Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1149

#351 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 6:25:55 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
If Link keeps coming in a bit under quota he can do this in the final hourish push because he's sure to spike way over quota in that final frenzy. Of course, hoping to outrally the ultimate rally entity is not what you want to be banking on.


This is pretty true. Regardless of how he's doing now, if Link is close enough near the end, the rallying/stuffing/whatever will be big, both ways, so the votes will be big compared to now.
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#352 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:12 PM | message detail
Click here. Vote link. http://m.gamefaqs.com/poll/5253 help my scientist friend win a thing. I owe him a favor. Kind of. Just do it anyway.

YA GO MY TRENT
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#353 | Fenny | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:23 PM | message detail
Somehow listening to this while watching the updates seems fitting:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4es4CHHWuZU
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#354 | Ex-Kefiroth | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:48 PM | message detail
Cut of 40.

We need some serious rallying or else this is over.
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#355 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:49 PM | message detail
Wonder if that'll help
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#356 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:51 PM | message detail
Ex-Kefiroth posted...
nintendogirl1 posted...
Ex-Kefiroth posted...
Cut of 59.

This just might be do-able!


59 is not enough. He needs 64 every update and he's not getting it.


I think anything is possible as long as we can just stay in the ballpark of 64. It's going to come down to the wire.


Keep in mind every time he doesn't meet his quota the quota jumps up, however.
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#357 | Mershaaay | Posted 9/2/2013 6:26:51 PM | message detail
#358 | hylianknight3 | Posted 9/2/2013 6:27:04 PM | message detail
nintendogirl1 posted...
Click here. Vote link. http://m.gamefaqs.com/poll/5253 help my scientist friend win a thing. I owe him a favor. Kind of. Just do it anyway.

YA GO MY TRENT


Love that tweet! xD
#359 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:27:14 PM | message detail
Link needs 65 votes to win.
In the last half hour, Link has cut 53 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 386 votes.
In the last hour, Link has cut 43 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 672 votes.
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#360 | Dudebusters | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:06 PM | message detail
Mershaaay posted...
I am your savior

https://mobile.twitter.com/trentylocks/tweets


Completely approve of this.
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#361 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:09 PM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
Anyway, no, most people aren't insulting Allen. There is major exaggeration going on.


http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/67143451
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#362 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:14 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
You seriously believe this? We saw this last round. They all just disappeared.

The fact that more of them are actually posting in our topics to troll us doesn't make them any less likely to disappear for the next 8 days!


This match is much different than Draven's previous match because this match was pulling in voters from a wide variety of websites instead of just the Redditors on the LoL subreddit.
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#363 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:36 PM | message detail
trent barreta has never let us down before
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#364 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:40 PM | message detail
I don't know what a trentylocks is but that is good
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#365 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/2/2013 6:28:45 PM | message detail
I knew I had a reason to like Trent Baretta.
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#366 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:29:19 PM | message detail
ZFS posted...
I don't know what a trentylocks is but that is good


It has 170,000 twitter fans. I guess we'll find out!
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#367 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/2/2013 6:29:26 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
creativename posted...
A huge portion of his "rally" votes were likely fraudulent.


I thought the votes were legit. This match didn't follow the trends of the R2 match, and every time Draven shot up, it was because another major rally popped up to re-energize him.


Except this isn't true, he was getting 300 votes WITHOUT rallies at points, in what should have been his worst time. It was absurd.
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#368 | Surskit | Posted 9/2/2013 6:29:47 PM | message detail
Now we just need Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to support Link!
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#369 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 6:29:56 PM | message detail
He didn't capitalize the word Link. I wonder if that will make a lot of people confused. Either way, that was freaking awesome. Let's see the spike now.
#370 | Julian_Caesar | Posted 9/2/2013 6:30:05 PM | message detail
Question: did we skip a stats topic number?
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#371 | BlackDra90n | Posted 9/2/2013 6:30:13 PM | message detail
Surskit posted...
Now we just need Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to support Link!


Six degrees of separation and what not right?

Gotta see who has those celebrity connections on B8.
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#372 | creativename | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:16 PM | message detail
Damn.
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#373 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:18 PM | message detail
Link destruction
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#374 | RockMFR | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:19 PM | message detail
170k followers = this is over
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#375 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:24 PM | message detail
The spike!
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#376 | TriforceKeyblad | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:25 PM | message detail
Gotta love that cut!
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#377 | perfectchaos83 | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:28 PM | message detail
2K barrier breached.
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#378 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:39 PM | message detail
No massive spike. Link does get to 49% though.
#379 | Ex-Kefiroth | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:40 PM | message detail
72 vote cut!

2000 Vote Barrier demolished!
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#380 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:47 PM | message detail
Pretty good update for Link (it was over quota), but that wasn't a game changer it looks like.
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#381 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:47 PM | message detail
Link needs 65 votes to win.
In the last half hour, Link has cut 57 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 241 votes.
In the last hour, Link has cut 53 votes per update. At this rate, Draven wins by 346 votes.

Minimal effectiveness.
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#382 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:48 PM | message detail
WHO'S TRENT?
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#383 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:50 PM | message detail
Trendylocks not really having an effect though!
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#384 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/2/2013 6:31:54 PM | message detail
#11 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:42 PM | message detail
YEA GUYS JUST A WEIRD COINCIDENCE MY BOYS OVER AT REDDIT WOULD NEVER STOOP SO LOW

#14 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:52 PM | message detail
You really will do anything to defend Reddit, won't you? They outright admitted DDOS, multiple times.

Please don't run contests anymore if you're actually letting that crap slide, on top of the extremely blatant vote-stuffing. It was cute and funny before, but now it's just unbelievably sad.

#17 | Whiskey_Nick | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:54 PM | message detail
Literally just brushes it off as a coincidence.

