Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1063

#351 | abdou | Posted 7/14/2013 9:59:39 AM | message detail
Barret is winning and comfortably, that is all he is supposed to do. not every FF7 character is going to be very strong.
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#352 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:00:42 AM | message detail
Are you telling me chair (ffvii) isn't as strong as we projected
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#353 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 7/14/2013 10:01:09 AM | message detail
But does he finish over Dracula though
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#354 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 7/14/2013 10:02:09 AM | message detail
If I won the Guru(as in, if I cared enough to even enter the Guru), I would have nominated the Goddamn Tea (FF7)
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#355 | IngmarBirdman | Posted 7/14/2013 10:03:13 AM | message detail
Barret can't even 60/40 Layton, are you kidding me lol.
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#356 | durmalth | Posted 7/14/2013 10:05:32 AM | message detail
KommunistKoala posted...
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?


The former mostly


Can you really that easily deny the popularity of Touhou that's been leaking out from Japan for some time now?
#357 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:06:05 AM | message detail
durmalth posted...
KommunistKoala posted...
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?


The former mostly


Can you really that easily deny the popularity of Touhou that's been leaking out from Japan for some time now?


Yes
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#358 | KommunistKoala | Posted 7/14/2013 10:07:34 AM | message detail
#359 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 7/14/2013 10:08:06 AM | message detail
If there was a sizable rally it'll be evident in the final vote totals.I doubt it'll be anything too significant.
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#360 | CrushDavis | Posted 7/14/2013 10:08:24 AM | message detail
Most of Touhous popularity is from hentai manga. While it might not be a stretch to believe that 25% of the site reads hentai mangas, I still think its a bit high for Reimu.
#361 | Nanis23 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:10:47 AM | message detail
So no one thinks that maybe it's Layton that got stronger?
He had like...3 more games ever since last contest
#362 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:10:54 AM | message detail
S*** now that you said that I totally recognize reimu from some old hentai

I knew she looked familiar
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#363 | WellThoughtName | Posted 7/14/2013 10:10:59 AM | message detail
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?



There's a small rally on /v/ but not on /jp/ which is the unofficial 2hu board.

They say they don't want casual and normies to know about touhou.
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#364 | Xuxon | Posted 7/14/2013 10:12:06 AM | message detail
From: CrushDavis | Posted: 7/14/2013 1:08:24 PM | #360
Most of Touhous popularity is from hentai manga. While it might not be a stretch to believe that 25% of the site reads hentai mangas, I still think its a bit high for Reimu.

25% is certainly way too high for the percentage that would read h manga of little girls. i would hope that's under 5%.
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#365 | LordoftheMorons | Posted 7/14/2013 10:12:18 AM | message detail
25%? Are you kidding me?

...well I might have to take another look at my future expert picks. How weak is Adam?
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#366 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:12:43 AM | message detail
WellThoughtName posted...
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?



There's a small rally on /v/ but not on /jp/ which is the unofficial 2hu board.

They say they don't want casual and normies to know about touhou.


Is that really a mindset these people have

As if casuals and "Normies" would even want to play Touhou games
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#367 | AlecTrevelyan006 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:13:19 AM | message detail
I was wondering if there would be a Steam FFVII boost... not looking good so far...
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#368 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:14:39 AM | message detail
I think almost everyone who has ever wanted to play ffvii has played it at this point
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#369 | WellThoughtName | Posted 7/14/2013 10:15:22 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
WellThoughtName posted...
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?



There's a small rally on /v/ but not on /jp/ which is the unofficial 2hu board.

They say they don't want casual and normies to know about touhou.


Is that really a mindset these people have

As if casuals and "Normies" would even want to play Touhou games


For /jp/ it is.

It's a secret club board, 4chan as a whole lost that mentality years ago, as long as you don't spout memes or use emoticons they won't loathe you.
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#370 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 7/14/2013 10:16:20 AM | message detail
To be fair, Reimu REALLY stands out. The rest of the match pic is pretty much all brown.

