Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1123

#451 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:16 PM | message detail
TheKoolAidShoto posted...
aw yeah, back on the expert leaderboard baby


Yeah and i'm 17
There is a very big hivemind in the expert challenge
Upsets doesn't change things so much around usually
#452 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:21 PM | message detail
Quick using Vincent/Crono trends when will Morrigan take the lead
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#453 | tgs2 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:25 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
it's like you guys have never seen a Sephiroth match before


You would think with reddit complaining about the site's hard on for nintendo/square they would try to alter some of those matches!
#454 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:32 PM | message detail
But man Seph is going to be buried next round.

He'll probably be way behind Kirby and Luigi/Big Boss at the freeze.
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#455 | xp1337 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:34 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
xp1337 posted...
TheKoolAidShoto posted...
aw yeah, back on the expert leaderboard baby

What happened there, anyway? I'm a lot closer now than I have any right to be over a match like Bowser/Sub-Zero/The Boss!


Maybe a lot of people took The Boss over Subz.

It was a pretty good upset pick if so!

Just seems weird the hivemind decided to split on that match of all matches! I was disappointed at how well disciplined they were on Shepard > Aerith!

I mean, yeah, that was a good pick but still kind of weird to me!
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#456 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/21/2013 9:11:48 PM | message detail
Vincent just has people wrapped up in fear of FF7 failing, and Sephiroth's horrible match picture didn't do him any favors. But he's still recognizable and of course, the name Sephiroth is a world away from 'Vincent Valentine'.
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#457 | vcharon | Posted 8/21/2013 9:12:09 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
it's like you guys have never seen a Sephiroth match before


I've certainly never seen Draven before or Vincent losing to Phoenix Wright.
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#458 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:12:15 PM | message detail
Probably some people trying to take risks to jump up the leaderboard, which isn't a bad strategy. Nobody ahead of me dropped.
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#459 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 8/21/2013 9:12:24 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Sephiroth's horrible match picture


It's a paulg picture, no s*** it's bad.
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#460 | xp1337 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:12:41 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
it's like you guys have never seen a Sephiroth match before

we're all scared now.

scared that a rally will come in every match. for every character.
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#461 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:12:48 PM | message detail
vcharon posted...
I've certainly never seen Draven before or Vincent losing to Phoenix Wright.


Yes, but we've never seen Keanu Reeves cosplaying as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction either.
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#462 | KamikazePotato | Posted 8/21/2013 9:13:04 PM | message detail
Sephiroth looks like Sephiroth. What's so bad about it?
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#463 | hylianknight3 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:13:12 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Maybe a lot of people took The Boss over Subz.


Doesn't seem to be the case with the upper half of the leaderboard. I fell from 14th to 24th with Vincent>Mewtwo>Phoenix, but I only went back up to 22nd after picking Sub-Zero>The Boss right.
#464 | Qwaar | Posted 8/21/2013 9:13:25 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
vcharon posted...
Whew, the world hasn't gone completely to hell.


Don't tempt me to try to get the stream monsters to vote here...they totally WOULD do it just to piss GameFAQS off.

...Man I feel so tempted guys. SO DAMN TEMPTED.


Go ahead.
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#465 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:14:15 PM | message detail
Updated Top 10

Top 10 Closest Matches
1. Kratos Aurion – 20.72% vs. Boko – 20.70% - Round 1 – 0.02%
2. Missingno – 40.58% vs. Tidus – 40.50% - Round 1 – 0.08%
3. Lloyd Irving – 23.62% vs. Big Daddy – 23.45% - Round 1 – 0.17%
4. Alucard – 36.32% vs. Captain Falcon – 35.95% - Round 1 – 0.37%
5. Ike – 35.81% vs. Proto Man – 35.26% - Round 1 – 0.55%
6. Sub-Zero – 29.63% vs. The Boss – 28.87% - Round 2 – 0.76%
7. Recette Lemongrass – 25.28% vs. Travis Touchdown – 24.43% - Round 1 – 0.85%
8. Tharja – 36.21% vs. Tiny Tina – 35.35% - Round 1 – 0.86%
9. Guybrush Threepwood – 18.06% vs. Max Payne – 16.76% - Round 1 – 1.30%
10. Viewtiful Joe – 25.65% vs. Handsome Jack – 24.20% - Round 1 – 1.45%

Top 10 Smallest Day Vote Gaps
1. Kratos Aurion – 6063 vs. Boko – 6056 – Round 1 – 7
2. Ike – 11023 vs. Proto Man – 10854 – Round 1 – 169
3. Sub-Zero – 9605 vs. The Boss – 9359 – Round 2 – 246
4. Recette Lemongrass – 7419 vs. Travis Touchdown – 7167 – Round 1 – 252
5. Guybrush Threepwood – 4888 vs. Max Payne – 4537 – Round 1 – 351
6. Viewtiful Joe – 7315 vs. Handsome Jack – 6901 – Round 1 – 415
7. Missile – 6138 vs. Sarah Kerrigan – 5654 – Round 1 – 484
8. Catherine – 12092 vs. Neku Sakuraba – 11493 – Round 1 – 599
9. Mr. Game & Watch – 10500 vs. Lee Everett – 9808 – Round 1 – 692
10. Commander Shepard – 15225 vs. Aerith Gainsborough – 14507 – Round 2 – 718

