Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1179

#301 | KamikazePotato | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:26 AM | message detail
The sheer stupidity of what this situation is the worst part. I think we all expected another rally thread to pop up and gain steam, but a rally thread being pinned by a mod (which, by the way, completely subverts all their crying about vote manipulation) because they were tricked by their own people? It's insane.
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#302 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:28 AM | message detail
homsar555 posted...
proof: http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1mf1im/samus_and_snake_both_in_the_gamefaqs_character/


HAHAHAHA
As if the lol mods couldn't look worse
#303 | kurtfisto | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:35 AM | message detail
wow the pin went down...
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#304 | Team Rocket Elite (Moderator) | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:44 AM | message detail
TheEnigmaBlade posted...
creativename posted...
ZFS posted...
Yeah, they don't seem to be the brightest guys over there. Got their own people fooling them.


Vote manipulation is like the biggest sin over there yet these mods are manipulated like sheep.


That's rude! There's a reason we've done what we've done.


For future reference, may I ask what that is? I've been up all night deleting upvote/downvote spam since I know that's against Reddit's rules to rally for stuff like that. However, I don't perosnally use the site so I'm not really familiar with what else is disallowed.
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#305 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:49 AM | message detail
zzz

wonder what mr reddit mod and the reddit guys lurking the topic have to say about the stuff quoted in 293
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#306 | GiantNinjaRobot | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:53 AM | message detail
What can Allen do?

Maybe he could not to go reddit and say he allows this after the topic was deleted in Draven/Mewtwo/Sephiroth poll.
#307 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/15/2013 10:37:58 AM | message detail
Sticky is gone. That was a 10-minute setback but Snake could still be alive.
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#308 | SharmHedgehog | Posted 9/15/2013 10:38:16 AM | message detail
They took down the pinned post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47ow4_Cmk0
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#309 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:38:27 AM | message detail
kurtfisto posted...
wow the pin went down...

in theory snake could recover from this but man the blow to morale there
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#310 | Pifflebush | Posted 9/15/2013 10:38:46 AM | message detail
We heard over at Reddit that you will be renaming the website DravenFAQs by tomorrow afternoon, anyone able to confirm?
#311 | RockMFR | Posted 9/15/2013 10:39:22 AM | message detail
ATTN: reddit mods

I have made millions of reddit accounts and I am the only actual poster on the lol subreddit. Please delete all of my posts. Sorry for the trouble.
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#312 | homsar555 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:39:37 AM | message detail
Does reddit have some way of PMing mods? Maybe I'll try explaining the situation to that guy.
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#313 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 10:39:37 AM | message detail
Wow.

The mods actually realized they were being duped.

That's almost an impressive intellectual accomplishment by their standards.
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#314 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/15/2013 10:39:37 AM | message detail
they took the pin down but that literally extended the lead by 1000 votes. and it was all because they didn't bother actually realizing that it was a guy actively trying to get EXACTLY that result.
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#315 | Safer_777 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:39:43 AM | message detail
What was the biggest update for Draven?
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#316 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:01 AM | message detail
creativename posted...
Wow.

The mods actually realized they were being duped.

That's almost an impressive intellectual accomplishment by their standards.


They didn't unsticky it. It's still pinned to the top of the subreddit.
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#317 | BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:06 AM | message detail
If Bacon really wanted to restore sanity to this contest, either restrict votes to registered users, or block all votes that are linked directly from reddit.

2 very easy solutions to implement.
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#318 | ZFS | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:17 AM | message detail
xp1337 posted...
kurtfisto posted...
wow the pin went down...

in theory snake could recover from this but man the blow to morale there


Yep. The loss of momentum, rallying done, and size of the new lead will probably end it here. Snake rallies aren't going to have the same motivation, so Snake will have to just naturally come back.
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#319 | WellThoughtName | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:18 AM | message detail
The only fair thing now would be to ban all rally topics entirely.
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#320 | Scarlettail | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:28 AM | message detail
Well, it's a popularity contest and the most popular character won. Congrats to Draven.
#321 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:29 AM | message detail
This is the best internet drama I have ever seen
And I have been to many forums in my life
I thought nothing could top Link/Draven..but this..wow

Going to save all the stats topics on my computer brb
#322 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:30 AM | message detail
Wanglicious posted...
they took the pin down but that literally extended the lead by 1000 votes. and it was all because they didn't bother actually realizing that it was a guy actively trying to get EXACTLY that result.

try 1600

if not more let's see how much momentum this carries
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#323 | Lucky_Gamer | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:37 AM | message detail
The sticky's down but that just earned Draven an easy 1600 votes. In no more than 20 minutes.

Let's see if Snake can fight back after that blow.
#324 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:47 AM | message detail
homsar555 posted...
Does reddit have some way of PMing mods? Maybe I'll try explaining the situation to that guy.

Yes.
"Message the Moderators" on the right-hand side.
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#325 | kurtfisto | Posted 9/15/2013 10:40:59 AM | message detail
ExThaNemesis posted...
creativename posted...
Wow.

The mods actually realized they were being duped.

That's almost an impressive intellectual accomplishment by their standards.


They didn't unsticky it. It's still pinned to the top of the subreddit.

They took down the notice at the very top that would be the equivalent of our yellow banner over there^^
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#326 | backinblack167 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:41:10 AM | message detail
BlAcK TuRtLe posted...
Is it just me, or is this contest just a complete sham at this point? As sad as it is to see the LoL fanbois actively ruin the contest, I think it's even sadder how Board 8ers are pestering famous people on twitter, some of whom have nothing to do with video games, in a pitful attempt to combat the reddit drones.

