Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1148: StuffingFAQs

#251 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/2/2013 3:58:44 PM | message detail
I personally don't think the Draven cheating is as bad as some people seem to believe, but it definitely exists.

It's unfathomable to believe that matches like this and Mario/Vivi have/had no stuffing when Allen apparently found it in inconsequential matches for Touhou characters and Guybrush.
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#252 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 3:58:58 PM | message detail
I will apologize to Allen, btw. Lazy was probably too harsh. I honestly think that if he devoted all of his resources to attempting to find the stuffer, he could prove it. Doing so would probably take an extreme amount of time an energy, which may not be fair to expect from him. I do think it's findable and that it can be proven, though, but if this is sophisticated enough I might be wrong.

I do not think Allen is bad at this for not finding the person responsible. I just think that if there is a significant monetary prize in play, all potential resources must be dedicated in order to make sure said prize isn't earned through illegitimate means.

I do apologize if I spoke too strongly, however. I am sorry.
#253 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/2/2013 3:59:16 PM | message detail
Lvthn posted...
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
creativename posted...
Then00bAvenger posted...
Sorry but I don't buy this crazy conspiracy theory that the majority of Draven's votes are stuffed and Allen is taking part in some silly cover up.

Cover up? Silly theory? Did you see what was happening before the DDOS attack?? Link was obliterating the poll.

There's no cover up, Allen is just inept and is being fooled by masked referer values that claim to be from Reddit. There is 100% no question that most of Draven's votes are stuffed.

I mean if you want to be REALLY conservative you can say he's 1/3rd stuffed.

And just look at Lopen's math, it revealed everything before this match even took place. To still claim Lopen is a "conspiracy theorist" and his conclusions wrong is just insulting, because he was in the right this whole time, yet people were dogging him because of Allen's hand-wave.


Thank you. The DDoS attack is the most blatant evidence of cheating.

Of course, it's far less insidious than the "not cheating but blatantly influencing" that Riot's been engaging in. Outright bribery on the official forums, and this is the second straight match where LoL "mysteriously" went down so that all of those people who would normally actually be playing LoL are instead forced to go to the forums and/or Reddit and thereby get directed to the poll. Pretty sure not even Starcraft went that far.


Now I've seen it all. You really think Riot shut down servers to influence votes on a site that is utterly dwarfed by their own playerbase? Why would they do that?


It's the second time the servers went down during one of Draven's matches, and he's only had three of them! That can't be just a coincidence!
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#254 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/2/2013 4:00:37 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
I personally don't think the Draven cheating is as bad as some people seem to believe, but it definitely exists.

It's unfathomable to believe that matches like this and Mario/Vivi have/had no stuffing when Allen apparently found it in inconsequential matches for Touhou characters and Guybrush.


That's just it. It was inconsequential characters. If Link were an inconsequential character, there'd be so much stuffing removed that Link would have negative votes.
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#255 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:00:51 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
It's the second time the servers went down during one of Draven's matches, and he's only had three of them! That can't be just a coincidence!

Saying the DDOS attack was coincidence is a massive reach.

But this? Come on. No company is going to shut down servers for a stupid poll. That's money they're losing.
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#256 | meisnewbie | Posted 9/2/2013 4:00:55 PM | message detail
SubDeity posted...
Are you really so dense as to not see that IF we are to track down vote stuffing we need Allen's cooperation?

I pretty much believe Allen regarding stuffing though.

I just also hate Allen despite that.


...And then you go ahead and say "Good Riddance" when he goes from harrying himself; in your view, needlessly and goes off and enjoys his day instead of this crap?

Like

my god

is going from 3 posts to zero, actually three posts over the course of many hours to one farewell post really
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#257 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 4:01:08 PM | message detail
Reminder:

Even if there was no downtime, even if there was no "cheating," Draven would still be winning here. Draven would still beat Link even if everything worked out perfectly.

