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BRACKET CHALLENGE - http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_entry EXPERT CHALLENGE - http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_expert List of characters for each seed - http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_battlers Battle Calendar - http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_calendar ---------- ~*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 ~*Daily Vote Trends - An Explanation for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Daily_Vote_Trends ~*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. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy V - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3529748 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Snake>Link --- ... |
abdou posted... Snake>Link |
Cloud>Snake --- Who among you will care for the illustrious honor of taking down the Fuhrer of Amestris? |
Missingo > Mario --- Woop woop woop woop woop |
Squall > Missingno --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Chester > Spring Breeze Dancin' --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad |
Crono > Pikachu |
High playrate, however, is generally meaningless in terms of character contests. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima SuperNiceDog: Bracket: Good, Taste: Bad |
High playrate means that more people are familiar with the character, but it doesn't have any effect on their strength. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
It doesn't give you a possible ceiling though. --- "i am pretty sure 3-year old children would generate more thoughtful discussion than board 8 on any topic of sexism" - Naye745 |
Somewhat relevant "Have you played ____" polls worth comparing Xenogears http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4992 Disgaea http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4980 Mass Effect Trilogy http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4909 Pokemon Black 2 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4865 Kirby series http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4703 Symphony of the Night http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4664 League of Legends http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4779 --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
LOL @ LoL. Only a quarter of the site plays it >_> |
Over 50% have at least tried Minecraft, 40% have bought it at least once Over 50% have at least tried Symphony of the Night Around 26% have played League of Legends Over 77% have played at least 1 Kirby game but that's not surprising Over 40% have at least expressed interested in POkemon BW2, Only 13% actually bought it on release Over 55% own at least one Mass Effect. Due to thw ording only 39% have at least played one game but I assume most people who own 1-3 games have at least played 1 game. As said, Disgaea has about a 30% playrate Xenogears also got about a 30% playrate --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/-1 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/-2 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/-3 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/-4 Well, out of the 4 negative numbered polls, 3 of them have been fixed. Poll -1 still redirects back to the full poll list. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Feeling
pretty good about Minecraft characters doing bad now. It's a well-known
name so sure people have tried it, but it doesn't really Mean they
liked it and still plays it. Besides, it's not a game where I'd expect
the characters to look good. --- *2, *8,070,446 Kuroko no Basket *3, *6,495,240 Naruto |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Well, out of the 4 negative numbered polls, 3 of them have been fixed. Poll -1 still redirects back to the full poll list. Update: It turns out that Poll -1 will only redirect to the full poll list if you are using Throwback. Poll -1 works just fine for those who aren't using Throwback. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
ctesjbuvf posted... Feeling pretty good about Minecraft characters doing bad now. It's a well-known name so sure people have tried it, but it doesn't really Mean they liked it and still plays it. Besides, it's not a game where I'd expect the characters to look good. I'm really interested in the day trends, especially given the Nintendo competition Creeper will see in Round 1 and possibly 2. --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! The artist formerly known as greatone10. |
Minecraft ended up with a 37.05% playrate in yesterday's poll. I also got a response from creativename regarding the new poll URL format, so he is aware of the issue. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
spooky96 posted... LOL @ LoL. Only a quarter of the site plays it >_> But amusingly, the LoL board has either THE or one of the highest board traffics for games. There's a really funky disparity going on there. |
isn't
this because people are always playing it? unlike other games you don't
"beat" the likes of LoL and WoW so there is constantly a huge amount of
users playing it and having discussions on the board. Games like Final
Fantasy and Zelda may have much higher playrate but people eventually
beat those games and move on to something else --- ... |
What a weird poll. Gah I'm switching to Wheatly to win its 3 pack. I wish I had a better consensus of what the site overall feels about Portal 2 stuff. I've never played any Portal games, so I can't even make a call based on what I like. But it's Crash Bandicoot and a long washed up GTA character. --- Submit your bracket for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest today!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_entry |
Wheatley has a lot of room to be really weak and still win that so i wouldn't think about it too much --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
Message From GameFAQs on 06/24/2013 It will go up today - as soon as we've finalized the first round image format, it'll go up on B8 as usual. Looks like we're going to be making first round pics after all! --- ~Zen |
He doesn't have THAT much room. Crash has always been higher end fodder. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Just
looked uo Aeris/Aerith's most recent couple of matches from 2010, and
both times she was struggling with SFF - Auron took her out in R1 and in
the vote-ins she took first with Cid Highwind in the same poll who took
second. In 2007, in both of her 4-way matches she placed 2nd behind
Squall. The last time we saw her in competition not involved with
