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-LusterSoldier- posted...

Monster 23 vote cut on Tharja.

Well, we're at the end of the Nintendo Power Hour. This could get dicey

Tina cutting Tharja now right?
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People freak out way too much over one cut. You need a trend first.

The vote totals are at an all-time low. You're going to see weird cuts in every match.
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Seems it was just a 1-update blip. No cut that time, and Juliet stalled Tina's lead.
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No, Tharja just got 15 votes back.

Oh wait, OMG 3WJOGHOAIWUTG78Q4 MATCHPOVERLOL
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If Europe ends up going for Tina and Tharja benefited from the Power Hour this could end up close.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

People freak out way too much over one cut. You need a trend first.

The vote totals are at an all-time low. You're going to see weird cuts in every match.

Just be a buzzkill over the first real contest in 3 years why don't ya
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Juliet, show me what you got!

MOARJUGS
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Tharja's too far ahead. IIRC, Borderlands has an atrocious first five minutes, but we're already far beyond that time and things have stabilized. Tharja also has a huge advantage in Japan, which will help mitigate, even slightly, any gains another character gets in Europe.
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I doubt Europe goes for Tina. Multiplatform shooters like Borderlands are almost always going to be more popular on the Xbox 360 and the Xbox 360 has poor ownership in Europe outside of the UK. Also, Borderlands is better with the day vote than the night vote.
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From: UltimaterializerX | #055

Oh wait, OMG 3WJOGHOAIWUTG78Q4 MATCHPOVERLOL

match over, you heard it here folks
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Character Battle IX: 4/4 points, Next matches: Tharja, Aerith
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Japan didn't even get enough regular votes for Bacon to add it to the list of countries we could view results for. Not sure why people even mention Japan.
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I could probably attempt to figure out the number of votes from Japan based only on the percentages. This strategy works best on polls with more than 2 options, though.
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If Japan had enough votes to influence anything, Tales characters might be worth something

-LusterSoldier- posted...

I doubt Europe goes for Tina. Multiplatform shooters like Borderlands are almost always going to be more popular on the Xbox 360 and the Xbox 360 has poor ownership in Europe outside of the UK. Also, Borderlands is better with the day vote than the night vote.

I'm not really worried about Tharja losing her lead. I just wish that Lollipop Chainsaw had a decent following in Europe so that Juliet could edge Tina out overnight for second place.

*Sigh* Looks like I'm going with zero points for this round.
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Did New Zealand ever get individual poll results, because we're getting regional maps for it as well?
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We'll see if Japan makes a difference when the Touhou characters are in the poll.

(they're doomed anyway)
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Character Battle IX: 4/4 points, Next matches: Tharja, Aerith
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We never got individual poll results for New Zealand and France back when we had the old Geolocation system.
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Asia in general only makes up like 4% of the voters and IIRC over half of it was from the Philippines. Japan doesn't even account for a single percent
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Not to sound conceited, but I never understood why people thought Tharja was going to lose. This site is still JRPG Central, especially when a gigantic series that everyone loves like Fire Emblem is involved. As much as western gaming has advanced compared to the Japanese counterparts, that never has or will translate to character strength in character battles on this site, unless the "gamer nerds" also hop on board like they did with Mass Effect or Portal. No one cared about Lollipop Chainsaw for more than 5 minutes. I waffled on this match a lot, but it was for 2nd/3rd place due to Borderlands 2 winning GOTY, never 1st place. Never a doubt in my mind Tharja would win this.

Oh, and this exact logic is why I picked Catherine to win her match. "Gamer nerds" cared WAY WAY WAY MORE about Catherine than TWEWY.

Uhhh, isn't Vaas a lock in that one? I'd never heard of any of the characters, but Farcry is at least an established franchise, as opposed to an obscure DS JRPG and a Japanese dating simulator that only got in because lol board 8
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Far Cry is an established franchise on this site?

Since when?
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i think Tina would have had a real chance at 1st in a day match. can't see much reason for her to be able to comeback now.
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is turtle biased against japanese games or something
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Vaas is more likely to finish last than first.
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Established in that more people on this site have played a Farcry game than Catherine or TWEWY combined.
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MarioSuperstar posted...

is turtle biased against japanese games or something

What? We saw TWEWY characters before and they were turbofodder in the contest after their game came out, and that was almost 7 years ago. I'm not saying Vaas is going to be a strong character, but like Tharja, coming from an establish franchise can make all the difference in the world in these turbofodder matches.
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There is zero evidence on this site that would tell you Far Cry is more established than either TWEWY or Catherine other than your own personal anecdotal evidence.
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yeah I picked vaas because he's a fairly known character from a AAA game(even if you saw only the trailer you would know him) while a lot of people are going to look at neku/catherine and say "who?". he's also pretty well received, that doesn't hurt.

