Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1106

#451 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 11:36:17 AM | message detail
Of course if one or more of those things doesn't hold true favorably it falls apart in a hurry and you get Blue > Red pretty quickly. That's why it's interesting.
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#452 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 11:37:06 AM | message detail
ExThaNemesis posted...
FranzyvonKarma posted...
Hey, nothing you can say.

Nothing's gonna change wh65asjdf5$%^$41


i love you guys


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OK, I'm done.
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#453 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/12/2013 11:38:58 AM | message detail
I'd rather have 100 Randy Ortons at their worst than 1 Garret Bischoff.

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#454 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/12/2013 11:42:06 AM | message detail
I've skipped the last few topics, but I'd still like to throw in my two cents despite the likelihood of all this stuff having already been covered:

I'm still of the opinion that roughly, Tidus = Yuna = Rikku. Rikku suddenly looks much better against ? Block, but I'd still give ol' Block the advantage because it's a new character and because Rikku has to deal with another female RPG character in a day match.

And that's... about all I got.
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#455 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 11:43:47 AM | message detail
I'm pretty terrified that voters will treat ? Block will treat it as an extension of L Block, in which case it's pretty well screwed if Rikku is anywhere near where she's been in the past.
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#456 | Rad Link 5 | Posted 8/12/2013 11:46:20 AM | message detail
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okay for real I'm done now
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#457 | The Mana Sword | Posted 8/12/2013 11:46:56 AM | message detail
? Block was always screwed, especially with that picture. No one wants to vote for a 3D ? Block!
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#458 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 11:47:38 AM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
I'm pretty terrified that voters will treat ? Block will treat it as an extension of L Block, in which case it's pretty well screwed if Rikku is anywhere near where she's been in the past.


I doubt it, for some reason.
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#459 | Masato_Tanaka | Posted 8/12/2013 11:48:13 AM | message detail
in b4 ? Block exceeds all of your expectations lol
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#460 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 11:50:33 AM | message detail
I was pretty sure ? Block was going to easily crush that match when I first filled out my bracket, so I'm sure it could thwart those expectations by losing horribly.
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#461 | __Smurf__ | Posted 8/12/2013 11:51:30 AM | message detail
who were the people nominating ? block. Did it get some sort of rally, is there any good reason why it exists in this contest.
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#462 | Kotetsu534 | Posted 8/12/2013 11:52:24 AM | message detail
It beat L-Block in the bonus poll after L-Block won the '07 contest, so it gets some noms every year.
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#463 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 8/12/2013 11:52:44 AM | message detail
__Smurf__ posted...
who were the people nominating ? block. Did it get some sort of rally, is there any good reason why it exists in this contest.


http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2926
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#464 | Janus5000 | Posted 8/12/2013 11:52:45 AM | message detail
I don't think I've ever been more convinced of something debatable than ? Block losing

L-Block was the first, Missingno is nostalgic for everyone, WCC is cute

? Block is sort of nothing
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#465 | __Smurf__ | Posted 8/12/2013 11:54:06 AM | message detail
nintendogirl1 posted...
__Smurf__ posted...
who were the people nominating ? block. Did it get some sort of rally, is there any good reason why it exists in this contest.




oh right I'd forgotten that poll. That's concerning.
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#466 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 11:55:01 AM | message detail
I'm pretty sure ? Block wouldn't have even beaten L Block straight up in a one on one match if that was the 07 Bonus Poll. With a fanbase split between nothing but joke options, ? Block coasted on its Nintendo affiliation. Can't do that in a real poll.
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#467 | Rad Link 5 | Posted 8/12/2013 11:57:17 AM | message detail
L-Block still being strong doesn't come from being first. It comes from being a proxy for Tetris the kind of way Link is a proxy for his games, and maybe still a little bit from some people having a soft spot for it after its '07 run.

The biggest argument against ? Block should be that it won't have the same proxy-effect given that its series is not, in fact, about blocks, and its not a major focus of the games at all.
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#468 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 11:58:56 AM | message detail
Also, uh, L Block isn't strong anymore. Rikku may be able to handle L herself, let alone ?.
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#469 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 11:59:01 AM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
I'm pretty sure ? Block wouldn't have even beaten L Block straight up in a one on one match if that was the 07 Bonus Poll. With a fanbase split between nothing but joke options, ? Block coasted on its Nintendo affiliation. Can't do that in a real poll.


