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TsunamiXXVIII posted... --Smurf-- posted...How often does it happen that a character gets more votes in the last hour than the first? What was the last match that had confirmed stuffing, was there anything since Kefka/Vercetti? I wondered if the entire concept had been scrapped with such strict restrictions and anything that can bypass it (rallies, proxies) is deemed a separate IP and "ok" to use? I can't recall any instance of Allen checking votes or removing anything, I'm not sure if he monitors things at all. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic Fanboyism. |
what
% of Duke's vote total do you guys think was people taking him to help
him finish second because they had him there in there expert brackets? i
think it could have been a big factor if 2nd place was closer. i mean
everyone knew Mario didn't need help to finish in 1st. --- "L-Block 2007 Character Battle Champion"Always remember "L-Block, shaped like a boot to kick your ass" |
Sephiroth
is my favorite character but I will too admit that he is weaker
now.People anti vote him and I don't understand
why.Link,Mario,Snake,Samus,Cloud beat him for sure.MM and Sonic I am not
sure and he beats Crono obviously. --- 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~ |
charmander6000 posted... When it comes to number 2 I feel Cloud, Mario, Snake and even Samus can all be in the discussion, regardless there won't be a clear winner and it could change over a yearly basis. Oh how far Sephiroth has fallen. What a plummet it's been from the obvious #3 to #6 at best. And I'm not so positive he beats Mega Man 1v1 anymore. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... charmander6000 posted...When it comes to number 2 I feel Cloud, Mario, Snake and even Samus can all be in the discussion, regardless there won't be a clear winner and it could change over a yearly basis. At this point I would only take Seph over Crono and maybe Sonic --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. |
pjbasis posted...
so close, Knux... --- Leafs / Raptors / Blue Jays / TFC / Argos / Tottenham We'll get 'em next year. |
Safer_777 posted... Sephiroth is my favorite character but I will too admit that he is weaker now.People anti vote him and I don't understand why.Link,Mario,Snake,Samus,Cloud beat him for sure.MM and Sonic I am not sure and he beats Crono obviously. Sonic? I don't think Sephiroth has fallen that far yet although Mega Man now has that Smash boost....! |
Lose to Snake once? Time to start taking Sonic over Sephiroth wow guys --- www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin |
im317 posted... what % of Duke's vote total do you guys think was people taking him to help him finish second because they had him there in there expert brackets? There doesn't seem to be any more than 1000 people that are even still bothering with the expert challenge, if even that. Probably not many. --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
i have no idea who I would pick in MM/Sephiroth 1v1. that's the intra-N9 match I'd spend the most time thinking about. (whereas I would know that Sonic>Seph was idiotic, I would just do it anyway) --- Leafs / Raptors / Blue Jays / TFC / Argos / Tottenham We'll get 'em next year. |
Oh
how far Sephiroth has fallen. What a plummet it's been from the obvious
#3 to #6 at best. And I'm not so positive he beats Mega Man 1v1
anymore. Sephiroth could beat some of them, it's more or less impossible for him to be second though. I wouldn't take him over any of them though. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 49/62 Today's Picks: Tifa and Mario |
Honestly,
how much more was Missingno rallied against Crono than Sephiroth? We
haven't had a good read on Crono since 2006, really, but he was pretty
impressive in 2008. I don't know that Crono's fallen as far as we think
he has. Sure, he's probably not on par with the rest of the Noble Nine
anymore, but I would love a heads-up match against Sephiroth to see
where he stands. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... Honestly, how much more was Missingno rallied against Crono than Sephiroth? We haven't had a good read on Crono since 2006, really, but he was pretty impressive in 2008. I don't know that Crono's fallen as far as we think he has. Sure, he's probably not on par with the rest of the Noble Nine anymore, but I would love a heads-up match against Sephiroth to see where he stands. Impossible for us to derive anything from this. According to Missingno we have Sephiroth, Crono, and Yoshi all roughly on the same tier of strength. --- www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin |
Not
sure if Mario as #2 is that reasonable. He hasn't beaten anyone of note
