Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1159

#351 | TsunamiXXVIII (Topic Creator) | Posted 9/6/2013 9:15:20 PM | message detail
Wanglicious posted...
if Pikachu wins this, next round Pikachu > Squirtle > Snake let's do it.

oh god, Pikachu in the finals. Pikachu.

...Pikachu winning the contest.


No, damnit. If Pikachu wins this, I need Snake to reach the finals and then lose, so I can win the Guru.
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#352 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/6/2013 9:15:21 PM | message detail
Son of a c*** fisting b****. All it took was the loss of my bracket to revert me to my old ways. F*** this series. For a series that's all about EVOLVING

It hasn't evolved ONCE

NOT F***ING ONCE

SINCE NINETEEN F***ING NINETY EIGHT

OH WOW THEY ADDED UMBREON
THEY ADDED ESPEON
THEY ADDED PAPSMEAREON

God f***ing dammit my bracket looked so beautiful at the end of R1. Now this. I'll be at the mother f***ing bar.
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#353 | abdou | Posted 9/6/2013 9:15:42 PM | message detail
Thank God for Draven, he will obliterate these ****ing pokemon
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#354 | ZFS | Posted 9/6/2013 9:15:47 PM | message detail
Think you guys are getting too carried away here. Sora's not out of it.
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#355 | Lionheart08 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:00 PM | message detail
It's been 15 minutes. Why are people calling it like it's over?
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#356 | Agent M | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:14 PM | message detail
ugh, had a feeling Pikachu would stand a pretty good chance to win this. But I forgot to change my expert, it still says Sora > Pika. I jumped all the way up after Squirtle beat Cloud, so I'll be disappointed if I fall back down after this. Especially since the top two have over 700.
#357 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:16 PM | message detail
omgz Sora stalled! Wield your damn keyblades and MOVE IT
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#358 | Scarlettail | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:26 PM | message detail
Yeah, it'll still take quite a performance for Pikachu to pull this off.
#359 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:32 PM | message detail
yoblazer why does this in particular kill your bracket?
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#360 | progamer0616 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:16:59 PM | message detail
ZFS posted...
Think you guys are getting too carried away here. Sora's not out of it.


Your optimism is so amusing
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#361 | ZFS | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:15 PM | message detail
Also I see yoblazer has actually gone insane
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#362 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:35 PM | message detail
The craziest thing is Blue is holding up as well as most of us thought, if not better.
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#363 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:42 PM | message detail
The leeching is going to have a more pronounced effect later on in the match as casuals aren't as smart as the early crowd. And a 24 hour match is really going to hurt Pikachu's chances - Sora has a terrible power hour and a ghastly night vote.

But tarnation, this paperwork's got the Liquid Snake Fast Track and by gum that counts for something.
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#364 | raginbull911 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:45 PM | message detail
5 Pokemon reps in the final 9. All from RBY. Pokedrones is a thing that's not even deniable anymore.

I was already cheering for Draven, but this just reinforces it.
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#365 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:53 PM | message detail
oh definitely. i still think Sora's got it because i have less faith in Blue's base.
though rallies could happen that actually say who to vote for. and then Blue would drop dead.
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#366 | TheKoolAidShoto | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:54 PM | message detail
RIP YoBlazer
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#367 | Greyfeld | Posted 9/6/2013 9:17:58 PM | message detail
Next update will be another 40 vote gain for Pikachu.
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#368 | vcharon | Posted 9/6/2013 9:18:08 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
vcharon posted...
Qwaar posted...
I'd take any Pokemon over Draven. He has destroyed this contest.


Draven's the secret hero we needed all along. He has foreseen the coming of PokeFAQs and is here to rescue us from it. Hail Draven.


Link could have saved us from PokeFAQS as well.


But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.
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#369 | ZFS | Posted 9/6/2013 9:18:43 PM | message detail
Optimism? That's just the truth of it, really. Sora was never going to dominate Pokemon in the first few updates. He just has to not let Pikachu run away with it. I have no horse in this race! I don't like anyone in this match.
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#370 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:06 PM | message detail
My bracket was already dead but now all the people who picked Snake in the finals will look like geniuses, and I, who built my bracket with the intricacy of a master model maker recreating a to-scale model of Buckingham Palace with his feet, will look the fool for having Cloud there instead. I cannot allow that to happen. I will not.

