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Another Kojima Retweet. Direct link to poll this time.
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Safer_777 posted...

I just woke up and I checked the results...
1)I can't believe that Snake will win. Seriously. Snake>Link? Only 1300 difference. If the lead never goes up above 3000 Snake will win.
2)Snake will win... He keeps it so close. Also must be a record of votes. We have around 45.000 votes after almost 5 hours and the previous match that was 24 hours had around 52.000.

You seem supremely confident.
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Great update, keep it up. We will protect you Snake.
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perfectchaos83 posted...

Another Kojima Retweet. Direct link to poll this time.

Yessssssss
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"I am lightning...the rain transformed."

and mind you MWIS, that's the same L-Block that got wrecked by Samus.

you know, that thing getting 19.24% right now.
goddammit Mega Man is gonna look so bad. i wanted Mega Man > Sephiroth in xstats! now he might be under Kirby. ;_;


the issue really is that reddit can bring in votes like nobody else. we're talking 50,000 votes for one guy.
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"Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.

Snake can definitely live with updates like that. Hopefully Draven slowing down is a trend.
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Qwaar posted...

Gah, Draven slowing down.

What's with all of these Draven converts in the stats topic
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perfectchaos83 posted...

Another Kojima Retweet. Direct link to poll this time.

I want to get hyped but the first one didn't help too much!

Still, I'll take whatever we can get!
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perfectchaos83 posted...

Another Kojima Retweet. Direct link to poll this time.

Still not his English feed though. We need one there too!

Wanglicious posted...

i wanted Mega Man > Sephiroth in xstats! now he might be under Kirby. ;_;

He's currently barely above Big Boss, so yeah, Mega Man will definitely finish below Kirby.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

Qwaar posted...

Gah, Draven slowing down.

What's with all of these Draven converts in the stats topic

Only supporting Draven for my bracket. Otherwise would root for Snake.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

Qwaar posted...

Gah, Draven slowing down.

What's with all of these Draven converts in the stats topic

I think it's purely a split between people who are looking to win a prize against everyone else.

I mean, even Kanz is apparently back with Snake.
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ah, thanks. that shows how much i know about retweets i guess!
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TheOneAboveAll posted...

Also, we are slowly but surely gaining on the pace of the L-Block final. At this rate, we could pass their votals between 8 and 9 am.

I doubt that happens. During the middle the day, that L-Block final was pulling in updates with over 900 votes, including one update with 999 votes.
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I was going to finally go to sleep but I need to see what Snake can do with that Kojima RT now.
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If his English feed gets on the ball and retweets as well we should see a big impact from Kojima. Not expecting a ton otherwise, considering.
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Karma Hunter posted...

If his English feed gets on the ball and retweets as well we should see a big impact from Kojima. Not expecting a ton otherwise, considering.

Someone should tell him that.

Unless they have already. >_>
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-LusterSoldier- posted...

TheOneAboveAll posted...

Also, we are slowly but surely gaining on the pace of the L-Block final. At this rate, we could pass their votals between 8 and 9 am.

I doubt that happens. During the middle the day, that L-Block final was pulling in updates with over 900 votes, including one update with 999 votes.

We'll pass them. The issue is whether or not rallies can sustain us above them.
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when the creator of a series asks you to vote for his guy, it's really hard to go 'nah screw that guy' unless you really, really like the character you're going for.
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"Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.

I'm rooting for Snake even though it would send me from 3rd to like.... behind all of the Snake guys in the guru!
...I mean that doesn't really matter for anything, but still!
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That was anti-climactic!
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... That was disappointing.
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Good update for Draven.
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darn it Kojima Tweet HARDER
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Japan's actually awake right now so him tweeting on his Japanese account isn't so bad at this moment.
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Given how awesome Chie is, I'm glad to hear she had the likely champ on the ropes for a while there.

Who the heck are these Redditors rallying Draven, though? You'd think even gamers who liked him and liked playing multiplayer League of Legends matches would have sufficient exposure to the medium to respect the giants in the Noble Nine who've predated him and had a much larger impact on the industry. Like, I was a huge into Starcraft's casual multiplayer scene for a while, and I followed a few tournaments back in the day, but that didn't mean I'd have supported Jim Raynor against everyone else.

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.
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whoever's in charge of filtering his stuff into THIS, that's who we need to back us up
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Samus is on pace to finishing at under 18% before this hour ends.
so updating that question:

will Samus fall below 16% before noon eastern time?
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Wanglicious posted...

Samus is on pace to finishing at under 18% before this hour ends.
so updating that question:

will Samus fall below 16% before noon eastern time?

yes

samus has been authorized to fold
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DidYouMWISMe posted...

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

Petition to remove Samus from the voting options as she is just wasting space

Not just votes from reddit - outside votes.

...as you can tell here, there are many more outside votes besides those from reddit.
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DidYouMWISMe posted...

Given how awesome Chie is, I'm glad to hear she had the likely champ on the ropes for a while there.

Who the heck are these Redditors rallying Draven, though? You'd think even gamers who liked him and liked playing multiplayer League of Legends matches would have sufficient exposure to the medium to respect the giants in the Noble Nine who've predated him and had a much larger impact on the industry. Like, I was a huge into Starcraft's casual multiplayer scene for a while, and I followed a few tournaments back in the day, but that didn't mean I'd have supported Jim Raynor against everyone else.

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.

