GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1044
charmander6000 | Posted 3/30/2012 1:10:08 PM | message detail | quote Only way for it to work is if you redesign the front page and are then able to post 2 polls side by side. I think that's been mentioned in some discussions about this way back in 2004 or 2005. It would also help if there is a message on the front page saying that you can vote in both polls. In the past, the bottom poll always had reduced vote totals, because some people don't realize they can vote in both polls. Also, it's easier to miss the bottom poll, so that also leads to reduced vote totals on the bottom poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
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Yeah I was thinking something that made it clear. Perhaps the matches taking place right next to each other, with one Vote button when you've made your selection for both matches. Though I guess forcing people to vote on both matches might alter results again. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
It wouldn't really alter results at all, but it should cause lower vote totals in both matches. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Yeah, that's what I meant, vote totals. GameFAQs should just really get some new threads for that homepage. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
The
homepage would have to be redesigned to support 2 polls side by side.
The 2 contests during 2005 sometimes had 2 polls side by side, like what
you see here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050725075601/http://www.gamefaqs.com/ The sponsored poll had 43669 votes, while the contest match had 106979 votes. So it appears that putting the polls side by side did not stop the sponsored poll from having reduced vote totals. Also, the sponsored poll was on the left of the contest match, which should make it more likely that someone will vote in the sponsored poll, but not in the contest match. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
The upcoming poll for tomorrow will be "How do you feel about April Fools' Day?". I hope there is an invisible poll option this year. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Kind of lame. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
9th vote, 1st for the invisible poll option. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
bump --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO SUPERNICEDOG NO PEACE] |
Today's poll is quite evenly split on the idea of Kick-starter..... --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate SuperNiceDog's Guru-choice, then Epona. |
The even split reflects the fact that a lot people haven't heard of Kickstarter or don't know much about it. The vote totals today are very terrible. This is clear evidence that a lot of people haven't heard of Kickstarter, so they are not voting on this poll. For the people who voted on this poll despite not knowing anything about Kickstarter, they are probably voting for the most neutral option (the middle option). I never heard of Kickstarter prior to this poll, so I voted for the middle option. Before today's poll, we had 63 consecutive days where every single poll had at least 40000 votes or more. The last time we had less than 40000 votes on a poll was on 1/30/2012, and even that was about 38000 votes. Today's poll will just barely break 30000 votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
It
feels like it's been so long since the last contest. I had to look it
up and was surprised to find out it only ended just over 3 months ago.
That contest was so forgettable.... --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
I
hope SB really takes some pride in how the GameFAQs-contests are nearly
ten years old now. Another dull contest or lack of attention to them
will be heart-breaking. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate SuperNiceDog's Guru-choice, then Epona. |
last poll didn't break 30k votes wow I voted "Probably, as long as they have great games for it" I think Wii U need better third party support than Wii to succeed, Nintendo can't rely just on its 1st party heavy hitters. --- ... |
Boudii | Posted 4/4/2012 12:09:31 AM | message detail | quote last poll didn't break 30k votes wow Yeah, that's a huge sign that a lot of people didn't know what Kickstarter was, so they avoided voting on the poll. As for today's poll, the site seems to be nearly split on how they think the Wii U will perform. The "Probably" option is beating out the "Probably not" option, though. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
What's the record for the amount of time a stats topic has taken to fill? We must be close. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
I don't know what the record is. But this topic is getting close to being 3 months old. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
I
hate EA but worst company in the country seem to be a bit much. I mean
they are greedy but they never ruined anyone's life, there are companies
(Read:Banks) out there who did just that. --- ... |
Why this poll?Did then announced something strange? --- 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~ |
Every
once in a while, there are polls related to recent news stories that
are related to video games. Today's poll is related to the following
news story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6370000.html --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Luster, are you tracking the trends for this off-the-hook vegetable poll? Geolocation might be amusing, at any rate. --- Current Let's Play: Legend of Mana http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3474994 |
LOL Potatoes. That's just people voting for French Fries. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
pjbasis posted... LOL Potatoes. That's just people voting for French Fries. ...and all the other amazing foods made from potatoes, too. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Potatoes, the Link of the vegtables. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest. |
PO TA TOES --- Still smilin' :> |
why is tomato on the poll --- Don't worry guys, I have all the clubs SuperNiceDog barked up the right tree. |
Like what, potato chips!? The garbage of vegetables. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
SpeedYoshi posted... why is tomato on the poll Because people don't know the difference between fruits and vegetables. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
I voted for tomato ironically. --- http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/exclusives/ron-dancing-animated.gif |
I voted for onions. |
pjbasis posted... Like what, potato chips!? The garbage of vegetables. The garbage of users right here --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
pjbasis posted... Like what, potato chips!? The garbage of vegetables. Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in a stew! --- Still smilin' :> |
Not_Wylvane | Posted 4/6/2012 12:17:44 AM | message detail | quote Luster, are you tracking the trends for this off-the-hook vegetable poll? Geolocation might be amusing, at any rate. Not going to bother with this poll because I know the trends are going to be boring. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Geolocation does have some interesting results though. It's still early, but here are some of the more extreme shifts from Europe to America: America / Europe Broccoli: 12.86 / 6.45 Corn: 13.35 / 7.76 Cucumber: 5.11 / 9.07 Tomatoes: 6.95 / 13.71 --- SuperNiceDog owned me in the Guru. Or do I have to stop using the word "owned" in order to not offend black people due to slavery? |
Very
extreme Geolocation differences in this poll, especially when it comes
to Europe. Too bad I never set myself up to track poll updates as I
wasn't expecting anything interesting in this poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
My parents used to drive stick shift back when we lived in lebanon, that's the normal there. Same in europe. --- ... |
Up. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
75% have HDTV Not bad. HDTVs are very cheap these days especially if one goes for smaller size and lesser brand. No reason to stick with SDTV --- ... |
I imagine that the 25% is waiting for their tvs to break down. No point of buying a new tv if the old one still works. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest. |
Come to think of it since I had one stolen I'm on my third HDTV >_> --- Dr voltchball - best in the world. |
Friendly bump. Man, we need something of relevance. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate SuperNiceDog's Guru-choice, then Epona. |
Let's nominate a pinball machine for the next Games Contest. --- Current Let's Play: Legend of Mana http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3474994 |
I
want a best series contest again, its been six years since we had it
so a lot could have changed (except for Zelda winning of course) , no
gimmicks or twists just a simple contest |
White_Tiger posted... I want a best series contest again, its been six years since we had it so a lot could have changed (except for Zelda winning of course) , no gimmicks or twists just a simple contest Best Series Contest was a boring contest full of huge blowouts No need to see it again --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Series of the Decade would have been alright imo imo --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/pjbasis.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
it beats some weird contest like rivalry rumble or fictional characters contest I really don't want a character battle, so best game or best series , either one I am fine with. |
I'm still waiting for my damn Female Villains Contest! --- Current Let's Play: Legend of Mana http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3474994 |
It'd be pretty hilarious seeing MISTY run away with a title. --- http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh293/zukiraphaera/war-sig-1.png TRUE B8UCA Lightweight Champion. WORSHIP ME! |
From: HaRRicH | #491 lol --- `•.,¸¸,.•´¯`•.,¸¸,.•´¯`•.,¸¸,.~*ST*~.,¸¸,.•´¯`•.,¸¸,.•´¯`•.,¸¸,.•´ "We're only gonna score 17 points?" -LOL Tom Brady |
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