GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1189
Vivi would wreck Squall --- Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality |
Did kinda poorly against Kirby Got absolutely destroyed by Mewtwo (Though I guess when you're facing the greater evil-aka draven, bad seems worse) Has been on a steady decline after losing to Snake (losing to Snake was acceptable in 2010) While on the other side Crono seemed stronger or equal to Pikachu last contest, and Pikachu can beat the weaker half of the N9 easily but will lose to giants like Samus, Snake, Mario and Link (and now Mega Man) |
I thought Vivi's power came totally from those rallies, idk, Vivi could beat Squall I suppose. |
charmander6000 posted... For all we know Mario gets anti-voted nowadays due to the series being whored out like no one's business. We got New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario 3D World all within a span of five years. MORE than one game a year. Quite a difference from when we had to wait six years for Sunshine and then four years for the original NSMB. --- Play Pac-Man World 2. |
spooky96 posted... Did kinda poorly against Kirby Poorly against a Kirby who got his first two console games since the contests started, again. Not to mention Kirby stood out bigtime in the match. Maybe it's because I (and many at the time) expected Sephiroth to lose. --- Play Pac-Man World 2. |
Pikachu isn't gonna beat Cloud 1v1 --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png LongLiveraytan |
I don't know man, FF has fallen hard while Smash-Zelda-Pokemon love is all-time high at this point. |
pjbasis posted... Pikachu isn't gonna beat Cloud 1v1 If you ask me, i am quite confident that Pikachu would wreck Cloud hard. Low votal plus the fact that 4chan would rally against Cloud/Sephiroth. Let's not even mention how much FF7 has fallen since then, i mean losing to FF6 in a direct matchup is simply unpardonable. --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
Link/Snake Mario/Samus Megaman Pokemon Crono/Sonic/Cloud/Sephiroth Sounds about right. --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
I'd put Snake and Mario in the same tier. MGS V can go on sell 20 million copies but on GameFAQs nothing beats Link. >_> |
pjbasis posted... Pikachu isn't gonna beat Cloud 1v1 Uh we already had Squirtle beating Cloud last contest and then losing to Pikachu. --- Play Pac-Man World 2. |
If a rally occurs, Pikachu will definitely beat Cloud. If there isn't a rally, there's still a good chance Pikachu beats Cloud. He was roughly equal to Crono in the Pikachu/Crono/Magus match (not all of Magus's votes would go to Crono if Magus was removed), and the Square trio has had nothing to boost them up since 2013. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
Trainers beat Cloud/Sephiroth in the Rivalry Rumble Squirtle beat Cloud in a three-way Mewtwo beat Sephiroth in a three-way Pikachu beat Sora despite Blue in a three-way Add another year and a half for FF7 since our last contest, then remember Pikachu continues to keep his face around with Pokemon and SSB4. We can't ignore our shrinking vote totals or likelihood to see more rallies either, and RBY's probably our biggest RPG here now anyway. It feels so wrong, but I'd gamble on Pikachu beating Cloud one-on-one. --- M E N: nominate Metal Man in 20XX! http://i.imgur.com/Dr4NAeq.png |
Less brackets --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png LongLiveraytan |
We're about to get FFVII on PS4, so Cloud and Sephy should be back to normal soon. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
Today's
poll should be one of the few polls (minus contest matches) this entire
year that will break at least 30000 votes. Earlier in this topic, I
predicted that fewer than 5 polls all year will break 30000 votes,
assuming there aren't any changes to boost vote totals before the end of
this year. It's too early at this point to predict if today's poll has a chance at breaking 30000 votes, but this poll has historically received very high vote totals (compared to a baseline vote total average). --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Nope,
this poll isn't breaking 30000 votes. With just 2734 votes at the end
of the first hour, this poll is on track to finish between 27000 and
30000 votes. It seems like only the age poll and maybe the continent
poll or the Male/Female poll will be able to break 30000 votes with our
current vote totals. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
so how does this compare to the last ownership polls |
If
all of the previous "3 console ownership" polls were translated into
2008 vote totals, here are the predicted 2008 vote totals for all of the
previous polls: 1/19/2007 - 112236 4/15/2007 - 125983 8/12/2007 - 106349 7/29/2008 - 128115 3/28/2009 - 116407 9/5/2009 - 105095 4/7/2010 - 112132 3/28/2011 - 120575 10/23/2011 - 119443 5/26/2012 - 104129 2/9/2014 - 112956 8/1/2014 - 108872 11/12/2014 - 113049 If today's poll received 28000 votes, it would be equal to 107647 votes in terms of 2008 vote totals. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
I
meant the % of voters that owned a console as compared to the last time
we had a console ownership poll(s), not some stupid vote total
statistic |
Oh,
