Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1141

#51 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/1/2013 12:08:35 AM | message detail
Next contest should have a wildcard round. After some middle round there's a vote to bring back a few eliminated characters and put them back into the bracket.
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#52 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/1/2013 12:17:15 AM | message detail
-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Next contest should have a wildcard round. After some middle round there's a vote to bring back a few eliminated characters and put them back into the bracket.


Do you really want every last goddamn Pokemon to get a second round over other characters
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#53 | paulg235 | Posted 9/1/2013 12:18:04 AM | message detail
Just voted. Lol Charizard. I know Zelda had a decent chance of upsetting him, but actually seeing Charizard fail to win here is kinda funny to me. Always felt his deep 2010 run overrated him and was a result of a weak division and Pokemon HG/SS.

Still think Mega Man won't make it out of his division with Zero in his match though.
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#54 | Figgy20000 | Posted 9/1/2013 12:31:47 AM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Next contest should have a wildcard round. After some middle round there's a vote to bring back a few eliminated characters and put them back into the bracket.


Do you really want every last goddamn Pokemon to get a second round over other characters


Draven somehow loses to Link and comes back for round 2!
#55 | LeonhartFour (Topic Creator) | Posted 9/1/2013 12:34:50 AM | message detail
ZFS posted...
Luigi > Mario finally became a thing CBIX


The eternal understudy finally takes the stage
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#56 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/1/2013 12:38:58 AM | message detail
Luigi's match is more impressive in a lot of ways than Mario's. Yeah, Ganondorf is a whole different game than Ness... but Big Boss> Vivi should be no contest, too.

what happened
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#57 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:14:54 AM | message detail
Not sure I even want to try a mass rally for Charizard
If he can't beat Zelda with DK in the poll by himself he doesn't deserve my help

I know how Paul feels,when a Pokemon disappoint you,you really want to throw him out of the window (and in this case,sink him the water ,you damn failure)
#58 | Denzokuken | Posted 9/1/2013 1:16:24 AM | message detail
Yeah! Well done Zelda (and Toon Zelda - no less). Looking back of course it seems obvious - pretty much everyone Charizard faced in 2010 has flopped horribly (maybe Bowser aside) ...and now he has too.
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#59 | Shoenin_Kakashi | Posted 9/1/2013 1:16:25 AM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
ZFS posted...
Luigi > Mario finally became a thing CBIX


The eternal understudy finally takes the stage


Only to lose to Jack Bauer
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#60 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/1/2013 1:17:12 AM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Luigi's match is more impressive in a lot of ways than Mario's. Yeah, Ganondorf is a whole different game than Ness... but Big Boss> Vivi should be no contest, too.

what happened


So here's a fun question: What happens if, come match time, Mario smashes the poll and beats Crono and X with ease? Do we say that the rally was pretty much stupid strong and swung something like 9k or do we just mock Crono and X to hell and back?
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#61 | Ultimaphazon | Posted 9/1/2013 1:18:24 AM | message detail
Rallies happened. It's really that simple.
Without 4chan, Vivi doesn't win that match. He's probably still somewhat close though (55-45, maybe).
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#62 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/1/2013 1:19:57 AM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
Karma Hunter posted...
Luigi's match is more impressive in a lot of ways than Mario's. Yeah, Ganondorf is a whole different game than Ness... but Big Boss> Vivi should be no contest, too.

what happened


So here's a fun question: What happens if, come match time, Mario smashes the poll and beats Crono and X with ease? Do we say that the rally was pretty much stupid strong and swung something like 9k or do we just mock Crono and X to hell and back?


meet in the middle. give it 4-5k, and laugh at Crono for falling so far while being sad that X had to deal with Mario.
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#63 | LordoftheMorons | Posted 9/1/2013 1:22:03 AM | message detail
So is Zelda winning good or bad for Mega Man?
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#64 | Axl_Rose_85 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:24:23 AM | message detail
What. the. f***. Charizard?

