Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1187

#351 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/7/2014 9:05:51 PM | message detail
Get ready for some extreme trends and a lot of lead changes in today's poll. I will be tracking poll updates for this poll.
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#352 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/7/2014 10:02:40 PM | message detail
3310 votes at the end of the first hour. That's pretty good considering our vote totals have been sucking lately. The last poll to get over 30000 votes was on 8/10/2014, so today's poll will put an end to that long drought.

This poll is on track to finish between 32000 and 35000 votes.
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#353 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/7/2014 11:39:14 PM | message detail
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Have_You_Played

69.70% playrate for FFVIII.
42.01% of the site have beaten it.
So 60.27% of people that played the game here have beaten it.

FFVII only had a 70.83% playrate back in 2009!
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#354 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/8/2014 12:05:50 AM | message detail
It makes sense that pretty much everyone who has played FFVII has played FFVIII (though I'm an exception lol).
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#355 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/8/2014 1:46:26 AM | message detail
-LusterSoldier- posted...
The last poll to get over 30000 votes was on 8/10/2014


More like yesterday.

FFVIII brings in the votes.
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#356 | The Real Truth | Posted 9/8/2014 2:03:15 AM | message detail
FF8 is so good.

When fo we get to see LoL make the next contest suck?
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#357 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/8/2014 3:07:09 AM | message detail
LeonhartFour posted...
More like yesterday.

FFVIII brings in the votes.


Huh, so yesterday's poll did in fact break 30000 votes. Just barely, though. I remember looking at the results of yesterday's poll with about 1 hour left to go and immediately wrote off the poll as not having a chance to break 30000 votes.
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#358 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/8/2014 9:03:35 PM | message detail
After the poll we just had yesterday, I'm surprised today's poll wasn't "What time do you normally go to bed at night?". Damn anniversary polls messing up Bacon's plan to run "What time do you normally go to bed at night?". I guess we could possibly end up getting "What time do you normally go to bed at night?" for tomorrow's poll instead.
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#359 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/8/2014 10:11:01 PM | message detail
After going almost 30 days without a single poll getting above 30000 votes, we're going to have 3 straight days of 30000 votes or more. Today's poll has 3175 votes at the end of the first hour, which means this poll will definitely break 30000 votes.

I am still working on the trends from yesterday's poll, so those will be posted when I complete them.
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#360 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/9/2014 3:19:55 AM | message detail
Trend charts and poll updates for yesterday's poll:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdGU0cFVhVWlDbThFWl9EMmZkNVpMX1E

"Before 5:00 AM" performs worst during the first 3 hours of the poll before it begins taking off. It performed best during the deep night vote and early morning vote. After the early morning vote, it dropped off again, but it still performed better than the first 3 hours of the poll. When the ASV kicks in, it starts doing better again. Finally, it dropped off during the last hour of the poll.

"5:00-5:59 AM" had a bad board vote and Power Hour, but it dropped off during the night vote. The night vote was the worst time period for "5:00-5:59 AM". It started doing much better during the final hour of the night vote and had a strong morning vote as well. After 10:00 AM, it dropped off hard before eventually recovering during the ASV. It had a fairly good ASV overall, but it was slightly weaker than its morning vote.

"6:00-6:59 AM" had a bad board vote and Power Hour that remained pretty consistent for the first 2 hours of the night vote before it collapsed. It performed worst during the last 3 hours of the night vote. When the morning vote started, it went absolutely berserk. It dropped off pretty hard after 10:00 AM, but it recovered very nicely when the ASV kicked in. "6:00-6:59 AM" had a very powerful ASV that was only slightly weaker than its morning vote.

"7:00-7:59 AM" had a really bad board vote and Power Hour, but it actually managed to do better during the early part of the morning vote. I blame Europe's presence as the reason it did better during the early part of the night vote before collapsing in the deep night vote and early morning vote. After 7:00 AM, it went berserk for about 2 hours and then dropped off again. It dropped off even more when the ASV kicked in, but it did start performing slightly better near the end of the poll.