another FF character was in 2006 in the female portion of the bracket. I had completely forgotten all of this, so we've never seen "reliable" data on her in a looooong time. I'm taking her to beat Shepard in R2! --- Submit your bracket for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest today!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_entry |
There wasn't much space for Aerith to suffer that much SFF. It's not like they destroyed her or anything. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Aerith>Shepard is an easy pick --- Demon Fang ...Demon Fang .. Damn I must be a genius, DOUBLE Demon Fang! |
The
fact that she struggled against Cid Highwind kinda suggests that she's
around midcard range, the same Cid that went on to score only 37%
against Megaman in a night match. |
I had Aeris > Shepard briefly, but it just didn't feel right. --- Currently Playing - Super Metroid, MGS4, Brawl, FFVII, Wind Waker, RE4, SOTC |
Shepard beats Aeris. --- 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~ |
Bacon
has just reserved every single Poll ID from 5130 to 5266 for future
use. Notice the different error messages for these 2 pages: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/map?id=5266 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/map?id=5267 Because the first contest match will be Poll 5143 and Bacon reserved every Poll ID up to 5266, this suggests the final match will be Poll 5266. There are a total of 124 polls from Poll 5143 to 5266. But with only 121 contest matches officially part of the contest, it seems like the 3 bonus matches will not be assigned a Poll ID after 5266. I'd expect the first bonus match to have a Poll ID between the final match of round 1 and the first match of round 2. Sounds like the final match of round 1 will be Poll 5223, then the first bonus match is Poll 5224 (instead of 5267), and the first match of round 2 is Poll 5225. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2333 XD at that poll. According to that page, it seems like we are getting the same poll every single day from 6/26/2013 to 7/8/2013. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
CATS victory confirmed --- Woop woop woop woop woop |
Tomorrow
will be very interesting because the Ouya is released on that day, so
we might get a "Got Ouya?" board. Although maybe it won't happen. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
I
feel like we'll get a "Got Ouya?" poll someday, even if it doesn't
happen tomorrow. Bacon probably won't give us that poll unless he has
solid proof that it is available in stores, such as GameStop and other
retail places. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Nope, no "Got Ouya?" poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Tomorrow will be very interesting because the Ouya is released on that day, so we might get a "Got Ouya?" board. Although maybe it won't happen. Heh, I made a mistake in that post by using "board" instead of "poll" by accident. Anyways, excellent vote totals on yesterday's poll. 4th poll to get above 50000 votes this year and the third highest vote total so far this year. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
What the hell is Ouya --- Submit your bracket for The Great GameFAQs Character Battle IX contest today!: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb9_entry |
Earlier
in this topic, I made a post how about how we were going to get the
same poll every single day from 6/26/2013 to 7/8/2013. Now, it turns
out that SBAllen changed the poll question for tomorrow's poll because
the "6/26/13" link disappeared from this page: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2333 ffmasterjose posted... What the hell is Ouya http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console Man, you are totally behind on the times. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Still
no "Got Ouya?" poll yet. Back when CJayC ran the site, we used to have
"Got N-Gage?" polls and the N-Gage is even more of a joke than the
Ouya. N-Gage was a flop from the very beginning, while the Ouya has
some potential for success. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
I
think I'm switching from Marth to Phoenix; it might actually be the
only debatable R1 match where I'm not taking the Nintendo character.
Phoenix has just been too clutch since 2007, and the night time frame
makes such a difference. Smash Day vs Smash Night is probably something
crazy like a 54/46, and Phoenix has a strong enough early vote to
neutralize any Power Hour start for Marth. Too many intangibles in
Wrighto's favor, PLUS Marth always gets stupid Fire Emblem art when he
should be getting Smash pictures. --- http://i.imgur.com/IjkDZMA.jpg |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Still no "Got Ouya?" poll yet. Back when CJayC ran the site, we used to have "Got N-Gage?" polls and the N-Gage is even more of a joke than the Ouya. N-Gage was a flop from the very beginning, while the Ouya has some potential for success. No it doesn't. --- *shrug* |
Ouya
is completely open and free for customers to make their own games,
isn't it? While I know nothing about the system's specs or the company's
business model, I trust the fan community to come up with some fun
stuff. It should end up a much better machine than the N-Gage, anyway. --- http://i.imgur.com/IjkDZMA.jpg |
Phoenix has just been too clutch since 2007 Besides that one much he's never been clutch and has been on the wrong side of close-ish matches --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls BOP Topic: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/66439939 |
Ouya is going to bomb badly. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Phoenix
has only been in one close match, really, and he won it. I guess you
could count the Jecht match but nobody really expected him to win that. But a 12-hour night match against a day oriented character who is probably on his level is right up his alley. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |
Jecht
ended up performing quite well against Zelda, so Phoenix ended up
looking okay in 2010 despite the R1 loss (I believe most had Jecht
winning, and it was a close match anyway). I think Phoenix/Marth is
close to a 50/50. While it's not wrong to back Nintendo in a coin flip
match, it's also not wrong to bank a loved character who has been
growing, has the night advantage, and could get rallied if things get that close. Honestly, it's the night time poll and the fact that Marth never gets Smash pictures which pushed me to change. --- http://i.imgur.com/IjkDZMA.jpg |
But Marth has a sword --- Woop woop woop woop woop |
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