Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1149

#101 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:30:25 PM | message detail
eaglesarebeasts posted...
Well this isn't going to help Link. Twitter account with alot of followers.


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#102 | MegatokyoEd | Posted 9/2/2013 5:30:33 PM | message detail
The fact is that Allen doesn't have to bother issuing a response or even doing these contests at all.

We've seen people legitimately say he's in a giant conspiracy to keep getting reddit traffic and issue threats to him.

The guy took his time to give us graphs on visitor data. You can still believe there's stuffing and whatnot he can't find, but what more do you really want from him?
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#103 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 5:30:34 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
Link would only be down by 1000 without that downtime. This sucks. So much.


No doubt.
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#104 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:07 PM | message detail
dethfdddddh posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
Lightning Strikes posted...
I feel bad about the Allen thing, but was largely uninvolved. I think there was bad stuff on both sides. Yeah, people were being horrible, and that's bad. However, legitimate comments were also being made.

There really should be that extension, for one thing, I don't think anyone will disagree.


Except people disagreed in the most jerkish ways imaginable, like death threats and s***. You can't really justify that sort of insanity.


No one made death threats.

The worst anyone said was that he should stop being admin/stop running contests.


No, they did. There was at least one guy gloating about sending Allen threatening PMs repeatedly and boasting that he hadn't been banned yet (because Allen is a bigger man than him).
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#105 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:21 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
Lightning Strikes posted...
I feel bad about the Allen thing, but was largely uninvolved. I think there was bad stuff on both sides. Yeah, people were being horrible, and that's bad. However, legitimate comments were also being made.

There really should be that extension, for one thing, I don't think anyone will disagree.


Except people disagreed in the most jerkish ways imaginable, like death threats and s***. You can't really justify that sort of insanity.


So that means that every single person making any criticism is wrong,

Which is the stance you've taken in these topics. Seriously, what you've been doing may not be nearly on that level, but guess what, it's wrong to completely dismiss valid claims because a minority were rude.
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#106 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:29 PM | message detail
And Draven gets a third wind.

Poor Link, just can't finish the job.
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#107 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:30 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
The fact is that Allen doesn't have to bother issuing a response or even doing these contests at all.

We've seen people legitimately say he's in a giant conspiracy to keep getting reddit traffic and issue threats to him.

The guy took his time to give us graphs on visitor data. You can still believe there's stuffing and whatnot he can't find, but what more do you really want from him?


People literally want his head. It's pretty messed up.
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#108 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:37 PM | message detail
Man, I really need to go dig through the topics, you guys sound like you had a f***ing blast.

And a 432 vote update? WTF is that?
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#109 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:40 PM | message detail
MegatokyoEd posted...
The fact is that Allen doesn't have to bother issuing a response or even doing these contests at all.

We've seen people legitimately say he's in a giant conspiracy to keep getting reddit traffic and issue threats to him.

The guy took his time to give us graphs on visitor data. You can still believe there's stuffing and whatnot he can't find, but what more do you really want from him?


Adminship duh

Board 8 wants to be the admins and run the contests themselves.

(It'd be a trainwreck)
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#110 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:49 PM | message detail
This Draven rally is bad, bad news for Link. He needs a quick counter-rally to stem this or it could get out of hand too quickly.
#111 | pipitahiguainn | Posted 9/2/2013 5:31:53 PM | message detail
Ok se fini.
#112 | vcharon | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:00 PM | message detail
Welp, that's that. RIP contest.
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#113 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:01 PM | message detail
Heck, you could make the argument that Board 8 lost the match for Link here. If this match had been approached from a civil perspective, then Allen might have been open to other ideas like a rematch or extension, which might have scored Link the win.
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#114 | Lopen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:05 PM | message detail
Hey I was pretty civil but he ignored me!

It's easier to single out hateful posts and reply to them in a huff than have actual discussion
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#115 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:14 PM | message detail
eaglesarebeasts posted...
Well this isn't going to help Link. Twitter account with alot of followers.