that. Well, since your previous post came directly after a post where I
posted how many votes this poll had at the end of the first hour, I
thought you were referring to how well this poll was doing in terms of
vote totals compared to the previous polls we've had in the past. Anyways, it is utterly worthless to use this poll to get an accurate read on the ownership of the 3 consoles. The last time we had the "Got Console?" polls (near the end of last year), the PS4 had 34.99% ownership, the Wii U 44.51% ownership, and the Xbox One had 16.22% ownership. But in today's poll, the PS4 only has 35.32% ownership, while the Wii U has 40.45% ownership, and the Xbox One has 15.05% ownership. With the exception of the PS4, the Wii U and Xbox One have a lower ownership compared to their previous "Got Console?" poll. For whatever reason, today's poll (and all of the previous polls) causes all 3 consoles to have a lower ownership compared to what they would have gotten in their respective "Got Console?" polls. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
LeonhartFour posted... We're about to get FFVII on PS4, so Cloud and Sephy should be back to normal soon. Not unless Square announces it's a full HD remake. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima raytan: Champ without picking the champ |
Huh,
it looks like today's poll might just barely reach 30000 votes. We
broke 29000 votes at 10:25 PM EST, with an hour and 35 minutes left to
go. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
30000 GET We broke 30000 votes at 11:45 PM EST. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Yesterday's
poll just barely broke 30000 votes. It will be one of less than 5
polls all year to break 30000 votes, which will also be accomplished by
the age poll and maybe the continent poll and Male/Female poll. Yesterday's poll also received the equivalent of 116168 votes in terms of 2008 vote totals. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Maybe bump --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png LongLiveraytan |
OrangeCrush980 posted... Vivi would wreck Squall spooky96 posted... I thought Vivi's power came totally from those rallies, idk, Vivi could beat Squall I suppose. I still can't get over my rejoicing in Vivi's success last contest. Beating MARIO... (albeit weakened)...what percentage of brackets got that one correct again? I can't seem to find the prediction percentages on this site for the 2013 character contest. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Haste_2 posted... what percentage of brackets got that one correct again? 4.61% --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
Krystal
posted that she's working with SB to launch a site-wide Contest
sometime in the next few weeks, so I brought back an old classic from
2008- the 128 Game 1v1 no division by eras petition topic, you guys can sign it here if you're on board! http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/71296519 --- board8.wikia.com | thengamer.com/xstats Whoops, accidentally interviewed Zen instead of raytan on The Show, but congrats! |
LeonhartFour posted... Haste_2 posted...what percentage of brackets got that one correct again? Looking at the "Most Surprising Results" page on the Board8 wiki, the Vivi/Mario/Ganondorf upset was one of only two R2 matches to make the top 25 most difficult to predict matches. The only other was... L-Block/Kirby/Kratos/Donkey Kong. It's too bad Vivi got held back by Squall against Red.... otherwise, Vivi might have scored THE biggest upset excluding L-Block and Draven. While I'm looking at that page, I'll mention some other interesting facts. It turns out the lowest prediction percentage to come almost completely from a character's normal strength (excluding major rallies and momentum...aka Draven and L-Block) would be Cloud/Squirtle/Leon K at 2.33%, followed by Charizard's taking down Bowser. Pokemon really wrecks brackets. Excluding Pokemon as well, the lowest prediction percentage comes from Majora's Mask's championship, at 4.20%. Interestingly, the lowest R1 1v1 prediction percentage to this day is still Yuna vs. Master Chief in 2006 at 20.27%. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Well,
we're not going to get a contest announcement before the end of this
month, so it would seem like either March or early April for a contest
announcement. This also means we'll be having contest matches during
the time period that E3 is happening, which would mean no E3 related
polls this year unless Allen decides to run a second poll below the
contest match (something that hasn't been done since 2008). --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Well,
damn. Because of today's poll, we're not going to make it through an
entire calendar month without a single poll getting less than 20000
votes. The previous 27 polls all had at least 21000 votes or higher,
but today's poll has such awful vote totals already that I'm already
projecting less than 20000 votes today. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Haste_2 posted... Interestingly, the lowest R1 1v1 prediction percentage to this day is still Yuna vs. Master Chief in 2006 at 20.27%. That would be Sub-Zero vs. Master Chief. And I still can't believe to this day so few people picked it on B8. That's usually the type of upset B8 destroys the casuals on, but nope, apparently Lopen somehow had everyone fooled that Master Chief could swing 5000 votes with the day vote if necessary...! --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