Draven is simply stronger than Link.
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#258 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:01:15 PM | message detail
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#259 | Sorozone | Posted 9/2/2013 4:02:06 PM | message detail
Too many things being merely coincidental is hard to take. Because of that, I don't know how much Allen can actually do to justify his answers or reasons behind the odd numbers that aren't related to stuffing and are "legit".

Don't feel to bad about it Allen!

A lot of people just aren't buying what you are selling!
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#260 | LOLContests | Posted 9/2/2013 4:02:15 PM | message detail
TheOneAboveAll posted...
LOLContests posted...
The only way around it is if you think he's lying on purpose to cover it all up, or he's just utterly, utterly incompetent. And I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe either. He can't be that inept if he was put in y were

It's not that he's incompetent. Maybe the stuffer is just using really really high-tech methods, and Bacon doesn't want to admit that he can't detect them. Hell he might be afraid of legal action if admits foul play but doesn't do anything. I mean, Draven's and Link's numbers completely reversed a couple of hours ago, allegedly due to a Facebook rally there is no evidence of.


We posted the Facebook rallies on here. One was on ZeldaInformer, the other on the official Skyward Sword page.


Touche. I actually missed the comments about this ZeldaInformer page. Only saw the comments about Skyward Sword which was after Link went berserk. Doesn't explain why Draven's votes fell off though.
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#261 | Lvthn | Posted 9/2/2013 4:02:34 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
Lvthn posted...
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
creativename posted...
Then00bAvenger posted...
Sorry but I don't buy this crazy conspiracy theory that the majority of Draven's votes are stuffed and Allen is taking part in some silly cover up.

Cover up? Silly theory? Did you see what was happening before the DDOS attack?? Link was obliterating the poll.

There's no cover up, Allen is just inept and is being fooled by masked referer values that claim to be from Reddit. There is 100% no question that most of Draven's votes are stuffed.

I mean if you want to be REALLY conservative you can say he's 1/3rd stuffed.

And just look at Lopen's math, it revealed everything before this match even took place. To still claim Lopen is a "conspiracy theorist" and his conclusions wrong is just insulting, because he was in the right this whole time, yet people were dogging him because of Allen's hand-wave.


Thank you. The DDoS attack is the most blatant evidence of cheating.

Of course, it's far less insidious than the "not cheating but blatantly influencing" that Riot's been engaging in. Outright bribery on the official forums, and this is the second straight match where LoL "mysteriously" went down so that all of those people who would normally actually be playing LoL are instead forced to go to the forums and/or Reddit and thereby get directed to the poll. Pretty sure not even Starcraft went that far.


Now I've seen it all. You really think Riot shut down servers to influence votes on a site that is utterly dwarfed by their own playerbase? Why would they do that?


It's the second time the servers went down during one of Draven's matches, and he's only had three of them! That can't be just a coincidence!


Servers are up? I just played a few matches. If they went down briefly, that's...pretty much par for the course for online games, they have to bring down servers regularly to fix bugs that arise. But I've been playing on and off all day so it must have been a pretty brief window.
#262 | SubDeity (Topic Creator) | Posted 9/2/2013 4:02:48 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
Also as someone posted this earlier, it fits even more perfectly now with Allen's post...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU

SubDeity posted...
Are you really so dense as to not see that IF we are to track down vote stuffing we need Allen's cooperation?

I pretty much believe Allen regarding stuffing though.

I just also hate Allen despite that.

You really shouldn't despite him. Be disappointed in him yes, but hatred? Why?


I once got modded for saying abortion is murder, and it was upheld all the way up through appealing to the administrator. There was nothing in the post that violated the Terms of Use and the statements given by mods to justify the moderation were blatantly political (e.g. "nobody cares what you think about clumps of cells").
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#263 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:03:12 PM | message detail
Well looks like this will be our last contest
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#264 | LOLContests | Posted 9/2/2013 4:03:58 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
I personally don't think the Draven cheating is as bad as some people seem to believe, but it definitely exists.

