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| Lucina and Dracula TOO STRONG ~*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. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] | 
| Mewtwo  50.00% Dracula  37.11% Lucina  27.59% Zidane Tribal  26.30% Ridley  24.00% Zero  15.23% Caim  7.60% Spring Breeze Dancin  4.88% Chester  4.12% --- http://i.imgur.com/M7vKB.gif | 
| When was the last time the new stats topic was made after the previous one 500'ed? --- The Gamer In Me "Ike and Ash & Co. saw a Yoshi and didn't catch it." - Mer telling us his dream. | 
| paulg235 posted... When was the last time the new stats topic was made after the previous one 500'ed? It's already happened a few times this contest. --- Guess who I am! http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1345748_o.gif | 
| Chester stats beg to differ! Dracula - 23.49 Mewtwo - 23.30 Lucina - 13.90 Zidane - 12.34 Ridley - 10.36 Zero - 4.19 Caim - 2.68 Dancin' - 1.26 Chester - 1.00 --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 | 
| How the heck did Mewtwo vs. Dracula become the only thing to look really different? --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 | 
| Eh,
 it's possible I messed up somewhere. Didn't bother to double check my 
work to make sure it was accurate since it doesn't really matter. --- Guess who I am! http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1345748_o.gif | 
| Lucina>Zidane CONFIRMED | 
| And
 in case anyone's interested and wants to cross-compare for next round 
matches (or something), here's all the first round X-Stats: Division 1 Link  50.00% Isaac BOI  17.45% Tingle  14.14% Raiden  50.00% Waluigi  44.07% Alan Wake  18.11% Yoshi  50.00% Solaire of Astora  29.39% Demi-Fiend  19.95% Commander Shepard  50.00% Captain Olimar  35.33% Kain  23.38% Tharja  50.00% Tiny Tina  49.40% Juliet Starling  43.99% Aerith Gainsborough  50.00% Hero  33.57% Rinoa Heartilly  31.33% Draven  50.00% Jak  45.06% Chie Satonaka  39.42% Ryu  50.00% Yuri Lowell  31.97% Face McShooty  23.65% Mega Man X  50.00% Jigglypuff  26.91% Welkin Gunther  14.17% Division 2 Sonic the Hedgehog  50.00% Fei Fong Wong  23.33% Dan Hibiki  16.95% Dracula  50.00% Lucina  37.17% Caim  10.24% Barret Wallace  50.00% Professor Layton  38.41% Reimu Hakurei  27.31% Phoenix Wright  50.00% Marth  44.88% Nightmare  30.71% Vincent Valentine  50.00% KOS-MOS  40.16% Dunban  16.54% Mewtwo  50.00% Zero  15.23% Chester  4.12% The Boss  50.00% Chrom  39.50% Heavy  35.04% Sub-Zero  50.00% Garrus Vakarian  45.01% Frank West  18.13% Bowser  50.00% Meta Knight  28.45% Archer  20.25% Division 3 Sephiroth  50.00% Midna  29.96% Little Mac  23.96% Morrigan Aensland  50.00% Miles Edgeworth  36.90% Agent 47  32.90% Spyro the Dragon  50.00% Clementine  34.52% Reyn  18.85% Luigi  50.00% Balthier Bunansa  26.28% Jade  15.90% Big Boss  50.00% Captain Viridian  15.28% Peacock  13.41% Ness  50.00% Locke Cole  40.37% CATS  31.04% Elizabeth  50.00% Poison  44.39% Thrall  38.06% Kirby  50.00% Terra Branford  44.04% Princess Peach Toadstool  26.80% Crash Bandicoot  50.00% Wheatley  46.32% Tommy Vercetti  32.65% Division 4 Solid Snake  50.00% Isaac  22.20% Commander Keen  10.64% Alucard  50.00% Captain Falcon  49.75% Rydia of Mist  43.30% Bayonetta  50.00% N  36.77% Wander  30.51% GlaDOS  50.00% Cole MacGrath  28.85% Ragna the Bloodedge  22.92% Ike  50.00% Protoman  49.61% Dr. Robotnik  44.69% Epona  50.00% Mordin Solus  39.73% Niko Bellic  29.89% Altair  50.00% Ratchet  42.42% Shulk  33.96% Lara Croft  50.00% Slime  36.06% Yuri Hyuga  14.80% Kefka  50.00% Zack Fair  46.29% Ryu Hayabusa  43.90% Division 5 Cloud Strife  50.00% Prinny  26.33% Senator Steven Armstrong  13.52% Frog  50.00% Viewtiful Joe  33.84% Handsome Jack  32.54% Lugia  50.00% Sly Cooper  32.48% Francis York Morgan  16.77% Dante  50.00% Laharl  29.93% Raz  19.23% Squirtle  50.00% Ramza Beoulve  32.07% JC Denton  17.30% Zidane Tribal  50.00% Ridley  45.63% Spring Breeze Dancin  9.27% Shadow the Hedgehog  50.00% Yu Narukami  39.58% Kat  26.18% Leon Kennedy  50.00% Albert Wesker  35.40% Oliver  28.82% Gordon Freeman  50.00% Simon Belmont  35.88% Hades  21.36% --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." | 
