GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1051 ("Holy Crap An Actual Contest" Edition)
From: KanzarisKelshen | Posted: 5/17/2013 11:25:40 PM | #249 You're assuming it's not 'top two advance'. Hence 192 (not 196, whoops). top 2 advance is mathematically impossible. you could have x rounds of it with 6^x characters but then you're left with 2^2x characters which would have to be 1v1. not to mention the bracketing for such a thing would be a nightmare. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkdr0uNc91qlu5jao1_r1_400.gif |
Xuxon posted... From: KanzarisKelshen | Posted: 5/17/2013 11:25:40 PM | #249You're assuming it's not 'top two advance'. Hence 192 (not 196, whoops). bacon I'm not speculating in terms of things that make sense here! |
It's threeways but every 12 hours the character with the lowest vote total is booted and the next one takes his place. It's like a Triple Threat match gauntlet style --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
From: Ngamer64 | #250 3 ways would be awful, double elimination would take all year... The example I put forth would only require 121 matches, a normal 128 field 1-vs-1 would be 127 matches... So a 3 ways, double elimination is actually quicker... --- Text and stuff and bla |
Ngamer64 posted... 3 ways would be awful, double elimination would take all year... guess we should be rooting for something totally out of left field at this point. I have no idea how 3-ways will fare when it comes to vote totals. The only time we saw a 3-way match and then a 2-way match was during GotY 2008: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3363 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3364 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3365 The 3-way poll easily got more votes than the 9-way poll - about 18000 more votes than the 9-way poll. However, the 2-way poll got about 7000 votes less than the 3-way poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2565 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2566 Those aren't really typical contest polls, though. --- Pokemon VGC2013 OR Regional - 12th place Pokemon VGC2013 BC Regional - 16th place |
Oh,
right. I totally forgot about those 2 matches. With those 2 matches,
the 2-way poll got about 1000 more votes than the 3-way poll. Though
bear in mind they both had over 150000 votes. Because of the extremely
high vote totals on those 2 matches, a 1000 vote difference is almost
nothing. 50000 and 51000 would be a larger difference because it's much
lower than 150000. Unlike the Battle Royale matches in 2006, the 2 "final vote" polls for GotY 2008 had the 3-way getting more votes than the 2-way. From what I'm expecting, having 3-way matches in a contest shouldn't affect vote totals at all. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
I really hope we don't get 3-ways. That would be awful. I'd have liked a good old-fashioned 1v1 contest without any gimmick, but it seems like that's not gonna happen. --- Nominate Bahamut (Final Fantasy) for Character Battle IX http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081128214102/finalfantasy2/de/images/4/41/Bahamut_FFX.jpg |
how can you guys tell how many noms there are anyway --- Nominate your favorites for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry |
ffmasterjose posted... how can you guys tell how many noms there are anyway Step 1 Delete a random nomination from your list Step 2 Re-add it Step 3 Right click and "View Page Source" Step 4 Ctrl F the character's name you just re-added and look at the "value="(insert number here">" immediately to the left of the character's name --- http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4343/narm2.gif |
Oh, fancy. --- Nominate your favorites for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry |
How
about instead of a single gauntlet we have 8 going independently until
the quarterfinals where they then face each other. That prevents a low
seeded strong character from ruining the contest (by only a single
gauntlet being ruined). A 200 character field at 12 hours with 24 hour
quarterfinals would make the contest last 103 days. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest. |
What's wrong with a contest going for a long time? --- http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4343/narm2.gif |
superange128 posted... What's wrong with a contest going for a long time? Nothing other than potential for burnout, I guess. Main thing is that Bacon won't do it. He's already said in the past he wouldn't consider 24 hour matches with 128 characters because of how long it would take. --- Leonhart posting from his phone |
I hope every round has a different format/gimmick rofl --- Conformity and rebellion...both ways are simple-minded--they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity. |
I
decided to post a new poll topic asking how long this board would be
willing to sit through a GameFAQs contest. Here's the topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/66226099 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
If
the bracket is seeded well, a 1v1 gauntlet will be fine. Multivote
would make any 3+way format instantly non-terrible, but I doubt it will
happen. --- The contest is back. Nothing else matters. |
I've
always thought that a solution to having 128 entrants but still having
traditional matches would be to run the contest in halves. One half runs
from June-July, then you take a 1-2 month break and run the second half
of the bracket. So it feels more like two normal contests rather than
one long one. --- My bracket wasn't good enough to beat SuperNiceDog's in the GameFAQS Rivalry Rumble. Congrats! This is Yesmar. |
From: Glenn_and_Toad | #268 If the bracket is seeded well, a 1v1 gauntlet will be fine. Multivote would make any 3+way format instantly non-terrible, but I doubt it will happen. Multi-voting would make any contest terrible. --- http://gifsoup.com/view4/2077316/thane-dance-o.gif http://gifsoup.com/view1/1334641/pop-that-collar-o.gif |
Yeah, multivote is literally a contest killer... --- Text and stuff and bla |
I hope Mewtwo gets in this year and doesn't get screwed like he has in the past (Bowser/Toad, Ganon). --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad |
Multivote
could be cool assuming it means "vote for any number of the chraracters
in the poll" and not "you can vote multiple times" --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I would like to see Cid Highwind in a winnable match. But hopefully Barrett gets good bracket placement --- Nominate your favorites for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry |
