephiroth. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #093 rofl This is like saying Pokémon Colosseum made Pokémon RBY weaker. You got shot in the back because you had no idea what you were doing. --- Surskit .-#Elements of Water#-. |