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Everyone vote for Draven! http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5253


Just like that, Draven gains

red sox is gonna have to pull out his CT stuffers for this s***
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#116 | OmgitsMario | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:17 PM | message detail
The final nail in the coffin.
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#117 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:20 PM | message detail
HOLY

HE GAINED

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#118 | tgs2 | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:21 PM | message detail
eaglesarebeasts posted...
Well this isn't going to help Link. Twitter account with alot of followers.


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Everyone vote for Draven! http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5253


Yep. This match is done.
#119 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:41 PM | message detail
TheKoolAidShoto posted...
If Link runs out a steam near the end...we're gonna have to talk ZFS down from that cliffside after this one


The expectation is already there! Link's gonna need a boost to win, because Draven will have his 'rallies.'
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#120 | lightningbugx | Posted 9/2/2013 5:32:42 PM | message detail
I wonder how many contest entries are going to be ruined when this match is over. I couldn't have seen this coming, but I think the final round may turn out to be Draven, Cloud, and Mega Man.
#121 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:13 PM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
So that means that every single person making any criticism is wrong,

Which is the stance you've taken in these topics. Seriously, what you've been doing may not be nearly on that level, but guess what, it's wrong to completely dismiss valid claims because a minority were rude.


What valid claims? All I've seen are people rely on random speculation and their own biases to poorly justify their paranoid viewpoints, and then using these delusional claims to threaten an admin's life.
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#122 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:15 PM | message detail
Link needs 60 votes to win.
In the last half hour, Link has cut 42 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 766 votes.
In the last hour, Link has cut 68 votes per update. At this rate, Link wins by 349 votes.

Welp.
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#123 | SnoicFactor | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:23 PM | message detail
YAY
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#124 | Doompa | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:24 PM | message detail
Only way to get this is to get NoA to tweet the contest or something lol
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#125 | armitage999 | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:37 PM | message detail
The Zelda fan twitter someone posted earlier has more followers, but I dunno if it really was that effective.
#126 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:42 PM | message detail
KamikazePotato posted...
Heck, you could make the argument that Board 8 lost the match for Link here. If this match had been approached from a civil perspective, then Allen might have been open to other ideas like a rematch or extension, which might have scored Link the win.

When has Allen done anything other than "Nothing to see here, move along"? The odds of what you're suggesting are incredibly miniscule.

Literally blaming a Link loss on board 8.
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#127 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:50 PM | message detail
nintendogirl1 posted...
Man, I really need to go dig through the topics, you guys sound like you had a f***ing blast.

And a 432 vote update? WTF is that?


That was a post on the official Skyward Sword Facebook page.
#128 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:57 PM | message detail
Man this was nothing compared to what people were giving CJayC in 2002 after the Samus > Sonic match.

Allen's a big boy, he can take some heat.
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#129 | Kibago | Posted 9/2/2013 5:33:58 PM | message detail
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#130 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:29 PM | message detail | (edited)
MegatokyoEd posted...
The fact is that Allen doesn't have to bother issuing a response or even doing these contests at all.

We've seen people legitimately say he's in a giant conspiracy to keep getting reddit traffic and issue threats to him.

The guy took his time to give us graphs on visitor data. You can still believe there's stuffing and whatnot he can't find, but what more do you really want from him?


Actually yes he does, because if you run a community event you do need to engage with the community. It's kind of in the job description. >_>

Again, not saying the rudeness was justified. Only that it is not a black and white issue where Allen needs do nothing.
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#131 | kurtfisto | Posted 9/2/2013 5:34:54 PM | message detail
good bye Link
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#132 | KokoroAkechi | Posted 9/2/2013 5:35:01 PM | message detail
KamikazePotato posted...
Heck, you could make the argument that Board 8 lost the match for Link here. If this match had been approached from a civil perspective, then Allen might have been open to other ideas like a rematch or extension, which might have scored Link the win.


No. the extreme anger was the best response. Why would Allen do anything when he said nothing suspicious happened? Actually, it would only open him up for something suspicious happening again and then he really looks bad. There have been other matches where the site was done for some time and nothing at all was done.
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#133 | SnoicFactor | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:03 PM | message detail
UltimaterializerX posted...
Man this was nothing compared to what people were giving CJayC in 2002 after the Samus > Sonic match.