FOURPACK: Dracula vs. Morrigan Aensland Barret Wallace vs. Raiden (MGS) --- GT: TriggerTRE / PSN: SolidTRE Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth! |
Raiden > Morrigan. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad |
Lopen posted... Multivote could be cool assuming it means "vote for any number of the chraracters in the poll" and not "you can vote multiple times" That would only work if the contest format was 4-ways or more characters than that, such as 5-ways or 6-ways. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
swirIdude posted... I hope Mewtwo gets in this year and doesn't get screwed like he has in the past (Bowser/Toad, Ganon). Mewtwo made it to the 4th round in 2008 and almost got upset by Midna along the way! What more do you want? --- Leonhart posting from his phone |
Speaking of Pokemon, I wouldn't be surprised if Charizard missed the contest. Without the support of board 8 and 3 years since the last contest he may struggle to get enough nominations. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest. |
even with 200+ entrants? I guess there's a chance he wouldn't but I'd say he's still getting in --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List can be found by clicking on my username. |
Looking
at the nomination tally topic, Charizard has 18 nominations from Board 8
so far and that doesn't even count nominations from outside of Board 8. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
He had 60 in 2010 and was a 7 seed. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/Rivalry%20BOP.xls Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest. |
From: LeonhartFone | #278 swirIdude posted...I hope Mewtwo gets in this year and doesn't get screwed like he has in the past (Bowser/Toad, Ganon). That again, just to even it out. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad |
Current nomination total right now - 20458 Nominations are ending near the end of this week. We are looking at Thursday or Friday as the final day of nominations, so there is enough time to reach 22000 nominations. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
I wonder how many of those are people changing their minds a lot --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List can be found by clicking on my username. |
With
over 200 characters and only 20,000 nominations, it won't take a lot of
support to make the bracket, honestly. Pretty much any character with a
decent rally behind it will make it. --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png http://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png |
This is actually a good strategy for promoting the Character Battle: http://i.imgur.com/G7VIenb.png You see that ad for Microsoft's upcoming conference? What if that ad was replaced with a small banner for the Character Battle and you could click on the ad to go straight to the front page to vote? It would definitely help increase vote totals and site visitors will have an easier time finding the contest. The ad would be displayed on all game boards (plus their gamespace pages, such as the FAQ and cheats page). The image used for the Microsoft ad is hosted on the GameFAQs server, rather than an ad server. That explains why Adblock isn't blocking the Microsoft ad. If there was an ad to promote the Character Battle, the image would be hosted on the GameFAQs server, allowing the ad to bypass Adblock. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
The
results in today's poll really surprised me because I thought "Always
online" would be winning this poll based on the extreme backlash against
the "Always online" rumors. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Online having to be paid for was one of the big reasons some people preferred the PS3 If I have my stats correct the longest it has teken to post the bracket was 2 weeks after noms close (for Game of the Decade)? I think it was one week for the last character battle (with DOJO) and not even 24 hours for the Rivalry bracket? --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
All
3 contests you mentioned in your post had Vote-In polls right after
nominations closed. So the bracket was posted several days after
nominations closed because Bacon had to do Vote-In polls first. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Oh right forgot about those --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
What if he's giving characters byes or something. Any number could work --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
I wonder what other people have to say about the following post I made: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/66151179/744899347 --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
literally
quoting yourself in the stats topic from 8 posts ago and asking people
to say something when they had nothing to say the first time --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Microsoft's
probably paying GameFAQs to promote there. Bacon or whoever's in charge
of ads would likely rather promote profitable ads than to post a banner
promoting a contest designed to bring in traffic and increase ad
revenue. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy V - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3529748 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
LeonhartFour posted... literally quoting yourself in the stats topic from 8 posts ago and asking people to say something when they had nothing to say the first time I didn't even post any trend charts for a non-contest poll this time around. If I had posted trend charts for a non-contest poll and no one responds to me, I can understand why I got no responses on a post with trend charts in them. What I had posted was completely unrelated to posting trend charts on a non-contest poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
well it would be nice but if he hadn't done it within the first week or two he's not gonna do it --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
just
a banner on the front page would have been nice. but it's obvious Bacon
doesn't really care at all about the total nominations heck he thinks
we already have a "huge" number -_- with the 200+ entrants it won't really matter how much noms we get, tons of characters will make it in regardless --- ... |
At
1:42 PM EST, the voting for the PotD came to an end and Bacon put up a
new PotD instead. This may be the first time outside of the contests
that we are having 2 PotDs in one day. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
12 HOUR POTDs --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
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