The LoL fanbase are teenage non-gamers who play one game and one game only. Maybe Starcraft, Dota, Diablo or some MMOs but certainly not the kind of games represented in the battle. Any exposure they have to other games are purely through twitch or "Let's Plays". More of an e-sports crowd than actual gamers so it's not surprising.

DidYouMWISMe posted...

Given how awesome Chie is, I'm glad to hear she had the likely champ on the ropes for a while there.

Who the heck are these Redditors rallying Draven, though? You'd think even gamers who liked him and liked playing multiplayer League of Legends matches would have sufficient exposure to the medium to respect the giants in the Noble Nine who've predated him and had a much larger impact on the industry. Like, I was a huge into Starcraft's casual multiplayer scene for a while, and I followed a few tournaments back in the day, but that didn't mean I'd have supported Jim Raynor against everyone else.

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.

They get a rise out of our "butthurt"
They are really interested in our butts for some reason
Literally obsessed, you might say
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Czill posted...

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

That's not technically correct. Allen said that votes from first time visitors were 3:2 in favor of Draven. Most of those first time visitors came from Reddit. First time visitors who came from the Link rally attempts or normal visitors to GameFAQs were obviously favoring Link by a wide margin.
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Sub-200 update for Draven.

I can live with that much, at least.
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the LoL Subreddit is pretty big and are going at it hard. but with that said, it's not perfect. turns out that the Draven/Link split from there was 60/40. so it's possible that the split here's like 50/35/15 or something at the moment. we'll probably know afterwards how things broke down, but it can definitely be broken up. the reason why Snake's votes are so big right now is partially their fault. the same reason why Mewtwo got 30,000 votes in his match really, it's by no means perfect.

it just has ridiculous volume that has made up a good 35-45% of the vote period. not for one person, but for everyone combined.
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Czill posted...

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

Reddit's support was only 3 to 2 favoring Draven and that was still enough for Draven to *win?*
...Given Link's support on GameFAQs that basically means Reddit must've vastly outnumbered Normal GameFAQs traffic.
...To such an extent that it's like, why even bother running the contest here, just run it directly on Reddit and call it Reddit's contest.

I guess I'm beginning to understand where all that aggravation against Reddit is coming from.
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That was an excellent update for Snake. Draven is under 200. If he stays there, Snake will have a chance to turn this around.
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Czill posted...

DidYouMWISMe posted...

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

Which was complete nonsense since when the Reddit thread died before the DDOS Draven fell to Shepard levels while both Link and Shepard continued at their normal pace.

In my country Samus has 2.75%. Yup.
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DidYouMWISMe posted...

Given how awesome Chie is, I'm glad to hear she had the likely champ on the ropes for a while there.

Who the heck are these Redditors rallying Draven, though? You'd think even gamers who liked him and liked playing multiplayer League of Legends matches would have sufficient exposure to the medium to respect the giants in the Noble Nine who've predated him and had a much larger impact on the industry. Like, I was a huge into Starcraft's casual multiplayer scene for a while, and I followed a few tournaments back in the day, but that didn't mean I'd have supported Jim Raynor against everyone else.

I guess the homogeneity is more surprising than anything else. Most times you try rallying on a website, you're taking a risk because most gamers like many videogames, so, for example, going to a Metal Gear Solid website and shouting "Vote for Snake!" might only bring a 65-35 ratio of Snake supporters, with a minority of MGS fans showing up and saying "Actually, I've played Metroid too and I like Samus better." You'd think *some* LoL fans would be like "Jeez, a relatively recent new character with little characterization against a gaming icon who defined the Playstation era for more than a decade."

Or, well, you'd think some LoL fans actually played Metal Gear Solid.
...Or Metroid, for that matter.

LoL Fans do know the Noble Nine. Draven split votes 60-40 with Link during his rally. Or, to translate that: out of 120k votes, Draven rallied something like 80k during a whole match, and split those with Link until both had 55k+. It's just that they really love their game.

(No, this isn't a heel turn. I'm just explaining to MWIS why people are voting for Draven.)
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-LusterSoldier- posted...

Czill posted...

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

That's not technically correct. Allen said that votes from first time visitors were 3:2 in favor of Draven. Most of those first time visitors came from Reddit. First time visitors who came from the Link rally attempts or normal visitors to GameFAQs were obviously favoring Link by a wide margin.

I forget Bacon's post, but did he say where most of the first time voters came from? I'd actually have expected most of Draven's voters to be repeat voters by that point. MMX/Ryu would be the match I'd believe that for! Or Chie/Jak.
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Hope... Fading...

...But as long as someone's able to contact the MGS Facebook page eventually, there's still a chance.
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Draven
42%
19370 Votes
Your Pick

Solid Snake
38.82%
17901 Votes

Samus Aran
19.18%
8847 Votes
Total Votes: 46118
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KONAMI UK JUST RTED!!!!!!!
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I just feel sick here, so close and yet...

gotta believe gotta believe gotta believe
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-LusterSoldier- posted...

Czill posted...

Allen mentioned that in Draven/Link, votes from reddit were only 3:2 in favor of Draven.

That's not technically correct. Allen said that votes from first time visitors were 3:2 in favor of Draven. Most of those first time visitors came from Reddit. First time visitors who came from the Link rally attempts or normal visitors to GameFAQs were obviously favoring Link by a wide margin.

You're right, I misremembered.

The Kojima tweet might have done nothing vote-wise, but Konami UK saw it and RTed. That could be huge.
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