So long leaderboard, it was fun while it lasted :(
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#65 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:25:31 AM | message detail
Pokemon rallies falling makes me really wonder about Draven rally
Most people are looking at the rallies with disgust "oh gamefaqs? who cares Link always wins those contests are a joke go away"
But LoL fans? bring it on! We will swarm the contest!
#66 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/1/2013 1:27:30 AM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Pokemon rallies falling makes me really wonder about Draven rally
Most people are looking at the rallies with disgust "oh gamefaqs? who cares Link always wins those contests are a joke go away"
But LoL fans? bring it on! We will swarm the contest!


'Our votes shall blot out the sun!'

'Good. Then we will contest in the shade.'
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#67 | Axl_Rose_85 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:32:15 AM | message detail
I just hope LoL fans somehow forget to rally for Draven on the day he faces Snake.

Snake winning would legitimize greatastefaqs.
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#68 | Singerton | Posted 9/1/2013 1:36:42 AM | message detail
LordoftheMorons posted...
So is Zelda winning good or bad for Mega Man?


Probably won't make much of a difference.

Pokemon and LoZ likely have about the same amount of overlap with Mega Man.
Rallies for a mid-tier LoZ will probably have the same effect on a match as rallies for a legit mid-card pokemon.
And Mega Man's still got an anchor weighing him down.

Most years I'd say Anti-Link voting and Pokemon Joke rallies might put Mega Man in a better place after a Charizard loss, but with Draven this year, I wouldn't be surprised if Mega Man puts up the exact same numbers on Zelda as he would've on Charizard.
#69 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:41:05 AM | message detail
Axl_Rose_85 posted...
I just hope LoL fans somehow forget to rally for Draven on the day he faces Snake.

Snake winning would legitimize greatastefaqs.


LoL fans don't care about the contest and they will forget
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#70 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/1/2013 1:49:27 AM | message detail
he's not facing Snake. at the pace we're going, Snake is gonna job out to Kefka as we try to figure out if GlaDOS is the reason why he lost, Cloud will lose to Squirtle, Sora will abuse LFF to get through Pikachu/Blue before giving Squirtle the win to the finals due to Kefka/Sora LFF allowing him a slot in the finals. as for the current division we're in, the finals will be one of Red, L Block, Tifa, or Zelda.

if Zelda gets through this round then that means the match is Mega Man/Zero/Zelda. that's about as good a draw as you can get against Mega if you can leech votes from him too. the semi-finals for her could very well end up as Samus/Red/Zelda. alternative options that seem possible are L Block/Red/Zelda or even Tifa/Red/Zelda. right now we can actually have Tifa in the finals. >__>;

but it can be ZeldaFAQs.
or SquirtleFAQs.

i don't know this contest at all.
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#71 | Kotetsu534 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:50:57 AM | message detail
Huh, I thought this match would be close before the contest but after watching all those Pokemon victories and seeing Zelda get a WW pic I gave up hope. Good show, Zelda! She hasn't had a big win in a very long time.

Though this isn't done just yet. Charizard is stomping in the UK so it's possible he'll cut in the next couple of hours. Zelda's morning vote should keep her safe though.
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#72 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 1:53:32 AM | message detail
time to rally charizard
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#73 | creativename | Posted 9/1/2013 2:27:22 AM | message detail
LordoftheMorons posted...
So is Zelda winning good or bad for Mega Man?

I'd say he's ****ed either way. He could 70-30 Zero (which is...optimistic) and still lose. If you do the math, it is very hard to see MM winning, considering almost all of Zero's votes will be leeched from him.

MM just got completely screwed over by this bracket. He would roll through Zelda or Zard 1v1.

Since Zelda is winning with DK in the poll though, I would assume she is stronger in neutral terms than Zard. So I guess Zelda is probably the slightly tougher opponent for MM.

Charizard may still win this poll but I don't think he would without DK there.
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#74 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 9/1/2013 2:28:58 AM | message detail
The morning vote should favor Zelda, right?
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#75 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 2:29:39 AM | message detail
creativename posted...
LordoftheMorons posted...
So is Zelda winning good or bad for Mega Man?