I still say L-Block came along at a time when people were bored of the predictable.
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#470 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/12/2013 11:59:44 AM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
I'm pretty sure ? Block wouldn't have even beaten L Block straight up in a one on one match if that was the 07 Bonus Poll. With a fanbase split between nothing but joke options, ? Block coasted on its Nintendo affiliation. Can't do that in a real poll.


Rad Link 5 posted...
L-Block still being strong doesn't come from being first. It comes from being a proxy for Tetris the kind of way Link is a proxy for his games, and maybe still a little bit from some people having a soft spot for it after its '07 run.

The biggest argument against ? Block should be that it won't have the same proxy-effect given that its series is not, in fact, about blocks, and its not a major focus of the games at all.


Correct and correct.
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#471 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:01:00 PM | message detail
People are still bored of the predictable. Why do you think Missingno just went 50/50 with someone he was supposed to blow out? It's not anything about having a close match with everyone, it's that people find the joke stale now and want something new.

This is also why Link is suffering anti-votes so severely now. Above all, people are tired of his dominance.
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#472 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 12:02:05 PM | message detail
Back then, people were willing to DO Something about it... >_>
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#473 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/12/2013 12:03:26 PM | message detail
L-Block was a fun little thing that everybody enjoyed long before it gained any real strength. I mean, it completely killed Kirby during the board vote, and that was well before it had any jokey appeal or even 'this thing might have something resembling strength'. It was just 'oh man a Tetris piece go go go'.

Nothing else is going to have a huge surprise board vote like that again. Heck, even L's board vote has gotten kinda iffy nowadays.
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#474 | Advokaiser | Posted 8/12/2013 12:04:35 PM | message detail
*turns the computer on, goes to GameFAQs*

Let's see last match's results.

WHAAAA!!!
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#475 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 12:04:36 PM | message detail
FranzyvonKarma posted...
L-Block was a fun little thing that everybody enjoyed long before it gained any real strength. I mean, it completely killed Kirby during the board vote, and that was well before it had any jokey appeal or even 'this thing might have something resembling strength'. It was just 'oh man a Tetris piece go go go'.

Nothing else is going to have a huge surprise board vote like that again. Heck, even L's board vote has gotten kinda iffy nowadays.


Well Kirby's a fat pink, ID fraudster with schizo tendencies anyway
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#476 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:05:18 PM | message detail
People are still willing to do something. Bandwagons can form with a single spark nowadays on this site. Charizard, who couldn't even double Duke Nukem, put up a higher score on Mario than most Noble Niners would be expected to get - and that was in a 1v1 format.

If peak Link had been anything remotely vulnerable, we'd see him getting crushed by half the Noble Nine now. It's just that peak Link used to be so far beyond invincible that even now with a huge portion of the site reliably anti-voting him (ISAAC FROM BINDING AND SFFED TINGLE), he's still almost entirely unbeatable outside of very peculiar circumstances.
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#477 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/12/2013 12:07:48 PM | message detail
KH, I think it's been well over a week. That sig gots ta go bro
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#478 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:08:23 PM | message detail
I mean good lord Tingle did better on Link than Ganondorf how bad do your anti-votes have to be for this to be possible
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#479 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:10:17 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
KH, I think it's been well over a week. That sig gots ta go bro


I was gonna change it today! But the miracle never happen

Maybe I'll have it stick around so everyone can truly appreciate the monster of yoblazer. Or maybe I'll lose another sig bet! Hey putting sig on the line for Sissel > Red any takers
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#480 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/12/2013 12:12:16 PM | message detail | (edited)
Karma Hunter posted...
I mean good lord Tingle did better on Link than Ganondorf how bad do your anti-votes have to be for this to be possible


Now I want to see Link against Ganondorf again just to see how much better the 'dorf does on Link nowadays.
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#481 | Janus5000 | Posted 8/12/2013 12:20:16 PM | message detail
Link/Tingle/Ganondorf next contest do it
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#482 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 12:21:13 PM | message detail
Janus5000 posted...
Link/Tingle/Ganondorf next contest do it


Oh jesus, god no...
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#483 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:21:42 PM | message detail
Stop feeding Bacon these suggestions have you seen how bad he is at bracketmaking

we literally sat through Lara Croft/Slime/Yuri Hyuga this year
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#484 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 8/12/2013 12:22:26 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Stop feeding Bacon these suggestions have you seen how bad he is at bracketmaking

we literally slept through Lara Croft/Slime/Yuri Hyuga this year


fix'd
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#485 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/12/2013 12:22:27 PM | message detail
KH we literally have THARJA in the second round.

