Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1157

#401 | nintendogirl2 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:43 AM | message detail
BleedingRed posted...
No way those two updates were legit. At some point stuffing is going to have to be dealt with.


WHAT'CHA GONNA DO BROTHER, WHEN STUFFING RUNS WILD ON GAMEFAQS?
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#402 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:43 AM | message detail
nintendogirl2 posted...
BleedingRed posted...
No way those two updates were legit. At some point stuffing is going to have to be dealt with.


WHAT'CHA GONNA DO BROTHER, WHEN STUFFING RUNS WILD ON GAMEFAQS?


IT'S THE NEW POKE ORDER OF GAMEFAQS CONTESTS, BROTHER!
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#403 | G0EMONIMPACT | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:47 AM | message detail
We need that gif of the Undertaker in straight DISBELIEF that Shawn Michaels wasn't pinned
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#404 | nintendogirl2 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:19 AM | message detail
THERE WAS NO STUFFING.

AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

BECAUSE SBALLEN SAID SOOOOOO.
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#405 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:27 AM | message detail
KamikazePotato posted...
At least I'm self-aware!

This remains to be seen.

I don't really care about who won Zelda/Zard, I'm simply saying that if you thought that match was really 'exciting' or 'anyone's game' or 'Zelda fans can rally too' then you are completely and utterly deluding yourself in every way possible.


This just in: Zelda fans have no friends.

Any fanbase can rally 16 votes and Zelda certainly can. Hell, we just rallied thousands of votes for Link. Like I said your soul must have seriously been crushed by Pokemon if you're so deluded that you can't even entertain a 16-vote rally. Pretty sure I rallied more than that on Gamefaqs once.
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#406 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:27 AM | message detail
Guys the match is over, rallied Pokemon is almost unbeatable.
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#407 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:11 AM | message detail
..Actually comparing this match to the Trainers match is bad news for Squirtle
#408 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:32 AM | message detail
Oh man I remember when wrestling was relevant.

At the same time Cloud was.

Someone call the burn unit
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#409 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:45 AM | message detail
#410 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:48 AM | message detail
Agreed. Cloud couldn't even build during his best building time. Whichever rallies sustained Squirtle during the overnight won't pack it up and abandon him during the ASV and SNV. Also, our votals today are now ahead of Sephiroth/Kirby when they had been behind all night. Kirby's rally efforts quit. Squirtle's have not and almost certainly will not.
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#411 | Fayt_Esteed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:06 AM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
512 characters is scary to think about, like you would have to go to games/series very few people have ever played or scrape the bottom of major games/series like random piece of FFVII furniture and about 100 Pokemon.


Indeed. I'd say even this contest was doing just that - how many people here had even heard of Commander Video, Chester, or Zero (999), let alone their games, before this contest??
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#412 | nintendogirl2 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:15 AM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
Oh man I remember when wrestling was relevant.

At the same time Cloud was.

Someone call the burn unit


SHUT YOUR MOUTH JABRONI!
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#413 | FranzyvonKarma | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:33 AM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
Oh man I remember when wrestling was relevant.

At the same time Cloud was.

Someone call the burn unit


Ahem, WWE superstars have more followers on Twitter than the NHL, WNBA, and MLS combined!
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#414 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:22 AM | message detail
Two huge updates for Squirtle to get rid of the cuts that Cloud had been making and then back to the fairly consistent stalls? Not suspicious at all.
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#415 | lightning-02 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:54 AM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
Agreed. Cloud couldn't even build during his best building time. Whichever rallies sustained Squirtle during the overnight won't pack it up and abandon him during the ASV and SNV. Also, our votals today are now ahead of Sephiroth/Kirby when they had been behind all night. Kirby's rally efforts quit. Squirtle's have not and almost certainly will not.


