Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1180

#201 | BK_Sheikah00 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:04 PM | message detail
Bonus poll officially Link vs Snake.
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#202 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:16 PM | message detail
UltimaterializerX posted...
Nanis23 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


We never did it -_-


Then what happened?


A LoL fan put a rally 9 hours before the match started
The rally fell to the 23th spot,the rally creator deleted it (he actually posted a new one 5 minutes after)
Another LoL fan posted a rally,with all 3 characters in the title
"Smurf" used his alt and said here that this rally is actually his doing,and he plan on deleting it after it gets enough steam,and he linked his message to a mod
The mod believed it,went mad,deleted all rally threads,created a thread himself and put up a notice up there linking to his thread

The only connection we got to it is "Smurf"
#203 | UltimaterializerX | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:31 PM | message detail
ItGetsWorse posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Someone needs to make a Smurf page on the board 8 wiki.
I feel left out not knowing anything about him!


Not sure if you know this already and are joking... but Smurf practically filed a cease and desist order against zachnorn to have his wiki page removed. He thought employers would somehow trace his real identity to "Smurf" on a random message board.


This.

Like you don't even know how pathetic Smurf is until you have to deal with him privately. That dude is a legitimate psychopath.
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#204 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:33 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
Allen might get in legal trouble if he told the reddit LoL mods to delete the rally thread.

No chance. He couldn't have gotten in legal trouble with the downtime issue, he couldn't get in legal trouble with this either.

Seriously, who the hell is going to file a lawsuit - a completely hopeless one at that - over an internet game character poll?
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#205 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:36 PM | message detail
So I suppose Smurf doesn't want his employers finding out about his pedophilia.
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#206 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/15/2013 12:27:59 PM | message detail
Wanglicious posted...
good job XIII. calling it on the spot when asked.


You first mentioned he was a new account a while back, and I had no idea that he was. When I checked it and reread a couple of his posts, I thought "oh. it's smurf" - his sentence structure screams it, like I said. So I posted that, and he didn't deny it.

I hate myself sometimes. Stupid 16-year-old, easily trolled XIII.
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#207 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:04 PM | message detail
Arcvalons posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


The guy who posted that here was a Reddit troll. The actual guy who posted the original thread hasn't deleted it, and called on the r/lol mods on their cheating


Link to where this happened?
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#208 | tgs2 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:35 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
Not_Wylvane posted...
Allen might get in legal trouble if he told the reddit LoL mods to delete the rally thread.

No chance. He couldn't have gotten in legal trouble with the downtime issue, he couldn't get in legal trouble with this either.

Seriously, who the hell is going to file a lawsuit - a completely hopeless one at that - over an internet game character poll?


one that has money involved as prizes and thus is susceptible to a lawsuit.
#209 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:51 PM | message detail
ItGetsWorse posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Someone needs to make a Smurf page on the board 8 wiki.
I feel left out not knowing anything about him!


Not sure if you know this already and are joking... but Smurf practically filed a cease and desist order against zachnorn to have his wiki page removed. He thought employers would somehow trace his real identity to "Smurf" on a random message board.
I didn't know that at all, actually.

He's worried about employers finding that yet he still does stuff like this? Wow.

Any chance I can get a summary of his past antics, then?
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#210 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:52 PM | message detail
Losing steam ah?
954 update for Draven
#211 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:53 PM | message detail
UltimaterializerX posted...
This.

Like you don't even know how pathetic Smurf is until you have to deal with him privately. That dude is a legitimate psychopath.


I want to hear some good Smurf stories!

Not like there's much left worth discussing about the contests!
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#212 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/15/2013 12:28:58 PM | message detail
there's no legal grounds smurf would have to taking down public information, which this would fall under.
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#213 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/15/2013 12:30:08 PM | message detail
Also, Ulti, you should post some good Smurf stories at that rally thread.
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#214 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:30:23 PM | message detail
Just for fun
Snake needs to cut 150 votes per update to win
Good luck
#215 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:30:48 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Just for fun
Snake needs to cut 150 votes per update to win
Good luck

link could do it
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#216 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 12:31:05 PM | message detail
UltimaterializerX posted...
Nanis23 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


We never did it -_-


Then what happened?

Pretty much the exact opposite.

Smurf pretended in the stats thread to be the rally thread starter of a Draven rally thread, then said he would delete it, as a way of manipulating the Reddit system.

A Reddit mod saw that and, with zero verification, assumed this random newly registered user really was the thread starter, deleted the thread, and stickied a new one. Boom - Draven Supreme was born.

And of course Smurf wasn't the actually rally thread starter.The actual starter confirmed who he was by posting within 10 minute's of the rally thread being up.

