Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1165

#351 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/10/2013 7:01:41 PM | message detail
CUT.
F***ING.
MAN.
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#352 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/10/2013 7:02:06 PM | message detail
Mega Man has to take the lead in this next hour and seize it, because even if Charizard doesn't get a big rallying push he'll almost certainly get SOMETHING. Like Pikachu.
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#353 | Xuxon | Posted 9/10/2013 7:02:15 PM | message detail
oh my god is this really happening

please no Pokerallies
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#354 | kirbyparufo | Posted 9/10/2013 7:02:22 PM | message detail
:D
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#355 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:03:54 PM | message detail
CHARIZARD YOU MOTHER****ER! STOP IT!
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#356 | latiasz | Posted 9/10/2013 7:04:10 PM | message detail
League rally topic starting up.
Reminder that you can rally the following for mewtwo:
play.pokemonshowdown.com
serebii
pokebeach
possibly smogon
/vp/
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#357 | LinkFTMFW | Posted 9/10/2013 7:04:29 PM | message detail
Gotta catch em all, pokemon!!!
#358 | anondum | Posted 9/10/2013 7:05:12 PM | message detail
smogon will ban hammer you so fast
#359 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/10/2013 7:05:31 PM | message detail
Megaman should get the win by default because of how embarrassing Charizard's performance is
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#360 | FFDragon | Posted 9/10/2013 7:05:35 PM | message detail
#361 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:05:45 PM | message detail
Match CXVIII: (3) Draven vs. (11) Mewtwo vs. (1) Sephiroth

Previous Round

Draven – 44.65%
Link – 44.02%
Commander Shepard – 11.34%

Mewtwo – 41.82%
Sonic the Hedgehog – 34.58%
Bowser – 23.60%

Sephiroth – 37.93%
Kirby – 33.65%
Big Boss – 28.42%

Analysis

I have to give Link a lot of credit as he was able to make Draven sweat quite a bit. Of course had this been round 2 Draven the match would not have been in question. This does bring an interesting issue of whether rally fatigue could be a factor. Voting on a random site for laughs can be fun, but eventually a lot of people are going to get bored, kind of like how joke characters become stale. The mods are also getting tired of all the rallies and were even deleting rally topics for a large portion of the match to the point where only disguised topics were able to last more than a few minutes.

In a match that surprised a lot of the board by how easily he won Mewtwo is considered the best bet to defeat Draven this round. With the way Pokemon has performed in this contest I think most of us would take Mewtwo over Sephiroth and as we have seen Pokemon is capable of rallying. Of course the rallies are nowhere near as strong as Draven, even if the rally push is weaker this round than what he did against Link.

Another problem for Mewtwo is Sephiroth is not going to take the role of Commander Shepard and roll over and die. Final Fantasy VII may be weaker this year, but they still have quite the fanbase and I see that the average voter will not overly care enough to defeat Draven or if they do some will think Sephiroth will have the better chance.

Draven should be able to win this, like I have said before the only way he does not win is if the rallies decide not to show up. While the chance seems to be greater now I doubt the mods and rallying fatigue will be able to stop Draven. Speaking of rally fatigue, Pokemon could be suffering from it as well as they have essentially been rallying over the past week so that we can have over half of the final 9 from the same game.

charmander6000’s Bracket: Link > Sephiroth and Sonic the Hedgehog

charmander6000’s Prediction: Draven – 48.36%, Mewtwo – 31.85%, Sephiroth – 19.79%
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#362 | GloriousSweater | Posted 9/10/2013 7:06:07 PM | message detail
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?
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#363 | LinkFTMFW | Posted 9/10/2013 7:06:21 PM | message detail
So my predicted winners for the remainder of the competition

Charizard

Mewtwo

Pikachu

Charizard.....

and then Charizard again!
#364 | Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 9/10/2013 7:07:45 PM | message detail
If you rally Charizard now, it'll spill into Mewtwo's match to give him a bit of a boost. Draven will still win but it might help against Sephiroth and get people to abandon him quicker.
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#365 | LinkFTMFW | Posted 9/10/2013 7:07:52 PM | message detail
Draven made this contest what it is. He's the spice that makes everything nice. He dramatically slayed the hero of the forums fair and square adding a wonderful dark tone to the season finale.
#366 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/10/2013 7:08:03 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?


I still say Samus would beat Snake in the final, so it's not quite so free.
#367 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/10/2013 7:08:21 PM | message detail
I want Mewtwo to get last though
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#368 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/10/2013 7:08:40 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?


it will still suck

but it will also be the best contest ever

I can't budge from either of these principles
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#369 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/10/2013 7:09:31 PM | message detail
Mega Maaaaaaan
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#370 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:09:47 PM | message detail
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?