I have to go to bed at some point so technically they will quit. Hopefully somebody puts up more for the SNV like they did for Vivi, they probably will if Squirtle has been leading all that time.
#416 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/6/2013 9:24:19 AM | message detail
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.
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#417 | Ultimaphazon | Posted 9/6/2013 9:32:52 AM | message detail | (edited)
So, would Squirtle winning here be a huge expert upset? Because I need one to get back on the leaderboard after Kefka trolled me.
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#418 | swordz9 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:33:28 AM | message detail
I don't know about huge, but it should be a pretty big upset. It'll have a much bigger blow to the brackets than the expert matches though.
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#419 | Greyfeld | Posted 9/6/2013 9:34:38 AM | message detail
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.


I've only started rallies when rallies were already present. "Fight fire with fire" sort of thing. I don't *like* rallies, but I'm not above using them if the other side is already using them.
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#420 | GloryChaos | Posted 9/6/2013 9:34:44 AM | message detail
For the record, I thought Cloud would have it in the bag. People always root for upsets but the end result is usually the same. That one guy even made that topic calling Squirtle's victory! And he always jinxes matches!
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#421 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/6/2013 9:35:21 AM | message detail
Greyfeld posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.


I've only started rallies when rallies were already present. "Fight fire with fire" sort of thing. I don't *like* rallies, but I'm not above using them if the other side is already using them.


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#422 | Ultimaphazon | Posted 9/6/2013 9:37:08 AM | message detail
You're one to talk...
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#423 | LordoftheMorons | Posted 9/6/2013 9:37:12 AM | message detail
Ugh I was sure Cloud would be winning when I woke up... What's going on with Squirtle here?
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#424 | G0EMONIMPACT | Posted 9/6/2013 9:37:57 AM | message detail
more votes
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#425 | Greyfeld | Posted 9/6/2013 9:38:45 AM | message detail
KanzarisKelshen posted...
Greyfeld posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.


I've only started rallies when rallies were already present. "Fight fire with fire" sort of thing. I don't *like* rallies, but I'm not above using them if the other side is already using them.


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#426 | Safer_777 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:38:55 AM | message detail
Huge rallies. That is what is going on. And you know the strange thing? Imagine when you discuss closest wire to wire match and Cloud again loses to Pokemon! What is going on with the Pokemon and FF 7?
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#427 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/6/2013 9:39:40 AM | message detail
Ultimaphazon posted...
You're one to talk...


Of course I am. I orchestrated rallies because I wanted to add excitement to the contests and see a character I liked win! There's a difference between that and the hypocrisy of stooping to the level of a terrorist to beat him.
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#428 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:39:42 AM | message detail
LordoftheMorons posted...
Ugh I was sure Cloud would be winning when I woke up... What's going on with Squirtle here?


A combination of rallying and stuffing. We know from past experience that they don't deal with stuffing though. I still have faith in Cloud to bring it back and win, but this match has been somewhat annoying.

They actually experimented earlier in taking down the rally topics and Squirtle started dropping pretty quickly (so they put them back up).
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#429 | RikkaTakanashi | Posted 9/6/2013 9:39:51 AM | message detail
Where are these huge Squirtle rallies? I would think if he had one he's be ahead by even more.
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#430 | tgs2 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:41:01 AM | message detail
This rally here by Squirtle is killing any hope I have in Sora winning. He could even finish third if the rallies get very competitive between Blue and Pikachu,
#431 | Denzokuken | Posted 9/6/2013 9:41:21 AM | message detail
A superb effort from Cloud. Pokemon rallying is pretty nasty to deal with but esp. if you're an FFVII character, autists go wild to see a guy like Cloud lose. A shame he will probably lose as I would take him to beat Snake off this performance.
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#432 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:41:30 AM | message detail
Safer_777 posted...
Huge rallies. That is what is going on. And you know the strange thing? Imagine when you discuss closest wire to wire match and Cloud again loses to Pokemon! What is going on with the Pokemon and FF 7?