| Division 6 Crono  50.00% Missile  23.41% Sarah Kerrigan  21.97% Pikachu  50.00% Lloyd Irving  30.86% Big Daddy  30.70% Magus  50.00% Hal Otacon Emmerich  41.48% Jade Curtiss  27.64% Sora  50.00% Scorpion  42.78% Aya Brea  27.98% Gilgamesh  50.00% Booker DeWitt  41.51% Kaim Argonar  18.22% Yoshimitsu  50.00% Lu Bu  43.34% Groose  36.67% Mr. Game & Watch  50.00% Lee Everett  48.30% Meat Boy  36.80% Nathan Drake  50.00% Pac-Man  48.14% Steve  31.71% Pokemon Trainer Blue  50.00% Fox McCloud  47.79% Wolf ODonnell  13.86% Division 7 Samus Aran  50.00% Sandbag  21.58% Isaac Clarke  15.56% Catherine  50.00% Neku Sakuraba  48.73% Vaas Montenegro  35.87% Knuckles the Echidna  50.00% Celes Chere  39.83% Seifer Almasy  33.43% Ezio Auditore da Firenze  50.00% Miles Tails Prower  40.67% Bomberman  33.86% Auron  50.00% Revolver Ocelot  41.94% Roxas  32.10% L-Block  50.00% Palutena  30.67% Teemo  17.02% Dragonborn  50.00% Tom Nook  41.34% Pyramid Head  39.69% Yuna  50.00% Master Chief  46.25% Claire Redfield  37.85% Tifa Lockhart  50.00% Chun-Li  30.16% Cirno  15.59% Division 8 Mario  50.00% Duke Nukem  22.45% Fawful  13.03% Vivi Ornitier  50.00% Adam Jensen  27.74% Marisa Kirasame  18.32% Ganondorf  50.00% Guybrush Threepwood  21.70% Max Payne  20.46% Squall Leonhart  50.00% Rayman  28.47% Commander Video  10.77% Amaterasu  50.00% Vyse  23.56% Adol Christin  15.89% Missingno  50.00% Tidus  49.95% Banjo  31.79% Wario  50.00% Creeper  36.70% The King of All Cosmos  30.25% Pokemon Trainer Red  50.00% Corvo Attano  21.59% Sissel  12.10% Urdnot Wrex  50.00% Cecil Harvey  47.43% Pit  43.62% Division 9 Mega Man  50.00% Magikarp  36.65% Geno  18.73% Kratos  50.00% Recette Lemongrass  33.46% Travis Touchdown  32.69% Jill Valentine  50.00% Mike Haggar  28.45% Red Bird  22.00% Zero  50.00% Kratos Aurion  26.13% Boko  26.10% Weighted Companion Cube  50.00% Claptrap  45.46% Lenneth Valkyrie  44.00% Rikku  50.00% ? Block  47.44% Lyndis  33.46% Zelda  50.00% John Marston  30.56% Sackboy  15.42% Donkey Kong  50.00% Lightning  45.64% Falco Lombardi  25.69% Charizard  50.00% Riku  33.77% Nier  15.27% --- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Sensui22/1248835958206.png | 
| Yes,
 that's it Dancin.' You've lost a half-hour to Chester, at this point 
you might as well go full Chester and lose the second half too. Do it. 
You know you want to. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] | 
| Shulk didn't get doubled by Altair *gasp* | 
| So Lucina>Chrom seems sensible by this point right? I wonder which other games there are where the main character isn't the strongest one. FFX is the obvious one, where the main character is actually the weakest, but other than that I don't know. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig | 
| By my calculations, Mewtwo is worth about 23,3 Chesters, while Dracula is worth 23,1 Chesters. | 
| Lightning Strikes posted... So Lucina>Chrom seems sensible by this point right? Based on what exactly do you figure Lucina is stronger? I haven't played FE:A so I don't really know the characters, but nothing we've seen in the contest so far suggests she'd be stronger than Chrom. Dracula could very well be weaker than The Boss. --- Proud supporter of DogFAQs | 
| Ultimaphazon posted... Lightning Strikes posted...So Lucina>Chrom seems sensible by this point right? Lucina being more liked within the fanbase is far from a ridiculous possibility now of course, how this translates to contest strength remains to be seen | 
| FF
 is good at providing "other character > main character" scenarios. 