"8:00-8:59 AM" had a slightly above average board vote and Power Hour. It actually remained fairly consistent for most of the night vote, which is something that I blame on Europe. It dropped off pretty hard during the final hour of the night vote and the first 2 hours of the morning vote. But starting at 8:00 AM, it went berserk. After 1:00 PM, it began to drop off. Overall, it had a bad ASV and SNV, but it wasn't quite as bad as the first 2 hours in the morning vote.

"9:00-9:59 AM" had a very good board vote and Power Hour. It dropped off slightly during the night vote. Near the end of the night vote, it began performing better (as a result of Europe). But when the morning vote started, it collapsed very hard for a 3 hour period before doing much better as a result of the US morning vote. After the ASV started, it dropped off even more and had a below average ASV. It did recover slightly during the SNV, though.

"10:00-10:59 AM" had a good board vote and Power Hour. It remained pretty consistent throughout the night vote thanks to Europe. But it began dropping off during the morning vote, where it had a god awful 3 hour period during the morning vote. After those 3 really bad hours, it starts performing much better. It drops off during the ASV and has a below average ASV. During the final hour of the poll, it gets a fairly noticeable boost at the end.
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#361 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/9/2014 3:19:59 AM | message detail
"11:00-11:59 AM" has a good board vote and Power Hour. It remains strong during the night vote. This is also the first option that does better than the night vote compared to the late morning vote. It drops off pretty hard when the early morning vote started, but it does perform slightly better after 11:00 AM. After about 1 hour into the ASV, it begins dropping off again. Overall, it has a bad ASV and SNV.

"Noon-12:59 PM" has a good board vote and Power Hour. The rest of its trends are fairly similar to "11:00-11:59 AM". In comparison to "Noon-12:59 PM", "11:00-11:59 AM" does have a slightly better ASV.

"1:00 PM or later" has a good board and Power Hour. Also, "1:00 PM or later" is pretty much all night vote in this poll because it collapses pretty hard when the morning vote starts. After 1:00 PM, it does start performing slightly better (and remains pretty consistent for the rest of the poll. Despite performing slightly better after 1:00 PM, the performance we saw from "1:00 PM or later" during the second half of this poll still does not come close to the night vote it had.
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#362 | pjbasis | Posted 9/9/2014 4:04:10 AM | message detail
I hope VIII can still beat IX comfortably
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#363 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/9/2014 9:03:00 PM | message detail
It took until vote 206 for "No, I'm happy with the smartwatch I already own" to get its first vote in this poll.
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#364 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/10/2014 1:54:40 AM | message detail
Nice to see that after a rare contest-related discussion, we're back to our regular Luster poll analysis.
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#365 | foxhead84 | Posted 9/11/2014 5:21:24 PM | message detail
abdou posted...
Community Manager finally hired. Hopefully now we can get a contest going soon.


Any chance of a contest happening in 2014
#366 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/11/2014 5:30:10 PM | message detail
If there is one it would have to be announced over the next week or two.

It'll probably be in 2015.
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#367 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/11/2014 5:41:15 PM | message detail
Tomorrow's poll will be "What time do you normally go to bed at night?". 3 days ago, we had a poll for "What time do you normally wake up in the morning?".

It is strange that we are having a poll for "What time do you normally go to bed at night?" 3 days after having one for "What time do you normally wake up in the morning?", but I blame major news articles and another anniversary related poll as the reason for a 3 day delay on having a poll for "What time do you normally go to bed at night?".

It's probably a good thing that "What time do you normally go to bed at night?" is happening 3 days after the "What time do you normally wake up in the morning?" poll. If both polls happened in back to back days, the second poll would have suffered from reduced vote totals.
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#368 | LeonhartFone | Posted 9/11/2014 8:08:29 PM | message detail
Bacon already announced no contest in 2014.
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#369 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/11/2014 10:02:39 PM | message detail
3025 votes at the end of the first hour. That puts this poll on track for between 29000 and 32000 votes.