That would make the contest worse. If Snake wants to be champion, he should do it the right way- by beating Link in a match.
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#371 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/10/2013 7:10:14 PM | message detail
Have the Draven rallies started yet?
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#372 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/10/2013 7:10:29 PM | message detail
TheOneAboveAll posted...
GloriousSweater posted...
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?


I still say Samus would beat Snake in the final, so it's not quite so free.


If Samus can even compete with Mewtwo in the match then I don't want Snake to win.
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#373 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/10/2013 7:11:20 PM | message detail
100-vote barrier breached.
#374 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/10/2013 7:11:24 PM | message detail
UNDER 100

GO ROCK GO!
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#375 | red sox 777 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:13:00 PM | message detail
If there are Draven rallies starting before the match, and they link to the homepage, it could help Megaman, because presumably the general public likes him more than Charizard.
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#376 | LinkFTMFW | Posted 9/10/2013 7:13:01 PM | message detail
Even though its still unlikely the entire contest has been a dream scenario for Samus to eek out a win. Like , shes going to be in the finals and shes going to have strong rallies. there are a 100 ways it could've played out and this one is one of the most favorable for samus possible. .
#377 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:14:11 PM | message detail
LinkFTMFW posted...
Even though its still unlikely the entire contest has been a dream scenario for Samus to eek out a win. Like , shes going to be in the finals and shes going to have strong rallies. there are a 100 ways it could've played out and this one is one of the most favorable for samus possible. .


if megaman gets through this, he's gonna tear samus up
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#378 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:14:31 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
If there are Draven rallies starting before the match, and they link to the homepage, it could help Megaman, because presumably the general public likes him more than Charizard.


ahem
did you seeDraven's round 2 match
#379 | tennisboy213 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:14:32 PM | message detail
-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Have the Draven rallies started yet?


http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1m57gk/in_3_hours_draven_is_up_again_in_gamefaqs/
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#380 | Then00bAvenger | Posted 9/10/2013 7:14:33 PM | message detail
red sox 777 posted...
If there are Draven rallies starting before the match, and they link to the homepage, it could help Megaman, because presumably the general public likes him more than Charizard.


Last time this happened for the Link match it seemed to have virtually no vote spill over to the match before it.

They don't give a crap about anything but Draven
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#381 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/10/2013 7:14:45 PM | message detail
FIGHT MEGA MAN

FOR EVERLASTING PEACE

Also, huh, Reddit mods are doing a good job of deleting Draven rally threads which could hurt Draven a lot. If someone wants to rally Mewtwo, I STRONGLY recommend hitting up r/pokemon just before the match, that could possibly decide it.
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#382 | Jump_Man7 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:16:05 PM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
FIGHT MEGA MAN

FOR EVERLASTING PEACE

Also, huh, Reddit mods are doing a good job of deleting Draven rally threads which could hurt Draven a lot. If someone wants to rally Mewtwo, I STRONGLY recommend hitting up r/pokemon just before the match, that could possibly decide it.


no it wont, r/Pokemon might pull in like fifty votes, if that. The rally topics are usually downvoted to oblivion there
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#383 | SerperiorThanU | Posted 9/10/2013 7:16:30 PM | message detail
Fayt_Esteed posted...
pjbasis posted...
Pyramid Head > Knuckles and Cecil > Ganondorf are good stuff

Samus - 8.31’
Tifa - 6.74’
L-Block - 4.88’
Dragonborn - 4.60’
Auron - 4.41’

Yuna - 3.79’
Chief - 3.62’
Ocelot - 3.18’
Pyramid Head - 3.03’
Chun-Li - 2.92’
Knuckles - 2.87’
Ezio - 2.62’
Claire - 2.30’
Sandbag - 2.29’
Palutena - 2.26’
Catherine - 2.25’
Neku - 2.15’
Roxas - 2.08’

Celes - 1.90’
Tails - 1.80’
Isaac - 1.53’
Seifer - 1.45’
Bomberman - 1.34’
Vaas - 1.26’
Cirno - 1.25’
Teemo - 1.00’

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Red - 12.08’
Vivi - 10.46’
Mario - 10.41’

Squall - 8.36’
M - 7.61’
Tidus - 7.59’
Wrex - 6.40’
Cecil - 5.77’
Amaterasu - 5.27’

Pit - 4.95’
Wario - 4.94’
Ganondorf - 4.47’
Adam - 4.01’
Banjo - 3.55’
Rayman - 3.33’
Corvo - 3.32’
Duke - 3.01’

Creeper - 2.87’
Marisa - 2.34’
The King - 2.14’
Vyse - 1.73’
Sissel - 1.66’
Fawful - 1.56’
Guybrush - 1.24’
Max - 1.15’
Video - 1.01’
Adol - 1.00’


oh lul
A Touhou character > Teemo


Touhou got rallied by 4chan. 4chan>Reddit and I don't think Reddit rallied Teemo at all, only focusing on Draven which is the funnier character to win.
#384 | gearofages | Posted 9/10/2013 7:16:49 PM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
FIGHT MEGA MAN

FOR EVERLASTING PEACE

Also, huh, Reddit mods are doing a good job of deleting Draven rally threads which could hurt Draven a lot. If someone wants to rally Mewtwo, I STRONGLY recommend hitting up r/pokemon just before the match, that could possibly decide it.