Allen's a big boy, he can take some heat.


I remember that. What's worse it that Samus cheated, and got away with it. Worst disaster in 2k2. No way should she have defeated Sonic the Hedgehog.
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#134 | latiasz | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:31 PM | message detail
league twitter rally dying down.
#135 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:43 PM | message detail
Well, that Twitter rally quickly dissipated. Now Link needs some rallies to make up the votes, but he's still on a decent track.
#136 | pipitahiguainn | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:44 PM | message detail
A new hope!!
#137 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:49 PM | message detail
Link needs 59 votes to win.
In the last half hour, Link has cut 34 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 1068 votes.
In the last hour, Link has cut 61 votes per update. At this rate, Link wins by 83 votes.
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#138 | Urukazzi | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:51 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
Lightning Strikes posted...
So that means that every single person making any criticism is wrong,

Which is the stance you've taken in these topics. Seriously, what you've been doing may not be nearly on that level, but guess what, it's wrong to completely dismiss valid claims because a minority were rude.


What valid claims? All I've seen are people rely on random speculation and their own biases to poorly justify their paranoid viewpoints, and then using these delusional claims to threaten an admin's life.


Man, you are, absolutely no contest, the most butthurt person on this board right now.
#139 | Lopen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:36:58 PM | message detail
See that's what an actual rally looks like.
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#140 | Masato_Tanaka | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:00 PM | message detail
SnoicFactor posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Man this was nothing compared to what people were giving CJayC in 2002 after the Samus > Sonic match.

Allen's a big boy, he can take some heat.


I remember that. What's worse it that Samus cheated, and got away with it. Worst disaster in 2k2. No way should she have defeated Sonic the Hedgehog.


lol that match was no big deal, Samus had every right to win
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#141 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:06 PM | message detail
latiasz posted...
league twitter rally dying down.


Or ebbing and flowing. We'll see.
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#142 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:09 PM | message detail
NOT SO FAST, DRAVEN!
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#143 | SubDeity | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:15 PM | message detail
Stopped cold!?!

Gah this match.
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#144 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:18 PM | message detail
UltimaterializerX posted...
Man this was nothing compared to what people were giving CJayC in 2002 after the Samus > Sonic match.

Allen's a big boy, he can take some heat.


Go figure you'd support the nasty things that's being said about Bacon!
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#145 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:25 PM | message detail
pipitahiguainn posted...
A new hope!!


Darth Vader would totally be getting wrecked in this poll. It wouldn't even be funny.
#146 | LOLContests | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:36 PM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
dethfdddddh posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
Lightning Strikes posted...
I feel bad about the Allen thing, but was largely uninvolved. I think there was bad stuff on both sides. Yeah, people were being horrible, and that's bad. However, legitimate comments were also being made.

There really should be that extension, for one thing, I don't think anyone will disagree.


Except people disagreed in the most jerkish ways imaginable, like death threats and s***. You can't really justify that sort of insanity.


No one made death threats.

The worst anyone said was that he should stop being admin/stop running contests.


No, they did. There was at least one guy gloating about sending Allen threatening PMs repeatedly and boasting that he hadn't been banned yet (because Allen is a bigger man than him).


Who? When did this happen?
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#147 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:42 PM | message detail
I was not around in 2K2. Quick summary of Samus/Sonic maybe?
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#148 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:50 PM | message detail
Man, you are, absolutely no contest, the most butthurt person on this board right now.

Nah, he's just trolling right now, he even admitted he would before the match begun.
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#149 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:52 PM | message detail
To think Link wins this for sure 1v1 damn you threeways
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#150 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 5:37:56 PM | message detail
I will agree on one thing - any vitriol Allen's received today pales in comparison to the worst that was thrown at Ceej. Two wrongs don't make a right, but he appears to have taken things rather personally. Understandable, but not especially level-headed. He should take a break and cool off.

(yes I know that's what he did)
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