Today's poll is not doing quite as well as the "What time do you normally wake up in the morning?" poll in terms of vote totals, but this poll could have gotten even lower vote totals than this if we had gotten this poll one day after "What time do you normally wake up in the morning?".
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#370 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/12/2014 10:54:18 AM | message detail
Any thoughts on the contest strength of the new characters from Smash? I know it's still early since we don't know which ones will be fan favourites, but here are some of my preliminary thoughts.

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Alph - He will likely get the least help from Smash. First he's an alternate costume to Olimar so he doesn't even get his own spot and second there is very little reason to use him as his costumes do not make him more favourable to use. He's also not as well liked within the Pikmin series with many people wanting other characters instead and given Olimar is already not that strong one can only imagine how weak Alph would be.

Bowser Jr. and the Kooplings - I feel Bowser Jr. will be the strongest out of the bunch and given the relative strengths of other Mario characters I can see him having some strength (high fodder). He won't be a world beater, but then again there aren't too many newcomers left that likely have strength.

The main problem for the Kooplings is actually getting into a contest considering nominations would be split 7 ways. With Mario Kart 8 and Smash now would be a good time to get one of them in. Overall I don't see any one of them being noticeably stronger and only Wendy might be noticeably weaker (or at least the weakest). Based off of personal experience I find Ludwig to be the most popular, but Roy, Lemmy and Iggy all have fans. Regardless they would need a board rally in order to get in.

Dark Pit - Would he even be allowed in? If Dark Link and Dark Samus aren't allowed I don't see why Dark Pit would be allowed. If he is somehow allowed in I see him being quite a bit weaker than Pit plus fan reaction to him so far have not been positive.

Duck Hunt Dog - Currently he's the biggest fan favourite in Smash plus with his joke votes he could have some strength. In 2008 he performed okay, especially with L-Block in the same poll. Give him sole possession of joke votes and the boost in strength and he might win a round given the right opponent.

Greninja - The best I can see him performing would be at around Lucario's strength. Pokemon fans tend to only care about the first generation and while he isn't the face of the generation like Lucario he is a bit of a fan favourite in the game. Ninjas tend to be popular so maybe he'll become a fan favourite in Smash.

Little Mac - I feel Little Mac will receive a nice boost. He wasn't terrible in 2013 and that was with another Nintendo character in the same poll. The more exposure he gets the better.

Lucina - I'm not sure what to expect from Lucina, it will likely come down to whether she's a better or worse Marth. In the previous contest Lucina did okay for a Fire Emblem character on a handheld (though to be fair it was one of the games to get for the 3DS). Would I take her over Dracula now? Maybe not.

Mega Man - Mega Man already got a bit of a boost last contest from his announcement. The main issue is that most characters above him are from Nintendo thus he is not likely going to beat them, but it will keep any near-elites at bay. Maybe he could defeat Cloud/Sephiroth, but that would be more because they got weaker.
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#371 | charmander6000 | Posted 9/12/2014 10:54:27 AM | message detail
Mii Fighter - The good news for this character is that it gives a model that is recognizable to the masses. The bad news is the Miis still represent what a lot of people hate Nintendo for becoming and thus I don't see them having much strength; unless people really take to the customization part of the game.

Pac-Man - Unless he becomes a fan favourite I don't see him gaining that much strength. He's already known by everyone, especially Nintendo fans (see him vs. Mario characters). He has to give them a reason to like him.

Palutena - Looking at her 2013 performance Palutena will greatly benefit from Smash, but that's not saying much considering how badly she performed. Overall I don't see her as being too strong, but she will be more than terrible fodder.

Robin - Like with the Mii Fighters Smash gives Robin a static imagine that will be recognizable as oppose to the millions of combinations that he/she could look like. It also reminds Fire Emblem fans that the character has a name and is not just the Avatar. Before Smash I would rank Robin at around Chrom's strength so now he could have decent strength.

Rosalina - I've been wanting to see Rosalina even before Smash came out. She is now part of the Mario crew and while she'll likely be one of the weakest of the main members she will still be better than terrible fodder.

