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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Also coincidentally the time the ASV starts. Clearly must be due to the new layout, and not the people getting out of school/work for the day.

With less than 10% of GameFAQs under the age of 18, the ASV is pretty much non-existent. So yeah, it's definitely the new layout boosting vote totals on this poll.

As of the 9:05 PM update, we have gone 6 straight hours where no update has gotten under 100 votes. The 3:04 PM update was the last update with under 100 votes. While the 3:35 PM update had under 100 votes, there was 4 minutes of downtime between 3:29 PM and 3:35 PM.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Also by this point aren't a lot of schools out for summer?
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[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]

At this point in the year, the ASV is probably getting diluted from schools getting out from the summer. I know in 2009, there was a poll on June 19th (third Friday in June) that had absolutely no ASV at all.

During my time in high school, I would get out of school for the summer during the first week of June. By the end of the second week in June, I expect most schools to get out for the summer.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

I guess there's that small possibility of vote-ins tonight?
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There's a very small possibility of vote-ins tonight. I have no idea what tomorrow's poll will be. Tomorrow's poll will be an original poll idea. We could still get 3 days of vote-ins, with the bracket revealed on Friday.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Whoa, site redesign happened. Also, prior to this post, I had no active messages for the first time in......I can't remember, it's been a long time.
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Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick
your 7 time champion, Link.

Site redesign also boosted vote totals on this poll. I think we got about 3000 extra votes on this poll because of the site redesign. We also have more online users on GameFAQs tonight as a result of the site redesign, and probably higher traffic to GameFAQs as well.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

No vote-in poll today. So yeah, I am now 100% certain there will be no vote-in polls for this contest.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Partial poll updates for yesterday's poll: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdG5iUzhrUzJtV01XVmFZUldtZ2ZNOEE

We had just barely over 20000 votes at the halfway point. The poll was only projected for about 36000 votes based on the halfway point, yet we got over 39000 votes. The site redesign had an immediate effect of increasing site traffic from people on other gaming sites checking out the redesign. Even within GameFAQs, there were more users online as well, so that also helped out the vote totals.

The poll got about 3000 extra votes. The increased vote totals from yesterday's poll has spilled over to today's poll, but there is a much smaller increase in vote totals for today's poll. Today's poll will probably only have about 1000 extra votes at the most.

Despite the very strong trends in the partial poll updates, I'm not doing trend charts for yesterday's poll since I had no plans to do full poll updates.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Does SBAllen usually get the contributor central stuff done first when he releases the bracket?
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I'm in a blender

i dunno but it would make sense
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Links to keep an eye on:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/contribute/
http://www.gamefaqs.com/contribute/submit_contest_image.php
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/nominate_entry.html

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_bracket.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_mybracket.html

For the contest image form, if you notice any change in the text for the Submission Guidelines, it might be a sign that we are getting a bracket soon. Also, if he does take the nomination form offline, that might also be a sign a bracket is arriving.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

luster do you happen to know what time of day brackets have been released in the past
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JustinCrossing (10:01:24 PM): omg why are muskrats so cute
Luster Reloaded (10:03:31 PM): I don't know why.

Earlier ITT? I know TRE had them
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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

Justin, check out this post:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/66317864/746003660

With the exception of the 2 contests from 2005, no bracket has been released later than 8:00 PM EST (or EDT). If we don't get a bracket within the next 80 minutes, it's safe to assume we will have to wait until tomorrow or later than that.
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Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ!

Allen actually has a booth at E3 and will be showcasing the bracket in person there next week
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Woop woop woop woop woop

Friday it is
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SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0

For some reason, I'm imagining SBAllen getting finished with the bracket tomorrow, getting ready to upload, but then he slaps his forehead and remembers that he's never released a bracket on Wednesdays, deciding to hold it back a day just to keep that tradition up.
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I'm in a blender

Only four hours from the REVEAL PERIOD
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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

bracket wer r u

Clearly when he talked about preparation for the new version and the release of the bracket together, he was referring to v14.
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"Everyone has a dick although it may not be physical. You just have to learn to access it within your mind." - blindhobo13

Clearly when he talked about preparation for the new version and the release of the bracket together, he was referring to v14.
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"Everyone has a dick although it may not be physical. You just have to learn to access it within your mind." - blindhobo13

Did that contribute section used to have a Contest Entries part?
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Nominate Spring Breeze Dancin' from Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for Character Battle IX!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrnlFW4IMc

That's for the little competitions
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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

-LusterSoldier- posted...