I think the average person here looked at Scorpion and felt Sub-Zero would be equal to weaker to him. Though in hindsight this was the guy that needed a large comeback to defeat Donkey Kong in the previous year so you would think the match would have been more debatable. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Congrats to raytan for winning the Guru Contest |
charmander6000 posted... I think the average person here looked at Scorpion and felt Sub-Zero would be equal to weaker to him. Which I said from the beginning was total nonsense because Sub-Zero was always the most popular MK character. Nobody listens to me! --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
I
picked MC because I was foolish enough to think that MC and DK really
grew as much as the x-stats suggested from Halo 2 and the Nintendo
boost, respectively. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Pffft, Master Chief actually dropped from his 2004 number...! --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
Bump --- No amount of rallying would let me beat raytan7585. Congrats to raytan7585 for winning the CB9 Guru Contest! |
LeonhartFour posted... Pffft, Master Chief actually dropped from his 2004 number...! Ah, the days when we thought Frog and Magus were worth 32%/35% on Link... I find it strange, though, even adjusting Magus down, Magus went from a victory over Ganondorf in 2003, yet only four years later would have struggled to beat Pac-Man. Talk about a nosedive. Frog and Crono slid, but seemingly not that much. I could go into many x-stats and match comparisons right now, but I'm probably the last person on Earth to still have interest in x-stats that are 10+ years old. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
The
thing that confused us about Magus is that Ganon probably boosted
significantly in 2004 due to TP hype like Link did. There was just no
real way to know because LOL Link/Ganon and Crono/Magus. --- Leonhart posting from his phone |
Yeah, Tidus was probably a better measuring stick than Ganondorf (adjusted base off of Alucard) in 2004. Even then Magus would've been ahead of Knuckles. --- BOP Results: http://www.freewebs.com/charmander6000/CB9%20BOP.xls Congrats to raytan for winning the Guru Contest |
Excellent
vote totals in today's poll. With 2761 votes at the end of the first
hour, this poll could possibly break 30000 votes. This is going to
finish somewhere between 27000 and 31000 votes. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Haste_2 posted... I could go into many x-stats and match comparisons right now, but I'm probably the last person on Earth to still have interest in x-stats that are 10+ years old. Yeah, better to save topic space for Luster to analyze more polls. I'd love to see some x-stats nostalgia. --- Current Let's Play: Mother 3 - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3652080 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
50.00 Sephiroth 2003 38.82 Mega Man 2003 36.10 Solid Snake 2003 33.24 Solid Snake 2004 assuming Mega Man 2003 = Mega Man 2004 32.35 Ganondorf 2004 assuming Alucard 2003 = Alucard 2004 27.89 Magus 2003 assuming Tidus 2003 = Tidus 2004 27.72 Ganondorf 2003 assuming Tidus 2003 = Tidus 2004 27.72 Alucard 2003 27.34 Tidus 2004 assuming Mega Man 2003 = Mega Man 2004 26.90 Shadow 2004 assuming Mega Man 2003 = Mega Man 2004 26.90 Knuckles 2004 assuming Mega Man 2003 = Mega Man 2004 26.62 Knuckles 2003 looks roughly right as to how strong everyone "really" was. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO raytan NO PEACE] |
One
issue I have with basing 2003 Ganondorf/Magus off of 2004 Tidus is the
extent of Ganondorf's required growth....28% to 35% on BL over two years
seems like an awful lot, and it's a lot more than Zelda's boost.
Still, comparing Sam Fisher's performances between DK and Magus seems to
indicate that massive boost.... I don't object with any of your numbers, ARR. Four-pack time! Assume 1v1 matches here. Vivi Crono Squall Tifa --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Sam Fisher is probably the most stable one to use, actually. --- http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/Leonhart4/giphy_zps1fe99c19.gif |
Tifa > Crono > Vivi > Squall --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
Okay, this is actually a pretty awesome poll. Perhaps my favorite random poll we've had so far. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbvaQcuW9k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3EAmdg3xls |
Well,
the vote totals for this poll aren't so hot after all. This poll is on
track for about 16000 votes. Not counting that Super Bowl poll we had
about a month ago (which got about 12000 votes), today's poll easily has
the worst vote totals for a non-GotY poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
16650 votes so far today. Yesterday seemed to be an anomaly. --- Member of the Board 8 Survivor Crew. Hantz-hater. RECENCY BIAS! STEAM: bwburke94 / NNID: bwburke94 / PSN: bwburke94 / TWITCH: bwburkegaming |