Shulk - I see Shulk getting a large boost from Smash. One of the reasons why Shulk performed so badly in 2013 was because so few people have played Xenoblade because so few copies were released. So while a large portion may have heard of the game and how great it is, very few have actually played it.

Villager - Like Mii Fighters and Robin Smash gives Villager a static model and name which would then be recognizable to Animal Crossing fans. Overall Animal Crossing characters have performed terribly in contest history so Villager would have to rely on Smash for any strength. He's a bit of a fan favourite now, but that might not last once all of the other characters have been explored.

Wii Fit Trainer - Like with the Mii Fighters Wii Fit represents what is wrong with Nintendo so I see fans not exactly warming up to the trainer and unlike the Mii Fighters where you can customize them I really doubt Wii Fit Trainer will become a fan favourite.
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#372 | superange128 | Posted 9/12/2014 11:00:50 AM | message detail
Dark Pit/Pittoo actually has a personality/dialogue that Dark Link/Samus doesn't

eh Shulk will probably be Marth level at best probably still a bit weaker
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#373 | OrangeCrush980 | Posted 9/12/2014 11:06:30 AM | message detail
I think it's too early to say since tier placement, appeal amongst casuals, and memetastic catchphrases are all big factors. Marth, Ike, and Captain Falcon get most of their strength from 1 or 2 of those, while others like Olimar and Lucas are still crap.
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#374 | -Zelmor- | Posted 9/12/2014 4:02:16 PM | message detail | (edited)
Reckon most would probably receive a small boost aside from MM/Pacman maybe. These 2 are well-known icons so I doubt they would benefit much from the Ninty fanbase, not to mention that MM already received the hype boost in the last contest.

Duck Hunt dog might be the NEXT BIG THING though. Now it has the recognizability plus joke factor appeal. DHD vs the much weaker Sephiroth would be hilarious.
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#375 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/12/2014 7:39:26 PM | message detail
Polls for the next 3 days:

9/13/2014 - Have you ever played the original Super Mario Bros.?
9/14/2014 - I don't know. Probably an original poll idea.
9/15/2014 - Have you ever used Linux?

Tomorrow's poll will be quite interesting. I am definitely interested in a Mario 1 playrate poll.
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#376 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/12/2014 9:06:35 PM | message detail
I'm tempted to say Mega Man's most (only?) debatable match at this point is against Mega Man X. MM clearly can't touch Link, Snake, Mario, or Samus, but he beat a strong Pokemon despite horrible circumstances and looked definitely better than Cloud in doing so.

Marth probably shouldn't be treated as Shulk's ceiling for the simple reason that Marth has basically no popularity independent of Smash. Shulk does. I'd say he didn't even do too poorly in 2013, unlike the other Xenoblade characters.

Isaac is generally agreed to be "decent fodder-line-ish guy" and was worth 20.65% on 2013 Link through Link > Snake > Ike. Shulk was worth 18.42% on 2013 Link through Link > Snake > Kefka > Altair > Shulk, which would suggest Shulk was already high fodder or close to it. And while I doubt Shulk will be as well received by Smash players as Ike or Captain Falcon, Xenoblade itself is almost certainly way stronger than either of those two's own games. There's also an upcoming 3DS port of Xenoblade as well as a sequel on Wii U. All told, it's pretty easy to see Shulk crossing the fodder-line, with a possibility of being way above it.
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#377 | 1337gamerpr0 | Posted 9/12/2014 9:06:47 PM | message detail
-Zelmor- posted...
Reckon most would probably receive a small boost aside from MM/Pacman maybe. These 2 are well-known icons so I doubt they would benefit much from the Ninty fanbase, not to mention that MM already received the hype boost in the last contest.

Duck Hunt dog might be the NEXT BIG THING though. Now it has the recognizability plus joke factor appeal. DHD vs the much weaker Sephiroth would be hilarious.