It's unfathomable to believe that matches like this and Mario/Vivi have/had no stuffing when Allen apparently found it in inconsequential matches for Touhou characters and Guybrush.


The Guybrush vote stuffing was probably just the bot stuffing for Marisa going into the next match.
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#265 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/2/2013 4:05:49 PM | message detail
LOLContests posted...
MegatokyoEd posted...
I personally don't think the Draven cheating is as bad as some people seem to believe, but it definitely exists.

It's unfathomable to believe that matches like this and Mario/Vivi have/had no stuffing when Allen apparently found it in inconsequential matches for Touhou characters and Guybrush.


The Guybrush vote stuffing was probably just the bot stuffing for Marisa going into the next match.


Except that's not possible. And even if it was, Marisa was the third poll option and Guybrush was the second.
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#266 | TyrekeEvans13 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:06:00 PM | message detail
From: charmander6000 | #263
Well looks like this will be our last contest

With any hope, it made GameFAQs look incredibly immature outside the site

It's a bit sad though, I guess most of us "grew up" with these contests and the '02 contest is what got me to stay on this website
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#267 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:06:14 PM | message detail
SubDeity posted...
I once got modded for saying abortion is murder, and it was upheld all the way up through appealing to the administrator. There was nothing in the post that violated the Terms of Use and the statements given by mods to justify the moderation were blatantly political (e.g. "nobody cares what you think about clumps of cells").

You could be irritated and angry by that...but hatred is a strong word.

Though yes, that's a pretty insensitive thing for a mod to say, if some mod actually said that.

charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest

If the next one wouldn't be better, I don't think too many of us will miss it. Another contest like this isn't worth the time for anyone.
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#268 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 4:06:32 PM | message detail
SubDeity posted...
I once got modded for saying abortion is murder, and it was upheld all the way up through appealing to the administrator. There was nothing in the post that violated the Terms of Use and the statements given by mods to justify the moderation were blatantly political (e.g. "nobody cares what you think about clumps of cells").


You're probably leaving out stuff, like you randomly posted it in an unrelated topic or something stupid.

Also, you sound like a giant douchebag holding a grudge over one moderation. Think of how pissed I'd always be if I got angry every time I got modded!
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#269 | OrangeCrush980 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:06:44 PM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


Sadly it's likely we won't see another one for 3-5 years. We had to wait 2 years for this one, so it's clear Allen didn't think highly of them recently already. And now that we all exploded at him, this'll be it for a long time.
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#270 | The_Djoker | Posted 9/2/2013 4:06:56 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
The_Djoker posted...
We need a bette admin


Why not start up your own site, then? The board is quite dissatisfied with this result. Surely you can do better than this old wreck of a site and use that support base on Board 8 to run things The Right Way?


lol it's not even this result. I don't care about this result too much. The guy is just a hypocrit that's all. Allows ridiculous rallies for joke LoL characters but doesn't want Fictional characters that would boost traffic tenfold.
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#271 | Masato_Tanaka | Posted 9/2/2013 4:07:16 PM | message detail
SBAllen posted...
TheOneAboveAll posted...
Then00bAvenger posted...
Sorry but I don't buy this crazy conspiracy theory that the majority of Draven's votes are stuffed and Allen is taking part in some silly cover up.


Not a cover-up. He's just too lazy to find it because it obviously takes a bit of ingenuity to get around our anti-stuffing measures anyway.


I'm sitting here, on my vacation time, hunting down information and sharing it with everyone. I've been called so many offensive and rude things that I've lost track of them all, and I'm blowing off my visiting relatives from out of town for the privilege. I've posted all of the information I have to prove that nothing's going on, but you are all still calling me a liar/lazy/etc.

I'm done for the day. I'm going to go and spend time with my family who came to see me. I'm not even mad at you guys, just deeply disappointed. Enjoy the rest of the contest. I probably won't.