We will never have a contest that we can accurately predict again, unless Bacon limits votes to registered users as he should.


the pro wrestler stuff is kinda weird, but stuff like Hayter and Hale seems completely legit IMO.
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#327 | SerperiorThanU | Posted 9/15/2013 10:41:19 AM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
lol over

This is the beautiful difference guys
In other forums,my messages got deleted by admins for Spam when I tried to rally Mewtwo
But here? the mods create the rally,sticky it AND create a message at the top

You don't even need to say "we don't care" to be a joke. You are already a joke,a pathetic and sad joke
Congratulations you win,you are the biggest losers in the Internet


yeah, says the people begging CELEBRITIES to rally for them
#328 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:41:38 AM | message detail
I don't think the rally topic will get down
It might take hours just to get to the second place
Consider it over,even without the notice
#329 | DpObliVion | Posted 9/15/2013 10:42:02 AM | message detail
If Snake can get back to the pace he was at, this is just a setback, because he was on pace to take the lead by the top of the hour and demolish Draven. We'll see. Gotta stay strong and believe!
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#330 | -Tofa7- | Posted 9/15/2013 10:42:17 AM | message detail
Draven in 15 minutes erased what Snake achieved in 2 hours.
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#331 | Regaro_Ukiera | Posted 9/15/2013 10:42:26 AM | message detail
SerperiorThanU posted...
Nanis23 posted...
lol over

This is the beautiful difference guys
In other forums,my messages got deleted by admins for Spam when I tried to rally Mewtwo
But here? the mods create the rally,sticky it AND create a message at the top

You don't even need to say "we don't care" to be a joke. You are already a joke,a pathetic and sad joke
Congratulations you win,you are the biggest losers in the Internet


yeah, says the people begging CELEBRITIES to rally for them


Yeah because guys like David Hayter have absolutely no connection to MGS
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#332 | ExThaNemesis | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:00 AM | message detail
Guys, the thread is still literally at the top of the subreddit. Draven is going to continue surging.
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#333 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:02 AM | message detail
also:

thank you, homsar555, for catching it as early as you did.
really grateful you did what you could to stop it asap.
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#334 | Azp2k32 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:02 AM | message detail
kurtfisto posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
creativename posted...
Wow.

The mods actually realized they were being duped.

That's almost an impressive intellectual accomplishment by their standards.


They didn't unsticky it. It's still pinned to the top of the subreddit.

They took down the notice at the very top that would be the equivalent of our yellow banner over there^^


Aka, a low impact thing not a ton of people take notice of?

I mean really, the whole point of that notice was to get the thread upvoted, now that it's up at position 2 there's no need for the notice anymore.
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#335 | RockMFR | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:49 AM | message detail | (edited)
So, will this match break the L-Block final for the most votes?
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#336 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:33 AM | message detail
DpObliVion posted...
If Snake can get back to the pace he was at, this is just a setback, because he was on pace to take the lead by the top of the hour and demolish Draven. We'll see. Gotta stay strong and believe!

I've basically been chief of morale here in both Link and Snake's matches, or at least close to it, but man.

I just don't see it. Snake has to climb back and hope nothing else goes wrong. More worried about the latter honestly.
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#337 | ZFS | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:38 AM | message detail
Yeah, Kojima, Hale, and Hayter are good. They have a connection to Snake and thought it was alright enough to post. Wrestlers, though, I dunno. That is a bit strange, but people gotvdesperate!
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#338 | ninkendo | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:56 AM | message detail
#339 | MisterVanitas | Posted 9/15/2013 10:43:56 AM | message detail
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#340 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:00 AM | message detail
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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#341 | Lucky_Gamer | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:07 AM | message detail
Oh, just noticed it's still stickied, it's just the banner gone then?

Draven increased his lead by 400 this update as opposed to his last 600-plus updates.
#342 | FFDragon | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:32 AM | message detail
4 Hours of Cuts erased in 15 minutes.
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#343 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:37 AM | message detail
It's...damn. We were so close to getting Snake a lead, and then this happens and Draven undoes hours of work in a matter of minutes.
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#344 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:37 AM | message detail
Lucky_Gamer posted...
Oh, just noticed it's still stickied, it's just the banner gone then?

Draven increased his lead by 400 this update as opposed to his last 600-plus updates.

still 600
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#345 | DpObliVion | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:37 AM | message detail
Yeah, never mind.
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#346 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:40 AM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
I don't think the rally topic will get down
It might take hours just to get to the second place
Consider it over,even without the notice

Still stunning how gullible those guys are.

And yeah just the momentum of that thread will be too high to challenge now, even unstickied it ain't going anywhere.

Snake is literally going to lose because the subreddit mods can be tricked by a baboon.
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#347 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:51 AM | message detail
...I...Can't believe it
How one person came in,said LOL GUYS I CREATED A RALLY TOPIC SO I CAN DELETE IT LATER and it made the mods delete it themselves,even though it was a genuine rally thread

Like,how gullible are you guys? after the "Fake admin" incidient,I thought you should know better?
#348 | -Tofa7- | Posted 9/15/2013 10:44:55 AM | message detail
In the last 20 minutes, Draven has now taken back 3 hours and 20 minutes of Snake cuts.
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#349 | FFDragon | Posted 9/15/2013 10:45:03 AM | message detail
Lucky_Gamer posted...

Draven increased his lead by 400 this update as opposed to his last 600-plus updates.


no it was exactly 600
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#350 | Lucky_Gamer | Posted 9/15/2013 10:45:08 AM | message detail
Lucky_Gamer posted...
Oh, just noticed it's still stickied, it's just the banner gone then?

Draven increased his lead by 400 this update as opposed to his last 600-plus updates.


Sorry. 600 again, misread. It seems it's pretty over.