There are no standards anymore.
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#486 | kinsho3 | Posted 8/12/2013 12:23:03 PM | message detail
Janus5000 posted...
Link/Tingle/Ganondorf next contest do it


As long as the match comes with a skip button that let's us move on to the next match
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#487 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 8/12/2013 12:23:18 PM | message detail
THARJA has won more matches since 2006 than the lead of Final Fantasy 10.
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#488 | Rad Link 5 | Posted 8/12/2013 12:25:46 PM | message detail
Tharja has won more matches since 2006 than Tidus.
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#489 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:26:07 PM | message detail
Tharja/Juliet/Tiny Tina at least had some up in the airness about it but really

but then we got one-upped almost immediately by the glorious match that was MEWTWO/ZERO (999)/CHESTER
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#490 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 8/12/2013 12:26:28 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
It's hard to get the exact numbers on Squall/Auron since the maps don't show percentages by continent anymore, but Squall had at least 54-55% in Europe.


http://web.archive.org/web/20100317035949/http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3839&region=EUR
http://web.archive.org/web/20100316075529/http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3839&region=US
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#491 | Whupassman | Posted 8/12/2013 12:26:54 PM | message detail
kinsho3 posted...
Janus5000 posted...
Link/Tingle/Ganondorf next contest do it


As long as the match comes with a skip button that let's us move on to the next match


Given the nature of this site, Tingle will win for spite.
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#492 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:28:35 PM | message detail
Tingle would win. Ganondorf and him get SFFed into the ground by Link and whatever loyal holdouts Ganondorf has are overwhelmed by joke votes for Tingle. Anti-votes have nowhere to go and probably split evenly among the non-Link options, or go to Tingle for the lulz.
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#493 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 8/12/2013 12:30:28 PM | message detail
Yeah, that definitely ends Link > Tingle > G-Dorf; 70% > 20% > 10%
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#494 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 8/12/2013 12:32:04 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
People are still bored of the predictable. Why do you think Missingno just went 50/50 with someone he was supposed to blow out? It's not anything about having a close match with everyone, it's that people find the joke stale now and want something new.

This is also why Link is suffering anti-votes so severely now. Above all, people are tired of his dominance.


I thought 50-50 seemed about right! Would've been so good on Oracle if I hadn't expected more rallying for Missingno. My original gut instinct was 40-40-20, Missingno. wins by just one vote. Would've been a 49.28. Of course, I still didn't do too badly--42-39-19, 49.00 on the dot.
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#495 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:39:47 PM | message detail
yoblazer I think I've devised an equitable compromise whaddya think
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#496 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/12/2013 12:46:09 PM | message detail
Yes, it has long since (since at least 30 seconds ago) been my dream to spread the legend of Chen across Board 8.

BATTLE YOGURT

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#497 | Rad Link 5 | Posted 8/12/2013 12:54:46 PM | message detail | (edited)
Next contest confirmed for Iron Chef themed.

Iron Chef Hyurlian - Link
Iron Chef Nibelheimian - Cloud Strife
Iron Chef American - Solid Snake
Iron Chef Lifestream - Sephiroth
Iron Chef Mushroom - Mario
Iron Chef Intergalactic - Samus Aran
Iron Chef Robotic - Mega Man
Iron Chef AD 1000 - Crono
Iron Chef Mobian - Sonic

1v1
Vote for who you believe would prepare the better dish.
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#498 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/12/2013 12:56:44 PM | message detail
AMERICA ;-;
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#499 | UltimaterializerX (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/12/2013 1:03:50 PM | message detail
lol
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#500 | UltimaterializerX (Topic Creator) | Posted 8/12/2013 1:03:58 PM | message detail
Play EarthBound.
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