REAL IS BROWN, DON'T YOU KNOW?
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#371 | ZFS | Posted 7/14/2013 10:16:22 AM | message detail
Ha. Go Layton.
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#372 | WellThoughtName | Posted 7/14/2013 10:17:59 AM | message detail
And she's kawaii as fug
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#373 | WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:19:51 AM | message detail
You are manually realizing that if it weren't for the Reimu rally Layton would have the highest percentage he's ever had in a contest match.
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#374 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:20:23 AM | message detail
I have to admit that whatever company publishes the Layton games does a great job with marketing. I see commercials for them all the time. Or I used to when I watched tv. In general they really hit the market hard with him. If you don't know Barret or reimu then he's a good "I know that name" choice
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#375 | Xuxon | Posted 7/14/2013 10:21:19 AM | message detail
#376 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 7/14/2013 10:21:38 AM | message detail
Reimu did cut about 13 from Layton last update yeah
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#377 | CrushDavis | Posted 7/14/2013 10:21:44 AM | message detail
Xuxon posted...
uhh is Reimu catching up to Layton?


Yeah, shes cut 2 straight times for a total of 15 votes.
#378 | Denzokuken | Posted 7/14/2013 10:21:52 AM | message detail
This match. This match.
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#379 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:22:11 AM | message detail
Is there another rally we don't know about?
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#380 | Xuxon | Posted 7/14/2013 10:22:33 AM | message detail
maybe forgetting to pick second and third will save me 3 points here
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#381 | BK_Sheikah00 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:23:06 AM | message detail
CrushDavis posted...
Xuxon posted...
uhh is Reimu catching up to Layton?


Yeah, shes cut 2 straight times for a total of 15 votes.


And now Layton took it all back.
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#382 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 7/14/2013 10:23:10 AM | message detail
and now everything's been undone.

Xuxon posted...
maybe forgetting to pick second and third will save me 3 points here


Reimu taking second is about on the same level as Link losing, in terms of probability
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#383 | Xuxon | Posted 7/14/2013 10:24:55 AM | message detail
From: Regaro_Ukiera | Posted: 7/14/2013 1:23:10 PM | #382
Reimu taking second is about on the same level as Link losing, in terms of probability

so, pretty likely then!
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#384 | ZFS | Posted 7/14/2013 10:25:43 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I have to admit that whatever company publishes the Layton games does a great job with marketing. I see commercials for them all the time. Or I used to when I watched tv. In general they really hit the market hard with him. If you don't know Barret or reimu then he's a good "I know that name" choice


Yeah, Nintendo does a good job of marketing them, really increased their popularity in NA/EU.
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#385 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:26:26 AM | message detail
Greetings /JP/

I present to you, Operation Graceful Dream
As an oldf** from mid-2011, I will be leading this raid.

I'm sure most of you are already aware of the tragic news that gamefaqs revealed recently about 3 major games that you will be able to vote for in it 's yearly character battle.

gamefaqs will be releasing 3 characters to vote for in each tier, these characters are based on the 3 popular characters voted in. GAMEFAQS has announced these characters as follows:

1. Layton
2. Barretta
3. Reimu

As you can already see, REIMU is no where to be found on the top of this list, more precisely at the bottom. Meaning, we aren't getting any TOUHOU characters to win while TOUHOU is one of the most popular games in the world, and games like FINAL FANTASY are dying out.

This atrocity won't go unnoticed, for we are Anonymous, the voice of the voiceless and the thorn in the side of the corrupt (the corrupt being gamefaqs, layton fans, and ff7 fans).