(unless you count Mega Man but really now) since 2005, and while he
hasn't looked bad, Cloud and Snake still have much, much stronger cases
for it. --- Fight like dragons, have no fear, swords are made of STEEEEEEEEL~ |
How
important is that smash boost? What with being on the Wii U I don't see
how it's gonna generate the kind of boost we saw with Brawl. --- Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die. |
Calintares posted... How important is that smash boost? What with being on the Wii U I don't see how it's gonna generate the kind of boost we saw with Brawl. to be fair, it is on the 3DS too on the other hand, I'll gladly take another opportunity to say lolwiiu |
Most
people didn't buy a Wii until Smash and Galaxy came out. It's the same
for the Wii U. The only reason their sales are awful is because there's
not a single worthwhile game on the system. --- Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite? However, the Guru of the next decade so far is SuperNiceDog |
Mario
stomps his way to round two, proving Duke, insofar as he was ever worth
anything, is past it. Fawful makes the double digits, which I suppose
passes for an achievement when you're that weak. Round 1, Match 65 (6) Vivi (13) Adam Jensen (22) Marisa Kirisame Vivi gets a chance to lay down a stomping - something I never thought I'd say. The highest percentage he's ever reached was 56.47% against Donkey Kong in his first ever poll, but now he gets a chance to flex his miniscule muscles against Touhou and the guy from Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Which means there's a pretty decent match for second place here, because by and large the performance of recent western characters has been truly dire, if you except the entrants from Mass Effect, Uncharted and Assassin's Creed. JC Denton, the not-so-recent original Deus Ex guy, went down with 12% against Squirtle and Ramza, getting 70/30'd by the latter. Even if he's a bit stronger, he's going to be very weak, to the extent that I'd be impressed if he managed more than the high 20s against Vivi. Marisa's base level will be extremely low, but Touhou has shown a propensity for sustained rallying, and if Jensen can't manage to put clear water between himself and her, she'll surely make a run at closing the gap. Cirno was taking hours off Chun-Li by the end of her match, and Reimu managed to get 19% against Barret and Layton. I think, on balance, it might be too big a gap to bridge, since Vivi probably can't stomp this poll hard enough to hold both of them to, say, sub-5k votes. Not to say I'd be surprised at all if Marisa won, though. Bracket: Vivi Expert: Vivi > Jensen > Marisa Oracle: Vivi - 60.5% - Adam Jensen - 22.5%; Marisa - 17% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
Deus Ex HR was free on PS+ all last month! Adam has RECENCY --- ~Zen |
*makes toast for stats guys* --- Light Brown, Golden Brown, Brown, Dark Brown Bagel, Bread |
hey my toast has a picture of link burned into it it's a sign --- ~Zen |
Actually,
changed my mind. Jensen is probably weak enough to lose to Marisa.
Going with that. Not sure it's even an upset at this point. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
Looks like Link is toast --- www.dudewheresmyfreedom.com Proud to share the same beliefs as SmartMuffin |
It
was about ~5:00 before Cirno started doing anything, how many votes do
people think Marisa will be behind Adam at that stage and whats the
limit where Adam would be safe? I'm thinking if it gets close Marisa has
it, Cirno was winning hours over Chun Li at the end of her poll and
Reimu looked very strong at the beginning of her so it seems like an
especially strong time for touhou rallying. Probably going to no pick on this, expecting a recent western character to be strong or picking a character who I expect to be 1000 down in the morning both seem equally ludicrous. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic Fanboyism. |
ZenOfThunder posted... Deus Ex HR was free on PS+ all last month! Adam has RECENCY was like €2 in the steam sale as well, they've been giving it away. --- Smurf, the cream of Sonic Fanboyism. |
So that 15% for Yuna was the lowest ever in Round 1 and I got that right!Nice. --- 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~ |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... Most people didn't buy a Wii until Smash and Galaxy came out. It's the same for the Wii U. The only reason their sales are awful is because there's not a single worthwhile game on the system. Uh, the Wii already had 50% ownership on GameFAQs before Galaxy even came out. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Sonic
or Megaman over Sephiroth? Okay, this topic has officially lost it.