I don't know how you put up with a lot of these guys on a daily basis, Allen, I really don't. Don't get me wrong, this board(and GameFAQs in general) has some solid stand up dudes that I've been talking to for years, but there's also another lot that are some of the rudest, inconsiderate douches I've ever seen post on the internet.
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#272 | Lopen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:07:26 PM | message detail
Yeah appealing to an admin is pretty much the most worthless feature on this site. I often appeal to admin very minor no karma loss messages that I get that are completely wrong just to see if if it ever works. It doesn't. Doesn't ever get a response that implies the admin even read the counter-argument. It's always just some very Baconesque sass at the top level followed by a "fair, next"

Granted it's probably rather annoying to deal with these appeals so I can sorta see where he's coming from there, particularly given that 80% of the time I've done it it's been on NKL messages, but still. Should just axe that feature.
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#273 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 4:07:27 PM | message detail
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#274 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:07:32 PM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


good, maybe we'll have a better admin running future contests
#275 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/2/2013 4:09:10 PM | message detail | (edited)
SubDeity posted...
I once got modded for saying abortion is murder, and it was upheld all the way up through appealing to the administrator. There was nothing in the post that violated the Terms of Use and the statements given by mods to justify the moderation were blatantly political (e.g. "nobody cares what you think about clumps of cells").


I sympathize with you, but you were probably modded for being offensive.

You have to realize that the offensive violation isn't about the poster being wrong, it's about what everyone else thinks. It doesn't matter what you think or if you're right or not, it matters if there's enough bigots or intolerant people out there to get offended by what you say. And if there are, then you are violating the TOS. I actually got modded and upheld earlier today for defending pedophiles and saying they're not inherently bad people.

Personally I think the offensive violation should go, but what are ya gonna do
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#276 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:08:13 PM | message detail
The_Djoker posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
The_Djoker posted...
We need a bette admin


Why not start up your own site, then? The board is quite dissatisfied with this result. Surely you can do better than this old wreck of a site and use that support base on Board 8 to run things The Right Way?


lol it's not even this result. I don't care about this result too much. The guy is just a hypocrit that's all. Allows ridiculous rallies for joke LoL characters but doesn't want Fictional characters that would boost traffic tenfold.


This doesn't invalidate my point though. You want a fictional characters contest? Do it. Set up a site. I set up a rally that destroyed the board, surely you can do better than a simpering idiot like me, ja?

TyrekeEvans13 posted...
From: charmander6000 | #263
Well looks like this will be our last contest

With any hope, it made GameFAQs look incredibly immature outside the site

It's a bit sad though, I guess most of us "grew up" with these contests and the '02 contest is what got me to stay on this website


It has. The board is getting enshrined in several 'quote the worst' sites.
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#277 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:09:10 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
I'd love more contests. These are fun.

I just don't want to do these contests with you a******s.

You calling someone that word is priceless. Thanks for the chuckles :)
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#278 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 4:09:23 PM | message detail
Lopen posted...
Yeah appealing to an admin is pretty much the most worthless feature on this site. I often appeal to admin very minor no karma loss messages that I get that are completely wrong just to see if if it ever works. It doesn't. Doesn't ever get a response that implies the admin even read the counter-argument. It's always just some very Baconesque sass at the top level followed by a "fair, next"

Granted it's probably rather annoying to deal with these appeals so I can sorta see where he's coming from there, particularly given that 80% of the time I've done it it's been on NKL messages, but still. Should just axe that feature.


Maybe if you stopped posting s*** that got you modded, then you wouldn't get modded.

At least when I get modded, I accept it because I know I broke the rules. Hell, things are way more lenient than they were years ago.
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#279 | The_Djoker | Posted 9/2/2013 4:09:42 PM | message detail
OrangeCrush980 posted...
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


Sadly it's likely we won't see another one for 3-5 years. We had to wait 2 years for this one, so it's clear Allen didn't think highly of them recently already. And now that we all exploded at him, this'll be it for a long time.