DHD vs Sephiroth has to be a round 1 match next contest
#378 | Magmortar75 | Posted 9/12/2014 9:56:09 PM | message detail | (edited)
I don't think it can be expressed enough how much lacking in hype Smash 4 is compared to Brawl. There's probably going to be very little in the means of boosting for anyone, and if someone like Wii Fit Trainer or Alph gets in I am expecting them to be turbofodder (who's the weakest Nintendo character that's gotten in ever? I'd probably take whatever that is to beat Alph).

I think Shulk will be hell of a lot closer to Chrom or Lucina than Marth, and that's being nice. I think the 3DS Xenoblade port will do more for him than a slot in Smash is going to do.

In general I think most of the Smash 4 characters will either be terrible or get almost no boost. Exceptions:

Little Mac could have some real strength now; Isaac's level is pushing it but he could get to somewhere in that area. Robin should be fairly decent, I'd take xir over Chrom most likely. Pac-Man could probably win against some names now that he is in a game a few people really care for. If the Nathan Drake match happened now I think Pac wins, who knows what else (but generally speaking any other iconic character still just squats Pac) Rosalina and Bowser Jr. (not any of the Koopalings though) are probably some type of decent fodder. The former should at least be better than Daisy thanks to already being in the Galaxy games. Mega Man probably has the matchup against X all wrapped up in his favor. I'd take him over Cloud next contest but that's more Cloud's game aging on this site by the millisecond than a Mega Man boost.

Greninja is a Pokemon, but Gen 1 Pokemon and Not Gen 1 Pokemon on this site are two different things. In other words, he will suck horribly unless there's a rally. Given how likable he is amongst the Pokemon/SSB fanbase, though, if he gets rally support...

Duck Hunt Dog has potential to bring some real chaos into the field. If the next contest is gimmicky in any fashion, there is no way I do not see DHD doing damage in it. Probably not a new L-Block, but a new 2008 Cube perhaps.
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#379 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/12/2014 9:56:56 PM | message detail
Magmortar75 posted...
Duck Hunt Dog has potential to bring some real chaos into the field. If the next contest is gimmicky in any fashion, there is no way I do not see DHD doing damage in it. Probably not a new L-Block, but a new 2008 Cube perhaps.


Duck Hunt Dog has already been in a contest. Back in 2008, it was in a match that also had L-Block in the same match. Due to the presence of L-Block, The Dog suffered from joke character SFF. Despite L-Block in the match, The Dog held up fairly well.
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#380 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/13/2014 7:10:01 AM | message detail
Trend charts and poll updates for yesterday's poll:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AgBWiYjlMLwYdHFLV2tPMlBObzRTOVREYTl2VE1hYXc&gid=4

"Before 9PM" had a horrible board vote and Power Hour. It also performed horribly for the first 2 hours of the night vote before it started doing better. Overall, the night vote was fairly average. It performed best during the early morning vote. After the early morning vote, it dropped off slightly and had an average performance for the rest of the poll.

"9:00-9:59 PM" had a horrible board vote and Power Hour. It continued to perform horribly during the night vote. During the last hour of the night vote, it started doing better as "9:00-9:59 PM" voters started waking up. It performed best during the early morning vote, but dropped off when the DSV started. It had a very bad DSV (only slightly better than the night vote). When the ASV started, it began to perform better again. Overall, it had an above average ASV and SNV (not quite as good as that early morning vote).

"10:00-10:59 PM" had fairly similar trends to "9:00-9:59 PM". Horrible board vote and Power Hour, along with most of the night vote. It started performing better during the final hour of the night vote, but it performed best during the early morning vote. It dropped off during the DSV, although it had a better DSV than "9:00-9:59 PM". Compared to the DSV, it did perform slightly better when the ASV kicked in and then dropped off during the SNV.

"11:00-11:59 PM" had a horrible board vote and Power Hour. It remained fairly consistent throughout the night vote, although it did perform slightly better during the final hour of the night vote. It performed best from 7:00-11:00 AM. After 11:00 AM, it dropped off slightly and remained fairly consistent for the rest of the poll.

