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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1140
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Depends how SFF goes, the spread topic seems to be a good indicator on what the average board thinks. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 110/153 Today's Picks: Mega Man and Zero |
Gah is WCC really going to grab 2nd --- GT: wgt07 Metroid Prime, Super Meat Boy speed runs: http://www.youtube.com/user/wgtan01 |
pirate109 posted... Gah is WCC really going to grab 2nd Why? it's been like this for the entire match And it's not like there is going to be a rally or something (who would rally for second place?) Unless the trends really doesn't favor Rikku.. |
Asia
waking up should favor Rikku near the end of the match, although Europe
going to sleep might make this worse for her before it gets better. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
I was afraid Cube might be able to hang in there enough to make me worry that something silly might happen. Was hoping Rikku could just effortlessly cruise to a victory. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
does
Europe going to sleep really help Cube thought? i would think it would
boost Zero a lot, he probably has another % to gain, but are there any
trends that show less would come from Cube? --- "L-Block 2007 Character Battle Champion"Always remember "L-Block, shaped like a boot to kick your ass" |
Slow
topic means good time to post stats. Wario and Pit are the first time I
didn't round up because it would result in an equal number. Squall - 8.36¢ M - 7.61¢ Tidus - 7.59¢ Amaterasu - 5.27¢ Banjo - 3.55¢ Rayman - 3.33¢ Vyse - 1.73¢ Video - 1.01¢ Adol - 1.00¢ Red - 7.27¢ Wrex - 3.85¢ Cecil - 3.47¢ Pit - 2.97(8)¢ Wario - 2.97(6)¢ Corvo - 2.00¢ Creeper - 1.73¢ The King - 1.29¢ Sissel - 1.00¢ Mega Man - 8.72¢ Magikarp - 5.04¢ Jill - 3.55¢ Kratos - 3.11¢ Geno - 2.01¢ Recette - 1.56¢ Travis - 1.51¢ Haggar - 1.41¢ Red Bird - 1.00¢ --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
Boosting..Zero..? Mega Man is pretty much notable for having TERRIBLE night vote (from 49% in the night to 58% in the day) Zero is not different Also Cube is..closing in..in the slowest comeback ever |
Rikku's
doing a bit better than Cube in Europe and a bit worse in the U.S. and
the match is really close, so it helps Cube relative to Rikku. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
If it was fight for first place,then I would say Cube got this But there is no reason at all to rally for second place..it won't change a thing in the long run No one is going to brag about WCC beating Rikku with 50 votes in the 2016 contest or something So,please..let WCC finish place so maybe I will get back to the leaderboard some day |
It;s closer than I thought it would be. --- http://i.imgur.com/GUtJDs7.jpg Fact: Fanbases are unpleasable, deal with it. |
Greyfeld posted... The issue is that you're arguing over the semantics without ever stating that you actually agree with the premise, which means that in the end we're both talking at each other, not realizing that we're arguing about two completely different things. I agree with the general premise that New Square is weaker. I disagree that it's anything major doom and gloom for any game other than FFVII, which is noticeably weaker, at least at the very top. Squall looked fine. Zidane and Vivi looked fine. Regardless of what you want to make of FFX's performances (which have involved FOUR joke characters), they've looked fine. Don't want to hear about Seifer and Rinoa because there's no way of knowing how weak they were before this year (and honestly, Rinoa's probably not that bad, depending on how much Aerith SFF'd her. The FF fanbase doesn't irrationally hate her as much as B8 makes you think they do). --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Give
it a rest, aside from FF7, the rest of New Square has generally looked
pretty decent. Only the top dogs from Nintendo/Square, namely Link,
Mario, Cloud and Sephiroth are suffering from the backlash of being too
dominant in the past. --- Zinsanity of the Helix Board |
Jeez, WCC cuts 50 votes in 15 minutes. Europe going to sleep? --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://www.wwe.com/f/wysiwyg/image/2013/07/wyatt07062013.gif |
seph
dominant? he hasn't been dominant since winning villains contest. Seph
is just weak now and has been ever since he lost to Snake Jakyl25 posted... Jeez, WCC cuts 50 votes in 15 minutes. Europe going to sleep? Well....it IS 12am here dude. --- http://s19.postimage.org/aosug5mrn/Persona4.png |
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Seph was pretty dominant in 2007. He stomped Mario hard. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
can we stop calling ff7 'new square', kthx --- Fine! I'll go to the store and get your Goddamn drain cleaner! Character Battle IX Tingle Victory Parade - the journey is over.... |
It's not Old Square. There's a pretty clear delineation between the NES/SNES era and the PSX and onward era. Which makes sense. There's plenty of people (like me) who first got into the series with VII and onward. I mean, we can do Old, Modern, and Postmodern, but you all understand what it means when we say "New," so yeah. --- http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9919/leonhart.png |
Square characters have fallen due to the garbage games enix have put out recently. --- http://i.imgur.com/ooexO.gif |
Yeah Vivi sure got wrecked in his match --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
New Square is FFX and onward. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Also this is the most boring comeback of the contest. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, Rest in peace Kazbar :( |
Nah, FFX is the end of the Modern Square era. Everything after X is Postmodern. --- http://gifsoup.com/view/874243/big-boss-o.gif |
FFI-III - Prehistoric Square FFIV-V - Medieval Square FFVI-VII-Tactics - Renaissance Square FFVIII - Colonial Square FFIX - Post-Colonial Square FFX - Modern Square FFXI-XIV - Why --- Fine! I'll go to the store and get your Goddamn drain cleaner! Character Battle IX Tingle Victory Parade - the journey is over.... |
FFIX is Old Square at heart. Naturally, they've looked good! --- tune in tokyo 142.94 |