And nothing of value was lost. Character battles are terrible now. Game contests will still be a lot better because of the passionate fans.
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#280 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 4:10:19 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
I'd love more contests. These are fun.

I just don't want to do these contests with you a******s.

You calling someone that word is priceless. Thanks for the chuckles :)


Which kinda says a lot if f***ing Wylvane thinks you're an a******!
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#281 | Kotetsu534 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:10:30 PM | message detail
Not the day to come and interact with Board 8, really. All the worst posters are out in their worst form. Random off season day to have a little chat would have been much better.
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#282 | Lopen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:10:33 PM | message detail
Oh I totally accept most of my moderations! But any time that appeal is up and I know that the moderation is bogus you can be sure I'm appealing! One of these days it'll work I'm sure.
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#283 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:10:37 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
This doesn't invalidate my point though. You want a fictional characters contest? Do it. Set up a site. I set up a rally that destroyed the board, surely you can do better than a simpering idiot like me, ja?

I don't really get what you're saying...Allen didn't even set up this site.

If you were defending Ceej with logic like this, it would make sense.
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#284 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:10:45 PM | message detail
The_Djoker posted...
OrangeCrush980 posted...
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


Sadly it's likely we won't see another one for 3-5 years. We had to wait 2 years for this one, so it's clear Allen didn't think highly of them recently already. And now that we all exploded at him, this'll be it for a long time.


And nothing of value was lost. Character battles are terrible now. Game contests will still be a lot better because of the passionate fans.


You do realize LoL WILL make the contest, right? You thought Draven was strong, you're gonna have to wait until League of Legends goes out and makes a statement on some poor bastard in Round 1.
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#285 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:11:58 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
This doesn't invalidate my point though. You want a fictional characters contest? Do it. Set up a site. I set up a rally that destroyed the board, surely you can do better than a simpering idiot like me, ja?

I don't really get what you're saying...Allen didn't even set up this site.

If you were defending Ceej with logic like this, it would make sense.


My logic is that whining never got anything done. If you don't like something, stop *****ing and change it. I certainly did it. And if I could, nobody else on this board has an excuse.
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#286 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:12:18 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
creativename posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
I'd love more contests. These are fun.

I just don't want to do these contests with you a******s.

You calling someone that word is priceless. Thanks for the chuckles :)


Which kinda says a lot if f***ing Wylvane thinks you're an a******!

OK.
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#287 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/2/2013 4:12:27 PM | message detail
A games contest would amount to LoL vs. DotA2.
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#288 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/2/2013 4:12:27 PM | message detail
The_Djoker posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
The_Djoker posted...
We need a bette admin


Why not start up your own site, then? The board is quite dissatisfied with this result. Surely you can do better than this old wreck of a site and use that support base on Board 8 to run things The Right Way?


lol it's not even this result. I don't care about this result too much. The guy is just a hypocrit that's all. Allows ridiculous rallies for joke LoL characters but doesn't want Fictional characters that would boost traffic tenfold.


Amen.

I think we have to shut down for a bit, though. If we don't give the redditors anything to misquote, their topic will die down.
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#289 | tazzyboyishere | Posted 9/2/2013 4:12:31 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
I'd love more contests. These are fun.

I just don't want to do these contests with you a******s.


You should make an official poll about it.
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#290 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 4:13:01 PM | message detail
See, now this is the reaction I was expecting last night when I left preemptively

I have the worst luck
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#291 | The_Djoker | Posted 9/2/2013 4:13:15 PM | message detail
Or how about we do it for once here(the site i've been using for the last 10 years) just to make things a bit different and interesting? Seriously stop bumming this guy. This is the same guy who thought Rivalry contest would be a good idea.
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#292 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 4:14:33 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
My logic is that whining never got anything done. If you don't like something, stop *****ing and change it. I certainly did it. And if I could, nobody else on this board has an excuse.

