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Yuna cuts. I think it's an outlier though... awful update for Dragonborn --- Still smilin' :> |
2007
L-Block cannot beat Draven. Even looking at its absolute peak in the
2007 finals, it simply doesn't have the raw votes. Draven winning the
contest is still a lock. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Does Fus Doh Rah translate to anything, or is it just...Fus Doh Rah? --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
I'd rather just let Draven win if L-Block has to be our "hero". --- Still smilin' :> |
That final L-Block hour is terrifying. Talk about throwing down a gauntlet. On a side note, something I just thought of regarding Link/Draven. Whenever a GameFAQs poll is linked to on Reddit, the thumbnail pic is always of option #1. This really worked to Draven's advantage this round, because he was the first option in his poll, and was thus pictured next to the Reddit rally. But in R3? It's the guy in green who's the first option. Food for thought. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
creativename posted... Does Fus Doh Rah translate to anything, or is it just...Fus Doh Rah? Fus Ro Dah, and it's a series of magic syllables. You chain them in the right order and you produce an effect, in the case of that spell, a supersonic scream. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
creativename posted... Does Fus Doh Rah translate to anything, or is it just...Fus Doh Rah? Force Balance Push --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/finegifdy.gif |
FUS RO DAH is probably doubling dragonborns strength |
TheCodeisBosco posted... That final L-Block hour is terrifying. Talk about throwing down a gauntlet. well.....I'm not sure that helps much with Link of all people and uh, does Draven return to the first slot if he beats Link uh oh |
Karma Hunter posted... 2007 L-Block cannot beat Draven. Even looking at its absolute peak in the 2007 finals, it simply doesn't have the raw votes. Draven winning the contest is still a lock. Pre-contest, Draven not winning was even more of a lock than him winning is. He's clearly the heavy favorite but it's not a lock. Whether these rally threads catch on or not probably has some randomness to it. Also if Mario makes it to the final he could put a hitch in things, due to "It's friggin' Mario!" factor. L-Block could too for that matter. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
TheCodeisBosco posted... That final L-Block hour is terrifying. Talk about throwing down a gauntlet. The way that was worked around in yesterday's match was to post an image of the 4chan rally topic, and then the second comment in the topic was the link to the poll. People have already accounted for this. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Sorry
to bring up this topic again but this is the second time it has come up
and I missed the discussion both time. Mario didn't resist Valve's
rally. There was no rally to begin with. Valve didn't rally for Gordon
Freeman against Mario. --- Pokemon VGC2013 US National - 39th place Pokemon VGC2013 Worlds LCQ - Top 32 |
Team Rocket Elite posted... Sorry to bring up this topic again but this is the second time it has come up and I missed the discussion both time. Mario didn't resist Valve's rally. There was no rally to begin with. Valve didn't rally for Gordon Freeman against Mario. DESTROYED --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
creativename posted... Pre-contest, Draven not winning was even more of a lock than him winning is. "hey guys let's rally for Draven against L-Block, THAT'LL SHOW THOSE SILLY GAMEFAQS USERS WHAT'S UP" wait.... |
From: creativename | #361 He's clearly the heavy favorite but it's not a lock. Whether these rally threads catch on or not probably has some randomness to it. How can they rally for the first 2 rounds, getting more Draven votes than the other matches had total votes, and then not touch him for the end? --- Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords. With what? ROT-13? -CJayC |
Team Rocket Elite posted... Sorry to bring up this topic again but this is the second time it has come up and I missed the discussion both time. Mario didn't resist Valve's rally. There was no rally to begin with. Valve didn't rally for Gordon Freeman against Mario. No? Interesting. That's a ridiculous amount of carryover. A rally-less match pulling in the same amount as a rallied one? Hmm. Food for thought...I have to percolate on this. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
On
the note of Draven 'only' getting roughly 2/3rds of the rallied votes
in Draven/Ryu/MMX... that statistic is accurate. But you can't compare
it to the other tests we've had - those were 1v1s, which is an obviously
more limited option. Assuming the other third of reddit votes went to
Ryu and MMX in equal measure, that means Draven was favored over each of
them in a proportion of more like 75/25. Edit: And the proportion almost certainly holds just as true for Ezio/Auron/L-Block. L-Block probably didn't get 80% of the total rallied votes by a longshot - but compared to either of his opponents individually he did. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
