Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1151

#51 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 8:31:22 PM | message detail
1% difference between them. Impressive.
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#52 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 8:31:35 PM | message detail
Under 1200.
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#53 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:31:47 PM | message detail
If Link just had an extra 90 minutes, even right now, he would have a chance.
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#54 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 8:31:57 PM | message detail
I feel like I'm suddenly on the goddamn Truman Show
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#55 | DSRKVRTheDealer | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:01 PM | message detail
Mewtwo or Sonic?

Next poster decides for me!
#56 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:21 PM | message detail
Bowser
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#57 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:26 PM | message detail
He finally made it to the 1% difference mark. That's all I wanted to see before it ended.
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#58 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:31 PM | message detail
Achromatic posted...
I feel the need to repost this:

By the way I hope everyone in the stats topic, at least the regulars, appreciates what a true monster Link is on this website. This likens back to the days of Hulk Hogan, when good guys were the good guys and the bad guys wore masks and spoke in foreign accents instead of American ones. I don't like Link all that much but when faced with a rally the likes dwarfs the very population of this site Link just refuses to go down like a dog. It takes someone of amazing strength, bull**** or otherwise, to get the job done and even when they get the job done Link doesn't look like a complete dog. Link is going to lose this, and firmly, but he isn't going to look like the whipping boy so many imagined.


It honestly makes me really happy. Not just because he's strong or because he's won contests, but because the most likely explanation for this performance is that gamers - almost regardless of which corner of the internet they are summoned from - feel something special for this character. There is a special attachment to Link, his adventures, and the feelings he has given millions of young people all over the world. And that... is awesome.
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#59 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:41 PM | message detail
I'm going back and forward between Mewtwo and Sonic to take the match to be honest. My main gripe with your prediction was Bowser tbh, I think he will end up last. Not by a huge margin, but last nevertheless.

It'll be a close match either way, I wonder if Bowser will get a boost from all the Zelda fans here.
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#60 | SharmHedgehog | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:43 PM | message detail
Sonichu
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#61 | WhiteLens | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:45 PM | message detail
Zabie_W posted...
pronouncemyname posted...
So, next battle, Sonic > Mewtwo, right?


If you are going for expert bracket, I would leave it blank.

Charmander said that he predicts a Sonic > Bowser > Mewtwo if that serves as a reference, I just can't see that happening however.


The thing about not picking is that someone is bound to get it right, plus a few more of the debatable ones. I mean sure, no pick is better than losing a lot, but someone is bound to get ahead of you regardless unless you get it right.

I got Sonic > Mewtwo > Bowser. If Ganondorf is any indicator, villains tend to do lousy under SFF unless it's Sephiroth or Kefka. Sonic characters tend to do poorly under multiways as well when there are more favorable characters as well. And after Charizard almost losing to Zelda, you can't always trust POKEFEAR.

Yikes, might be hard to have a good reason favoring any of them!
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#62 | ZFS | Posted 9/2/2013 8:32:50 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
If Link just had an extra 90 minutes, even right now, he would have a chance.


GameFAQsssss!
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#63 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/2/2013 8:33:32 PM | message detail
It's a shame we've really got nothing left, because Draven's actually vulnerable now.
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#64 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:34:04 PM | message detail
Just so everyone knows, this is our 9th topic for this match (though the first had a bit of the previous match)
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#65 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/2/2013 8:35:09 PM | message detail
From: Karma Hunter | #042
...how much does the rest of the board lurk the stats topic?

There's a rest of this board?
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#66 | wakeuptogashi | Posted 9/2/2013 8:35:30 PM | message detail
I just hope a lot of people are saving their votes >_<
#67 | RockMFR | Posted 9/2/2013 8:36:00 PM | message detail
Ok Link. Time to start the 200 vote cuts.
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#68 | paulg235 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:36:03 PM | message detail
So... We need to find a new character to latch onto to win the whole thing just like with GOTD with Majora's Mask.

Who would be the best canidate? L-Block? Snake?
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#69 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/2/2013 8:36:03 PM | message detail
From: GloriousSweater | #058
It honestly makes me really happy. Not just because he's strong or because he's won contests, but because the most likely explanation for this performance is that gamers - almost regardless of which corner of the internet they are summoned from - feel something special for this character. There is a special attachment to Link, his adventures, and the feelings he has given millions of young people all over the world. And that... is awesome.

No, that's dumb. I only voted for him because he's against Draven.
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#70 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 8:36:10 PM | message detail
By the way this is all anyone who isn't a big Link fan should have wanted. A fight. A dogged, dirty fight. Link isn't MMX or Ryu, and they aren't worth whatever the **** they are projected on him. Because at the end of the day Link is just that much better.
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#71 | caveman cam | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:02 PM | message detail
Yes! Come on.. home stretch.
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#72 | perfectchaos83 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:09 PM | message detail
Anybody have a stuffing machine?