Well, they were, until the current topic came up.
#385 | LordoftheMorons | Posted 9/10/2013 7:17:03 PM | message detail
GloriousSweater posted...
If Mewtwo beats Draven (likely because of LoL people no longer caring or simply forgetting) and gives Snake a free contest, will that significantly increase or alter your appreciation of this Character Battle?

This character battle has already cemented itself as the worst character battle due to every close match ever (and some not so close matches) being decided by rallies. After such a promising first round, too! Mewtwo or Snake beating Draven will make it slightly less bad, but there's no recovery at this point.
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#386 | xp1337 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:17:26 PM | message detail
Whoa. Stopped paying attention for a while.

Is this happening?
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#387 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:17:40 PM | message detail
Jump_Man7 posted...
Lightning Strikes posted...
FIGHT MEGA MAN

FOR EVERLASTING PEACE

Also, huh, Reddit mods are doing a good job of deleting Draven rally threads which could hurt Draven a lot. If someone wants to rally Mewtwo, I STRONGLY recommend hitting up r/pokemon just before the match, that could possibly decide it.


no it wont, r/Pokemon might pull in like fifty votes, if that. The rally topics are usually downvoted to oblivion there


huh, why's that
I mean especially by the butthurt index™, Pokemon has far more places to piss people off
#388 | swordz9 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:18:00 PM | message detail
Close match with Pokemon so Mega Man's chances are really low.
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#389 | Lightning Strikes | Posted 9/10/2013 7:18:35 PM | message detail
You know what match might not be decided by a rally.

This one.


MEGA MAAAAAAAAAN
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#390 | jtwo22 | Posted 9/10/2013 7:20:08 PM | message detail
Is Zard gonna choke just before the end? Let's keep it close to the end.
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#391 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/10/2013 7:21:24 PM | message detail
MEGA BUSTER TO THE FACE
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#392 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/10/2013 7:21:36 PM | message detail
**Epic update alert**
#393 | RockMFR | Posted 9/10/2013 7:21:39 PM | message detail
CUT MEGA MAN. CUT FOR EVERLASTING PEACE!
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#394 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/10/2013 7:21:39 PM | message detail
What the...how is Mega Man actually challenging Charizard?!?!?! This entire match makes no sense...even with Mega Man boosting due to the Smash announcement, Charizard should be boosted from the version that got rSFFed last round, and there's a freaking MMX character in the match! Mega Man even being closer to Charizard than to Zero, let alone being close enough to threaten Charizard, is F***ING WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#395 | Sorozone | Posted 9/10/2013 7:21:40 PM | message detail
MM is getting rallied though. Through facebook and Mighty No. 9 kickstarter(through the comment section). Just saying.
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#396 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/10/2013 7:22:01 PM | message detail
Lord. That update was so severe I had to check if Zard was still winning.

Guess we can kiss this one goodbye - Samus/MM/Red is going to be freaking awesome though with MM on this form.
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#397 | -hotdogturtle-- | Posted 9/10/2013 7:22:05 PM | message detail
I voted for MM, and I hate Charizard... But I'm gonna be mad if MM wins because of my expert picks again.
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#398 | KanzarisKelshen | Posted 9/10/2013 7:22:45 PM | message detail
Lightning Strikes posted...
You know what match might not be decided by a rally.

This one.


MEGA MAAAAAAAAAN


It's being decided by one. MM fans are working their asses off to rally at The Protomen's facebook page, hitting a variety of sites...Charizard is getting rallied, Rock and his boys are just not giving a single **** and fighting for everlasting peace.
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#399 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/10/2013 7:23:31 PM | message detail
This f***ing comeback.

God damn, Mega Man doing this to Charizard despite Zero. Truly more worthy of being a N9er than, well, everyone else besides Snake and maybe Samus.
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#400 | Karma Hunter | Posted 9/10/2013 7:23:32 PM | message detail
The primary r/lol thread is getting upvote spammed (the hypocrisy is hilarious) and the mods who were deleting those threads are long gone. Enjoy this match, because the next one should be yet another foregone conclusion.
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