"Midnight-12:59 AM" had a very strong board vote and a fairly good Power Hour. Once the Power Hour ended, it dropped off somewhat and remained fairly consistent for the entire night vote. Overall, the night vote was its worst time period. The horrible night vote also carried over to the first 2 hours of the morning vote. But after 8:00 AM, it started performing much better. The entire morning vote in general was very good. When the ASV began, it dropped off again. The ASV was only slightly below average, unlike the night vote which was very horrible. Compared to the ASV, it did perform better during the SNV.

Also, "Midnight-12:59 AM" managed to stay in 1st place for the entire poll. "11:00-11:59 PM" made 2 different attempts at pulling off a comeback, but it wasn't going to happen since both options have fairly similar trends. "Midnight-12:59 AM" used the Power Hour, night vote, and first 20 minutes of the morning vote to build up a 398 vote lead over "11:00-11:59 PM". "11:00-11:59 PM" tried to pull off a comeback after 6:20 AM and got the lead all the way down to 89 at the 10:20 AM update. But after 10:20 AM, "Midnight-12:59 AM" put a halt to that comeback once its morning vote was in full force and extended that lead up to 308 (at 4:05 PM). A 308 vote lead does not seem like a lot, but with our low vote totals, it's comparable to a 1000 vote lead if we still had 2008 level vote totals. "11:00-11:59 PM" attempted another comeback during the ASV, but only managed to get the lead down to 174 (at 9:20 PM). The last 3 hours was a stallfest between the 2 options, with "Midnight-12:59 AM" slightly extending its lead during the final hour of the poll.
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#381 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/13/2014 7:10:04 AM | message detail
"1:00-1:59 AM" had a very good board vote and Power Hour, and also performed very good during the first hour of the night vote. This is also the first option that does better with the Power Hour compared to the morning vote. The entire night vote as a whole was slightly better than its DSV. It performed worst during the early morning vote, before it does better during the DSV. It dropped slightly during the ASV and stays fairly consistent for the rest of the poll.

"2:00-2:59 AM" and "3:00-3:59 AM" both had a good board vote, Power Hour, and night vote. The early morning vote was quite bad and even the DSV doesn't quite measure up to their night vote. Strangely enough, they both perform better with the ASV and SNV compared to the DSV.

"4:00-4:59 AM" and "5:00-5:59 AM" both have a slightly above average board vote and Power Hour. Unlike the previous 2 options, they both perform better during the night vote compared to the Power Hour. They both drop off hard during the morning vote, which was their worst time period. The ASV and SNV were better than their morning vote.

"6AM or Later" had a bad board vote, but had a very nice recovery to finish with an above average Power Hour. It performed best during the night vote and early morning vote. It performed worst during the DSV. Finally, it performed slightly better during the ASV and SNV.
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#382 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/13/2014 9:09:40 PM | message detail | (edited)
Here's another excellent poll. Prepare for Melee domination.


Also, I have just played the Board 8 wiki page on video game playrates:

http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Have_You_Played

Mario 1 finished with a final playrate of 92.93% in yesterday's poll, just 0.03% lower than the 2006 poll.
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#383 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/13/2014 9:09:53 PM | message detail
Pleasantly surprised to see Tales of Symphonia included in this poll.
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#384 | Not_Wylvane | Posted 9/14/2014 3:37:03 AM | message detail
Same with Paper Mario TTYD.
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#385 | _SecretSquirrel | Posted 9/14/2014 4:06:44 AM | message detail
I would hope ToS and TTYD would be in the poll, given both are in the Top 5 pages for the GameCube on this site.
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#386 | HaRRicH | Posted 9/14/2014 6:51:12 PM | message detail
I'd like to see how SSB does in a N64-poll. LoZ:OoT/MM and SM64 would overpower it, but we've seen SSBM and SSBB dominate GameCube and Wii-polls...SSB4 looks like it could do the same for the Wii U and 3DS too. Between the series's dominance since its arrival and how we never got to see SSB in a traditional contest setting, I wonder if SSB could impress here.