Top 10 Most Popular Day Polls
1. Raiden vs. Waluigi vs. Alan Wake – Round 1 – 37721
2. Commander Shepard vs. Aerith Gainsborough vs. Tharja – Round 2 – 36597
3. Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Barret Wallace vs. Dracula – Round 2 – 34205
4. Barret Wallace vs. Professor Layton vs. Reimu Hakurei – Round 1 – 33945
5. Commander Shepard vs. Captain Olimar vs. Kain – Round 1 – 33313
6. Yuna vs. Master Chief vs. Claire Redfield – Round 1 – 32792
7. Ryu vs. Yuri Lowell vs. Face McShooty – Round 1 – 32704
8. Solid Snake vs. Isaac vs. Commander Keen – Round 1 – 32667
9. Kirby vs. Terra Branford vs. Princess Peach – Round 1 – 32535
10. Bowser vs. Sub-Zero vs. The Boss – Round 2 – 32419
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#466 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:14:33 PM | message detail
Personally I want to finish on the leaderboard
I don't believe I can win (17,atm) so I stick with the major opinion and play it safe
#467 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 8/21/2013 9:14:42 PM | message detail
He went down. Dear lord this contest has jumped that shark.
#468 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:14:44 PM | message detail
Seph's match pic is muted and blurry which serves to make the vibrant Morrigan pop out that much more, but at least it looks just like him. Not a terrible pic.
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#469 | StarStormScream | Posted 8/21/2013 9:14:51 PM | message detail
Heh, Seph actually dropped percentage there.
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#470 | TheCodeisBosco | Posted 8/21/2013 9:15:01 PM | message detail
Morrigan's match pic is a "most adorable of all time" contender, while her quote is a lot more sinister. It's a hilarious juxtaposition, and I think it's really helping her here - lack of TJF be damned.

ChenKenichiFan posted...
How in the blue f*** is Spyro doing this well. He looked worse than this back in the beginning of contests when he actually had new games and exposure. This mascot factor is so legit. They've all done well!

Okay, maybe Ratchet didn't exactly wow us, but he did about as well as expected.


Back in 2002, Spyro was overexposed to an insane degree. But as time has passed, nobody really remembers that - they remember the earlier, more acclaimed titles, as opposed to Enter the Dragonfly and its ilk. Nostalgia's doing good things for him.

Crash has similarly benefitted, I believe.
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#471 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:15:21 PM | message detail
Yeah, Seph's pic is fine. It looks like him. The problem is that Morrigan's picture draws all the attention straight to her.
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#472 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:15:27 PM | message detail
I'm f***ing gobsmacked at this Spyro performance. Why isn't he floundering in the mid-teens?
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#473 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/21/2013 9:16:01 PM | message detail
Yeah, Seph is gonna look bad here. Hard to argue against an FF7 drop but I really would like to see one of our known quantities perform without the picture seemingly rigged against them <_<
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#474 | red sox 777 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:16:19 PM | message detail
It's just that with the votals so low now FFVII has no margin for the kind of stuff that's been thrown against it for the last 9 years. Remember Vincent/Bidoof? Probably not? Bidoof hung with Vincent for a full hour, and ended up getting more than doubled. But with current votals, if Bidoof gets as many rallied/stuffed/whatever votes as he did in that hour, Vincent is gonna be way behind, and with precious few votes coming in later in the day to turn it around.

If it's Sephiroth, all it means is the extra votes have to be a bit more powerful.
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#475 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:16:27 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
vcharon posted...
Whew, the world hasn't gone completely to hell.


Don't tempt me to try to get the stream monsters to vote here...they totally WOULD do it just to piss GameFAQS off.

...Man I feel so tempted guys. SO DAMN TEMPTED.


Go ahead.


Yeah,I think most of us will like to see Morrigan wins
#476 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 8/21/2013 9:16:52 PM | message detail
Ahahahaha Sephiroth DROPS

SOUL FIST!
#477 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:17:02 PM | message detail
You can't really claim "rigged pic" when it's just Morrigan's picture that attracts all the attention. Most of Seph's stuff is dull and muted anyway, isn't it?
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#478 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 8/21/2013 9:17:10 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
I'm f***ing gobsmacked at this Spyro performance. Why isn't he floundering in the mid-teens?


NostalgiaFAQS.

I wouldn't be surprised if Spyro and Crash are both stronger this year than they ever have been before.
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#479 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:17:51 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
You can't really claim "rigged pic" when it's just Morrigan's picture that attracts all the attention. Most of Seph's stuff is dull and muted anyway, isn't it?