Unless you were the stuffer, you didn't change anything except the round 1 match and maybe the round 2 match. Today had nothing to do with you.

Also there's nothing anyone here can do extra. Lopen put a lot of work into his statistical analysis. I'm sure Luster could also point out some crazy anomalies in various countries votes.

That work wouldn't do anything because Allen would just hand wave it, like always.
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#293 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/2/2013 4:14:36 PM | message detail
right, last night was a case of everyone accepting link's loss already by over a week.
then the match turns out to have been booked by Russo.
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#294 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:14:37 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
A games contest would amount to LoL vs. DotA2.


DotA2 wouldn't even rate. Its fans think it's much bigger than it actually is. It'd be WoW tier.

The_Djoker posted...
Or how about we do it for once here(the site i've been using for the last 10 years) just to make things a bit different and interesting? Seriously stop bumming this guy. This is the same guy who thought Rivalry contest would be a good idea.


Because it's not happening. No amount of wishing will change that. You want it done, you gotta get it done yo'self.
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#295 | TyrekeEvans13 | Posted 9/2/2013 4:14:46 PM | message detail
From: KanzarisKelshen | #284
The_Djoker posted...
OrangeCrush980 posted...
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


Sadly it's likely we won't see another one for 3-5 years. We had to wait 2 years for this one, so it's clear Allen didn't think highly of them recently already. And now that we all exploded at him, this'll be it for a long time.


And nothing of value was lost. Character battles are terrible now. Game contests will still be a lot better because of the passionate fans.


You do realize LoL WILL make the contest, right? You thought Draven was strong, you're gonna have to wait until League of Legends goes out and makes a statement on some poor bastard in Round 1.

To me, this is the most humorous thing. Nobody really gives a s*** about Draven winning in any serious sense. He's just a crap character (though better than most of this field for sure) in an enormous game. People see the rally post, vote for him, see that he's winning, laugh and go about their way. Nobody in their right mind would care to stuff for him. But League of Legends itself? Prepare to see 100k votes just for itself in a game contest.
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#296 | TriforceKeyblad | Posted 9/2/2013 4:14:53 PM | message detail
Dang, with cuts like that, Link can still win this (a 69 vote cut with 63 needed per update for victory). It's unlikely, but hope still persists, no matter how small.
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#297 | Qwaar | Posted 9/2/2013 4:15:04 PM | message detail
So I take it this match is finished now?
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#298 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 4:15:37 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
My logic is that whining never got anything done. If you don't like something, stop *****ing and change it. I certainly did it. And if I could, nobody else on this board has an excuse.

Unless you were the stuffer, you didn't change anything except the round 1 match and maybe the round 2 match. Today had nothing to do with you.

Also there's nothing anyone here can do extra. Lopen put a lot of work into his statistical analysis. I'm sure Luster could also point out some crazy anomalies in various countries votes.

That work wouldn't do anything because Allen would just hand wave it, like always.


You're dense, aren't you? I'm telling joker to get his fictional character contest by making it. If I could get people onboard the rally to the point it went viral, he can do that too. It's not hard once you stop thinking and start doing!
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#299 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/2/2013 4:15:42 PM | message detail
You can say what you want about the rivalry rumble but Red/Blue's run was one of the most surprising and fun things in the history of these contests.
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#300 | firefdr | Posted 9/2/2013 4:15:51 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
The_Djoker posted...
OrangeCrush980 posted...
charmander6000 posted...
Well looks like this will be our last contest


Sadly it's likely we won't see another one for 3-5 years. We had to wait 2 years for this one, so it's clear Allen didn't think highly of them recently already. And now that we all exploded at him, this'll be it for a long time.


And nothing of value was lost. Character battles are terrible now. Game contests will still be a lot better because of the passionate fans.


You do realize LoL WILL make the contest, right? You thought Draven was strong, you're gonna have to wait until League of Legends goes out and makes a statement on some poor bastard in Round 1.


By the time we get a Games contest, LoL will be 100% forgotten