VI and VII aren't part of the same era. I don't care how close they are in chronology. They're not. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
LeonhartFour posted... VI and VII aren't part of the same era. They're both very far removed from modern games, though. To contest goers, they may as well both be 'old square'. Amazingly, FFVII is actually sixteen years old, I think. Crazy to think! |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/2315 Over half the site started with VII or later. There's definitely a clear break when the series changed from Nintendo platforms to Sony platforms. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Yep. There's a noticeable distinction between FFVI and FFVII, especially on GaneFAQs. --- tune in tokyo 142.94 |
The natural points of separation are the 2D/3D transition and then the merger with Enix (after KH, right around X-2). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
If
you don't count the people that don't play FF period, nearly 60% of all
the FF players started with 7 or later, with nearly 37% of all players
starting specifically with 7! Almost as much as 1-6 combined --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
I'd
call the PSX era Square games (FF7-9 + Tactics, Xenogears, Chrono
Cross, Vagrant Story etc.) the Square Renaissance, similar to the Disney
Renaissance. --- Currently Playing: Persona 3 FES Currently Reading: Nothing Currently Currently Watching: Dr. Who |
VeryInsane posted... I'd call the PSX era Square games (FF7-9 + Tactics, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story etc.) the Square Renaissance, similar to the Disney Renaissance. Yeah, that's a good idea. I guess we need more categories than just new and old, especially with so many games in the series. Damn, love FFT. I need to replay it. |
"Renaissance",
meaning a rebirth, makes sense in the context of '90s Disney - their
last era of comparable acclaim having occurred half a century earlier.
Don't see how it would apply to mid-late 90s Square, which was just
experiencing its first greatly successful period. If Square ever
experiences another period of great acclaim - especially after the
turmoil they've been through in the last decade - I'd use the word then. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
I'd
say Old Square = up to the switch from Nintendo systems to Sony
systems, "Golden Age" = post-switch, pre-merger with Enix, New Square =
Square Enix. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
I
never post here, ever, anymore. But I just want to say that I hope
Zelda inexplicably beats Charizard. Her art is really good, plus Wind
Waker HD hype. That is all. --- "I do read sometimes." Mat Cauthon, The Wheel of Time. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_myprofile.php?user_id=432413 |
Anyone have a link to the stats topic archives? --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Slowest comeback ever --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
If it was for first place It would have already filled at least one stat topic. |
At this pace? Doubt it! --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
Looks like Cube has it --- GT: wgt07 Metroid Prime, Super Meat Boy speed runs: http://www.youtube.com/user/wgtan01 |
KamikazePotato posted... Anyone have a link to the stats topic archives? http://thengamer.com/stats/ I'm still uploading the topics from Round 2, though. --- Pokemon VGC2013 US National - 39th place Pokemon VGC2013 Worlds LCQ - Top 32 |
Thanks. I wanted to go through the first Vivi topic again, but I think it purged. Guess I'll wait! --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Team Rocket Elite posted... KamikazePotato posted...Anyone have a link to the stats topic archives? wow I posted in the very first topic. and then never again. --- -- - |
KamikazePotato posted... Thanks. I wanted to go through the first Vivi topic again, but I think it purged. Guess I'll wait! All the topics have been uploaded. Mario vs Vivi starts on Part 1134 Page 10. --- Pokemon VGC2013 US National - 39th place Pokemon VGC2013 Worlds LCQ - Top 32 |
Thanks, TRE! --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Match CVIII: (16) Zelda vs. (15) Donkey Kong vs. (7) Charizard Previous Round Zelda – 61.63% John Marston – 27.13% Sackboy – 11.24% Donkey Kong – 45.76% Lightning – 38.42% Falco Lombardi – 15.82% Charizard – 59.16% Riku – 30.17% Nier – 10.66% Analysis I was actually feeling pretty good about the upset at around the end of round 1. Zelda just placed an impressive performance, sure they were against two casual characters and they were flopping everywhere, but it was an impressive performance. Also characters from Charizard’s half of the bracket were putting performances that would place him below Zelda. All that was needed to seal the deal was for Charizard to underperform. Obviously that did not happen as he had a very good performance against Riku. While it could be possible that Riku has gotten weaker since we last saw him Pokemon in general has been very impressive this round. Even going the pessimistic route, almost 60% on a boosted Phoenix Wright, 64% on Zidane and 47% on Crono and Magus combined are all good performances and as long as Charizard is ranked around the other top Pokemon then he should be able to win. Another thing that may hurt Zelda is the presence of Donkey Kong in the poll. While all three characters are Nintendo Pokemon has shown to be a bit more independent than the other series. This likely means any chance Zelda had for the upset has more or less effectively died. Too bad we will not be able to know how much Donkey Kong Country Returns helped Donkey Kong. I expect Donkey Kong to get crushed from SFF. As long as Charizard is ranked among the other top Pokemon, not a stretch of imagination then he should be able to finish above Zelda. With Zero advancing Charizard will be the favourite next round of knocking out another Noble Nine character. charmander6000’s Bracket: Zelda > Charizard and Lightning charmander6000’s Prediction: Charizard – 46.63%, Zelda – 38.53%, Donkey Kong – 14.84% --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Points: 110/153 Today's Picks: Mega Man and Zero |
Charizard about to smash this poll with 50% --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
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