Is this serious?
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#386 | CrushDavis | Posted 7/14/2013 10:26:54 AM | message detail
Imagine if this gets posted on 2ch, one of the biggest sites in Japan. Reimu is even on their logo.

http://cast.texpo.jp/2chtop/images/topimage.gif

Just saying.
#387 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:28:24 AM | message detail
Ok it is time for someone to tell me what the hell a Touhou is and how it has enough strength to get 3 reps in the contest
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#388 | charmander6000 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:30:04 AM | message detail
I don't know whether to be surprised at Reimu's performance of Barret performing worse than Isaac against Layton.
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#389 | WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:30:29 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
Ok it is time for someone to tell me what the hell a Touhou is and how it has enough strength to get 3 reps in the contest


You know how Tales of the Abyss has gotten multiple characters into a 128-character bracket?

It takes even less to get in this time.
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#390 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 7/14/2013 10:30:37 AM | message detail
KommunistKoala posted...
StarStormScream posted...
...so is this Reimu thing just a 4chan rally or some legit overall strength?


The former mostly


I don't think so. 4chan's an American site. Look at the geolocation map--Reimu's killing in Europe, South America, Oceania--pretty much everywhere except North America and Asia (and the latter's debatable--Japan, China, and India are all on Barret's side, but South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia are all pro-Reimu as well).

Also, Reimu's hardly the best Touhou character for a 4chan rally. Maybe I'm wrong and they perceived weakness here and went for it, or maybe they're rallying all three, but just among the ones who made it in, Cirno's a far better 4chan rally.
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#391 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:30:51 AM | message detail
Imagine if Liquid or Jecht were in reimu's spot

This match would have been way more interesting
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#392 | CrushDavis | Posted 7/14/2013 10:31:30 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
Ok it is time for someone to tell me what the hell a Touhou is and how it has enough strength to get 3 reps in the contest


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project
#393 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 7/14/2013 10:32:14 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
Greetings /JP/

I present to you, Operation Graceful Dream
As an oldf** from mid-2011, I will be leading this raid.

I'm sure most of you are already aware of the tragic news that gamefaqs revealed recently about 3 major games that you will be able to vote for in it 's yearly character battle.

gamefaqs will be releasing 3 characters to vote for in each tier, these characters are based on the 3 popular characters voted in. GAMEFAQS has announced these characters as follows:

1. Layton
2. Barretta
3. Reimu

As you can already see, REIMU is no where to be found on the top of this list, more precisely at the bottom. Meaning, we aren't getting any TOUHOU characters to win while TOUHOU is one of the most popular games in the world, and games like FINAL FANTASY are dying out.

This atrocity won't go unnoticed, for we are Anonymous, the voice of the voiceless and the thorn in the side of the corrupt (the corrupt being gamefaqs, layton fans, and ff7 fans).


Is this serious?


Okay, I guess I was wrong. Looks like 4chan was on this one, after all.
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#394 | redrocket | Posted 7/14/2013 10:32:15 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
Ok it is time for someone to tell me what the hell a Touhou is and how it has enough strength to get 3 reps in the contest


Super simplified explanation:

It's Galaga. Literally Galaga. Except several orders of magnitude harder. And instead of a ship, you control a loli. Yet for some reason your loli is still flying through space and shooting alien ships.
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#395 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:32:58 AM | message detail
I ain't readin none of that

I like to think of myself as pretty open minded but I don't mind being a closed-minded oaf when it comes to touhou
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#396 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 7/14/2013 10:33:08 AM | message detail
literally galaga is the way I've presented it to the people who asked me about it in the past, so yeah that's a good comparison
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#397 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:33:25 AM | message detail
Oh I'll read rockets post though

Thank you that is very easy to read
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#398 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 7/14/2013 10:34:07 AM | message detail
anyways Reimu's falling off hard here it looks like, so this match is done unless you're interested in how far Reimu falls.
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#399 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 7/14/2013 10:35:54 AM | message detail
So now that I know what Touhou is can someone tell me how it got so popular

Is it just the lolis
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#400 | WarThaNemesis2 | Posted 7/14/2013 10:36:26 AM | message detail