I'd say he's ****ed either way. He could 70-30 Zero (which is...optimistic) and still lose. If you do the math, it is very hard to see MM winning, considering almost all of Zero's votes will be leeched from him.

MM just got completely screwed over by this bracket. He would roll through Zelda or Zard 1v1.

Since Zelda is winning with DK in the poll though, I would assume she is stronger in neutral terms than Zard. So I guess Zelda is probably the slightly tougher opponent for MM.

Charizard may still win this poll but I don't think he would without DK there.


DK leeches from Zard more than Zelda
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#76 | Lopen | Posted 9/1/2013 2:30:41 AM | message detail
I think Zelda is good for Mega Man cause I see him as more likely to SFF her than a Pokemon given Mega's match history but yeah. Still a tough match for him.
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#77 | lightning-02 | Posted 9/1/2013 2:33:36 AM | message detail
LordoftheMorons posted...
So is Zelda winning good or bad for Mega Man?


I don't know why anyone would think its a good or even a neutral thing for MM. You're going to have either the 6th pokemon of the round (saturation) or the last remaining character from the most popular series on the site carrying the fallen spirit of Link. Nintendo overlap always seems to disproportionately favour the Zelda series as well.

People are probably forgetting that Zelda was the one aspect of the series that came across very well in Skyward Sword. Even without LFF or acting as a Link proxy she's a dangerous opponent.
#78 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 2:36:34 AM | message detail
are these recent updates meaningful at all? Will the morning vote favor Zelda that much to the point where these next few hours don't matter?
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#79 | creativename | Posted 9/1/2013 2:39:00 AM | message detail
Jump_Man7 posted...
DK leeches from Zard more than Zelda

You can't honestly believe this?
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#80 | SuorGenoveffa | Posted 9/1/2013 2:42:25 AM | message detail
Jump_Man7 posted...
are these recent updates meaningful at all? Will the morning vote favor Zelda that much to the point where these next few hours don't matter?


While I'm not entirely sure that the morning vote will favor Zelda, Charizard needs much more constant cuts than this IMO.
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#81 | Kotetsu534 | Posted 9/1/2013 2:42:41 AM | message detail
If the trends go like they did in MM/GSC then Zelda should fall for a bit yet before coming on strong in the last three hours or so of the poll. There's been some weird morning votes this contest though so I wouldn't count Charizard out.
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#82 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 2:43:41 AM | message detail
creativename posted...
Jump_Man7 posted...
DK leeches from Zard more than Zelda

You can't honestly believe this?


is that not the case? I'm not saying I'm right, but I'd like to hear why DK would leech more from zelda
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#83 | Lopen | Posted 9/1/2013 2:45:20 AM | message detail
DK leeching from Zard a bit more makes some sense actually. They're both "creature" sorta things vs an elf which lets Zelda stand out more. *shrug I'm not sure it actually matters at all but I wouldn't just outright discard the idea either.
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#84 | Ultimaphazon | Posted 9/1/2013 2:54:33 AM | message detail
Zard seems to be coming back here. I wonder if he will pull it off.
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#85 | Singerton | Posted 9/1/2013 3:05:54 AM | message detail
I could absolutely believe DK leeches from Zard more than Zelda.

A lot more overlap. DK and Zard are "heroes", while Zelda usually plays damsel. Both of them are "monsters/animals", while Zelda's arguably human. Finally, Zelda's female while the DK is not and Zard is rarely depicted as one.

I question whether DK leeches enough off of Zard to actually make a difference though.
#86 | Denzokuken | Posted 9/1/2013 3:14:23 AM | message detail
Oh come on. DK leeching Charizard? Zard just isn't that good guys - look at how Kratos, Bowser, Mario have done this contest. Nor does this mean Pokemon is in trouble either; I would probably take Pika and Squirtle over Zard.
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#87 | Singerton | Posted 9/1/2013 3:19:53 AM | message detail
Denzokuken posted...
Oh come on. DK leeching Charizard? Zard just isn't that good guys - look at how Kratos, Bowser, Mario have done this contest. Nor does this mean Pokemon is in trouble either; I would probably take Pika and Squirtle over Zard.