Well, Sephiroth's biggest draw is the Masamune, and it's impossible for him to have it in a face shot pic.
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#480 | red sox 777 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:17:55 PM | message detail
Yeah Seph's picture is fine. Completely recognizable. And Morrigan's pic is a natural part of her strength.
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#481 | charmander6000 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:18:12 PM | message detail
I'm f***ing gobsmacked at this Spyro performance. Why isn't he floundering in the mid-teens?

He has 41.57% on Morrigan, how bad did you expect him to be?
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#482 | Achromatic | Posted 8/21/2013 9:18:16 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Yeah, Seph is gonna look bad here. Hard to argue against an FF7 drop but I really would like to see one of our known quantities perform without the picture seemingly rigged against them <_<


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#483 | Nanis23 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:18:36 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
It's just that with the votals so low now FFVII has no margin for the kind of stuff that's been thrown against it for the last 9 years. Remember Vincent/Bidoof? Probably not? Bidoof hung with Vincent for a full hour, and ended up getting more than doubled. But with current votals, if Bidoof gets as many rallied/stuffed/whatever votes as he did in that hour, Vincent is gonna be way behind, and with precious few votes coming in later in the day to turn it around.

If it's Sephiroth, all it means is the extra votes have to be a bit more powerful.


Thanks
Going to use it as an example why Mewtwo should be rallied!
#484 | Karma Hunter | Posted 8/21/2013 9:19:01 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
You can't really claim "rigged pic" when it's just Morrigan's picture that attracts all the attention. Most of Seph's stuff is dull and muted anyway, isn't it?


Well, yeah, that's the issue. It's a zero sum game with these things. Seph also really looks just plain bad - I'd rather they have just stuck in his original FF7 artwork a la Barret and Aeris and called it a day.

And, lo, neither of them ended up looking too shabby!
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#485 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:19:22 PM | message detail
what are you doing Spyro
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#486 | Haste_2 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:19:39 PM | message detail
We've seen numerous characters with attention-drawing pics that didn't do that well. Morrigan's not overperforming, I don't think.

Dang... Midna's weak! Or maybe voters really are favoring FF7 less and less, I don't know.

I don't see why anyone's shocked at Spyro's "good" performance. He got 60% last round. If he was in the teens I would have blamed it on "SFF". Actually, Spyro could conceivably be suffering a bit of SFF, like Crash apparently did on Sephiroth.
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#487 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 8/21/2013 9:19:41 PM | message detail
ChenKenichiFan posted...
You can't really claim "rigged pic" when it's just Morrigan's picture that attracts all the attention. Most of Seph's stuff is dull and muted anyway, isn't it?


Stuff like this is much more crisp:

http://www.hdtabletwallpapers.com/var/albums/Cool%20wallpapers%20of%20Final%20Fantasy%20VII%20Sephiroth%201024x1024/Cool%20wallpapers%20of%20Final%20Fantasy%20VII%20Sephiroth%201024x1024%20%2801%29.jpg?m=1362042254

So...not exactly, but yes, he's not a paragon of pickitude.
#488 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:19:45 PM | message detail
dood spyro wtf mang
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#489 | xp1337 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:20:22 PM | message detail
Man, Spyro wasn't going to be awful guys! Sure, he had a pack of scrubs in R1 but that was still impressive. Put up similar numbers to Morrigan who also had a pack of scrubs. Almost definitely a stronger pack but still!
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#490 | spooky96 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:20:31 PM | message detail
Mehh, Seph looking weak. Too weak. LOL And I was expecting him to break 60.
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#491 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 8/21/2013 9:20:38 PM | message detail
Seph drops again, Spyro rises. MASCOTFAQS BAYBEE
#492 | vcharon | Posted 8/21/2013 9:20:42 PM | message detail
Maybe this will tell Sony to revive the Spyro series for real.
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#493 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:20:44 PM | message detail
Haste_2 posted...
Actually, Spyro could conceivably be suffering a bit of SFF, like Crash apparently did on Sephiroth.


WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS TO ME
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#494 | xp1337 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:21:14 PM | message detail
...

spyro please don't do this.

i know i abandoned you like an hour ago but please.
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#495 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 8/21/2013 9:21:17 PM | message detail
xp1337 posted...
Man, Spyro wasn't going to be awful guys! Sure, he had a pack of scrubs in R1 but that was still impressive. Put up similar numbers to Morrigan who also had a pack of scrubs. Almost definitely a stronger pack but still!


No 'Almost'. Comparing Miles Edgeworth to Clementine is just ridiculous, Edge might be weak but he's not that weak.
#496 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:21:19 PM | message detail
Last time we saw Spyro, he was getting doubled by Ridley. Now he's barely getting doubled by freakin' Sephiroth.
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#497 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:21:47 PM | message detail
Big Boss > Sephiroth

Someone get the Portable Ops pointing Big Boss pic on standby
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#498 | red sox 777 | Posted 8/21/2013 9:21:54 PM | message detail
Crono > Sephiroth
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#499 | ChenKenichiFan | Posted 8/21/2013 9:22:09 PM | message detail
Phoenix Wright > Mewtwo
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#500 | LeonhartFour | Posted 8/21/2013 9:22:09 PM | message detail