But instead of deleting the sticky thread and letting natural rallying take it's course, they just un-stickied it, which meant nothing as by that point the momentum was too high.
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#217 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/15/2013 12:31:32 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Losing steam ah?
954 update for Draven


That update was totally random. Maybe there was a temporary break during the first streamed game and people voted during the break.
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#218 | Dabrikishaw15 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:31:36 PM | message detail
Draven
47.92%
54616 Votes
Your Pick

Solid Snake
34.48%
39300 Votes

Samus Aran
17.6%
20065 Votes
Total Votes: 113981
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#219 | Averia | Posted 9/15/2013 12:31:37 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Just for fun
Snake needs to cut 150 votes per update to win
Good luck


That made me realise if you switched Draven and Snake's position right now, Draven would probably win...
#220 | Nanis23 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:32:03 PM | message detail
xp1337 posted...
Nanis23 posted...
Just for fun
Snake needs to cut 150 votes per update to win
Good luck

link could do it


He only got 2 cuts higher than 150..
#221 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/15/2013 12:32:06 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
Losing steam ah?
954 update for Draven


r/lol finally got through to Erik Braa (Draven's VA). Of course, he doesn't even have 1000 followers, whereas Hayter's are over 54000.
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#222 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:32:51 PM | message detail
Nanis23 posted...
xp1337 posted...
Nanis23 posted...
Just for fun
Snake needs to cut 150 votes per update to win
Good luck

link could do it


He only got 2 cuts higher than 150..

i have been one hundred percent serious

sounds like you're not believing hard enough
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#223 | homsar555 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:32:52 PM | message detail
TsunamiXXVIII posted...
Arcvalons posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


The guy who posted that here was a Reddit troll. The actual guy who posted the original thread hasn't deleted it, and called on the r/lol mods on their cheating


Link to where this happened?


http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/67247897/757999536
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#224 | MZero11 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:33:45 PM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
MZero11 posted...
Honestly it's like saying the MLB is ruined because now team are full of Latin Americans and Asians and it's no longer a reflection of American Baseball or something.


This is a terrible analogy and you should feel bad for making it.


you should feel bad for complaining about something that's clearly within the rules tbh
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#225 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/15/2013 12:34:09 PM | message detail
You should feel bad for saying I have to like something simply because the rules say it's okay.
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#226 | ItGetsWorse | Posted 9/15/2013 12:34:13 PM | message detail
AxemRedRanger posted...
ItGetsWorse posted...
AxemRedRanger posted...
Someone needs to make a Smurf page on the board 8 wiki.
I feel left out not knowing anything about him!


Not sure if you know this already and are joking... but Smurf practically filed a cease and desist order against zachnorn to have his wiki page removed. He thought employers would somehow trace his real identity to "Smurf" on a random message board.
I didn't know that at all, actually.

He's worried about employers finding that yet he still does stuff like this? Wow.

Any chance I can get a summary of his past antics, then?


Ulti and XIII probably have the best Smurf stories by far. I missed his 2003 antics, and I can barely even remember some of the crap he did when I was around.

Maybe someone can elaborate on my half-memories of his alts: RedXII, Ciaran87, ViperVixen... more I think?
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#227 | FMercury12 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:35:05 PM | message detail
swordz9 posted...
Didn't Allen say something before about how the contests were uninteresting because Link always wins or something? I think it was essentially something like that. Next character contest we could have even more LoL characters in and end up with like 4-5 MEGA Links if the game hasn't died down. Kind of makes LAW look good.


If this was the case then Teemo(another LOL character, statiscally more popular than Draven) would of been in the finals. Honestly Snake just had bad luck with this match-up, since this match falls on the LOL championship week.
#228 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 12:35:16 PM | message detail
tgs2 posted...
one that has money involved as prizes and thus is susceptible to a lawsuit.

Again, an unwinnable lawsuit against a major company over an internet character poll. I have a bridge to sell anyone who actually believes this would ever happen.

Also someone filing a suit for the downtime not being corrected would be as equally as likely - in that both lawsuits be utterly baseless and hopeless.
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#229 | ArctheFad | Posted 9/15/2013 12:35:56 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Nanis23 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


We never did it -_-


Then what happened?

Pretty much the exact opposite.

Smurf pretended in the stats thread to be the rally thread starter of a Draven rally thread, then said he would delete it, as a way of manipulating the Reddit system.

A Reddit mod saw that and, with zero verification, assumed this random newly registered user really was the thread starter, deleted the thread, and stickied a new one. Boom - Draven Supreme was born.

And of course Smurf wasn't the actually rally thread starter.The actual starter confirmed who he was by posting within 10 minute's of the rally thread being up.

But instead of deleting the sticky thread and letting natural rallying take it's course, they just un-stickied it, which meant nothing as by that point the momentum was too high.


What is this http://imgur.com/a/bWyTX#0
#230 | Solioxrz362 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:36:17 PM | message detail
MZero11 posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
MZero11 posted...
Honestly it's like saying the MLB is ruined because now team are full of Latin Americans and Asians and it's no longer a reflection of American Baseball or something.


This is a terrible analogy and you should feel bad for making it.


you should feel bad for complaining about something that's clearly within the rules tbh

No, Leonhart is right on this one.
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#231 | Doctor_Vodka | Posted 9/15/2013 12:36:27 PM | message detail
What happened? I went to bed and snake cut the lead under 2800??
#232 | Safer_777 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:36:35 PM | message detail
So gamefaqs screwed gamefaqs?
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#233 | ItGetsWorse | Posted 9/15/2013 12:36:57 PM | message detail
creativename posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Nanis23 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


We never did it -_-


Then what happened?