Kefka has a good shot at being stronger than Terra, Vivi beats Zidane, 
Auron crushes Tidus, and you might even argue Rikku over Yuna, who is 
the main character of X-2 (no way to really tell though - fun SFF 
matches are much rarer than dumb ones, sadly). There are probably plenty
 of examples where main characters from other, more popular, games in a 
series are present in other entries that have different main characters 
which they beat (Link and Zelda, Solid Snake/Ocelot and Raiden, Dante 
and Nero etc.). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information | 
| I
 think the problem with x-stats in three ways is it kind of relates to 
how the other 2 compare to each other. Chester getting the same 
percentage against Dracula and Lucina would make him look better than 
what he did against Mewtwo and Zero, and I'm pretty sure Chester would 
have gotten the same low percentage in any standard match of the main 
bracket. --- Green is not a creative color http://themanicdepressives.wordpress.com/ | 
| 2800 votes behind Lugia's match I'm surprised it's not falling behind faster, honestly | 
| Lugia's match was at night. I can only imagine how bad these votals would be in a night match. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Karma Hunter posted... Lugia's match was at night. I can only imagine how bad these votals would be in a night match. I wish this were a night match, really! | 
| eh....on second thought maybe not | 
| The Boss was probably underrated last time, but she's not beating Dracula. He looks pretty legit. Also, Lucina is more popular in the fanbase so there's that. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig | 
| Dracula looked legit because he scored 63% against an unknown, the hell am i reading.  I am probably one of the biggest proponent of Dracula but we should wait till his match against Sonic before concluding anything. Both Dracula and Lucina are unknowns, we have absolutely zero data on them, we shouldn't really extrapolate through this mega turbofodders match. --- Zinsanity of the Helix Board | 
| There's not a lot of room of taking Lucina > Chrom and The Boss > Dracula I personally feel Chrom is stronger, but I don't think they will be too far apart. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 63/78 Today's Picks: Zelda and Lightning | 
| I
 wouldn't trust the FE fanbase's preferences on characters to be 
relevant to their contest strength for ANYTHING. Hector likely doubles 
Lyndis or worse among people there, and then you've got stuff like 
Marcus and Gheb who...also have a decent chance of beating Lyndis among 
that crowd. I haven't picked up Awakening yet but take it from someone who's been posting on FE-related boards for nearly a decade: we are damn weird. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] | 
| I'd
 take The Boss to clobber Drac. I don't see him looking too great next 
round, and she's not *that* far off from 'card regardless. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Cavia
 Inc's protagonists spend 24 consecutive hours on the main page and go 1
 for 1. But thankfully the reign of fodder is over, as two thirds of the
 bracket has gone and we're finally on to round two. Round 2, Match 1 (1) Link Round 1: 72.67% vs. Isaac (BoI) & Tingle (6) Raiden Round 1: 49.77% vs. Waluigi & Alan Wake (9) Yoshi Round 1: 60.05% vs. Solaire of Astora & Demi-Fiend Link didn't lay down a godstomping in his opening match, but I don't expect him to drop off too much from his round one percentage. Yoshi and Raiden are obviously several times stronger than Isaac (BoI) and Tingle, but they only did as well as they did because of joke and anti-votes anyway. Link got 71% on Luigi in 2010, so that should be a good estimate for how he'll do against Yoshi. I think it'll prove much more accurate than the 82/18 mauling he gave him in 2004, anyway. Raiden didn't look too hot in round one, but Waluigi was being rallied so he can probably be excused. In any event, the set up is perfect for him to overperform - a sea of green with a WW Link pic contrasting with his cyborg form, and he's the only non-Nintendo option in the poll to boot. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he did as well as Alucard did in 2010 on Link. Even then, he still needs a huge assist from Link to get past Yoshi - the little dino would probably have little difficulty breaking 60% on Raiden 1v1. But the set up favours Raiden so heavily - it's even a night match, so the weak MGS day vote is mitigated - that I can't help but go for it. Quote Advantage: Raiden. He could've had something that reminded everyone of his MGS2 self like "Did you say nerd?" but instead he got one from his more popular ninja incarnation that gets Snake's name into his pic. Can't do much more than that. Bracket: Link Expert: Link > Raiden > Yoshi Oracle: Link - 56%; Raiden - 24%; Yoshi - 20% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information | 
| ZeldaTPLink posted... By my calculations, Mewtwo is worth about 23,3 Chesters, while Dracula is worth 23,1 Chesters. Well the match is still going on --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 | 
| Man,
 I expect Yoshi to get absolutely massacred here. People have a lot more
 faith in the dino than me - I don't think Raiden's particularly strong 
but losing to a Link obliterated Yoshi just sounds so off to me. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Also,
 I hope you're not using the current match to gauge Dracula's power, 
comparing him to Zidane or Mewtwo. We should know better than to try to 