Would put an interesting spin on these last 20 minutes.
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#73 | HurricaneManning | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:17 PM | message detail
This is going to inspire me to play all the LoZ games in my backlog. Have the GBC games on my 3DS and Twilight Princess for Gamecube.
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#74 | superange128 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:23 PM | message detail
even if Draven wins R4 it'd be cool to see where Sonic stands compared to Sephiroth
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#75 | BlackDra90n | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:35 PM | message detail
Less than one percent now.

Was a good run.
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#76 | wedgeskywalker9 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:35 PM | message detail
Were always in the stats topic. Lurking. Waiting.
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#77 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:58 PM | message detail
That 90 minutes has taken what could have been the greatest match of all time and turned it into one of the worst.

Simply because we've now been robbed of the photo finish that this match deserved.

And Allen doesn't care. What a guy.
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#78 | hylianknight3 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:37:59 PM | message detail
last minute aj lee endorsement gogogo
#79 | Sorozone | Posted 9/2/2013 8:38:21 PM | message detail
Well, Link you got within a percent, and a chance at getting it under 1,000. Guess I'll just have to take that.
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#80 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 8:38:56 PM | message detail
Link's antivotes finally cost him a match. He killed himself as much as anything else.
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#81 | Magmortar75 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:39:07 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Man the surprisingness of Allen posting here stopped me from thinking of this earlier.

How much does he lurk the stats topic?

...how much does the rest of the board lurk the stats topic?


I admit to lurking the stats topic all the time whenever I have the chance. It's a great thing. Today in particular has produced an amazing set of them.

For the next match, I think Sonic > Mewtwo > Bowser seems pretty good. I think Sonic is going to hurt Bowser a little more than Mewtwo and Pokemon has looked great bar a couple weak shots. I think Sonic is a decent (far from really good, but a possible) anti-Draven character as he does have a large fanbase that'll generate support him over mostly anything. If he doesn't catch some type of rally, if Sephiroth wins his match too I've always wondered how the two stack up to each other nowadays.

Really good show for Link. Expected him to get trampled. Keeps it close so that without the downtime this match is extremely debatable at the end. Impressive.
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#82 | DaruniaTheGoron | Posted 9/2/2013 8:39:54 PM | message detail
I'm at least happy people are for once actually appreciating how much of an utter beast Link is.
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#83 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 8:40:54 PM | message detail
Yeah no one ever notices how dominant Link is
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#84 | OnionOfMystery | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:13 PM | message detail
Karma Hunter posted...
Yeah no one ever notices how dominant Link is


please tell me that is sarcasm
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#85 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:16 PM | message detail
Link! Where was that cut an hour ago?
#86 | Sorozone | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:29 PM | message detail
Link looking to get that under 1000 mark.
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#87 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:31 PM | message detail
Under 1100 hahaha.

Man Link is determined to at least make this messy.
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#88 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:31 PM | message detail
Achromatic posted...
By the way this is all anyone who isn't a big Link fan should have wanted. A fight. A dogged, dirty fight. Link isn't MMX or Ryu, and they aren't worth whatever the **** they are projected on him. Because at the end of the day Link is just that much better.


This is indeed what I wanted. A real fight. A real match. A championship performance. I got it, too. No matter what happens next, this contest has been confirmed to be great.
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#89 | RockMFR | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:44 PM | message detail
Link, I still have faith. Give us the best 19 minutes of your life.
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#90 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:51 PM | message detail
Link is a damn hero. Look at how hard he's trying.
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#91 | General_Zimbad | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:55 PM | message detail
Strong cut.
#92 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:41:59 PM | message detail
Come on Link get it below 1000
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#93 | Pram_the_Oracle | Posted 9/2/2013 8:42:03 PM | message detail
I've got Sonic.
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#94 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/2/2013 8:42:03 PM | message detail
Extend the poll!
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#95 | Surskit | Posted 9/2/2013 8:42:31 PM | message detail
At this point it feels like Link is only making it closer so the match can go down as that one match he could have certainly won if it wasn't for the downtime (coincidental or not).
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#96 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/2/2013 8:42:32 PM | message detail
Yikes, this is really going to be a photo finish if you low-ball the estimates that the downtime caused.
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#97 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/2/2013 8:42:41 PM | message detail
OnionOfMystery posted...
Karma Hunter posted...
Yeah no one ever notices how dominant Link is


please tell me that is sarcasm


sarcasm, me? never
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#98 | Masato_Tanaka | Posted 9/2/2013 8:43:13 PM | message detail
I think its funny that L-Block beat Link by a bigger margin that Draven

http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/L-Block_vs_Link_vs_Cloud_vs_Snake_2007
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#99 | Haguile | Posted 9/2/2013 8:43:24 PM | message detail
Surskit posted...
At this point it feels like Link is only making it closer so the match can go down as that one match he could have certainly won if it wasn't for the downtime (coincidental or not).


Cena never loses cleanly!
#100 | Achromatic | Posted 9/2/2013 8:43:27 PM | message detail
It is hard to know the true measure of a man in victory. Only in defeat is his steel measured in full.

Link hasn't dropped a god damn inch since 2007 and 2008.
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