Allen you are unbelievable

#35 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/2/2013 3:10:36 PM | message detail
We were JOKING.

We were JOKING about you brushing this off as a coincidence. At least I was. I didn't think you would actually GO THROUGH WITH IT. Holy CRAP.

When you kept 4-ways and divisional splits for 09 games that was pretty stupid, but that pales in comparison to this sickening coverup. You f***ing...wow. Just wow.

#38 | The_Djoker | Posted 9/2/2013 3:10:58 PM | message detail
allen should retire

#40 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/2/2013 3:11:02 PM | message detail
SBAllen posted...
Also since people will probably ask, we are indeed checking into the legitimacy of all incoming votes and so far, everything appears to be legit.



Not even remotely possible. The numbers haven't backed that up for two matches now, but you've ignored Lopen's data once so why bother taking it seriously now, right?

Draven probably won last match fairly, but today's has been such blatant cheating, with people on Reddit explaining how to do it, that it being allowed means you're just in bed with Reddit at this point.

Just hold future contests over there, you clearly only care about them.
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#385 | WellThoughtName | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:07 PM | message detail
Link rally spotted on /sp/
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#386 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:21 PM | message detail
Link now has 49% on Draven.

I am not even a big fan of Link but this performance, ignoring it is a simple popularity contest for a moment because that is boring, is heroic.

Yoblazer can't be here with us right now. I will pick up in his stead. THIS IS OUR HERO, FIGHTING FOR US BABY.
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#387 | Kibago | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:38 PM | message detail
FORTY NINE PERCENT ON DRAVEN
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#388 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:38 PM | message detail
Also, that was a Draven collapse, not a Link spike.
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#389 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:47 PM | message detail
Mershaaay posted...
Mershaaay posted...
Hey guys I'm really good friends with Trent Barreta (who loves LoZ and has 200k followers). I think I can get him to throw out a tweet.


Just spoke with him. He's gonna do it.


Trent continues going up the list of awesome wrestlers. first BILL F***ING MURRAY, then the 2/3 falls match with AR Fox, now this.
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#390 | Masato_Tanaka | Posted 9/2/2013 6:32:53 PM | message detail
...are we seriously looking at link getting a victory due to a trent baretta rally? wtfff hahaha
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#391 | LOLContests | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:20 PM | message detail
Look at all those death threats Wylvane posted.
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#392 | hylianknight3 | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:21 PM | message detail
Masato_Tanaka posted...
...are we seriously looking at link getting a victory due to a trent baretta rally? wtfff hahaha


That would be the greatest thing ever.
#393 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:29 PM | message detail
I don't even like Link, but I do like comebacks.
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#394 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:48 PM | message detail
Link broke the 3K vote barrier at 7:51. He broke the 2K vote barrier at 9:31, 1:40 later. At this rate, he will take the lead in 3:20. It's not quite enough, but the downtime definitely changed the match then.
#395 | SuperNiceDog | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:57 PM | message detail
this last 2.5 hours is gonnna be epic!
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#396 | nintendogirl1 (Moderator) | Posted 9/2/2013 6:33:59 PM | message detail
QUICK, SOMEONE CHECK WHEN THE NEXT HOCKEY TOILET BREAK IS.
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#397 | WellThoughtName | Posted 9/2/2013 6:34:11 PM | message detail
Favorable reaction towards the Link rally on /sp/

If it picks up steam it could deal some damage.
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#398 | Julian_Caesar | Posted 9/2/2013 6:34:16 PM | message detail
nintendogirl1 posted...
Also, that was a Draven collapse, not a Link spike.


Better in the long run for link, I would imagine...
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#399 | FFDragon | Posted 9/2/2013 6:34:30 PM | message detail
Masato_Tanaka posted...
...are we seriously looking at link getting a victory due to a trent baretta rally? wtfff hahaha


This is literally, literally, literally the best result this match could have.
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#400 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/2/2013 6:34:34 PM | message detail
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#11 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:42 PM | message detail
YEA GUYS JUST A WEIRD COINCIDENCE MY BOYS OVER AT REDDIT WOULD NEVER STOOP SO LOW

#14 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:52 PM | message detail
You really will do anything to defend Reddit, won't you? They outright admitted DDOS, multiple times.

Please don't run contests anymore if you're actually letting that crap slide, on top of the extremely blatant vote-stuffing. It was cute and funny before, but now it's just unbelievably sad.

#17 | Whiskey_Nick | Posted 9/2/2013 3:08:54 PM | message detail
Literally just brushes it off as a coincidence.

Allen you are unbelievable

#35 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/2/2013 3:10:36 PM | message detail
We were JOKING.

We were JOKING about you brushing this off as a coincidence. At least I was. I didn't think you would actually GO THROUGH WITH IT. Holy CRAP.

When you kept 4-ways and divisional splits for 09 games that was pretty stupid, but that pales in comparison to this sickening coverup. You f***ing...wow. Just wow.

#38 | The_Djoker | Posted 9/2/2013 3:10:58 PM | message detail
allen should retire

#40 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/2/2013 3:11:02 PM | message detail
SBAllen posted...
Also since people will probably ask, we are indeed checking into the legitimacy of all incoming votes and so far, everything appears to be legit.



Not even remotely possible. The numbers haven't backed that up for two matches now, but you've ignored Lopen's data once so why bother taking it seriously now, right?

Draven probably won last match fairly, but today's has been such blatant cheating, with people on Reddit explaining how to do it, that it being allowed means you're just in bed with Reddit at this point.

Just hold future contests over there, you clearly only care about them.


Uh, you realise none of those are insults right.

The only one which is at all bad is the "you should retire" one, which really isn't THAT bad. There is a difference between criticism and insult.
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