It makes sense that in a 1v1, more of DK's votes would go to Zard than to Zelda.

Admittedly, I don't think it would be much of a difference at all, more of a 48-52 split, but if the match continues this close it could've made the difference.
#88 | Zylothewolf | Posted 9/1/2013 3:25:54 AM | message detail
Pokemon is the most independent Nintendo fanbase. Zelda would beat Charizard even worse in 1VS1.
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#89 | vcharon | Posted 9/1/2013 3:27:21 AM | message detail | (edited)
Gonna come down to the morning vote. Zelda has won only two updates in the last 2 hours (the last two, in fact), but they've all been pretty small gains for Charizard. The lead is around where it was about 5 hours ago now.
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#90 | spooky96 | Posted 9/1/2013 3:29:51 AM | message detail
DK's biggest his is from SNES. One of the biggest Zelda's hit too is from SNES. There is nothing on SNES which has Pokemon. Firstly, there is really low leeching if you ask me, but if an answer has to be given, Zelda is getting leeched.
#91 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/1/2013 3:37:14 AM | message detail
*looks at poll*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

I feel so vindicated now after how many god damn times I've said Charizard is overrated in this contest. So, so vindicated.

Now for some fun times reading the topics for the hilarious reactions!
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#92 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/1/2013 3:48:12 AM | message detail
If you want to predict the number of votes in Draven's next match, you can do that in this topic:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/67133207
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#93 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/1/2013 4:09:50 AM | message detail
Oh man, all the possible final combinations.

What if we end up with Link/Cloud/Tifa?
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#94 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 4:14:36 AM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
Oh man, all the possible final combinations.

What if we end up with Link/Cloud/Tifa?


nah its gonna be:

Draven/Link vs Snake vs Samus/L-Block
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#95 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/1/2013 4:15:50 AM | message detail
If Link gets past Draven, it's unlikely that L-Block gets past Samus. L-Block is supposed to be a back-up plan if Link fails against Draven.
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#96 | lightning-02 | Posted 9/1/2013 4:17:52 AM | message detail
In 05/06 or whatever year it was, why was Mario in the tournament of champions thing instead of the main bracket? I don't remember him winning a contest before.
#97 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/1/2013 4:19:20 AM | message detail
lightning-02 posted...
In 05/06 or whatever year it was, why was Mario in the tournament of champions thing instead of the main bracket? I don't remember him winning a contest before.


he won in 05 when Link, Cloud and seph werent in the main bracket iirc
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#98 | Zylothewolf | Posted 9/1/2013 4:19:42 AM | message detail
lightning-02 posted...
In 05/06 or whatever year it was, why was Mario in the tournament of champions thing instead of the main bracket? I don't remember him winning a contest before.


Because Mario won over Crono in the finals in 2005.
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#99 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/1/2013 4:20:09 AM | message detail
The only people that think that are the people in this board. If 4chan wants L-Block to win, it probably wins (though its natural strength is likely too low against the likes of Samus and Tifa to pull it off). I don't think 4chan really cares about killing Draven as much as seeing a Tetris block win again.

Also, even if Charizard wins (which is fine with me because it's in my bracket since I expected Zelda to fall hard), it still looks great for Mega Man, and that's what matters to me. I want to see Mega Man come out of nowhere and win this damn thing. And for that to happen, Link must fall.
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#100 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/1/2013 4:20:41 AM | message detail
lightning-02 posted...
In 05/06 or whatever year it was, why was Mario in the tournament of champions thing instead of the main bracket? I don't remember him winning a contest before.


2005 was the year Clinkeroth was removed from the bracket and Mario won to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.

2006 was the Battle Royal thing where they had the ToC + the winners of the male and female bracket.
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