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Also coincidentally the time the ASV starts. Clearly must be due to the new layout, and not the people getting out of school/work for the day.

With less than 10% of GameFAQs under the age of 18, the ASV is pretty much non-existent. So yeah, it's definitely the new layout boosting vote totals on this poll.

As of the 9:05 PM update, we have gone 6 straight hours where no update has gotten under 100 votes. The 3:04 PM update was the last update with under 100 votes. While the 3:35 PM update had under 100 votes, there was 4 minutes of downtime between 3:29 PM and 3:35 PM.

ASV doesn't necessarily mean school. Most people get off work between 3-6 as well, and a lot of them are too busy/restricted from accessing GameFAQs at work. There was always some ASV, even in the summer, and that should get stronger as a result.
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Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite?
However, the Guru of the next decade so far is SuperNiceDog

HE COULD AT LEAST TAKE DOWN THE STICKY TO GIVE US SOME HOPE
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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

It was pretty much set in stone to be a Friday reveal when he didn't do it on Monday.

Though I fear a next Monday release is possible too
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SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0

Friday is fine, gives me time to prepare a pre-contest x-stats, which is a lot harder considering you have to take 3 years into account instead of the usual 1.
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Congrats to SuperNiceDog for winning the guru contest.

XIII_rocks posted...

HE COULD AT LEAST TAKE DOWN THE STICKY TO GIVE US SOME HOPE

HOPE IS IRRELEVANT
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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

I knew it was Friday when Devin said "next week" last Friday >_>
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| The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest - COMING SOON to a GameFAQs near YOU |
YES! YES! YES!

HOPE. CHANGE. PROGRESS.

BACON 2016

oh snap SPOILERS STICKY
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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

So...three-ways?
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Congratulations to the UNC Women's Lacrosse Team
2013 National Champions

3-ways eventually culminating in...a 9-way?

what the heck
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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

3-ways with what appears to be no byes for Link. Dammit.
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"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad

Could be good. Could be bad.

Battler 133 going all the way this year, I can feel it.
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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety.

oh snap Allen responded to my topic

I am so happy
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"I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now."

okay this is awesome
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JustinCrossing (10:01:24 PM): omg why are muskrats so cute
Luster Reloaded (10:03:31 PM): I don't know why.

I like the concept of revealing characters one at a time to build hype. Very cool!

I HAVEN'T CHECKED TO SEE IF ANYONE'S DONE IT YET, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE SPOILED OK!

The logo is:

Link
Snake
Samus
Crono
Cloud
Mario
Sonic?
MMX?
Sephiroth
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"What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!"
This is Yesmar.

There's a possibility for Link to lose, but it's very minute. Mario may be the only character who can drag him down enough, and we'd still need a strong third party like a Cloud or Sephiroth. Here's an interesting scenario:

Cloud
Sephiroth
X

Who's the weakest "X" who can win this match?

inb4 MMX lololo

Huh 3-ways the whole way

Probably would have preferred 4-ways into 1v1 but oh well.

Hopefully the games contest is 1v1!
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There's possibility for Link to lose 4-ways too if it was LinkvMariovSamusvCloud or something.

This leaves less of a chance of it being evened out, and also increases the chances of matches being decided by LFF, which is kind of lame.
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SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0

I WANT A LINK/SNAKE/MARIO FINAL

SNAKE TAKES HOME THE GOLD
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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

3ways... is interesting, I guess. I wonder if theres a chance Link could lose if you have Mario in the match with him.
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Can he just reveal it all at once? This is weird
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| The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest - COMING SOON to a GameFAQs near YOU |
YES! YES! YES!

Oh, yeah, I'm totally off on some guesses. I think I just saw peach and red and thought Mario, lol.
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"What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!"
This is Yesmar.

From: LOLContests | #140

The logo is:

Link
Snake
Samus
Crono
Cloud
Mario
Sonic?
MMX?
Sephiroth

No it's Link, Snake, Samus, Mario, Cloud, Sonic, Mega Man, Crono, Sephiroth at the end there.
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Text and stuff and bla

ffmasterjose posted...

Can he just reveal it all at once? This is weird

Yeah, not a big fan of the tease at all.
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Well it's like the Dojo from 2-3 contests ago

except 1 at a time

cuz I assume he wants to make sure the bracket entry parts works well
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