Pretty much the exact opposite.

Smurf pretended in the stats thread to be the rally thread starter of a Draven rally thread, then said he would delete it, as a way of manipulating the Reddit system.


This is what I don't understand. How does that manipulate anything and why would a mod care?
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#234 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/15/2013 12:37:12 PM | message detail
the fact that it's winnable or not doesn't matter.
the fact that it'd exist and have some credibility does.

honestly, these contests should just go to being 'for fun.' every headache, gone.
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#235 | hylianknight3 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:38:05 PM | message detail
Oh no, this guy says he's going to delete this topic to manipulate the system, I'd better delete the topic to maintain the integrity of the system.
#236 | ItGetsWorse | Posted 9/15/2013 12:38:08 PM | message detail
Not_Wylvane posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
This.

Like you don't even know how pathetic Smurf is until you have to deal with him privately. That dude is a legitimate psychopath.


I want to hear some good Smurf stories!

Not like there's much left worth discussing about the contests!


I agree with this post. Let's get some Smurf stories going.
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#237 | tgs2 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:38:19 PM | message detail
ItGetsWorse posted...
creativename posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Nanis23 posted...
UltimaterializerX posted...
Also, Board 8 making topics on Reddit only to delete them is way more pathetic than their rallying.

You'd also have to be pretty dumb to not discuss it privately so you don't get caught.


We never did it -_-


Then what happened?

Pretty much the exact opposite.

Smurf pretended in the stats thread to be the rally thread starter of a Draven rally thread, then said he would delete it, as a way of manipulating the Reddit system.


This is what I don't understand. How does that manipulate anything and why would a mod care?


mods cared enough to delete and block all rally threads when someone impersonated Allen.
#238 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 12:38:22 PM | message detail
ArctheFad posted...
What is this

...things that have absolutely nothing to do with the events that actually transpired, and which our mods were actively denouncing and deleting posts for?
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#239 | Qwaar | Posted 9/15/2013 12:38:41 PM | message detail
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.
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#240 | creativename | Posted 9/15/2013 12:40:02 PM | message detail
I've been here for 10 years and I don't even know any Smurf stories!

I'm assuming they are all from things outside the stats topic, where I never tread.
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#241 | Doctor_Vodka | Posted 9/15/2013 12:40:49 PM | message detail
Guys what happened??? Summary. When I went to bed it was morning and Snake started cutting!!!!
#242 | im317 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:41:02 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.


wait who are these people and what did they do?
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#243 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/15/2013 12:41:12 PM | message detail
Whenever Smurf did his Top 500 Users writeups, I always got a writeup because I was always in the bottom ten. Anyone who was in his top 475 or so never got anything!
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#244 | Fr0zoN | Posted 9/15/2013 12:41:18 PM | message detail
Doctor_Vodka posted...
Guys what happened??? Summary. When I went to bed it was morning and Snake started cutting!!!!


Seriously read the last like 2 pages
#245 | xp1337 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:42:19 PM | message detail
im317 posted...
Qwaar posted...
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.


wait who are these people and what did they do?

Hayter is Snake's VA and tweeted a few times in support of Snake.

Hale is Samus's VA and abandoned Samus to also support Snake.
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#246 | DoctorJimmy133 | Posted 9/15/2013 12:43:11 PM | message detail
Doctor_Vodka posted...
Guys what happened??? Summary. When I went to bed it was morning and Snake started cutting!!!!

reddit mods being gullible and rallying for Draven. They even pretty much solicited votes for their own rally.
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#247 | XIII_rocks | Posted 9/15/2013 12:43:11 PM | message detail
Qwaar posted...
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.


I tweeted thanks to Kojima, Hale, Hayter and even Trent. They made this match so much better than it had any right to be a few hours ago.
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#248 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/15/2013 12:43:15 PM | message detail
Jennifer Hale also voices a couple of characters in the MGS universe, for the record.
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#249 | TsunamiXXVIII | Posted 9/15/2013 12:43:39 PM | message detail
im317 posted...
Qwaar posted...
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.


wait who are these people and what did they do?


VAs who have done voice work for the MGS series (Hayter was Snake's VA up until recently). They tweeted their support, thereby alerting their no doubt numerous followers of this contest.
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#250 | Wanglicious | Posted 9/15/2013 12:43:42 PM | message detail
im317 posted...
Qwaar posted...
Wanglicious posted...
Star of the contest is one of David Hayter or Jennifer Hale right now.
i'm not sure which.

if only we had some sort of... bonus poll that could make them fight over it....


Agree on Hayter. I even got personally humiliated by him! I shall frame that tweet forever :p

And Jennifer Hale is amazing.


wait who are these people and what did they do?


https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter
https://twitter.com/jhaletweets

former's teh voice of solid snake.
latter's the voice of samus and a couple metal gear females (among roles in just about everything animated in the past 10 years).
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