I take it this will be the patented "Board 8 blinders" match of the contest. I can't see Vaas losing there.
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Someone's trying to rally Tina on the Borderlands subreddit lol
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PSI_NESS posted...

Someone's trying to rally Tina on the Borderlands subreddit lol

Oh so thats where the big cut came from

Neku is in KH3D.
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Man, could Tina somehow catch up to Tharja at this rate?
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LeonhartFour posted...

Far Cry is an established franchise on this site?

Since when?

I know Far Cry 3 has a lot of fans, no idea they were on this site.
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4952

literally the only poll that shows far cry doing anything of note and it's still pretty mediocre. any other result has it in last place of something.

"established" has a different meaning on this site than it would outside of it. believe me. League of Legends is proof of that.
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TJF is looking to be a thing of the past!

Hey now, Tharja's also known for her 'boingy bits'

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4551679a29a58d071a142f4073cd61ea/tumblr_mlyfh6fkgg1sosr2co1_500.jpg

Not in Europe though...
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Hah, I didn't realize Europe would change something that minor.
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Predicting Tina gets this within 200 in two hours but then Tharja crushes her the rest of the match.
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From: -LusterSoldier- | Posted: 7/11/2013 1:06:36 AM | #063

I could probably attempt to figure out the number of votes from Japan based only on the percentages. This strategy works best on polls with more than 2 options, though.

did it for you:
89 (12, 15, 62)
63 (5, 21, 37)
98 (25, 26, 47)
43 (5, 13, 25)

and 15 votes currently. that's how irrelevant Japan is.
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Masato_Tanaka posted...

Man, could Tina somehow catch up to Tharja at this rate?

It's not unimaginable, especially if the reddit rally gains any steam. I don't think it'll happen.

Even if it does, I see a lot of Reddit/Gamefaqs overlap. A Tharja rally on their Nintendo board, or Fire Emblem, or 3DS board or w.e could happen in response
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So, there's no chance Juliet takes 2nd place now right?

There goes my perfect Expert picks. 0 points for the match.
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CrushDavis posted...

PSI_NESS posted...

Someone's trying to rally Tina on the Borderlands subreddit lol

Oh so thats where the big cut came from

lol somebody also took it to Reddit.
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So, there's no chance Juliet takes 2nd place now right?

There goes my perfect Expert picks. 0 points for the match.

Same XD
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MarioSuperstar posted...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4952

literally the only poll that shows far cry doing anything of note and it's still pretty mediocre. any other result has it in last place of something.

"established" has a different meaning on this site than it would outside of it. believe me. League of Legends is proof of that.

If Farcry 3 was able to get 6000 votes against some tough competition like Borderlands and Halo, it should have no problems gettin 20000+ votes against a generic anime character from a 7 year old JRPG and an obscure japanese dating simulator that only Board 8 has played.

I'm willing to bet there are less than 6,000 people combined that have played either TWEWY or Catherine that visit this site.
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Neku is in KH3D!
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Dilated Chemist posted...

Yeah, it's like I banked. Could've been worse.

Thing is, I could have just voted for first place and taken the easy 3 points, but I decided to vote on the other two places as well because, "The winners will be the people who took the risks in the first round!" Blech
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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

MarioSuperstar posted...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4952

literally the only poll that shows far cry doing anything of note and it's still pretty mediocre. any other result has it in last place of something.

"established" has a different meaning on this site than it would outside of it. believe me. League of Legends is proof of that.

If Farcry 3 was able to get 6000 votes against some tough competition like Borderlands and Halo, it should have no problems gettin 20000+ votes against a generic anime character from a 7 year old JRPG and an obscure japanese dating simulator that only Board 8 has played.

I'm willing to bet there are less than 6,000 people combined that have played either TWEWY or Catherine that visit this site.

Because, as we all know, game popularity always translates to contest popularity, amirite?

*Stares at Call of Duty 2009 GOTY*
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Catherine sold very well, Atlus's highest selling title, iirc. Now it's not on the level of Far Cry 3, but to say "Only played be B8" is a very, very, very bad assumption.
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