-hotdogturtle-- posted... From: creativename | #361 one of them can screw with everyone by not rallying Draven to steal first in expert challenge as he falls down to 3rd place not likely, but possible |
What
the heck... how am I back on the expert challenge leaderboard? I've
been boning it all throughout round 2, I was eliminated from guru, and I
didn't even make picks for Auron versus L-Block because I couldn't
settle on first and second place... I mean, I'm still only playing against Allen at this point, but wow. And if Dragonborn pulls off second, I might stay up for more than a day this time! --- http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr263/crypto_magnum/Polycosm_sig.jpg |
FFDragon posted... creativename posted...Does Fus Doh Rah translate to anything, or is it just...Fus Doh Rah? Interesting. Thanks. 1337gamerpr0 posted... "hey guys let's rally for Draven against L-Block, THAT'LL SHOW THOSE SILLY GAMEFAQS USERS WHAT'S UP" Yeah, L-Block is probably the worst matchup for Draven. The whole internet united behind the block last time. -hotdogturtle-- posted... How can they rally for the first 2 rounds, getting more Draven votes than the other matches had total votes, and then not touch him for the end? Oh of course they would try. But there definitely seems to be a pretty significant randomness factor as to what catches on at Reddit. Just because it caught on before doesn't ensure it will happen again. Of course it probably will happen again, but it's no lock. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
If
L-Block makes it to the final, that'll make the third multi-way final
out of four where I've voted for the last place entrant! Which means I'll have voted for Snake three times out of four (and FFX the other)! --- http://i.imgur.com/kCpvD.gif |
And
it should obviously go without saying that if L-Block hulks up enough
to beat Samus, weaklings like Mario and Charizard aren't going to stand
in its way. It's going to the finals in that case. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Heh
wow, we're discussing L-Block in the finals now. This 3way contest is
turning into much more of a clusterf*** than any 4way bracket we ever
had. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif |
counteroffer Leon why don't you change your sig to be like ours instead one of us one of us --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
My friends, I present one of the master's greatest battles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z9E6WOaQiA --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/NQTthNf.jpg |
ChenKenichiFan posted... Heh wow, we're discussing L-Block in the finals now. This 3way contest is turning into much more of a clusterf*** than any 4way bracket we ever had. Is anybody surprised? 4ways were infinitely more fair because there was a chance for a double screwjob to even out odds in scenarios such as this one. 3ways don't even have that. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
Polycosm posted... What the heck... how am I back on the expert challenge leaderboard? I've been boning it all throughout round 2, I was eliminated from guru, and I didn't even make picks for Auron versus L-Block because I couldn't settle on first and second place... You see, you actually gained points because of that. A lot of people lost points because they had Auron > L-Block. In fact my alt actually went up 2 spots just for having Ezio in 3rd, despite having Auron > L-Block. Though I'm probably gonna fall off since I have Yuna in 2nd and Dragonborn in 3rd. Was hoping for an upset but it didn't pan out. --- Only on GameFAQs would criticallly acclaimed PC games lose to niche JRPGs Go Us! |
It's
also looking like even relative afterthoughts of rallies (like
yesterday's) are potent enough to constitute as much as 15% of our total
votes, looking at the final votal mark. That's a seismic influence -
easily enough to determine the winner of any match short of a blowout. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Looks like things aren't changing. --- http://i.imgur.com/GUtJDs7.jpg Fact: Fanbases are unpleasable, deal with it. |
Whoa, look at that L-Block rally. Draven, consider the gauntlet thrown. Or.....whatever a tetris piece uses as gloves. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
Also, I think 2007 peak L-Block can
beat Draven from this round. He got 65,000 votes- but that was against
Link, Cloud, and Snake. Against Draven and a character of no
consequence (Sorry, Snake, you get to play this part a second time),
it'll be a lot more. Like, 100k+. Enough to match Draven considering
the Draven rally was losing steam at the end last match. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
Snake
will be, fairly or not, perceived as the sole 'legitimate' option by
many voters in a Draven/Snake/L-Block final. That doesn't mean he'd do
anything resembling 'well', but it's more or less impossible for him to
fold like he did back in '07. --- http://i.imgur.com/xiKRQ2F.gif Proud to share the same sig as Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) |