FFVII has a huge anti-vote fanbase because of the LoZ/FF rivalry (as well as the whole 'cool to hate on popular things' thing) and Pokemon has a very interactive community worldwide with an easily accessible fanbase.

jRPGs just don't encourage the kind of interaction a lot of other games do these days so they're going to be at a disadvantage in close matches (or rally wars).
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#433 | swordz9 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:42:01 AM | message detail
Who is going to rally Pikachu though? Any Pokemon fan who would rather vote for Pikachu over Blue isn't one I want to know.
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#434 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:42:48 AM | message detail
RikkaTakanashi posted...
Where are these huge Squirtle rallies? I would think if he had one he's be ahead by even more.


Look earlier in the topic. Squirtle is getting rallied from more than one area. His rally was taken down at one place and he lost nearly 20 votes an update 3 updates in a row before it was put back up.
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#435 | swordz9 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:43:40 AM | message detail
It's a good thing Pokemon is a JRPG with a lot of interactivity.
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#436 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/6/2013 9:44:10 AM | message detail
Greyfeld posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.


I've only started rallies when rallies were already present. "Fight fire with fire" sort of thing. I don't *like* rallies, but I'm not above using them if the other side is already using them.
Yes, I am sure Crono was being massively rallied last round. That makes sense.
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#437 | GloryChaos | Posted 9/6/2013 9:44:11 AM | message detail
Nobody is going to rally for Pikachu.
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#438 | ZeldaTPLink | Posted 9/6/2013 9:46:23 AM | message detail
swordz9 posted...
Who is going to rally Pikachu though? Any Pokemon fan who would rather vote for Pikachu over Blue isn't one I want to know.


Who knows, I'll just check what pokemon character has the most votes and vote him to raise pokemon's chances of winning the match.
#439 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:47:54 AM | message detail
Something to take from this match though is that, unless Cloud sees a big drop-off throughout the day/night he's on pace to put up close to 28,000 votes this round. Still think Snake is stronger?
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#440 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/6/2013 9:47:58 AM | message detail
Squirtle's doing it.

He's beating Cloud
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#441 | Greyfeld | Posted 9/6/2013 9:48:48 AM | message detail | (edited)
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Greyfeld posted...
So, have I mentioned that I'm REALLY freaking tired of the rallies in this contest?

Considering you started several?
No.


I've only started rallies when rallies were already present. "Fight fire with fire" sort of thing. I don't *like* rallies, but I'm not above using them if the other side is already using them.
Yes, I am sure Crono was being massively rallied last round. That makes sense.


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#442 | LOLContests | Posted 9/6/2013 9:50:02 AM | message detail
Where are the rallies coming from? I can't find anything on /v/ or /vp/
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#443 | GloryChaos | Posted 9/6/2013 9:50:22 AM | message detail
He hasn't even broken the 6,000 vote barrier. Cloud is going to take this back with ease.
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#444 | Safer_777 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:52:53 AM | message detail
We need only a good rally for Cloud.
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#445 | BleedingRed | Posted 9/6/2013 9:53:12 AM | message detail
Might be closer to 26,000. Still, significant amount higher than Snake against stiffer competition. This match is showing IMO that Cloud is still stronger than Snake is.
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#446 | UberPyro64 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:55:29 AM | message detail
BleedingRed posted...
Might be closer to 26,000. Still, significant amount higher than Snake against stiffer competition. This match is showing IMO that Cloud is still stronger than Snake is.


So if Squirtle wins this, then he gets to the finals?
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#447 | Sorozone | Posted 9/6/2013 9:55:43 AM | message detail
LOLContests posted...
Where are the rallies coming from? I can't find anything on /v/ or /vp/


I would also like to know this. There are a couple on Reddit, but that's about it. (None of them took off), including the one's for Cloud and Leon as well).
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#448 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/6/2013 9:56:38 AM | message detail
Maybe it's not a rally. Maybe Squirtle is just that good
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#449 | GloryChaos | Posted 9/6/2013 9:57:04 AM | message detail
Not only that, but just how long can a rally last anyway? The entirety of the day? Even Draven and Link didn't have 24 hour long rallies.
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#450 | LOLContests | Posted 9/6/2013 9:57:52 AM | message detail
Well, Cloud's picking up steam now, so maybe the rallies were gone by the time I checked,
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