And if it happens anyway, GUESS WHO'LL BE MAD AT POKEMON AGAIN.
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#371 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:10 PM | message detail
vcharon posted...
But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.


did you see Charizard/Zelda/DK
#372 | cyko | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:11 PM | message detail
progamer0616 posted...
Pokemon are doing too well. It just means SFF is going to knock them all out of the tourney


Yeah.... when all the characters left are pokemon!!
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#373 | JJH777 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:20 PM | message detail
vcharon posted...
Qwaar posted...
vcharon posted...
Qwaar posted...
I'd take any Pokemon over Draven. He has destroyed this contest.


Draven's the secret hero we needed all along. He has foreseen the coming of PokeFAQs and is here to rescue us from it. Hail Draven.


Link could have saved us from PokeFAQS as well.


But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.


Zelda's performance on Charizard makes it obvious that Link would have stomped all these pokemon
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#374 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:25 PM | message detail
Yesterday showed us that trends can now be overwhelmed by rallying. Cloud has just about the most extreme trends of anyone, yet he had a higher percentage when I voted for him less than a minute into the match, than what he ended at.
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#375 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:53 PM | message detail
Sora already cutting
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#376 | vcharon | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:54 PM | message detail
1337gamerpr0 posted...
vcharon posted...
But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.


did you see Charizard/Zelda/DK


Yes, I saw Pokemon "upset" #1546.
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#377 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/6/2013 9:19:58 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
My bracket was already dead but now all the people who picked Snake in the finals will look like geniuses, and I, who built my bracket with the intricacy of a master model maker recreating a to-scale model of Buckingham Palace with his feet, will look the fool for having Cloud there instead. I cannot allow that to happen. I will not.

And if it happens anyway, GUESS WHO'LL BE MAD AT POKEMON AGAIN.


those plucky underdogs
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#378 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:43 PM | message detail
for the next 10 hours blazer, this is what you will be hearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4IxMgHdDY
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#379 | JJH777 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:47 PM | message detail
vcharon posted...
1337gamerpr0 posted...
vcharon posted...
But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.


did you see Charizard/Zelda/DK


Yes, I saw Pokemon "upset" #1546.


Charizard was massively massively favored in that match...
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#380 | BK_Sheikah00 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:20:50 PM | message detail
Pokemon are Link's pets. He loses to L-Block. What does he do next? He sends Pikachu to do the dirty job for him in 08. And then Charizard in 2010.

No no. Epona isn't Link's trusty animal friend. It's the freaking Pokemon and they are out for Draven's head.
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#381 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:11 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
My bracket was already dead but now all the people who picked Snake in the finals will look like geniuses, and I, who built my bracket with the intricacy of a master model maker recreating a to-scale model of Buckingham Palace with his feet, will look the fool for having Cloud there instead. I cannot allow that to happen. I will not.

And if it happens anyway, GUESS WHO'LL BE MAD AT POKEMON AGAIN.


I'm wondering if I could still win the whole thing if Snake won it all and Mega Man beat Charizard.
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#382 | xp1337 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:28 PM | message detail
Sora just totally wasting Crono's sacrifice.

this is the biggest disaster of the match tbqh
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#383 | OrangeCrush980 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:21:36 PM | message detail
vcharon posted...
1337gamerpr0 posted...
vcharon posted...
But could he have? Are we so sure? Cloud is the only one that has ever actually beaten Link without rallying, and he obviously cannot save us. Link didn't look like his godlike self until his showdown with Draven. Draven was only here to wake Link up and remind him who he was.


did you see Charizard/Zelda/DK


Yes, I saw Pokemon "upset" #1546.