read anything from this fodder-fest. --- Proud supporter of DogFAQs | 
| Karma Hunter posted... Man, I expect Yoshi to get absolutely massacred here. People have a lot more faith in the dino than me - I don't think Raiden's particularly strong but losing to a Link obliterated Yoshi just sounds so off to me. Ditto. I just can't see it happening. --- "Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia | 
| I'm putting my faith on Yoshi being able to resist SFF enough to not lose to Raiden. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 | 
| I'm
 taking Yoshi > Raiden.  Link's an incredibly obvious favorite 
compared to 2004 when he first smoked Yoshi, which allowed Tingle to do 
better this year than Ganondorf that year.  Assuming that applies to 
Yoshi/Raiden next round, Yoshi can avoid most SFF as well.  Revengeance 
shouldn't get Raiden that close to Yoshi anyway. --- T H E S T A B L E - bring on Epona! http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg | 
| Yoshi avoiding SFF...? Man. Man. I guess we'll see in a few hours! --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Luigi did better on Link than Alucard in 2010 I'm not sure if I would even take Raiden over Alucard --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 63/78 Today's Picks: Zelda and Lightning | 
| charmander6000 posted... Luigi did better on Link than Alucard in 2010 I most certainly wouldn't --- Want any VNs pre-patched? PM me. List of VNs can be found by clicking on my username. | 
| I
 could see Yoshi > Raiden, depending on the severity of SFF. Raiden 
isn't worth much, but he does stand out as the only non-Nintendo option,
 which helps. --- tune in tokyo 142.94 | 
| charmander6000 posted... Luigi did better on Link than Alucard in 2010 I wouldn't, but I certainly wouldn't expect Luigi to hold up like that in this position. Distorted SFF is the order of the day. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Missed
 the last match - what is everyone's opinion on Charizard? I thought 66%
 on Riku was extremely impressive. It's not that far from what Dante and
 Squirtle managed (vs. Laharl and Ramza) against a much stronger 
opponent. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/gdl8lcn.jpg | 
| I'd
 take Charizard > Crono and *maybe* Sonic based off that performance.
 I said a doubling was what he needed to hit pre-match to validate 
himself for the most part and he didn't finish too far off of it. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| I wouldn't, but I certainly wouldn't expect Luigi to hold up like that in this position. Distorted SFF is the order of the day. Yeah how much SFF there is will be hard to predict. If smart voters exist they must know Link has the match in the bag and therefore don't need to abandon Yoshi. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 64/80 Today's Picks: Charizard | 
| charmander6000 posted... I wouldn't, but I certainly wouldn't expect Luigi to hold up like that in this position. Distorted SFF is the order of the day. inb4 Yoshi somehow holds the lead for 15 minutes due to SmartVoterFAQs leading to NOBODY voting Link | 
| Raiden's
 percentage on Waluigi, rally or no, still worries me. Waluigi is most 
likely fodder. Yoshi is really just as much of a fan favorite as Luigi 
(if not, more). He would have to go back to 2004 levels to get that kind
 of SFF. and it seems like Link's SFF power has really weakened since then. I think there are enough Nintendo fans for Raiden to still lose if he's still a low mid-carder. --- "i am pretty sure 3-year old children would generate more thoughtful discussion than board 8 on any topic of sexism" - Naye745 | 
| charmander6000 posted... I wouldn't, but I certainly wouldn't expect Luigi to hold up like that in this position. Distorted SFF is the order of the day. Yeah but that's straight up almost every match Link has ever had. Yet he still scores that ridiculously distorted SFF on the regular. Remember Link/Mario/Samus/Crono? --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) | 
| Despite
 it being a day match, Raiden was killing Waluigi in all the time zones 
where a rally wasn't taking place. If you remove the rally, then his 
result gets pretty close to what Shepard got on Olimar. I think it's a 
sneakily impressive result that should prove itself tomorrow. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. | 
| When did the rally start? What were the percentages? --- "i am pretty sure 3-year old children would generate more thoughtful discussion than board 8 on any topic of sexism" - Naye745 | 
| Did I win the Oracle for this match, or was my Caim pick too ridiculously high? Chester and Spring Breeze Dancin' have a maximum amount of board 8 votes they're going to get, and the percentage of people that are going to find either appealing enough to vote for separately of that is just not high enough to deal with someone like Caim that people have actually heard of and who has more appealing design. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. | 
| MarioSuperstar posted... When did the rally start? What were the percentages? The rally started after the 12:18 PM update. The rally died off after the 1:53 PM update. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! | 
| LOLContests posted... Did I win the Oracle for this match, or was my Caim pick too ridiculously high? Well, that explains Caim beasting this poll... --- "Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia | 
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