BK
DKR
GE007
LoZ:OoT
LoZ:MM
MK64
PD
PM
SM64
SSB

Some games might be switched from this, but SSB could take third place in such a poll (which might not be indicative of its strength, but still).
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#387 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/14/2014 7:41:03 PM | message detail
Between Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, and Perfect Dark, there are four other multiplayer options in the poll but being the N64 there's only a single RPG to be found. Paper Mario in Game of the Decade was worth ~44% on MGS3 - a game that I don't see original Super Smash Bros. beating even if it does turn out to be a major force.

Paper Mario for third!
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#388 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/15/2014 5:35:10 PM | message detail
2009 Games Round 1: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/3469-division-6-round-1-disgaea-fire-emblem-ssbm-zelda-ww
Wind Waker got 34.35% on Melee.
2009 Games Round 2: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/3489-division-6-round-2-diablo-iilod-halo-ssbm-zelda-ww
Wind Waker got 34.74% on Melee.
2014 yesterday: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5632-13-years-after-its-original-release-whats-your-all-time-favorite-gamecube-game
Wind Waker got 35.89% on Melee.

also possible Kingdom Hearts playrate poll tonight.
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#389 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/15/2014 6:07:54 PM | message detail
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5632-
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5631-

I'm quite surprised that a Mario 1 playrate poll actually got lower vote totals than a favorite GameCube game poll.
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#390 | ZenOfThunder | Posted 9/15/2014 7:14:52 PM | message detail
I went on the facebook and asked very nicely when the next contest would be and Allen said "early 2015"

don't know if this was public knowledge or not but it wasn't for me so I'm happy
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#391 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/15/2014 7:16:01 PM | message detail
Early 2015 strongly suggests another Spring Contest.
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#392 | LinkMarioSamus | Posted 9/15/2014 11:48:27 PM | message detail
-LusterSoldier- posted...
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5632-
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5631-

I'm quite surprised that a Mario 1 playrate poll actually got lower vote totals than a favorite GameCube game poll.


Eh no, I'd expect Melee at least to completely curbstomop Mario 1 in a games contest. Wind Waker and Metroid Prime would have good shots at beating Mario 1 as well. At the very least, there's definitely some significance in how the former two games were in the top 25 in that recent GameFAQs survey while Mario 1 wasn't even in the top 100.
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#393 | LeonhartFour | Posted 9/16/2014 3:00:20 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I went on the facebook and asked very nicely when the next contest would be and Allen said "early 2015"

don't know if this was public knowledge or not but it wasn't for me so I'm happy


He mentioned it in a post on the board a few weeks back, although he hasn't made a public topic about it yet.
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#394 | -LusterSoldier- | Posted 9/16/2014 5:41:46 AM | message detail
AxemRedRanger posted...
also possible Kingdom Hearts playrate poll tonight.


Nope. That didn't happen.
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#395 | superange128 | Posted 9/16/2014 8:11:03 AM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I went on the facebook and asked very nicely when the next contest would be and Allen said "early 2015"

don't know if this was public knowledge or not but it wasn't for me so I'm happy


Thanks Zen
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#396 | AxemRedRanger | Posted 9/16/2014 2:20:26 PM | message detail
Huh.
Well my KH poll is marked "Submission queued for future use" so it'll probably happen someday!
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#397 | spooky96 | Posted 9/17/2014 12:44:14 PM | message detail
ZenOfThunder posted...
I went on the facebook and asked very nicely when the next contest would be and Allen said "early 2015"

don't know if this was public knowledge or not but it wasn't for me so I'm happy


it'd be more like mid 2015 like last time
#398 | BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 9/17/2014 5:09:27 PM | message detail
(announced) early 2015
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#399 | abdou | Posted 9/17/2014 6:16:17 PM | message detail
Here is the direct quote 'The next big contest is being aimed for the beginning of 2015'

I am just happy he is planning a big contest.
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#400 | TheOneAboveAll | Posted 9/19/2014 12:30:12 PM | message detail
He mentioned last time that he thought rally-ability on places like reddit would end these contests. I wonder what he's doing to avoid that this time. Or heck, maybe he just wants a one-on-one contest with Link and Draven on separate halves of the bracket. Frankly, it's what a ton of people want to see.
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