Actually that was a match that Charizard was supposed to win but came extremely close to losing. The Zelda series appears to somehow sap Pokemon's power, so Link would've demolished all of them if he had the chance.
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#384 | paulg235 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:22:22 PM | message detail
Sora is currently closer to Sephiroth's vote loss than Cloud's was at this time, so there is still some hope.
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#385 | ZFS | Posted 9/6/2013 9:22:28 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
Yesterday showed us that trends can now be overwhelmed by rallying. Cloud has just about the most extreme trends of anyone, yet he had a higher percentage when I voted for him less than a minute into the match, than what he ended at.


Not everyone is Cloud, though. FFVII is extremely easy to rally against, from anywhere. KH has haters, but it also has a huge following and isn't known for 'always winning.' Sora can still lose to rallying, like anyone, but it probably won't be as effective here for a bunch of reasons.
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#386 | TsunamiXXVIII (Topic Creator) | Posted 9/6/2013 9:22:32 PM | message detail
Wow, yo. Really took that hard, huh?
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#387 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:05 PM | message detail
Actually that was a match that Charizard was supposed to win but came extremely close to losing. The Zelda series appears to somehow sap Pokemon's power, so Link would've demolished all of them if he had the chance.

Good thing there are no Zelda characters left.
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#388 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:05 PM | message detail
you remember when Link 70/30'd Mario?
Ganondorf 60/40'd Mewtwo.

it'd be ugly.
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#389 | Greyfeld | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:24 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
My bracket was already dead but now all the people who picked Snake in the finals will look like geniuses, and I, who built my bracket with the intricacy of a master model maker recreating a to-scale model of Buckingham Palace with his feet, will look the fool for having Cloud there instead. I cannot allow that to happen. I will not.

And if it happens anyway, GUESS WHO'LL BE MAD AT POKEMON AGAIN.


Don't feel too bad. I had Snake over Cloud, because I had Snake/Cloud/Sora in the next match, and I assumed Sora would LFF Cloud enough to let Snake sneak into first. But my entire bracket has been dead for a while, so it's not like I have a chance of even making it on the leaderboard lol.
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#390 | ZFS | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:32 PM | message detail
yoblazer gets what he deserves after how often he rushed to Pokemon's defense tbqh
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#391 | swordz9 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:41 PM | message detail
I know Pikachu is stronger than Blue. It's the fact that Pokemon fans would rather vote for Pikachu over the greatest rival in the series that disgusts me. Also for once I want Pokemon to lose because Squirtle's gotta go the distance and can't with Pikachu in his way.
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#392 | TsunamiXXVIII (Topic Creator) | Posted 9/6/2013 9:23:49 PM | message detail
BK_Sheikah00 posted...
Pokemon are Link's pets. He loses to L-Block. What does he do next? He sends Pikachu to do the dirty job for him in 08. And then Charizard in 2010.

No no. Epona isn't Link's trusty animal friend. It's the freaking Pokemon and they are out for Draven's head.


Yeah, Charizard will take care of L-Block for us again. I believe!

...okay, mostly I just believe in the power of my bracket.
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#393 | cyko | Posted 9/6/2013 9:24:38 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...



THEY ADDED PAPSMEAREON



Is there really a Papsmeareon now?
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#394 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/6/2013 9:24:48 PM | message detail
also please tell me all of us screencapped blazer's post. that thing is beautiful rage.
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#395 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/6/2013 9:25:39 PM | message detail
yeah guys let's all remember yoblazer's rage for years and use it to belittle him

you know, like you did with me
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#396 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:25:42 PM | message detail
I didn't see yo's post, anyone want to give a summary?
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#397 | Qwaar | Posted 9/6/2013 9:26:12 PM | message detail
Nice little boost for the rat there.
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#398 | im317 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:26:39 PM | message detail
where is the Blue rally bandwagon? damn it i really thought Blue would be the benefit of rallies to finish a distant second
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#399 | paulg235 | Posted 9/6/2013 9:26:55 PM | message detail
charmander6000 posted...
I didn't see yo's post, anyone want to give a summary?

Short Pokemon rant about how the series hasn't evolved.
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#400 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/6/2013 9:27:09 PM | message detail
=P
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