Funny how many hero/villain turns L-Block has done. He started off as the lovable underdog, then morphed into the very divisive champ. Then he went full heel during the Save_us.rat phase. Then he kinda laid low, outside the main event picture, jobbing easily to the Zard. Now he's back and might be the site's best hope against the complete outsider in Draven. So...Save_us.block now? He's like Ric Flair, bouncing around from face to heel and back again all the time. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
L-Block would be better than Draven, for sure. I wouldn't be opposed to some crazy Anti-Rally Mario win either! Absorb those Draven rally votes --- tune in tokyo 142.94 |
L-Block is still a heel. It would just be a heel vs. heel championship if it's the Block vs. Draven. --- http://img.imgcake.com/nio/26leonpngat.png http://img.imgcake.com/nio/daigohadoupnguj.png |
L-Block
winning has the added benefit that we don't have to see a serious
character winning a contest when Link does not. That is forbidden by
the LAW. *runs* --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
Although
possibly one benefit of L-Block winning is that it'd be more likely
that Reddit will just leave our contests alone from now on. Maybe. I dunno if it'd make them more determined or less. --- Guess who I am! http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1345748_o.gif |
L-Block
is never ever winning, seriously. Let's get that outta here, not even
/r/ has the ability to get it done against Samus and later Mario. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
If
L-Block just maintains what he did today, he's looking at 40-45% on
Mario/Samus. He doesn't even need a huge boost to beat them. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
red sox 777 posted... If L-Block just maintains what he did today, he's looking at 40-45% on Mario/Samus. He doesn't even need a huge boost to beat them. Yes, but I don't think he can do it. Call it a hunch, or maybe faith. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
In
this format, L-Block doesn't even need 50% of the votes to advance to
the next round. About 40% of the votes would be enough to get past
Samus if Tifa doesn't collapse. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
You
just don't like L-Block! That's the only explanation, when you
continually tell us about how upsets that are actually almost completely
impossible are possible if we just try harder. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
red sox 777 posted... You just don't like L-Block! That's the only explanation, when you continually tell us about how upsets that are actually almost completely impossible are possible if we just try harder. I was one of, at most, ten people who got the most powerful contest by this topic's admission and you're trying to tell me about impossibles? --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
Yeah.
I don't recall saying Draven winning was impossible either. In fact,
I've maintained for years that the probability of Link losing a given
contest is closer to 25% than the 1% people often quote in this topic. --- Congratulations to SuperNiceDog, Guru Winner, who was smart enough to pick your 7 time champion, Link. |
I
guess the reason Guybrush hasn't won a single match is that his fans
just don't care. They can do it if they try! Nothing is impossible! --- Harmony is peace. Peace is unity. Unity is harmony. I tell this to the King Nook. He ask me to leave. |
You can say you thought it wasn't impossible, but absolutely nobody (nobody)
took it seriously until Draven/Ryu/X happened. Can't apply revisionist
history here - I count something like four or five stats topics marks
who thought lightning could strike more than once (Such as Axem). After
doing an important share of the work to get Draven going, I've got a new
perspective on contests now. If you want something to happen, and you
work hard enough to make it happen, it will happen. There are
limits to it, but they don't apply to the rivals L-Block is going to
face before the finals. I want Samus first and Mario second to beat him
and beat him down. If that means taking action, I'll do it. I've spent
my time on much less worthwhile pursuits before. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
DoctorJimmy133 posted... I guess the reason Guybrush hasn't won a single match is that his fans just don't care. They can do it if they try! Nothing is impossible! I'm honestly curious about what Guybrush could do if his fans were contest savvy enough and hungry enough to do more than nominate him. He comes from an era where PC gaming was a complete zero on GameFAQS, but PC games have been on the rise for a long time and Guybrush has new releases coming out often now, plus people do have very fond memories of LucasArts' golden age. He couldn't challenge Link or anything, but I do wonder if he couldn't move from turbofodder to high fodder at the least. --- http://i.imgur.com/PL5UKJj.png Bearer of the Mark of Kan. |
L-Block with a Frog hour, I see. --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! The artist formerly known as greatone10. |
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