All this stuff based on long-term declines/gains based on pure
speculation is ridiculous. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
--Smurf-- posted... It was about ~5:00 before Cirno started doing anything, how many votes do people think Marisa will be behind Adam at that stage and whats the limit where Adam would be safe? I'm thinking if it gets close Marisa has it, Cirno was winning hours over Chun Li at the end of her poll and Reimu looked very strong at the beginning of her so it seems like an especially strong time for touhou rallying. I can't blame you - this looks like a snakebite waiting to happen either way. --- "Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
--Smurf-- posted... It was about ~5:00 before Cirno started doing anything, how many votes do people think Marisa will be behind Adam at that stage and whats the limit where Adam would be safe? I'm thinking if it gets close Marisa has it, Cirno was winning hours over Chun Li at the end of her poll and Reimu looked very strong at the beginning of her so it seems like an especially strong time for touhou rallying. I think a 2000 vote lead would make Adam safe, which doesn't seem likely when you have Vivi potentially hogging up around 60% of the vote, or even more than that. For Tifa to end up with exactly 63.00%, you would have to remove 1535 votes from Cirno. So we're probably looking at 1500-1600 rallied votes for Cirno. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Looks like 1028 votes have been removed from Cirno. --- literally obsessed |
That's it changing my pick back to Jensen! --- Fine! I'll go to the store and get your Goddamn drain cleaner! Character Battle IX Tingle Victory Parade - the journey is over.... |
Xcarvenger posted... Looks like 1028 votes have been removed from Cirno. Looks like they were the British ones looking at Geolocation. Cirno went from having 39% of the vote there to 7%. In the South East region, which she previously won, she is listed as having 0%. She's still winning in the West Midlands though. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. |
LOLContests posted... Xcarvenger posted...Looks like 1028 votes have been removed from Cirno. Is Cirno the first character to get a big rally here since the Draven match? (I wasn't really here for that match, but I'm assuming rally votes for him were a big deal) --- http://i.imgur.com/GhorUQg.jpg ~Masa |
LOLContests posted... Looks like they were the British ones looking at Geolocation. Cirno went from having 39% of the vote there to 7%. In the South East region, which she previously won, she is listed as having 0%. She's still winning in the West Midlands though. A large number of votes were also removed from Ireland and the North West region of England. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Touhou rallies.... I never asked for this --- F*** BT |
Good show. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
Damn it, I'll have to redo my paper copy of official match results for the last nine matches. At least SBAllen is looking. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 49/62 Today's Picks: Tifa and Mario |
Also, what do you guys make of Dragonborn's match? Pretty much made expectations? Underperformed? --- http://i.imgur.com/GhorUQg.jpg ~Masa |
Nobody's taking him to upset Tifa that's for sure --- F*** BT |
Also, what do you guys make of Dragonborn's match? Pretty much made expectations? Underperformed? Underperformed to most people's expectations. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 49/62 Today's Picks: Tifa and Mario |
I just triggered a poll update for the previous match: http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/node/22?matchnum=5205&num=3 However, because of the way creativename's updater sorts the poll updates, you will see an 8:15 PM update in between the 11:33 AM and 11:38 AM update. I do think creativename should change his updater so it uses the "time" as the default sorting method. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
That definitely makes me more wary of picking Marisa. He's going to be watching her like a hawk now. --- Demyx is better than Axel. http://www.last.fm/user/crazydom |
charmander6000 posted... Also, what do you guys make of Dragonborn's match? Pretty much made expectations? Underperformed? I really wanted him to at least double his competition, but honestly, I'd say my expectations for him were about met. I just hope he comes out looking ok next round. If he can get AT LEAST 20-24%, I'll be satisfied with rallying for him so much. --- http://i.imgur.com/GhorUQg.jpg ~Masa |
Wow, Bacon actually took action. I'm surprised. Maybe he only did so because those 1000 votes don't matter =/ --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
Masato_Tanaka posted... Also, what do you guys make of Dragonborn's match? Pretty much made expectations? Underperformed? Underperformed - his opponents were PYRAMID HEAD and a frigging Animal Crossing character. --- "Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
Kotetsu534 posted... Mario stomps his way to round two, proving Duke, insofar as he was ever worth anything, is past it. Fawful makes the double digits, which I suppose passes for an achievement when you're that weak. ...Right. Okay, thanks for reassuring me of my Marisa > Adam pick. 70-30'd by Ramza. And given that "recency" is generally more of a curse than a blessing and it's not even a numbered sequel...yeah. Can't see the guy from this decade being anywhere near as strong as the protagonist of the original game in the series. Who went out with a mere 12% against a duo I wouldn't trust to hold Vivi under 45%. Seriously, even with the LFF possibility, Ramza's been so weak in the past that I'd probably still take Vivi in a Vivi/Squirtle/Ramza match. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
Here are the before and after results for several different countries: Ireland: Tifa Lockheart 20.43% Cirno 67.2% Chun-Li 12.37% Tifa Lockheart 43.18% Cirno 30.68% Chun-Li 26.14% The UK: Tifa Lockheart 43% Cirno 39.08% Chun-Li 17.92% Tifa Lockheart 65.5% Cirno 7.2% Chun-Li 27.29% Those were the only 2 countries where votes were removed. Strangely enough, no votes were removed from China. Before the votes were removed, there were 186 votes from Ireland. Now there are only 88 votes from Ireland. So a total of 98 votes were removed from Ireland. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Votes
were actually removed? Huh. Now, I have to wonder and rethink about
Marisa. I'm probably going to stay on that, but I really did not see
that type of action coming. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
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